The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-10
~ W. N. B1CKERs.

|SsT -
The love-lure OF down home" to
I me natives Of the old North state IL
lister appreciated by tho nonresident
me h: had the pleasing opportunity
k01 q visit to this land Of peace. plenty
md gracious, whole-soulSd hospital
Nv. From the car window tho pas
singer il Impressed with evidences Of
s&hrift everywhither. Hundreds Of
h potton bales are piled on the station
E platforms. long trains OF lumber are
passed. teeming acres OF peanut
shocks and third growth cotton greets
che eye. while pretty and prosperous
4 Axtensive furniture factories and rail-
way coaches and interurban cars are
Axtensively manufactured.
It 10 q homogeneous people. and one
y impressed with the fine community
spirit that abounds. A citizens Wis
1tor II the guest of the neighborhood,
and everybody vies with the host in
Ihe sweet domesticity of the residents
~ quite noticeable. The whir OF ma
chinery, the tilling Of the soil, the
generAl hum of industry. neither nor
MI have served to disturb the sweet
and orderly home-life and love of the
Down Homers," and there Is small
\ wonder that the natives to "the man
Her born" who now reside without
Nhe borders OF their beloved State
4 should hold down home" very dear.
These general sentiments are spe-
ciAlly based on the assumption that
II Wayne and Wilson Counties are fair
crtterions OF the State at large. for 1t
was In these shires that the scribe
Dpent his Thanksgiving holiday. From
pretty little Fremont town. on the
Atlantic Coast Line railway. we were
o. Ia cite 40
finland to Eureka, which has about q
dozen stores. q cotton gin, q graded
school. q couple of churches. post Of
ice and some half hundred snug
home2 Our host, G.. f. Yelveston. has
the largest store, and very pretty
home presided over by his ouesnly
wife. who was Miss Mary Jones. and
resonant with the musical voice of
Elliott, q handsome six year old boy
And the cooling of as handsome two
months old baby boy as could grace
any home. and bearing the given
name, William Norman. (William
being for this scribe and Norman for
che fathers brother). He's a name
sake to be proud of! The Thanks
sktving dinner was an elegant repast
10 be long remembered. Barbecued
uhoat. turkey. country-cured ham.
oysters. vegetables galore. pies. cakes,
pickles, preserves. celery. olives. cram
berries, cream. cake, fruits. coffee
and no wines or liquors In any sea-
sonings, for this is temperance
home, After the sumptuous repast.
our host and hostess took the scrtbe's
hetter-half and himself on an extern
esve automobile trip. passing through
n pretty country. several towns and
the city OF Wilson. whose pretty resi-
ntial Nash Street Ia n dream. Our
hostess would not consent to the
frnrosition that no supper was needed
M Ter the elaborate dinner and at Z
clock we sat down to another
Thanksgiving table of good things.
llewing which many of the towns
opie, including all the relatives of
J rar host and hostess. called to see us
aud made US intimately acquainted
th the native hospitality of these
good people.
~ Success Of Prohibition.
well. suppose prohibition has
Killed your STATED" opened up the
I srrise. which sally was promptly met
with the solar-plexus: mo. not even
III virginias long unloading on
us her liquor curse. and now that you
folks have gotten sane. We are all
-T'ght!' Uncle Billy Martin. leading
citizen and large property owner and
q lifelong prohib. with a capital p.
added: Prohibition has only killed
the bad things In the State and given
the good things a chance to develop!
There 10 q wonderful Improvement In
moraia public order and business!
sprohibition in North Carolina 10 a
success" Our host added that This
i books Tor tan years were open for In
epAction II any one doubted that pro-
Abition had not been 4 very material
benefit to hts business!" Others voiced
the same sentiments. and We failed to
md q man during our stay In the
u otato who averred that prohibition
Vy1s not . success In every way. We
Z ala not see an intoxicated person In
h pur travels nor hear one disparaging
remark Of the law that has divorced
y North Carolina from tho legAlt1ed
E liquor tran1c.
On the morning We took our leave
nj the pretty little town Of hospitality
Ind progress We were shown the
workings OF . large cotton gin. It
was working to capacity. cotton was
1 selling at, twenty cents and the seed
4 a one dollar q buHhel, or thirty
pounds. The farmers are out Of debt
and have money ahead. and prosper
ny abounds In the State that was go
4 M to the demunition bow-wows BY
4 de prohibition route. according 70 the
. 1Alss wet prophstsi
- i am vsry fa~efasay suppressed
I nth your STATED" Quoth tho scribe to
ono Of the business men OF Fremont
sasWslI," he replied. "you may have