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Friday, November 14, 1924 THE FRANKLIN PRESS Page Thrca A MUSICAL FEAST The Shaw Concert Company Of the Piedmont Lyceum Bureau Played to Large Audience Here. On the evening of November 6th, the Shaw Concert Company of the Piedmont Lyceum Bureau played to a large and enthusiastic audience in tile court house at Franklin. This company is composed of Mrs. Frances L. Shaw, pianist and violinist, her son, William Shaw, solo saxophonist Andrew Ponder, violinist and saxo phone artist,, Robert Shepard, cornet ist and joe Berryman, xylophonist. . Never before has such entrancing music been heard in Franklin. Mrs. Shaw delighted the audience with her accompaniments and with her piano stlecfiqns. Her rendition of the Sextette from Lucia with her left hand only, was a marvelous exhibi tion of skill. As a saxophonist, William Shaw's equal is rarely heard. Robert Shepard kept the audience spell bound with his music of the cornet,, while the har monies from Ponder's violin were sublime. It seems impossible that a man with only two hands can play all the in struments that Joe Bersyman simul taneously played during the various numbers of the concert. He is not only an artist with the trap drum and a dozen other s-uch instruments, but is an expert on the xylophone. Under the touch of his magic fingers! class ical music popular airs and old south ern melodies rolled from this instru ment in entrancing strains. Franklin is indeed fortunate to have had an opportunity of hearing the Shaw Concert Company. Log of Auto Trip From Franklin to Portland, Ore. Bryson City's Mule. Chicago has nothing on Bryson City; While the. former's history is juuissuiuuiy uiikcu vvun ine ngni ninu leg of a cow, he latter boldly lays claim to the out-kickin'est mule that ever invaded a town. According to the Bryson City Times this mule recently took posses sion of that town and held it cavtive for some hours. When said mule got into action so did the citizens. . Those who failed to get in the vault of the bank managed to find a place of concealment elsewhere. The mule finally espied one of the bolder spirits peering at him through a plate glass front. This seemed to enrage the animal whereupon he began kicking out all the glass fronts in the neigh borhood where sufficient room was available to allow him to . bring his business end into play. . After kicking all the windows in :thc vicinity into smithereens the mule finally kicked the bucket. " The Times failed to state whether or noi it was, a) wnue mmc. , Free Moving Pictures. Miss Martha Creighton, District Hom Demonstration Ajent for the Western District of North Carolina, expects to spend the week of Novem ber 17-22 in Macon County holding meetings and showing moving pic tures.' These meetings are to be Jield at the following places: Patton School House, November 17th, 2 P.M. ' Slagle School House, November 17th. 7 P. M. Union School House, November 18th, 2 P. M. . , Otto School House, November 18th, ,7 P. M. . , . v Iotla School House, November 19th. .2 ?. M, , Cowee School House, November 30th; 7 P. M. Franklin (Idle Hour Theatre), Nov- " ember 20th; 2 P. M. ifigdonvillc School' House, Novem ber 20th, 7 P. II: Watauga School House, November 21 st, '2 P. M. , Holly Springs School House, Nov ember 21st, 7 P. M. . Salem School House, Nc member 22nd, 2 P. M. Pine Grove School House, Novem ber 22ad, 7 P. M. The moving pictures will be shown at the nigh't meetings and at the af ternoon meetings where the school nouse'can be darkened so that the 'pictures can be seen. The Demonstration Agents, the Su pervisor of the Nantahala National Forest and the agent of the Delco- Light Company are co-operating in showing these moving pictures. About half, of the pictures will show (hp importance of fire prevention in .saving our fajt decreasing timber .tupply., I nili. MortMir Deeds and Chattel Mortgagee tor ial a! The Portland, Ore., Nov. 1.