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THE FRANKLIN TIMES Issned Every Friday ?IS Court Street Telephone 283-1 A. F. J0BN80N, Editor and Manager Junes A. Johnson, Assistant Editor fend Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES One lew ?100 Eight Month* .... 1.00 Six Months 75 Foir Months 50 Fordp Advertising ReprewiUtlve AMEBICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York City Entered at the Poetoffloe at I/OnUburg, M. C. ma eecond V 1 f Raleigh voters defeated the City Manager form of government the second time Tuesday. Without inter ference in Raleigh's affairs, this might be a good thing. With a City Manager, and the wrong man for the public (or the right man for those who want to control) it could be especially bad. In fact as a principle, one man control in anything except private business, is us ually bad. In a Commission form of government there is a three way division, and an Aldermanic form five or more. Except in, rare cases the public is better off with more than one man authority. 0O0 ACE IN THE HOLE ? At the present time, according to the Dairymen's League News of New York, there are more than 40 different agricultural marketing agreements in effect throughout the country, dealing with milk and dairy products, fruits, vegetables, nuts and hops. Some 1,300,000 farmers are reaping the benefits. These agreements make it possible for fanners, through their cooperative marketing organizations, to not only get a better financial return for what they pro duce, but to stabilize markets as well. The farmer has come a long way since that not -so distant time when lie raised his crops, then went to market and sold them for whatever he was offered. The marketing co-op really brought business principles to the farm. It did away with exploitation by big buyers. And, at the same time, it provided a definite service to the consumer by assuring a steady supply of high quality farm produce at a fair price. The marketing cooperative movement is the modern farmer's ace in the hole. GET READY FOR WINTER Here comes winter. In a very short space of time a large part of the country will be experiencing rainy days and cold nights. And not far away are the months of snow and sleet and storm. - - > . Winter is something to get ready for. That means bnying new warm clothes, or repairing and cleaning old ones. It means buying wood and coal and fuel oil. It means fixing that leaky spot in the roof that lias been neglected during the dry summer. And finally, to the wise householder, it means taking special precautions against a destroyer that waits for winter ? fire. Have your furnace inspected ? and have that inspec tion done by somebody who knows what to look for. It's no work for an amateur. Have needed repairs effected at once. See that chimneys and Hues are properly clean ed. Hard-pressed heating plants in bad order are one of the most prolific sources of home fires. It's 110 fun to wake up in the middle of the night and suddenly real ize that your house is burning away beneath you. Winter means that you'll use lights oftener. Expos ed electric wiring should be checked. Pay special at tention to lamp cords under rugs and around baseboards ?^?they fray in time, and when that happens a short cir cuit may occur. Electricity, mishandled, is one of fire's potent allies. ? Go through your whole house and get rid of any and all accumulations? .old clothes, old papers and maga zines, collections of rags, etc. They make a fine starting place for fire ? and spontaneous ignition isn't so rare a phenomenon as yon may think. ooo TRANSPORTATION BILL PASSES \ v v. Congress has at last passed a bill on which it has been deliberating for close to three years. Its action didn't make the headlines, which were occupied with war abroad and politics at home. But that bill, which became law without a bit of fanfare, was one of the most impor tant pieces of legislation passed in many a session. The a6t is known as the Omnibus Transportation Bill ?and it marks the first attempt of Congress in years to really get down to cases on the railroad problem which has become increasingly grave. It is not a- po litical bill. It represents the combined views of, men who have made the study of transportation their life work. It lias been given almost unqualified endorse ment of the press, of economists, of labor, and of Ameri can industry at large. The bill has many jjrovisions, and one of the most im portant is that which subjects domestic water carriers, !>y river, canal and coastal routes, to full rate jurisdic tion of the Interstate Commerce Commission ? the bu reau which has long regulated the railroads and which, live years ago, was given wide rate authority over the highway common carriers. It is no secret that, under (the conditions which have long existed, water transport jin many instances involved scandalous waste of the tax payers' money. Rates charged rarely reflected actual, iionestly-computed costs. It is to be hoped that this bill .-will make it possible for the IOC to prescribe water rate ?schedules which are,, sound and just and a protection to J,h? taxpayers. L Another clause gf the bill provides for the ?reatioii of a board which will study measures, for coordinating and j developing all types of transportation according to their ? 