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The Franklin Press. IFkankus, N.C., Fkb. ,1, 11)05. V. A. CURTIS, VT.. K. CUKTM, - - Enrroa. ASSOCIATS F.tllTOB. Enlernl at the imd-nffitr at Franklin, If. V , for li rtiwtiduMou IhroKgh l mail weOHit-clitK mitlti r. One copy twelve months -'-.1.80 1)n copy nix month .. - - 00 cU Rn.Io ('utiles, ' ' - . 5 rcrits Obituaries. er withl : '- J wnL Pu11IkU1 eviry Wcdhi.mlny. Nun Patterson,' Mm. Chad wick 4nd lr!i Duke,, are all in jail. A noted flush, indeed."; Mr. Rogers introduced a bill Inst TYiday to amend the. law of 1903 f rerativc to attendance of children on school inMacon county. . -lXr. W. A. Rogers on Tuesday " of la.it week introduced a bill to " extend the. time for delivering the . bond of the Atlantic & Blue Hidge - liailroad Company. Senator Ward's bill to increase . the salaries of the Supremo and Superior Court judges to $3,500, has been reported favorably by the . Senate committee on Salaries and Fees.- . ' ' . Major Sti ingfield has introduced a hill in the Senate tp provide a hall in each county for veteran . . meetings... " By Crisp; Granting pensions to j Confederate soldiers and sailors j who ase Incapacitated. ' f:- In a1, wreck on the Ashboro & " Aberdeen Railroad at Troy, X. C, v on the 24th inst,, one man was f killed and seven seriously hurt 1 The man killed Wf Rev. G. A. Oglesoy, pastot of the Aberdeen -Methodist church. A number "of our readers 'will remember Mr. ,i)glesby - as - having nerved ' the llayesville circuit several years ... .- ...... The Nationd House of Repre- i-nfatives has adopted ft. joint reso lution appropriating $40,000 tode-. r fray, the expenses of the Senate in conducting the trial of Judge Charles Swayne.,;, .Mr. Swayne :' seems to be very eostly citizen of this country, and the Senate seems willing to receive big pay for the part it takes in the affair; , There is a bill pending before uro to make a single rate of twtfancLa haTt cents fare on all railroads in North Carolina for all passengers, and, do away with f . second class fares and cars. This ' law is to apply to all railroads ex cept small branch lines. Consid ering the lw" - DEATH OF COL A. T. DA ' " : VIDSON. Last Surviving Member of the Con federal Congress A Noted Law " yer and Statesman of W. N. C. Col. Allen T. Davidson died in Ashcville on Tuesday morning of last week, January 21, 1905, at 10:3( h o'clock, after an illness of three months. , ' . i Col. Davidson was a lawyer, statesman, and said to be the last surviving member of the Confed erate Congress, ; and was -well known throughout Western North Carolina,; He was born in Hay wood county, N. C, May 9, 1819, and was near 85 years old at time of his death. In 1842 he married Miss Elizal)eth A; Howell, daugh ter of the late -Nekton Hoftell of Cherokee county. Shortly after marriage he took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1845, and commenced practice in 1846, locating in Morphy, Chero kee eonnty. He resided in Mur phy ten years and soon became one of the loading lawyers of this section, commanding a large prac tice, He was elected a member of the secession convention jn 1861, which selected him as one of North Carolina's delegates to thb provi sional government of the Confed eracy, and was elected to the Con federate Congress in 1862, where he served until 1864. ' In the . fall of 1865, he located in Franklin, Macon county, and ; removed to Asheville in 1869, where he resi ded up to the time of his death He retired from the law practice indHSo. . Asa lawyer Col. Davidson stood at the head of his profession, ma king a specialty of the criminal practice. During his practice he defended 57 murder enses, and not one of his clients was executed. Col. Davidson was a member of the Methodist church and a Royal Arch Mason. His hosts of friends in Western North Carolina will re gret to learn of his death. - The Peabody Fund. The trustees of the - Peabody fund have decided to end Hhe trust and to give $1,000,000 to the Pea body College at Nashville, Tenn; The amount of the fund now in hand is $2,220,000. Mr. Peabody designed the fund to aid rural edu cation in the Southern States, and for a time the funds were distribu ted to aid in building up schools in rural sections where the poor chil dren mostly needed the aid inten ded by Mr. Peabody." Later large amounts of the fund wre distri buted to lending colleges and Uni-. versities where nmJmt t' dren of v"1"'"" THE IMPEACHMENT OF' - SWAYNE - Managers of the House For mally Present the Articles V of lrnpea6hmentSena- r tors Sworn In. Washington, Jan. 24.-'-Thc sen ate today took another and an im portant step in the matter of the impeachment trial of United States Judge Charles II. Swayne of the Northern District of Florida. The organization for the trial was per; fected- by the swearing of the senators for that purpose, the managers of the House were re ceived for the purpose of formally presenting the articles of impelVch ment, and a resolution summoning Judge Swayne to appear was adop ted."":.;':" v"''rr' ;.-rC.;:: Mr. Piatt (Conn.) was elected to preside at the trial session. Fur ther proceedings were then post poned until Friday next, when Judge Swayne is expected to ap pear before the bar of the Senate in response to the summons of the Senate. f . ! H poem ; f or Coday : ttti THE CHILDREN .WE KEEP, y By Mrs. E. V. Wilson Two More Rural Routes Established. - Postmaster Jarrett has received instructions from the Post Oflice Department to commence service on Routes Nos. 2 and 8, from Franklin, as laid out by Rural Agent Dawson in December. The service will commence Wednesday February 15, 1905, with carriers at a salary of $720 per annum each, including horse hire. ; . 