| 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. t • ,t••• ' • •• • • 41 + •• f 1 • + t • t f •• • . f t - • . .,.,._. . ,.,.,.: . .,.,. . ._. _. . ._. . ._. .• .,. . . "'. .,.,. . ., • r·•·~w . ._. ,.,.,.,~·"-'-. ~ • CANTON, • • • --- -'UGUST, 192 No.6 • • . . . ' The Safest, Cleanest and Most Efficient Plant in the South • • • • , t I t • • + t~: ;~ QfW ! ~ f ) . ! ¥:.:;. +• ~ • t'• . ~ I + ~ •••• . . -:--- t ~ •• l ~ . ! ~ t~ •• • r • l •''• • 1 • + ' I • i • • ~ ++ • •• • i • I ••• • t t t ' • •t • '•• l ~i~--·~·"*' . . • . ··~,., • .,. . _., . o . . . . . . M~ O ~O.,., . ~. . . ,.~. • . • . . ,, . . . ~ . . te. , . _. ' . • - JONES Tuesday evening, July 24th, about nine o'clock when the news reached Canton that W. E. Jones~ general secr·etary of the Champion Y. M. C. A. had passed on, the '"hole community \vas saddened. For several days previous to his death \Ve knew that he was a very :sick man, and that there ~'as very little hope for his recovery. However, \\'hen the end came, ~'e bowed our heads in grief, because \ve felt that \Ve had lost a friend, a good citizen and neighbor. Mr. Jones came to Canton about four years ago from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and became general secretary of the Champion "Y'', dut·ing \\t·hich time he rendered splendid service, being actively engag d in eve1·.r movement fol' the betterment of the community. .fie '\vas al o an active ~-orker in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of which lae \va~ a n1em- · }le.r. In some '"ray the little toe on his right foot became infected. At first it was not considct'ed serious, hut on l\1onda.r, July 16, his phy~ iclan b can1H alarmed by a rise in ten1perature and he \\'as immediately taken to the hospital for treatment. His condition gradually grf'\V worsP until thfl end canle. DuT·ing his ill 1PSS h :;) '"'ttS a good patient never con1 plain 'd or f1 et ted ab1.~ut <.Ln~'thi JJ g . T•;vcn a~ he stood UJlon the baul\:s <•f thP g-re~\t divid, vie'A·ing t lH::: pnJmiserl land, J<no\ving that he Hlll~t soon pa ~ (1vel· the rh ·r of d e~th , ht· s rniled and slJcuted not to worry. ~1, . June. wab bor11 iJ, Wales 44 yenr~ ago and carra\ to this c·ountry with his IJ(.lr t nls \\'hc·n he \VH.i a nH: n ! lad. EL . i: sur v i v(~ d b.\r J d~ ' ·ife cHid on() sou ~ I!olx,rt. Also out· bt'oth r i\lld a siF-t•·t' )1, i11g iu Pt·Jtt1 !.>,\ 1\'anh.t . ·- • ---~=·==~-======-============~========~-~==============================~====== AUGUST, 1928 No. 6 . ~-======~========~====================:=================+===============-====~ TH P PER POR THI MAGAZINE IS MADE IN OlJ R PLANT OUT OF WOOD FROM THE FORESTS OF iORTH C. ROLIN • WE MANUFACTURE MANY GRADES OF BLEACHED SULPHITE PAPERS, MACHINE FINISH, AND SUPER-CALENDERED . Sunda~: (Jl ·li ~ FCJT\In1 .• .•. .•• •••. •· :4 S.sLt~ a l• N::t li !lm~1 f'trihl.m1 l~y hu • E. llill. · 1€\'t' 'I~ iWk Cenual R~H1110· tl Lin . •. . . . - - {:) - J Thr.: Cr:c. t~P.t ·rlilH) r,h ,,f -;rr ·i-h~ 11 l AY, !ShU . ·- . . . . ••. -· . •• Aj • • . • • It. . .,.,.,. . . ~ ···· . . . . . • . . . . . 11 ., J -' I • • 'J ~ j J~lt t l'c• .rn t ., ¥,dtlarn - . . ·· ~.a Y. M. t • . • . ,. . . .' .I ( ~' • 1\.H• . , • . .~ . " J -, . . . '<, • • . • ;.w • • • • ' In his address at the Conference on Human Relations in Industry, held at Blue Ridge, North Carolina, August 2-5, Mr. Chas. R. Towson, New York City, declared, • "The days ahead for industry, wiH be more difficult-cornpetition will be keener. Research, education and cooperation between employer and employee are the chief hopes. We a) o confront new challenge i11 the responsibilit' es botl1 SO(~iaJ and moral, in the rtew economic ord r~-in building better ffi(\nho d a11d in avoiding the 110ints of ./cllting th mat~ri~tl ~ id ()f life.' • • • 2 THE LOG • . ~===~ 1-l ,. 11inth a nnual conf .)r "\net' on Jiun1an I' elations in Indu "'try \lvhirh \V'lS h ' ld at Blu . Pidg ~ . r ot--L:h ""1aroltn:J, ugust ~ . \\"a$ ~tt \?nded by a large nu1uber f del ,.at , fr 111 i.he foi-l ,,. ing ta t.es: Alabat:na, Florida. Lou i i:n1c1, T '"as. • l\li SlS8ippi, T~nne~ ee~ orgia. outh Carolina . 1 o1~th """a1·olinH, ' ' irginia. Ilth1ois, and the i irict f oltnnbia. The lpeninlY addre \\'':1 cl livered bv Dr. Ho\Yard • F ondtlH1ler. pre . ident alem College, v\'in ton Nalen1, ~ -. C. l)r. Hondtha1er ~as follo,\·ed b~- C. E. Knoeppel of Bo~ton. l\1a \,; s .~ subj ect. I-Iun1an DcveJopn1ent, Industry · ~ Ta~k . He aid ""It i~n·t enough to pro~l u ce teel in a n1ill. but industry ~ hould prod uce n1en.'' "The gTeate ·t results in indu ·~ try . ' · he dec)ared, "Is not in tr.\·ing to get the best price , nor in reducing wages or alaries no1· in driving '"'orker and super isors beyond safe vorking lin1it. . nor in trying to alvage anothe1· cent or t\YO in profit. but developing n1en fo1· service. ' On F1jday mornil1g, August 3 Cha . R. To\\'Son addre.: ed the confer ence on ··Main Trends jn Indust1iaJ Relation . · ~ He said. ·'Industrial trends are of inte1·e t to all : emplo. er and employees, producer and consumer, indh-jdua1 and citizen, home, school and church. for industry is the greatest force and field in An1erica, and the hrunan 1elations in indus try are t he sup1·erne problen1s and achievements to be sought in industry." The results of these trends on the wo1·kers have given then1, first of all, bette1 'vages, hours and }jvlng condition s. In the United States for example wages are three to fi 'e tin1es ~ high as they are in G.reat Britain. As a 1·esu lt of bet t er '\-vages and better \Vorking conditions, the worker s as a ,,·hole are making g1·eatel' t r. i"d es at eJf-i1nprovement. The. have acquil" ·d bet-ter h on1es and ,yjth the passing of the sa loo11 they commit Jess c1·ime, put money jn the bank, in jns uJ·ance and in r .-aJ estate. Undel· t he nev.-Ter -order the wo1·kers have n1ore protection (Jf life, limb and hea1th, again l \lnempl,Oyrnent, povel L. and oJd age. The str ng ar€ helping to her1r lhe but·den \": of the weak .' ' He al . o stated t hat, ''The days ahead fot• indu. tr.v, \\ill he Jn Jl "~ difficult competition v.;·jJI be k c-ner. RPseaj ·ch, education, a d cOFopel·atirJn b t\V en etnp1oye:r and emp'fove . ar\~ the chi ~f hopP.!). \ ' e ~ 1. o eon f r OJll n :1" ' challenges in tr1e ~pon$ibiliti •::;, both .:ucial and n1oral. in the ne'N (c.unon1iC o ·d T iu building bett e•· manh0od ih rot.tgh our proc ·s~ of pr duction, in avoiding th . pt rils of exalting the nt~tr·ri: l · id~ of Jj fe.'' Jia1"1·y Cl a1·1~ . CJe'\:~tanil, (Jhio, on . 'aturcla \r nlot-ning c.C)nducted the di~cu sion on 'ur .m.ot nshi1J 'ft~ai n ing The di~cus iort We~!', di.t·ee d along th • lin of hartdling m ~n in th<· intc·re. t of lJuth Jllt,lny ), and ·ntploy~r. H :a . ~gg.-:.~lPd th::d.t ", o f:a d s llOS:ibl ' n1 _)l be pta· ;)d • • • on .ioh~ t.,Ju ~.v like fn rio, :trul for hir·J, tJu·.v 4" , . ~ ,.own lo b ' phy ~ icaJI ,v fJt aJtd lH-op~·•· l y t rr.no ·d. y 1>u < ~ 1 ,. , ,), g -'t· ct Jll:.n t'nt. hu ~ ·d in hi~ joh Ot"' rf t·vcJQp :lit 1 J<.•b ptiri" if a rnan is 11ot int~!r ~ Led in his jol>. ~ e sh(Juld lt1vP ( u t' wnrk. Bacl in Adan1' ihn work wa:-5 a ('Ul\~ '. s civiliza-t- ion progr · sect, 've grc\v to think If\ :s of "vork a~ ;sA; curse, but n1orc a.~ a punishment, we eondcn1 nPd men to hard Jabot. as a puni ·hrnent. 