1 economic merits. And here again is something the coun try has long needed. The American people do not want ' any carrier favored or penalized ? this result can be ac complished only under a policy of equality of regula tion for all. The new transportation bill is not a panacea. But it marks an honest attempt to bring order out of the chaotic regulatory practices that have existed in transportation largely as the result of a policy which was the very op posite of equitable. Congress is to be congratulated for | finally passing the bill. . District Confer ence Schedule "The Responsibility of Parent Teacher Associations in a Demd& iacy." an address by Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, of Wayfcesville, state president of the North Carotins Congress of Parents and Teach ers, will be featured on programs of all ten Parent-Teacher Dis trict! Conferences to be held throughout the state during Oc tober and November. Mrs. E. N. Howell, of Swannanoa, newly elected state-wide field represen tative. will also be present at- all meetings to instruct P.T.A. lead ers in Congress approved meth ods of work and to assist with special problems of local units. Important- business Includes election of new directors in nine; out of the ten districts, terms otj all but one of the present direc-i tors expiring. Terms are for; t-hree years. Mrs. A. M. Aider-! man. of Wilmington. head of number 8. has been iu office only one year. District 2 is scheduled for the first meeting on October 1 at Blowing Kock. Mrs. W. P. Dor sey, of Ruth, is director of num ber 2. District 3, Mrs. E. P. Rhyne, of Hickory, director, meete at Belmont on October 8; num ber 5, Mrs. J. T. Fesperman, of Kannapolis. director, at Salis bury, October 9; number 4, Mrs. J. G. Tingen, of Burlington, at Allen Jay School in Guilford County on October 10; Mrs. L. D. Wall's district 6 on October U In her home town of Hender son; and district one on October 16 at Brevard. Mrs. Howell, the new field worker, is retiring chaimau of this district. On November 12 the confer ences resume wit'h the gathering of leaders from district nine at Edenton with Mrs. I. A. Ward, of Hertford, presiding. November 13 number 10 meets at Green ville with director Mrs. Raymond Fuson. of New Bpn in the chair. Mrs. Alderman's district 8 goes bo Penderlea School in Pender County on November 14, and number 7, Mrs. Fred Harrell, of Goldaboro, director, to Wilson on November 15. Mr. J. H. Rose, of Greenville, legislative chairman of the N. Q. P. T. A., expects to attend many of these fall meetings, as does Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, superintend ent of public instruction. Mrs. Ruth Vick Everett, field secretary of the North Carolina Education Association, will be on hand; and P.T.A. board memh^rs will at tend any district meeUng within accessible range of their homes. Scarcely 10% of automotive equipment is adaptable to manu facture of military products. /AVI NO MONEY WMi G>?6gh Ticuji Sturdy and waslia ble suits are a neces sity for the small boy. 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I am not one of those who credit an executive with all the good that comes to us during his ad ministration, nor hold him res. ponsible for all the bad, but if we are going to gjve credit for the good it is only fair that we clmrge up the bad in order to, bal ance the books. We are obliged, to have a debit and credit side to the ledger to ascertain how the account) stands. I do not chal lenge the statement th?t he has made a good Governor economi cally, but let us look into the re cord and see if we can find any thing that has been done in tibe last 4 years that has not lowered rather than raised the moral standard for the Governor's con stituents. (1) The increase in the sale of intoxicating beverages, with a corresponding increase in drunk, enness, and drunken driving has been shameful as well as devas tating. (2) Unwittingly or by trick ery the gambling instinct has been stimulated instead of curb ed. (3) There haB been no amend ments to our divorce laws look ing to the curtailment of legal ized adultery. (4) There has been no laws enacted regulating Sabbath-day observance, we can do almost anything on Sunday, except* plow a mule, that we do on other days in the week, and we can do it with immunity so far as law en. forcement is concerned. Our present Democratic nomi nee (or Governor won the nomi nation on purely economic issues. He never could be persuaded to declare himself on any moral is sue whatsoever. After all, the voters are to blame more than the candidates. We let our lead ers think for us and as they think, so we instead of demanding that they meet our requirements or lose our votes, but I am wonder ing of we will ever learn. Incidentally, 1 think a modern dance, with church members par ticipating, was a sorry climax to what was otherwise a most in spiring occasion. S. H. AVERITT, Sept. 28.40. Louisburg, N. C. A laboratory haB been establish ed in Charleston, S. 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