Hello All, This letter is from George Acrile Savage in Rosemary,Halifax Co, NC(son of James H. Savage/Savedge and Catherine Barfield) to his cousin Richard Rush Savedge (son of Hezekiah Savedge and Kezziah Phillips) in Elberon, Surry Co, VA. Thank you to cousin Mary in VA for sending me a copy and Thank you to cosuin Gene in FL for interpreting it for me. Audrey Orlando, FL see below Rosemary, NC Sept 11th ,1912 Dear Cousin Richard, I guess you think I don’t intend answering your letter I received in July. Would of rote (wrote) before now but your letter got misplaced and I could not think of the name of your post office. But my wife made another thorough search tonight and found it. Well, I went to the reunion at Spring church and was sadly disappointed in not seeing you there. Would of come to your house that night but had promised to go to Norfolk the next day to see my son, George and his wife. I had a nice time at the reunion. Met 20-odd of the Surry Artillery, some that I had not seen since the surrender. Well, I haven’t much news to write that will interest you. Our town is building up though. Rosemary MFG. CO are putting up another cotton mill, 160 feet by 700 and are building another big power plant and are putting up 125 houses for its operators. You asked me what land was selling for here. There is not much sales for land in Roanoke Rapids for it is so high. There is not many able to buy. They ask for a lot 25 by 160 feet from 300 to 700 dollars and don’t care to sell at that point. Come out to see us and look around and see how you like NC. Well, this leaves us up but not well. Hope it may find you all well. You can leave Wakefield on the morning train and get here at 12 o’clock the same day. Come by Suffolk and take the Seaboard Airline train into Roanoke Junction. I live an a half mile of the depot. It won’t cost but $.75 to Suffolk and $1.65 from there to Roanoke Jct. Would be glad to see you at any time. Write real soon and with the news. Give my regards to your people and (our) (inquiring) friends. G.A. Savage