MACON COUNTY, NC -- NEWSPAPER ITEMS -- LOCAL AFFAIRS, AUG 1893a

LOCAL AFFAIRS PUBLISHED IN THE FRANKLIN PRESS, Aug 16, 1893 - Vol. VII,
No. 44

We have had plenty of rain. 

Mr. Dan Ash, of Jackson, was in town Friday. 

Tom Porter went over to Andrews last week to visit home folks. 

The Indian ball play last Thursday was very brief and tame. 

Miss Bonnie Candler, of Buncombe county, is visiting friends in and
near Franklin. 

Mr. L.F. Wild has removed his family from Webster, and occupies a house
on Bridge Street. 

Did you ever notice that the abler a man's breath is, the closer he
stands to you when he talks? 

Saml. Tennent & wife, of Asheville, were at the Franklin House last
Wednesday and Thursday. 

Mr. Charley Wells is at home after several weeks absence at Webster
where he has been engaged a carpentry. 

Mrs. Zeb Baird and little daughter returned home Friday from a two
weeks visit to friends in Asheville and Buncombe. 

Mrs. Laura Robertson assisted Mr. Wiley Rogers in the post office a
portion of hte time Mr. Frank Smith was absent sick. 

Mr. T.H. Mason, General Manager of the Kentucky-Carolina Timber Company
was in town Thursday last on business. 

Mr. and Mrs. G.W.C. Wilkie, of Rabun Gap, were visitng the family of
Mr. N.L. Barnard on Iotla last Friday and Saturday. 

The graceful chirography of Dr. W.F. Tompkins, of Webster, embellished
the register of the Franklin House last Thursday. 

Rev. Mr. Brown, a Presbyterian minister, from Mecklenburg county, is in
town for a month's enjoyment of our refreshing mountain air. 

Mrs. H.P. Baily, sister of Mrs. Comann, left Friday for her home in
Haywood. She was accompanied by Mr. Comann's little girl Mamie. 

Mr. Charlie and Miss Carrie Addington left Wednesday for their home At
Lavonia, Ga., after a two weeks visit to friends of our town. 

Mr. J.F. Williams, of Asheville, is in town. He formerly lived here. 

A crowd of young people, and some older, leaves for Whiteside mountain
today. 

Rev. J.A. Deal and Mr. W.R. Stalleup went over to Cashier's Friday and
returned yesterday. 

Thomas B. Shepherd, professional barber, at the Franklin House on
Wednesdays and Saturdays. Neat room and good work. 

Messrs. R.L. Porter, N.L. Barnard and John O. Harrison expect to take
the train Monday morning at Dillsboro for Indian Territory to be at the
opening of the Cherokee strip. 

Rev. J.R. Pendergrass and Miss Annie Woodfin have been engaged to teach
the public school in Franklin, and it will open next MOnday at the
school house near the Baptist Church. 

The Tuckaseige Association of Baptists begins its annual session at
Webster tomorrow. Res. G.A. Bartlett and J.R. Pendergrass and others
from our community will be in attendance. 

F.M. Teague and Wood Bryson were brought down from Highlands Sunday and
committed to Billy Rankin's tender care on the S.W. corner of the public
square. Illicit whiskey is said to be the cause. 

Miss Ida Webb left last Saturday for Fair Play, S.C., where she went to
nurse her brother, Dr. E.B. Webb, who is quite sick with fever. Dr. Webb
has many friends here who regret very much to hear of his sickness and
hope it will not prove as serious as was at first thought. --
CLARKESVILLE ADVERTISER. 

On last Wednesday, several parties were sitting on Mr. J. Johnston's
porch, and Mr. Loon Zachery in arising from his seat accidentally threw
a window blind from its hinges which struck Mr. Johnston on the head,
cutting a gash from which blood flowed pretty freely for a short while.
He was not seriously hurt though. 

The parties that passed through Franklin last week on their way to
Highlands were, we learn, Mrs. R.F.W. Alston, widow of the late Governor
Alston, of S.C., and her daughter, Mrs. John Julius Pringle, also a
widow, and Miss Charlotte Allston, a grand-daughter of the Governor.
Their home is at Georgetown, S.C.

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