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(L It r jfrkstklin prrss a ml vliu* iHigliinuiis iiinrmtinu 'Published eiery Thursday by the Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina VOL, 1X1 Number fifty-two I WEIMAR JONES Editor-Publisher] lntered at the Post Oifice, Franklin, N. C? as second class matter Telephone No. 24 /* N# /-i* Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes ot respect, by in dividuals. lodges, churches, organization., or societies, will be re garded as advertising and inserted at regular classified advertis ing rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in compliance ?vith the postal regulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year Six Months Three Months Single C' py ? , A New Year Resolution i . . t ? IT lias boon said thai t ho best Now Yoar resolu lion is to resolve to make 110 resolution that can't and won't he kept. j Well, there is one resolution the people ol Frank lin can and certainly should make and keep: To clean up the town, and keep it clean. Franklin is disgracefully dirty. And it you doubt that statement, just visit some other towns and compare them with ours. There is nothing we could do that would pay greater dividends, in more different ways. A clean town would pay in self-respect and iu civic pride. It would pav, in dollars and cents, during our tourist season. And it would pay the year 'round in the type of citizenship we attract and keep: for no desirable citizen will deliberately pick a dirty town in which to live. What can vou and 1 do about it *" First of all. we can clean up our own backyards. Second, we can toll the town authorities that we want a clean town. And, finally, when enough of us have told the authorities to convince thein that the people hero really want a town that is clean and attractive, we can support and cooperate with them on such mea sures as they mav take. v Gas Tax An.d Town Streets The North Carolina Learnt' of Municipalities is ! conducting a campaign for legislation by the next : general assembly to allocate to cities and towns one-sixth of the revenue derived- from the gasoline lax. The funds so allocated would be for the im provement and maintenance of streets within mun icipalities. Just how the l.eagtie arrived at the proportion ? one cent out of every six collected ? it is asking is not explained, < )ffhand, the figure sounds a bit high: for while no figures on the subject are at J hand, it seems improbable that one-sixth of all the mad mileage in. the state is made up of city streets, j And. generally speaking, it is an unhealthy sign when ariv group, public or private, begins clamor ing lor a ".cut" in tax money. \ However that may be. a situation exists which demands attention; there is no getting away from these facts: The motorists in the towns pay gasoline tax along with their neighbors in the country ? itt fact, they probably pay the major portion of the gaso- I line tax. The slate highway system today no longer con sists of a few major, through highways: it is made up of virtually all the roads in the state, except for the streets inside municipalities. And it doesn't make sense to improve a second ary highway for a farmer to come to town over, only to have him bog down in a mudhole .when he gets inside the corporate limits. Nor does it seem fair to force the people in town to pay for their streets, with bond issues, while the state improves and maintains the rural roads. The municipalities probably should, and will, get a propbrtion of the gasoline tax fund from the next legislature. As a long-rang solution of the problem, however, the logical plan would seem to be for the state to take over city streets, just as it iias done rural roads. A W. N. C. Pageant Down at Manteo they have been staging 1'or a number of years a summer pageant based upon the colorful earlv history of Eastern North Carolina. The "Lost Colony" production each year draws main thousands of persons from all over the United States. Western North Carolina has a historical back ground entirely different from that of the coastal region of the state, but no less interesting and dra matic. And it is entirely proper, desirable, and sen sible that we should dramatize it. Western North Carolina Associated Communi ties is pushing the proposal for such a pageant, and undoubtedly that organization will receive the co operation and support of the Department of Con servation and