Sharp diary 1918 page 246. Saturday 31 August 1918 - Winston Salem, North Carolina
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Saturday 31st of August 1918
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Had a fair night but my room is very noisy. It is clear we shall not have much of a rest here. W[inston] S[alem] is a dull, ugly sort of place with a square in the middle of which stands the Town Hall quite the ugliest building I have ever seen. The place is stuffed full with negroes — I presume they work in the factories — whether they are attracted to this tobacco industry by their similarity in colour or not I do not know! I write up my tunes all the morning and then do a little shopping with Maud. I find I have taken down 150 tunes this trip & 370 this year. This finishes up Virginia for the moment as we move on to Marion, N[orth] C[arolina] on Monday. A terrific thunder storm strikes the town about 3 p.m. — almost a tornado & does a lot of damage. After tea we tackle California & Detroit correspondence and write (i.e. type) letters to the following: - Prof[essor] Kleeberger, Miss Andrews, Miss McGregor, Miss Hazelthorne; and Miss Perrin, Mr Jayne, Miss Ligget, Miss Moore and Mr Hume. Dine downstairs at the counter in the Café — the dining room is closed as at Danville, they say for lack of labour. What they will do in this country when they send away as many men in proportion to population as we have done in England it is awful to think of!Location
USA : North Carolina : Winston Salem [0,0]
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