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Show SIMEON WALKER. One of the old timers or Oak City and a successrul fruit grower and stock raiser Is Simeon Walker. He came hero as boy with his lather and has lived here ever since. No one can beat Mr. Walker In the quality and amount of fruit raised, specially peaches. He exercises great care In the- cultivation of his land, In the spraying of his trees and the marketing market-ing of his crops. He Is a great lover of fine stock, and has some splendid high bred horses. He Is also a breeder of fine poultry, his specialty being Rhode Island Reds. He has a splendid splen-did flock of these birds, one cock costing him 121. Mr. Walker's large and comfortable house alo serves as a hotel for the traveling public, and Its roomy chambers cham-bers and bounteous tables are a treat to dwellers In city hotels. |