1'h c~ n \Ve advanced a lj ttle bit and "'·c had the attitude to\va rd \\'ork of .Ja very. Then vve progre sed a Jittlc furth er. a11d our attitude to"·ard " :ork \vas that of drudger y. Then we progressed a little further and our altitude to\,·ard '\rork \Ya.s that of routine, a round of deadly monotonou ~ task that apparently held no hope. Then \Ve progressed a little 1nore, and here is whel'e most of us ate ·toda. 1 our attitude toward work is that of a livelihood. The unfortnna.te: thing is tl1at is right \¥het·e mo t people top, and the gl"eat bulk of your wo1·ke1·s today that you are having troubJe \vith is that their only attitude toward work js that i t is a n1eans of livelihood. Let us r eview this- attitude toward ,,·ork. A cur e, then punishn1ent, slavery, drudgery. routine. _ and Ja t of a lL livelihood. The minule a man' attitude to,vard w·ork begins to be that of lik ing to be occ upi ed~ \vhe1·e he would 1·alhe:r be bu . y than not. then he begins looking a1·ound for something to be occupied \Vith that is interesting. The nlinute " 'e can get il1io people' n1inds n conception to·w·-ard work that it i a bles~ing to be occupied, or busv with son1ct1'dng, it will go a long way to·warrl sohring our problems. You sliouJd go beyond that attitude- tO\Vard \VOrk, hO\'Ve 'el', 0 11 0 the next . iep \Vhich is the attitude of Rervice; t he kno-wledge that 'vhat you are doing 1·ender'"" service to rour fellow man: a. con lructivc attitude: t he attitud of having a mis. ion to fill in life; a Ct'e<1tiv attitude. I do not believe that I eyaggerate \Vhen I ~ar that to me the highe~t po~sible attitude jn life to\vartl work i ,. one of worship, and if \Ve are to cv~•· und rs tand (~od · and Hi~ relation to us, we must understand "ork. \ \" :.u,e not inlelli g· nU.v dire ~tillg nlHn's atliiud, tt)\Y~td ~vork. Lel n1e ~ay again, put a rnnn ~ n t job Lh~t \uU know h 1H·(•s to dn. ~ecolld. })tll a P'-•rsnu on i . j\)h for \\'hi ·h h t;) is kno'' n to b ph.' ~ i a ll) lit :Hld p1-o \: 1 b~ tr·ain ~ d. liP Hl~c J ;said , t.~ f H ' ~lt UH l .:'\'h.c ul n :\vt ~ r h t 1 fil"ing-. JJt . i ~ 1;o clo. • t() t it" jol d ~d t! : :f i," . il1\ly~i (J f i t. }[,. js tno oft n 1 n ).i th.li ··d. lh ~ t. l l n r' H:: fa U n~ a nt ~ttt inh'lli~. ntl _, . t, 1h \\t)rk It Jlt, :--. h find ~ (J fl • \\ho dt>l ~ ttut hke tllt' \; Turk I ' h~. ln ~ la~i thing- l) do is to fin' hin . 'l't-.lll . 1 . ·• hi rn t . ttn othcl· dt:l,al"ilill-.~ nt. or tHn~· otl• q · j ,t . It ru:-n ·tt . nu \ ·ill h:1,.,, ttl trun f~r l•itn t)Ut o( th pl~\nt hirn p laced \\ith . bnH· uth~r co1npany·. l·"'inng rlaal')tin)( i:-; the gr ·a test t:tu·tor in tltt' \\ t)r td· f t ing do\\ n tHot·Hl t' . "l j. . t - • • 1'HE LOG 3 - -~'".-'_.__ _. .~ _ .__ __. - -==_ ,~ t'(#· ~·- -·-·- --- · --- :._._ ___ 1npan. · ()\\ n their hon1 .l~ . 1''h ~ ar n1o . Uy conrluc' r~ ~n n1ototmen. 1~h \\' ,,·ere ali>1e to "~ork out. a • tne· stu·p~ "~ rvit'e ba . i ~ ft)r con1pensating thes~' n1 'D. T 1ey hav ~ tl r~ tandards of measuring the n1en. The~· mea~ure them first on the accident cost pe1· mile of e.ar run. ~. ~ nd, on the tit: per car n1H run, and th irit on th ' 0 \ ·er cost per car rnile run. 1'he~e are th · thre ln -a'"'ured base~ on \\'hich the ·e n1en operate. 1 h e~ get a ba~ic rate of pay. Then they get a graded intrea~ ac ording to the "·ay these three thing ~ --ho"' tbi pa~· ~hould eome to them. n Friday af rnoon and . aturda.'· morning group et ing.~ "·ere held on accident prevention. And on ~(lttu:d a~ e t 1ing Cha.:. E. Hill, Ne,,· ),.ork Central 1 ail\, . ~ line . deli ~re1·ed a very interesting address on ~fe r a~ a . ational Problem. This address is printed • j 'uP on amo. h~r page of this n1agazine. {:f . 10 y MOR . 11. TG FORUM Blue Ri<lge lndu trial Conference .-'ub ject: Right the Basis of Right B1 Ii RRY CLARKE, CleveJand, Ohio. • Ol rke: Are there certain rights that every n1an ~1as, hat he haR the right to have protection? An~ . : I.Jfe. liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Cla k : 1 s it inherent 1n the very sta·uctur of man tba.t be a,· the right to be happy? Is it his right to hav a bappy life? r'fhere are four very basic 1·ights t 1at ~re inherent in human natu1·e that every man has a right to expect that they shall be l"espected. A n1an 1· ., a ~ight to life and o a living, but his right to a ~iving depend~ upon his right to \\·ork and hjg w·illingne. · to ,.vork. · o vne i: resrKln&ilJt{l -flor being born; th .arefore, li f · is ei lher an hnpo ~.itiull Ol' a privilege. Tl €re i nothino- due a man \Vho doe:: not contril>ut(\ throuS!h his "ork hi~ . ha1·c to tJ1e co1nrnon got d of :4o . c·CJty. 11:e has a r1~ht to life, and to a fi.vjng, and h haR a 1~igJ1t to \'.orh . Do you think the nul.jcnity of men \\'an· to 1\\'0rk "? 'J"here can he no Jiving \\~jthou t \\'nrk, . o i becoJne the right of P,Veryone to work in ord .r to be eu b tlPd to live. The ' ork of thoce \VlHJ a 'Jid it, n1u . t b dont:· by son' one. Let me ~ k rou anoth<) questi<~n. J :.un "'·ondering ir ~ tuan ha:-. the fight to exp .;et :oci t y of \Vhi<:h he i~ a part to . o ol ganize it. 1f tlutt hen he j~ \villing to work h(• can \vork? C(•rtainly· 1nankind is r.r~ated v1ith (ltJ ., gr0:1t inlt:,uls . in cornrnon th de.·i,~e for happh1 .:~ a11d co - t 11tm _,nt. 'rhe bound1e~ })otc\ntialitie~ nf naturt: ·ontain e ·1·y pt·ovi ion for the conilpl~t(- happirH ~, of all. But nature' · abundant ~u ppl.v ha. b'~en . o hedged in that it is tot po~ ibl for man, in his o'vn right, tog -t the wo.-k that he wants. Mr. Knoeppel: Every man is willing to \\'Ork l)l"Ovided he can get th r-ight kind of work to "xpre.:.· himself. -=-- _,. J or •• ,. s tnri . . -•=·~• Clar1·<1 : tnau l1as right to life, and to a I iving; h has a right to 'vork in orrler to get that Jiving, and hP ha . the right to expeci society to organize 1tself . . o 1 hat \\' h -n h (~ is \\'"iJling to ' ork he can have \VO rk. Out 0f the. ·e right . comes hapJ)ine ·s. \\·. JJ. 1\lofn·): L· he entitled to happiness \vhen he ha~ con1pli(,d \Vith the first three? Clark : [, .)f,· define Jiving. Let's define 'vork. Can yon expre~s a living in dol1ars and cents '! Would this be ·afe to . ay : A living i · a s ufficiency to meet comfortau l.v and decently the housing, clothing and feeding of a fandly, to provide education suffi-cient for self respect and . elf support; to provide sustenance jn a day of extren1 ity and old ageJ and provide for taking care of youT 'hare of societv through the church and state? Ques.: What is '''ork? Delegate: f~arning your living by the s,,·eat of your brO\Y. Clarke: Is that your definition of \vork? Isn't that a doleful out look? Earning your living by the sweat of your bro'"· How many of you would 11ke to have that to look fol'\Yard to, the balance of your days? 1Vlatthe\\1S: Engaging in so1ne essential vocation . .Knoeppe]: Self expres ~ ion. \Ve have a Greek vegetable peddler coming to our house daily in the city ,,·here 1 live. His father drives the wagon and he distril> u t(.-l' the vegetables. For four or five hours every night, after he has " ·o1l.ed 12 hours a day, that Greek, about 30 .'·ear~ old, practices on the violin. He is no\v pla.ving t'vo nigh tR a \veek in the Great fetropolitan 'J'heatre of l1oston. Ultin1ately the directors are going to give him a part an1ong the violinists. His ambition j · ul tin~tately to become a teach er of tnu --ic, and that ins;trtun<.)nt a~ he look~ upon ii is God's gift to him: the 1nethod by \Vhich he expr e.,se himselt. Hi.:: \Vork i ~ not peddling vegct,. bl~s, but the potential development of that gift, so that he can lake his place in that g1· at orc.h e~tra, and this is not \York to hin1 at all. but the ex pr~ sion of (iod· g-r~at gift of n1usic. ('Iarke : \~1 oUJfl thi be sound'? To . ay that vvork iR thG fuHes t and rich si 0f life, \\'htch is our birthright·? f~no<' )JlJe l : Thi ~ ('reck in a stt.:el n1ill n1ight h lVe to \\'Ork so tuu·d tJl: tt he could JH t d~ lop his n1u ·ic . . Th fight \vo1·k brh1g . ~ 'NiLh i e u consc iou . nt: . of value" that clarifief-) the atn1o~ph0re n: to lj ving .; landard beyond , 11rt hing \.\' -:. eilll do hy any tueehc nical ~etup. rrhat iH tl l right of' ~ ,,l. In Olll' nttilude tO\\' rd \VOl"k \V~\ (]o uo ' tltinl\ of it H ~ th' lnrgesl, be~ t . pression of life that -~ocl hay givPll u.'. 'f\'e think of it. in terms of drud g(·r) . · Johannot: I \\ ould like t.o kno\\' if yon consider that lu:~)Pllle!-1 ~ i~ in pal't th abilit "· of livh1g, even if some of your right8 ar<.