| Summary: | Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Houston, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue. • . ' ,., '' • . ' .,. . • • .,. • ,v. . • • ., . • • ( n ) 110 ].~ :r ~ J · m·rn r.m ~· :·ticR1. ;!f,T? (! . m d lltori.: t , 1 .n i • · t,;} B tC-'it 1l the hand. ( f,) Lt)ft: 1·: R r , 1 ,-;m. n·rrru l, tl hmuT bl'/l)'t I th-n hi7J. Tf'ar1' for c a 1 m ( r·) UAGJ( : A rm ('.r~ lend ed., 1t (Ht d j ~ R t (l iJ 011 (' ldp_, fi ngc·rt~ closNI. Mwmb r.l;/ Nuled h o ri:.ou.f ally. jPrk hand in . di 1/ OU.'II"W(I trrt ion f)! rd. rad . in g. (1il TRA l ~'F.L: 'Forrarm • ' 1· /if·t~l . h(t ,7. oprm. lr':tn1.n (cH·earm. in clire~t :on of (P) TOP: Arm PJ' - (I) g .l/ F: R G E N C Y travel. t tmded. hand l&vel rrit11 the hip. H old rposit.ion rigidly. S T 0 P: A rm e~ ! ended . hand Lrror&l with the h11l· M ot•P h(wd quirklJI lo Hand Signals One Hand right and l lJft. NOVEMBER, 1937 VOLUME XIX NUMBER 10 Published by • ''The Chantpion Family" The paper for this magazine is made in our plant out of wood from the forests of North Carolina. We ntanufacture tnany grades of bleached Sulphite papers, Machine Finished and Super Calendered. ' a it "Associate yourself vv-ith men of faith. T his tends to be reciprocal. Your faith 'vill communicate itself to them, and their f aJ. t h to you. D o your wor k. 1. n a "fa t. th. " atmosphere, and you vvill work at a maximum advantage. You in1press others by your O\Vn faith, and they will have faith in you only in the degree t hat you have faith in yourself." Grenville K leiser. • . . • ' • , • a;n ton :'\10\:THLY REPORT OF Bl "STNESS AND £XPE. 'SES ~ron th Fnding September 30, 1937 B ALAN CE S a EET .-lssets Loa:'~ Outstanding --- - --- --- - - Cash in Bank (Checking ) --- ____ --- Cash in Bank at TnteresL - --- --- Cash on HanJ --- --- --- --- --- Furniture and Fixture --- Accrued Interest --- ______ --- --- p rcraid Expense _ --- _______ - -- --- 94,018.26 5,975.60 6,600.00 250.00 795.09 4,587.79 136.85 T oraL _____ _______________ ___ 112 363.59 ExfHNt.SeJ Salaries --- --- D u~:; __ _________ ____ ___________________ __ __ Other --- -- --- --- - --- - --- - -- --- 13alance \ Profi t or Loss) --- __ --- -- - 'J.otaJ __ __ ________ -- --- L iabilirieJ 77 5.38 l 02.24 54.40 1,865.76 2, 797.78 • _ 10te-: Pu}ablc --- - -- None Sb::HC6 --- --- - - _103 ,078. 72 Res ·p;e or r~uar an l \' Fund - - --- --- - --- 3.+2G.23 • l' ndivided Protlt6 --·- __ _____ -·· --- _ - - -- _ - - -- -- . 858.64 'l.otal_ --- __ - - _ -- . -~- __ - - -1 12,363.59 !1u Ol!lt' Jntert t R··cei •cJ __ . -- . -·. . --- - --- -- 2.760 28 , •• f" ( . -- --- ~ -- - - -~ - --- - --_,_ .,. , ')[ l_ - --- .,_ - -- . --- ·---__,.-~-.-. -ft--. --.-- 1 1 tJ t)i~ · ])id yr 11J 1 ·li y0ur hu~band th~ t,,, )' t ra cruity 111 ·n } '.-l' us~.:d tK·, 4 r ,,~ ? J- ir I . : ) caJJ hlll J I ., I t l il •t j. dJ, J'l i'( --- -·~, 79I- -I g ol all thr {2) • • Tbo Champiott 'l-M. C A. Softball Team, thadDf&atod fl)7 the 'le41i0l! e>f 1931. Wou twellty <JAmes, imeludinq on~ ?•er th., State CblUDplOn.t. Retrdlt'lCJ fro.m lell to r~. tr Q.nt r~: Gordon Tn:all. BnJ Harti!J, Weslt y Hol~ d ew. Ralph ifow~ll Bud Miller. Waltoy S1)4mce. Baclt Row: Bwtino Man,. aqor A. C. Gazdo~ Glea.n Moore, SloT Scarbotouqb, Boy Smalh· era. Gcrdon Rex:ao, Hm Se-tz.et. F1ed MitcheU Dad Jimmie Chambers . re tl nton Loans Loan \ 'fade in Period --- --- --- Loans Repaid in Period - --- --- L oans .tn F· orce - --- - -- - --- Tota l Loaned Since Organization ___ _ T otal Loan Repaid Since Organi7.a tion Loa ns Delinq uent : · (A) T hree ~1on th.s or Less --- -- (B) !\lore than T hree l\Ionth ___ _ Charged Off in Period - --- --- Total Cha rged Off Si nce Orga nization_ Total 1 umber of Borrowers at End of tV umber 456 433 957 6,910 5~953 58 10 rl mCFttnt 60.067.00 53,981.86 94,018.26 666.424.37 • 572,406.11 1,393.24 406.3) • . ·one :\one Period --- --- - -~ -- - - --- 957 · ShareJ a11d JV! embers Paid on Shares in Period ___ --- --- 3 i .66-.l- \Vithd rawn on L hare in Period --- - --- 25.605. 2 Total P aid in on Sha res Since Organization ______ 3 ""6~ 45 . l 6 Total ' Nithd rawn on Shares Since Organizacion __ 2)J,166A-l- 1ew A.~Icm be rs in Period and Renewals__________ 1 SO Total .\ Iembers ince Orga niza tion__ ______ ____ _ 3.0M i\·lembers \ri thdrawn ince Orgauilcttion____ ____ 1,53.! Total ): umber of l\Ic-mbers __ __ --- ___ --- 1.5 )1 Au liteJ and :\ppro\·~J-J. L. G. \\'. FREE '.1A): R. B. RoN ~TsON, .JR. \\'. I. D MTOFJ" ~ • ~· --- · --- ~ --- ~ --- ~\ he:thh 1n pcuc1r w:~ \\I )J b.im· tl 1 ur. I Ji')tri<.t when he found a flsllwr vltn 1HoweJ hi pig-, t ~ . ,,n (th tt i~. if pits ra uJt) .til tlr•,t UtH.I nnd uu<kt hi · ltnU " t'. ·· f)l)n't \OU knP~,:· he itSktd du: lutm ~ t t ''t h.ut th i· i:-. • \ •n llllttllitan, ?'' ''\\JI,'. snid t h~· i.trtfh·l, ·•1 l'\'\' ll li., m' hell' nigl1 t J\1 h I Pl I y '. \1 f Ill I • I i It I It "t ll !t 1'\ .I p j g .' ''l . . . • - • • • • Forrnati tl ~ltld. ·attotrt Cou·ntie, of • One HB11dr ~a of tl1e • N ortl1 Care>li11'1 (P -r I ) lTll tht· l~t ani l · \ p,\, t • ). w~ <W{'rt'd pr:lL'tlntlh· ttfl'' per rnl't ol thr." c' uru1<·s iu the Old '\ ·rth St,n . • ln d ;~ lrt"clt" · hJH n tl'i,n: St!lt\, \1 t nt~· lnt:r\' . in ' ,\) hl. Puthedl-.~.1 :!nd ~lu,lT~"'. 0 .r ~•u~.h •1( th · f )11\l:ttit.'ln ctrld d\.''•t\f3tt~'n 1( th~ c~.\nntit;~ \\~ h -. \~ . ~rc\·icusl~ nvie, d. h.l.~ b(•en \(.''" iuter~;s tiu,. . in rl <.~'-L The ,-:tlor \f tl c earh· ~nl rs i-~ c rt~, i nh~ · in t1 rio •, ~n l ' <. lh)r·· t l .H c~uoir£ (,! , t-t'\!r;.l Lcn<.>ir $l.1te that in the e-arly • Ja. ~ ;t \ ·as d"e I=' rit ti:'n"~ anci he' t \:(';fl iu~t of the women <"•f S t.l·n· Omt,.ns 1L:\t in" - Ired their hushand~ and sons in the au"t' of L ib\!nx . Th .y urged their hu band.s and sons t '" j( in th~ army an"- fl··h for Liberty. rf hey preferred to c;.>e than t"e ~hn·es. Gt ~h~t ~1 L noir said : "The::e women descr. <'.a p~r~eruai r Cr) r.1 J t:h;ir heroi "m. Often, in s.umn1er. th y Wt.:nt w · · ! ~ollt ~It _s, ploweJ and worked with t~e~r 0'\~n hlnds by da.y to ;' I'O\oide s1Jstenance for their f4mit i{''. nd a.t uizht with the spinning wheel a'nd loom the-"· made u"le dothin~ . ~ _ l. . r ., .e -,umb~.:r of _ -orth Caro'ina's brave;,t . on.s were horn nnd \ ed i. Swr r c JUllJ y. ~1ont gt ·mer, c(Jl!Dl) \·as form~d in the year 1779 from .\,ns.:>n C'Ounty, and ~n a med in honGr of General Richard ~ -r.m· !!om cry, a Jj~t inguished o1ncer of the Revolution who \.' ;.a · n1ortaHy weunJed at the battle upo11 Quebec, December ] . -- J L f ,:. R'~h~rd !v1orn:LGrYlery wa born in I retand in t 736. In 1 Ti'J. he res!J:nt!d hif> coJn mi.sston in the British service, came to Arner:~ca- a:11d -eHicd in Dutchese County~ _few Y 0rk. -oon afrer his a r ri" a1 in Arr.e· · ca f1e took up arms against B ritish ru c and wa~ killed in the assalllt upon Quebec, · ·fHis • remains ancr :ying at Quebec fonr-two years, were by order of tb • Government) disinterred and brought to the Crry of 1 ~t:i· Ycffik: \l . her€ in front of St. Paul's, on Broad- ·ay. t!.ey no lie \ll:tth thi.s inscription: Ti.is mon11m.ent e:.~:as t'rf'{fed by order ol Congrt>ss 25t It .lanuary 1 1776, tv tra,umit tr, poJterily a gratPful rrmrmbran,ce Df rhe • pattiot.ism, conduct, t'7l terpri>~J and • p trJ f 'VtTIJTJ.Cf OJ .Nf aj&r-Gc111Jl'al Ricl'aJ d ,.,1 ont gomery; v., /,o, after a .rtries of .J'LIC~'eJJt.'J amid.,t t 1: e 11WS-t diuouraging diffic·ultie J, f dl in th.e a!l ac k on, · Oueb~ ~ . 31rt De-c rmb~r, 1775 Age 37 yean.u !\1'ont ,,1mtry C•;ttnty is 1n thP.- .oulher.n par of t he sta te, ~urrQunded bv Randol· h. Chath:im. f<.ic.hmond aod An o.n. Lincoln C~rut ry as fvrn erl y. called 1~rron, In · hc.tnor •.A ' thr RcA ·d C n\'\ n1 1 <"lf t.'a1 "litw. H nt ~ts ~ v.nv'<"r.Oot ltc WH"i J : ' opl r ' !-.