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Better Merchasdising
There is no limit to what
a region can do for itself if
people are willing to work to
gether and put a lot of sweat,
ingenuity, sincerity, and hon
esty behind a good sensible
plan and idea.
For example, Western
North Carolina is made up
of small farms and I can see
a great opportunity to make
life for the small farmer
PLUMBING
And
HEATING
For A-l Work at
Reasonable Rate*
CALL
W. G. HALL
Call LA 4-2913
t
will protect
here more profitable and a
little bit easier. This can be
lone through good marketing
organizations, that is, if the
marketing organizations are
controlled by the fanners
themselves.
Thirty or forty years ago
the people who grew oranges
in California had a miserable
time of it, and the risk was
enormous and the profit very
small. They got together in
a marketing and research
organization, completely con
trolled by themselves. They
adopted a brand name which
is today familiar to people
the world over ? "Sunkist"
oranges. The result has been
this : These oranges which
are advertised the world over
command a better than aver
age price. The orange grow
ers are assured of a certain
share of the market at all
times, and not every grower
has all the problems of grow
ing, selling, marketing and
advertising his oranges. They
have cut out quite a few mid
dlemen, which has resulted in
giving them a better price
for their products. The re
search that has been made
has been helpful to all of
them, since the problems af
flicting these orange growers
were all the same common
to the California region
where they have their orch
ards. When the time came |
that frozen orange juice be
came fashionable, none of I
them alone would have had
the money to build a plant
to make concentrated frozen
orange juice, but they to
gether built the plant and are
marketing highly successful
and profitable frozen orange
juice. All of them have main
tained their individual rights,
and the freedom which, na
turally, is one of the very
important things in our econ
omy and in democracy. In
unity there is strength, and
I believe the great future for
small farmers lies right here.
Let us take this idea a step
further and apply it to West
ern North Carolina. I've j
eaten apples from all over
the world and I have eaten
beef raised in just about
every country and on every
island in the world. Maybe I
am not an authority on good
taste, but I have never tasted i
better apples than those j
grown here in Western North I
Carolina. Milk is better here
than in Switzerland; and
beef is better here than in
Australia.
There is a reason for it,
too! We living here in this
wonderful climate are healthy
and have fewer heart attacks
than the average person in
the U. S., so it goes with our
crops and with our animals.
Climate is tremendously im
portant. But how does it help '
the income of our farmers if |
you and I know it and the J
rest of the country and the j
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Veterans
Rates Prepared
A run-down comparing old
pension ratts with the new ones
for veterans and for widows of
veterans has been prepared by the
rest of the world doesn't
know it? We have something
to talk about, so why can't
we do some honest advertis- (
ing and merchandising with
the God-given advantages we
have? Why not use it to in
crease the prosperity of our
people? Western beef fetches
a premium price because it J
is advertised and talked :
about the country over. Ore- 1
gon pears are considered the
best in the country and fetch <
premium prices.
Well, the same could be
true for Western North Caro- 1
lina beef and apples, if .
enough independent farmers '
were willing to band togeth- ;
er in marketing and mer- 1
chandising organizations and,
through small contributions, I
enable the organization to
gradually advertise these
products. - Let people go to
restaurants in New York and
see on the menu that West
ern Carolina beef isn't neces
sarily the cheapest, but that
it is the best ! Let people
know around Christmas
time that they can buy many
apples, but if they want the
best they should buy West
ern Carolina applies.
To help our own prosper
ity why don't we spend just
once the same amount of en
ergy, enthusiasm, and ingen
uity on problems directly af
fecting us and our prosperity
as we do it week after week,
month after month, on sports?
If you are a small farmer
and would like to increase
your income, don't forget this
idea. Talk it over with your
friends and then see if some
thing can't be done.
(Paid Pol. Ail)
1050 kc
Franklin, N. C.
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SERVING THE FRIENDLY PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
St6p, Shop, and Save in Franklin, the Friendliest Town in Western North Carolina
Veterans Administration.
The new rates are provided un
der the new pension law, which
becomes effective July 1. Veteran*
and their dependents now cn th
VA pension rolls may choose
either to stay under the old sysum
or come under the new one after
tie new law becomes effective.