· not Tt.:COgnized hy ·oc1ety? Cla1·ke: Onl · in pa1·t. I lapp in s '\'ould not b ) compi te under tho . e ronclition, hut it can be in the, 1nak- • • • • • THE LOG --- .- ~ --- ;;;.;. --- .-- -'--=_ _.__,._-' '• .,._ ___. .,.,,. .,.,. . .".b. ~,.~ Q-.-. .,. . ._ ;:_. ___._ ,. . . . .__.,_.,J_ _._ -.--:il ' •. 4, itlg'. I ~n.1 r~arly to ~ta nd h r ' and say th:1t th ' ftth ~t and h\ h - ~t ins in't Lh·1t -~ d g~\v ll'HUl is th iu. tinct f self interest n t selfi shne~ . \Vh~\ t i ~ lh diff ' r nce bet'v n ~ lf pr "'er at ion and self in i r e. t '! No longer is so1·did .·i8t ;)nc " th !rt~eates t nd t<' ·c lc but self d vel pn1 ;) 1l, n1 nt.al and spiritual '~ l ansi on "''hich n1ay be fairly s un1n1ed up in Lh ~ ·pre ~i on. ·· 'elf inter· "'\. . :1 . ntirnent a ' sacred a " th fotnl l" i ~ordid. ~elf pn~ . er\·atjon i cold blo ded, h ea rtl e~s, elf- eeking, cruel. "'elf intere t i cordialj an1biti u ~, constructive: it inspire , i her oic. lt thrive by gi ing of jt~elf 1n co- peration. ~el f intere t grO\\' by furthering others' inte ·e t~ and fol'·getting ~elf. Ho"" far " ·ill you go in your O\Vn ~elf inte1~e t progran1 \Vhen in the development of what you are do.ing you interfere ,,·ith the other felJ o\\· having t he sa1ue t.hings? Hodges: Are mo t . uccessful men ahvays elfi sh '? Clarke: It i a question of ,,·hat makes a man successfu l. ]s it a matter of a bank account ? l\1r. Sergeant : I don •t, think an~· of u are qualified to ans\ver that. A man said to n1e t he other day , "if you had a half n1illion dollar a year abihty ~'oul d you take the income if they paid it. to . ou ?'' I said, "'"That would 1 do vdth that half n'lillion a vear jf I had it? If I had a • half million do1lar ability I am qujte sure that I · could live in a verv comfortable home in con1fortable circun1- ~ stances on $25,CCO. Have you any idea that I v_;ould give aw·ay $475,C{O a year ? He said., . Not by a long sight.'' I aid. "Here i an idea that I have been \\'Ol'king on. I would like to take that same ability and ~tudy carefully the reorganization of the bu~i n ess df w·hjch I \\'as a part, o that the people working in it) by proper re1ationships to their task and pl~opel' under~ tandjng of '\t\·hat their tasks meant, would eaJ,.n $2,000 a year more. ~ot have it given to them, but that they \\-~outd earn it. The company \Vould get better servjce. finer spirit, and better co-operation for th eir mone.v, and . i wou1d have a lot more joy out of it, if 250 fan1i- 1ies earned and got the benefit of the pull up that ihi ,, ·ou Jd give to their home lif e. Outlined as follo,\(cf the definition of ''Ttight" as formulated bv Committee of Cleveland bus iness men . ~ ••Right" is that state of 1 elations hips in \V hich ea ·h mernuer has endeavored io conser·ve the rights of every other member. ' 1 . ighi is not a n1atter of indj viduals aR a manag ;r or laborer nor cla ~ a autocracy nor democracy nor institutions a ~ ch urch or c:.late but always of hun1an relationships. uRi.R"ht" is nol a fi ·ed guantity--is n0t arbitral') i~ 1 ot the result of cont est, compromi. , 0 1· ag~·er:, Jn f-nt it require no court or j ury; it nE-edf only th . at andonment of device!-: $~ t up to in :su1·e to each hi. o\\·n • ighl -, and in their place e~tabli , hing th put~pos or in su~·i u g the f L1l1 r ight. of o h ·rs. ·Right'' an actuating- vitalizing force of act.il t1 , :\ ' rnol tYt •. It i ~, not a s d p ~ JHi t~- tt f. upon d, c· i ~ nn .". " the pn1·po · l~ l Plunrl t h<' d(:' ,i stfHl. ' ' l~ J ght ., i. ~ ;i r ~ ult \.\.hi ·h CHn nc.·\.-. r l,c quiV· r·nrrrJ }Jlr;t until Hll n·t·<,g- ni r. ~l theh~ rt1hlJ O n ~ ibilit .v f'> tl. and fuJntl ti1Pir obl ig::l 1i011 to it. Hltight" is r ~s •ntiallv a tnatl r of r elat1on hip7 it is ih Otl(' inherent t hing in natur~" "-\ hich c::n\not he ir:npr v )d by a ny I ind of i JUC ~"n ni t.y. IL bas no degree&__,.· it is right or it is not rig·ht. "Right'' i. determining the equiti ,:.-.of :-.11 withou t favor. Righ t \Va nL. no favor.) accept, nn advantage. In the circle of relation l1ips, right j ~ the infa lli ble. gco . 1netric center. All happiness depend · upon relation: hi lJ and conten tn1en t is lo. t in p·eoportion as righ l is ignored. Ther e can be no satisfaction 01· contentment where there is no confidence. HRight" i:s absolute! . · basic to confidence. Co11fi dence depends upon conviction that 11Right'' "''ill characte1:ize action. WH1\ T IS GOOD-WILL? - A v er_,~ abJe Judge 1·ecentl.v gave thi "' definition of good-will: 'lGood-\vill i t he di position o [ the \~'e ll plea~ecl cus tomer to return to the p!ace 'vhere he ha . been \\'ell ttea ted." • M ''· · h *I Z Uau g ht. r f,f h . . nd ~h·~. f . I\ · (a, lin. I • THELOG 5 --- --~ --- · --- · --- ;.:. --- . --- " --- ham pion Fibre De egates in Attendance at The Blu Ridge Indu. h·i~l Conferenc(l. rr=~. DL>RI·_,~ S by Ch taJ\ing- that hav<~ ~ ucL · h ld on a s1na1l rnjno•·it~r of the ci1 jzr. . ns nf Uli, . c:ount1 y. We 1 1:t U ~i; apploa h this sub-ject 1ron1 a ational vie\ 'P'Jjnt, for it is indeed. a National JJF Jblenn. on that not on ly cleeptv eoncerrJs cv: W.&·.y l tl; 11, oman and child of Au1er·jcH but it is also a problen1 that registers its \\~·ants and need~ into thC' V€lry fabric of our civil life. rfhe enormous loss of 1ifc, due to acciclent-., re . ulting fron1 a lack of carefulnetis, on the part of onr citi1ens is apvalUng, as is evtdenced by the fact that last ~· eat in the Uni t(.ld States, as a result or accident:· of all k in d~ there \\'ere, 9:-i,!lOO people killed and ntore than 2 1 ~ million injured l~Pl'esentjng· a e . sualty ton of 262 deaths and 7000 in,jurie~ f r each da ' of the yt'ru·. \Ve do not depreciate the tragedies of \vnr, for they take their toll iu frightful nun1bers, but the tragedie~ of peace are fa.r g ·eater, for during last year the daily av ragt- of ca-1- uHities front accidents; \va: n1ore than tn'ent time.- tlle daily ca nalty toll to t he n1eric n soldier~ during the Wot'ld War~ jn fnct the~- registe1 a toll fa be~· ond th<' C'umprchensiop of the average citiz; en of. today. s irl~ f'ron1 the hunu1nital'ian pha . e of the })f'nhlenl, there is al o thC' e< onon1ir los. to considc1·. rrhi:;:. lo.·s is csthnat d lo b at ( ast rour bi llion dollars per yer.tt\ If thes · accidents rould be \Viped out over night oor econon1ic re-adju stnH~ nt \vould be s ufficient to di pose of our public deht in I ~ss th~1.n flve years. 6 • • • FLOYD on of ~Ir . and lVJr . B. f l. Devlin. If these glar·ing losses are not uff jcieni to arouse the con. cience of the ciiizenr~ of this country, ther may be stilTed to action ,,·hen they realize that thjs frightful carnage of last year incluried t he destrucUon of 23,0UO boys and girls under 15 year of age. ls there not s ufficient hun1an intere . t in ihal fact to dis tr( tc.t public attention from matters of less moment. lt always take& years for th seri ou ~ ness of a problem of great n1agnitude to penetrale our . ralional lethargy. Our casualty t·ecord as astounding as it ~s, is not of that spectaculii· kind that e1·ves to stir· t he impulses and inflam~ the n1inds of the Amer ica11 peopl i for it. is made up of a large numu r of accidents occurring in a great many place~. While they are Lragedi e_.~ the~r are not of tl1e headlinr- type and there for e public attention 1 · not focu' -d upon ·hem. Publicity \~·h er' intelligently applied iii a valuable ( djunct in any wall reguJa ted ::;afcty 1Jr ;gran1. .~. 1neric.a i th l oo~ t :rcAc Kl ·~s:s nativl l in the wurld in . o fa:J: as · ccideTlts a1·l~ concet n ·d. Ou · f atal ac ~ i - · dent ratio is nearly t\·Vv GA.l1d onf· h(11i tim .-.s a. high as that of F~ngbJ n d (. na ~ales, a nd 1JH' e tirnt.t; h ig-h r ~ hen autornohil fatalities alone are con.