July 25, 1881

Walnut Cove Stokes Co NC
July 25th 1881
Mr W. W. Sears  Dear friend
                    I will this
morning try to write you a few
lines wishing to hear from you and
all  This leavs me injoying very good
health hoping you & all ar well  People
ar generally well in this neighborhood
We havent very much newse in this part
at this time  the most of peoples talk
is prohibition & dry weather  They has
been the least rain here this spring and
summer I ever knew for the same
lenght of time  people dident get more
than a half of a crop of tobacco planted
and what they did is not growing very
fast upland corn is going to be most
a failure Cotton is infered considerably
Still a majority of the people will plead
up that it is a taking their privaleges to
prohibit the making it up into liquors
which proves a cours instead of a blessing
If you folks dont go Strong for it in
the eastern part we will not get it this
time but I am inhops if we dont get
it this time that we will get it sometime
throughout the U.S.  I am inhops that
they ant confusion in bethelham church
a mongst the members like they is a
mong some of the churches in this part
I was at a baptist communion meeting not long
since and they was a good many of they

members that would not commune
on the account of the pastor speaking infavor
of prohibition Mr Sears I want you to
write me how brother Gilmore is getting
a long Tel Mr Dowds boyes that I may
write to them a gain if I dont wnat ot hear
from down ther I dident think a bout
Sending Briant a poastage stamp for him
to send me a letter  I want to hear from
old Mr Dowd  Also when they ar a going
to have court down ther And if Mr MCD
has complimised a bout the mule trade or
not I am to come down sometime in
September if not before  My respects
to all Yours & C  F.C. Young

I am inhops Miss piety is well I would like to
see them all