~hr 1tnd \'•tliu~1s du rin ~ hi~ rcit;'' lte wa~ hattjrJ hv l ih,~l ~,r hi subjN'is. As a rnndt, tn\; Ct· nc J ~'l l L\ , <·mhl r · in l /7'J rl cG.Jt~d to blut (lli l lJ i ~ !l;&mct and divid<.:o l'&yr,u 'nunt\ into C.in~·nln ~tnd Rur·hctfoH.I Cl)u11ric· ~. l:~iJwoln ""•~s named iu ho nor of Henj ::unin Linr c,ln br,,n J'f.lnuarv ~J l iJ.1. ~l I l igha r•l, nbo!lt thirt een miles fr,,m B" stt •n. ' 1ll·e was app(JiHtcd, in F b:r•wtry> 1177, ~ ~jot ( c~ut ral tn th~: H.c\' tll\ltlOJlary 1\ rrrty and s ' t v<~ d his (.()lJ fllt Y f:tithfulh·." • L in\.·oln Coun ty rs jn fhe western purL of the 1\t;'ltc, bnrc. lcrin[;! Cata\1\, ba River o nd ·,al'tnn and CJevcJ ancl CouHt ies. Alt't:r Tryl)fl Count y w·:.t~ ~r«~s~d fn 111 lhe rnap of J "orth Carolina. the ( \J11IH)f nf Rulhcrforcl wa~ f<,rmed in i\pril, l it(>. \~' c arc informed that the first coun ty conrt wa ~ heJd at the home of Cnlond John \V alker,-. • Ou A ugus.t 29. 1780, LoJ t1 Connvalbs ordered Colonel Fe- rg~1 son, with some militia to tJ\rJve into Rut h(\rford C<JUnty. Ferguson c.:uc-a mpcd at. Gilbert. Town, one nttle north 0f Rutherford. 'fhe pllrposc nf which, no doubt, was t plt iTldcr and secure foot! for the Brjti ~h Ann}_ Tt is said that the tl unclcring activities t>f f erguson's · 01en kept the people of the county rn constant fear. "l'o protect themselves the Americans would gather at some neig hbor's house and await the marauding parties. On one occasion, the 1'ories approac.hed a certai 11 house and demanded admitta-nce, which w;as protnptly refu sed. One of the soldters raised his gun· tQ fi·re at one of the young men in the house, and the sister of the you ng n~an pushed her brother out oi the way just as the ball penetrated the ,.vall behind tl1e young roa n. The next instant the young Americau )s gun cracked and a ball of ·lead crashed throtfgh the Tory ·s head . I t is sai d ~ that the young girl uobelted the door, ran out and got tneLJ"ory's gun and ammunition. I t was an. heroic act) but tbh~ were days whe11 heroism \vas born and bred in the early -settlers of this country. Sampson County is in t he eastern part of d1e state, and nan:}ed in compliment tct Colonel John Sarnpson. - I t is surrounded by J onhson, \Vayne, Duplin, Bladen and Cumberland Counties. The famous Senator King from Alabama was a native of Sampson County, North Carolina. Sampson was fo rmed f rom Duplin in J 884. Near the center of the state is lVIoore County> formed in 1884 from Cumberland County and named after the Hon. Alfred ~1c>ere, at one time a member of the Suprenle Court ·0f .the . nited States. f'Aifrc<.l Moore was born l\llay 2 1 ~ 1775. He was sern to Boston i·o acquire his cdttcation, ~ ~ d while there he was offered a cnmmission in the R oy a) A rn1y, which '\Va " dedined, but the presence of a large g:t rrjson, and rne friendship of one of its oflicers, added to a taste for a n1i litary prof.: es~ i(Jn.H In f 775, ht· w.as app'Ointcc.l a captain in the 1st Rcgimt: nt of :\orLh Carolina CotHinental 1'1roops. Ht: 1n:trchod wi1 b J,;:> com.pally to Charleston, and e \'idellced ~uc h o rdor au 1 boJ<.bu;ss in a,ujon 1hat di ~tinguis h cJ him a~ one of '~m<.·rica's brav.: and Joyal S\lpp(H1.t:rs . 1rf<>0rc CoU{lt}" is bo-unded nn rh· north hy Ch:tth.nt~ ) we:-.t U} Cumb(;dum:l. south by· Rit hm(,md ~uld ~,·a s L hy ?\lc,n tgc)r ucry. • l3J • • HOUSTON PLANT, THE CHAMPION J>APEB AND FtBRE COMPANY ~ The Ch ampion Paper and Fibre Company, 1-Iouston Division PILGRIMS~ PRO,GRESS By. C. R . P. Cash ~ FTER tbe Pilgrinu, poor devils had survived the rjgol'S .J. t'f tha~ first : e-w E~glant.l. ~vinter jn order that they nught ~racuce the1r pecultar rehgton unmolested~ it is probable th~t J c,bn _\1den. or perhaps P riscilla, wrote a letter to the rolks at hmne describing the N_ew \~ orld. . \\·e ha' e a. sneaking sl.lspicion that many of our fr iends m Canton baoe us farewe ll last year with feelings akin to those who parted from the Pilcrrims as the sails of the . ! a~ flor< er disappea red over tlle 0 horizon rna ny yea rs ago. . ot aH would ba\·e felL alike. Those who loved the ir pleasant corners were probably well content to remain in their ti~Lt li~de j,le. but _those of an adventurous spirit and a poneenng turn of rumd were no doubt a little envio·us. _ Havi!lg spent about three seasons of the year in the New Colony sn Texas, perhaps it is fining t.hat we gi ,~c a little 1 q •on: ?f our progress. The most interesting topic, of c?u r$e: JS the chmatc. F_rom. the first of J anuary to about t?e m1ddJe of February tt ramed almost cootinuousl;y and t:ne temperat.tre was moderately cool with periodic dips of a fe\\ da~ s duration when a "~orther" would strike and it got cold. However, no freezi.ng Lemperalures occurred. _f :om February until June we enjoyed rea lly perfect spnng w~a ther, such as the poets sing of. From J une to the end of September the temperature stayed between 90 a~ 9f in ~i~e daj time wi~1 an appreciable drop at night. Anr.o~:.,h u.,O) may ~eem htgh) m<JSL of us soon got accustoiT',! C. 10 11 and fdt vtq liulc discomfort. Of course those v.l v .wor~ed nirfht sh!fls found the heat a liLtlc trying when t-leq :ncr .ul the dar t1me, but a f41n in the room helped out greatly. He;, 1(4! (1Jf11ing IJ) rr exas I W(JrricJ great'ly a bou ( the fer V.' w ·r, {41 and mention of them has been made in tbesc columns. . Atnong. the latest are .I ack !V!urphy and . P. '\Vilson. • fr. Jones" _m oharge of the E. B. Plan~, moved into his new ho:ne. 1n Magnolia Park just recently. Roland F onier is bu1ldmg a new steel f,~ame home with hrick '"eneer in Pasa~ e~a P lace. T his is the .first hearse of this kind w be bu:Jt ~n P~sade n a and many people are taking a keen interest m t h1s modern type of (·onHruction. l\rfost of those who have bought ne"v homes here now have them well_ land c:ap:J, la~vns bave got a good start and shrubbery 1s floLtnshtng. , anford Swasev is undoubtedly the champion horticulturi~r and he has Jone 1'. ooders in growing shrubs an? a bea~rtifu1 la:v~ of St. Augustine grass. rle_ has. a specral rechntq ue of lflJeCting eanh under low spots m l11s lawn that smacks of plastic su rgery. • • • • Assu redly ·great progress has been made at the milL The most striking featu re is the outside appearance. The gr0unds J1ave been landsc::aped round th~ offices and Clnbhouse a:nd . the .grass }rimmed and deaued ~n the viciniry of the playtng field. f he yards round the mlll proper have either been shelled or grassed:- and the whok plant ha3 taken on an aspect of business-like neatness. A hJrd- ·urfac@ d road has been built from the mill gate to the mill and wood yard which \\·j lt be of great ad,·antagc tn wet weather. T he plant operation proper is smooth and efficient. although of course the problems that always attend an ent\.:rprise of this magnitude are to be contended with. \\-t.~ have operated well beyond our rattd capacitr f1·om n s h~'rt whll . after staning up, and if the men in the mill have an\ bi·nt: to do with iL the curve will kc<.'P climbing! • . • • • Raw Paper and Finished Pulp 1 n th" Fa.pt:'r 'l'urdt' j r;nrrutl of s~pt·ernb ·r 10th n bri~f acc.ou11t w~s give-n c f ~' r C<'llt addre ~ by ~ [r. ~h.· :wJer T hompson. Chai rman of t lw B\.1ard of th"' Charnrlon P.tpt·r 'lnd Fibre C 'mpan} and nh.'m lwr of tbt! Cnited S1 a l, s h. II\~ her of ' "'otn Jrtl'lt'l!. F t t~tn tlu! {O• bri<-t ~f~•>lllU (\i thi:i ~pcc'h ir app(--:11" d ta t ~t r. Thomp ~ un i drri·JrLng the r~·t' nt tradl· a~'f• 't'ffil•llt m~d~· \Ytl h \I il l :on· Lountrn.:•. to :.-.dmub t ~ i 'Heign 1 r ttl1· ru~tl ~· itt:. ii~1rr to ~ h· ''' dt 11 the. t' tr ·.tl it.·~ h.tVt' l'\' . ul nl in the.: ··, . q tutC )( m·ri,-.n job!),'• Th; r ubjc•c f, uf ' c)Ul'.!\t', bt i 11~'S up rhe fl~'(' trade und ptOtt•ctinn rgu.m"·m, bul it tt•t•uiuly t> r1llti ottnd t.·<.·onorniLs • l IPLOYfXS FEDERATION - HOUSTON DlVJSlON - OFftCDS J\ND R RES .NTATIVES, 'fHE CHAMPION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY .B dlng lr"Om lsf to r\qb.t !ToUt r~ : Robt. AmmonJ>. C. A. Land, . N. B.! 1 • A. l. f "".1'0 lld C. 8. D\lckoU. . C. Jac on. Royce Scrug • . J Cli\rk., D. C. 