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BADIN bulletin
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BADIN BULLETIN
Devoted to the interests of the employees af
the Tallassee Power Company, and the pleasure
and profit of all people of Badin.
Published
Monthly by the
Employees of Tallassee Power Company
Subscriptions, Fifty
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CONTRIBUTING STAFF
Beers, H. S
Electrical Department
Clark, D
Safety First
Daniels, L. G
Dotson, W. G
Laboratories
Hadley, Clarence
Cartoonist
Richards, R. V
Main Offices
Oliver, T. M
Parks, R. E
Pot Rooms
Moore, Dr. D. B
Hospital
Sheppard, Thos. C
Taylor, J. G
Mechanical Department
Hadley, Z. Z
Time Department
Williams, Ben M
Thorpe, J. E. S
Special Contributor
Mrs Coffman
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Mrs. Parks
Women’s Page
Mrs. Thorpe
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Business Manager, Subscriptions, and Distribution
H.
R. Wake
Managing Editor
F. A. Cummings
Vol. II JUNE, 1920 No. 9
The Kicker
There are two classes of kickers. The
men in one class kick at everything and
everybody, without doing anything them
selves to help overcome the conditions
against which they are kicking. They
are just plain “hammer artists.” The
men in the other class pick out some
real grievance, kick about it—and kick
hard, too; but in the same breath pro
pose a means of bettering the condition,
and offer to help do it themselves. They
are “good citizens.”
You know these two types; but, just
to illustrate:
Jim Brown goes to the Rent Depart
ment (once in a while the Rent Depart
ment does get a complaint), and pro
ceeds to say that he has to have another
house right away. The house he is in
is too low, and the water stands in the
yard after a heavy rain. He wants an
other house immediately—and he says
he’ll make trouble if he doesn’t get it.
George Jones lives next door to Jim,
in the same apartment. He shows up
at the rent office a little later with the
same story; but George would like to
suggest that he thinks a ditch and a
culvert would get rid of that trouble,
and he has doped out where he thinks
they should go. Which one gets the best
reception ?
In this plant alone there are a num
ber of complaints handled daily; the
foremen, the timekeepers, and all de
partment heads get them; and there is
not one of the men handling these com
plaints who won’t appreciate and wel
come a suggested remedy. Think be
fore you “see the boss,” and see if you
can’t give him something besides another
thing to bother about.
At a State party convention, a man
got the attention of the chair, and be
gan, “Another great question we should
consider—.” “We’ve got more questions
on hand now than we really need,” in-
THE LITTLE WALLACES
Ben, Jr., Five Years Old, Mildred, Six; Annie
Ruth, Aged Three
terrupted Senator Sorghum; “Come
around with an answer once in a while.”
Don’t fail to kick if you have some
thing to kick about; but “come around
with the answer once in a while.’^ Re
sign from the “hammer artist” class, if
you haven’t already done so, and join
the “good citizens.”
—R. E. P.
Suffers from Labor Shortage
The general labor shortage is affect
ing the printing of our publication, and
has done so for several months. The
house which prints the Bulletin is short
of hands in the composing-room where
most of the Bulletin work is done. This
is expert labor, and very hard to get
at any price.
There has also been considerable dif
ficulty in securing paper. It is no con
solation that others are having similar
troubles. The Valve World, one of the
foremost industrial publications, recent
ly came out three weeks behind time,
due to the causes mentioned.
Have Your Flag Ready for
Independence Day
How can you help to make our Inde
pendence Day celebration the best and
most glorious we have ever had? This
“you” means every good and loyal citi
zen, every business man, every office
head, every head of a family and occu
pant of a house. There is one way in
which you can take part, in addition
to attending the various events and hav^-
ing a good time: You can put up a flag-
The flag is the symbol of our country,
and on this one day of the year we can
all show that we love our great nation,
that we are loyal to our government,
that “Old Glory” means something to us.
Let us all put up flags! The mer
chants will have them for sale, and even
a small one, that costs only a few cents,
can show that you are proud of being
an American citizen.
Success
It’s doing your job the best you can.
And being just to your fellow-man;
It’s making money, but holding friends.
And staying true to your aims and ends;
It’s figuring how, and learning why.
And looking forward, and thinking high.
And dreaming a little, and doing much;
It’s keeping always in closest touch
With what is finest in word and deed;
It’s being thorough, yet making speed;
It’s daring blithely the field of chance
While making labor a brave romance;
It’s going onward despite defeat.
And fighting staunchly, but keeping
sweet;
It’s being clean, and it’s playing fair;
It’s laughing lightly at Dame Despair;
It’s looking up at the stars above.
And drinking deeply of life and love;
It’s struggling on with the will to win,
But taking loss with a cheerful grin;
It’s sharing sorrow, and work, and
mirth.
And making better this good old earth;
It’s serving, striving through strain and
stress.
It’s doing your noblest—that's Success.
—The Rambler