VOLUME XLII
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Two Stores t
suiting in u
Trotter Ri. I
Announcement
lias purchased
ness of John S.I
two stores are
urdav. The rnnJ .
not announced, ,1a
Ihe consoudi
management otr!-
-and J. S, Portf-,
lcnown as the Cash i,
, With the consolidati
oldest business hous!
passed out of existenc
ter has been in the
ness here for the p'aslf
The : n0store, til
nnotr.'will be on
rnaCraiitile estab'.tshtt'
.sheville. The stocks 4
cerns will be consoli
Cunningham left . Sun.
more ' to purchase afiu.,
for the combined 1 store. . .
Thus the store will orobably
as large a stock of merchandise,
management announces, as any
west of ; Asheville.' The Cash S
in the past has taken a pride ih h
ing a complete stock of new goods
hand at all times, representatives'
the firm making three or four t
to market .annually; and in tu
the bigger .store expects to be ;
to offer its1: customers an even w
choice of articles. ": :.""j '''
The two stores will be opera!
-separately for the present but
be consolidated in thevcourse of
-next 30 days in the Bank of Frati'
store room formerly occupied by
'Trotter. The store has a lease on
room occupied by the Cash Store,
just what concern will occupy t
room has not been announced. '
Mr. Trotter, in business a th?
of a century here, expressed v
-sincere regret at releasing nis u
ness. and stated that many of
customers had ' also expressed fti
At tue fact that he was striking
, name form the - list of ' merchants'
Franklin. - '
Mr. Trotter has not announced
, plans for the future.
H&nded Until Aid Arrive
. From Outiid&:':.'i V
Bv Thomas W. Alexander
a ngnier oi lire? inai sureaa hik
.miles of, roaring v flames, where firt
fighting equipment is not; water ' anl
hose and chemical equipment but is
pitch forks, cross cut saws,' axes ot
anything that can be used to stop th
onward rush ot a mountain tores
(ira-Xtlmpi' SAffA - firornarl writ-1
JILL . V. w . , V ,M.U 11 I
the United States forest service ok
Nantahala national forest; comesv
down in rainy and snowy times' from
his lonely lookout station to ! pass the
time of day with, folks below in
Franklin, where the forest's " head
quarters are maintained.'' , , '
' Stolen Sock Cause
Setser, one of the SO such watch
men -guarding-: the 1,850,000 acres " of
national forest; lands in Tennessee,
North Carolina, Virgina, West Vir
ginia, Georgia and South Carolina,
who has been on ; Winespring Bald
watching for fires for four years,
has seen many a burst 6f flame that
meant the destruction of thousands
of dollars worth' of hemlock, oak
and chestnut timber; but the - worst
fire he ever remembers seeing, and
the one that brought him promotion
from a mere fire guard on Standing
Indian to chief fire guard at Wilson
Lick Ranger station all started, ; so
he believes, : over a pair of stolen
socks, worth perhaps 25 cents, and
s.wept over an area of 10,000 acres
virgin timber land. The Chicago
vow didn't do much more for fire
i;; ' tcrsl -' :, ;!;- v '
;. The socks were stolen from a tiny
cabin, set in the wilderness at the
lead of Natahala '.river, which was
i.sed as -an overnight stopping place
for government officials, stock hunt
vrs, and herb ' diggers. The' forest
ranker in charge of ' the district, R.
C Brown, kept a change of clothing
' and a small supply of rations at the
rVi f r ct-crgency use if, out
it-.' ' - t t' '.L-t, ,he should gct
THI
"Fall
come
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