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PAGE FOUlt THE FRANKLIN PRESS FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1326'.'. The Franklin Press PUBLISHED EVERY FR11AY S. A. HARRIS ...Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscription! Payable in Advance) One Year.............L... ..'......$1.50 Eigth Months 1.00 Six Months .-. 75 Three Months .40 Sinele Copies ..... 5c ADVERTISING RATES. Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. We charge 5 cents a line for Cards f Thanks, Resolutions of Respect and for notices of entertainments where admission is charged. Entered at the post-office at Franklin, N. C, for transmission through the mails as tccoid U matter. . Foreign Advertising Rerresentative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOC1AJION THE FRANKLIN PRESS PLATFORM A commercial hotel for Franklin. ' Extension of the sewer lines. Beautify the school grounds. Two hundred summer cot tages. i A sewage disposal plant. More official activity in the sale of surplus power. The construction of business - blocks. Reorganization of the Board of Trade and employment of a full-time secretary. Plant trees along true state highways of the county. Make a 'white way of Main Street. An excellent school library. A proper heating system for our school building. Courteous treatment for vis itors. Improvement of county roads connecting with State High ways. ' Cooperation, vim, push, work everything for the good of Franklin and Macon county. Mother A great man once said, "AH that I am and all that I ever hope to be, I owe to my mother." But it is not necessary to be great as the world measures greatness, to realize that there'is one debt we can never hope to repay, the debt we owe our mothers. v It was a beautiful sentiment that prompted someone to suggest setting aside thq second Sunday of May ;n each year as a day upon which we tan honor the one who has given u; lite. It enables us in a small meas ure to attempt payment of the debt we owe her, it gives us an opportu nity to show her that, even though we may never, be able to pay her in fu!l, we arc not. unmindful of her sac rifices and solicitude for us. If your mother is living take occa sion on this coining Sunday Moth er's Day to spend it with her, and near her,, and to cheer her by telling her how truly thajikful you are that he has been spared to you. If you cannot be with her in person, write ' her the letter . or telegram that will reach her Sunday, and cheer her heart far more than you can ever know. If she has passed .on to that heavenly reward due all mothers pluck a flower and wear it in honor of her. And if you have the good fortune to hjve children of your own gee that they are taught the meaning of Mother's Day and that they enter into the spirit of it, and join in its ob servance. . Friends desert us in a time of need. Children forget us, as new interest: come into their life. But -Mother's Ipve abides as strong as on the day we came into the world, and her eyes were. first to greet. us, her (hand t first ' to touch our tiny fluttering heart. ' Her love never fades, her af fection never wanes, her eyes never dim to our better selves. To her wc are always good and kind and noble. And in sunshine or shadow, in fair breather or foul. Mother's loye abides with us and Mother's prayers are sent forth in our behalf. , . Pay your fullest measure of hom age to your Mother' next Sunday. It is a little thing at best, and yet it serves to gladden her heart fnd in a way repays her for the suffering and the sacrifices she has made: for. you. Mothers are the only angels we have on earth. . Mothers will be the first angels to greet us in another world Breathe a silent prayer of thanks ext Sunday for the opportunity to pay a tribute to the greatest of ai! God's handiwork Mothers. A Necessity The report of the last grand jury contains much food for thought. The report is quite long, but the gist of the report is contained in the follow ing sentence:, "The county needs and should, as soon as possible, build ; new, better and 'more . tifir.modious court house and jail." Other grand juries, so .we have been informed have made similar reports. Member:, of the grand jury represent every sec tion of the county and their recom: mendatiolis should have considerable weight. ' The present jail in as ancient struc ture. Just. how ancient, no one seem? to know. We have asked several old citizens . when the jail was built, but the memory of none runneth back that far. One thing is certain it is estirplv inadenuate. Not Onlv is it inadequate, but the great county of Alacon -is positively disnonorea wnen it becomes necessary to place a hu man being in this pig pen commonly known as the iail. The sanitary con ditions at the jail are. frightful. Every hour an inmate remains within its walls his health is endangered, Th' law does1 not intend that a man's health shall be endangered when h is sentenced to jail. Our county car no longer afford to be a party to such procedure. The court house, too, is totally, un fit as a place in which to hold court and conduct the county business. It's location is likewise bad, there being entirely too much noise in the vicinity The solution to the' whole proposi tion is a new court house and jail combined. Locate this building in a reasonably quiet place' and make 'i' modern in all respects. We rcalizf that there are many who will raise objections from a financial stand point, to building a new court house ahd jail. Nevertheless, since we mus have a new jail, why not also, a new court house? In all pobability at the next court or the one following, our county commissioners will find themselvef indicted for failure to provide a suit able place for prisoners, unless, in the meantime, they have taken steps along this line. This statement is made on the best of authority. This editorial must not be con strued in any way as a criticism of the present commissioners. They ard nc more to blame than other commis5 sioners who , preceded them for lo these many years. In our opinion our present commissioners have done more for the county than any body of commissioners who have ever held office in Macon county. It is true they have spent money, but this mon ey has been spent wisely and to th great benefit of the county. Under their administration the county has progressed in a remarkable manner Take, for instance, the concrete road from Franklin to .., the Georgia line bur commissioners made it possibl to construct this road of concrete And what has been the