Jackson County AlArchives News.....Letter from J. H. Hughes :
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"The Roanoke Leader" :
Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, January 26, 1927

LETTER FROM Rev. MR. J. H.  HUGHES

To Editor of the Leader:

I feel perhaps that you would not mind giving space in your paper for me to 
tell of our trip, moving to Jackson county. While we had to leave our friends 
in Roanoke we expect the Leader to be a regular visitor.

Last Wednesday at daylight we turned our faces toward Jackson county, our new 
home, on a 160 mile trip. We made it through without incident.  It was a 
little sad in leaving Randolph, as we felt like were were leaving home and 
knew we were leaving a large number of warm friends and splendid neighbors. As 
we journed along we wondered if we would ever again find such good neighbors 
and friends as those we left behind.

The people had anticipated our coming and gave us a real welcome. Flour, meat, 
sugar, coffee and many other articles too numerous to mention, in fact, they 
started us off with a full pantry.  While we left so many good friends we come 
among people who seem ready to be our friends and we are proud of them.

This part of Jackson county is on Sand Mountain which, indeed, is a beautiful 
farming country.  I can't imagine why anyone hunting a fertile farming country 
would want to go west when he could find such a good one so near.  Pisgah is a 
small town about five or six miles of the Tennessee River. It has four stores, 
three churches and a high school. Trusting that our old friends there will 
sometimes think of us.   J.H. Hughes

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