'fbomp o~ ·~. V. trmt Vi~ ~ .: R. J, Rob rt 01\. Pr .: Horace to ~d'\o'ate t.h.•t '''e ~' c!uce all "We can at ht,me aud only f• r-~tt t.:llOU_;1l t~ ~) f0( goods 0r r.aw mat ~rJJ l~ that cannot b producr-d in tbi5' country. thus se' crdy litniting imports. } ~ f~rot ba~ WC .-T a hi h W~.ge (.OUntry: u·u} bal-llCed 2 to u~ri\ ultt re ofld i dtht . . anJ with C'iO abund- :inrc ,f natura1 r sv~ rc:e~. m~kc:-s t\e ar.gum~nt stronger. ]tis i:nter·s~ine t<'l no·e that ''e both imron and export puln a'tbtltt h ''e import f~r more than "e c:xrort. ' Ve do not 1mport mnd1 pa 1 _r . ez:cep· uewsprj:a. because there is an im1 on ~my 1rnpo ed upun it. ' fLe reason a dutr is imP~ f'.d n pape :. . he u e it is cla~sed as a finisheJ product, ~-.h·le r ulp 1~ c:. ssed a~ a ra v tnaterial. This is rather "tr''T .;e be a 1St~ p:1per a~ sold by the- manufacturer is still a raw matcriaa in that it ha~ to be pr<)ce&5ecl before the ultimate :-o!!~;umer can use it. Ir has to be printed or cut up into .sLeet::- or made into tablets or go through various comrle~ manufact'vring processes before it can be sold in a store to T' m. Djck and Iiarr~r. Howe,"er, the ways of the governw. ent :are d~\ iou" and inscrutable; at least to the ordinary man. \ 1c are not argu1n& that pape!" be put on the free lis't, but coru;der:ng that a chemiL.:al pulp mill has about th'"e~ ,·m~s a- u;any dive rsified manufacturing depanments a., ~ .-aper rn~U, \\'.e do not 1eel that our product is exacuy raw. Q.1ite a few American pulp m.akef; . remember the raw :teal they goi. a fe?.t yea rs aFO _tfany pulp mills "~ere running a:nd mak;r.g ends rueet even witJ ~out any protection ~rrt:l dte St;rJing bloc'~ tnt off the gold standard, when overnir~ ht !hey .rere ~t\Jen the e:ho1ce of cun.ing prices t enty-five per ct: \1t (liT do in~ down. And they closed down, and Lhe Papt . ,. Trcde Journal had very little tO say about it, and it ~. rk a kt~ and \·eari tHltC fc,r th~.~ econon1ists jn ·\\'ashington to abandon the at,;.red gol'd standard. A lot f pulp m'll:, art bei11C! built in this cr. tu t r and Aa:t ·rican paper m,.1 ers can use :til tJ,e p1:!p tlJey mak :. 'rhe ques6('jn today !s ar:e iihe America pulp makera to compete ~th Eur •peao \'lW'eS ancl European currP.ncy jug_g]ers, or is tl1ert bf~pe they may . ~et a little of the edge th(' paper make~. C'l ~ • T. B. \-\ a1'·c~ is ur prh:.e ~v.:s er. f.I , 1 liP . d in a dairy contest the 0 h .r day for a1l hh; i a.mil}"· rr ftis mornill.! c.ach child gor a iet•er in the rnail. 'I"he u~t received an order for a quart ef ;ce cream; tl1e second received an crrder for five quar of the . a me. and the thiru received a Coff.oy, W . J. Ca:rtfn' and R. M. Loor'latcl . R pre~nlaUvoa ttot proset'\t whon the p icture wa• made tre: }. P . Carroll. Ch ateJ Kntqhl. H. V. Radloy, T. B. Wost. Frank Sparl' r, A. M . Parker, W. J. Carto.r, J. C. Posa and C. M.illor. (;·heck fpr ten dollars. r -ot uad! Not bad~ • • • SHOP NEWS By V. L. Dutton N EARING completion of construction in F ehrua ry, 1936 the Company's l\4 achine Shop turned ou t its initial job with \V. K. Thomas, shop foren1an and machinist, turning the trunnions for 1 he Olcl Lime r iln. [5] Although the shop is not yet. completc)y equipped, the following machines are now bci11g used : 1 42" American Lathe 1-24', LeBland Lathe 1-24,' Shaper 1- Bridgeport Planer 1-4' Swing Drill Press ' !-Bridgeport I<.n ife Grinder !-Small Circle Grinder 1-Power Saw 1-T~ble D rill Press l Bench Emory Wheel 1- Large En1ory Wbeel 1- Bolt-Threading 1\'l achine !-Pipe-T hreading ~1ac hine I-Smail Milling 1\Jfachine Several improvements have already been made and others are in the making which should enable the machinist to expedite the futu re job assignments. During the past eight mrmths rhe shop ha ~ made excellent progress in helping the solving of the ~!fill shutdowns. The Shop crew consists of three very capable and efficient machinists and two apprentices. 'They are as follow·s : ' V. K. Thoma , shop foreman; George \V. HiJJ and Ernest Owens, machi ni.~ t~ and Johnny Seibcnicher and Vernon J)unon. apprent JC.:t'S. pic1us ond Hncwnmtmly homdy :-.pin stcr wn$ :tt.'L"ost~·d by a l.a r!gct ing drunk. "L J n h ·d ch ' saw." a y, c sut , · } nu re t <.: homcl1est pcr~on T ever " J • )J . nc. you, 1;- n , rep1 1' e d (1 H spr. nste r, ' 'cu e t. l1 c (1 r 11nkcst man I ever j:(a w. !' ' :i\ ld l.?e ~o, lady," cvunt ·n·cl tl1c dru nk '~hut I'll h~ ok~y tumvr 1 o ." · • I ill 0 \ '·utd~. ~)~·t. " r~._~ t he lJ "hi ft. 1ub ~d\ c .1 barlwn.lt; . l }~la n s ( '' .111 \. I rk on ·•'\ca utl f lll C kd r LaJ.c. "'nmc 1.::.0 nemt c. ts : tP~ l hamr,dn Jian-.,h ·uj yrd thL d ' Y· a 1J ,,, t: !eel that the hi it Ha1 hc.'t:nc '' lt hec<!liTil t• l'l anlHml CIU~ ;Tl&; to '' hich \ ·c con all ki1"lk forward witb plcu:'atll anticip,lli\,n. \ her a l ham_[ tOll si ~ J set \·i ng <"lf \V(':i\ ~·r· 0 rbt'•.llC C)J'ld trin1 lliO ~!'. l)d)a rbj('ri:s c0fTc.c and le'l'll •'lO:~Jc • • a ia t\.PlCr. f0ll'"'' "J by ~ufiicicnt l y fi lling 1 mtiou of ic:c ('rcat 1, th~e still ~'blc to w~lk e;thc-r pitched horseshoes or a~(.'(' 'trd an in' ;t.:tt ion n in,'p('ct rhc na~ lanJ Home. for 11o) ~ wh;ch is I 'atcd just ~h.'IOSS the roau from lhc ratL Later ·n 1hc afL('Jll00P bn~in(, matches \\e-re arranged through the CL""~t,nc'-y of ·· .1pr) ·· Rit!'~-- '' ho hand},. ath letics nt 1 he~ home. l\ lany '' hatH~-ban~. rou~ino round of rt:al old-fash- 1c·neJ fi~hti n~ wer· pro,•idcd and thoroughlr e nj o~'cd by the oolookrc. :: c\·crnl 0f the more vigorous roung Champions went :~·i•umiag in ~the cool. clear waters of Clear Lake durin the afternoon (do folks .,Yim in Carolina in Octo- ~ ' ber:) Later in the day a baseball ganle between a D Shift team 1.rh.l the Darland Home te:nn was played, and after 9 htct~c innings tl1e accountants were called in to render a 'Jecision. The manr scorekeepers each had a different total but after the Chamrion accountants wraHgled with the situation a'~hile, the score was announced : Champion J6, Bayland 14. And now, a bit of homespun advjce - if you're grouchy. tired of it all, discouraged and disgruntled, make it a point to attend the next outing aiven by the D Shift Cl·1b and ~ ou)re bound to retutn feeling entirely different! .\~:ociat:on with a ~well bunch of fellows is an invigorating tcnic. ~ly thanks and appreciation . and Eddie's orchids to H. f. Burnett. Korman vVeaYer: ·C. S. Scarbrough A. R. F ox~ J. E. Porter, and Joe DeBarbicris1 the Arrangements Comrr.inee: which did a swell job; and to all members of D '"'hift for a swell outing. To you who were unable to be present- my sympathies! * • • • \rith a touch of faJl in the ai r, basketball becomes a topic of C?DYCr ationt action; action then takes the place of conversa ion and the Champion Baskereers begin their practice ses5:nns under the \\atchful eyes of Coach vVorthington on October 14th, in the Pasadena High School gym. A squad of t>U11C 25 Champions in the making turned out for the 5r-t pract'cc and Coach \'\~orthington is expected to turn ou a formiJablc quintet from the talent availa ble. The Cnam~icJr team entered one of the City leagues in H ouston las t year ;utd ran ur a string of victories ·which we hope to e.·.Wnd this year. Since the close of last season. several ace ha i{r·1ballcrs ] ,Cl v'· beet, drafteJ from the Canton team, and rrr,').PeC ~ . rc brif;"llt for a Champion year in basketba ll. At tL :) ·writir;g ·he new uniforms are still in process of being <:<,mJ.let~d; t~cxt rnt~nt h we'll nn1 a picture of the, squad in fufl dr;.·ss. • • Siuc 1 f,{. libt } . uc of Tu~ LDt ;, t h(~ Charupion Cot ill ion CldJ ha ~ · . n t ·•c; d n,.,,., in IJ'' Cluhftqu . c, nud p l an ~ a r~ beir~·· C'JPl!)k • cl for 11 r I.j~: Barn 1Jaou 10 be '•ivt n ( h 1. 