BULLDOZING And Grading Work Of All Kindt Iotla Mining Company Phones: Day ? 32 or 340- J -5 Night? 216-J Continued From Editorial Pace STRICTLY PERSONAL By WEIMAR JONKS prices, when they all raise 'em the same amount, and when they publicly announce the in crease is by agreement ? you don't have to be a lawyer to know that isn't competition. And yet which of us who | champion free enterprise ? and | I am one of them ? would say that you can have free enter prise without competition! The Franklin incidents, of ; TRAILER1TES' HAVEN * HIGHEST (Altitude 4,000 Feet) * COOLEST (Average Temp. 67 Degrees) * SHADIEST (Nature's Best) * LOCATION (In Town) Equipped With Sewer, City Water, Lights Cabins ? 1 Room $10.00 Per Week Highlands, North Carolina course, are significant because they are a part of a national trend. When the price of one | kind of gasoline goes up, for in- < stance, don't all the others usu ally go up, and by exactly the same margin? Does anybody believe that is mere coinci dence? The trend Indicates a vast change in our thinking in this country. It suggests the ques tion: Do most of us who pro fess such faith in free enter prise really believe in it, or do we favor it only when we can have it without paying a price for it ? the price, say, of com petition? ? ? ? Worst of all, it seems to me, is the custom of tipping. That, of course, is not an exclusively American practice; but nowhere does it make poorer sense. It is in conflict with all our modern ideas of standard prices, of our traditions of equality vs servil ity, of our democratic ideals of special privilege to none. A man has a service for sale. It Is priced at so much. But, whan the time comes to pay for it, you find you have been misled ? you must pay the stated price, plus a tip. It is a] plain case of misrepresentation And tipping is spreading. To day, you not only tip the man who carries your bags into the hotel, the waitress who serves your meal; in the cities, you tip the barber, the taxi driver ? you darn near tip "the butcher, the baker, the candlestick mak er." At a hotel recently, i ran In to something I had heard about but never experienced. The management explains to its guests that there is no tipping; instead, 10 per cent is added to your bill to cover what is em phemistically referred to as "gratuities". I found myself asking: "Why in heck doesn't this hotel pay its help decent wages to start with? Why force me to pay for service I'm supposed to get, and HOT OR COLD! Holland furnaces can keep your house "cool as a cucumber" in Summer and "warm as toast" in Winter. Prepare for all seasons with just one installation. See us for free estimates on your heating problem, and remember too that Holland is the "Old Reliable" of the furnace business. E. H. ZACHARY Phone 359 Franklin, N. C. pay to get, and then pay the hotel's help besides?" But did I say that to the hotel management? I did not! I1 was just as cowardly about | this iniquitous practice as most Americans are. He's An Old Hand At Flying (Tills personality sketch ap peared in a recent Issue of the Hondo (Tex.) Anvil Herald ; under a 'Meet Your Neighbors' heading about Hondo Air Base personnel. Cadet Greene is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Greene. of this county. ? Editor.) Aviation Cadet Grady J. Greene, another student in class 57-Qus bee, may be considered an old ; hand at the flying business. After entering the service in August. 1950. he trained at Lack land. Lowry, Randolph, and Forbes Air Force Bases and served an overseas tour before being dis charged from the service. His overseas tour was with the 307th Bomber Wing, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, for seven months. He was Center Fire Control Gunner on his plane and has 27 missions to his credit ? 26 night and one j day. His plane was never hit and an | enemy fighter was never spotted, j Most of their attention was on "By Pass Bridges" on the Sinuiju River in Korea. They also bombed airfields and ran front-line mis sions. Born March 16. 1931. he is the youngest of four children. His I brothel' was a B-25 pilot during ;;WW II. Upon returning to the states. Greene was sent to Smoky Hill ! A. F. B. in Kansas, and was later 1 f'ischarged in September. 1953. | He i.