Development. If it is successful with this project alone, WNCAC will have more than justified its cxi?tena\ ? ? ? LETTERS ? ? ? To the Editor of The Press: I want t? take The Press far a year, for it's my home town .japer, and I enjoy reading it very much. It has many things of interest in it. I enjoy knowing what's going on in r'ranklm and Macon County. I think Franklin is as fine a town as there is in North Car olina. Located In the cool mountains, the beautiful Nantahalas lying to the west, and the Gieat Smoky Mountains National park lying north. It's a haven of rest for tourists from ail over the U S. A., and the gateway to the most bcautitul ,>ctn rry in the world. ? May Franklin forever prosper and strive to draw more tour ists each year. I think if the good people of Franklin will ao some long-range planning and a little advertising, they can make Franklin one of the most beautiful and enjoyed places in the world. There are many places to hunt and fish in the mountains and streams near Franklin, and the cli.nate is ' v/onderful, but the people need to build more and better c commodations for tourists. I will venture to say that if the good citizens of Franklin will do their part, the good tourists of the world will make Franklin one of the best loved vacation spots on earth. SKI* FINK FUTURE FOR FRANKLIN Yours truly, Burlington, Wash., December 9, 1946. OMER A. WILLIAMSON. # Others' Opinions ? one in six ' North Carolina's highway system is supported almost ex clusively by state taxes on automobile fuel. Our tax on gaso line is high, as such taxes go. Only eight states levy an amount equal to, or, greater than, the 6 cents which North Carolina charges OA.evety gallon of gasoline. Who pays these taxes? We do not have at hand any figures which show the distribution of motor vehicles as between rural i and urban areas. But it is at least a safe guess that more than one-third of the automobiles in the state are owned and : operated by city-dwellers, while in all probability a ma] on pro/ portion of gasoline sales are made within the corporate limits of North Carolina communities'. However, the city-dweller enjoys only a fractional return Irom gasoline taxes in the upkeep of city streets. Each year ? ? he highway department allocates one million dollars among the cities. The average motorist uses the highways only on occasion. Most of tfte gasoline he buys is "burned'' on city streets. For these reasons we think that the League of- Municipal ities is building, a convincing case for a fairer distribution of gasoline taxes in the appeal which it will present to the gen eral assembly. It is seeking one-sixth of the state tax, or one cent of the six cents levied per gallon, far the cities and towns whose streets earn about 40 per cent of all money the high vay department collects." This is a modest share of a very considerable source of reve nue. In recent years the cities have fallen behind the federal and state governments In their ability to tap the flowing tree of taxation. There may come a time when vast and immaculate libbons of highways surround shoddy city streets. In some parts of North Carolina, indeed, this contrast is already ap parent, A fairer apportionment of state gasoline revenues can do much to correct this discrepancy. One cent In six is not an unreasonable tribute to the cause of better city streets. ? Asheville Citizen. I ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as adminis tratrix of Williim A. Dills, de ceased, late of Macon County, N. C.. this is U) notify all per sons having claims against the estate of said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned on or before the 11th day of j December, 1947, or >nis nolle* will be plead in bar of their | recovery All persons indebted ' to said estate will please make I immediate settlement. This 10th day of December. 1946. MRS WILL DILLS, Administratrix. D12 ? 6tp ? J16 NOTICE OF SUMMONS or SUMMONS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT 'north CAROLINA MACON COUNTY J. E. Crisp, administrator of the estate of George W. Crisp vs Zittie Crisp, Lula Teems and husband Will Teems, Lu/u Tyler and husband Jess Tyler. Fred Crisp, Nina Guest and husband Colle Quest, Frank Crisp, Homer Slewman, Joan Stewman. Floyd Womack, Joel Womack. Floyd Womack, Jr.. Betty Womack and Bobby Womack i j The defendants, Betty Wom ack, Bobby Womack, Floyd Womack, Joel Womack and Floyd Womack, Jr., will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced' in the Superior Court of Ma con County, North Carolina, to sell certain land formerly own ed by George W. Crisp, to make assets to pay debts; and the said defendants will further take notice that they are re quired to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County, on the 30th day of December, 1946. and answer or demur to the com plaint in this action, or the plaLntiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded there ln. This 29th day of November. 