THE FRANKLIN TIMES
Issued Every Friday
BIO Com Street ?>. . . Telephone 283-1
A. F. JOHNeOK, Editor and Manager
Jum A. JoboM)n, Aaaixtant Editor and Manager
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Sew York City
Entered at the Poatofftoe at Loaicborg, V C. as mcoikI
flaw Ball matter.
WONDER what the British will do about the Japanese
blockade at Tientsin!
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SUNDAY is Father's Day. It's a day that should be
remembered next to Mother's Day.
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THE latest suggestion for member or chairman for
the A. B. C. Board is John 0. Wilson, v of near Mapleville.
John is a fine fellow and would make a splendid official.
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AND now the churches have gone to Court. The
Methodist Church is To test the ownership of church
property where its members do not wish to join the
merger.
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"WHY is it the tobacco market cannot be opened ear
lier to give the farmer the advantage of the earlier sales
at home rather than have to haul it away. The market
used toltyen in Louisburg by July 1st.
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MUCH coqjplaint is being made about the racket and
rowdyism kept up on Bull Run Alley and the breaking
of lights in buildings adjoining. Unless some relief is
given there may have to be a house cleaning.
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IT is reported Hitler has seen the "handwriting on
the Wall" and gives himself from six months to two
years morei-n power. .Either is too long for -the best in
terests in Germany, and the peace and quiet of the rest
of the World.
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MAJ. E. P. Griffin informed the TIMES that he great
ly appre<*iatw-the good wishes of his many friends, but
that he is not yet ready to enter the whiskey business
and is therefore not a candidate for any place connected
with the A. B. C. Board.
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WHAT Louisburg needs most is a pay roll. At pres
ent business is at a standstill during the summer months.
The Chamber of Commerce should give its efforts to the
establishment of almost any movement that will tend to
building up a pay roll the year round.
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QUITE a bit is being said about the defeat of the
Townsend plan in Congress. We would be interested
in knowing how the semi-Townsend plan in California
is working out. At first it appears to be impossible, but
upon study, it reveals one of those endless chain affairs
that may work successfully, and to advantage.
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PECULIAR things happen. Mecklenburg County and
the City of Charlotte are supposed to be "Dry," at least
the prohibition law prevails there. Yet the Police Com
- mission setting up rules to govern the police officers says
they must not drink whiskey while in uniform nor drink
at any time to the extent that they cannot answer an
emergency call.
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A BIG influence is gathering for the establishment of
telephone service throughout the rural districts similar
to the electric service. Almost half the membership of
the HouSe in the recent Legislature signed a bill to this
effect, but there was not sufficient time to work out the
details and it failed to pass. It will be begun earlier
next time and with the growing influence, will no doubt,
pass.
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LET'S all join in the observance of "Friendly Caro
linas Week" which has been proclaimed for June 18th
to 25th. by the Governors of North and South Carolina.
The motto of this movement, "Be more friendly to your
neighbors, and be more neighborly to your friends" is a
most worthy one. If this spirit is properly carried uot
as intended it will be a blessing to all of us and we will
be glad of "Friendly Carolinas "Week." . **? f
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WORK is progressing very satisfactory and with
much speed on the Raleigh to Louisburg highway, ac
cording to reports the past week. This work is under
direction of MrsC. A. Ragland, who, we understand, says
he is going to phnh it on to an early completion. Mr.
Ragland is one of ,tli? best road builders in the State and
r we feel sure he will nbtonly give us an excellent road
btlt complete it in as shoHva time as possible.
A CHARLOTTE News iternfctates:
"Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn today sharply cri'ti
j cized methods of police in obtaining evidence and
\ said that 'what are generally understood ns unfair
1 practices' are prevalent through the stat(*v"
4 Judge Burgwyn is to be congratulated for litis stand.
Just such acts of force and inhumanity, added to the use
of technicalities that -allow guilty persons to evade the
clutches of the law, is what is bringing about a disre
gard for our Courts. . r,.7.. ~ -
THE City Commissioners of Louisburg should in
struct its police force, or provide the necessary authority,
to keep traffic moving on Court and Market Streets.