·iuc·read . \Vhil< onr countt·y is the mo i fcc-J, J ~:--s nat ion in he '\\·ndcl 'se have con. olation jn th kn()w }c~ rl1:tt· that h l!r pt npft' • • ntrwr qlli(' l( l.' than f h t it•7f'l),' or all ,\ ol hc•t fl ,.Ji llJfl ! . - • s pond to (lJ)pC'o l ~ for ·1ir1 JJl ~H i c> uc· ,., . H ·y 1 . r .,,8ott ~r sorne di ~a~lPt'. ~h e t,h ·r it faJI ~- on our 1 \ n l'it•'l; n~ , r t.ho~f' on :-• for~ig n ~oil. 'fh i ~ i~ (II)(• of lh n•~.H•Y trai · of our p ~o pl<' that 111ak h 'for g· od r·it.Jtt ·n ~h lp. ~· nt ~ince ~oocl citizen$hip fll)d kaf ·t,\ sen hHnrl in hG nd. we tnay )'(•S t a~su red tlJ at i ll e hu] WaJ K t) r safct y jc.; on olid footing. and lhi~ ueing tJ~u e Wt' ma_v blke (·oui"'ag( in t he belief that in t},-e fut nre '''e ~''ill s e a realizfltion of a progre~ in th ~ development of saf ·br far bevo11d • • our drea1n of a fe\\' years ago. There ha been a gradual a\\raken ing of public se11 tirnent in 1·~cent year which found expr ession through ational and tate conferences on public . afety. 'fhe carrying out of the r econ1mendations of the ational conference \vill do much toward the cu1' laiJn1eni of accidents occurring in ouJ:~ .streets and hio-h wavs. . 0 ' \Ve have in the United States 120 1nillion people, all of whon1 are subject to the varying hazards that serve to form the bas is of Ot.Tr casua}'ty record. rfhe deaths and injuries resulting fron1 accidents can q uite properly be placed in four classifications, nan1ely, Traffic, Indus trial, Hon1e and other -Public Acciden t . To carry on accident prevention \Vork ucce full ,. ' , \Ve n1u st proceed along orderly lines, follo,ving a pl·e-conceived definH.e program. Vve n1u t not onl" know ' hOV\' many people are being killed and injured each year, but '''e must know \Vhere they occur and ho'r they occur. We n1ust know the cau es of accidents. having in mind that a careful ~na l ysi. ahvays pxecodes an intelligent r en1 edv. Qui Le successful safety performanc ), a1·e being made by the raill'oads of the country tod·1y due to the sy tematjzed n1anner in "vhich . afety i ~ being conducted in an organized foTrn. The lntere.· t: of Steam Railroads in "afctv·. • r['h queRtion is sometjmes asl\ed vYhe; t inten?~t~ have the American f~.ailroad s in ~afct ~ and to \Vhat ex tent a1·e thev inter est •cl ? • - . 'I'hc r e a r'. . ovel' 600,000 tni l "'· of ntilro~HI in tht.: world , half of \Vh irh aJ ·~ with in the con tin ~s of our O\Yll co untt ·~' , (lnd the) r pl· ~se 11 l an jnve!:tftneut (.1u; I t'one tenth of a.IJ Lht~ val u 0.~ of tht.: e'tl·th . 'l'hl' ATO\\ th of the Am rj c:un rnih·uc d.· ha l ept pn . "ith ih gTO\vlh of our n atioll. 'l'IH:) c:onstitut Ollt' f th 1 b. 6\c for·m z:; of inrlu str.r l>f t h(• Unit ,J ~1. t l ,, . 111 t1C't. Jhl, t to agl:'icultur 1 t·ailroad ing i~ th·, g l~ '- 'c sl bu~in' s :i the \\POJ•Jd . rrhe) ;1} {)\\ ll l hf n (tl'l. 1 l\\ JniJlj{ll\ ~tuckhnlrlPr~. tnen tn<l \\ m n. ugh t· vi u:Hlizt: the neces. jty of placing into effect a definite p1·og . an1 t hat has resulted in a g-radual and con~ tant do'A·n :rard trend in acc ident frequenc ~' - The aec~ o ent · o curring on our· stt eets and high\vays ha,,e reached uch .:eriou ~ vroportions that they too al"e e.l a lleng·ing the attention of the authorities of our ~it,. , ' , tate and ~ atjon. and if a definite and construe- 'f Iv~ progl"t!i lll 1: car.,-·ied out, it will n1ean the curbing of man~- of th el•:lments that enter into the causation ' f that (l 1:.1 ~. s of accident. U1 til about 15 . ·~ars ag0 the C:i_nter of gravity as .l' •!.!afd~ a(.:ciden taJ d ~ ath s ,u1 l inj n ·i€s vvas located in t e ind u o.:tl·i~s of t1tif tountrv, but ~ince t hat time it } as g, adu all~ · found its \vay into th(~ iield of public acciden s . 'rhis has been ch.l<:: to twu thir.g ·. First, thP (dtr"ct i ve rnann ~1· jn \Vh ich C in th · 1 u n~ber of a ut 1mobiles . • 'fh.e Ptoblem of The .Future. 1'h £j d v en t (J f h ~ · (.1 u t ( rn o h i1 e has b rough t w i t h i t a nev.; 1-lJHl }J(-'J"lJlexing prolJlenl. W have; in th) Uni~ ~ d ,. .tate . 8 11 ~ of all ()( the aut<!IITtobLles of the Jotn·c wor ld. Tile St a 1e of Ne\V Y ll\ aloJh. , , lt ap 1nore at ton obih·s than tJJ . C:<.JJnhiuPd <: untries of Geru1any, lte:1 ly, France itn :I Ru ·~ ia . \Y(:_ had 111 tltjs cuunt1·y, a t the be g inr ino- " f thi .· yf. at" ~3 million auVunol>i]l ':i n: ~( ,m pal ·c~ d 'Xit h l. s. tl «:tn fivP tnjJljr)n tr1n. :;ear. pre vtouo. ·rhe satut·ation JOint is h•1· di:-t; 11t tor if th :l sa11\ :a f·atio of inc ease contii ue , in anoth ~1· ten Y,.Hl':--i \VP wiB ha 315 n1iJii _,J ar ·, lTtur~ tit. n t h(· <·qnive: l ·nt nt on( r:nachin :1 for \·c),·y persons. In fnct, b.Y tJu:\t 1 irrt · th ·t (· \viii lJ., ft :t. ffi ·it3nt nurnb ~r to supplv onr~ caJ· to t:ach inrh\lidual \Yho is )td ~·notlgh to 1·earh the ste t·i11g h el. ~ hxd .in th Unit d ~ talc ~ Ja ~ t y(·ar·, a!· a result of autorHohil ~ accid 'ntx ulon~! 1 tf,tHOO pe1·sons killed, an inct ·<)as(l of over J 50 !Jer cunt dLu·ing the past ten y~ a1·s . If the ScJ llH.! jncrea. cr>nlinues during ihP next decade a. in th<: paRt \Ve n1ay expect th~L during th is brief , pace f t n ~ ·earo n1ore th n :iCO 000 m n, women and · children 'viii cnt r the don1ain of eternal silence as a result ot' automobile accident~ alone. We l·now of the calamit,v that tecently befell the 1)eople of the South due to the Mississippi flood$. Volunles have been \\Titten regarding thi ' as it \-vas the g'l'eatest catastrophe of its kind in r ecent years. It excited comments not only in this country but throughout the nations of Europe. An official state1nent that "V\'as issued, estimated the economic los!:> from 200 to 400 million dolla:r s, yet during last year the economic loss due to n1olor tl'afl'ic accidents alone, in the United States, approximated n1ore than 600 million dollal'~\¥ h ich is twice the ave.rage eslimate of the loss due to the Missis ippi River Hoods. If this loss increases pToportionate to auton1obile accidents it ·\¥ill amount to the staggering sum of ten billion dolla rs during the next ten years. rrherefore vve have confl·onting us during the next decade, \Vh ich is in fact, a brief span of time, the destruction of 300,000 human beings and (Continued on page 10) 1 f. S CllllTI~ I.F~ E naught(.•r of 1r. and Irs. H. II . D Ylin. • 8 • • • THE LOG - -- . "'~-- \ 0 .• "1 Published by uThe Champion Familyu as a Symbol of the Cooperation and Good Fellowship Existing at the Plant of tl!e Champion Fibre Company, Canton, North Carolina. Editors G. ·w. PHILLIP R. \V. GRIFFITH REPORTERS !.!ATTIE LEA'I'HER\YOOD . Main Olfice and Laboratory FRANK BYERS . _ . Wood Yard N. D. PRESSLEY . --·····-··--····-.--·-·-··-··--·-·······-··-·······-···-···· --- ·R· & A . JANIE BAILEY . _ . !finishing Room HARRY WILLIAMSON . . Book Mill GLENN HO,VELL ··--·---·-~·-. ·---·--·-···-··-···-··--··--····· --- ···--····--· Power • . E. JO . E CHAMPION "'YP SECRET }\.RY PASSES ON. ;:::::::====:::::;:=;'! OLO the ancient Greek Jangiver said 'If a n1an ends life well, he is of a Lruih the man " (ho n1ay rightly be te1Tned happy." We may meet life's problems fearles. ly but, when \\1'e face the great enen1yJ death, as we stand on Lhe bank of the great chasn1 which separates us f ro111 this lift and eternity, and '\Vhen the commanding officer sa)~s, "for"'ard march,'' jt takes a trong 1nan to meet the final chalJenge \~ith a sn1ile and \\·ithout a murrouJ·. Such was the spirit in which W. E. Jones departed this lif.e on July 24th. He died as he lived with a smile. His life and death may be . umm d up in the language of Shake. peare who aid : ( NoLhing in J1i . life Became hjm 1ik the lea\ 111g it, he ch ed .t\s one Vv ho had been .,tudied in lt i. d ath, To thro v a\vay the d ear ~t thing he O\~ n d, A ,twcr a ca ,·~less trifle." I!)uring the four yeal'6 he 1i . d ju Canton h rnarl f· many frH:~nd • he: did a good 9\ ork and Yl r . eJ t ui t t.:: ~ure hat a he ntered tl · pot al. of t hc.l Je . tinl City he \''as gr t ·d v~ tth th.r~ ~ . ko1rt <lj)pla ud · 'w ~11 done, good and faithful servant, thon has I :\en faith · f u1 ovel' a te\-v thin ltt ·l' thrJ~t jnto th • jtJV of llt l Lvrd." • .