1 route no. 2. Commencing at the Post Office, the carrier will go thence : Miles. West and south west to Porter Place, 1 5-10 South to Leeds P. (X, 3 South to Skeenah Ck. Road 1 1-10 South toWiklos Store P. O. 2 South to Otto P. O., 2 4-10 East and N. E. to Widow Penland's corner, 9-10 Northeast to Itonalson's Place, - 110 IVtracing southwest to Wi dow Penland's corner, 1 8-10 Northwest and north to Knoll, 1 8-10 Northerly to Clark's Chapel 4 7-10 North and N. W., to Frank lin, 4 Total length of route, 24 mi. Area, 15 square miles; hou- ' . sen, HO; Mbpnlation, 480.-y" UK children kept tonilng one bf one, . Till the boys were five and the girls were three, Ami the big brown house was alive with 'fun, ' from the bnsenieiit floor to the oM roof tree. Like iiurili'ii (lowers the little ones Krrvr, ' . Nurtured nnl trained with tcuderent enre; Wariiicd by love's sunshine, bathed In (low, - They blossomed Into beauty rare, lint ono of the boys grew weary one dny, - ' And Inmliig bis head on bis mother's brenst, lie said, "I am tired und cannot play: - lt me sit nwlille vu your knee and rest.'' ' Blie cradleit liliu vIohc to her fond eitibroee, She Iinshed blui to sleep with her sweetest song, And rapturous lore still lightened his fa When bis spirit bad joined the heavenly throng. Then the eldest girl, with ber thoughtful eyes. Who stood where the "brook and the rrver meet," Btolo softly away Into rnnullse E'er "the river" had reached her slender feet ' , While the father's eyes on tlie graves were" bent. The mother lookeil upward beyond the skies "Our treosures," she whispered, "were only lent; " Our darlings were augets In earth's disguise." The years flew by, and the children liegau With longings to think of the world outside, Ami as each In turn became a mnn, The boys prouilly wmt from the fiither's side. The girls, were women so gentle ami fair, ' . That lovers were speedy to woo and to win; . And wltb orange blooms In their braided hair, Their old bom tbey left, new homes to begin. Bo, one by one the children have gone The boys were Ave. the girls were three; And the big brown bouse Is gloomy and lone, - With but two old folks for Its company, hey talk to each other abont the past, As tbey sit together at eventide, And say, "All the children we keep at last ' Are the boy and girl who In childhood died." Is It Smallpox? . Editor Chemkne 8cotit : It seems to me that it is time that this question was definitely ans wered. , I first saw this eruptive disease near Bellview, iu this coun ty, about four years ago. I really did not know what to call it at first but I never did call Uchickenpox, as I knew it would not do for that disease. , It was so mild in degree and atyp ical in character that 1 could not think it was real smallpox at first, and so stated to my people, but al ways telling them it was something that should not spread and should be quarantined. 1 decided to make a close study of the cases and was fully deter mined to make correct diagnosis of the trouble. ',1 had been recent ly vaccinated, and I did not " fear read teaches it. Then is this eruptive trouble wc have smallpox I I Say yes. , Shall we quarantine I I say j'es, thoroughly. . Shall we vaccinate I say yes by all means. ."" I R. Casteel, M. D. ,. Double Daily Mail Service Between Asheville and Murpby. A double daily mail service was put on the Murphy branch of the Southern Railway last Monday be tween Ashe villo and . Murphy. This double service has been de manded for years by the people along this line, and now''" service hnsj" greatly""' there hf ly s f' Stallcup Furniture Co., ' FRANKLIN, N. C, . it , JtH Muhday Brick Block Undertaking Rooms Up Stairs. Furniture, mado add repaired, and kept for sale. Coffioe, cas kets, and undertaking goods of all kinds furnished promptly on de mand. Terms right and reasona ble. Stallcup Furniture Co. THE WINTER WINDS Bring chafed bauds and faces and this calls for something to heal '. " them. Srqith s Procjrant (ream jotion aqj Gilyceririe Jelly With Violets, Each makes the skin smooth and soft. I also carry the. Camphor Ice aud Cold Cream. FRANK T. SMITH, PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST, Franklin, North Carolina. NOTICE OF SALE. State of North Carolina, Maoon County. ' J. Frank Ray and Sam L. Kelly ' under the firm name of Bay & Kelly. vs. ' W. C. Sauudera. . Notioe execution sale. By virtue of an execution di reeled to the uhdereiRiied from th Superior Court of Macon oouu ly iu the above entitled action, I will, on Monday, the 6th day- of February, 1905, at 12 o'clock M., at the court house door of said couuty, tell to the highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said execution, he riht title aud interest lhe said W. C. Saunders "'Siu the following de e aud ulrt J. D. Cobb & Co. HARDWARE. . (3 5 la - - ' - w Farmers, Wagonmakcrs, Me- chanics, Housekeepers, and all kinds of people are invited to t call in and inspect our goods. I Something to suit everybody t of every kind of occupation. I Cook Stoves, Household and i Kitcheri Hardware , Builders' 1 Materials, Mechanics' Tools, I Farming Implements, and all kinds of Staple Hardware. All Goods sold a t living prices. HOTEL JARRETT BUILDING. PK1CES OF GOODS VERY REASONABLE. 3 oJJ 1 ocKiN KA1LVYAY. M r 1 G 3 3 0
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