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PAGE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1327 LEAGUE SERVES BMMUET HERE League of Women Voters Discuss Cleaner Town Cooperation With Other Organization Suggested. Garbage cans to posies such was the range of topics discussed by speakers at the League of Women Voters banquet last Friday evening. Sot the addresses all pore upon the single subiectr-a cleaner, more beauti ful Franklin. ' The banquet, staged at 8 o'clock in the Scott Griffin Hotel parlor, tetri- Jorarily transposed into an attractive anquet hall for the evening, by the way, proved to be a most pleasant social function. A color scheme of red and white, worked out with crepe paper hearts and other valentine decorations, made the room most attractive, and the dinner v was bountiful and delicious. A brief social hour, prior to the din ner, was also enjoyed by the SO or more present. With Mrs. Neville Sloan, chairman, presiding, four speakers discussed briefly and . interestingly 'the town's needs primarily measures looking to a cleaner, more attractive Franklin and how the League of Women Vot ers can assist in carryjng out the program. , Mrs. W. B. McGuire, chairman of the health survey committee from the league,; made an interesting health report, in which she stressed sani tation, measures, pointing out un satisfactory conditions, and suggesting remedies, in her emphatic but inoffen sive manner. R. S. Jones, representing the mem bership of the Chamber of Commerce, asked for the cooperation of the League with the Chamber of Com merce, and emphasized that the town is not as clean as it should be. He facetiously suggested, in his character istic manner, that he ' opposed, at present, a white way for Main street he thought it would be better to extinguish the lights "we have, so we can't see the dirt." How the league can co-operate with the chamber of commerce was dis cussed, from the standpoint of the ooara oi directors oi me cnamDer, by F. Y. McCracken, member of the ooara. Mr. McracKen minced ; no words in urging the importance of cleaning up the town, "from cellar to garret," and keeping it clean, and ; fceld closely the attention of his learers. He also urged the planting of flowers cleanliness plus beautifi- . cation. , Henry W. Cabe, representing the Board of Aldermen, was the last speaker of the evening. He presented the viewpoint of ' the board, told something of the difficulties it has to overcome in its efforts to imorove the. town, and suggested ways in ' board. I Greetings To Everyone Smith's Drug Store v rv i. ' luur iruggiais "V ' Quality And Service Phone 82 Quick Delivery 'CHI CHAE' CHINESE NAME FOR DODGE CAR Among the latest purchasers of a Dodge Brothers motor car is the governor of Kansu, a province of China. Kansu's greatest claim to fame appears to be the fact that it is just about as far from civilization as anyone can get. It is 1500 miles from the nearest railroad and situ ated in the extreme northwesterly section of China. According to Ralph G, Scoville, Christian worker, who has recently returned from China, Dodge Brothers motor cars and Graham Brothers trucks are gradually replacing the mule sedan' and the great mule drawn caravans of com mence. "Kansu." stated Mr. Scoville, "which is oi e of the 18 provinces of China, is also known as the terminus of the great wall. " Here, in this iso lated region, which takes three weeks of tedious, constant traveling to reach after leaving the railroad, I . have lived and worked for over , seven vears. Dodge Brothers motor 'cars were the only automobiles I ever saw there. I am told this is because these cars . seem to be the only make that can survive in this land of indescribably bad' roads.the road, in reality a widened trail, runs from Lanchow on the Yellow River to the heart of Asia, where it meets similar roads from the Indian Ocean and the Casptian Sea and others. "Over these trails an occasional Dodge Brothers motor car plows through, driven generally by Russi ar s, for the Chinese arc notoriously bad chauffeurs. The particular Dodge Brothers motor car that I am refer ring to was purchased by the gover. nor of the pjrovince of Kansu. He lived in Lanchu. The appearance of the governor's car upon - the streets would cries of 'chi chae,' the literal meaning of which is steam car or power cart. The car is a great curio sity and excites much comment among the raw heathen as to what makes it go, the general belief being that it ' the invention of some foreign devil. "It is, in my estimation, a great compliment to the staminaand streng t hof Dodge Brothers motor cars- and Graham Brothers trucks that they are found operating in this roadless reg ion, and it is what prompted me to write you of my contact with your products, hcoville states in his let ter to the home office in Detroit. News From Highlands We are glad to report that the Three State Road, just out from Highlands is being hard surfaced, and we hope soon to be able to say that the same is true of Highway No. 28, in the Highlands section. The Highlands school is growing so rapidly that hardly had it. expanded into the two large class rooms recent ly added, when again pupils and teachers , ; found themselves ' crowded, and two more equally large rooms, a'-e found to be necessary to ' properly accomodate the schopl. . It is also ' a pleasire to report that in the way of growth our church es are not lagging. At this time the Baptist church, especially has increased in attendance and interest. The enrollment being 154 last Sunday. They have just completed a nice, large Sunday School room. The front and interior, of the main building is being improved, by evergreen, hedge, and ornamental