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PACE TEN THE FRANKLIN PRES3 THURSDAY MAY If, 1S27 ASHEVILLE TIMES DELIVERED HERE The Asheville Times Sunday morn ing began a service that is entirely new in Franklin delivery by carrier of a daily newspaper. The Times will be delivered in Franklin in future each afternoon and Sunday morning, by Robert Curtis. The papers reach here by bus 'from Sylva. They arrive about 5:30 in the afternoon. Delivery to the homes by carrier of an afternoon paper the afternoon it is printed this is a far call from, the days, not so long ago, when Franklin folk . received their Asheville Citizen, a morning paper, in the even ing, sometimes' 'hardly before bedtime 18 hours after it was printed. The delivery service is at a; rate slightly higher than the mail subscrip tion rate. Directors Meet Directors of the Western Carolina Telephone Company met at the of fice of Mr. W. B. McGuire Wednes day of last week. On vote the by laws were changed to permit seven instead of five directors. Dr. W. A. Rogers resigned as president and Mr. W. B. McGuire was elected in his stead. Mr. Addison Maupin, of At lanta was elected treasurer and D. G. Stewart general manager and assist ant treasurer. T. J. Johnston was chosen as attorney for the company. Frank I. Murray submitted his resig nation as a director and Mr. Addison Maupin was elected in his stead. Messrs M. B. Speir and H. L. Jones, of Charlotte were also present, and were elected to the directorate. The following named men are now : carried upon the books of the secre tary as directors: W. B. McGuire, T. J. Johnston, M. B. Speir, H. L. Jones, Dr. W. A. Rogers, T. J. . Johnston and D. G. Stewart. An executive committee was appointed composed of the following named directors: D. G. Stewart. Ad dison Maupin, H. L. Jones and M. B. Speir. Plans for taking over the telephone exchanges at Sylva," Bryson City and Clayton, Ga. were discussed. Dodge Brothers New Cars Make Hit With Public Orders received by Dodge Brothers, Inc. from its dealers since announce ment on May 1 of the new four cylin der motor have been in such volume that production has been increased for the second time in ten days, ac cording to President E. G. Wilmcr. "The immediate response of the public and of our dealers has been very gratifying. "Mr. Wilmer stated. "Orders received in the first three days following the announcement to taled approximately $4,000,000. This is in addition to ordinary contractual allotments. "The first day after the announce ment dealers place dorders for 1080 cars and on the second day orders totaled 1742. Orders are continuing to pour into the factory1, in large volume. "Over 600 telegrams from dealers in all sections of the country have been received telling of quickened demand and requesting advance ship ment 'of their allotments. "Stocks of cars in dealers' hands are low and current retail sales will be immediately reflected in factory operations. Since .March 1 deliveries by dealers have been materially in excess of factory production. "Output , was . stepped, up May 9 to care for the large orders. This was the second time our operations have been speeded up within' 10 days." The 1915 MacDowell Club The 1915 MarDnwr11 Huh mM ,;L Mrs. Gilmer Jones on May 11, 1927. Mrs. Neville Sloan was leader and the following program given: Paper Dvorek Mrs. Neville Sloan. riano Duet blavic Dance Dvorek, Mrs. Hiireins. Mrs. Cahp Gypsy Song No. 7 Dvorek, Mrs. Hudson. Piano Gobleis Dance Op. 85, No. eU- Dvorek, James Porter. Piano On the Holy Mount Dvorek, Mrs. Weimer Jones. (If Flowers Could Speak Mana lucca (In the Garden of My Heart Ball, Mr. Scott Gibson. Motor Oils look more or less alike, but What a difference w Ynir safeguard is the responsi bility of the maker y: 3 Motor lubrication seeing a simple thing. Yet, amid the many conflict ing, technical - sounding claims, no one can blame the average motorist for becoming confused. "Standard" Motor Oil is the re sult of long experience in refining and of unmatched facilities for research and experiment. When you use it in your motor car you have a guarantee of correct lubrication. s STANDARD OIL COMPANY(N. J.) MOTOR OIL The Measure of Oil Value Graham Brothers Truck Sales Breaks Record April retail sales of Graham Broth ers trucks and commercial cars includ ing foreign shipments reached the highest level of any month this year, a total of more than 5,600 units having been delivered throughout the world during the 26 working days. Graham Brothers tremendous output of trucks embraces a full line of 3-4, 1,1 1-2 and 2-ton acapcitics, complete with bodies. Featuring the large sales in April was an increase of 188 per cent in overseas shipments over the substan tial figures of March, a total of -1084 units for the month. This total has been exceeded by only one other month in Graham Brothers history. , In Canada, Groham Brothers sales for April broke all previous monthly records of trucks delivered to cus tomers. Dorge Brothers Dealers throughout the United States report that even greater sales are in prospect. As the truck business is one of the best barometers of general business ac tivity, a continuance of prosperous conditions is indicated. Weber Resigns Mr. H. B. Webber has resigned as ( ' ' tP " superintendent of the mica nlant on Cowee. The Mica Products Company which formerly operated this plant and the General Mica and Clay Com pany, operating the plant at Iotla Bridge, recently consolidated. It is understood that Mr. Webber will make his home at Franklin. Bakery Moves The Franklin Bakery, was moved last week to the basement of the Hotel Franklin. Raiting the building formerly occupied by the bakery ne cessitated this change of location. MRS. CHASTAIN BETTER Mrs. A. C. 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