3f~th. Jnviu.t •ivu ar~ bein~ . ln :JiJuJ to a!ltu ·tniJct, 0f th ·lh:.un(>JcJn Jta m!Jy ~nd tlu ~laus! l ~f-' in < lt :-i rgc A :q 'aug~·n, _Jtt~ js WhklJJg fJfan rr, ntakt" tJ,j fhl' hir n· l cllld lwtit d tt e :f 1hc iu t1 hi .,,fi· /dl ;tfltudiu \:.i ll bu 'dHllH d l,td}' tf dr•> sed iH f.'l iJncrs• $ta rh. <h. Tl c· f'1ubl,r,,, t: , . ill lw ~ lt•c,. v(a f• . .Gf ;-t hngc iY!f(t1 1.\litfl O&J,S of }1.1.1 4 COfll (r) fl dn .t.~ ll<) :wtl ' onnr, ~ ud p ~that , .vc·Jl! give I bhu ·y". J; 111 . 1 he ru lt rcn of th: l'la<:c for th! 1 igh1. l ny rate, ·e·, ha\c a g r'\4.; l tirn•~ and \··c ·n~ trJttntil • on ~ ·cing pr~cnt. Jor dtlWfl Lhe d:t le anti plan to-o tC ~ • J I .::'<·~' ' ~o ·ryonc PF:C/11. 'I () 1'1IH LOG-,tfr. John C. Ram lttu t~r.ri·z•t.d anJ haJ lhP Jifu. l.z.o,, udL 111. 1:uuul. During ~CJ'f ·mbt·r we W(~rc rroud to play hfJ.'lt t0 VcPny o rHJ R rJb€1 r \\ righ1. \ ·~! n oy wao brHwJ ft1r . tt:-l Hollyl'n)Qd fm a ~c reen tc ·t; l< C\bert spe·nr. <.ver a w.cek in T ('Mts and took ralhcr ~ Ekin¥ to our pan of the Lone Star 'wLc. Bnth ar~ hindtt'TS of our 'JWn Rnr awl flo;~d: anJ we tru!>l their sho1l v•o:.it was enjf)yed thoroughly. • • Mr. E. H. A ngict of the .<\n~ier Co rporation~ of F rc;mingham, la s., and Ivf r. J. t. . . l rtyor> Angier Corpor.ttiofl, Texas represen tative, were vi'l1tors during October. . . . • * • • I · ~4r. G. A. fcrccr of the J3rown P ape.r Comranr~ -' tonroe La .~ and Nlr. R. J. ~'fc Donald of rhe Houston Li~1~ting · and Po,vet Company, visited our milL during September, and by their remarks ·we in~er that our pride in our plant is not misplaced. • • ••• A group of Pasadenan$, composed of ~ f.r. li. fl. !\1c- 11asters, IVIayor of Pas.3dena; 1~r rs. ~Ic:V1astcrs. :VIiss _ Iae Smythe: fv1i ss Leta Corn i ~ h. 1iss Lillran Smythe. ~[iss Verd ie Yeats> .l\frs. C. P. \Vall, !\fiss Sadie mythe; and ~1rs . R ay \Vhite1 never having had an opportunity to view the wood to pulp tran sition. were ·w·elcomed visitor during October. The group, with the exception of :\lr. ~ leMasters: is an integral part of Pasadena s rema1"kably moderi\ public school system, and on the trip through the mill it was pleasant to ·witness the interest sJ1own on the part of the teachers in the ··welfa re of so manv of their former pupils- who are now members of the Champ1on Family. • • • • • A party made up of Nir. and ~frs . Gilbert Battle, :\1r. and ~ins . C. A. Ca,,son, and good oJe T. L. 't'fuH' Jamison. of die Canton jamisons, journeyed to ffuntsville o,·er the we~k-end o'f Oct. lOth tc:> attend the Te~as Prison System,s seventh annual wild west rodeo, held withtil the wa lls o{ the State Prison. The Prison Rodeo is an old T ex:as institution and approximat~l y L5 000 vi itors were 1n HuntS'-;llc .a.lvng wjth olu Charnp1ons. \Vhen the rodeo was over. the \ 'lSit rs had departed and the rrisoners were being returned to their qua rrers, a count showed that 45 inmate~ were atnong the missing. After a caref uJ search t bey- ~·ere found o"·er un irr the grandstands gathered in a circle. lau. g hing. and houtin~ -in the center of the crowd wa3 old full: u1 tare fonn, (Cont inued on Pagt· Ei.)tt) CAPTIONS TO CANDm CAMERA SHOTS 1-.H. J. Clark and E. P. Stivers. 2- DeBarblerla blends hla Gotfee. 3-FiMt tn llDe for the ea.tal 4- .Cenee Dept. Joe De8arb1erla. ace cofleemaker: to r loyd Moore and S4mple11. 5 ''frenchy'' Anden. BUly MOI'rl.l and ·~.oude' ' MqBride. 6 --- Weaver- ln cb.arge of Bar B Q-Mre. A. M. loury, one of the JdbUaer•. 7- .Mr. and Mrt. W. L. We•tmorela.nd ~d dauqbtera w tc::lliu9 ~qhts . 8 Red Porter, etienUfh:ally blonclmg hia lemon•d•. 9 -Ml 1md Mrt. John Ccwkcuel and d "Vh1or. l 0 A qroup o1 C h~mplon11 on th., Ho~ on a tec:ent o~unqC li'n Bob S~ammer•. ekla>per' Ed Pl'lte~ Jo H•rrt• Mary •'WaJJv' ~ •· Mra. Prtce Evan• and Mtw. Ed P'ric:11. • • • • B. r. Bumett. C. E. Sca.rhroaqh and J. T. CcUqiU unfdJm.t Tull. 'ou l'!s ra rc Cl'llcction (d nori~'.: ''J Ill Bob nn.tJ. C'l"nlt back often-\\ e I ilc to have Burns.'' \ ' Oil with • • • u~. , • J ust as "c regtcl that those we learn to love are ta ken fr01n us, so Jo aiJ members of the Champion Family regret l.ha t ~lt·s. . ford, ''Judie/·' as she was called by her fr iends, . is Jeay!ng u~ for the sunny climes of old Californ.ia. ivfrs. :Ford ,,-a~ ).Jr. Crute's secretarv, . and evcr.v one s friend. The ladies of Chl mpion gave 1'v[r . Foru a surp rise shower and luncheon in the Clubhouse Ocr. 9rh. and we all join in sayin£ ''G"lO ur sha rL· 0£ Tnc: Lur. i·r·rgive u ~, 'V[ L J>hallip., h\11 wr an~ c.unhiLirJuS Jro1c, 9 f1 111 ' l ~! \ao;,. and if >or folk~ in 1 . C. cnjr1y the l-1 (rliston Ne~ ·~ a!) mlJr:h zt.s we enjoy CantOI1 • 'ew.,: tlwn rhe y~ll wdcomc the adcl ir ional Houston spac.:<:, Ul H.I new ( orHribulfHS. • • • • • MECHANICAL MEANDElUNGS By (;. /. Gribbr W ONDER why v. L. Dutton had an cngar,.emcnl ring~ Look8 like those wedJ ing bells will be ringing for that old pal 0 mine! . . Howard Pilkington looking [or another eighteen for one clollar-whata bat gain : • • • • • Bar B Cue- It seems as though A. i\1. Koury t eaily wanted bis pictu re in the last issue. \Ve have heard rumors that some one bought W. \V. ~'estmorelaod;s gasoline-to ca rry a small parcel to Canton ???? • • • • • Our Mechanical Department bas several pans in the fire at the present time. The new extension on the \ret Lap Building will soon be sprouting out of those founJatioo hoit.;s. The Causticizing Dept. is expanding wich two more Dorr Tllickeners) one Slacker and Classifier. The new Recovt ry Unit is well under wa.y. ~ ew cells for the E. B. Plant " -ill s·ooo be able to turn on Lhe juice. • • '* • • Where does Archibald Tingle spend his spare time ??? 0-0-0H, BOY! ! ! • • • • • An old P roverb turned modern-'<Never calculate on yoor juvenile poultry until the p roper proce ~ s of incubattvll is fully materialized." • • • • • Guv Lockhart went to the doctor the other da} fur au examination and the doctor asked him what th~t numt-er was tattooed on his back. Guv $~n· ··Doc. th!.n's '' here my wife hit me the other morni.ng '~hen she bal.·k~d out of the garage.'' • • • • Frank Winters is .a·urogral' hiog golf balls for \\ . E. 1\k' a rt y, afteF hi~ stin·in~ victorr ul the v. ank ' ~u(~tlf -:r>H Toun;~<:'}· • • • • 1 N lhir cas;• f l ' t.' h•1PI' thr'lt' 1;\' ,, o mt~•tl•ing in a 1l(Zml.i. j)on1 t ,r,• d t'XCtLt'd !•hnt Jl .Jr . CruL ii ho!lt r.1 . k t .·ltiP'! .' - ht· i.r onl·y ((1/li u ~: J,i\ tu ~t 't·,-ret.:.;ry .\l i1 i flhy/Ji, Kt•rt hum. • • • 'I ,·lie ( rr\•('ll WL XCll ll f' h Hll~ the oth~l d:t} '\nlt flUtiCl'd SfH~H rJ Lit:! w . h Ill.'"' in~ hitn. Lk k ·11 ncJ rhc n ·.,t dn it \Ll 1i d ,. . jtll\1 a•l .•o I \\ V IH.Ilr d1 \t h,· \\ <lllh''-1. - . it cnull11 :t h 1\ l \;~.: (.: 1) th.lt F d l d I • # • Ouit & f~w bn\e of ~i a•· ha ~.· b< . en di K~-"'·t"' llf' Lh<. . 1o!"0"d \ orl·. b, v~-wt: 11 S. lH\~kc 'vu br1ntt ·{~n,! l ribuh:d };ll ·ly. \·tn ·t • l('m as • . ' • -:-dh~ · '$. did v u klHw •. \vc haYe :t P•wl. in i ur mi l.· t ? • lt\• lh 11e othPr 1.han Ct'l'n.~ Hill the lJ . lachini:t. 1 h~ re is a , a 'llJ 1\.:: ot , 'tru:: c.1f hi~ \-V~' ·k: A k(.fi·, ~ mttl. llas foe~r-: qetl bro'A·cJ A billy "Gat i,.·u bum.>et!, Th 1 :rr:fly ha,· (I brig1u .~pot.-li: ht., R«bbi•., rt . ptull/ 1.~ .:·rt npt?n, Ca ~ wls hl2 :'E bfil! 'hit!-t i n·a· .1 t:'t'1, A. ' ;:arr\. · '1.J (J:J'f.l a.t -,hot tJ t·.v. eat. B·ut xilti l thi :.k that !PJ-'1drit>g bt~at.s r l.n ra rgoror).l r:.·itlt :rum.bl?.-.real.r. • Th<.- s:stant engine. er: at the P ower Hcusc a re getting so the! b!l\w t I e "h1 ~t1e on time hctc lately. \\ hat did )'on b0~ s u r) get ) our \Y,:ttehes out of hock? 'f. V. (Fat<:: to y'l.'U) l\flls ~.t) > diJ ~c u know son1conc stole Chc,.li~.· Brandin·~ car? Jack EJd:: Don\' <.'lTY: Fat·, d1('y ~ ll bring it back a fler t1, le ii•: :r: _, )--ffil'l e r"hd -e~ . Booth .,, ~Pt 1shing- .l few '-atu rda: , a.go a11d when he got hom<! f. i:-. w; ·e . aid, . I-Io 1 -~ . I didn't know you were going ro bri11 . T th~ bait hon'e '' • • • Robb;e (our Federation President) ~ems \~ery much worri~ d the e da\·~; he can~t n=1d any-one who knows the plural of ~1ongr.,ru;e. HaYe you rried Dr. I. Q. Vox Pop, Robbie? • Sc.nle g,,eed l)ernon put a permanent wa\e in Gigalo's fcnoer ard t. •• ni: : bnard on !1is nev.