VOLUME- XL1I ,, FRAWKUHW.' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER t, 127 ' : .;. " NUMBER THIRTY-SlJC
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GREAT SALE
Sale Opened Thursday of
Last Week and Since That
Time Store Has Been
Crowded.
What has been and still is undoubt
edly "Macon County's Greatest Sale"
as specified in the announcement,
opened Thursday of last week at the
store rooms of J. S. Porter & com-
pany. Even before the opening date,
visitors from Georgia and from ad-
ioinine counties iourneved to Franklin
with the hopes of avoiding the rush
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and taking advantage of sale prices,
Such visitors were disappointed and been. The sheds are being torn down,
were told to return on the opening and the furniture company has also
date. Before the opening hour on -' bwilt, under the agreement a hollow
ft. a c i u a r-tile structure just back of the hard-
Thursday scores of people had-assem-, company store for storage of
bled at the store waiting for the doors their lumber and other building ma
to open and since that time fifteen" terials.
or twenty clerks have been busy The corner being left vacant as a
a . 'result of moving the old, Stallcup
waiting on.the trade. Many became mmg has.been leased for a period
ticd of waiting td be served-and over
flowed into other stores In town to
purchase their necessities. J. C.
Whitimere. who makes if a business.,
of' staging sales of this kind,; says' that The work is preceding somewhat
h has never seen anything like thfo slowly," but is . expected, to , be corn
sale in a town the size ot- Franklin,' pleted by the end of this week."
TKe sale will close Monday - of next The ' change means -the removal of
week, when drawings - will tM plsice ontf of the older buildings in the
to- determine the winner of the Hoos-j business section of the town, to make
ier cabinet, which is -to be-given, ,wa& way for "a newer and more attractive
When this sale : closes' Mrr Whitmire, one.
incompany wh'one of 4he Wsidihgi ' " $ " " 1
merchants of Western North Carolina,' CO A Nlf I IN' rtRfHIT
vnu visit eastern manteis u uuy a.
large stock of, goods -for another sale
to be held in a nearby town.
According to Mr. Jim PorteiV who
has presided af the cash register at
the sale of his son, Steve, hundreds
of ' people from Georgia and from
adjacent counties in this state have
brought hundreds of dollars ' into
Macon county, having been drawn
here by the sale of J. S. Porter
&; company. He states that other
MOrCS III lUWH iidvc uuuc a mi"'"S I
business during the continuance of
Steve's sale and that the restaurants,
garages, etc. have also profited.
Next Monday the management of
the store of J. S. Porter & . company
expects to , have a photographer on
hand to take views of the immense
crowd that will be present at the
drawing for the kitchen cabinet. In
conversation with Mr. J. C. Whitmire,
Porter's sales manager, he informed a
Press representative . that . he expects
five thousand people here Monday
afternoon at the drawing for the
cabinet.
Broadway Locals
Messrs Zeb Bryson and Jerry Wil
son have been cutting cord wood
for the last few days. ,
- Mr. B. WHson and Miss Addie
Wilson made a business triy to
Highlands Friday.
Mr. Tom Smith has been leaving
his sled on the side of the road as
he would go to town, and last Satur
day something happened to it. We
don't know whether it took wheels or
legs and ran off, but when he came
back for the sled it was not to be
found. , . . '
Messrs Billie Brown and Tom Smith
were on Broadway Friday.
Mr. William Justice is still peddling,
Mr. Bart Wilson was in this sec-
tion Friday on business.
Mrs. Fapnic Balleu made a busi
ness trip to Mr. Andy Wilson's home
Tuesday morning.
Mr. Frank Cabe was visiting Mr,
Andy Wilson Wednesday.
. . Miss Jean Wilson, who i has been
staying at . Highlands," "is" now 'spend
ing a few: days with home folks' r '
Mico Qfnlla Wilcnn anent TtilirtHav
ignt with her : aupt, : Mrs. Fanriie
T.1... :. ' ; . . -
"Mr. Andy Wilson made a business
trip to Highlands baturday.
Some Ingerns
When it comes to raising onions
Mrs. W. A. McGaha down on Cowee
asks nobody odds. Neither does she
take a back seat for ,'the 'island of
Bermuda. Mr. McGaha brought two
onions to the Press office Saturday.
One measures 15 1-2 inches in circum
ference and the other. 14 1-2. He
says that the - onions : are known as
Multiplying and that Mrs. McGaha
has several bushels of the buttons of
this variety. ' According to 'The
Old Man" Mrs. McGaha grew the
onions with little or. no , attention.
Had she really devoted her time and
care to her onion patch she estimates
that she would now have a barnful
f five-pound onions. "
OLD STALLCUP
BUILDING MOVED
Filling Station to Replace It
Lumber Warehouse to
Be in Rear of Franklin
Hardware Co.'s Store.
