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Franklin Hardware Company Marks 25 th Milestone RONS STORE IN SAME SPOT ENTIRE PERIOD Higdon Entered Business Quarter-Century Ago Friday The Franklin Hardware com pany, owned by A. R. (Alf) Hig don, tomorrow will observe its 25th anniversary. Even more remarkable, per haps, than the length of time the retail hardware and build ing supply store has been in op A'ation is the fact that, during a quarter of a century, it never has moved. It started business August 22, 1922, in the Cun- | ninghum building, on southeast Rankin square, and is still oper ating there, though recently it expanded its quarters. Twenty-five years ago Mr. Higdon and R. M. (Dick) Hud- i son bought out the business of the late C. C. Cunningham, op crated at that location, and im mediately greatly increased the stock and prepared to expand business. j Older business men in the town, Mr. Higdon recalls, shook their heads in disapproval, and warned the young men that they were moving much too fast. The pessimists, in fact, frankly predicted that they would not remain in business 60 days. The gray beards would have ? been even surer that disaster ' awaited the enterprise, Mr. Hig don remarked, had they known it was bought and operated en tirely on credit. Mr. Higdon had exactly $70 in cash at the time, tie recalled this week. That was in the summer of 1922. And today Mr. Higdon has 4pen continuously in business longer than any other Franklin merchant, save one; the excep tion is Grover Jamison. There are older businesses of course, amor^g them the J. B. Pender grass store, established by Mr Pendergrass' late father in 1895, and the Franklin Press, which goes back to 1886, but they have changed ownership, or , management, or both, during j the past 25 years. Six years later found the two j young men, still in business, ex A. R. HIGDON Mr. Higdon, ortner of the Franklin Hardware Company, this week is observing his 25th anniversary in that business. The store, throughout its quar ter-century of operation, has re mained in the same location. panding further by establishing a planing mill. J. B. Henry was put In charge of the mill, and taken In as a partner. The mill was operated until 1943, when it burned. Meanwhile, Mr. Hidgon, in 1936, bought the interest of the other two partners, and has been sole owner since that time. Prior to entering business for himself, he had acquired a broad background of business experi ence. He was with the Macon County Supply company prior to joining the army at the out break of World War 1. After the war, he served as shipping clerk at the Newport News, Va., quartermaster base tor eight months. Then followed three years with J. D. Weed and company, hardware wholesalers, of Savannah, Ga., service with hardware retailer in Cordele, Ga., and work with the Plott Higdoo construction company here as timekeeper. DR. W. L. CUTTER CHIROPRACTOR PHYSIO-THERAPIST Over Leader's Dry Goods Store SYLVA, N. C. Telephone 143 RKETING JSfai/ctiz. Since my budget got a tot slimmer than / did on my vacation, I'm in a particularly thrifty mood these days. So are plenty of other women . . . judging by the large number I always see taking advantage of the everyday low prices at the A4P. Are you among them? PISH STORY . . . CIRIAL STVLI If fish is your dish, here's a recipc you'll fall for . . . hook, line and ?inker: Combine 2 cups flaked cooked fish, 1 cup salad dressing, H cup chopped green pepper, H cap chopped onion, 1 cup chopped celery, Vi tsp. salt and 1 tsp. Worces terjhire sauce. Place in casse role. Pour 2 tbsps. melted butter over j 2 cups of AAP's . SUNNYFIELD CORN FLAKfcS (lightly crushed). Toss with fork and sprinkle on fish mixture. Bake 80 to 40 minutes in hot oven, 400 ?F. WORTH MINTII Fruit salad It even more refresh ing when It's served with minted salad dressing (which doesn't cost ? mint to make If you use ANN PAGE SALAD DRESSING at a base). Just add 2 tbtpi. of crushed after-dinner mints to H cup of this creamy-smooth, tart-sweet dressing from the AAPj blend well and let (tend H hour to de velop flavor. , TOASTtD CINNAMON CIRCUS Those fresh, tender JANE PARKER DONUTS you get at the AAP are well worth toasting ... in every sense of the word! Try prnping them under the broiler, Dut first split each one, spread with soft butter, and sprinkle with a mixture of cin namon and sugar (1 tap. cinna mon to hi cup sugar). HIAT IIATHl Iced tea and citrus juice* an won derful whistle- wetters. Put them together and you get a really un beatable beverage! Here's how: 11 5 cups of chilled tea, add 4 tu,i of strained orange juice and M. cup of strained and pour over ice. KJ J That's all there ia M to It . . . except, of course, to be sure to use one of the famous Flavor Tested teas sold only at the AAP ?OUR OWN, NECTAR or MAY PAIR. Each of theie blends makea ip-and iced^Mt at ita heat-beating, 9 States Have No Legal Speed Limit For Autos The average top speed per mitted motorists on the open highways ' of the United States is 50.7 miles per hour, but nine states have no speed imit whatever, reports the National Conservation Bureau. Safety experts of the Bureau point out that no matter what the legal speed limit may be, the "safe" speed is still left to the judgment of the man behind the wheel. Thus, heavy Baldwin- Jacobs Family Reunion Draw* Big Crowd A large number of persons, including a number from Texas attended the reunion of the Jacobs and Baldwin families at Aquone last Sunday. The invitation of Mrs. Hattle Baldwin to meet with her in 1948 was accepted. Next year's gathering will be held the third Sunday in August. traffic or slippery pavement in a 50-mile zone, may cut the safe speed far below that legal limit OPEN ALL NIGHT WRECKER SERVICE All Hours Any Where ? Any Time ? DUNCAN MOTOR CO. Main Street Phone 69 YouK PROFIT is in the EXTRA Pigs Raised! To Help secure extra large litter* of strong, healthy pigs, many hop raisers feed TUXEDO PIG MF.A1 to the brood how l>efore farrow ing. Tuxedo Pig Meal provides a dependable source of the impor tant vitamins, proteins anil mineral elements which the sow and the pigs need. When the pigs are three weeks old begin to feed TUXEDO PIG MEAL in addition to sow's milk. Prevents sct-ba is at weaning time. Dry man Feed & Gro. Phone 9170 Main Street TUXEDO PIG MEAL FOR SOWS ANP PIGS A WORD OF APPRECIATION Tomorrow, August 22, will be our 25th Anniversary. A quarter of a century ago tlhe Frank lin Hardware Company was this community's Baby business ? with everybody, including the owner, wondering if the puny infant would live. Today I am the oldest merchant in Franklin, with one ex ception. There are other businesses here, of course, that are older. But, with the exception of Grover Jamison, no Frank lin mercantile establishment has been continuously carried on by the same owner as long as ours. I hasten to add that that statement, though it is made with pride, is not a boast ? it is made in grateful appreciation to the good people of Macon County who made it possible. ? Today, as we at the Franklin Hardware look back down the years to that day in AUGUST , 1922, we are proud of S M T W T F S , . 12 many things. ' 4 5 6 7 8 9 ' r 13 14 15 16 ~ ?l 22 23 ??? 30 We take pride in tihe growth of our business, along wifh the growth of this community of which we are proud to be a part. We are prouder still of our reputation as a firm that deals fairly with its customers ? we've tried hard, day in and day out, to deserve such a reputation. And we are proudest of all of the friendship and the confidence of you, our neighbors and customers here in Macon County. Those are things that cannot be measured in money, things dollars cannot buy. ? 'I And so, as we begin another quarter-century of serving Fr&nklin and Macon County, we hope to serve you better, and we say, with humble gratitude to you all ? 'Thank You!' f. ' \ ? Franklin Hardware Company , A. R. HIGDON, Owner
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