shrubbery. The Bov Scouts have quite an in teresting organization, now under the management of Messrs Clyde Rice and Tom Anderson. The girls have also organized with quite a number of enthusiastic girl scouts, with Mrs. Sadler as their leader. We are glad to learn that Mrs. C. C, ' Potts, who has had an opera tion in the Franklin : Hispital is rap idly improving, and hopes to return home soon. Miss Caroline Hall, 'one of our high school girls' won the medal of fered by Hartford' Insuracne Co., for the best essay on "Fire Preven tion." Col. John Sewell, of Birmingham, Ala. was in town a few days recently on business. Mr. J. E. Root left last Tuesday for Kansas City, Mo. to visit his mother, who, is ill. He hopes to return within a few days. Miss Ernestine Blackwell, who has made her home in Highlands for several years, left last week for New York City, where she will live. " Her many friends here are sorry to give, her up, but wish for her much happi ness in her new home. Mr. L. W. Rice is slowly recover ing from an injury, received recently, when he slipped and fell, spraining. his knee. The community club has organized a Fancy Work Club, in order to get ready for a bazaar that they expect to have in July. Everyone is quite interested in it. S1I0PEIIASK0T DROPPED CASE Article On Front, Page Of . This Issue Misleading Shope to Prosecute Three Deputies. Zeb Shope, insted of dropping the case against Chief of Police R. M Qoffey, charging shopting into the car "in; whiqh Shope's " sons were rid ing, as is intimated in a news story appearing on the front page of this issue, has,' on the other hand, sworn out warrants against the two other officers in the party, Frank Norton and Harley McDowell, he said Wed nesday. The warrants will not be served until after February 28, at the urgent requests of the officers, or until af ter the case against Sheriff Ingram and Chief of Police Coffey in Jack son county has been disposed of, Mr. Shope said Immediately after that date, they will be served, Mr. Shope will demand a preliminary hearing, and will prose cute the case with the utmost vigor, he said. The statement that the warrant had been withdrawn was based on a statement of Sheriff Ingram, indicat ing that such was the case, the pre sumption being that the case was being dropped. Attempts at the time to see Mr. Shope were unsuccessful. The first article was already print ed when this was written. ( Franldin Insurance Agency HENRY CABE, Manager We Solicit Your Fire- Insurance ' Scroll News , Mrs. C. R. Mashburn had the mis fortune to fall and break one bone in the lower part of her left arm. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Luther Mc- Call a baby boy. Mr. Harhe Keener s term in the army expired in January. He has been located in San Francisco Cali fornia. He gave homef oiks a pleas ant surprise when he came home, as they thought he planned to re-enlist. Mr. Henry Stiwmters made a fin recently to East LaPorte after a radio which he was purchasing from Mr. Tom Houston. Messrs C. N. and Carl Jones snent the week end with homefolks. Their work is in Transylvania county. Mrs. Will Hedden s father. Mr. Whit Leopard, of Sylva, died very recently. ; , Good Show at Idle Hour "Hold That Lion," shown at the Idle Hour Theatre last Wednesday and Thursday evenings, was clean, spontaneous, delightful fun, from start to finish with side splitting laughter in every inch ot every reel. it is the story of a pair of mis placed trousers, a man in love with a beautiful girl, and his capture of a live lion a capture he started out to make under the misapprehension that a "cat" was a cat, not a lion. How he, sans trousers, nearly up set the public peace; caught his lion; and won his girl is so interwoven as ' to make an attractive story, not to speak of its laughter-proviking qualities. ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE Hwing qualified, as administratrix of L. F. Crawfnrd deceased, late f Macon county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate ot said deceased to exhibit them to the nnrlprsienprl nn nr hpfnrp the 15th day of February, 1928, or this notice will, be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will nlease makp im mediate settlement. This 15th day of f eoruary, viil. MYbA CRAWFORD, Administra trix. m10 s 1 i y r, I s Lovely Spring Frocks Of intense interest to the women and girls of Macon county is the announcement that we have just received an exquisite line of. Spring Frocks and Spring Coats. These frocks and coats are now on sale at the regular Clearance Sale prices. This great Clearance Sale is still on and will continue until further notice. We are constantly receiving new goods and this merchandise is all goint at Clearance Sale prices. Visit our store, compare quality and prices. We will then sell you what you need. . . , GORDONBROS. "Have the Bargains for You" '. EAT AT REECE'S RESTAURANT BUT NOT AT THE OLD STAND We have leased the entire Hotel Franklin and will hereafter serve our hundreds of cus tomers in the hotel lobby, which we have con verted into, one of the finest restaurants west of Ashebille. We are the same old Reece Brothers and will consequently be glad to see all our old friends at our new place of business. Our wel come there will be just cordial as it was at our old location. After this an nouncement our restaurant will be open 24 hours in the day. We also have many rooms to rent in the Hotel Franklin, by the day, week or month. Each room has complete new furniture. Suites can be arranged if ; desired. We extend a cordial invitation to the pub lic to visit us at our new location. WE NEVER CLOSE REECE'S RESTAURANT
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