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VOLUME XL FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1925 NUMBER THIRTY-THREE T-raHMELLE raws 1 mmi CROWD TflOET j L L T I i ! G V Accommodations in Town and Adjacent Country are LimitedEvery Effort to Be Made to Care For All Visitors. Dr. F. C. McConnell arrived at Franklin Thursday evening prepara tory to conducting services 'fjo'mAu-' gust 14 to 23 inclusive inthe great gust 14 to 23 inculsive in the great tabernacle just.off the Georgia road in the southern' outskirts of Franklin. . Dr. Geo. W. .Truett will arrive today. While1 here Dr.. Truett , will be, the guest of Mrand Mrs.' J. S, Trotter while Dr. McConnell will stay at the home of his brother, )Ar, S. E. Mc Connell on Bonny' Crest. " Rev. A. J. Smith, pastoi of the lo- cal Baptist church, after months of preparation, has everything in read ines for the greatest religious meet ing in the history of Franklin. His untiring efforts to provide for the comfort and welfare of the thousands of visitors who- will come to hear these two eminent divines have been an inspiration to Franklin and parti cularly to the members of the" Baptist . church. The members of Rev. Smith's church have loyally supported him in this great undertaking. In fact the entire population of Franklin regard less of, creed, have lent-; him en couragement and support. :' ' The housing accommodations in Franklin and at nearby farm houses , are" taxed almost to the limit. Should others come totay during the entire meeting every effort -.will bemade to find, them places to sleep and to eat. The great tabernacle erected under the supervision of Rev. A. J. Smith will seat : apprQx,i.m.ately i4000 people. As we go to press indications ; point to capacity audiences at the morning and. evening services. Dr. McConnell will nreach at 11 A. M. nd Dr, Truett at 8 P. M. '; . ' A parking committee will have charge of traffic at the tabernacle. This committee has made definite plans to handle the hurfdreds of cars that will be in evidence a the meeting. - , '.ommittee on hpsp'tMfty has-aoo ; b.-c;' rr pointed. Mr. Fred' H:?do.i ' clJii inan of this omw tee and,, will : . kc h'1'. headquarten near the tabef ' Jiai'e. Thf.se with 'io r.o;n rcserva ton- hould report to. Mr. Higdon netr lie tabernacle for. assignment to , ruvis. The local trooi of the loy Sv, vr.,4 --vill be on hand to conduit v.ors o the homjl or houij to which .;hev. have been assigned. Visitors coming by auto from the vst jrc idvised to omc t" I' uiklu by wav of Bryson City as thc'rwl . fcetween Franklin and" D-ilsboro , dor ut Mruction. Fh : r. t bv ' -sii Ciy .will lengthci. the journe', - b lcsstl.an ah hotir.: ' ' .' Franklin's business houses will be closed during the meeting from 10 JO A. M. to 12 noon, excepting Saturdays. There will be a trained nurse in charge of the ladies rest room. A section of the tabernacle will be reserved for colored people. Dr., and Mrs. Truett were accom panied by Jheir daughter. Miss Annie-' salee ' Two pthfer ? daughters from, tjnhbury, Va arev ilro C here with their parents Mrs. Marion Truett '. Gillian and Mrs. Jesse Truett Jones whose husband is pastor of the First Baptist church at Lynchburg. Below is a letter that is being sent out by Rev. A. J. Smith: Dear Friend : The days are near at liand for the beginning of the Truett" McConnell meeting at Franklin, N. C. Much publicity has been given to the meeting and yet I find many questions being asked. I am sending therefore, this letter of general information to as many as possible in all sections. Some of it you know possibly all of it. I shall be, glad if you will read it for your own information and that you may give the information to others. If you know of someone who wishes to know will you tell them or pass the letter on to then). Services . ' Date, August 14 to 23. Place frank lin,' N. C. Meeting Jo be held , in tabernacle seating" 4000 with room for twice that number in dense shade in good hear ing distance. - '.; . " Meeting begins Friday morning, August 14 at eleven o'clock. Dr. F. C. McConnell preaches each morning at eleven o'clock. : Dr. Geo. W. Truett preaches each evening at eight o'loek. Probably three services on Sunday Dr. Truett preaching morning and night, Dr. McConnell preaching after noon. Announcement to be made later. ) , ' . Accommodation Information bureau -on grounds. Reservations can be made here. . Mr. Fred Higdon in charge. Correspond ence concerning reservations previous to meeting should be addressed to him or the pastor, A- J. Smith. Pilots to homes, hotels or camping sites. A good number of home prepared to take roomers, some free and others at very, reasonable prices. Beautiful camping sites.. We urge as many as possible to avail them selves of these camp sites. They are near at hand. Ample parking - space near taber-nacle-'Careful superivi-o:: ,'Any Uck or crippled or old people will be permitted to enter grounds with car that they will not have to walk. Privileges granted by. chief parking officers. All other cars will be parked from 100 to 300 yards from tabernacle. ' Ladies rest room on g ounds. w Tree' ipe water on grounds. Lunch stand near