Under terms of an agreement be
tween the Franklin Furniture com
pany, Mrs. Maggie Cunningham and
the Franklin Hardware company, the
furniture concern this week is moving
the old Stallcup building, which it
occupies, from its location at the
intersection of Phillips and Palmer
streets to a point on the south side
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Oi raimer street, wnere tne irankiin
Hardware company's lumber sheds,
owned by Mrs. Cunningham, have
of 10 years toEnloe and M alone,
representatives of the Gulf Refining
company, and Jtnloe and Malone will
erect 'a 'filling station at this point
M. E CHURCH; SOUTH
The meeting that was called off on
account of 1he illness of the pastor
ajt the Iotla Methodist church will be
gin Sunday evening, September ll.
Rev. G. A. Stamper, of Asheville, will
come oh ;Mondayr September . 12, and
assist, in j the meeting. Mr. Stamper
is an able preacher and a successful
evangelist.
All are , most cordially invited to
j Aaa -A,r:B
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J, H. STRICKLAND, P. C.
Shook ville News
Rev.'. Frank Baumgarner has been
running a revival meeting here for the
past week. Rev. Oscar Nix has been
helping him. ;
Mrs. Edward Schine and daughters,
Doris and Beatrice, of Staten Island,
New York, and Miss Beatrice Crundle
ton, of Highlands, spent Saturday
night with their grandmother, Mrs.
Margaret Rogers.
Miss Ethel Watson, of Dayton,
Ohio, has been visiting her cousins,
Misses Geneva and Marie Rogers.
Mrs. W. A. Taylor, of Bessie, spent
Saturday night with Mrs. John Mor
gan. Mr. and Mrs. Jene Henderson and
family, of Pine Creek, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Henderson's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Shook.
Mr. Lawrence Howard and Mr.
Lawrence Crunkleton, of Highlands,
spent Saturday night at Mr. D. M.
Rogers.
, Mr. B. M. Keener, of Gold Mines,
has been visiting friends and rela
tives of this place for several days.
Mrs. Mattie Stanficld is on the
sick list this week.
Miss Dora Dillard, of Bessie, spent
Saturday night with Miss Geneva
Kogcrs.
Mrs. Johnnie Peek and little son,
of Walnut Creek, have recently been
visiting Mrs. W. H. Rogers.
' Mr. and Mrs. John Woodall have
recently moved from here to Cold
Springs, Tenn.
upper ,riyvfvuj
i. ku;i'Mti ;
their fodder pulling on account
mtch rain;
Mrs. J. H. Ledbetter has been ill
for a few days.
Mr. Ed Ramey, of Rayle, Ga., spent
the week end witn nis umny nm.
Misses E Vl ffl ers neighbors are of the opinion that
man are able to be- out again alter he overlookcd one method of extermi
being confined to their home with ing Second of.February pestg
""i.. ... , , r j... ' J Be it remembered that Mr. and Mrs.
;mere will pe an u.a-ro . d
the Cartoogechaye Baptist-church the
third Sunday m beptemher. every
body is cordially invited to come and
bring their baskets... - Let's . give the
old folks an enjoyable day.
Another Printer Arrives
Mr. W. A. Allgary, of Atlanta, has
accepted a position in the job de-
partmcnt of the Franklin Press. He
is staying at the remand House on
Palmer street. .
ANOTHERJAIL
ERE
Chas. Smith Digs Through
Wall With Round of Chair
. Second Delivery in Four
Weeks.
The second jail delivery in four
weeks occurred here Monday when
Charlie Smith, aiias Jake Sanford,
broke a round out of a chair, sharpen
ed it with a pocket knife into the
shape of a chisel, and dug his way
through the brick wall of the Macon
county jail.
Late Tuesday officers had clues they
said, as tq -his whereabouts, but he
was still at large. .
The man was arrested in Nanta
hala . township Sunday by Deputy
Sheriff Charles Oliver on a charge of
haying a number of wives at various
points over the southeast, the charee
having been preferred by a Gastoina
woman. He was also wanted at
Chatworth, Ga., where he was serv
ing an eight-year term at the State
prison camp. It was unofficially re
ported here, that he was servintr the
term in Georgia for murder. He is
said to be a native ,of Georgia.
The chisel-shancd chair round, the
bricks carefully removed, and a ropie
improvised front sheets hanging
through the hole in the walL were
mute evidence ' of the method bv
which the main, escaped. Harley Rey-
npias, rtnje? otner prisoner in the jail,
gave tne alarm aoout 7:J0 Monday
night ' The ' prisoner had been cone
then about 2w iriinutes,rhe said.