•. c . A. S P<'J'\•lary <•f l-h ' ( ' lu1 rnpion ~,)0 l L ~. A. nor Joeal urgani ~ation g r ·w UJtd f'i' ln. . .; f:>;_ulr· tShiJ), into thl• a,.r.,·IJd lar ·est iu the s l:tlt·. l h ) w~t:-J a ·ti¥P i lllil intc.:t't sf,·d in · ' l'Y t h a~c ( lf' '·Y,. wotl, IJu t perhap f '' h . t. '·1 11'k h did \VU~ t he org ·tnjza1jou of L.llc lioy'R f~iblf.: Gla . E«.tch Srtturda.v mo·rniug n luqn' lllrtnh<)r f1l ho y~ grt.thr ed at the" ,.~ ,. aud 1\-lr. J onc5 lold th(-'}':fl the s\.n . et story of J esu lh . aviour of t he \vol'ld. J· t . rHi1,.v only will reveal Lhe good accon1plished. 1:-Ie was a teward jn the J\1ef,hodi.- t l~p i sc•Jpal ch ut ch ~outh, and one of the most faithful n1 e n1be1~.- (Jf the church of vvhich he wa a rnen1ber. · To-day hi body lies i11 the cemetery at Grand l-tatJids, lVIichigan, but hi~ soul is with his Gud, and \-\-~i th r ever ence we bo\v out h eads and thank C~od fo1· ~ uch a spirit. TAILOR AND SMITH When And1·e\v Johnson -was g·overnor of Tennessee h e r eceived a hand-wrought shovel and a pair of tongs from Judge W. W. Pepper, who had been a blacksn1ith and was proud of his skill . When Johnson becan1e President, he ·elected a fine piece of broadcloth, and \vith his hand. 1nade up a handsorne coat foT Judge Pepper. J ohnson had been a tailor in his younger days, and conside1·ed hjn1self a master workman. The \Veakness of present educatio1ut.l n1 C?th od~ is that the h ead is trained and the hand are Jeft un killed. Every man should be able to make son1ething '·iLh his hands . Nothing else affords such real plea sure and sati sfactjon . REQUEST FOR SPI'~EO Rober t, aged s ix, ard ntly d . il·l·d a sist t, . 1n i ' · \~ told that if he 1~1·ay . d fur one n bab~ JHigh t ~vn1 ~. ~() he added to his night)~ ' pr~.' r~ p ·&itiou 1\1 -.l littlt sister. Hes ulis not c n1ing as ~uon H~ h ~ \vi h ,d! <: n\' tu~ltt he added: "lf y u hav • CI Lab) :llnto~l finJ ~h 1 d\.1n'i ' '"it l' put in hel tongiL O l' app \tH.II •• : t ~ th\;S' H ~U. ll) I ' t lv be cut out. an~' IHY\v .'' t\ '0 'PHE R ~l 'OTCll ~1"0H \" . · ot.c htn <ln~ ~ o u - 1 '' ant \ lsalf lltH.nld tlt l'ut ·l . 1 d b ut·, . lo \\TafJ it 111 lth.i.t.\ ·='pat ~·r. • • THE LOG 9 ~ ~· --- · --- ~ --- ·---.-.,_., 1i~.s l(u vkendall a student at lJe1·~a College du1·ing 19~7 -.28 iL. \ f,,-king in th., . 1ain OfricfA during vacation . '[he ~t(J ··y ()f .1i:. Kuy·kend}JJJ's struggle for an edut; ltion i inttTesting. \Vhile she 'Na~ :-:~til l in the g•·ad ·.·, b~f \\ridO\\'~d n1other \!\as take11 s jcl{1 and s he ~e:. corrt p~dl<:d tv leave ·chonl and g·0 to ~rork in a knitting n1ilJ tc )Jrovide the net·. s itl<,:,.:. of ljff, for ihe tan1il y. !Juring '.vlJich tin1e : he continued to ~tud y at homr) at uhrht. Lab.;r shft t·nl€rDd ~chool 'tnd al~o ~vurl<ed a~ tt"l ~ ph(Jne op ~rator in th(;! ~fai. Ofriefl arter ~ch(J(Jf hcJLl:t.-.\ anrl JJ: , aturd.1 \'. ' A1 t el' rf jJl"f,)Onged illnes~ h ;)r 1\fothP. died and .~hl1 "''H,. left alc.Jn · \vith a ci(•bt (Jf . everrtl hundred dollar~s .rhicl1 L 1 t f(~lt (Jhligntf d to pay. ~Jut. :-:h · \Va . d 't(:- rmin _d f.Ij fnrish Higl1 • "cho()j a11d g-o tu (·olJeg·t'. ~o, . .J1€ c oHtinut""c b, \vu; k aft_r schr;ul h()Ul ~, ull Satu;Jays artcl duroinS:, vaCt1i Jc,)J. !~itJaJiy the rk~bt 'Na;-s puid, and ~he gT~td ua t'·d fro rn I-1 i.Q h l cl1 O(;l in 927 c.tnrl en t( r d c< ,llege Ja ·t fa1L r.~tcile is exp tting to [Jttf~rdt _,crea oJlc ge tt~.'a in tl&is fal l r nd \'Vt:! ale tn·~1 lhat sh(• \A'iiJ fl lHl< · <•·ood. ~·~ --- ~ --- GfJ()J) \ Hlll T l AN,', CTT'IZI~ S Whatevc~1· ua){P.5 u1 ·11 good Chri. tia 11d uutk !--' U t r~ ru geod c i tiz·~n ·.- -1>a.ttiel lcl . ter. -~· --- ~---~ --- ~--~ --- ~--- l'HJ1~ GltE 'l'J1;~'f 'l'ltJ MPH 0~' ENGINEERING SKI Ll.~ liE building of lhe P) ra m1ds of F~gYIJt; the l lang·tng Ga rdens of BalJy lon rrhe 'ro~vet of BabeJJ and the Panan1a Canal cost a great deal a net \vere the result of vision, engineering skill , patience and years of hard la bor, bu l the gl'eatest monun1 ent e v ~ r r aised b) human hands, is Lhe great Wall of Ch ina. 1 t vvas erected by the Ch ine~e Emperor Shih Hwang-Ti who r eigned 246-221 B. C. Beginning ~' h er e t he mountain range comes to the sea about two hundred miles east of Peking, it follows t he ra nge westward to a point about thirty-five miles north of the capitaL At this point it branches, one line running nor t hvvest a distance of one thousand n1iles. T he oth er line r uns south. \.ve t around Peking, until it reaches the Yellow r iver, n1aking a continuou,. line of over two thousand miles . The -vvall vvas buil t as a protection again t the savage tribes of the northern country. These tribes would con1e down on fleet ponies and unexpectedly attack the jnha bitants of China, k illing and pillaging and carrying a \\ray ever ything of value they could. In building the \Vall the1·e seems to have been verv ' littJe t hought given to follo\ving easy \Vays. The \\tall climbs the steepest n1ountains, 1·uns through the deepest valleys and along the very edge of the greatest • • prec 1 p1ce~. 1"he ave1·age thicknesti of the \vall is twenty-five feet a nd the heig·ht being about thirty feet. The top i. paved \Vith la1 ge flag stones n1aking a plendid 1·oad"" ay for the quick passage of troops fron1 one place to another. When \ve think of the in1mense amount of labor and material required in its construction and the n1any years req uired to e1·ect the w·all, 'vhich n1ust have be;)n done altogether by 1nan-power, '.-Vithout our n1odern equipn1ent, ·we are an1azed, and are convinc.ed that l)O job i!) too b ig, for tnen \V ho stand togcthe1· and " 't•rk to,gether for i t~ accon1plishn1ent. Co-operation ~pells -success in an) und rtaking: wi t hout \Vhich \ve fai l. Ther fol'e, in the ·e de) .s of PXl t·~n, e l y c l o tH~ conlpPtition, lhe story of the building of the Chinese Wall is ~ goocl exanlpll' of \\·h(. t. can be accon1plished by co-operHtion and should in~pirt> t verr C h ~unpion en1ployee to greater ,tl'o ·t, so that uur pl'Otluct ntay he r <)cognizcd a~ the lH~ t c n the ll1cl.rl\et of its kind, and th ~J. t rrhe Cluunplon F'ibre Plant 1~ the '·safest, Clean a~ t and n1 osl l~ tf i ci nl in th 8oulh.'' lt \Vill be vd a~ n l>-ach one of U;o) d t~terrnith)S thal it shal be. Y ou' v<,) got to ha ve a tnighty good n1o u ~ tt-ap t h(.J · day~ to get people to walk a ha lf -bJoc'k out of t'h ir \Vay for it, and t hen they \tVOn' t buy unless you pron1ise delivPry th ~ ::;an1e day. A non. • t • • 10 THE LOG - --- ~---. --- ~._.,__., . ._.!.-\' --- ~ • , . ii ·= . ~ ( ""otH in d t r· n1 pag· ' 7 ) . l r p ~rt ) lO"'S f :ill t\llt unt. 0 ' 1' 'at ' l' f han \HH."'-half of our at ionaJ d t . du to ~1 u t: rn bih ac ' t d~ut s in our . tr e ls and hi h \\1ars. 'rh ~<:'are c )ld 1a " l~ J (C st:ld upon the e .