-^ holder of the Ail- Medal, Korean Campaign ribbon, and the j United Nations ribbon. He again ' entered the service in March of I this year and reported to Ha ido June 20. Rate; of Soil Bank payments for removing cotton from produc tion will be la cents a pound this year, V As we said before Its a Great Time to Buy a Buiek We've been saying for some weeks now that you really ought to come see us for the buy of your life? and we're not fooling. There's never been a better time to a new Btiick than right now? and we list here 3 solid facts that make this gospel. Fact No. 1: Since it's only July, you have a lot of wonderful driving weather ahead. Fact No. 2: Your present car is at its peak worth right now. , Fact No. 3: Buick gives you more solid automobile for your money * than ever before? as witness how Buiek outsells every other ear in America except two of the well known smaller ones. So why hold hack another week, another day? Why deny yourself the fun of boss ing the mightiest Buiek V8 yet? Why pass up the world's most luxurious ride? and the magnificent ease of handling that goes with Buick's great new travel? Most pointedly, why miss out on the most modern thing on wheels Variable Pitch Dynaflow*. . . Where the top inch of pedal travel gives yon brand-new getaway, plus brand-new gas savings . . . And where you can switch the pitch ?like a pilot docs? for a blazing new safety-surge of full power. I^ikc we say? these are the things that make (he best Buick yet the best buy yet right now. Come in today and let us show you what a great ear this 5(> Buick really is? and what a great time right now is to buy one. m *Nctv Advanced Variable Pitch Djnaflotu w the only Dynafhnc Buick builds today. It is standard on Roadmastcr , Super and Century ? optional at modest extra cost on the Special. AIRCONDITIONING at a COOL NEW LOW PRICE It cools, filters, dehumidifies. Get 4-Seoson Comfort in your Buick with genuine PRIGIDAIRE CONDITIONING SEE ^ JACKIE GLEASON ON TV fv?r> So'u'doy ( was the 4-A class, which exempts a registrant who has completed service and/or j is the sole surviving son of a fam- ! ily in which sons or daughters ! were killed in the line of duty. Those put in 4-A included Thom as L. Carver, Russell F. Wiggins, Larence D. Davis, Don C. Henry, Jr., Billy J. Solesbee, James F. Young, John C. Kinsland, Gilbeit F. Reed, Bobby H. Norris, Ken neth E. Young, Grady W. Childers, Ray N. Wilson, Jadie C. Aycock, Jr., Lester E. Forrester, Ted M. Farmer, Charles J. Baldwin, Olan E. Vinson. Furman D. Reese, and Robert H. Baty. Other classifications: 1-A (available for military serv ice1: Earl R. Chastain. 1-C (inducted): Milton L. Hig don, Gerald B. Denny, Oscar W. Diljs, Lawrence L, Bradley, Clif ton L. Young, and Franklin D. Conley. 1-C (enlisted): Thomas W. Ang el, Billy J. Tallent, and Lloyd B. I Gregory. 5-A (over the age of liability > : l Robert L. Campbell. Charles A. j Conley, Jr., Thomas P. Crawford. I Bobby S. Mason, and Geoi e B. j Ramc-y. Jr. Garden Time . . . ! B\ ROBKRT ??( HMlDi It seems out of -plan to t il': about iirivation when we are h iv ing plenty of ruin, but i .. been so in some past w ? k Tin period he> been a >ood o:ampL of why irrigation is not ji ' C suable, but is a necessity for a vegetable warden. The (trough: has also been accompanied bv- ."a i tense heat. I During this time sweet corn, snapbeans. butterbeans ,b*o i peppers. , cucumbers. and tomato i nave been maturing and have fered from lack of molsturi Manv vegetables such as 'these att ...:. high quality only when they mak I rapid growth and this is made po sible by plenty of moisture a well as fertility. Two or three weeks of dry weather, espee.iil i when it's hot. can cheek j growth of some vegetables s*> i ' they will never recover and ' result will be a touuh. stringy, an-; fibrous product. It .has been my experience tha' I you cannot depend on natural rainfall if you expect t<> ) a h. .1 [quality vegetable*. You siaai! ; have an huh or rainfall ex.! week durin:1 tlv main grow ?????? season. When the rain fails, t.l: : same amount of water should be applied from other sources - ;. pond. well, stream or city v. a'a supply. If, the garden area is flat, sur I face or furrow irri ation may to | used. If not. one of the overlie sprinkler systems may be us< ? . The most popular and effective type is one having a standpii with rotating nozzle at the top. Expensive, you say? Perhaps if you think in terms of one year but you will use the equipm : over a number of years, and thin;: of all the vegetables and berne ? hat you will save by its use.. A friend who has been selllr. rigation systems for commercial operations in this state said that :u one year he sold more equip ment for pastures than for any other purpose. If it is not too ex pensive for pastures, it certainly is not too expensive for the vege table tarden which should furnish your table and local market with the best products to be had. USD A reports that this country's surplus food was distributed to hungry people in 70 foreign countries around the free world last year. Keep This Ad! Free information, give name Over 20.000 Arthritic and Rheu jnatic Sufferers have taken this Medicine since it has been on the market. It is inexpensive, can be taken in the home. For and address to P. O. 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