There is a good portion of almost every day that these
streets are blocked, largely by trucks who park double
and remain so parker for houre at a time. If this con
gestion continues to increase as it has in the past few
years these two streets would be best closed for all other
traffic. We see no good reason why any truck or car
should remain parked double, more than ten minutes.
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IT is more necessary to the growth of the town to
bring dollars to town than it is to send dollars away to
other towns or cities. Most all businesses in Louisburg
could add to their employment if all the money sent
away from Louisburg was spent in Louisburg. The
question of buying cheaper is nothing compared with
getting a job. This would be interesting information
for the Chamber of Commerce to compile and give to the
citizens not only of Louisburg but Franklin County,
showing along with it it 's influence towards giving work
to unemployed and towards reducing taxes.
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YOU ARE EIGHT, GUY
UNDER the above heading the Wilson Times pub
lishes a timely article about the Cotton situation in
the South, to which might be added the United States
Government and many manufacturing plants could help
a lot by using Cotton material for wrapping and treing.
The article follows:
"It will take more than one week out of the year to
make any considerable impression on the buying habits
of our people; particularly the feminine portion o? the
population ? therefore it seems to me that those of us in
terested in improving the economic condition of the
South by bringing about a heavier demand for cotton
should consistently talk and work throughout the year
to encourage greater interest on the part of our own
people in using cotton and cotton goods of all kinds.
"Gradually, over the years, rayon, silk and other
substitutes have taken the place of cotton in a > great
many ways, and the new uses to which cotton is adapted
have not been sufficient to offset the losses caused by
the use of these substitutes.
"It is going to be a real job to get the women and men
of the South to revise their ideas and to buy cotton
goods in place of silk. and wood-fiber rayon goods. If
this job should prove impossible of accomplishment, it
is to be feared that cotton, as a crop, will pass from Vir
ginia and the Carolinas and be no longer a familiar sight
throughout these states.
"Silk and rayon are very lovely and evidently the feel
of these materials to the bodies of women is exceedingly
comfortable, and certainly the appearance of the women
dressed in these materials is most alluring. But the
economic welfare of the South should receive first con
sideration, and men, women and children of the South
should be clothed in cotton materials and surrounded by
cotton goods in the homes whenever practicable.
"We have lost a considerable share of the former ex
port market for American cotton (Southern cotton), and
if we continue to prefer silk and rayon to cotton mater
ials, will be guilty of aiding and abetting the exile of
King Cotton, the grand old monarch who for many years
brought prosperity to the South and to the nation. ?
Guy A. Cardwell, Agr. Agt. A. C. L."
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THE RIGHTS OF A DOG
THE Legislature of the State of New York has refus
ed to pass a law asked for by the post office authorities,
providing that a postman if bitten by a dog in the course
of his duties could collect damages from the dog's owner.
Postmen have to go into people's yards, at least as far
as the door, unless there is an R.F.D. mailbox outside the
gate. It is a well understood principle of law that a
trespasser ? someone who goes on another person's prop
erty without permission ? must take his own risk of be
ing bitten by a dog.
But it harly seems fair to compel the servants of the
people, going their rounds to deliver the mail, to assume
that risk.
To be sure, there is a remedy against a dog known to
be vicious. After he has bitten two or three people a
postman or anyone else can bring an action for damages
if a dog of known bad character bites him.
But the argument which prevailed in the New York
Legislature was that under the old Common Law of En
gland, which is more or less the fundamental law of
every American-state except Louisiana, "every dog is
entitled to one bite." So the Legislature, with more
sympathy for dogs than for mail carriers, voted down
the proposed law.
We like dogs, as most folks like dogs. We don't like
dogs that bite, especially when they bite the mail man.
If there were some way whereby a dog could be taught
to discriminate between the postman and the tax collec
tor, we would be in favor of giving the dog as many free
bites as he wanted at the latter functionary. But not at
postmen.
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WE must keep a certain percentage of people illiterate
so they may be eligible for jury duty.
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IF parents would observe a spanking week it might
get at the seat of some of their troubles.
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SOME ladies will find heaven monotonous if they don't
get a new-style pair of wings occasionally.
