MACON COUNTY, NC -- NEWSPAPERS -- LOCAL AFFAIRS, DEC 1892

LOCAL AFFAIRS PUBLISHED IN THE FRANKLIN PRESS, Dec. 7, 1892 - Vol. VII, No. 8

 - The Commissioners court was in session Monday. 

 - Mr. A.P. Munday is building a new smoke-house. 

 - Attend the lecture at the Methodist church tomorrow night. 

 - Mr. James Dalrymple, of Nantahala, died last Wednesday, aged about 60. 

 - R.R. Porter, of Asheville, was looking after our merchants Saturday. 

 - Mr. Riley Hooper, of Cashiers Valley, was in town cracking jokes Saturday. 

 - Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Perry's infant, aged about four months, died last 
Thursday evening. 

 - Country wagons bring in loads of fine apples almost daily. Fine, large Buffs 
are delicious now. 

 - L.D. Ewing and H. Rosenburg, of Atlanta, were autographed at the Franklin 
House Saturday. 

 - Mr. J.V. Curtis, of Shooting Creek, NC, brother of the editor, spent Friday 
night and Saturday in town. 

 - Mrs. Mary Roane, of Aquone, came over last Thursday to spend a week visiting 
friends in and near Franklin. 

 - Bishop Hendrix, of Missouri, presided over the Western North Carolina 
conference at Winston. 

 - Mr. J.S. Moore, of Bowersville, Ga., came in Saturday to spend a week among 
old time friends. 

 - The new county officers all filed their bonds Monday except Mr. R.A. Wood, 
who was sick and not able to be out. 

 - Miss Hattie Sloan, who has been teaching at Paint Rock, came home Saturday 
to spend the Christmas holidays. 

 - Dr. W.H. Higgins left last Friday morning for Atlanta to enter the Dental 
College, and will be absent nearly all winter. 

 - Mr. Thos. Sisk has opened a shop for making and repairing boots and shoes, 
and will soon have a nice advertisement in the PRESS. 

 - J.R. Swan, late agent of the R.R. Co., at Dillsboro, has been transferred 
to Connelly's SPrings, adn W.J. Kincaid, of that place, has been assigned to 
duty at Dillsboro. 

 - All who are interested in getting up a town library will please meet at the 
residence of R.L. Porter, East Main St., next Friday evening at 8 o'clock. All 
are invited. 

 - Ernest Eubank, of Hendersonville, spent two or three days of the past week 
in Franklin representing the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. 

 - Mr. Etisha Thomas, of Rabun Gap, Ga., died last Wednesday night of pneumonia 
fever. He resided in the same community where Mr. Grist and Mrs. Darnell died 
about two weeks before. 

 - Hon. Kope Elias has purchased the W.M. Sanderson farm near Hayesville, for 
$6,500. The farm is one of the finest in Clay county and Mr. Elias gets it at 
a bargain as it is well worth $10,000. 

 - Mr. R. Teague, formerly of Buncombe county, has located temporarily in our 
town, and is looking around with a view to buying property and locating 
permanently in our section. We hope he made succeed. 

 - Mr. H.M. Bascom, of Highlands, was in town Monday and put on the 
Commissioner's harness and went to work like an old veteran. Mr. Bascom gives 
promise of making an active and useful Commissioner and Highlands is to be 
congratulated on his selection. 

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