~perience of t.h~ pt.t t. ugh l lH t tlns ~ tarUing . acrific~ of h nnHUl lif to be Rutl'ici · nt to jn ·ure to our afety progTan1 th\? n1o t lo~ a) and whol h ~c.lr te<l :=;uppor t of very n1an and \YOnlan in t.hi~ rou n tr~ \\-rhl) h:1: an in tere t in the can e f hun1an it v ·? • omparison of Saf t. of Pa. ng·er 1\cl\fel By ste-an1 Rail oad.; and u fo•nobile In 1913 there \\'ere 350 pa . engers kill d on t he .t \.n1eri an railroad . a con1par d \Vith 1 la . t year, vl' a reductio11 of 77 per cent. Of the 1 passengers killed in 1927, 011ly 10 of thern "~ere due to train accidents, the ren1· inder being due to causes lar g-ely beyond the railroad' control. Of the 25,8 0 persons Jd lled in ant omobHe accidents last year 8~ 600 \vere pas""engers in the car. This con1parison serves to cause a further appre-ciation of the splendid . afety achieven1ent of the r aih·oads of this country, and this feature is f ul'ther empha ized \\~hen ~·e knou~ that the raib.,oads of the United tates last year carried nearly 900 million passengers, or the equivalent of h3uling 35J'2 bjllion pas-engers a distance of one mile. Therefor e, t ravel by railroad train jn thi · countTy has reached a position not only of comfort, ease and enjoyment, but also of securi ty and safety as well. In fact the safe t place you can be today i . hen traveling as a passenger on a t·aih·oad train. There waa a t in1e when the hon1e occupied first position jn safet y, particularly \''hen you were asleep in you1. ow·n bed. Ho\vever, certain acciden ts that have occulTed duTing the past fe~· months ha e 1nade me sorne~rhat skeptical as to the security of your ovtn home. . .,. ot long since t \vo men were d1·iving along the tr ets of a ~ity in the State of re\v York. Fron1 son1e unknu\VJl cause they· lost cont rol of the st eering \\'heel, the automobile ran up over t.he sid~vval k and into the lobby of a hotel. The a utomobile is an absolute n ecesBity in the conduct of the business of the country, and p rogr ~s will demand not only il s- conti nuous use Lut a great er ext ension of its services. Therefore, it i. here to btar and by reason of this fact it become.· in1pera tl e- that v;e, in an attenJpt to provide a r<-::medy, not only nde: avol· to take ca1·e of th ::a Dl~e . :ent da.v net·ds l>ut of the f ut ure as v.,e11, and thiR .\?ill includ ~ the fPgulati ull of t he use of the motor vehicle so that it \vi ll ~ l'\7 t h(:l purpo. e for wh ich it was jntended. \'\'e mu. h \'e unifot-m )a\ in the r€ ·p(·(·th e s tate~ requiring a proper . tandar,d of <Ju~lfilica t ion "'o that operator: . of motor \1 ~hi<.:Je . · \'\rill be l ) . qoir~cl to meet a mental and ph . ieal t ~ ""t \-\1e 1nn. f ha\ ·rule · uf con· due o "';t n ing th upera tiHn of nto or f·ar · ::.,O as t u r "onabJ in uJ, safety on ou igh '"a~.,~ rf yaft' ic acci d en t~ l r·esent i1 CO«rJJM t ;l Li· ~ J y !1< ;tll(.! ot-1·pl ;)x'r.g JJrohlem. bnt. ,.v mu ·t r rn,;n h r t1 t t \ 1 . n1· • li\·hlg' Ill :t ('UU11t.1')' Pf lJYOg't'eS Wh ~ t• lcnl to ~o f ('and \1\' h n ! 'ht\ •v~ vl! t ' s to11 unt1l · l. ,,Jvf· th<.•rn. 'l'o do ~o \\C Jttus t lu.tv' :l rt•rnplct.e tnnl/ IJ~ta 1t ,ll v( COOU11Ullit~ fore<.· ·. \V' UJU:s-t haV(' th' lull t_;{, opt.! t·a Uon of all organ1zation. · a11d age net(' ·, c i vm, r,r_,, r LlrH ~ and oth '1'\\'.ise, havir•g one purpo:)t: to Ac. . rve th!! (~oJ·a-ervu Lion of human I if . \Vhi1e the ra.i1road oi the country d Ul'ing the pas.L 15 r ears have reduced employe dcaLhs 60 per cent and pas. .· enger death 77 per ce11t, yet the nun1uct· of fatalitie~ at 1aiJroad high\vay crossings during thi~ period has increased 110 per cent. 1'his has l>een due to a large increase in the nun1ber of automobile;:;, \Vhich, together \~.rith the extensive D'lileage of in1proved high' va . s, has i1t1111easurably ii1creased the volun1e of tJ·affic on the high.\-vays and over such crossings. The rail roads, how·ever, eaJ.·Jy r ecog:nized the crossing !Jt·oblem and itnmediately ina:u~gurate. d measu1'es that \Vou,1 d serve to nlinilnize th~ h.aza'l . ds at such eros ·ngs and thereby reduce the number of crossing accidents. 1n addition to the activities of the individual road~, the afety Section of the Anlerican Railv.'ay Association also became active and .five years ago forn1ed a special conunittee to study the situation so that safety etfort could be applied intel1igently and effectiv ly. The crossjng accident p1 . obJem is a subj ect \'tithin itself and will not be discussed at th.is tin1e, excepting to say that our immediate ren1edy is through a co-opel·ative procedul'e as bet\~een the raih·oads and the public. Oul' chief s ucces in the prevention. of accidents to our e1nployes lies in the spirit of co-overation between en1ployer and en1ploye, and if our contact \Vith auton"lobile ddve1~s V\'as as close a ~ it is \vith our employes and the 1·esponse to\vard co-ope.raLion \Vl s propcrtjona te, \ve would n1a terially reduc eros ing accidents i111n1ediately and eventually bring the n1 do\YU to an infinite. imal n umbet~. What is the Retuedy·? In pursuing accjdcnt preventi n it nla i tel\. n t \VIH~th e r il js on the railroad, oth -1· indu$tries, the home or on Lhc streets and higlnva. · ~ , L sue e d '' 'L rnu st give con&idcJ'atiul1 to thr<:"~ e fnn l.}lrn n1 n l~, nanl - ly , T~ngincet· iu gt Edurcttion and .u;nrorcenh.ant 8ngjne ·ring in its Ll·oades l Hsp ·ts in lude . t) ~\:i~ cntifie stnd of ac.c-Jdc nt~ nd tlh ' it ·au.-: an :: tl, • ··stabli slHnent of ~ nf,. l't)l'i lit ion~ t-tnd th' dl l1. nn1n . t lt\n of \\hat conMtitutt:d sat\.a pra ti(·<: . T·~ducat.i• n includ . ~ (I) tn l uf nt.lLion ,·ho tn he cau ~e." of tH.Tid nt!S aud (: . ) ~1 r n n1. in t ht: ln, livi u. l • the 11 · ·tl for pel'~Hnal ·an·fuln ' . Eufnrc ~nh~:nt 1n ·ans cunlpt.tlliug l h<: h ity L•J oJ :--egv I h ~a f• JH.,lcti t • ''hich t 1e fAHjol it . hav,, adOJ1tt''d \ ' t h.HlLafily 1 h )Ugh of dutaU 111. • tnn1 t- Sin 'P tduc~1t.ivn i th n ·~l fuudan ·nbll UJ)\l tl \ rt i~h t fh.: cth ~ saft·(y \\ rh can ~t_i b,t~e L ,,.~ rnu l l ~._ t~ n ho \ nut ;Jnl J at '' es ~HHI the pttblil· ·an D. d Ut:u t d. P UL J!Jn o£ Mr. and r ~. fl. G. Hamlett ,. . E\ S FROM THE FINJ ~HING RQO_t. Janie Bailie. rr===~ JY10 rc; those ,~·ho hav<-~ beet1 havjng v acaiio11S this n1ont h are, .1 i ~ \AI' U-te .J u~ice, liss &ssie ttoge1· ·, Miss Anna Fo ·d, l\1L·s G()orgi entt,}, 1lrs. Rov,e anrl 11iss Cora Lee Kir). .l. All . eem to have en-j Jyed tJ eir tt~ips and a 1~.) lookin$'.r r,. :::ted and refresh d. 1r. e. A (~la ·k \Va s out ftJ r ':7"PVe al days on ~(I('<JUtlt of illness, hut i~Ji at.>le to bf• J)a01{ 1TI the ,.1r b ag-ain. M1-. V. 1 :. • Hand, u11 ~ of Ol r rj ie S, ha8 )eft US cH.d e:xpcct.~ lO g( to Ohio in a f•~w <ht.vs. Wt~ t '<.~ o ·~ t; J ,.:;c ft. Holland a11d ho] H.! b< . will do ~en in his nt ' ' hotne. Ut <JCUl X d(.HJ:r IH~1ghbfJJ'" in iJJP 1.nne fficfl; .~ 1is .~t~rtie Wilson, i · in th.c ~lr:llTi\V(~thf•t H )f·)})itnl having ~cr 'run~il.'\ rernoved . She i1 • THE LOG fan1iliarl.~ 1 fl0\\'11 as 11 1\•J i. ~ ~ffiri n. v·~ in het' ofrir and a. \\·c kno,\v ·he rl~ ~crv '\ this title, sh is snr :._ 1.,. being nl i . s d. On the 30th of July, 1r. and 1\lr . Oliver 01'1' "'tere pl'e~cnted bV the Stor t~ \Vith a fine g pound girl, Glennie Rue. 1"he young lady and her n1other are getting along fine. lVliss Flora Niason who has been holding the record on the Sorting Line, has broken her own record, on the 19th. of July she sol'ted 100 Ileams of paper. At present Miss iason i taki11g 1\llrs. Lyerly' place as Forelad · of the Sorting Line. I\[rs. Lyerly is taking her va~ation. Miss Gladsy Stamey has come to our Department this month. She is on the Sorting Line and is getting along nicely. vVe are glad to have her \vith us and hope she '\Vil1 like her ne"· \VOl'k. . Ml' . W. S. Brooks and famj }y have returned from a 1notor trip through ~Iassachu setts and othel' points. They repor t a good tirnc. r;::c;::;;~ J !ERE is no outstanding news to r port fron1 the po\ver departn1ent t his tin1e. Everything seen1s to l>e going at a no1 mal rate. Bxcept th ;) ('}Jca<:h hoom" has stx·icken pretty hard. W read that 'an anpl \Vas the cause of Adan1's downfall, '' facL; and figures. how lhat a peach \Vi ii bl~ the ·aUS · of f-;0 11'tf\ f .llOvVR UOWn fall j.f t}le 000ffi J[L'1 t8 Very lnt.u!l, long r. J . C. Johnson, G u.v Wells, IJoyd Rt~ n o, Grn.d.v n g~l'-') "Sh ol·t ,n f hu·trr.