! A blood hound , was, brought here
that nighF.frorn' Waynesviire, but failed
to follow thei man's' trail for more
than a short distance.
! If was just four weeks ago Mon
day that the entire populatidfl of the
local jail six prisoners saitd their
way out. None of these have been
apprehended;
The two prisoners, the officers
said, were in the front room of the
jail. Shortly after supper each night,
the prisoners are locked in their
cells, and Smith made his gcttaway,
acording to Reynolds, just before the
supper hour.
Rvnnlrle Wrl t, AiAn't ,ie
DELIYERYH
leave, is said-to have told the officers ourv sponsored by the Asheville
that he "came in at the door, and , Chamber of Commerce. Word was
expected to go out the same way." (received here recently from Raleigh
The point at which Smith dug the to the Uec, that the Lieutenant Gov
hole in the wall is the west wall of !,e.rnor would represent North Caro'
the jail, near the front. On this side h"a on this Jour, which will extend
the old Pendergrass building stands, c god "wf of the Land of the
there bpin? iirst a narrnn; siw ho. Sky to middle western cities. The
tween the jail and this building. The
man was tracked down this alley,
and into the cornfield behind the
jail. '
MYERS BROS.
Sh II S I I I W h
Sale by William and Tobc Myers,
trading as Myers Brothers, of their
grocery and meat business to Crate
McCall, of Cashiers Valley, has been
announced here. Mr. McCall has al-
ready taken charge of the business.
William Myers for the present ' will
assist Mr. McCall with the business,
and later he and' his brother expect
to be engaged in work at Fontana, in
Swain county.,
The Myers brothers have had the
business for the past year, and re
port a most successful year's business.
The new proprietor is a young man,
and is married. Mrs. McCall ac
companied him to Franklin, and is
assisting him in the store.
Six Fine Boys
lf-" r t ir . .. .. a. ' , t .
name, ijatis trom up hcrq, way;, com-
J?'"lflu" aBOUl a year ago mat tne
choice beans. At that time He was
in a '.quandary as to how to get rid
of these pests. It. seemed that he had
tried everything, from elm clubs to
poison. , but, still the appetite of the
e-roundhocr wai tnatiahl A Mr if--.
Keener havc six fine who arc
now scattered to the four Quarters
of the globe. The idea advanced by
his neighbors is to have a family
reafllon of the" immediate' Keener
family.' and. turn the, boys loose, in
the; bean patch. At" present this idea
is impracticable, since only Howard
Keener remains at homv I I.
Keener is - at Tapoco; Roy, Harley
and Randoloh are at Rosron. Vfa
while W. P. Keener is with the
U. S. Marines at Port Au Prince,
Haiti.
LISTEN, LADY
COMING HERE
P. T. A. To Sponsor Musical
ComedyLocal Talent in
Various Roles.
Franklin people' havtf in store a
rare treat, according to officials of
the lpcal Parent Teacher association,
in "Listen, Lady," a musical comedy,
filled with hearty laughs, clever songs,
and attractive little group dances, to
be given here under the auspices of
the P. T. A. on September 16. ;
"Listen, Lady" is said to have made
a distinct "hit" wherever it has been
presented.
The cast, of course, will be com
posed of local talent, mainly Franklin
children. A professional coach will
arrive schortly to give the musical
comedy the final touches.
The profits from the performance,
after paying expenses, will, of course,
go to the Parent-Teacher association,
for furtherance of their work for the
local school.
Announcement of. the hour and place
of the performance, and of admisison
charges, will be made in the Press
next week.
Still Captured
' -v '
A 35-gaUon, coppec still was the
capture made by officers of. this' coun
ty on Saturday. The still apparently
had not been in use at the point at
which.it was found,, but appeared to
have been hiden there.
1 There was nb evidence, officers said,
of liquor-making in the immediate
vicinity, and no persons were seen
nearby, ' , t .
The still, was captured and brought
to Franklin by Deputy Sheriff Peek,
It was found on Walnut creek
Long To Accompany
North Carolina Party
Lieutenant Governor J. E. Long
will be one of a distinguished party
of one hundred and twenty-five North
Carolinians who will visit the Middle
West during the fourth uoodwill
125 tourists on board the special
train will include in their number
representative business men from
every city of Western North Carolina.
Announcement that the Lieutenant
Governor would be a member of the
party was received with enthusiasm
IW trio . trmnctc Tirnrv notro rumctflrnn
i for the fourth expedition. The list
111 IL..) IUU11SIS 13 UCdllUK tuiiipiciiun
according to Charles S. Walters, gen
eral chairman of the tour.
