cotton district here but none planted yet weather too cold. late this year should have been planted two weeks sooner. thro. a more prosperous country now. lots of darkies & mules. saw many loads of cotton on the roads going to the mills or station. Rock Hill & Fort Mill nice looking towns 5 miles from Fort Mill we cross into North Carolina then about 15 miles to Charlotte. Population around 75 000. seems to be more of an uptodate town. stopped 35 minutes had a walk around bot some cards 5¢ Took a snap on Tyron Street one of the main streets also one of the Masonic Temple. out of Charlotte via Highway No. 170 thro Newell. Harrisburg to Concord. a larger place country more thickly populated here. Thro. Glass. Kannafolis to China Grove. bot sandwiches here for dinner 70¢ left again 1220 then on to Salisbury got on wrong road here went west around 16 miles had to go back. wooded country all day wirth some fields cultivated. next place Lexington 14 miles farther got wrong road again went 3 miles this time. through Welcome and Eller to Winston Salem. very hilly streets all up and down streets crooked and curved