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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 ;
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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
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Its a Great Time
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We've been saying for some
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Fact No. 1: Since it's only July, you
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*
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DRAFT BOARD |
CLASSES MEN
Puts 19 Registrants
In 4-A Class That
Exempts Prior Duty
Thirty-four classifications have
been announced by the loc?l draft
board.
The largest U9> 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.
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