**EXHIBIT      31.1**

**CERTIFICATION      PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 1350,**

**AS      ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE**

**SARBANES-OXLEY      ACT OF 2002**

| 1. | I                have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of Franklin for                the                period ended September 30, 2007; |
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| 2. | Based                on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement                of a                material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make                the                statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements                were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this                report; |
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| 3. | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this report, fairly present in all material respects                the                financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the                Franklin                as of, and for, the periods presented in this                report; |
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| 4. | Franklin’s                other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing                and                maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange                Act                Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial                reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))                for                Franklin and have: |
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|   | (a) | Designed                such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure                controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to                ensure                that material information relating to Franklin, including its consolidated                subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,                particularly during the period in which this report is being                prepared; |
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|   | (b) | Designed                such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal                control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,                to                provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial                reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external                purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting                principles; |
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|   | (c) | Evaluated                the effectiveness of Franklin’s disclosure controls and procedures and                presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness                of the                disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered                by                this report based on such evaluation; and |
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|   | (d) | Disclosed                in this report any change in Franklin’s internal control over financial                reporting that occurred during Franklin’s most recent fiscal quarter (the                small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual                report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to                materially affect, Franklin’s internal control over financial reporting;                and |
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| 5. | Franklin’s                other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most                recent                evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to Franklin’s                auditors and the audit committee of Franklin’s board of directors (or                persons performing the equivalent                functions): |
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| (c)   | All                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal control over financial reporting which are                reasonably likely to adversely affect Franklin’s ability to record,                process, summarize and report financial information;                and |
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| (d)   | Any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees who have a significant role in Franklin’s internal control over                financial reporting. |
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| Date:              November 19,              2007                 |   |   |   |
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| By: /s/              Patricia E. Dowell                 |   |   |        |
| Name: Patricia                E. DowellTitle: Secretary |   |   |        |

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