Friday, February 15, Kll
THE FRANKLIN PRESS
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interesting Bits of History
t Gathered" From Copies of
Papers Published in Years
Now Gone By.
"The ' following items are clipped
from. .The Franklin I'rtss. for March
(), 18(W... At that time. live paper was
jmblished by Mr.. W.'A. .Curtis, wlio
was publisher of the Press until his
death in 1910.
' Last Saturday and San day were
cold (!af; . ' .
jF. ivaj. : is wrestling with
la grip:c. ' ., .
Snow was three inches deep at
Highlands Sunday morning..
Mr. A. A. Henry, of Highlands,
paid Franhiin a visit lat week.
Some imprQver.UT.ts on sidewalks
aNtadly needed on Harrison Avenue.
Dr. C,D. .Smith returned, home last
Thursday . alt cr a f.vb weeks absence
in Gcprgi;-. . ; ,' :
Messrs; S. J. May nd John Allison
quailed a-? majistratj:. in Nant-ahaja
township lust Monday.
Mr. N. G.Allan has been confined
Mo his bed several days with rheuma
tism, we are sorry to t-t'atc.
: t, Mr. R. T. Ror.a$ is quite sick at Mr.
C. C. Smith's. ' He did not go? off to
13uhncll last week. x account of
hih wal-jrs.' ' '
The railroad meeting was, Jy coal
men consent of the committee, post
poned from last Tuesday till the first
Tuesday in April:. .
Mr,.' S'.ephe.i , Forte", of Valley-
town, was in town last Saturday on
business. A snore clever and upright
citizen than he is hard to. find.
The beautiful flowers that raised
their heads so smilingly heavenward
last 'week have been wilted by the
frost and we must await another
spring-time befire w.e see them again.
Mrs. J. .Johnston has been quite
sick for several days of influenza.
W'i wish her a speedy recovery, .
.'Messrs. 'A. P. Munriay and'C. T.
Woanc have bought out the store of
f'enland Bros., and are removing it
to-Aqitonc. Mr. Jake Penland will be
retained as salesman for the new
i company:" -SuScess' t'. you, gentle
men. :- " -
The County Commissioners were in
session last Monday and transacted
cr.eri county inismess, me most
important of which was an order for
si jury .to-view, out and lay. off a new
read from. -the 'court house by the jail
on to the river and across to inter-
- ect the. ir.a'n road rear. Mrs. Rus
sell's. This j-s a road much needed,
. as parses living-two cr three miles
from town ii that direction have to
travel about twice -the distance to
reach town.
fkanklin, ey an- outsider.
An Chi Ma?. An Indian Battle Field
Revolutionary Patriot Residen
ces The New Street A New Cem
etery Trim ont Mountain A Rail
- .toad Freaklin'i Artist.
On our trip from ' Highlands to
Franklin we met Mr. Smith, a Geor
gian, who h visiting -Mt, ' Scott, - of
.. Cullasaja. . He 'is over ninety years
old and 'dwells lovingly -in' the past.
Mis first vote for President was cast
lor John. Quincy Adams.
Much of Western North Carolina
is interesting as a locality because it
was . once so largely peopled by In
diatis. Mr. John I.edford kindly
-shotted us where an ,tndian battle
va foiiaht in his fieldi. The whites
FOUR GENERATIONS
Texas Lady Says Her Family
Has Been Taking Thedford'a
' Black-Draught, W,
Needed, for Many fears.
Alto, Texas. "We inherited the use
..-jf Diack-Draught m our iamuy, Nsays
Mrs. Mary bhuptrme, who lives near
here on li. F. D. 2. "My grandmother
wa3 an old woman when she died
f.bout ten years ago, and she had been
using it literally ever since I can re
tviomhpr. Shp orivfi it to her children
Mid grandchildren for biliousness and
itomach complaints, so when I went
lo housekeeping we just naturally used
It, too.
"I give it to my children for a
curgalive whenever they need ope,
i-nd we are never without it. Blade
Into tea, it surely i3 fine. It's the best
icme remedy for headache and consti
pa'ion I know of."
