Sharp diary 1918 page 236. Wednesday 21 August 1918 - Rockymount
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Wednesday 21st of August 1918
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Finished off packing and then got down to the station to catch the 10.6 train for Ferrum which was nearly an hour late as usual. On arrival at Ferrum the faithful Johnson met us and we started off into the mountains a ten mile drive to Endicott whither we arrived about 2 o’clock. Found Mrs Cannady rather young & pretty and very nice & sociable. Her husband is storekeeper, postmaster farmer & all sorts of things, works very hard and is a man of substance. Lives in a nice house overburdened with furniture & nick-nacks of all sorts — mainly quite useless. My room is very nice but loaded up with possessions which obscure light & occupy space. We have lunch, a rest & tea and then make for Hurd’s Creek, draw two people Mrs Wagoner & Mrs Scott but get nothing. We are right in the mountains here & prospects look good but in 2 days we cannot do very much and the Cannady’s cannot take us in for more than 2 nights. After supper sit on the verandah while Charles Cannady, a son about 18 years old plays some dance tunes on the fiddle. He plays well and I note 3 or 4 of them. To bed about 11 p.m.Location
USA : Viginia : Rockymount [0,0]
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