- Chevrolet. Another bit & run affair. Too bad, fello\ , we k-rtow how you feel! • • A Champio-n Family Story In a ~ mall TO\r. -E . \VEST of \he HOLLIN tunnel, a bank wa~ robb.:J ~.,ne n1 . ht anJ a lar(l·e amount of CASH l\"as taken. During the CHASE the next DAY a girl and h~:- ' h') '·ere COU:5L ·s. were caught by the thieves, to b:: u:.ed as sbie1d$. The boy asked the robber what was h's PRICE tc make him a FREE1\1.AN. \Ve ''ill BEAN y:>u and lea·re yen in the ditch; my pal \\·ill get rid of the g;rl. To this there was a snarling reply, ':~o you can't PAL~IER off on m~; ·\'e'Jl just PARKER right here, where a CfJO. - wiH get her. This made the young lady 'Vl LD ~ ith fea r. The girl cried, "I'H KETCI-W~1,'' so she ran after them until she bcrame SCHLE. f! ,lER, which was bad on thjs ccld \VI~1 EI S mornino~ . ithouc a COTE. The yuung lady headed EA S'T' until she came to a ri"\ er that had ,~erv littie CURRE:-~T and ~as easy to FORTJ. The o-irl ~:a m.c cut Gn dry L.~- ·n and arrived at a CRlBB where the robbers were hidin g. 1'he thieves thinhng a POSS had arrr;ed, did not try to give B"-T'TLE and surrendered. • • • Tne 1 nstrument Depa rtmeut's genial ramrod, Mr. Dick Bean, returned rhis we~k from a vacat!on spent auv·1ng th # ter,nis enthu.-.ia~ts of Houston. • 'l'lh ~11"1 t\ .d ,f ~ ~ i t;S Litlda r .lir. twth P ahner ~t th Pa~.~. I ~P:.t J fc• {'it~'l an f;mH lc1y, Ortc•btr 1(1, wn the c,ccrl~irm lnr j ~H~ lln•ning •n,Hlnd th e.• mill fVh,Hday r Mr. PaJmr r j<llPt'd '' ith J\ l t. R:tinc> (;JJlot h~ l recent pr'\'Htd pcq•;t) iJ t a hC.Htd ''c~<'\ trW· tn .ltc h.' ' s\ lCOu.liny, to I Cj)OliS (of the reSt c.ctivc f.~ th rs) 1hc J aught<:ts nrc.: l'rar lic::lll¥ t•ettdy t enter coHt g ~. 'fJ • • Storeroom Tommy's Mill Items • M l ' LT t PLl C'r\'fiO~ OHlSl br· a ' oode1 ful s tudy. On S. tu1cl a ~. Sept. 25th, the T·fo\tstnn Diviqion Wt.l$ the p1 nud oworr nf nine sheep (as tncntic.m~d sev('ra1 tinws in 1 ouqr's column). On SurH.li\y, W<' rcteiv "d n fnll blooded rlm: and l 1 and bcboiJ! on \Ved nt•suay we ('Ounred two rams \tH.l twelve s hc~ p! Qui1c a drov~ (or lwrcl) ,.h what? rl11e only trnublc was that the sheep were of the poorer da~ ' nnd would not let the p~digreed ram assoc iate with the-m: sn C'. \V. D . Jr., had to get b\lS)' and get a ram that W3s a. ram! • • .Jt is told th3.L one of our boys poesesscs a pair of fascinating-, penetrating eyes. I f anyone has S<'en the movie ··saratoga" t ht!y wi 11 know the reason. (They're talking about you, Toad!) • • • • H . l'vL l\ifcGowan was passing out the cigars the 15th of October and proudly announcing the birth of a daughter, Barbara Sue, who was born at the Pasadena Hospi{al \Vednesday, Oct. 13th. Congrat ulati on~ . l'vlr. and· NI rs. Robert 1ti. 1\•IcGowan! ~ . . . . . . THE MILL MERRY . GO · ROUND B-y Dr. Ed. Cher·nosk)'J Dh.P. ' S PEAKI~G uf the changeability of womarr's mind, Charlie Cole swears one a little better. One sunshiny Texas day the n·ind was blo,ving, says he, was blowing smoke from No. l Smelrer stack south and from No. 3 stack not over 100 ft. a \Vl)', was blowing north. _ othing was said about No. 2 meltcr in between the othe rs, but n1aybe il was blowing rjngs. How about it, Charlie? Is it the wind in Texas, or just pink elephants? I-Iow many miles on t hat bh.1e tudor now, \ illiam Dobne? Should have done a lot of mountain climbing since you left here. \¥henever you got ready to open the V8 up, there is (Con.t.in·ued on Page T welve) CHAMPION'S COTERlE Of LADIES L&ft t.o rl9bt: Mrs. C. A . LancL Mrs. Carl Williams. Miss Jo Harris, Miss Pnylll.s Ketcbwu, Mrs. Stanley B. ForcL Mrs. Alva Grammier, Ml.sa Mary Yates, Mrs. L. D. ForcL Miss Billie Pierce. Miss Martha Gibbs, and Mrs. Ed Price. • I>ub1!:hed by ''The Champion Family:, as a Symbol of the Coor'er.1tion a . d Good. Fdlow·ship Existing at the Plants of The Ch ~ mpion Paper and Fibre Company, Canton Di,·ision. C'.anton, North Carolina, and Houston Di,·ision. Houston Texas G:. W. PJm.LD»S . __ . _ . _ . _ . . __ . __ . ___ . _ . _ . ___ . _____ . _ . _ . . _ Edl tor &EtiBEN B. ROBERTSON. JR •. _ .•. _ .•. __ •. •.• _ .• Associate '£cUtor REPORTERS DAtsY BURNE'T'I'E . .• _ .•• _ • _ • _ .••• • .• _____ . . ___ _ •. . _ • ••• Main Of.flce J. M- DEATON . _____ - - . ___ __ . __ _ . _ . . . . __ . . _ . ___ . _._.Book Mill .~., V. BRAm.En . ___ . ______ _ . . __ __ __ . __ . _____ __ ___ ________ ft . & A . PAIII. HY An . - . . . _ . __ __ . _ . __ . ____ . . . __ . _ . __ . _ . . ___ . _ . _ . Powez 0 . F. G'[I.;L.IS-. _ . ________ . __ . ____ . __ . __ _ . _ . . __ . _ . _ . . . E. B. Dept. I'DlGE:i'TER'' __ _ . _ . . . _ . ________ __ . _ . _ . . _ . __ . ___ __ _ . . . _ . _Sulphite HABBY ROTRA, )'R. __ •. _. _. _. ___ ••••• _. __ _ • _ • • • _ • • • • • __ . Pu.lp Oryinq LENORA BUG HES _ . . ___ . _ . _ .• _ . _ • . • . • • •. __ . _ • Finishlnq Room nil: COLONn . ___ . __ . . _____ . __ . __ _ • ___ . . _ . . _ . ______ _ Extract p_ G. ~--- - - - --- -- --- - -- --- --- -- --- - --- - Soda Nnll t.U-L BBlGm. ___ . ______ __ . ___ __ _____ . . ______ _ . _ . . __ . __ . ____ __ Cone YEAN McGRAW and JACK WlLLlAMS . ____ ••••• _. __ .•. _ . Cartocnlats REPORTERS FOB TH£ HOUSTON DMSION A.M. KOURY AND C. R. P. CASH ''He Is Not Poor that Has Little) But He t}zat Des£t·es Mz1ch '' L E\rJS /)~- ·AC{ S SEKECA, Roman philosopher and au h0t \dlo "'as hom three year~ B. C . said: ·'It is not pt.Jveny w~ pr.1isc; it i, the Hlan whon1 poverty cannot humble:: or bend.:' PhtafdJ saiJ : . Poveny is not di~ho n o1 able in it~df, but r fllY vw ht'!n il com'-=s from idlcn cs!i, intcmpetaHcc, cx rravag~ nte. v-,nd folli."' T(rrrau () Pici: " Jf ooverty is the JJ)IJLher of crirnes) want nf ;:,C't.Se i tJ,c fafhc.: r •1f thc. . m. ." An I• Jl''li }, JIH.I('e Ur•i• ~ asked "''ha t. iu J1i~ r1pin 10n. t1J1t ribUit>d ffi'H>l ''" su· !.l"s~. r~J Ii.·d. "~I.,I Ht r.li<'C"t·"d by }!{t;{J. ;alent, swnc hy tho infi{J(·JH·~ (JJ r, icf!ds. ·nul<: by :1 n~ra!.k; bw dw majorit y by <'0rt1H1 ncing \\ithvul a J,iiJing. ·: 4i1 r~( tht: :JLuv· ·tatt;m UIS ruay I . l l! lc·; sdl l, ve: Jllc ric , I· H V)c <~i:ffCC wj!J, . ydJ•(•y S.clirb1 tiJ <.t h·buHul l•,ngJi.sh dcrg}'lttlll rHid 5ayi t, "h 1 sai f, ' J'c,\l't,y i Jh J Jj MHh •· I'J ;; 11'11UL b~'' it ' ( rmflaii H.!t·dJi in ·ouv~ JJi "Hl. 11 J}r>njau lJl I• nu.~ !w 1 t11 it rbi .vtt~; ,, Pt. II > l rl, ~ f} clr·~ prive'> :~ man rl all ~ , .j, it aHd ~ irtuc; it is hard for an empr / bag to stand upright.'' Pericles. grca lcst cJf Alhcnian s 'c esmcn Jnd 0rator said: "- ·ol t0 be able (() ucar povcnr is a ~hCJmefui thiiw; but nut to know how to chase it away: by 'W ,rk is a more shamer ul thing yet., Cnfnrtuna1 elv 100 rn «HJ\ o( rrs ~re tuntent J r~li··e and die - ~ . i11 poveny, but we admire those who J.-Urpo~e nor always to be poor. Tt is true thar the great fortun es of .\n . crica were made by men who We~re bc)rn in prJVet t~·. but hy l1ard work. thrift and wise investments. accumulated a large portion of this world s goods. A man or woman who <)I'Ccceds in amassing a fortune duri ng a lifctim<:-,. and gets it honestly, deserves the respect of all good citizens. I t ;s said that po\·c rty den!lor' · a stro nger rnan lhan wc;~lth does-thar"s why fortunes do not long remain in one family. 'l'IJerc is a common sayi ng, "th ree generations from ~tlirtsleevcs to shirt-sleeves.u Concentration is my mouo llrsL honcsry, then iod~ t y thea concen tration. said the great stcd kina- Andrew Car- • neg1e. I ue\·er did an)'tb in g- worth doing- by accidenr nor did . 1;; • any 0f my invent ions come h~, accident: said 'I'homas Edison. R. G. CoHLngwood said: !•Perfect freedom is re::,crved for the rnan who Jives by _his own work and in that work does v,1l1at be '''ants ·to do.'