at hand. Under church supervision but net run by the chrtrm.AVp haveTiotmng to- seH,): Roads N'cjv concrete highway to Georgia state line. Open all the way. Highway to Bryson City connecting with No. V) good all the way. Highway to Dillsboro connecting with No. 10 partly under construction Detours at each end fairly good. Only 30 minutes longer to drive by way of Bryson City over fine roads all the way. Two trains daily on Tallulah Falls Railroad connecting with main line of Southern at Cornelia, Ga. Arrive at Franklin 1:30 and 6:00 P. M. ' All northeast Georgia roads good Yours truly,, A. J. SMITH, Pastor Franklin Baptist Church SILER FAMILY H0LDSREUN10N Approximately 200 Present At 74th Reunion A Few ' From the Far West Table Loaded. JR. ORDED ORPHAN HOME CORNERSTONE Elected to Tailors' Guild W.S. Davis of Highlands has been elected to membership in the Born Tail ors Guijd,. a national association ot master tailors, according to word trom the headquarters of the organi zation in Chicago. GEORGIA ROAD OPEN The concrete highway from Frank lin to the Georgia line was open' to through traffic last Tuesday. Tho new desiring to reach Franklin from the south wul have no detours win North Carolina. , . y , 1 On August 6th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sloan in East Frank-V lin was held the 74th Reunion of the prominent' Siler family of Macon county. Each year for 74 years this family has assembled at the home of onej)f its members in Macon county to renew acquaintanceship and to ex change reminiscencis oj the days that have passed. As the years have gone by many members of the family have passed over the river while others have moved to distant places. But as the time for the annual reunion ap proaches those who are living and who can possibly do so journey back to the scenes of their childhood to take part in these historic events. Since .these reunions began, the family has maintained an efficient or ganization, including a prlsident, sec retary and other necessary officials. Mr. T. R. Gray, of Ellijay, has been secretary for 53 years and his prede cessor held this office for 21 years. , From time to time a history of the Siler family is published and distrib uted among its various members. The latest edition of this history is now in the hands "of the printer and will soon be ready for distribution. At the last reunion there were ap proximately 200 members of the Siler family present and about 30 guests among whom were' Rev. E. J. Pipes, Rev. and Mrs. J. Q.' Wallace, Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Smith, Major and Mrs. S.' A. Harris and others. n Those"; of fhr -Silef -.family, -who journeyed from far places to be pres ent were Miss Ethel Siler of Randoe, Wash., daughter of Mr. and -tMrs. Judson Siler, Miss Louise Siler, also of Rnadoe and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Siler'; Mrs. Ellen Green of, Lancaster, Texas, daughter of the late Captain and Mrs. T. T. Siler and her niece, Miss Mildred Mitchell also of Lanraster; " Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Roane and son, Sam, of Whittier; Mr. Lyle Jones and family of Ashe vtlle. aiid others whose names the re porter did not, obtain. Two long tables placed on the. lawn under a spreading maple tree were (loaded with good things to eat. There were many evidences to the effect that the guests and members of the Siler family had been making preparations for this meal b,y fasting for several days. After an' hour's session at the tables the regular business and social meeting of the family was held. At this meeting those who have married into the Siler family since the previous reunion are required to make a speech. Last year Mr. Will Higdon by some hook or crook got relieved from making his speech. This ; year he again got cold feet and left before the speech making hour ai lived. Dur ing the meeting many '.degiams from absent members were rece'vtd. One from Miss Harriet TfCennibrew who is chii-nran of the bid rr.ar committer read as follows: "Too bus hunting a man to-atfend reunion." As the shadwos of evening ap proached . the reunion edjourned to meet again next year. Al present, including the guests who were;1 honored : by being invited, ex pressed themselves as, thoroughly en joying the reunion.- r' . Cornerstone for the branch orphan's home now being erected by the Junior Order of North Carolina at Lexing ton, N. C, will . be laid Wednesday afternoon, August J9th, at 2:30 o'clock according to the program which has just been ' announced The event promises to be one of the most im portant and largely attended in the history of the Order jn this state. Attended by members of the National Council, who will tke an active part in the exercises, and by hundreds of Juniors from all sections of the Old jMorth State, the event will be one of more than passing interest and significance. El. GEORGE W.. TRUITT , CAR WRECK A big Hudson touring car evidently used as a taxi with headquarters at Canton was wrecked about 3 :00 o'clock Wednesday morning' at the east end the the .-Little Tennessee bridge-in Franklin. J The car hit the oncrete bridge guard ' nad turned turtle, landing in a ditch near- the road.