Cagle's Motor Court Opens
$25,000 PLANT
230 FEET LONG.
CAPACITY IS 30
Public Invited Tc Inspect
Town's Newest Facility
For Tourists
The new $25,000 Cagle's Motor
Court, tonstruction of which
was begun last January, this
week opened for business.
The court is situated on a 15
acre tract, on the west side of
U. S. Highway No 23, south,
one mile south of Franklin.
In announcing i.ts opening,
the Cagle brothers ? A. G. and
A. H Cagle ? the owners and op
erators, extended an invitation
to the people of this commun
ity to inspect the new motor
hostelry. Visitors are requested
to come in the afternoons.
The court, a single, one-story
structure, 15 feet by 230 feet,
has a capacity of about 30 per
sons It contains an even dozen
rooms, three with twin beds, the
others with double beds, and,
in addition, is equipped with
roll-away beds.
The long structure is just one
room wide, so as to provide
cross ventiliation for each room
Two rooms at each end are
so arranged that they may be
thrown together for two fam
ilies, if desired, or the connect
ing door may be locked and
each room is private.
Each of the rooms, 14 x 11
feet, has private shower bath
and clothes closet. All are at
tractively furnished, and the
court is equipped throughout
with Venetian blinds.
There are six neatly numb
ered entrances ? one for every
two rooms ? and each entrance
has its own small porch. The
small porches will be equipped,
it was explained, with ventilated
awnings, all metal.
The building is constructed
chiefly of cement blocks, made
in Franklin, with stucco finish,
giving it a Spanish note The
trimmings are a bright blue.
The interior is finished with
plaster, while white pine was
used for the ceilings.
Just in front of the court
proper is the dining room and
kitchen, immediately off the
highway. The dining room.
which has north-south cross- '
ventilation, has a capacity of 40
The entire plant is electrically
equipped. The water in the 500
gallon tank of the hot water cir
culating system is heated by
electricity; portable space elec
tric heaters are used to heat
the bedrooms; and both the
range and grill in the dining
room are electric.
The court has its own deep
well water system, with a huge
tank atop one end of the build
ing. !
" Graveled parking places are
being built both at the front
and the rear of the court. Much
work remains to be done on the
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It takes a heap of things .
Such things as mortar mix and work,
water systems land paint and builders'
hardware, and many others, to build a
modern Motor Court.
We were happy to supply many of the
items that went into the construction of
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CAGLE'S MOTOR COURT
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And we are happier still, now that we
see what good use the Cagle Brothers
made of them.
We not only offer our best wishes to
this new Franklin business enterprise ?
we offer our felicitations to this com
munity upon having such an establish
ment.
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Reeves Hardware Co.
Phone 113
Franklin, N. C.
WE CONGRATULATE
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The Cagle Brothers
on Completion of
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CAGLE S MOTOR COURT
They, and Franklin, have a
right to be proud of it.
And we, on our part, take pride in the fact
that we were selected to supply all the
BEDROOM FURNITURE
Sossamon Furniture Co.
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"Everything for Your Home"
Franklin, N. C.
Announcing the Opening of ... .
CAGLE'S MOTOR COURT
An Up-to-the-minute Motor Hostelry
ONE MILE SOUTH OF FRANKLIN ON U. S. 23 SOUTH
This is exactly the kind of Motor Court we always have wanted to build in Franklin, and we
hope we'll be pardoned for saying that we are very proud of it.
WE HOPE YOU WILL BE PROUD OF IT TOO, AND THIS IS
OUR INVITATION
To the people of Franklin and Macon County to visit and inspect our new establishment, any
afternoon. Building has been no easy task in these times, and much of the credit for the fact
that we are now
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Goes to the dealers and business firms in Franklin and the workmen who have cooperated so
whole-hearted with us. To them all, we say simply, "Thank you!"
&
A. G. CAGLE and A. H. CAGLE