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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, JUNE , 1134
MRS. GRANT, 98
HAS BIRTHDAY
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County's Oldest Citizen
Observes Anniversary
Today
Mrs. Betsy Jane Grant will cele
brate her 98th birthday anniver
sary today (Thursday) at the home
of her grandson, Horace J. Hurst,
on Bonny Crest.
Mrs. Grant, who is .affectionately
known to hundreds of friends and
relatives as "Aunt Betsy Jane," has
been critically! ill for several weeks.
"Aunt Betsy Jane," daughter ' of
the lat John S. and Martha Car
roll Gibson, is the oldest member of
a family of 15 children. She is al
so the oldest living descendant of
the Rev. Samuel Gibson, a pioneer
Baptist minister of Macon county,
who fought in the war of 1812, be
ing fife major of his regiment.
Mrs. . Grant was left motherless
when the youngest child was two
years old, leaving the family burd
en much in her care. 1
Quilt Making la Hotiby
One of her hobbies has been quilt
making. At the age of five she
made a "crazy suilt," and has piec
ed them ever since. Her last quilt,
an "Irish chain,
was started in j
1936 but she was forced to lay it
aside because of illness.
When Mrs. Grant was 18 years
old . she married William Grant.
After their second child was born
in 1862, Mr. Grant went to the war
where he received a wound in his
left leg, causing him to walk on
cruicnes me remainder or nis lite.
Mrs Grant, at the atre' of 35. was i
left a widow, with six small chil
dren to rear, no income, and only
. a small farm to live on. To be
able to rear and support these
children, Mrs. Grant had to do all
sorts of manual labor. She raised
sheep, sheared them, carded, spun
the thread, then wove the cloth
for their clothing. For dyeing this
, cloth, she used black and white
walnut to make brown dye, and
when she wanted black material
she would add copperas to this
mixture. Broomsage made yellow,
and red alder made red.
"Aunt Betsy Jane" received most
of her education . at home, being
taught by her father, a teacher.
Her longest school term was three
months.
Was Bora In Htaywtood
Mrs. Grant was born on Shoals
creek in Haywood county in a
small log house. Twenty-odd years
later T., W. Angel, Sr., father of
Drsi Furman and Edgar Angel, of
Angel hospital, was born in the
same house, only then it was in
Jackson county. When Mrs. Grant
was born, all the area west of
Buncombe county was Haywood
"" Foa, Mothkr's Day. May 8 I
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ORDERLIES
Chocolate Uxttive C -yr
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A tlMAtl MPPUC!
Pint Size Cmm JH
Vacuum Bottle
fc...r..ld.(TJ1
Sturdy coalruo jj ijf
tion for long life. wS -
1 Pt. Lamton's Mineral Oil.. 39c
$1.00 Carditi 89c
25c Milk of MtgnMla ...... 19c
500 Klnzo Facial Tiasuea... 30c
1 Qt Flit 45c
Angel's Drug Store
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Above: Jerseys of high producing Biltmore Dairy Farms herd, Ashe
viile, N. C, pictured near Biltmore House, considered America's most
magnificent country residence. Below: Barns which house herd.
Insert: Lining up calves for show at tht farm.
county. Later it was divided- into
several counties.
Other members of Mrs. Grant's
family now living are three sisters,
Mrs. Nancy Cardon, of Leather
man; Mrs. Fannie Dillard, of Dem
orest, Ga., and Mrs. . Margaret
Carter, of Anderson, S. C; one
ion, Samuel Grant, of Greenville,
S. C. ; 24 grandchildren, 78 great
grandchildren, and 37 great-ereat-
grandchildren.
POPPYPAGEANT
FOR FESTIVAL
1,1' nl T
ranklin Delegation I o
Take Part In Great
Spectacle
, ,
One of the most colorful spec
tacles to be presented in the Rho
dodendron pageant at Memorial
stadium, in Asheville, on Friday
evening, June 17, will be the scene
depiicting the scarlet poppy, in
which Franklin townspeople will
participate. .
The scene will open with actors
dressed as Chinese coolies march
ing in carrying maidens clad in
jade green dresses. They will stage
a drill and bring forth gray pen
nants, each 12 feet long, to wave
in triumph.
Dancing girls from the Margue
rite Hyatt school will perform, as
an oriental magician produces two
tremendous bowls ' of fire and
draws silk handkerchiefs from a
bowl of water. Finally he will bring
a scarf 16 feet square, with a
scarlet poppy in its center, from
the bowl. The scene will reach its
climax as the girls dance and the
scarf floats into the air.
. Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts from
Franklin will take part in the num
ber. James Houses, scoutmaster, is
in charge of the group, assisted by
Mrs. Hayes Overcash and Mrs. W.
B. Woodruff. This will be the 10th
year Franklin has participated in
the pageant.
The cast includes: Sarah and
Dorothy .Conley, Inez Crawford,
Lane Porter, Barbara Stockton,
Betty Horsley, Elizabeth Wasilik,
Dorothy Sloan, Emogen? Landrum,
Doris Weaver, Harry Higgins,
George Tessier, Alex Moore, Jr.,
Frank Leach, Jr., Jack Angel,
George Hunnicutt, J. C. Cunning
ham, John G. Murray, Kenneth
Bryant, Clell BVyant Paul PI em
mons, John Wasilik, Kenneth and
Wilbur Conley, Henry Cabe, Jr.,
and George Moore.