During over 80 yeara of its con
lv".ed popularity, Black-Draught has
jcjome the standard liver medicine in
. nany thousands of homes, where it
h-ia been found of great benefit in the
tr.-r.tmcrit of constipation, biliousness,
i.-idigeption and .other common- liver,
rtomach'-nd bowel complaints. Ten
Million packages of Black-Draught are
nnw eo id a vear. a3 more ana more
ur:rle are leaniinsr of tho value of
well-known remedy.
' -Insist on Thedford's, the only genu
ire Black-Draught powdered liver
mcSIcine. At all dealer. NC-154
had
t1ic advantage or position and
ilh; i over three hundred 1h Pans,
i'he Indians' were driven 1ack for
i.iic.-: U la.s-l v owned by Kohert
: !;,Pi!), bn: returned at mvpn anrt
Mirki their jlead. This thev did iiy
!i;.'f;ing four Jarge pit's, which appar
ent! v held some seventy-five -bodies
ipi'ecc. ' They were; filled up-and.
large mounds of rocks were neaped
ui) on eaclv. 1 ho rocks resemble cod-
ble stones 'in shape, this nunai
.und. should be fenced and the
mounds ,ot rocKs Kepi io.uhucu uy, iu.
f Franklin becomes, a large town. or
i. summer resort-it' will' be. a place of
Inucb interest to visitors, in tins
battle it is. supposed that, hut owe
.viiitP fi'Mti w;is killed, whose namet
was While. He was tenderly buried
in his lone grave, which has been
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caretuiiy preserveu uy uic v.ynr
owner. A rude headstone still marks
the place, in a corner of Mr. Led
ford's. field., where rests the remains
of this patriot of an earlier day. Mr.
Lcdford is over seventy years qui
add iias occupied this farm for many
years, yvc were aiso miuwu (-
n n are ot Mai. r.rvson, an om
Revolutionary soldier who served urfi
-let- Washington.. When he died IJis
neighbors hastily formed a military
company and drilled a day or two,
and buried the old hero with military
honors,' 'Old' people still remember
tlits gallant old Major with love and
veneration.
As one, first catches a view of
Franklin on the road passing the
lands of S. L. Rogers, Esq.. he is im
pressed with Franklin 'beautiful for
situation," and as he approaches the
miigtiificpnt iron bridge acrbss. the
Tennessee river, lie is. again im
pressed with Hie liberality and love
of improvement existing in the people
of Macon County. Then one thinks
Capt. Tom Angel .must, have antici
pated the beauty of an iron bridge
when he built, that neat and tasteful
house. Across the river' one nptices
the substantial and imposing, brick
house of A. S. Brysou, and on the
other side of the-road that wonderful
Indian mound. Farther along at the
right one sees the residence of Hon.
K. Elias; amid a bower ot trees, ana
as one enters town he is attracted by
thi handsome residence of R. L. Por
ter. ilh its finely dressed front yard
Those neat greer. and flowered front
vards. 'such as are seen also at Mr
Dr. Love's and Mr. J. Johnston's, at
feet the visitor pleasingly.
The new .street' laid out from Main
Street near the residence of i Mr
Elias to, the Baptist church will be
one of the.f.nest in town. It is ele
v'.'.hm1- well drained, and when 'occu
pied will add much to the popularity
oi the town a a place of residence.
Alack, those burial grounds! We
noticed four of them, including the
colored one. The town should pro
hibit the interment of another body
in" any of them, as a sanitary meas
ure. While the people in town, by
living constantly in sight of them,
may not notice them, it is shocking
to "the sensibilities of visitors; and
let those that are living remember
that a person buried in the center of
a town can never feel absolutely cer
tain that his remains will always he
undisturbed. Franklin should bear
in lhind that she can never be a pros
perous business center, or a big town
of homes,' with those grave yards in
the middle of town. This is. not an
agreeable subject, yet duty ' to the
living demands attention to it. A
suitable tract' should be seaured for
a cemetery at 'least three miles from
the court house, and should lie laid
off in avenues, paths and wJks; and
as fast as the company became able,
improve it. -lf.it .was thought best,
different denominations1 could secure
their xwn plot. It would then -become
of interest to the whole- town as
a city for the dead. .
