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VOLUME XLII
FRANKLIN, N. G, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1927
NUMBER FORTY FIVE
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PRESBYTERIAN
MANSE BURNED
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and Wife Lose all Posses
' sions.
Fire early Monday morning do
stroyed the Presbyterian .manse hoc,
and all that was in it. . The family
of Mrs. Mysa Crawford, in the house
at the time, barely escaped.
The origin of the fire, which was
discovered about 5 :30 o'clock, was not
known.
The house, said to have been worth
about $3,000, was insured for $1,500,
it was understood; A large part of
the furniture belonged to the Rev.
and Mrs. J. A. Flanagan, the Presby
terian pastor' and his wife, in addition,
they lost all their personal effects, and
Mr. Flanagan a large library. .Mrs.
x the manse, also lost considerable per
sonal property.
The Rev. and Mrs. Flanagan were
away at the time of the fire. ;
The fire department arrived short
ly after the alarm was given, but
' was unable to render any real ser
vice, due to the progress the fire
had already made, and to lack of
pressure in the water pipes. The
water would not go higher than the
first story of the building. Later in
the day Fire Chief Jos. Ashear re
ported about one foot of water in
the small town tank, and a larger
quantity in the larger one.
Another thing that was responsible
for the fire's making headway be
fore the fighters could arrive, it was
pointed out, was the fact that there
is no arrangement whereby the alarm
can be sounded by use of the tele
phone. Due to absence of an elec
tric connection between the telephone
and the siren, it was necessary
fof some one to come down town to
sound the alarm.
The fire, however,. must have made
considerable headway before it. was
discovered, for Mrs. Crawford and
her family escaped in their night
clothing, it was stated.
Citizens here Monday were raising
a purse to be presented to Mr. and
Mrs. Flanagan to help them to re
place their losses.
The fire here Monday was the first
in Franklin in almost three years.
Think It Over
" Under the caption of Every Busi
ness Ought To Be In, the Brevard
News carried the following editorial
in its issue of October 27th:
Suppose every business house in
Brevard, every shop, every lawyer.
' every doctor, should J2v"e,r names
anrt business auaresi m pari isue 01
Tho Rrpvard News.1
jTNy What . greater ' ' method- of adves-
ty paper with each and every busi
ness house and professional office
represented in it?
Just think of the impression that
such a newspaper would make upon
all people who read the paper! In
addition to helping each one ' of the
business and , professional people, the
showing would be a great asset to
the town, and would result in bring
ing more and more people to such
town. t ., -
Read what The American Bankers'
Magazine has to say about , this mat-
"No business man in any town
should allow a newspaper published
in his town to go without his name
and business being mentioned some
where m its columns. This aprlte
to all kinds of business general
stores, dry goods, groceries, furniture
dealers, manufacturintr establishments.
Vautomobile dealers, mechanics nrofes
V sional men, druggists, and in fact a!!
1 classes of business men. : This does
not., mean that you should have a
whole or half or even a quarter page
ad in each issue, of the paper, but
your name and business should be
mentioned, if you do not use more
than a two line spacer. A stranger
picking up a newspaper should be
able to tell what business is repre
sented in the town by looking at the
bus''ies mention in the paper, This
,i the best possible town advrtis'-'-The
man who does not advertise his
business does an injustice to himself
and the town. The man who insists
on sharing the business that comes
to town but refuses to advertise his
own is not , valuable addition to any
town.' The Jife and the snap of a
town depends upon the wide awake
liberal advertising men. It's the
truth."
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HOMES FOR
THE HOMELESS
"And Whoso Shall Receive One Such
Little Child in My Name
Receiveth Me."
This from the lips of the Man of
Gallilee has been handed down
through twenty centuries and its sig
nificance vqjll be recognized until the
declaration shall emanate from the
portals of Heaven that time shall be
no longer. It is a clarion call to
the aid and protection of innocent
childhood, and the North Carolina
Orphan association ' pleads the cause
of children bereft of parental care
and the tender sympathy of a moth
er's love. ' '
The association again calls wpon
every man and' woman in ' the state
to contribute on or near Thanksgiv
ing Day at least one day's income to
the. orphanage of his of her choice.
For a dozen years a similar appeal
has annually been tnade and the
generous gifts to the twenty-five or
phanages listed on the fourth page of
this leaflet have revealed the tender
and practical sympathy which our
people feci toward the thousands of
fatherless children who are being
trained In them .for citizenship and
the Kingdom. May the gifts of the
approaching Thanksgiving
ercatlv increased interest
show a
in this
worthy cause. '
Few situations in life are more dis
tressing than that of children without
he mcs. No loss seems so great as
that of parental love. Bereavement
inflicts its stroke with acutest an
'cuish when it cuts all the tender tics
tt bound the loving lives, of father
and ' 'rtroer t0 our evote(1 neart'
Other sorrfrs. ot,hcr ?lts wc may
bear with fort, 0ther htcve
ments, even, seem" V ,t0 jl!1 ur
spirit with such, bitteh "UI 1I,dl V '
for they come to us in
, after life,
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wutii vvt nave auuivYYiiui ivm
bear the lessons of grief, an
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manhood or womanhood has brct"''
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us increased power oi endurance. -i .