--1 heve re ceived several requcstn fro friends to send you a log of our three thusand sevein hondred and fifty-four mile westward journey, to be printed in your paper. ! Our party consisted of eight, which were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mashburn Mr. Tracy Barnard and myself of Franklin, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ray and sons of Parrie City, Oregon. Our journey started from your city. August 18, 1924 and lasted until Sept. 8, 1924, making ; a total of twenty two days traveling. Our first day was bright and clear, although we had queer chills running up and down our back bones, but these soon vanished when, a loud bang, notified us very unpleasantly that we had received a very, very flat tire. After much labor we continued on our way, but we were all serious and excited and made very slow milage, camping at Marshall, N. C. Ninety five miles from .our home base and ending Aug. 18, our first and cleanest day on "the road". Not having slept much we rose with the sun of Aug. 19, and after much enjoyed lunch cranked the sleeping motors of our "Gee Haws" and did not stop (except for lunch) till we cir cled around a traffic cop several times in Knoxville Tenn. and found a place to roost in Fountain City, a suburb of Knoxville, one hundred and ninety miles from the corn bread plate that we left at home. , The sun did not shine on us so favorably on Aug. 20, because he saw what we couldn't. Rough roads, the terror of every tourists. On this day we traveled slowly and in between bounces we managed to find a spot in a camp from London Kentucky,- and when the sun lasts rays of the day lay on the Blue Grass we found that we were one hundred and thirty miles farther and making a total of two hundred and sixty miles from an ac- cessable soft bed. "' On Aug. 21st, we traveled over mer.; pig trails to Falmouth, Ky, One hun dred and forty four miles from Lon d n iir.d four hundred and four nines from the jail at home. Aug. 22, we did about the same mile age over much better roads, but we were so used to bouncing that we couldn't . sit still. That evening the speedometer read one hundred and forty eight miles farther and five hundred fifty-two miles from the Corn crib. One of our party looked out and we were in Indianapolis Ind. On Aug. 23 the foot feed on both cflrs stuck for a few minutes and when we -stopped that night in Chica go Heights, 111., we found that . if traveling over good roads you can travel one hundred and eighty-five miles evry easy and don't realize that you are seven hundred and thirty seven miles from home. After an all night feed, 0, I mean for the "skeeters," we arose on the morning of Aug. 24 for another ex pected days journey. Do you think we got it." Well we did we traveled one hundred and eighty five -miles to Do Witt1 Iowa, with out getting off the pavement. Except when Uncle Harve had to stop so that he could get out and run a "Pesky Skeeter" down. Wljtn the sun winked and dropped to the east. Hey IT' mean the west, we were nine liundred and forty miles from the city in the long leaf pines. The clouds of August 25th look down upon us here, we- were due for trouble. Mr. Ray had trouble with a conceding - rod - in -hi- car, - and we only made ninety-seven miles "down the raocl" to Bell" Plains, Iowa. ' August 2 we were all sober but tried to see which car ran the fastest. After rr.uch passing and repassing we found that it was near dark and Dun lap, Iowa, was just around the turn we looked at our speedometer and found that we were two hundred and four miles nearer the end at present than we were in the earliest part of the day . " The next evening, after traveling one hundred and thirty-four miles to Silver Creek; Nebraska, we found that there was a little dust on us, but I think I had more of it tucked away in the corners of my ears. . More dust! I thought, in fa.ct we all though, (but it didn't hurt us a bit), that dust and the deviFwas spelled the same way. And on traveling all day "through the powder gum balls that Silver Creek was just two hundred and for- tvrnine miles from Agallalo, Nebraska and seventy seven miles , worth of hard driving took us to Cheyenc Wy oming, where we saw our first U. S. mail Aeroplane and that is the way Aug. 29 went in the discard. Aug. .10 brought a clear cold day that is so unusal in Wyoming upon u and taking the opportunity v,c made Rawlins, Wyoming, one hundred and sixty miles farther from the "Old Oken Bucket." . The first real bad luck We had on our journey happened just after we crossed the famous range of moun tains called by the most, "The Rockys," our speedometer chain broke and not knowing this log would ever go