By J. Weldon Harris
The geographical location of Barnard gives it many points of vantage over any other town in the county. It is very near the center of the county, has a good sand clay road intersecting with the State Highway at Walnut. This road never gets muddy or cut up, and bears a heavy traffic the year round.
Barnard has three large stores doing a good business; one blacksmith shop; two grist mills; one church with a good membership. There is about $3,000 of wood products shipped from Barnard every month. Mr. P.V. Goforth runs a tobacco clearing house. Mr. C.S. Davis runs the “Grand View” poultry farms with a capacity of 2,400 baby chicks per month. The railroad company does a business of about $6,000 per month.
Traffic congestion is so bad in Barnard that we have Mr. Harry Anderson for traffic cop. He uses his good offices in keeping the traffic moving in the most orderly fashion.
There is about 25 acres of level land in Barnard suitable for mills and factories and tobacco warehouses. Our natural resources, linked with our progressive citizens, makes Barnard the coming city of Madison.
From the front page of the May 1, 1925 issue of The News-Record, Marshall, N.C.
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