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Then . . . ITS A FAR CALL and . Now from i the old house -raisings l \ * TO . . . today's modern materials and methods . . . and it's a far call from the Franklin of 1855 to today's hustling, growing little city. Franklin has grown because its people have PUSHED, and it is growing faster now because they're pushing harder today than ever before. Reeves Hardware Co. Winning Entries In Press' Contest Are In This Edition A number of the articles in. this historical edition were subj mitted as entries in a contest, sponsored by The Press, for the best pieces on life here in the old days. Following are the names of the winners and the pages on which their prize-winning articles ap pear: Page 1st Prize ? E. N. Evans 4-C 2nd ? Mrs. Leona B. Porter 13-C i 3rd ? Mrs. Zeb Cansler 12-C 4th ? Mrs. Mary L. Waldroop 4-E 5th ? Arthur Hicks 6-C 1 6th ? Weimer Cochran 10-C 7th ? Mrs. Fred Wood 14-C 8th ? Ernest A. Roper 12-B 9th ? Mrs! W. D. Elliott 5-C 10th ? Mrs. Lexie Sanders 9-C Siler Letter Tells Of Big Men Of 1836 ? Continued From Page Eight but I could not see any extraor dinary pretty ones today. It will soon be dinner after which I will continue writing; to you while my paper will hold out. It is now Friday morning 17 June. After dinner yesterday I wrote a letter to Jacob Weaver and James Lowry both "brothers | in-law* and went awhile to the j capitol. I have had a good night's ? rest, and a good prospect of wea [ ther and expect to set out for ? Philadelphia today, will stay in Baltimore tonight and reach Phil 1 adfelphia tomorrow. I shall endeavor to get through my business as soon as convenient j and try and reach home with the blessing of Providence, by the 8th of July. Take good care of j j yourself and the children. My dear, Adieu. Finest Azalea Stand To Be At Its Height For Event The finest stand of mountain I azalea in Eastern America is said by authorities to be that on Wa I yah Bald, near Franklin. Its blossoms are expected to be at the height of their beauty during the period of Franklin's ' Centennial celebration, June 16-18. according to Forest Ranger W. L. Nothstein. 1 V ? 1 ' All Honor to FRANKLIN On Its 100th Anniversary We are proud to have played a small part in "our Town's" wonderful growth and vitality. I -? The Quality Shop "Where Satisfaction is Most Important" /*? Down Through All The Years That Make Up The Century, From the time of the % jgJBSfeaOl through war and peace, ' Good times and bad, through the period of 3 Down through the decades to th e time of Through all these periods and all these years, on down to today . . . Macon County and Franklin, its countyseat, have been noted not for their great wealth, or for mammoth enterprises, or for vast farms, but for the Character, the Kindliness and Neighborliness, the Public - Spiritedness, the Devotion to education and other things for the com mon good, that mark its citizenship. It is these that make this A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE Perhaps you, too, prize these things; if so, then you would feel at home here, and we invite you to come and dwell with us. Macon County Board of Commissioners W. E. BALDWIN. Chm. J. W. ROANE WILEY J. BROWN
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