Franklin has a line location The
mountains that encompass it are in
describably grand.' With the 'people
in that beautiful valley,' united for'
the common weal, she ought to grow
and speedily take a position in this
unexcelled climate that would sound
her praises in all this broad land.
We made a visit to Tnmont Moun
tain and must say the half had not,
been told us. In a ride of an hour
or so one can gain its summ-u'r'aiid
witness a sight that can never fade
from' the' memory. The Tennessee
Valley stretches out before -you as an
enchanted picture. Beyond. ' the
mountains -stand thickly grouped to-
er, as if protecting such '-a fairy
laud. One could hardly help thinking
of .the exclamation, made bv Ur.
I'.h aimers as . he looked upon jhs.
icautics of Lch Lomond f-; r the t rst
tniu, "I wonder if there, will he a
Loch Lomond in : heaven?" Such a
view from Trimont mountain ought
forever to make Pranklin'celehrated.
Now, gentlemen of Macon-County.
let us " appropriate a hundred -and
fifty thousand -dollars for -a railroad.
We Ji.-tvc the soH,: the minerals, .the
timber, -the water-, the scenery, and
its fmc(a elur.ale as there is u.ider the
sun. The - railroad ; here, and ., th.'
future' of Franklin and Maccn county
is ifsburei!.' I.and will ' have a better
market value, every-farmer who has
Li.-viuer can, get the cash tor it, vic
tors will add to 'theiirctitation of
money. sctrfiTTS "mrTcomc' in with
their means' and so add to, the vol
ume of busiaess. :( It would bring a
life .and animation into our section,
such as wc have never felt before,
and last, but not least, it would find,
employment' for and keep our 'young
men at home.
. Ve wore showm some of the paint
ings of Mrs. Sam L. Rogers and were
surprised to kc sulh .evidence of
a
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real excellence. Her portraits have
the unusual merit of the general air
an'd exact similitude of features. The
painting of "The Hunter's Scene" is
a remarkable one. It is so vividly a
living picture, Flere I think slu
might win fame. Franklin has an
artist that ranks high, -and of her she
should feel proud. . I5.. '
I have a bunch of Women's Arctics to go at
$2.00 a pair. This sale will last two weeks. If you
. need anything like this, come and get your num
ber before gone, :
I have just received my spring line of nice
Straws and Caps. Come in and take a bok be
fore buying.
I have just received a shipment of the latest"
style Jy; cut jhoesthat remade When you
rieed a pair remember where to get them.
Anything in fancy groceries that yon need,
and more coming every week. Never old.
Don t wait too long about getting that pair of
Overalls. They are going fast, : " v
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
.Bp $tn
739,626
moie Ford' cars and trucks were pro
duced last year than the previous
year, an increase of over 50 per cent
In spite of this tremendous increase in production, it was
impossible to meet delivery requirements during the spring
and summer months when orders for 350,000 Ford Cara
and Trucks could not be filled.
This year winter buying for immediate delivery has been
more active than ever before and in addition 200,000
orders have already Ireen booked through the Ford Weekly
Purchase Plan for spring delivery.
facts clearlv indicate that the demand
spring and summer will be far greater than ever, and that
omersHBbpuld be placed immediately with Ford Dealers as
a means orptoiection against delay in securing your rora
Car or Truck or)Fordson Tractor.
-s- Detroit, Michigan
rsmall deposit down, with easy payments of
thftalance ananged, or your enrollment under
the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan, will put your
order on the preferred list for spring delivery.
See the Nearest Authorized
Ford Dealer
Phone 6. .Office Hours: 8-12, .1-5
DRJ '. E. FURR
" DENJIST
McCoy Bldg., FRANKLIN,
Main Street.
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local and internal and has been success
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