·ll ~ nd otl1 ~ t·s patch "(1 up tlar~ir veh i Jcs, got ofl' a day f rrun \Nork and stlu·t ·d otr for et Joad ot" }lt'fl.4 •JJ S \Vith high hO}Jf' of su rc s uecess. vVh n iht:y r ct. uJ·ned and },(!gun to figure UIJ lheir profit it \vent :-;On1clhi ng li k -. thi};: A trip uf 200 t:nilcs and a day~ 11 \VO l 1\ M/Oilld be $7.83. Purch::u:ed 1 ) uu. lJ<~aches on the trees f{Jr 60c bu. th is \Vould be $6.00. When J . got bacl< h(Jmc I only had 9 bu. of good peaches and wa!:) oui at lea8t $13.83. T could have bought the 9 bu. for 85c f. o.b n1y door step, this would have been, $7.65 and f wa. · out $13.8?. t ow when Guy £-Temphill anrl Ham Enloe ftgured they stopped in Buncombe County and got their" at a much ch eape1· pl'ice and reported good peaches. Prosperity seems to be booming vvith son1e of the fel1o\vs jn the Steam Plant. E. IV1. Green is building a ne\v house in Clyde. Sam Jackson is bui I ding a ne\v house on his farn1 near Clyde, K. C. We are glad to report that the sick are in1proving and corning back to their \\'ork. -Glenn Ho,vell. • Nir. and ~irs. Harmon l\loore and family, together \vith lVIrs. iVIoore't; father l\1!1·. J. C. Fisher, recently· returned fron1 a visit to their old home in Pennsylvania. Roaring pring·s, Altoona a nd I-Iollidayr- burg. They moto1·ed tht·oug·h the count1·y a nd visited n1any interesting places. They traveled throu~.d1 the valley of Virginia stopping at Bristol, Salen1, Lexington and Staunton. Geor·ge:' 1Ii vc~ly and fatnily 'A·ho spent their vneation in l-lan1iJton. Ohio, and other northern eitie~. rec ntb 1teturned r po1'liug ~t good tin1e. .Wl r. Gus :od \ aud farnH v· and • • lVll'. cd Williatn~ nnd fan1ily spent th' \Ve( k of August 5-11 ~1t c~tn1p }-lop 1 • ---,.--~--- ()ll.llECT To1n tn:v \Va~: ha i ng a lessou iu a l(lition. 'L't.-:ach r : ·l'r'h \rt1 are I lr. Jon 'S, ~r~. Jotl ,·~ nnd th t; . baby; ho'~' nHUl.V ar th .ll'P '?'~ ' ~'<:Hnn1 . : H'fw ,, and one to cru:.ry. , 12 --- ··- - • • I' • ---• - 11 C 1\ I{_ 1~ I ' G R .t H t\; l\1 BREAD 2 \.!ll ps ·w h.i te flour. 1 cup un;-ifted grahan1 tlour. 3 tea"' poon" baking po,vder . 1 1 _ cup · .: \Yeet n1ilk. 1 e g. 1 tea poon salt. 1 cup raisin:. l - e seedle rai in , cleaned, fioured and put through the coa1-. e disk of the food chopper . ift the \vhite flour thoroughly \V1th the salt and baking po\Yder and stir the unsjfted graham tlour thoroughly "·ith it. Beat the egg and then beat the n1ilk '\vith it. Jake a crater in the dry ingredients and pow· the liquid part il1to it gradually, jncorporate the t,,.o and then add the floured raisins. Pat over the tup \\ith a poon wet in co1d ~·ater just before putting it in the oven. In baking this the oven rna) be hot at first but the heat ~hould be lO\\-ered shortlv after for the • continued baking. Dates o · other fruit may be u ed instead of raisins.' . This recipe " 'ill make four or five loaves of the 40 x20 )nch s ize. (Thi. bread cut thin and sp.-·ead "''ith plain butter n~ ~ be ahnost Jike cake and is excellent fo1 afternoon teas, dainty Sunday night supper., to eat 'vith crisp radishes for picnics, etc., and a good a lternate for the pean ui br·ead.) 'f'rV a fev,,. cinn~an on Ol lS V:\ 1 PO • next rnaJ<jng brt:ad. 'Jake :Jt1 . uf the dough when , (~ · dy to ]JUt int(, the pano, roH it th in, ,,,.(' d with "t n1j · ttJl' "> of oft buttel·, .~ ugc. r· : nd cinnarnvn. Roll up, curt in t._, i11Ch < r m,o1· I ngth ~, (~t in c.t vn~ . t !'" ~ l pan, cut .- jde dO\\~l· t t 1·j ' I! 4ttl t Lake the :·ame as J 1 ~· d. -• THE LOG - . . 2 ··- -·~ --- ·--~-!=-4~& --- ~-~ne-as~·~·~a-us-0 ~-~-~ ~,.,_· ._., _70~·- ·. . .,. .,. . ---= • • ' -- • • ~ • • - •• -• C'()}1'JlEE CAK·E ~ cup$ }lain b read spong . 1 egg. t+ tea:spoon cinrtamorL ~ tablesvoon butter. 1.4 cup ugar, or n1ore. • :2 tablespoon candied ol·ange peel, cl'ush ed. 1 ~. cup fio u1·, about. Get the ponge by using standard bread recipe, mixing only half of t he tlou1· into Lhe liquid at . ta1·t . and --etting to ri e till double. Beat the egg, add ihe '" Ugar up to one-half cup Inay l>e used orange peel and cinnamon and beat. Add l.>u tter barely tnelted and beat again. Using a spatula rnix this mixture into the 2 cups of bread sponge, then add the flou1~ litt le by little to tnake a light uough. ~r ol'k thorough 1 · f Ol ' ten or fifteen n1in\.1te., cutt ing and beating \.vith ibe spa tula. Put into a cake 1. in and pread, let l"i "'e un t.il Lop i . comparativ l.v . mooth, then brush over top \Vit.h ' '. t1·eusel'' a nd bake jn an OVE!n ai 350 d egree~ o l· a little auove, for half an hour or a little n1o1·e. Instead of adding the st re,ving n1i xture, hake and add a \Vater icing wjth a l n1 o nd ~ cut in ·pli nis. A qu icl· \va.\ to chop on ion v 1·: fine js to hold the onion in Lh lc rt hand, w lJ dO\VlL ~ljth the r·igh t hand stdkt· Lhe lup or th onion l'~ p ·at1•dJy 'vith c. sh(1 rp l<nife, . <) t haL. it nak ):-5 c Jllstd ruble o1' H ·u t. K · ··p ur·laiHg- lh · onio11 t.H·nun 1 attd <1 r o IJ n d ' i tl1 t h l u f t lt and. \V h ~ n tlu> pif. c.~e. . 1., v l"Y ~n1all j n:st .,c1·np~ Uhern off \-V it h th · l.J:.tel\ <Jf tire 1 nifit~. \-YIIJTE SHOE OltE S~ a rJG C1·ean1 of tartar, :3 ounces. Oxalic acid, 1 ounce. A lurn, 1 ouneP. l\-1ill{, 3 pints. lVIix and rub on the shoes. vVhen they are thoroughly dry, rub then1 ·with a mixture of prepared chalk and magn esium carbonate. \ !EQETrAB.LE FILLING Crean1ed celery may be u sed for this filling or an acceptable mixture is 1 cup 0f peas, 1 cup of cooked and diced potato, 1 cup of carrots put through the meat chopper and cooked a little onion, and rna vbe a ' tablespoon of chopped pa1·sley. lVIake a 'vhite sauce for the~e 'vith 1 r ~ tablespoons of butter, 2 level tablespoon s of flour, 1 cup of n1ill\ and seasoning to suit. 1'0 LEAN L.-\ <.~UERED GOOD~ Papie rn1ach e anrl lacq ne red goods nUl.\' be cleaned pe1·fect l" b\ • • rubbing thorougl1 ly \Yilh a past rnade of \Vheat flour c-1nd oli' otl. A ppl~.( \\-ith n bit or ~oft t1aunc:.:l l' oJd lin n. rubbing hard. \~· ip fl' and poli::-.h l>v ruul>ing· ,,,ith . n )ld s 1ll, handkt rch h.~ f. A . i tll pi<· Oh' l hod is to put ~ lit tt~' ~hrn a HI tnoniu ill nHhi 1·at\ h· w·, t·n • \\'"tel'. c.lan1peu a flunnel \\ith it. and g~ntl .' \\·ipe •\"·• lht: punnt·d ·urflH?:f'. No sc1·ubl.Jing is llt!Ct\ . . ~tu· , . • • --- lH.Ej L >G •---• , , N 1 4h • r ,n > 'If $ »r • o!S e e a) -~t;.~.·; --c. --- ~--,, , • • • 1 TE STERLIXG ERi\ON DOUTT Son of J\1 r ._ and ~ r . Fred Doutt 'TAT _ . P BLIC I- E LTH ~ 'ER,rlCE ir t- id • e hod for Treating the jured ~ Ul-tGEO . GE -ERAL 1-l. J • Cun1ming, of the United · t! tes Public Health . ._i· ic )' advises that ever~ one L~' ·orne familiar ~'ith fi1·si-a1d methods for treati 1g th ~ injured. Firstaid has been d(-lfinecl < s the temporary care of an injured per :~on by simplE: con11ll'Jnsense methods, ba'""ed on p1inciple.:) of n·!0dic-ine and ourgary, that rnay be apptieit (1asil y by pe1· ons not prufe~: iou~ lly 1 ;;uned in those subject . l t should be noted that ihc vvork uf firs aid eea~ . e. 'vhen the inJuJ·~=~d per. on has been tu cn~d over to the care of a phyr:;ician. 'Vhen it is ·e1ne1 1be1 t:.: tl that over 28,000 e ·sons at c killed h1 lh<· United States each .V. t;( r JJv tr·atri . acc1dt=nts tha is1 tjy auto• nobJlP. ·:dlt(i~d, stre<:t car ac(·idtnt.\ "tc. -over 13, JOO by fe:• ll ·, t no tf~ tha11 h,OOb e ch b. bu1 lS :._ ttd d1 uwuing, and n 10re tl,<- n 27. 100 by oth r ;Jcc. itl ~n tal 1ncJ, 1 • ·, or a total uf ntu1· · t! an 80,000 lJ·~r tJte.~ ki li ~·Ll ar d ov<~J· two iTlilJ i(;n addjtional s riot~t · l v iu- • jured by accillPJt L· in th ~ nited • tat H each ~'"e a.r , t h jn)port· nee uf fir. t-aid ca · i, , t on e•~ ( bvioll . The above doe · not include the n1inor inj uries, for \·vhich there a re no statistics at the present time. The con1mon injuries include \vound ,,-j th bleeding and possible infection., di slocation and fracture of bones, burns, including those ca u ~ed by chen1icals and asphyxia., or cessation of re piration. The principles upon 'vhich first-aid are based are as fol1 o~'S : "F'il·s L, cleanliness in caring for all open 'vounds. Persons adn1inistering fu·st -aid . hould be in tructcd not io to uch or put anything on open wounds e~t e pt a d1 y stet ile compresR ot· bandage compress. A lJa ndage co1np1·ess, 'vh ich co n ~L t t)f ~eve 1 ·al thicknes"'CS of stex·ile gauze ~P \Vt:d to the midci1 ~ of a ~trip of tnu ~ J in, is used to cover all open \Vounds. ,l,hree s izes of con1- PJ :---.