Extensive preparations are being made in Franklin, seat of Macon County, for a home coming celebration to be held on July 4. The American Legion post is in charge of arrangements, and to develop interest in the program, the Franklin Press, S.A. Harris, editor, issued a souvenir edition this week. The edition has 28 pages, filled with interesting news and facts concerning Franklin and Macon county. There are pictures of prominent industries, and good roads leading into Franklin.
Efforts are being made by the committees to interest former residents in returning to Franklin for this occasion, and already, according to the Press, hundreds of responses have been received.
--Asheville Times
From the front page of The Franklin Press, Friday, June 3, 1925. newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074069/1925-07-03/ed-1/seq-1/
The souvenir edition is online at newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074069/1925-06-26/ed-1/seq-1/.
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