> I t would be '"ell for us all to learn i.n earlr li fe to "'·ork and be thrifty. Saving i ~ just as important as wnrki ng. What Does It Nlean? T·HE Detroit Free PrtiJ latcd recendy. ' ·T.,l· ,hi~ 111\:!flt of 1,000 rons of 'mud' from the Great Lak,~ tt· C~crmany ~cems to ha \'e , ruck some . \ fl\(. ric:\n editorial '' riter \h a joke. ··The (;erman ~ . '' ho arc s:.1id l(' hav~.· contr:lrlo,;,'d i 1 40.- 000 LOJ'l$ th i~ rc.:nr. Jo UO{ t'qpJJ il io th"t Iiohr. ''The ·mud' <.:<.'rh;i~ t 1) f iriJJ\ mine w~btt: mat~ri:.~I. foe \vhirh WJ u~e ha ~ bcl'll fuund in the Ameri{.':tn t\h'f l uhl ustJ'Y. but fflllll \\ ltich n g n :'ll ( S ('C n~ t Curtnau pl<X<.'~S is ahk· til t\:cl \1 i111 platill lllllt 'lh Cl .wd ti ll rcs itlUl' sufll i"tll lO tn.tlt ir fl 11Jfltahl tel gfl jp the.: mal ri,tl .dl da.• \\ ~ lO c~rrn an ~' L\f t lr~;llPiClH. 1 ' \\ ith tltt' 11 tt t11n l \\'l"l lth 'f :t vi r ~o~ itl rnntin cnf ' '' pl:l) \\jrl. , . un; r'ir·:uls h t:~.: Lk\'i ·n. Jot ge lltll~ tlh mP~l o ut l'f J • ,, l'Vt•f' rt till~· 1\ glo ll ·~:;,\tt i11 J' tlll 11 for '' \n\ttit ll-"· l't'\htp~. 'J J,, tin a: ,\ill t- ,,,,r\ ,illttL', n• t dnubr , \,}wn \\ t' AltH'III' n1::; • . Jll J 1 1 ' ' to h. n tull.' 1 h' if". [lOJ • 10 . EPll { . ~ RJ2' l· ~F. J\1. P. • : 't H ~ '"'' .J Rllg. ~\ ~ht• ilk, • r_ C. t hJI I ~th. 1937. ~lr l . \Y 1 1nllil's. \. ·.Hll L '. ('. p , r Klr. P.hiliir·: J b.:n't.' b ~n \ (';) U)\Kh iult H':\t ·J in tlw 8(~pt t.am bt•f ihsUe of~t . cv L ~. l \\~S rat:t \·ul.T{y int~;." ·-c~tt.d ~1\ th • 1 •ading artidr which telk of Le ! ,,,c tha \1 nh ·,rolina quan1. pla r•d in the 'U .ldi~n of the tinor h'r d.(& ' lif 'rnia I n s titut~ , f ' i t hnGtlo ~y Lsl oral' ry. I ill.>""' r"'a\i?. d 1:--ef'c.,r \\'t\at an imrcrrant f att the _ \1rth cU '111 ~a 'l t!art~ and fd"l. f'e:l1t' pla~ . it" l lH' inJtt~t.ry of 0 \.ll' C Ulltl \l. !{oping to see a cop~' of yout· L<'c in the.! t)car ft,t.tlrc. 1 • reaJ r. a nl_ \:en trnl \ OUr", J O"l.,r ti lt CREE. E. • • (Edttt)r·s not · l)r. J~t.·pl"' n. Gt·"'~ne ha a natic•nll repllt:. t.tioa ~ a nos(·. thr tit ~nJ head sn~.:<'ia h~t. \1-."c appreciate t besc wnrds comJ n~ (rom one \\ ho .: L . llJJ. at the very top of his n~(l'fes~i ~o \ lt is too late! ~ fl ~ Kottung is too late 1 :n rhe tired heart sh<Lll cease to :)alpitate. C~to !earned Greek at ei~htv; Sophocles " ~ \\:rote hi:- ra11c Oedipus, and . imonides Bore off ti e n~ize for ver~e from his compeers, \Yhcn each was mur ~ th~n f0ur-score years . . . Chauc(!r at 7oodsrock with th~ nightinga les .\t sixty l\·ro(c the Canterbury tales; G0ethe at \~7eimer, toil:r4' to tht: last, Complet~d Fa ~.:st when eighty years were past. 1'11ese ar.e ~ndeed r.~ceptions! but they show How far he .gulf-:tream of out youth may A.ow Intc the arctic regions of our li'e" . . . · Fur a~e is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress: And a:~ the evening tVItl1ght fades away Til~ sk.- i~ ,;uec tith st.ar:s . invisible by day. -l.ongfelhr.u, :' .:~1 O'-ituri SalutamuJ . )J Mr. R. S. Coman On Oci.ober 4. _:Jr. R. S. Coman pa~ ~d a\\~ay at his home 01~ .cwfound Street foliow ing a hort illness. . lr. Coman had li\ed to a ripe old age~ be being 81 years c f age !a ~l June. Ey hi~ death. Canton lost one of it~ best citizens-a man whose repuuaion wa beyond rcnroadL · He j~ .::.u n·i\·ed by his wife, four ~ons and two daughters. Love Coman. one c,f hi~ sons, js ~upe rintendCTJt of the \\food Yard ·'>f the Canton Division of The Champion Paper and F~bre CompaTt}•. ],j1e.rnlent 'Wa:-. made in Bcm~Aventure Cemetery. Cousins Visits Canton . lr. D. E. Cod~i n . Sllperintendtnt of (he Huus ton !Ji": i inn of The Claamp1 m Paper and Fibre C .~mpa n y, wa:; :n tO-' !I recently. \~ f; ~·.-e-re \·try b·lad LO ~Cl! him and were sorry th4ll l.t> t:< .old not visit l1S lun:rer. - WHf!H LIF£ ANQ LIMB 1JE P N&JS U po,. - - ~ (D) (LV u i Proper ~·r I ~ l • ,- ~ I - h . . J ;-;#"'<- -~ II I - "';' H tl_ - - --- ·--:· --- .0 ~ f( JW Supervision Training and AFTER ha ing given the safety work a great amount of thought a.nd study, 1 have reached the cone I us ion that SAFETY in all of its phases can be o:btained only through proper traini1tg and J'lL-per'vision, and the only person who can best reach the rank and file is the supervisor (the foreman ). \Ve may stir the emotions of the rank and file by interesting posters lectu res etc., but the effect of these will soon wear off and in the end we are just where \.Ve taned from; but 1vhen we make sa fety training a part of the curriculum of the -supervisor's training; when we have trained him to the point where he realizes that the rule reading '"Safety is of the first importance in the discharge of duty," mea ns j u~t what it says; chen and then ooly can we hope to obtam satisfactory results. Proper training mean~ : Train to perform each job safely and efftc1ently . Proper supervision means : To see that the work i'onned in the preper way and no other.-!lJton. Tull Jamison • 1s per- The Assistant Superintendent of the Electrolytic Beach Plant, Tull Jam is<>n7 return ed recently from 1 Io u ~ton , 'l 'exls, aucl ~·e regret to report that he got into the penitentiary while in 'Tt:xas. But, it seems that the official!, could noL prove an) hing definitely against him and turnoJ hjm ou t. Iiowever, we fed quite sure thal ir would have been very easy to ha' c cr ,nvic.1. ccl him for life if c;ome of the Canton boys h re d C'thes belonging to a tall slim per on. . iit le Je~ eccive \\ ork di:d osecl a brunette hair on the sleeve, £0 witl1 that ba:i::- "·c declutted that Le·wis Gates and not Bill ~iitcbe-11 is the owner: and he may have same by comf'J~ ·i ng wjth Ch.am:pion storage rules and regLJ iations. • • • • • H. \ -. Bradlcv. bless h;s heart, has done gone anJ gotten himseU a shinr · black Oldsmobile sedan, and is never at iJOmP. an} more. ~\ B mail addressed to him care of his OlJs. L et .s go n" d1' ng.I • • • • Dr. Ray Cuyle i back, after ans,vering the call of the _-orihland. See lo s of people up yonder? • • • • • • .Ben Hollin \\ as gone somewheres, because it sure was quieter in the Lab. l-Ie didn't claim to know where he was. • • • • Another matrimonial adventure and victory for Dan Cupid was when '"'amueJ D, ~His went back to Ca~ton on his \:acation and took upon h11nself the cares and Joys of t~ · ng a husband~ I-I is afT air of heart held true, despite the fact -that 1 exas ba~ iLs attractions. Since Sam js rather qu iet no one k no v.·s who the new boss is and wbeo whoever ir . t'JOk command and where. .Mr. and Mns. D. E. Cousins spectat()rs at the flqbta 112 J Con tir1t1ed prn 1J ar:r j (')ne cc n •"'m~ '' . k CI,t r: c.: <.)f the 1 baH iJJtfl ff. On !'cpt. ~{11 b 0 c tork camp rr UtJd 1ti hnll'IL' \'.it h 1 . ~ . idA'"} 1\ Jln. j,.}i r · ~ !H .tro·.v r : ;n [) - . rtO nd IIC bnb : wcJI' n (I rr ~·J I ( ~· lots of re- • qu ~ts f,,r ir rides n(,w-''Ait you ·otf)g my. 4-'ay, .Boo: ~' • • • • '1 he h1 t;.,( ind ic~11 ion diRdo c a m;a r L~d rrcnd to· a rJ cl1 ~cd t ~ Je frn winter. ,, ('7ivin ay to ·vin try winds i ~Jcrc ury ky blut! Chari~"~L, <1 Lock adr1rns his cha is Ford wilh ~ COlJP~ body. (jnn ~ tho bt; tb-~ e:rter;or, be i ion~ rcmcml>cred the sa rue soul t ;q forms it baLkbone, at d the same heart s till thumps along w!cb t1 c bJue fenders that stick out from u11der:. • • • HE. RTS 1-!0PE - by j eJs Aslznu • • Dear J ess: \Vhat dQ you do ,.,.·hen you are accused of being ma rried and ain't? lt M. Dear R. r f.: 1 dun no> what ?- Jess. • • Dear J ess : 1 always bump my head on the dlj()rtop at my girl's house when I bend over to b.is;) her goodnitc and it knocks me so dizly she ha;) to put both am1s around me to keep me from falling and i: embarrasses me. vVhat shall I do?-D. C. F. Dear D. C. F.: How high, and where is th.t door ?