MACON COUNTY, NC -- NEWSPAPERS -- MISC. LOCAL AFFAIRS, JULY 1891

LOCAL AFFAIRS PUBLISHED IN THE FRANKLIN PRESS, July 29, 1891 - Vol. VI, No. 19

- Are our street lamps things of the past? 

- Prof. C.H. Burke made a flying trip to Clay county last week. 

- What has become of the usual summer Sunday school conventions? 

- Mr. W.R. Johnston reached home last Monday evening to spend a few days. 

- Mr. C.C Daniels went on a business trip to Hayesville last week, returning
Friday. 

- Mr. Geo. A. Jones went to Highlands on a business tour last week and
returned home Saturday. 

- Mrs. Allen, a widow lady, of Dillsboro, who resided here several years ago,
is visitng friends in Franklin. 

- Mr. and Mrs. N.G. Allman left last Friday morning for Fair Play, S.C.,
expecting to be absent several days. 

- Mr. James Williams left last week for Buncombe [Co, NC] where he will spend
two or three months before returning to Franklin. 

- "Since I boarded the steamer at New York I have thrown up everything I have
except my seat in Congress." -- Zeb Vance. 

- It would be no discredit to Franklin to have the streets cleaned up a little
and some of the "puddles" drained, and might prevent cases of sickness. 

- Capt. S.C. Rankin, of Fayetteville, N.C., is visitng his brother Maj. N.P.
Rankin of our town, and will remain about two weeks before returning home. 

- A Miss Moore, teacher in one of the Schools of high grade in Atlanta, Ga.,
spend Monday night at Mrs. J.L. Robinson's and left Tuesday morning for
Chicago. 

- Mr. J.J. Wilson and family arrived last week from Welford, S.C., and purpose
making Franklin their future home. Mr. Wilson is a fine jeweler, and is
fitting up a neat office room on Main street where he will be prepared to do
good work. Look for his advertisement next week. 

- Miss Carrie Sloan will attend the Methodist church on Friday evenings at 5
o'clock for the purpose of giving free instruction in singing to the children
of the Sunday school. It is requested and hoped that all will attend and take
interest in this important exercise so as to engage heartily in the singing in
the Sunday school. 

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