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Pot Room Notes
1 What Uncle Bill Would Do
^ wish my Uncle Sam would let me have
my say awhile—
I’d make a law to hang all profiteers;
I’d go right straight to Washington;
I’d move the price of beans back fif
teen years.
I’d see that every ^ poor man’s pocket
never lacked for cash;
I’d fill his pantry full of things to
eat;
I d make a fine of fifty bucks to catch
him off his work—
Unless it was this policy to teach.
^ d put the iinice of sugar down to thirty
cents a ton;
And henfruit would be growing on
the trees;
I d pave the streets with pork chops; and
honey'd be so cheap
^here be no use to even hive the bees.
^ d change the price of clothing; I’d
I chance the price of shoes;
I’d change the price of hats and gaso
line ;
There be no use to even hive the bees.
no use for plows—
^e’d do our farm chores strictly by
niachine.
I think I’d make a canvass, and cop the
female vote
I’d make silk hose a subject of debate;
^ d make serge clothes so common you
could wear them every day,
If you’d give your Uncle Bill a seat
in state. —Wm. 0. Burns
Foreman Jack West has a proposition
to submit to the Company which he
thinks they will accept, if they can see
it as he does. He proposes to buy one
of the Company’s big Cadillac cars, and
let them take his metal bonus in pay
ment of same. He says he has figured
he can get the car paid for in about one
hundred years; and he thinks this will
be a great saving for the Company, as
they would of course spend in that time
a good amount for gasoline, oil, repairs,
etc. We hope that he will make this
trade, as he has promised to take us
joy riding just as soon as he gets it
paid for.
Uncle John McGregor, who moved to
Palme:^yille some time ago, has returned
to his old home in Badin with Mr. Reed.
Mack says he loves quiet, but when it
gets so quiet that the owls come to eat
with the chickens he moves. He says
there is no place like Badin, anyway.
Capt. Dave Swagerty is having his
office repainted, which adds a great deal
to its appearance. He has sworn ven
geance against the first man who ex
pectorates on his floor, or in any other
way desecrates his sanctum.
Mr. G. S. Arthur has been transferred
to Mr. Wake’s office. He has kindly
invited us up to see him; but he has
limited his receiving hours to our work
ing hours, so we see no way to accept
his invitation.
Mr. Sam Dunaway, one of the old
boys who accepted a position in Morgan-
ton some time ago, paid us a visit re
cently. Sam says there is no place like
Badin, and he is thinking strong of com
ing back.
A good many new men are coming in
from Jacksonville and other places. We
hope to see No. 38 soon in operation with
a full crew.
The raise which went into effect last
week was a surprise to most of the men,
but a very agreeable one, however.
Miss Bernie Alma Ramsey, of Sumter,
S. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. L.
Culveyhouse, on Falls Road.
A lot of the boys are bidding on Room
38, which is nearing completion.
—W. 0. Burns
Carbon Plant Notes
We came very near selling the old fire
brick which adorns the south side of
Building 50-A to the Maryville Works.
Too bad the deal could not have been
put through, as the cleaning up of these
various piles would help the appearance
of the plant considerably.
Mr. Biddix has just received two fine
pointer puppies from Baltimore. Ed
says, if possible, he is going to train
them to catch the birds, so when the
gentlemen from Pittsburgh come down
hunting they won’t go back disappointed.
Mr. G. E. Biddix says “popcorn” works
best in the wee hours of the morning.
One night last week he unloaded forty
tons of butts and thirty-eight tons of
pitch before breakfast.