BADIN BULLETIN
tain terms point that way. For instance,
commutator, breaker, controller, motor,
etc.” You don’t say “commutatim,
breakim, controllim, or motim.” We
guess he is right, for we are always
glay to meter, and perfectly willing to
converter.
“Big” Dan gave up cigarettes a few
days ago, and reported the day after
the pledge with two plugs of tobacco,
a can of snuff, a package of O. V.
Cheroots, and a life insurance policy.
It’s funny the way the fellows like
H. O. Hicks favor the three-to-eleven
shift, when a few weeks ago it was al
most like signing their death warrant to
give them this shift.
E. T. Russell says it takes cigar power
as well as cigar pot punching to make
cigar metal, and he can’t see why the
cigars always give out before they get
around our way.
Mr. Faries recently composed a little
selection entitled, “When the Amperes
get to amping, there’s^* no place lil^e
ohm.”
Wonder why Ivey doesn’t get a girl>
so we could have something to write
about him each month.
Mr. O. B. Lackey is holding down the
night shift while Mr. McConnell is
away.
Mr. R. S. McConnell spent Thanksgiv
ing with his mother in Blacksburg, S. C.
Mr. G. V. Futch is appointed official
coffee maker for the “Repair Gang.
Narrows Powerhouse Notes
Shorty came very near, getting his
fingers burned the morning of November
20, when he placed the volt meter plug
in the receptacle. The trouble was he
wasn’t looking very closely, and allowe^
the plug to make a short circuit on th-
metal plate of the benchboard. It is
thousand wonders lhat someone hasnt
got it before now. It wasn’t altogether
Shorty’s fault, for it would have hap
pened to someone sooner or later.
The construction work on the by-pa-^
seems to be progressing nicely, althou.?^
some of the steel workers have been lai
off. There is no limited time to com
Plete this work, but we rather suspect
it will be finished inside of four or fivt
months, according to the weather, finan
cial conditions, etc.
The best news we have for the Bulle
tin this time is Adkins’ hog crop.
has four whoppers, weighing right
around 250 pounds each, ready or
killing any time. This said hog crop
no doubt has caused a great decline in
the price of hog meat. So you see, old
A. isn't such a horrid ■•critter’
after all.
Heard that Fred and Ruth would proh-
cLe to a satisfactory agreement
^l"ng toward December W. No doubt
hilt they will be congenial partners in
riovtakines The agreement is
their undertakmgs.
to be for life-long term, I say it is.
However, we wish them the best.
November 19, J. B. Mintz
telegram from his
^ q C to come home. He left im
burg, S. Mintz,
”tr"aryTrntv;:rh:me,and
r^iCa real estate deal be returned
Sunday evening, November 22.
The station is running as
ever. It seems ages since we
i-chfpst surge on the lines. Thi»
' S SSedlngly well tor the
IS spea operators and Mr.
Gomr we are seeing that the station
fs giving Its highest eHiciency.
Ti/r- T?pssie Adkins, the attractive
, Mr AdWns, of the Mountain
f ,fter a short visit to her brother
;ned to Arkansas City, Kan., Novem-
ret Ts, where she holds a position as
stenographer with an oil company.
11 Mr Adkins received
on November 11, Mr^_^^^ ^
a telegram JO
day Adkins left for Fort Mill, apd
returned November 21.
Mrs J B. Crowe is still in the o u
Hospital, Columbia, S. C. Mr. Crowe
that she is getting along nicely,
InTUhably will return some time about
November 29.
well the lake is normal-elevation
. ! Li At one time the water was
getting fearfully low, but now it Is far
from the danger zone.
Miss Marguerite Clark, of
ta’n Club, who has been Imng with her
uTcle Shirty, has returned to her home
at Corinth, N. C.
pity on him, and proceeded to send an
armature to the shop. So “Dad” is hap
pily at it again.
The next time they get ready to cut
the power off, we wish the Rotary Sta
tion would notify the Gas Baking De
partment in time for them to get their
flashlight and the Exhaust Fans pulled
off. It just cost them one fifty-horse
power motor the last time.
We have one of the Carbon Plant
cranes down, and in the Electric Shop.
We are giving this crane a complete
overhauling, and will have a new crane
out of it when it goes back.
Mr. J. M. Martin has been “Batchin
It” for some time now, but from the ex
pression onl his face the past day or so
we think the madam is on the way
home.
Rockfield does not take as many vaca
tions now as he used to. What is the
trouble, Roxy; is it too hard to get?
We spent part of Thanksgiving Day
sawing old crossties. How did you
spend it?
Mr. L. J. Pope went to Florence, S. C.,
Saturday, to accompany his family back
to Badin.
Mr. D. A. Shoe was away the latter
half of last week. Celebrating Thanks
giving.
Not long $$$ until Christmas, Is it?
Etectric Shop
For about thirty minutes one day last
„eek "Dad” Withrow, our armature
winder, had nothing to do. It was the
Ilrst time “Dad" had been completely
up and he was just about lost. But
oni. of the Carbon Plant Cranes took
Payroll Department
Every year, about this time, this de-
partn^ent 'has something like this to
report. So and so will get married such
and such a date. So if the reader will
keep his eyes and ears open they will
find out who the so and so was, 1. e.,
Joe and Julia.
Miss Jonnie Ferree and brother, A. D.,
will leave the twenty-fourth of Decem
ber to spend the Christmas holidays
with their parents. They are from Burke
County, the place where you get plenty
to eat and plenty to Drink.
Mr. R. E. Mills who has been time
keeper in the Carbon Plant for a long
time has resigned to go into business
for himself. W© wish for him much
success, and we regret to lose him from
this department.
Mr. J. W. Tilly, of Ashboro, the former
chief clerk of the Payroll Department,
paid us a pleasant visit recently. We
were all delighted to see him. Mr. Tilly
says “A Farmer’s Life for Me.”