Childhood, with all its ignorance Tg.
worldly sorrow, and with all
of spirit, is over whelmed
Intion of being orphaned.
phan, therefore,' is entitled to peculiar!
sympathy and protection: The child?
bereavedr of its natural guardianship! .
and left, in its innocency and teas.l XT , , 'nit. t
to the tenderness of a cold world.fnell Waldroop, Ralph West,
becomes the very symbol of defense-)
less affliction: and as such, it should;
receive the protection of every man's!
arm and the affection of every wo-j
man's heart. We have seen, perhaps,'- p ff
the actual exemplification of all thcucy diiun.
suffcringhome pictures. Wc remem
ber the dark-, and tearful day of .
burial. ' We seem again to sec the .'
cbiUK with strange fear and grief,:
twining its little arms about its par-L, '
nt's nck. and covering with kisse'sf
the cold cheeks.' We think of the pas -
sionatc outburst of sorrow when the
loved form was borne away.
Then more. sad. even than all this,
we call, to mind ,the long years of
sorrow, suffering and loneliness that
followed. Maybe some of our.' own
parents were thus taken and are now
among the sainted host of Heaven.
Surely, then, we do not need to be
convinced by the cold force of argu
ment, nor won by the warmth of
glowing rhetoric, in order to induce
us to feci for the woes, and to re-
ORLANDO APARTMENTS
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ORLANDO APTS.
NOW COMPLETED
George Wurst of Orlando,
Fla., Completes Four
Story Apartment on Har
rison Avenue.
Workmen under the expert super
vision of I, A. Peppard have just
completed . the Orlando apartments,
the beautiful building on Harrison
avenue constructed by Mr. George
Wurst, of Orlando, Fla. This apart
ment is the first of its kind erected
in Franklin and is only another indi
cation of the growth of the town.
Located back from the street in a
fine grove iie;ir the home of Dr.
and Mrs. Frank Smith the building
is imposing in appearance and
adds-. greatly to that section of
town. It is the intention of . Mr.
Wurst to build a drive way between
Harrison avenue and Iotla street.
Garages'' for the use of those living
at The Orlando " apartments will be
located' on Iotla street.' These ga
rages are already under construction.
Another apartment house consisting
of two apartments will be located over
the garages. !
Among the novel features in the
erection of The Orlando is the in
trior decoration., This decoration
makes use of the three-dimension,
rough-texture effects that are now so
popular. ,
The medium being used for the
decoration is a special plastic paint,
which comes in the form of a white
powder, with which water and color
are mixed' before application. Texture-effects
in this material arc pro
duced with such common-instruments
as a sponge, a, stippling brush, a
"crumpled piece of paper and so on.
This building is four stories Jiiuh
and contains 22 rooms. All walls
and ceilings are being, finished in a
soft cream color and a refined stip
ple. Application of the plastic paint
Fire insu
Financial
Come and
1Uve tne privations of the orphans m
our midst.
To this association, it i the solemn
consideration that God Himself, has
made especial promises of protection
to the. orphan, friends who will, "stick
closer than a brother" 'PVIerwIc an
come softly when their eyes are wet I.
aim meir nearis are heavy and be-
Ccme the vehicle of Mercy. Truth P
and Justice, flashing from its centre V
no rates of stocks or pageantry of
kings making the circuit of the world r
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A BROAD VIEW OF
CHRISTIANITY
"There goes a Christian," says the
Turk when he sees a drunken man
staggering along. Some Indians, Chi
nese, and others who have carried
on business with some English and
American - traders! may think of a
Christian as a dishonest bargain-hunter.
The skeptic or infidel . who see
those who profess to be going' in the
one "narrow way" divided into dif
ferent denominations which have dif
ferent creeds and ceremonies, may
think that Christianity means "con
fusion." Perhaps it will be worth
while for us to try to get a clearer
idea of what our religion really is.
Our first. step will be to go to the
fountain and see if we can tell by
studying . the life of Jesus what he
would wish his religion to be.
Perhaps the most important thing
in the character -of the Son of Man
was his habit of helping people.
