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BADIN BULLETIN VOL. II SEPTEMBER, 1920 . No. 12 '*!*' i)"' AH' OF GENERAL INTEREST a# a* a** The Badin Carbon Plant tell us that everything is ® result of the process of evolution, is to say, our World, our Wives, Inside Vest-Pockets, Us, Shimmy , in fact, everything—didn’t j^st happen, it evoluted. Darwin al- ows that mankind evoluted from mon- you’ve got to admit that the ^ ird is right, part of the time at least. ® > anyhow, before getting into this deeper, history is man’s record of sakhe knows it; and for the ind’^ inquisitive posterity herewith is luf^ ^ parasangs anent the evo- lon of our jpresent Carbon Plant. St ^ present Carboniferous Was reached, say in the upper Si- period, when the L’Aluminium Q ^^*^aise started, it was not called a T ^ it was known as I'l^ d’Electrode. Oui, Oui; and ^®~i^-la. Like the rest of our sh'ff^ ^®''®iopment, its location was ent f^ on paper, before the pres- ori • was decided upon. It was P^^i^ried to build the plant in the f ^ ^^®^6zer hollow, ’way down near thp Palmer Mountain, and to put our Roll Crusher Plant on top of ^^Imer Mountain. th Siddix kicked on the location of d Plant’ and it would have Po ^ Mountain for courting pur- the^XT it was decided to move present site, where Ed Th^ handy to Ebenezer Church, the reasons, but y enough—so let us proceed, ijg wilding was put up in much the a Way, with such well-known French- Bidd-^^ Culp, Charlie Ross, Ed gg . Tom Harris lending their pre^^ contrary to the hee^^^^ tielief, they did not wear French niv H hats, and say “After you, Sim -Alphonse,” when both reached deck the last brick in the a f *f ^ 50-A is short, owing to the whistle blow ing when the engineers were laying out the building. This makes a nice yarn, and no one wants to run a chance of spoiling it by checking up the floor plan. It is a known fact, however, that one row of column footings was a foot out of line. This was discovered when the steel work was being erected. The dis covery occasioned a mild flurry of ex citement, after a manner of speaking. If you mention this to Floyd Culp now, he will perhaps say “Mon doo” once or twice, and admit he was late for Sunday School that Sunday. He wasn’t the only one, either. _ As the Usine was now built, it became necessary to put in some equipment be fore they could start usin’ it. This was then done. The French folks had their own ideas about carbons, and likewise ideas about how to make them. Their electrodes were to be chic looking things, about eighteen inches square, and two feet long, somewhat different from the svelte three and one-half inch carbons so efficiently squirted by Bob Lees’ boys at present. As for making them, well (Continued on page ^ 1 Next to Human Beings If there is any more fascinating spectacle in the world than the growth of children, we do not know it. We are reasonably sure, however, that next to human beings the most responsive crea tures of the world are the trees. No man has lived in full life without learning just how responsive and grate ful trees are to human help. It is in the grove, the seedling planting ground, or in the old lot that is covered with scrubby brush that a man—or woman—with an ax, a pruning knife, and a few young saplings to stick in here and there, be comes a god of a new world. Thin out this clump of maples or pines, and see how next year the trees you have left will stretch forth to you their arms, grown symmetrical, and how, when you are ten years older, a noble grove will already be growing, a monument to your memory. Put down a few seedlings in unused ground, and mark how they will talk of you and your works to posterity. Learn how the old tree, with death seek ing to reach his vitals through spots of {Continued on page 9) How Do Your Expenses Compare? Here are figures showing how average families spend their money. They ^ were •led from figures by eleven thousand families, so they are representative. ^^^THE LIVING ART. Compiled from Staatistics from eleven thousand Families. Average Size, Two Adults and Two Children. . Income Food Rent Clothes 1 Operating Expenses 1 Advancement 1 Insurance and Savings 1 $1000 1200 1500 1800 2000 2500 3000 $300 330 375 400 450 500 550 30 p-c 27.5 25.0 22.2 22.5 20.0 18.3 $200 300 300 400 400 400 500 20 p-c 25.0 20.0 22.2 20.0 16.0 16.7 $100 150 150 200 250 250 325 10 p-c 12.5 10.0 11.1 12.5 10.0 10.9 $150 150 225 270 350 450 550 15 p-c 12.5 15.0 15.0 17.5 18.0 18.3 $100 100 200 240 250 450 450 10 p-c 8.3 13.3 13.4 12.5 18.0 15.0 $150 170 250 290 300 450 625 15 p-c 14.2 16.7 16.1 15.0 18.0 20.8 Including Lunches Garden Expenses, such as Seed and Tools Rent Taxes, Interest on Mortgages Repairs and Upkeep Anything to Wear, Repairing Garments, Shoes, Cleaning Phone Fuel, Ice, and Light, Equipment Fire Ins. Carfare and Incidental Charity Books Vacations Music, Amusements, Doctor Med. Loans Gifts Investments Savings, Life, Sickness and Accident Insurance, Mortgage Payments —Slipstream.
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