result? A great increase of land values alon this road. Take a five acre strip of land on each side of this road and a conservative estimate of its increasec value is $1,000,000. Just how much this concn te road has increased tr value of adjacent lands, we do not know. As with this road, so with others. . ; But coming back to the q-ie'stion o a combined court house and jail, the citizens of the county, so we' believe, will approve th's step. The county camiot afford to have good men like 0'ir present commissioners indicted. Therefore, it is the: duty of the citi zens of the county to aid and encour age the commissioners in whatever etpne thpv mav deem it wise to take in tiie. matter of better public build ings fo"r the county. "Fisjiin' Time" Another, thing the average Franklin man can't understand is why the fish ing season has to come just at a time when house cleaning and gardening demand his attention. Even now we hear quite a number complaining be cause they are kept so busy that they have serious doubts if they will ever "catch up with their fishing." But fishing is one thing a fellow can enjoy talking about, even though he doesn't have an opportunity to do as much of it as he would like. Nothing is more restful, few things furnish a better opportunity for relaxing and filling the lungs full of pure, fresh health-giving air, and from a finan cial standpoint, there isn't an out door sport that requires so small a monetary expenditure. But fishing can be abused and the sport ruined for future years if ..' man is inclined to'be a hog, or il legal methods of takng fish are re sorted to. such as seining, using dy namite, fish traps or trot lines which fasten to both banks of a stream and present a regular network of hooks We believe, the average fisherman in this section is a true, sportsman, and that he is satisfied to catch his share But there is no occasion for permit ting anyone to violate our fish and game laws, and any instance of it that may come to your notice should be immediately reported to the proper authorities. . The Asheville Chamber of Commerce The Saturday Evening Post of May first, on page 206 carries a picture of Fish-Hawk mountain near Franklin. The Asheville Chamber of Commerce, so we understand, will use this pic ture in its advertising matter, which will be widely distributed throughout the United States. Of course, this will be good advertising for Franklin The Asheville Chamber of Commerce docs not confine its efforts to adver tising Buncombe county -and Ashe ville, but its broad-minded policy in cludes all the western part of the state. ' Franklin and Macon eotinfv deeply appreciate , the work vof the AshevMIc Chamber of Commerce, NOTICE North Carolina Macon County In the Superior Court. C. W. Slagle versus E. W. Doughty. The defendant, E. W; Doughty, in the above entitled cause will take nc tice that an action as above e .titled Inac ft n rnmmpnrflrl In flirt QimiirlAt Court of Macon County, North Caro lina, to the and that the plaintiff may recover under an action in ejectment the following described landt and for damages for the unlawful possession thereof : State Grant No. 14742, beginning at a poplar, the north east corner of State .Grant No. j!,222, runs with .the line of No. 3,222, west 134 poles to a stake in th line of Section No. 37; thence nortn fourteen poles to the south west corner of Section No. 39; thence east with the line of No. 39 200 poles to its south' east corner; thence south fourteen poles to a stake in D. J. Richards' line ; thence west 66 poles to the beginning, same being the property of plaintiff. C W Slagle. . . -' And the defendant will take notice that he is required to appear on the 27th day of May, 1926, in the office of the clerk Superior Court for Macon County, North Carolina, and answer or demur to the complaint in said ac tion, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief, demanded in said complaint. This 27th day of April, 1926. FRANK I. MURRAY, 4t-M21 Clerk Superior Court. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as administratrix of P. N. Adams, deceased, late of Ma con county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the es tate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the' 26th day of April, 1927, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. This 26th day of April, 1926. LAKE P. DAVIS, FIM-M21 Administratrix. OLD LINE LIFE INSURANCE HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT INSURANCE. ED. J. CARPENTER ADVERTISING IN THE PRESS BRINGS RESULTS Cash invested benefits its owner and the world, whereas its miserly concealment engenders distrust, and constant dread of its loss by theft, fire or other calamity. J New refrigerators y for old ice-boxeso That's what thousands of families are get ting when they, change their ice-boxes into electric refrigerators by installing the Frig idaire mechanical unit in the ice chamber. . They are getting perfect refrigeration with ; out care or work. Convert your own ice-box, or select one of the new metal cabinet Frigidaires. Buy on the GMAC payment plan. ELECTRIC W REFRIGERATION FRANKLIN FURNITURE CO., Franklin, N. C. CHARLTON & SHELT0N CIVIL ENGINEERS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Brevard, N, C. FRANKLIN, N. C. 3W in the World 'and Soles still mounting During the first three months of 1926 Dodge Brothers, Inc., built and sold more motor vehicles than any other manufacturer in the world, except t Ford and Chevrolet. 71,189 retail deliveries were made by Dodge Brothers Dealers in the United States and Canada between January second and April third. This represents a gain of 37 per cent over the same period last year and 69 per cent over the first quarter of 1924! Third largest in the world! And sales CONTINU ING to mount week after week to new record break ing levels. In fact, during the week ending April 24th retail sales reached the remarkable total of 9,566 the greatest single week in Dodge Brothers history! These figures are all the more significant when you realize that the gain of the industry as a whole over last year is only 12 per cent. There could be no more convincing evidence that today'sproduct is regarded as better than ever before and that the present prices make it the most im pressive value Dodge Brothers have ever offered.. ...$948.50 .$1005.50 Touring ........ $897.00 Coupe .... Roadster $895.00 Sedan ..... . Delivered . J. S. CONLEY MOTOR COMPANY. FRANKLIN, N. C. Dodge- Brothers MDTOR CARS -
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