Jesus did not shut himself away
from people.' Hear his voice saying,
"Suffer little children to come" . unto
me." Sec him as he goes to dine
with publicans and sinners' or talks
with the disreputable woman at Ja
cob's well. Hcf never, refused to listen
to a person in need or failed to ac
cept an invitation to any kind of
a home. And wherever he went he
brought blessings to suffering hu
manity. He set the lame feet bound
ing with gladness; gave the Withered
hands power to work; opened the
blind eyes that they might see the
beauties of heaven and earth; and
gave the deaf ears power to hear
words of eternal truth. For every dis
ease of b'ody that he healed, perhaps,
there was in other cases a similar
healing of mind, heart, or spirit. No
doubt to his clear vision the sinner
was to be pitied more than the man
whose leprosy was in his flesh. He
gave healt hto body, mind, and soul,
and then to the healed person he
spoke "wonderful words of life" which
would inspire them to use their pow
ers in bunding up the kinddoin of
God in' the hearts of men.' "
Christ gave his whole heart to the
business of saving, people. He was
tempted in the flesh as we nrc, but
he kept his heart pure. He was
tempted to leave his lonely, hornless
sort of life had 'become a worldly
king, but for our sakes he kept in
the humble way. The tpunt.s of his
friends, the cruelty of his enemies,
the loneliness of .Gcthscmanc,. and llif
dark, dark shadow of the cross wc"c
not enough to turn him from t'"
way -of righteousness. He'" paid the
price for man's sins, but death rn:ld
not hold one who had obeyed' th
true laws of life. Forth from th
dark tomb came the Master, robed
with power and glory and bv the
Father anointed to the place of high
est power in heaven nr.d in earth.
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CALL ELECTION
FORDEOT1BER29
People of Franklin to Vote
On Water and Sewer
Bonds.
The Board of Aldermen, at its
regular meeting Monday night, form
ally passed ordinances submitting to
the voters proposals to issue bonds .
in the maximum sums of $68,000. au!
$12,000 for a water supply system and
for completing the sevver system of
the town, respectively.
Both ordinances were adopted
uuamipusly. , .
The election was set for Tuesday,
December 20. '
. The ,proposal. to provide a water
supply system resulted from a water
shortage here during the past two
summers. The - Board adopted a
report of a Charlotte engineer, which
recommended use of Cartoogechaye
creek for a water-supply. It is
proposed to construct an intake, filter
system, etc. The estimate of $68,000
is the maximum 'amount necessary,
under the engineer's estimate. The
Board believes that the work can ac
tually be done for less, and the or
dinance, if acted upon favorably by 1
the people, empowers the board to
issue a maximum of $68,000 for a
water 'supply system, but does not .
require that more bonds shall be
issued than are actually necessary.
The same is true with reference to
the sewer bonds.
At a time when the board was
considering the water supply problem,
an inspector of the State Board of
Health appeared before the body and
explained to them the sanitary situ
ation in Franklin. The situation, as
he explained it, is in substance as
follows: '
Due to absence of sewer lines on
a- number of Franklin streets, the
residents arc using cess pools con
demned by the State law. These resi
dents will be required to install sep
tic tanks, at no little cost, unless pro
vision is made for providing them
with sewer connections.
The board concluded that, in the
long run, the less expensive arrange
ment for . the ' community at large
would be to install sewer lines suf
ficient to serve everybody in town.
The proposal to issue bonds was the
result.
Bonds for water and for the en
larged sewer system would be paid,
under provisions of the ordinance,,
within 40 years. "
MUST FEED COWS
TO GET PRODUCTION
If the dairy industry of North
Carolina is to prift most from the
introduction of purebred cows and
bulls brought in by farmers in recent
years, the off-spring from these ani
mals must be well fed,
"In the three dairy improvement '
campaigns conducted in this state
during the last three years about .
850 purebred, well selected dairy bulls
have been placed on that many
farms," says John A. Arey, dairy
extension specialist at State College."
This does not . include a number of
Other fine animals' brought in through
private sales. If - the dairy industry
is to derive any-, grot benefit from
the use of the animals, their off-
spring must be well fed. This is true
from the time the calf is dropped
until it has'rjrfssed its usefulness as
a milk cow. Many heifers sired by
good bulls have been disappointments -and
have been stunted in growth and ,
ptoduOtion by under-feeding when
they were young."
Mr, Arey states that goo'' breeding
is . very important in buildirg up the
milk and cream production f a herd,
but it is ineffective miles; the good
breeding is accompanied by good
feeding. Underfeeding, h:- states, is
largely responsible for. dai.y . cows of
this; state averaging only about 1 50
pounds of butter-fat a year... This
quantity of butter-fat selling for J5
cents a pound brings only $67.50 which
will not pay for the feed the co.w
eats. In many . case, the production
may be increased, .from 150 pounds to
225 pounds by liberal feeding. At
45 cents a pound the 225 pounds oc
fat will brinn $101.25 which is enoindi.
to give the farmer a good prifit for
all the feeds he produces on his farm
and feeds to hia cows.
Those animals which will not pro
duce as high as 225 pounds of fat
when well fed, should be culled from
the herd and Sold to the butcher;
but, no cow should be so, condemned
until she has had ' a' chance under
good feedinu and . care, states Mr.
Arey.,