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Page Eight BADIN BULLET = ^e = BADIN BULLETIN Devoted to the intereiti of the employees of the TalUssee Power Company, and the pleasure and profit of all people of Badin. Published Monthly by tht Employees of Tallassee Power Company Subscriptions, Fifty Cents a Year; By Mail, Seventy-Five Cents. Per Copy, Five Cents. CONTRIBUTING STAFF Beers, H. S Electrical Department Clark, D Safety First Daniels, L. G ...... Carbon Plant Dotson, W. G - Laboratories Hadley, Clarence Cartoonist Hunnicutt, F. R Machine Shops Richards, R, V Main Offices Oliver, T. M First Aid Parks, R. E —.Pot Rooms Rainey, Dr - Hospital Sheppard, Thos. C Town Site Taylor, J. G Mechanical Draughting Tilley, J. W Time Department Rice, A. J Townsite Draughting Williams, Ben M Schools Thorpe, J. E. S Special Contributor Mrs Coffman \ Mrs. Parks Women’s Page Mrs. Thorpe„..™.«., —..«) Business Manager, Subscriptions, and Distribution H. R. Wake Managing Editor F. A. Cummings Vol. 2 December, 1919 No. 3 Armistice Day Address After a few impromptu remarks, which put him at once in close touch with his audience, Mr. Thorpe spoke in part as follows: My friends, we are assembled here to- nipht to pay homage to a memorable anniversary, an anniversary the like of which there have been few in the history of mankind. It is an anniversary of the cessation of hostilities, not by sur render at the point of the sword to the victor, but by order of that instrument so often in the past proven mightier than the sword—the pen. It was the pen of civilization speaking. That great and noble civilization that fights hard est while the enemy is winning, and is ever ready to give quarter when asked of it, never cherishing a hatred, no mat ter how well founded or how deep-rooted, that it would turn a deaf ear to appeals from a routed and defeated foe. Proud we are, and well we should be, of an heritage possessed of such qualifications. Little had we to hope that similar treat ment would have been accorded us by the enemy. To win a fight is one thing; but to possess and make use of self control, so that the victory will not have been won in vain, is anot'.:er. In light of what that ever-to-be-loved, never-to-be-forgotten doughboy did to uphold the honor of his country, it is earnestly hoped that the self-same law makers who sent him to France will not make such political capital out of his hard-earned victory that in effect it will be turned into defeat. Whether the League of Nations and the Peace Treaty are properly drawn, I cannot say, but I do say that anything written with the blood of so many of our dead boys deserves nobler treatment than that generally issuing in the form of political capital. If flaws exist which endanger the end we all seek, then change the wording to eliminate them, for the man who op poses any change like this is no better than the one who opposes the treaty in toto. The deadlock is the primary cause of so much unrest, real and apparent. With domestic affairs in need of the constructive brain and undivided atten tion of our lawmakers as never before in history, it is a pity that so much time should be wasted at this crucial hour. One object of our meeting tonight is to decide upon a suitable method of com memorating the acts of the American soldiersj sailor^, and marines, and espe cially those jwfio enlisted or were drafted from Badin. At this juncture, I want to say that out of the many who entered the ser vice from Badin there is yet to be heard of one who shirjced his duty or who did not willingly take up his position to fight for what he understood his duty to be. It has been suggested, and happily so, that a monument Ve erected to the mem ory of Badin’s service men; that funds for the purchase and erection of such a monument be secured by popular sub scription, thereby offering an opportun ity to everyone to feel that he and she have a personal interest in this mark of esteem. It would be my idea that this shaft or monument be made as simple as prac tical consistent with the purpose we would hope it to accomplish. I suggest a monument committee l>e formed, whose duty it will be to decide upon a site, agree upon a design, and raise by subscription the nece.saary funds. To that end, my friends, let us recall those anxious days of 1917-’!8, when the issue was being fought out as to whether we would l>e slaves of Ger man domination or free men and women. and remember that these boys, in wh memory we are gathered here tonig were helping decide that issue then, s did finally decide it for us. To th then, do we not justly owe what it in us to give? I say we do. The American Each one has some trait which tinguisbes him from all other Indivii als. In the same way, nations difi from one another in temperament. D' ing the war of the Revolution, certs characteristics were very evident affl® the Colonial forces, and they have be preserved both in literature and in ^ ideals of the people. In the recent war, we had an opP‘ tunity to see the American in contr* with the European again; and no has so well interpreted for us the ican qualities as General Edwards, the Twenty-Sixth Division. He saP' 1. Show the American that you " terested in him; you cannot fool hi®- ^ 2. Show him that you are tryio® . vo" play fair, and he will forgive yo" •' errors. 3. Commend an American you may, and condemn you always | i m up whenever necessary to keep him up to the line; because keep hi® ” the line you always must. You mollycoddle an American. 4. Never give an .■Vmerican .j. praise. When he has earned com® tion, he knows it; don’t deny it 5. Never lower an .\mericanf ^ respect. Tell him what you him, and why you want it, practicable. Assume he is as to learn as you are to teach him the example, and he will go for you with a smile on his He M the best soldier that ' ^ If we bear in mind that qualities possessed by the men With whom we come in conta*^^^^ u* as well a.» the men who abroad, we shall understand one * better. —B. M. Mr. Moore with Mr. P. W. Moore, of the * ^ _ »t._ » /rl gave us a friendly Thanksgiving time. We are to see him. He made a fine to our School, and also extempore address to the Worker*’ Conference Come
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