The special train which will, carry
the party on the tour will leave
Asheville at 8:45 p. m., September
26 and return to Asheville on Satur
day, Otcober 8. - Seventeen cities
have been selected as stopover points
Final railway arrangements have been
made under the supervision of J. H.
Wood, chairman of th Traffic com
mittee, the facilities of seven . great
railways being placed at the disposal
of the tourists. Final arrangements
along this line were made in a con
ference of railroad representatives held
recently at Washington, I). C.
Officials in charge of the tour and
goodwill tourists who intend to make
the trip are enthusiastic over the
cordial invitation extended by the
cities of the middle west. The hos
pitable welcome which is promised to
the goodwill party in each of these
cities will go far in contributing to
wards the enjoyment of the goodwill
party
Building Permits
A single building permit was issued
here during the month of August,
permit to the town of Franklin to
build a $100 structure on Iotla street
to house the Austin Pup.
Building permits, have been issued.
and records kept, over a period of
only a few months' Were records
available, it is believed . that the
August . tecord would, -be the . lowest
in mahytttjonljhs, ' V ' - '
September started off. however, with
a bound a permit for a $2,500 struc
ture having been issued on September
2 to George Wurst. The permit calls
for a two-story building on Iotla j
street. The first story, of concrete, '
will contain six garages; the second,
two apartments of three rooms ana
bath, each.
FRANKLIN SCHOOL
OPlfjlNDAY
More Than 600 Pupils En
rolledStudents From All
Sections Excepting High
lands Come to Franklin.
A casual visitor to the Franklin
schools Monday morning saw hundreds
of bright-eyed and eager pupils as
sembled on the grounds ready for
the year's work. At the time of go
ing to press the exact registration
figures were not available. However,
it was stated by Prof. G. L. Houk,
principal, that considerably more than
600 pupils enrolled the first day. The
class in the first year of high school
has about 110 students, seventy five
in the second year and fifty each in
the third and fourth years.
All the pupils from the tots in the
first grade to those in the. graduating
class appeared eager to begin the
year's work. The teachers were in
their respective rooms promptly at
the hour of opening and Prof. Houk
was here, there and everywhere, giv
ing definite instructions: as to, the
registration. Qyite a few, of .thVrciti
zens of , the town wer present, aqd
all', seemed ' to be well'- pleased 1 with
the manner of ; handling' the Jare
crowd, of students. , All indications
now point to the 'most' succes?sfUr-'ycr
and largest attendance in thejhtstdry
of the Franklin . schools. VThe Pres
hopes to be able to publish the regis
tration figures by class in its next
issue V
TOWN BUYS
STREET MACHINERY
Purchase by the Board of Aldermen
of approximately $2,000 worth of rOad
machinery featured the regular meet
ing of that body Monday night. The
meeting, as a matter of fact, was ad
journed to Tuesday morning, when
the actual purchase was made.
The successful bidder was Austin
Western Road Machinery company,
of Aurora, 111., represented by H. S.
Kinnebrew, of Asheville.
The machinery bought," all of which
is, new, follows : Fordson full crawler
type tractor; seven-foot road machine,
with leaning wheel ; two-blade, three
wav drag; and road plow.
The exact price was $2,004.80.
Eight or 10 concerns were repre
sented here, to enter their bids.
The purchase of this additional
equipment was deemed necessary by
the board to keep the present roads,
in repair, and to do the large amount
of repair and improvement street
work that is said to be necesary.
Other business of the board meeting
included the order by the body that
two street lights be erected, one on
the east side of the north half of the
public square ; the other at the curve
in Highway No. 28 at the Sloan
branch.
Engineer Employed To
Make Water Survey
Looking to providing an additional
and more adequate supply of city
water, the Board of . Aldermen of
Franklin Tuesday employed A. G.
McConncll, of Mees and Mees. Char
lotte engineers, to make a preliminary
survey of the water situation here,
make recommendations as to the
most satisfactory method of securing
additional water, and estimate the
cost.
Mr. McConnell is to report here
within 10 days, land to complete the
preliminary survey within 30 days
aiter ne. Degins w' k on it.
The engineer is ejected to consider
the various method of securing ad
ditional water1 well'', gravity system,
filter plaint, etc,, and make his recom
mendations on a basis of first cost,
upkeep cost, and general desirability
of the method advocated.
The town water at present is re-
cured from two wells, from which the
water is pumped into the tanks at a
hih point on Harrison avenue.
Will Levy For Taxes
Property within the corporate limits
of Franklin on which town taxes for
the year 1926 and years prior thereto
have not heen paid bv September 15
will be levied on. acording to an order
just pascd by the Board of Aldermen,
City Clerk Frank L. Bryson is in
structed, he said Tuesday, to begin
levying immediately after the fifteenth
of this month on property on which
taxes have not been md.