- Jess. • • • • • Joe Homan still looks good at the end of a shovel. Try h im at a pitchfork! • • • • • Say, you'afl Northerners didn 't know that we had a real ice skating rink down here, did you:all? It's open by no :v, so, by cracky, if fifteen, of you all will get toaether, say every ~'ednesday nite, you'all can get a group r:tte for Champion Night. And, say, you'all gets [0 go in and look most anytime all for nothin ·. l\Iaybc you)all can find the Polar \Vave Ice Palace in Houston ne:« tiMt.: you aU is there it's at Hutchins and N1cGowan, n \·e blocks soutr of Leland on Hutchins. . . . . . Can't help noticing the wiveler is still swiveling ¢Yt-f}' now and then at noon, looking for a place to put ht., che' ·iug gum. Office hours: 1~::?0 ro 1 ~ oo r. ~f. • So far haven t heard ~nr rcm~rks. thAt Lord l•}'ton didJ1 7t write '·j( winter comes .'' Prob, bl houl in't s1 ick my nerk: onl now b ~.tll \vill di:'.tl\"ow a.bs"lut(' inh.:nti" ns co J ed .uc 1lwl Ocorge Curd on H) ,~<.)tl w cot · tlw .s un ''. ~u~d ullmv ~ h(•Ji cy hi jn t tlut :>. ll 11pin~ that tl ~ ltt ~ 1t1 '' tll rni -;:; any ftltllll.' mi sv~nn ~'l. t i"1 Jl"\ 0 1 unrru coun t ~ t t ~\ll.). • • • • • '' H' br 1 I' ii~>l 11f, IJ,, t ' i I h/iJ \1 1 'l'tJ jt;llv iu bt , ·is~. ·-rho,Jw, L 1 ;:. • • 'u/ 11.1id.' Nut IP wy it. 06(1ia, " /I t• i t tl t l ltl tlll" 1/t' ' hrJI• , 11 1.1 u ' Jnt~.i ·ll t/~;.e I. 11d to fOfJt:. 'A· - IJ , ttie. • • - • . • . ?V'la·~"be- they had the same ~cadH!t · ~ut'<.l R b · rt. .lt·r Jlk . lit~ 111lg lt h:~n~ e had in min~t ) ca1 ag, ·. P ulp ln pcctnr Caa:J \\~iH iat $ ~lld . his -pulp when h· :a-id "(.]~fl u ·out f\n · ~t b\!t'<:)r~ you 'olt:lt at rn.y SJ-1<'t~ :? • '' • • • 1~'!"\~!~Ul Rall'h \)a vi ~ . alw v ~ being uri giu~l 1u hi . ~ct1on , ~nd not bei11 ' eonteflt '\~ith ont.• .'t •t" .al a. tirne ha~ t~kcn 0 ~ o} hi~ iun-gl~ fear~ U'{: ftflttll St p~-f.rom Sl 0\lt t t'fl'Ckr t\.) r~con~q tl r {-nJ.cHL {!e'p c:m j-urnpi.n~, Ralph. but W:ltch ouL for the n.wd pudd1e": • • • • ~a', Nu-rs€ \\ iHiams to EHory 'V"'n1ack, t~\; Otlly hav~ sehL.et f~t headach sunny and \l~arm an'd all .th-at, we ca·n't blame John Post for beiao- tb~re~ fishing pole and aU. Fish cr no fish: the nrental impress1Qn of fitiing js ·most pleasant and 'vhat a catch he did come back \vith! - a dozen onepol; lnder-s - sample bottles of water. • • • • H~l about a story, Chester ;tDu.garn'' Jean ~ of Dugan, Di.lgan and Dugan! Tbree Duga:ns; if you have lost coant. Any tall story among the trio b>rings fCJTtll th:e nam.e dugan! • • • • • Couple of fellows went 1ish_in,tt7 bev;erages and all, on Gal~esccn Beat:h. B.f:.H., one o£ the do@.t,. casts in h~s. hodk and land~ a big one; boy, oh boy ! and reels ix j~Q a,nd th.en himself reels in, Sahy air, empty sxom.ach ~ bOttled h'~erage and two foot sha'l"k pro"\ed too much for lhe said B.ErH.! . . . . . ()ve:r in the Screen Room, Longoria has a little pet to look af tee now. . . . . '\\'" eai.iter fore.ca ~t for Charlie ~'Duckiep D o:cltett-Probablv cooler! • • • • •• V. Fl K.lrby is now enrolled i.a a correspondence scMool. Wonder jf he i$ passing in deporttnen ? • • • • • MiH rru.Jsic jn the proper tune1 lioweve.r old-''Tney c.ut down the okl pine treeu. and G:arr.:ied it away tro the · mUl (Champioo). <• '] h.~ l:}ig {! r~ttrrwnt r~ ing &t. lbc luvl<.'r end of th nli1l l'i'O:CCt'-t1S t ht: fact. of wherhc:r it is .Empty l laJnihott., or rn()re or lt<$S •he opt;osit(,;, Ha f.l~ nlcrhead li~t.rnj } ton . Cast your h~• U >t. ci{b~ r pro r GtHl) nnd why. • • i@ • • • • '1'hne OMke L''"' ejoy sees ~pr!.,tS f!}tJ.ag ~tbout t he t!tu.l vf h-i~ hi ft. • . * • • ' 'nggcst(·\.1 C~rorpillar slogan: wr tac ltO!l speaks }t.)tfder th at'\ words: ·--JJ <'rr ounNi. • • •• • Ab 'tis sc"C t\ Champion s o:wn F renthy Antlers in the h-.aH'· of higher lea rnitv-r at the University 0f 1-le,ts-ton. - - He p,atien.tly r:\Waits the cc)rnrng of bi$ lady friend. • • • • • f ter lcarnjog that the score was Gta.nts 1-Yanks 0, 0 . .L T. l:i'nm.ilton ·an pou r1cd th.at he '-''as willing to wager one . half dollar on the Chuns. After finally contrivililg to get soJneonc te, a.ccept the bet, the Yanks stepped out from behind to wi-n. For sonte 1,eascn, Hamihon made no further bets that aft-ernoon. . . . . . • ~ Fred Vi-e'kers is taking a busman's hol.iday~oing a Bar-ney Oldfield on the bjg highway in his yellow sbriek( Stre~k). . . . . . • Rlt'NIE~fBER? -When you sat down iri. -t he cafeteria, what chance you took on what a n.d when yoo were going to be fed? I-Iow- to pour h()me~nad e 'bev€rages without stirring up th,e. yeast. * • • • * . "Heaving Hips'" Hipp& acclaimaq trueking cbampien of the Recov:ery R:oom. . . ' . . . . . . Ask Lock if h.e ·r·e~e~nb.ers the author of the book he read entitled "'How ~:ro Ren1.ember Not To Forget"? • • * • • Lucky guy! Boh Ammons. gets his car knocked in front ot a moving freig}l~ tra-in. Trai·n stops and crew .hdps Bob explajn ~o the So and So who hit him that the So au.cl So wuold have to pay i0r th~ d:amag.es to Bob's car. Lucky guy! • • • • • Next tinte E. G. Stu1th 'V\rashes his hands of t he whole m~nt:er, it is suggested that he not forget his face. . . . . •~ Sol·iloq-uy Herb Church trying to ~et a preview . . \Vorld Series . c0up1la kid~ squa~Yb ling . Do all Peads come from oyste~&? . . Nlafi.e Grill . Corifirm,ed Bachelor Raia . coupla ktds pl~yi.ng w·ith lors of b~1bh>les . . Dinner whjst~e . . Blessevernist Cash . One-Gtarl-~ltan Diekey~ . the Big ARple . inventory time on the shell pile . the coming new main office . tvr ros . .P'@rd's ga:edbye pany-losiug·two good Foxds ~ . . . Football disctJssion . . base}j,all pool . . 1\tfrs. Ding Ding Land . . tbe f;tte · washit1g. clrjmk:ing fol!l:ntain . ~ Rushing R1.1dJ . l-Iaud1Vriting on the bfaekboard . . T he Little f(400n pound ~(lles . . water, water-was it ~pell~d supje or sou pie? . .Battle Bonus ~ . s:alJ: barges . ~ new fe~ce . . fhey shall not pa.sa_, Tanner . Cuyle S.rnrl'e loQwQ. a My,le. • • • • • • • - - CEN$0l~ED! -- -- B.~okc dow•l {13] • • • flJt!OlZ:J~ }Jy • T HERE. an: at feast eight C anr . )n.~ in rhc l ""llitt J . 1 are"; thre-e of these are cit i(;~ . thn.'e aY~ tO\\' I'I ·~ on~.' is ~ viUa~e. far a\ ay [n rhe Pacitlc Ocean is an UJ'Unh:1 bit-.·d i.-,land nanwd C.-:nuon \\'hOSe t)nly rra{'tiC.il l\roduct is 1\0 infcri\)t qaalit }' of guano. Canton in Ch.ina is th\' n1o~L ~,.lls tingui~hecl c1ty· b<!ariJilg tb" narn:e. and i-t mar n·ell he t·bat the flHu1r C~ nt on, in .\ met·ica have borro\v~d the title from the notab~e one in r.hac A~iatic country wbo~c bi 1.ory datos 1: a~:·k mrarc than t"'·o thousand } ears. and whose present-Jay story is an open book for the ~yes of the \\ orld to read. L ik~ a ,·erv 111uch "'rinkled aristocrat this <Htcient Canton in (hjn~l ·rests its ro.mantic self in the ~ou.thcrn part of he countrY., where it is e:xclu~ivel. p1ac.ed iAla11d about 0 mlies from the sea. It is in the Pt:ovi oce of Quangtc02'. of \\ hich n me Can too is a corruption. f eelin.g secure in the bad~.groun:d of it~ hoa0- past the c1~y is e(.jclosed _ bv· brick walls co,~ering a circt,Jit o{ six miles. This. rampart is. :5 feet high and :!0 fee~ in thickn¢ss. There is a p~ rtit!Qn · wall running east and west dividin.g t:his huge place i!lto t '":'(J parts designated as the Old Ctty t,tnd the New C11.y. Toge-ther th.e.y boast more than a mill.jon inhabitants. The wall bas 12 gate-s wh1ch are aU shut at night. treets in Canton, China) are long an.d strai.ght, p-av.ed ·with fiat ston:e , bul so narrow (none exce~ding eight feet }n widtll) that no wheeled vehicles can go througb. R'ich fol~ get t hernseh·es c~ rried a round in seda1l chairs; !h us theY visit the shops where one may find products from every part of the globe. This disrjnguisbecl e1d city bas. ~ record of three centu ries o{ foreign trade. The commod1rues sold are varied an,d important, comprising silk, cottO.n, glass, paper, sugar lacquered ware, j,•ory carvings, ffi@ta] good:s~ etc. Tbese wa res .are transported on bamboo poles latd across the shou~ders of men and stored in builcl.ings not more 1-han two stories in height. All the shops have gent and gaudily painted names and signs that give the straight, narrow s1reets a brilliant appearance. _,.either the ,Chtrctese w!se man, Confucius nor any of ;indent followers tould possibl}7 lhave had a . d,ream for~st: ei ng the cruel event of September _20 193 7 when tihe.l ~ traditi-onal foe. the J apanese, from the1r war planes dropp,ed explc~ive bombs into the~ ~a rt of Canto.n killing thf<~e tf1ousand of irs people. 