1946. " EDITH C. BYRD, Ass't Clerk of Superior Court. D5 ? 4tc ? JJ ? D26 Say: "I Saw it advertised in The Press." "no advance in price . . You can't say that about many things any more. Nearly everything has gohe up. And paper is no exception. The paper that this copy of your Franklin Press is printed on costs us today 28 per cent more than it did a year ago. So most newspapers have raised their subscription rates. But The Press .continues at $2 a year ? * that's a little less than four cents a week for an eight or ten-page paper, crammed full of Macon County news and the impor tant business news contained in the adver tising of Macon County firms and individ uals. And we're going to keep the subscription price down to $2 just as long as possible. But to do that, we must collect the full subscription price for every subscription. So, starling January 1, we are com pelled to ask ministers and servicemen, who have been getting the paper for $1.50, to pay the $2 rate. THE FRANKLIN PRESS T With the Churches t BAPTIST First Church, Franklin The Rev. Charles E. Parker, Pastor Sunday: 9:45 a. m.? Sunday school. 11 a. m.? Worship. 6:30 p. m.? Training union. 7:30 p. m.? Worship. Wednesday: 7:30 p. m.? Prayer meeting. episcopal St. Agnes Church, Franklin The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Pastor ! Sunday : 10 a. ni. ? Church school. 11 a. m.? First Sunday. Holy communion. 1 Third Sunday, Morning prayer. 8 p. m.? Second and fourth Sundays, evening prayer. METHODIST Franklin Church The Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, Pastor 10 a. m. ? Sunday school. 11 a. m.? Worship. 6:30 p. m. ? Senior Youth fel lowship. 7 p m? Intermediate Youth Fellowship i Franklin Circuit " The Rev. D. P. prant, pastor Preaching services as follows: First Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Bethel church. 3 p. m.? Salem church. 7:30 p. m.? Clark's chapel. Second Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Snow Hill church. 3 p. m. ? Louisa chapel. 7:30 p. m.? Iotla church. ? Third Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Clark's chape!. 3 p. m. ? Salem. y i 7:30 p. m.? Bethel. Fourth Sunday: 11 a. m.? Iotla. 3 p. m. ? Louisa chapel. 7:30 p. m. ? Snow Hill. West Maeon Circuit The Rev. P. E. Bingham, Pastor Preaching services as follows : First Sunday: 11a. m.? Maiden's Chapel. 3 p. m. ? Gillespie Chapel. Second Sunday: 11 a. m.? Mount Zion. Third Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Gillespie Chapel. 2:30 p. m. ? Maiden's Chapel. Fourth Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Mount Zion. PRESBYTERIAN , Franklin Church The Rev. B .Hoyt Evans, pastor. Sunday: 10 a. m. ? Sunday school. 11 a. m.? Worship. CATHOLIC Franklin (At John Wasilik's Residence Rogers Hill) The Rev. A. F. Rohrbacher, Pastor Second Sunday: 8:00 a. m. ? Mass. INTER-DENOMINATIONAL Sloan's Chapel Sunday: 2 p. m.? Sunday school on the first, second, third, and fifth Sundays. 2 p. m.? Preaching on the fourth Sunday. 3 p. m. ? Preaching on the first, second, and third Sundays. Tuesday: 7:30 p. m.? Prayer meeting. Friendship (Angel) Tabernacle Sundays 2:30 p. m? Sunday school Second Sonday: 3:30 p. m. ? Preaching service, conducted by the Rev. V. C. Ramey. Olive Hill Sunday: 2 p. m. Sunday school. E. A. Roper, superintendent. NEGRO y St. Cyprian's Ejj^fifcal The Rev. James rTBFnpdy, Pasto^ Sunday: 11 a. m.? Thin Sunday, Hoi/ communion. 2 p. m.? First and second Sundays, evening prayer. 3 p. m.? Church school. Friday: 5 p. m.? Litany. Franklin Methodist Circuit (A. M. E. Zion) The Rev. John O. Williams Pastor Preaching services as follows: First and third {Sundays: 11 a. m. ? Green Street church. 3:30 p. m. ? Cowee church. 8 p. m. ? Green Street church. ATTENTION! LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE WILL MEET EACH THURSDAY NIGHT At 7:3# L?1m V. Shops, Ssc.
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