The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-10-19
TRIP TO ALBEMARLE, BAD
In AND OTHER POINTS
Wonderful improvements Being Made
at the Narrows---Stanley's Capital
Forging to the Front---Things
Seen and Heard

One OF the most interesting trips
the editor has made in recent years
was last Sunday when we left High
Point in our Chalmers Six for AL.
.bemarle and Badin. The journey
was via way Of Salisbury, Granite,
Gold Hill. Richfield and New London
to Albemarle. returning via way of
Badin, Palmerville, New London
and from there following the same
route as going. 1t was an ideal day
with an ideal trip, nothing to mar
the pleasure of any of the party on
the 1856 mile motor trip, not even
puncture of a tire.
The trip to Albemarle, distance
of 76 miles, consumed about three
hours running time, arriving there
at few minutes to eleven o'clock
and from that hour to two o'clock
the time was pleasantly spent look
ing over the town hunting up old
acQuaintances and eating dinuer.
The editor lived at Albemarle in 1885
ard 1886, orr father, Rev. P. F. w. Sta
mey, being pastor of the M. E. church
at that time. We of course were anx-
ious to see the location of the old
church and the parsonage that housed
us during the memorable earthquake of
1886. The old site of the church is now
occupied by modern dwelling while the
location of the new church is just across
the street and where the old parsonage
stood with huge oak tree in front is now
broad street. The old postoffice
site is now the home of hte Albe-
marie Enterprise, a splendid brick strue-
ture and adjoining is an up-to-date gar
age Theold Bivins house has been NOV
! ed back some distance. w. A. Blvlns,
! the Youngest member of the family,
| lives on lot adjoining the Enterprise
building The court house is now 10
Gated across the street, the jail stands
! at the old place,sWe- were told-,I The eold
public well is thing of the past as
we'll as many of the large wooden struc-
lures Modern buildings have replaced
those of third of century ago. We
remember old time friends as follows,
many of the members of these families
living there now: The Bivins, Anderson,
Pemberton, Seago, Blalock, Snuggs,
Ross. Carter, Lilly, Howell, jerome,
Spinks and other families. My father
s.found" the late Sam Pemberton's Sec
ond wife for him. That is, he located
lady in Palmerville 1--WE believe it was)
who he thought would just suit the law
yer; an introduction was arranged which
(grew into love and marriage and my
father officiated at the wedding. And
this calls to mind another incident wide
Iy different from the other but will bear
the name of "Seelam." He was an am
NAL with "horse sense" No man could
puIl at his tail without receiving mild
kick. but any child cousld in safety tug
at the hairy extremity of the beast or
oct close to it's heels with safety. The
good qualities of this horse appealed to
Mr. Blalock who ran hotel at that
time and when we left Albemarle this
gentleman was the first one on the
Ground to buy old "Seelam,' paying $12O
| OOiO 1Or CuC uOI vi SO~AD
were cheaper in thole days than now.
We saw the location of the lynchlng
of the long ago-the old oak tree and the
limb from which dangled the untortu-
nate victim of a lawless element. Inc
l.orave is beneath the tree. But that was
many wears ago-Albemarle has long ago
passed it out of memory never to enact
such scene again.
And there was the old public we'll close
to the Snuggs home where at the age
of eleven years we felt our first 1nspra-
tion of love; the stream then known as
Lillev's creek, where we first learned
to swim: with the muscadlne vines
growing thick on the banks, and where
we first discovered the difference De
: tween an oyster and "muscle'-l be-
licve that is what you call the shell re
: sembling an oyster shell. Ihey looA
alike hut of course taste different. They
high schol presided over by Prof. Splnk'
, and the time the boys put too mDcf
wood in the heater and set the building
on fire. But we managed to put 1t out
These were good old days of the Ions
. 400 when at commencement time W.
built great cedar arbors and celebrated
commencement exercises in grand style
But the Albemarle of today-my VIVA
:, transformation! The mammoth COT
! ton mills Just outside the incorporat
limits with population of 5000 peopL
. and Albemarle proper with it's big busl
;, ness in the mercantile and manufactur
+ ing world, surrounded as it were VIII
u oa,,f, o+urino indus