Card Of Thanks From
Jack Morphew
To the Democrats of Macon
County:
I am most grateful for the demo
cratic support I received in your
county in the primary on last Sat
urday, and I take this method and
opportunity of expressing same. If
i am elected next November to a
seat in the Senate I will devote
my best effort in supporting legis
lation for the upbuilding of the
state and especially for the bene
fit, of the people of the 33rd Sen
atorial District whom I will con
skier a great honor to represent.
R. B. (Jack) MORPHEW.
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Card Of Thanks
From Lester Arnold
To The People of Macon County:
I wish to extend my 'sincere
thank for your support in the
ICKES' BRIDE
LI fi f
I w h
Miss Jane Dahlman of Milwaukee
who was married in Dublin, Ireland,
to1 Secretary of the Interior Harold
Ickes. Ickes is sixty-four and his
bride is twenty-five. The new Mrs.
Ickes ' had been abroad for some
weeks, staying: at the home of her
uncle, John Cudahy, United States
minister to the Irish Free State.
She is a sister of Mrs. Wilmartli
Ickes, whofce husband, son of Secre
tary Ickes, died in 1936.
primary last Saturday.
I hereby pledge myself to carry
on the business of the ' office to
the best of my ability, if elected
this fall.
LESTER L. ARNOLD.
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Classified
Advertisements
WANTED For the summer, fur
nished house in Franklin. Three
bed rooms.
Reply The Franklin Press,
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FOR RENT Good pasture. See
Clint Elmore on farm, or me at
Franklin depot. J. B. Snyder. ,
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NOTICE il have moved my shop
from the little brick building, on
West Main street to the storeroom
back of Sj & L Store, facing the
Square. Opening sale Friday and
Saturday. Come see what your
quarters will buy. The Economy
Shop, Mrs. Tessier, Prop,
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FOR SALE 500 bales choice
herds grass, corn, peavine, soy bean
and millet hay at from 40c to 75c
per Dale. Ada McCoy, franklin. -M3
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STEADY WORK GOOD PAY
RELIABLE MAN WANTED to
call on farmers in Macon County.
No experience or capital requirel.
Make up to $12 a day. Write Mr.
J. Harrison Daniels, Box No. 2332,
Charlotte, N. C.
I need 300 more' Blue Horse
note book paper band3 and tablet
covers. Will pay one-half cent each
for them if brought in this week.
1 C T. BLAINE,
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WILL PAY three cents per lb.
for old clothing suitable for mak
ing braided or hooked rugs.' Must
.be clean. The Economy Shop, Mrs.
lessier, rrop.
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EXCHANGE Five, acres excel
lent orange grove land, high and
dry, on good road, one mile from
Homestead village, 20 mijes south
of Miami. 1 Electricity ; school bus
pass ; property. Desire to exchange
for five acres good mountain land
with spring and on road.
Harry Boehme,
, 1318 N. W. 7.5th St.,
M iami, Fla.
J9-2tp-J16
. Good chestnut, oak and pine
lumber, 60c, 80c, and $1.00 per hun
dred feet. Zickgraf Hardwood Co.,
Franklin, N. C. . ,
J9 2tcJ16
ATTENTION-- Would you like to
have a corset, girdle, or foundation
garment made especially for you?
Satisfaction guaranteed. See Mrs;
Tessier, at The Economy Shop,
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SCHOOL BUSDRIVERS
WANTED
All persons interested in a job as
school bus drivers for the State
owned buses for next year, please
see me personally within the next
two weeks. To qualify for this po
sition, one must have a school bus
driver's license, approved by the
state patrolman, and furnish evi
dence that he does not use intoxi
cants in any form.
M. D. BILLINGS,
Co. Supt. of Schools.
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SALES OF GOVERNMENT
TRACTORS AT MARYVILLE,
TENN.
Crawler type caterpillar make
size 5-ton or 35 in perfect condi
tion, some operated less than .20
days. Cost more than $7,000 each.
Priced at $375 for choice. Adaptable
for farming, logging, contracting,
etc. Location New metal shed, on
route 33 entering Maryville. from
Knoxyille. Demonstrator and sales
man on hand at all times. For fur
ther particulars, address or call O.
Grapefruit
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Rose Royal
Potted
Meat
Delm
ar
TT
jMce
Mow
M
argarine 65v25c
Corn or
Tomatoes 4"n,2 25c
Pineapple
N. B. C.
Ritz
1-lb.
Sliced or Crashed
1-lb. Box Soda
Juice
Pineappl
Crackers facAaffe 1 0c
Tomatoes, lb. 5c
Small Lima Be am, lb. 5c
F resh Corn, dt z. 30c
California
Oranges, doz. 20 to 40c
; ETOSIIII W. lEATTS
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C. Evans, Maryville, Tenn, Phone 91.
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FLOUR
Guaranteed
Satisfactory
24 Lb. Bag 65c
48 Lb. Bag $1.27
Sea Our Saturday' Special
QUALITY
MEATS
Native and
Western
GROCERIES
FRUITS
PRODUCE
Try our Sausage!
When b e 1 1 e r is
made we'll make
it. . . .
CITY MARKET
E. W. LONG, Prop.
3 No. 2 cans
65c
244b. bag
Be
two cans
25c
3 No. 1 cans
package 21 C
a No. 2
w can
15 c