1etther by th:e wtldest str-etch of imagination could those anc_ienrs conc.e,ive tha l we citizens it1 neY<"iY developed Canton1 N. C., would .hav.-e news o_f that mas~acre within a r ew b.ours th rC)ltgh our 1nodern r:nu~ad~, Radio. Oppusrte the Chinese city of Can~un for a c!ista r.ce of five 1 iles PIJJ.;J tEte ~>hall<.Jw Pea rl R 1ver. On tts sut face r.-~t a prodi~!()U'i tmmb~ s. of flat botto~cd bo~u> . These wat{;r {:raft are fqcer{ resJd1.wces for a pepula l!Otl c f over f\~r{; lHlndr~cl dlryu~acl)(i. f\1i1Hon~ of CJ~inese ha\ ,. be,eH horn, lived aud di(.;d in r.hesf; llmttlllg. dwellinl!s with'JUI ever h.a\'jnv pu.l kJlA on dry lan<J. 1.,iving dn:,~ ~; f{J f ccntu ri(:s th<'y hav.,; be~£Jflle aUif,J·u!Ji,:;lb in h>abi• , and a rr. kflw,., 11 by • the nawe~ 'ft~tlkia , 0r Boat Peqpfl'. Thc:y arc unportaut · enuugL LtJ r· quire ~ ~>i cciu.l wart~, wAice lo rt·~&Tbft' rlu;:rn. ~I hcS'(' Cbint:Sc hQ\J;<>~boat~ "ue OJHtHHH t, d ·tA fir 41ll l f lUIC a il C(}st :luywh~re from tht• rnr.1ck t :; ur:u uf tltJfl'Y d,;JitJ tll to ch 1'C"e r ,r f t-t1J r thtmbaud. 'I f tt; Jr-"' L.t. ti cd tn1 r:~ :n" rf t ou1 4 ,() " • Thistly • to 80 r~' l tong :tnd ahout J5 feet wi-<lt. R~ her i.ot~{ (• : I Tf1}! in "har •c bc.c:tusc c·f a uoiqvc: ~t t per~truf·ttl .e ·;f ct n i~l ct ,l bfc h f"'i~ht \\'ith gracefHtly 4n:hcd roof . T he: i·nte!"~lt" 1 ~l'C s~hdi, ·idcd into "a·ri~n1s ap.a rtnte:ItW>, d!lvuted t •J Jifft:rcnt cioHlt: stk uae~. and ~$ dte Tankia p~top lc apprcl;ai il' tht: \~t·atJ.>t el~meut, thc~r honH~s ~re kept v t:ry dt.:~n. The ha.nd s-on:'le-st bo11~s, JHUl iCd hira-t.ing or Fbwer Bu.ar", at·e graC"cful in form, with r.ais~d c&bins and woodttn· a·woings ':~}' fancifuJJy carved aud gayry paio~neJ. The wily ·Chinese ah~·€l kl'l GlW how t0 e<~tnpcJ bt!allty ~n 1>ay a p·ice) a.~ these att(at.:t ive:: Fl(;nvct }.1o(fts ~-nt· 11 ired to pJ (!as.un~ 1Ja.rt'e-o frtr: e~'-C lJnioars on the Hearl J~ivet . . '1 nc '<.! craft p.iy nand <Jme dividends during j.IJJly; August and September wlte-n t.he Ortental tb ermornet~r climbs up to H10 Jegrees, and the Monsoon win.ds biO'-"'· Le~ us hop;e that the peaceJuJ Tankia penpfe will he _ saved from aerial bomba rd nent dt:Jring the nexr. three weeks. By the n? the N i:ne~rowe r Treaty sessions. may commence at Bru~se ls, Belg-itun. Yowng King Leopold, wh-en onty thirteen y(}¥Hs old w,ent into the trenches agaiust dTe Cerfltans. Surely he 1tlas inberiteet the bravery of bis neble father the la~e l(jn,g Albert. With the ncurraiity of hj kingdom to the fore and numetGus other go(xl 1aJh.t~nces, surely Leopold, H anyone w·ill be able lo allay the 'itu · of the swarm of J apaose wasps. · l\1eanwhile the sweetly ycarnir1o old song rtngs tru1y"' Tnore J·s No Place bike Home.:' Therefore1 we JweUe!s 1n Ca~to,n North Carolina know tbis, our ·fa.roil'iar spot 0n the ~arth's 'round :globe. Here we rest . ec-ure from bomb!n-g pla.Pes and gr:eat river floods. Here is. stability tikcC our 1mr:nov:able mountaihs. these giant hjHs. oa whtch we fea~E ou·rr eyes and enj-oy th$ verdu re of their pr?litic forest~. The }'Hl:l)ner.ous species 0f trees are transfo.rmed rnLo paper through the m-agic .of chem istry and the every-day toil of mo re than two· thqusajnd peopl.e. A Pray~r Jesus, my Lerd~ ~1 o~ ld e;er I .d rift aw.ar From l~hv o'erfi{.),\1\>irlg ,gtft of love ·<J~vtne. Treat me 'but as a wayward dlild of Th ine~ And chide me, gently fi rst. t'ilt I obey; But should ] shuo Tbc~ still and se-ek co pay l\1y vagrant bernagc at sorne e.anbly hrint\ 0 G0d! I rra)r 'Thee still d", not .re . ign ].v[y 'rVa ywat1d seul te snares o! ga.v1sh dzn. J f. ehidde.ll, I refuse to do a:pght: Correct a.nd pnnis l~ as Thow ·U€emttst wi'c; If base or purpose: I fU.iswse I he li~h t. . Strik(.· me with tt hea\'Y darktl S'S both mme ey·~ T ake homv :.u~d fri end"· take eve ry ( b-ing from mcJ ThEt:L1 hemel<:'$ , ftien ~ less. J must n trn to Thee. - If o t 'tlrcl B ·mer nt. l·bvt mt"n:y upcm nn.·, 0 (, ,, . J, th\::nr~in g h>_ :l~hv I(>V~Ili ki ndn ·~s; nc -Qrd ins tJ.Iil1 tl t h · u~.u.}{lu.tJe. ot l hy 1 ct"!dcr ntt· r•d ··B bh:>L out my trau:~g-rt: s~ tnn. . v\A a h tn • thltii Olll.rllly CrCirn min-.- ini,quity. fl lhl cl c~i'l\Sl~ ll\. from 1'1) )' Lii r; ~J! r llliH 51 : / -!. • ( 1 A l • ( • AB.LE.NE. ag five, daughter of M.r. and Mrs. Wiley B. Shook. Mr. Shook i£ employed in Pulp Dryinq Depa.rtme t Tourist. (frr.rn New York ) : But tell me what makes these :\-estern prajr·e . ~o flat? Cov. H and: \Ye ha rdh kncn · that. but think it mu~t be ~ . ber-au . c the un seb on them e\ ery night! 1an (in ~purt1 n~ _~r:ods store ) : I want a pair of white 1ir ::n knickec. Cfcr'k: \ ery \' dL ir. and UJuld I interest you jn a set of rn"tche-:1 knid:c.:r. ? _ Lm: Hcc.:.k. no:, rm a football rc f~:ree : 'T~ en th~ rc is the man who said he just co1Jldn · 1 bear to s~e his wife r.tet np in t he c0Jd and ~tart t:he fire-so he lurned hi face to dlle .'1 aiL _ "or.hine is <:ver S!i.lined br \'ttmincr an ar(rument and • Jo!!>in!-! a cu •Lomrr.-C . F. J\. c1rt rnt . } 1U \ ·dl ;,,. er l ~ ahl•: lo PXfHl'SS Lhe l~etJ t thal u1.le~ } \JU rca lr !o~e y(JlJ r jub • • tt; 'n you Vo l' mt f.: nnrl ' Tlwm? J>o You 0 /n:y ThrJtrt? I ·r ts indcccd en GCHlh,~tng to l·n:1w Lh;tt then! au: t'"due!atc·d men- mt•n of pn tnitwncr wh(, . l~ busitH·c.-.; is not prcachin, th\' <;,,._,)IJ t'll .fe.!\us hri ~ L. but have faith in rhr Old Ho,Jc tht: Hil'l(·. nncl c.;,,urn}.;r t' 1 e~prcss 1 hclt ronvitr ion~ puhiJc ly r·~ ~ cn~h·. ,,t~ t\1(' tuld, lh:H J CCJUtin Circuit J udg<\ \"thilr.:( kll ning tb\ jur. , S:tiJ: u( ;cntlcnlf'tl, YOU arc~ here tt'lday 1,~ ~(l u. (' );Prnco n<.· kb \' iolrt ted tiH' 't en Corn maud men~; . , If th(:) bad nnt dt.\1'\e so, it would not bl' nrccss:uy for thi ~ coun to b~ in ' l:'}. inn h<:rc today to cunccrn yol trsC"Ivcs with the mi sd~:ed s of ('llh~rs . · \\ ho fills our j~ils today? \Vho come$ be fur~ our courts? \\ .ho takt•s the tone ('f this court? I t is he who has f()rgou cn the 'l'en Commandmcnt~-who has forgotten his obligation tn ;l)d nnJ man. IL is he v ho wan ts his own way and [orget.~ that the other felJO"' a1SQ has rights in 1his world. lt: is su~h whu dutt~r up our courts, who c allSt our tax rate to soar. who bring misery into other happy hours, and who cause grntlcn1cn like you to be here in court today, when ~'ou would like to be home, concerned with your normal duties. · The T'cn COinmandm.epLs arc the basis of all our laws, and if properly respected and obeyed this oiJ world would be a much more pleas3nt place in which to Jive. Every citizen should shape j,j :;; life so that it will conform to the Ten Comn1andmen~·, which J el1ovah God gave to His peorle on 11ount Sinai, se,ycral thousand } cars ago. 'I' he Commandments ha,·e not been repealed by God or any nation founded upon the Commandments. , The first four Cornmandments deal with man's duty to •• • his Creator, the other six with our dealings with each other. Violate either our obligations to Gocl or man and someone suffers. ' Jesus said, ''The greatest Commandment is. love God with all thy· heart sou1, mind and strength and thy neighbor as thyself."· .,,Do this and the re would be no crime. !-lowever, we seem to prefer to satisfy our own desires- have our own way rega rdless of the consequences. · Thi First Snow 1"he first snow of th t'Season fell October 22. Three and one-half inches CJf snow and
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