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FOR those who can't afford to play golf, wielding a
hoe yields equal physical resuhs with less violent lan
guage. 1
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THERE are no changes of weather on the moon, so
there would be nothing to talk about oVen if it were in
habited.
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PULLMANS have been introduced into Switzerland.,
Those hardy mountain climbers should have liftlQ diffi
culty in scaling the npper berth.
7*1 ONB MAN WHO
HOPIt HI WQW^T
PIMO OtL WHtH H?
PRILLS por it.
It's a wise comedian who knows
his own wise crack.
SALES TAX COLLECTIONS
L-. MADE MANDATORY !
RULES EFFECTIVE
JULY 1st, 1939
Under the sponsorship of The
North Carolina Merchants Associ
ation, the 1939 Legislature enact
ed a bill making it MANDATORY
that merchants pass the sales tax
on to their customers and direct
ed the State Commissioner of
Revenue to devise, promulgate
and enforce rules and regulations
to effectuate that purpose.
LOUISBURG CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
f Below find full text of manda
tory law.
S. B. No. 304
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT TO PROVIDE FOR REG
ULATIONS SO AS TO PHOHIB
IT UNFAIR TRADE PRACTIC
ES IN THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE GENERAL RETAIL
SALES TAX LAW, AND TO
AUTOHIZE THE COMMISSION
ER OF REVENUE TO MAKE
REGULATIONS. GOVERNING
THE COLLECTION OF THE
TAX.
Whereas, the General Assembly
has enacted a general sales tax
which is imposed as a license tax
on retail merchants for the privi
lege of doing business in the
? State i and .
Whereas, the need exists foiKthe
promulgation of uniform rules
and regulations whereby the mer
chants may conduct successfully
their business in the State while
operating tinder this levy: Now,
therefore
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
NORTH CAROLINA DO EN
ACT:
Section 1. (That in order that
fair trade practices may be en
couraged and any deleterious ef
fect of the retail sales tax levy be
minimized, the Commissioner of
Revenue is empowered and direc
ted to devise, promulgate and en
force regulations under which re
tail merchants SHALL collect
from the consumers, by rule uni
form as to classes of business, the
sales tax levied upon their busi
ness by t-he retail sales tax article: ,
PROVIDED, that the Commis
sioner of Revenue shall have the
power to change the' 'Regulations
and methods under which the
merchants SHALL collect the tax
from the consumers, from time to
time, as experience may prove ex
pedient and available.
Methods for the passing on by
merchants to their customers the
retail sales tax on sales to said
customers may include plans
which require both more or less
than t-be prescribed rate of the tax
on the sale price, the purpose be
ing to enable the merchants to
collect approximately the amount
of the tax imposed on their total
sales volume.
The Commissioner of Revenue
is hereby authorized and empow
ered to make and adopt rules and
regulations requiring merchants
to use tokens or stamps, or other
means, If found to be practical,
which may be determined by the
Commissioner, to provide a meth
od whereby the amount of the tax
collected by t<he merchant from
the customer shall be as nearly aB
possible the prescribed rate of the
tax on each purchase.
Such regulations as herein au
thorized shall be promulgated by
the Commissioner of Revenue to
become effective after reasonable
notice to the retail merchants,
and when so promulgated they
shall have the full force and ef
fect of law.
Any merchant who violates
such rules and regulations Bhall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
updn conviction shall be lined not
less than- five dollars ($5.00) nor
more than five hundred dollars
($500.00), or be Imprisoned for
not more than six monbhs, or be
both fined and Imprisoned, In the
discretion of the court: PROVID
ED, HOWEVER, that every such
violation shall be a separate "of
fense hereunder.
It shall he tHe duty of the so
licitors of the several judicial disr
tiricts of the State to prosecut^
violations of this act.
Section 2. That the provisions
of this act shall not affect in any
manner the character or validity
of the sales tax levy as a mer
chants' license tax. and t'hey may
not be pleaded or considered In the
event any provisions of the gen
eral revenue act is attacked as un
constitutional.
Section 3. That this act shall
be in full force and 'effect from
and aftierlH ratification. d-ld-Jt
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