~<3S are used la1 ·ge, m editnl1 , and ~rn:.-t ll. A t~riang-ul ar b8ndage. and sn1alL 'l'he co111press should u tu.d.ly he covered by a pr tectiv ~ dr • sir1oo. A triangular Landage has l>cc~n f0und very :-;ui table for this pu' pose, as it can bt-.t a l po iti J • ~ud a n· lnra\ on · 1 r pra ticablt. · n? bein tal, on not lo ITlO\ ~ t h injured part unn .)ce"' aril~· . \\ lc ll l) added s11int . u1· held in plclc,, l ~ crav:1 t bandage . Fifth, burn are treated, afi.e1· ren1o al of th·e clothing, l>~· u~e l r sterile or sterile picric acid gt-1UZ(;: and an outer dr " in g. a." a triangutar bandage, to hold ihe gauze in place and xclude lhe air. 1'he exclu . ion of air i'"' hTlp r tani. Precautions of cleanliness "'hould be ob et·Yed wound . as , La led , 1or open r~ixth, ' hock} or vital depre ion. ,,·hich acconipanie ~ all injurie to son1e degree, i t reated by l'eeping the p-atient lying d0\\11 at rest; keeping him \J.·arnl by covering him -v;i th blankets or clothing, using hot \Yater bottles, hot bricks, or sit'nilar means, ajcling ch·culation by rubbing the extremities towards the heart, but nol away f ro1n it; and by the use of common stimulants, a hot coffee or aron1atic spirits of ammonia. Seventh, transportation n1ay be neces"ary to get an injured man to a place of safety, or to a more conlfortable location, o1· to get him io a hospital and a physician. The methods vary \Vith conditions, but the principle of transporting him so tllat he ~: ill vuffer no further jnj ury, is important, :w·hether he is · transpot"'ted on a stretcher . or by one, two, three, or more pers Jn . In um1narizing. ffie mo t important thing in the care of the injw ·ed per. on is PPEVE~ 1TIO_ T the reduction of accident. to a mh1imun1 ba- educativn and legi lation. But as this minirnum ean never Le zet o, it is Vt'ell to b !ar in rnind the fundan1en ta1 pr1nciple in fiJ·st.-aJd care, wh ic:l1 a1· as follow : l . A . eps•s Of cleanliness j n car-ing fo1 op n rvou nd . 2 Conttol of hvTnvt'"rhag£"' by pre:-suf . and po~1ti «Jn of injur(\( part. · 3. ,. a:tmc-n · 0f -·h.(j~k by ~ -·p- ~ng J,atient at rest nd wa1111 and 1 .\ tri ing- : inlplt\ ~ t i nnlf el n t ·. J . . "\rtill f.f:tl t 't.'~pi rat.io H in a ~Ph . x ia. t 1~) t.1 ie slH>cl, , <,)tc., ('OnalJin~ d \Yilh { h U ~< o f j)\ll't.- o") J.(t-! 11 in arhon ll1t)l10 ict ) eases. f"') . ~1 sis in L1 atlnc·nt of burn~; prot ction fron1 ai r i r lh1s c·1n b ' don "it h a8 pt.ic nH)Chod : antis~ pt1c aud ~o n1e reUef of pain })y use r picric acid gauze. . 6. lnunobUizalion of dj locations and fractu r es. 7. T1·nn portation by n1elhods that \\·ill not increa · .; the exte11t oi' the inj u1·~ . T n addition to the ben efit gained by the early care of the in. itn·ed, fir t-aid ha ~ been found actually to tend to lower accidents by n1aking people n1ore careful. __ _,_ __ ,._ _________ ---:-::--. - See~ t Others See "Vou. • • I ~ . - . . 'rhe clean shop be the ~afe . h p. is o1ost lil.: el v to • • lie f · Evc1·y Jd &s in ioxi<.:a t.e~ n1 e, da rling. vVou ld ynu Iii'· n1•; to be a dl"Unka' rJ .?,. . he ·•\VtJII. _\'Ps, on t.h · C Jll li-tion U1al ou don,t tn i • \ OUt' • dl~ink ." 'Fhe \\CH·kmun \Vb<J n .:vPr rual ·t>-=thP (Jpportuni~.Y to n Jlit- 1 o~itions Of tire l f •i1l·e:-.-L flH . tingui~ht'l'S \Vh ·n h• d.) sn't 11 d thc·rn rnuv • rj' lt;;tV • : to clo . , ' rl\!ed thc.nn. v ·r. gt fltl ot:~purt u n i tr hen lh s tltlLh: nlv lc.,·s • • I WtHil to f · ·pr~·s lJ\\ a.vr,r l>~iat. ion through tA t<! col• n1n.; of 'f'h . r . og lo the 01<-tnag )men t. (•f 'fh . Chan1pion Fibre on p;l.nv ~nd n1v • • cO-\\ Ol'kers in t~h e i\J.~ch1nes tJe.· partme nt, for (he pri vileg of attending the Blue Jtidgc 'I ndu~tr ial Confe1·ence, \Vhich ''as he1cl Augu ' t 2-5. It wa~ one of the n1ost intcl·e~ting n1eeli ngs 1 have eve.r had the prjvilege of attending. And lh 1·ough its inf1 u en c~ and the things 1 learned while there, I s hall be a better employee, a better citizen. and a better foreman. I an1 especially pleased becauHe my attendance at the conference \vas made possible thl'ough our good accident record du1·ing the past twelve n1on th , and I . ha ll in the f uture endeavor in every \vay to er1courage safe practices jn m ,. • department, so that during the coming year our record 1nar be ~ uch , that the n1achines departlnen t may have the privilege of sending a delegate to the tenth ann ual conven tion in 1929. May I say to. t he bo.'· in n1y department, let's play afe all ll'H· lime. One carel s a ·t on our part lilight cause a .:e l'i on~ i11jur~ o1· death. lVI r \h ish is that d ul'i ng L h ~ n t t, \ \' \. l ., 01 0 l1 i h :'; \V \ \ l J1 fi'l Cl }\ L' l h l>l~ ·t r jcord '" ha v c · P n1 H.lc. YotH· . t1·uly, I ~ E 1 1 \\' 1 1 l, LA • t . i\ nch )\lt fot ' \ t.: 1 f'" ntrk n1. n ' d i •tl. Th ;\ ·h·t· ~' nl.tU, wh\ \\a ~ uung- :111d th'\\ t., 1 h ]':: risll. 01Llught 1t ·:t fittinK '-l~l rtunltr t ') · 1U aud con1fort llh· viloY~. " ) t'U ll'Hl~l l\~)l g1 i"~' . hE t ld h 1 ···J he hod~ th~ t lh·~ tht' 't' i lHtl ,\"u lll' hn:--h&ill . Jt ~:;s 111 l' ly H 11usk. un t 1lll]1t ,\ =--h~ It the nu L~gun t • h 'HV~H." • --~. • ,) • ~ -- -•-- THE HEDGE OF THORN • • F-~ 1'1fEL lived in the country n a village not far fron1 ~· ·::::!;.'.~on don. Every morning she '' ent to schooL 1 o,,., the road ,,~h ich she had to go by turned into a field, \vhieh \Ya fenced by a hedge of thorn . , and at orne places J1<=' had to \vall< clo e bv the. • thorn~. Gne day Ethel stun1bled ju t ,,-h,ln L·he '"·a ~ close to the hedge. ~be feU on her hHnd a1nong the thol"l1 . \V:eeping IJitterly, and looking at the hedge she said: " ·ou na~t. , ugly hedge~ Of \t ~ hat u~e can you be? I \Vish you \\ere bm. nt do~·n at once.' The next rlay Ethel again pas.<;ed "he same V\ra ,\. . Just befo1·e h~r ·i\·ent a fL ck of sheep \vjth a she.p-he" ·d behind fhen1 . The sheep kept c o~e b~· the hedg~, and left li ttle ufts 0f their wool ~ticking on the thorns. And -see! at once a hundr~ d Jittle birds come anti pick up the \vool, v. ith M'h ich they fir a 'va;v a~ quiel<l,v as the.\ can, to m~l\e nest~ for their li tle one . \iVh n Ethel sa:\v this, she fe lt hO'\Y fooli h and 'vicked had be€n. . her '"'i h, and she aid to herself: "I an1 very glad that m .\ · \V.ish has not bcer1. g an ted, a11d the hedge burnt ck;v.tn. I no v see that there is a goud use ._. r ved thorns and tl1 iRtles." <. ven b \' • A l:IEA\'ENLY 'JSI(J 1 '[o a hoJ · heart i;- vuucJ ~ ~afcd ~ • h eavc~nl vi . ion. I~ve}'; t hat ar .'1 ' . cl a t'ed of the n1 i. L of ~ i n behold undimm~d the face <,f tlh Lord.--:-:r~ choes. • -~ . • • -- -• THE LOG --- a.·-- a -- - Sin1pl Sin1on n1et a 1 j n1an rOing to the fair • ' r ay. jJn ple , in1orl to the pi en1an, "Let n1e ta te vou r \·V at·e." • Says the JJien1an to Simple 1 in1on, " ho\v me first ) our penny. p . a:y" in1pJe imon to the pieman, '"Indeed I have not ai1 v." " Simple Sji110n \~·ent a fl hing ~'""or to catch a \Vhale; · A1l the \\·ater he had goi \iVas in hi n1oth er' · pail. Sin1 pie Sin1on went to look If plu1ns gre\1\r 0n a thistle· lie prick'd hj fip.gers very 1nuch \"' h ich n1ade p oor imon \•vbistle. HE WARM COlN TRlCK Pface nine. or ten coins in a hat -A I low on~ or 40u r audience to pi c.k. a coin rrom Lhe hal, holdin<¢ it. Lwo or lhree minutes lhen dropprnq, it back into th~ hat. Shake the hal 5o t.haL the coins are mixed up. +1 ave onQ. of \.fOUr audie.•Ke to bli'nd- r=:=~ told 400 . T he cho s.<'n <.om is de te(.ted b4 lh() warmth 1t has contracted from the per ~ons hand. .~ing, :.->i ng, \l\1hat sbalJ I ~ing '? Pn s~ Ita. stoh::n t.he }Judcling . tring! I J o. do. '\' h a t · h all I do .? • Pu ~s ha~ bit it (41dte in t'vo. • 15 -:r • - ~ ~ --- --- ~ There was a n1an in our Lo\vn, And he \vas wondrous \vi s
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