MACON COUNTY, NC -- NEWSPAPER ITEMS -- LOCAL AFFAIRS, NOV 1892b

LOCAL AFFAIRS PUBLISHED IN THE FRANKLIN PRESS, Nov. 23, 1892 - Vol. VII, No. 6

- Kill the fatted turkey. 

- Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. 

- Dr. W.F. Tompkins, of Webster, was in town Sunday. 

- The weather is fictitious and uncertain these days. 

- Is it not about time for Franklin to get up a wedding? 

- Mrs. T. Baxter White, of Highlands, is visiting friends about Franklin. 

- We were pleased to see Mr. T. Baxter White, of Highlands, in town Thursday. 

- The editor made a business trip to Rabun Gap, Friday, returning Sunday
evening. 

- Jas. B. Ballard, of Asheville, was at the Franklin House last Wednesday. 

- W.H. Cochran, Esq., of Flats, was in town from Saturday to Tuesday. 

- Dr. J.H. Fouts, of Glenville, spent several days of the past week with
friends in Macon. 

- Capt. R.H. Fitzhugh left yesterday for South Carolina in the interests of
our railroad enterprise. 

- The fifth Congressional district seems to be in doubt. It will probably take
the official court to determine. 

- WE devote most of our space this week to Thanksgiving matter, which we trust
our readers will find interesting. 

- A neat and substantial foot-bridge across the branch on Rabun Street is an
improvement in the right direction. 

- The PRESS office is no place for "kids" to loafe, and we trust we may be
favored with their absence in future. 

- Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Roane, of Bushnell, have been visiting friends in Franklin
during the larger part of the past week. 

- Mrs. Carrie L. Cox, of Mineral Wells, Tex., is visiting her uncle Rev. C.D.
Smith and will remain several weeks. 

- Wm. M. Hoffman, of Detroit, Mich., and Sheppard Hemans, of New York, were at
the Allman House Sunday night. 

- Messrs. T. Ritchie and Andrew Garland, and Misses Lizzie Garland and Emma
Curtis, of Rabun Gap, were down on a visit Saturday. 

- Old Mrs. Lease is in a fair way to be elected United States Senator. She
seems to be the biggest fellow in the race. 

- We are pleased to see H.L. Anderson at home after several weeks' absence
working at his trade, carpentry, at Webster. 

- Mr. W.B. Merritt, of Cowee, who has been absent in West Virginia during the
past year, engaged in railroading, was in town last Thursday. 

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