- These who have never seen a complete wreck ought to , view the remains of this taxi. The occupant or occupants of the car disappeared and the authorities here have been un able, to learn their naej. - -' Geological Party Passes Through Franklin A party from the University, State College, Elon arid Davidson passed through Franklin last Friday studying the geological formation of Western North Carolina, mines, soil, etc. The party was in charge of Dr. W. F. Prouty of the University. Profs. W. L. Porter of Davidson, W. B. Cobb of N. C( State and T. E. Powell of Elon were also making the trip as special ists in their resective studies. Under the leadership of these professors the following named students from, the various colleges mentioned were re ceiving practical instruction in "the studies scheduled for the trip: Fred Prouty, I. L; Martin, H." M. Holmes, S. D. Shearer, J. P. Pretlow, E.' L. Wilcox; ). A. Whitaker, J. K Whit ley, R. A. Reid, W. B. Jones and H. S. Pendergraft. - This party of fifteen were traveling in a large touring car and a bus with a camping outfit. They were behind schedule three or four . days and left late in the afternoon for Murphy. ; Dr. Prouty and Prof. Cobb express ed their delight at being in Franklin and regretted that lack of time pre vented their remaining here for an indefinite stay. However they plan to return next year and spend some weeks studying the mines and soils of Macon. " Parker is Wondering Last Saturday Mr. Jim Rogers ap proached Mr. Parker Moore and ask for 50 cents contribution to be used to work out the garden of a poor family who lives near town. Mr. Moore gladly contributed and commended Mr. R,ogers for his interest in the wel fare of the needy family.' When M,r. Moore" arrived, at his home for dinner he. found a man hoeing out his (Moore's) garden. When Mr, Moore asked the man who put him to work there the man replied that Mr. Jim Rogers had given him 50 cents to get rid of the "weeds in that particular garden. The Bible Institute ' , Held at Highlands During, the last week, beginning with a union service on Sunday night, August 2, Highlands has enjoyed a wonderful and unique spiritual ex perience in the shape of a Bible Insti tute conducted by Mrs. Dora C. Perk ins, graduate of the Moody Institute at Chicago. - Mrs. Perkins came to us by special ( invitation from the Community Club, an organization that has recently ; come into existence, . having ' at its basic object the uplift of Highlands in its community interests. We are glad to note that this club recognizes the' great need for spiritual enlight enment as well as mental and physi cal training and we are sure that all who took advantage of the remark-' able series of Bible studies that Ms. Perkins so ably and beautifully gave , us will agree that the club made no mistake in its selection' of a teacher. We may4 perhaps be able to recall only a few of the words spoken by ' Mrs. Perkins but we can never" forget her devotion, strong faith, and firm belief in "the word of God which is Me to make us wise unto salvation." Many of us wera filled with a desire to study "our Bible and learn more pf the love of God that is past under standing that it could make such a great and sarificial plan of salvation. , To some, it was a revelation that Christ, in the words of Mrs. Perkins, "ran as' a silver thread throughout the ntire Bible." Because we have , not been able to trace Him in the Md Testament but have Considered it as a mere matter of history and therefore dull and uninteresting, that particular part of the Biblehas been. sadly neg lected. However, - after listening to Mrs. Perkins -who at no time departed ., from the Word, .being able to quote passage after passage jn proof of her' statements we saw Christ in the en tire Bible from Genesis to Revelation. If time and space would only allow we might go on telling of this re markable week filled as it has been "r " ' " with such rich blessings, but we can only say in closing that we pray God's 1 ; .best blc tsing upon this gifted teach er and that she may be spared a long and useful life in the service of the Master. , To the Community Club m general ' and Mrs. S. T. Marett und'Mis'sHar S. ryin particular we extjnd tl anks for J1 the great treat that they have made it possible for us to enjoy. How we hope that their plans for a longer inatitu e may materialize next sum mer. , ' Town Offers to Buy Lines , Last Tuesday the town board passed a resolution offering to buy the lines of the Franklin Light & Power com pany at a price set by an expert ap praiser, this appraiser to be manually agreeaDte to Dotn town ana the com pany. The resolution granted .the Franklin Light & Power company 48 hours from 12 o'clock Tuesday night to accept or reject the oSit.i There new appears to be no possibility that the town board will agree to sell cur rent to the Franklin Light & Power company for distribution fo the citi zens of the town. In the event that the company rejects the offer of the town . the- board .will doubtless . build municipal lines on the - streets ,.iof Franklin. , .1-: V, ! t DR. F. C. McCONNELL
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