in print we failed to fix it. But we managed to make the Red Desert on high and camped at Green River Wyoming, iii the coldest night I ever set my stubby nose into. But on thenmorning of Sept. 2nd, we untangled ourselves from the fire and steered the two life boats to the South End of Big Bear Lake, Utah', This lake is one of the largest lakes in the west, and it was not on our minds to dispute their word so we left and traveled to Pocetello, Idaho, for. another nights rest and some how 1 don't seem to remember what hap pened after seven o'clock. '" Seven thirty the next morning (Sept. 3), we were many miles from the roost after night before when Hoselton, Idaho, passed our radiator cap we stopped and I think the rest of them camped there that night, I know I went to sleep soon after I could get the Buick out of gear. On Sept. 4, Glen's Ferry rolled around about four thirty in the after noon, and some how my foot just seemed to slide toward the clutch and we stopped. , . , Sept. 5 saw us through Boise and fifteen miles farther on Nampa, show ed up. Again we stopped for a much needed rest. Mr and Mrs. Mashburn, Tracy and I stayed in Nampa that night while Mr. and Mrs. Ray and their sons drove to U small town about eight miles away to see some of their many friends. . . The next day was the happiest day on the trip, because we passed the Snake River at noon and behold! ,we were in Oregon, but that didn't stop us. Wehad good times and when Bak er Oregon showed up we stopped, be cause that was where our trails di vided. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ray, their sons and Tracy took a southern course to their homes in Prane City, while Mr. and Mrs. Mashburn and mvsrlf cnntimied on to theS-ity of Roses. Sept. 7 our party broke aifrl after leaving the other half in Baker we started on the last leg of our journey from Baker to Portland. We didn't quite make Portland that day although we could have, but we were going fast enough to suit me, after leaving Baker at seven o'clock the morning of Sept. 7, we traveled to "The Dalles," Oregon arriving there at four thirty TJie Dalles is two hun dred and seventy three miles trom Baker and we had to travel fast, although I diln't mind because J was at the wheel. Sept. 8 at ten thirty o'clock we rol led across the city limits of Portland Oregan, and this ended a 3734; mile trip thru' thirteen states , and nearly across the United States. Yours truly, ;. EARL ASIIE. BARGAINS' M SEAL ESTATE House and acre lot on West, Main Street. Bath, electricity, shade, side drive and garage. .Three minutes walk to square and public school. A real bargain and mighty easy -terms. We are sacrificing 65 acres of rich land within 5 miles of Franklin. Substantial buildings, apple or chard, running water and within 300 yards of R. R. station, 3 Business Opportunity. Well built, store house 20x40 on good lot at Prentiss. Bargain. Other ktrgains'listed. If it's Real Estate you want, we have it. CARPENTER & STOCKTON Over Pendergrass Store Franklin, N. C. ASHEAR'S NEWS This message to the people who desire to. know how to spend their money and get value received in the spending. , See my Ladies' Coats, Dresses and Coat Suits, Ladies'. Underwear and Night downs, Misses' Under wear and Sweaters. Men's Suits and Overcoats, the largest stock I have ever carried. I also carry shoes for the whole family. I have filled my store and basement with staple merchandise at the right prices and am ready to de liver the goods. . I -will meet anybody's prices, and will do even better. - ------ I often hear it said, '.'Oh, I wish. I had known that you had this." Stop wishing and let us show you what we have. Our stock in every. line is the most complete that you will find in any part of the country. I can and will save you money, so let me prove it. Yours for service, JOS. ASHEAR ESC . FOR MEN AND BOYS ; A small line of real clothing. Not quantity but quality, with special attention given to style and fit. ' ' '. Real METCALF WORSTEDS for men, worth $35 00,"only$27.50. . Heavy French Serge for men, only $27.50. Boys' Suits with two pairs of pants, word $15 00, only $11.00. A tew Boys' Suits at $5.00. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SLOAN BROS. & CO. Phone 85 Press office.
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