PAGE FOUR
SIX WEEKS VISIT
IN THE EAST
July and Aug. 1950 by
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Atkins
Bromide, Okla.
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After three weeks visit
in Washington, Arlington,
Alexandria, Richmond, Wil
liamsburg, and Mount Ver
non, Va. Georgetown and
Anapolis, Md-, we turned
south to visit our kin and
friends in East Tennessee
and Western North Caro
lina, where we were born
and raised.
We stopped at Bristol,
Tenn. and from there we
went to Elizabethton, Er
win, Unicoi, Jonesboro and
Knoxville. At Elizabethton
we visited my sister, Mrs.
Swin Howell, and their
large family, also Mr. and
Mrs. Nave, the Folsoms
and many others. We at-'
tended the old Presbyter
ian Church that, has been
there for 175 years. Mrs-
Atkins’ Grandfather was
an elder in this church 80
years ago. From here we
moved on to Erwin to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hurd
and Mrs. W. F. Atkins,
widow of the late W. F-
Atkins, Register of Deeds
of Yancey County 1900 to
1904.
Here we saw we would
not have time to visit all
the places together and
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we separated. Mrs. Atkins
moved on to Johnson City,
Jonesboro, her old home,
and Knoxville to visit her
folks. I moved on to my old
home in Yancey County.
I was born and raised on
Big Creek, the post office is
- Sioux. Here, I stopped with
my cousin, Dannie Atkins,
' and visited the old home
place that still stands and
;is 75 years old. I attended
Church that my I
father, the Kev Davtcr W. 1
I Atkins, was pastor of for
,40 year. I visited my fath-'
jer’s tomb on the top of a !
'hill that overlooks the val-J
1 ley of Cane River and the
‘ mouth of Big Creek.
It seemed to me that the
1 mountains had grown high
er since I left fifty years
‘.ago, but they told me they
jhad not, the timber had
‘ grown more On top of the
jmouuntain. The place had
I changed so much that I
( would not have known it.
I The good roads brought
.better living conditions to
'this section, with the TV A
‘so near, and with the elec
trifc power and lights, and
with this better housing
■ conditions, and better far
ming. Tobacco seems to be
1 the money crop and is rais
-1 ed with less labor than our
grandfathers raised it.
However it is like the cot
jton in Oklahoma, they are
{given allotments, so many
Dirt just can't gat a "foothold"
Sopar KtmTon#s tight, non-po
rou» turfacc, a n*w ochiavamant
ot point chtmittry, pravantt dirt
from panatroting.
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Ivon ink* woih off oatily
i Spottar ink on it instaod of
I cooking in ot on ordinory flat
1 points, it remains on th« surfoca
1 and it aotily wothad off
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t acres or fraction thereof.
It seems that Yancey ‘
, County has been able, since
■ I left there, to interest cap
-1 ital in coming in and build
ing factories which give
i employment to the large
i number that were unem
i ployed.
From the old home I
■ went to Burnsville, the
county seat, where I atten
ded the Stanley McCormick
{School more than fifty:
! years ago- During—my,
school days there, my bro
• ther, the late W. F. Atkins,
'was Register of Deeds and
■ I worked in his office to
pay a part of my expenses. l ,
{Here, I met many fine boys{
and girls that attended the
same school and some now
; live here: My good friend
of many years, Carroll Gil-1
lespie, and also my good
friend Zenus Robertson,
Frances McPeeters, and
Mrs. Mattie Gardner Sor
rells and many others I am
sure are here. While look
i ing over Burnsville fcjr a
few hours I remember that
some of my mother’s folks
live here and I called to see
; cousin Millard Honeycutt,
• 94, and his fine daughters,
- who were of
mine at Stanley McCormick
■ I met many other good
, friends while here, and
among them was John
i Lyon, 90. I was glad to see
him, for he is a fine fellow.
I missed many other faces .
as I looked around the .
place, such names as Cor
nelius Robertson, M. M-
Robertson, T, F. Rolland,
Stove Rolland, J. Biss Ray,
L. E. Briggs, Joe * Evans,
Fred Wilson, Jule Aberna
thy, Zeb Anglin and Geor
ge Anglin, Will R. Peter
son, Dr. Ray, Prof- Hub
bard and many others.
Some are still living, I am
sure, and the others have
gone on to their reward.
Burnsville had changed
from a village to the ap
pearance of a city. No more
muddy streets nor drink
ing out of a well. There
were electric lights, office
buildings, better schools,
and trunk highways lead
ing in four directions.
It was court week in
town and I saw many faces
from the country around
the court house, but none
I remembered. But in clos
ing this part, I wish to say
that I met a cousin of mine,
Bill Atkins, whom I had
never seen before.
From here I went to Pen
sacola 1 to see my brother,
Robert Atkins, and many
cousins there- Pensacola
had put on a change and
good roads and better
farms and houses.
I had planned to visit
Asheville, Montreat and
Swannanoa, and also, I had
planned to return to Bur
nsville and spend a few
days with my good friends;
but when I reached my old
home on Big Creek, a
message was waiting for
m e from my wife at Bris
tol that Tommy, our son,
had been called to report
for duty and wanted to see
us before h§ left. We caug
ht a train that night. That
brought our visit to the old
North Stat to a close, and
is now only a pleasant
memory. . ..
T. H. Atkfns.
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