A veteran's pension under tli
present law Is either $66.15 a
month, or $73.75 if he has been
on the pension r:lls 10 years, it
has reached age 65 (there's an
exception if he needs regular aii
and attendance of another person
in this ca.se he gets $135.45 per
T.unth. >
Under the new pension law, i.
v. taan's monthly pension pay
ment may vary from a low of $4i
per month to a high of $100. If he
needs aii and attendance. It
c uld go as high as $170 a month
The variations in payments re
sult from use of a sliding income
scale. The larger pension pay
ments result from use of a sliding
income scale. The larger pension
payments go to veterans earning
'esser Income. ? or with more
dependents.
For Veterans' widows: under
present law an eligible wlctew re
ceives $50.40 if she has no chil
dren and her income is not over
Si. 41,0 a year. A widow with a
child receives $63.00 and is allowed
to earn as much as $2,700 a year
before becoming ineligible. The
$2,700 figure does not change, but
the sum of $7.56 a month may
be added to the basic $63 for each
additional child she has.
Under the new law, the amount
>f pension a widow will receive,
is tied more closely with her an
r.ual income. A -widow without
dependents may receive $60 a
month if her income is not greate:
than $6C0. She can have income
as high as $1,200 and still receive
$45 a month, or as high as $1,800
and .still receive $25. But. at the
$1,800 figure, the pension pay
ments cease.
A widow with one child will re
ceive a pension payment of $75 a
month if her annual income is
not over $1,000. She will receive
$60 a month if her income is
$2,000 or under and $40 a month
If her Income is $3,000 or under.
Income above $3,000. puts an end
to pension payments. For each ad
ditional child she may receive $15
more per month.
Burley tobacco stocks on Jan.
1, 1960 amounted to about 1.5
billion pounds, about 30 million
less than Jan. 1, 1959.
Duke Conley
Duke Conley
Working In
49th State
A young Maconian. Marvin
Douglas i Duke i Conley, Is now
working In the 45th state, Alaska,
as an electronics engineer wllh
the Federal Aviation Agency.
Duke drove his '55 Chevrolet
from Oklahoma City, Okla, t;
Fairbanks in eight days.
Son of Mr. and Mis. John Con
ley. of Otto, he is a graduate of |
?' anklin High School and served
ao years In the Marine*. After
i s discharge from service, he at
nded Western Carolina College
or two years and then the Unl
ersity of Tennessee in 1958 and
1959. Duke entered the School of
Electronics In Oklahoma City last
(all, completing his studies Feb
ruary 18 of this year. He worked
for Nantahala Power and Light
Company last summer.
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tries the way you want them right on your farm.
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way will save you money, time and hard work.
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Phone 6550 Dillard, Ga.
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INSULATION
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Day Phone LA 4-2711 Night Phone LA 4-2677
FRANKLIN, N. C.
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Here comes your air mail (and your highway mail, too)
EVERY YEAR, the railroads are being . |t. ^ .-I of i.we and ipore
of llie mail carrying business. Mail once hauled by rail i , Ling diverted,
instead, to highway trucks and to the airlines.
But what happens when the weather gets ornery ? when trucks bog
down on snow covered1 highways and planes are grounded?
You g;".: . ,d it! Back to the railroads it tom?s in a veritable flood
Then the railroads gel the mail ? ad 'tl !! thro v. !?:'?! All of it Until
the sun shires agiin.
The pro.en ability of the railioads to tarry the mail under any conditions
and in all k Js of weather didn't "just happen " Railroad transportation
is dependable transportation And in their mail handlr" equipment and
holilii ra.Iroru . . rinvcst;.;onl ot about a billion dollars.
Pi:*: the ie-.nl nrics ' f hi storms throughout the South, reloads
were c.'!! J ma .y lia.es and in many places to help carry on the
postal tradition ti.'l the miil must go through. And it did!
. Bvt if divers- us (o other cai'iicrs ccnlinue, the day may come when
railroads will n ,t fcc al' to ranv a>! mail at the- drop of a snowfhkt.
And if this ever !?? ,.sis. al Amen a wit! be the loser!
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTFN