The Log Vol. 18 No. 12

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.• • • • • • • THE LARGEST BOOK PAPER MACHIN~ IN THE WORLD THE STORY OF PAPER --Told in pictures-­Pi: ctw:e No. 8 Paper Machine Fran\ the beaters the ~'·ood nbres paJS ·11 \·ougb the J o.rcl a.n~ . a cone-:;l"~aped q lrn­tlrital J.na-..h4n~ w-ith re\.oh ing core th.a( <;:an be adJUSted in and our. H ere the la L stag·e ot h-n:irariun is effected. The fibres are then pun·1ped to the heaJ ho:... on the paper n1achine · and rlow by gra-. ity to }'ou rdrinier end of n1achi ne, 1. here the thickness and uni fornJit) of the ... heel i~ formed, F }{jfn t.be Foun! rinier end 0i the Jiraper machine: the snee.t c,; paper pnssei O\tl · the s"'.:.tloh co-uch· "\Vhel'e a certain amount of "' ater is remon~d, and as it ~ :P tl'lJrtmgh ] 2. aJ1d 3 pre;;:; ralls the nhres are prc~secl tightJy together, thl:I.S fom1ing a ~heet :::.f e'en thidme~s. The sheet ~f paper rhett pa!~d- !''h~~r drrer;. heare<1 b~ ttea'1.1. to remo··e rhe water from the shefft. From the drye-rs it passes t hrongh the cal,...r'iders, co~nposed of Sl~..wo h :;red roll ;. whi" h give the sheet a desired polish. lt 1 ~ tht_'11 cut into cl1e tksirecl wid th~ and ma'Je into rolls. ., JANUARY, 1937 VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 12 · Published by "The Cham.pion Family" The paper for this magazine is made in our plant out of wood from the forests of North Caro­lina. We manufacture many grades of bleached Sulphite papers, Machine Finished and SupeT Calendered. · • I • • resstn er Giinding ealendex rolls foT "B~' n1aehine is a man's size job. 'l"'he picture above sho\\rs the bottom l~oll, ol one of the calender s tacks, in the monster lathe being g-round and polished. The roll is a solid piec€ of steel 34 inches in diameter, 28 f eet long and v1:eigJ1s 34 tons . • .. D UH.l:\\G 1936 we bad an exceptionally good Safety record. Five departments made a perfect score and the entire plant '"-ent six n1onths of the past twelve 'vithout an accident causing lost tin1e. We hope to do better durin g- 1937. In fact .. HA year w-ithout an accjdent," js the goal '''e have set for our­~ elves~ \ 'e can make i t, and \\'ill, if each employee r e­sohre. e to play safe. Sorne of our forernen, as weH as son1e employees, J1ave not entered into on1' safety prO'gTrun wholehea.l'ted­ly. They have noc taken accident J}t·event ion seriou. ly -mereJ~ );laying at it. H.ov.·ev~1·, if it should bt> 11eces­. ary to use discir;liuary n1ea.sures to convince th~n1., they win have no one to hlan11! bnt t h P.Jn~elves . It is difficult to believ<a ti14t there L a fo rcJnan in the Cla.H1JpirH1 organl~(ltion th:lt io;; not in t (2l"eted in the ~:det · tJf tho f: 'YuJ·l·n•g ulluer liis ~up cvistOJ.L Pot·haps tbcy thirlli they ;.u·e intt!r·e~t~·rl, t nd :tl\~ ~ Hr1e­wh~ t, but n,>t to th~ f"X ,.~nt 1hrlt th~\· rnal L' ;l t11eir bu:si n es~ t<J plr'v· .. nt nn; afe }Jracbc .. ~tilCJ : ~c ·11 J ('t:teh Jtl~l1 perfof1 1 tf. hi ~ '"n,d; in ~t r-~-.il .. wa ~·. TJH•i 't~ i: nu u. ~· f<,r US to kid ul.lr ehP. al;ont \~h,. i- r. f"'lu .. ihlc 1;1) 1· UJ;-4 • accident p-revention# It is the foren1a.n of course, and unless he is a s afety s upervisol' ac-cidents ·wiU oc-cur in his depa.rtn1en t . The foren1an is · ' vell a~val'e of the fact that he i5. 1--esponsible for r esults in h~ depa1-tmen t, and r esents any interference. "'· hy some foreinen do n ot accep t t he r:esponsibili ty f o1· accidents and use the .. an1~ m1~thod to prevent accident.st that he use. to accompli~h results in any- oth er phase of hils ·work, js r a ther dif­f icul t to understand. A lar ge lll.1n1oe1· of our for ernen a re deeply in ten:1St· ed in accident prevention-have accel)ted it as a pa1·t of their ,--esponsibilit.r as a fute ll1tan, and a:s a rt'snlt \ a can expect n good aeci den ~ 1 eeord durLng· 1987. l lfl'\\·­ever. we hope to enlist e cr.\- f o1•en1dn in the g reat fi gf1t to rpduce inju ri ~ to ;t lHinirnunL 1~1nploy e . rem .. ruber ·hi lc lhe r esponsibility of ;IC ·iJ ent pr".l.\. entinu re ' nn t.h Jol'{•rna11, it is also up lo· ~(J ll t 1 t ~ J e ~u ~ nf .\ H\U·~ ·Jf. lt L· ~\ our life <lllri tirnb that i in dnn ~u r . th refon'. don't tal~c cl 1 ~1n<•es. Al \:l.':~ J c CHi 't)r'ul t fa~ $~(P- Lltinl t.w forC" • ou {\('t . tJ.J n:i t hl:n de t s:•f ·t "·. H r ou d. l l 't ,\ (~l tTI(l\" l (1 ~Pt h u~ly JlljUH.:•d nt· pCt*h{qr· ~ &fit l • - \ 0 r OP'f I C'. l'<'hn on~ of ihe l'l·\g·in~ll thiriN"*n .~tnt '' , .J... i~ ~ e· ll )d i1i 1Hit r of Cl : rles 1[.. l~ing of I::ng­~ 11d. '' 't grant.~d th) eh ~ l'ter t<.' t ht' Duke, f .. Jb 1na.rl ') · nd otlh ; c.=;4 l t ~t H:\ C'ltes 11ve hunrll·M nJHt•s fron1 c" ' t to ,-.·est. · he h··ng- ro·tg i"~ l ,\· tJ~•l ng ular . ..,hnp<:'\l ~ ·estern . ·treu1ity i ~ ·ss tl ,·:t:n t\'\. ent~· n1 ilt:~ .n )<i. , " 'hJJc i ea.st -l'Jl ·nd pr ... ads out to t1 breadth of about t,,~o hundred nlil .. . 1 t ~ ea · 52.67 sqnare tn i l e~ . of \,~nich n1 or~ thal"l 4. "l 0 " qu~l.r 1 1il '\ arc coy r \,;d ' >~ " ·: ter . The State of • T r th Carolina is dh,ided into 100 "'OUn ics. On lh dis~olution of the P:roprietax. · Govern­n1~ n 1, the Province o[ .... orth Carolu1a " ·as divided into t hree counti~ Albe11H.\rle. Bath and Cla:renden. To- • da.r. th<.:se thre ~ counties exist only by n~nne. Per g1.111llfl.Il:o\ C 1unty ,y~ the eal'liest settlen1en l in _ -Grt11 Cru-oHna and de"' :ves its name from the tribe of Indian~ \\he once " ·ere O\\ ner ... of the land in that sec.­- ion. re,-g ujm lli:ns Count~ is in the north-eastern part of -.he S t.ate. I t. is bounded on the south by .A.Jbemarle Sound on the east b.· Pa quotan.k Coun tv, ·on the north 1)y Gates County and Dn the \vest by Cho\\·an County. Hertford, Ute ~oun.t ~r oow11, i ~ situated 011 C. S. High­.,, ·s: • "'urn ber 17, a bout 170 miles east -of Raleigh. John H. Vt heeler 's History of X orth Carolina say.s : · Aith11ug1, the English landed in 1.584 on the shores of _ orth Car oli'i!a, after repeat ed atten1pts the settlement \vas abandoned at that time. The first per-manent set­' 1~:::n1~n1. ·. 1 a~ fo1111ed af ter t L.e expulsion of the Quakers frG 11 Vir-ginia in 1662. In that yea1· the King of Yoepin :rn ians gran c;ed to George Dur ant. the neck of iand 1Jet'\\·een the Little River and the Perguiman's River." New· Ha.Yluver County \Vas f ormed in 1728, and called :n hor,(,r of the House of Hanove.r, then on the E.r'nghsh t111·0:ne. J-Ianover Cc,unty is s i t uated in. the southeast­. E:rn par t l'f the ~ta~e . lt ll$ bounded on the 'tvest by the Cape F eaJ anrl 2out:.h R iYer s., fJD the south by the At- 1~ ut·t: Ocean, on t .t ~;. ast b:,~ Onsla\\ County and on the north lJ_. Dupii~ wunty. ;~ ,~·ilmin~~n is t!'le count:· ~ eat, called )n' con1pb­! Tlent tD the Earl of .,ilmin gton, the nobleman to \Vh.ose ·_.atronage Gvcrnoi John-::.ott (itl 173~) 'vas ind..-bted 1 o .. l;.is office. It \\ &.S origina lly c. tlled Ne\vton. ' Th ~r·e is no J.>Oi tion 0f : rvi-th Carolina Jno.re early c .. ~d more since el) de·1o-ted to HbE:rt.V than ~e '' Han- '" er. Long befr,re the Rev-olut:on, lts jnhabitants, led b/ J,Jl H A.:h e1 &ho:v:ed indoraitable r esi&ta.nce t o the ty ra..t.nical ac t ~ of England. This sect ian o£ the count.t·y· T"vas more ex }Jo ~ed to t he l>l'e ~nee of the enem.: than .an:· vart af our l.·~.ate, and n ~ . e eh ow~d more O})JJOSi· tion .. :'In Jul~r 1774, en the Bcston port hill being en:t(:t ed t;. · Pa rli ~.ment. the Cj1J zens of \ V:i li;aington me and .. • • • erz(:' tl:ttoJz tzc • 01 t ~ dcclurerl, tho t:.t\t~e of Boston, the con1mon causf' of An1eri<.·u. ln the next n1onth, the cjtizens of l lanover County s n t. by Parket· Quince, a !Ship loe1d of pr-ovis ­ions to theit suffe1·ing brethren in Boston. ' 'Jn J une 1775, t he cltizcn~~ of Ne'v .Hanover fo1~1ed au ~~odation for defe nse of their liberties wi th the citjzens of Brunswick, Bladen, Duplin and Onslow; de­clared theiuselves r eady to go forth and s~crifice their Uves and fortunes to secure the ft·eedom and ISUfeiy of the countrv. \Vhen Governor l\lartin sum1noned his • 1\iajesty's Council to attend him on b()arrl the Sloop-of- \V3l', in the Cape Fear R i er, January 1776, th ~ com­mittee informed the men1bers, then and there, tha-:: they could not,_ consist~nt with the safety of the coun­tl~ y, pennit them to att end the Gove1~nor.n The first conflict in this co untl·y~ with the Britjsh, occurred at Moore's Creek, in Ne\V Hanover County·, on the 27th of February, 1776. (T-o Be Continued in the Next I ~ ue of This Magazine) 'Fjnd me the n1an :who s uits the place; not the man the place would suit. Napoleon. -------~~~------------------ , JtLc:;t as the Easter \vedding was getting under way, the best man noticed a worried look on the face of the Seottish bridegroon1. "\Vhat's the matter, Sandy?'' he whispered anxiously, "hae you lost the ring ?'1 "No," responded the Ulihappy· one, "The ring,s safe eno/ but, mon, I hae lost ma enthusiasm." Rosie \-Vas just home after her fit·st day at school. . "Well, darling, ·what did you learn?" asked her fond rp.other. ('Net much/' replied the child. "J1ve got to go again." The actress whose engagement had just been an­nounced was receiving the congratulations of her many friends. One of t hem said to the radiant gil·l, "I hope you are going to be very happy." The bride-to-be smiled. HQf course I am. Rob-ert adores me and so do I.., The absent-minded accountant was in a state ot complete abs traction wh~n a teicgram arrived for him. Teadng it o.pen he discovered that he was the father of t riplets. • ·'Any reply?" asked the n1e.ssenger. • HEr yes/' said the accountant. {1Tell then\ lo chec.lc the addition !11 • Picture l\/l ~lde .. 1n l 92 2. Recently we disc0vered the abov·e pictut·e of the ~' Dinner Crcnv.d ·· or th~ n1anager·s Cabinet, fn our files. 1"'he picture we.» n:tade and published in the Septernber i"' .. ue of The Log in l!.l22. ' T.l'lis picture brill:g.s back pleasant n1ernories of day·s gone by~ Reacting fron1 left to right,, the.\· aTe : Front ro~ , 6etttted: A. D. \Yood Geo. ~L Trost,eJ, R. J. Sprang~ (Uncle) Joe Clark, F. W. \~~inchester, Torn l\1arr, D. 'V. Bhmey, \iVn1. B-attison, and C. S. Badgett. Standin.g : C. . Bryant, G. \"',T. Phillips, lvV. J. Dial, V\-. E. Roberts~ \\~ . R. Crute, C. E. S1J1ith, and Reuben B. Rolrel,tson. Sr. • rnree of the n1en in the picttu·e have passed iltto the great be~~ond : (Uncle) Joe Clark, F . V\l . \'\iinchestet and Thon1aB 1\Iarr. D. J' . .l(e1T. ·w·ho wa-s also a mrunber of the Cabinet.. and was. a.b sent when the picture wa~ n.1ade, also pass·ed ::yway a few y·ea.rs ago. A. D. \J\Tood. D. V. Blaney, C. S. Badgett, W. E. Roberts, and vr. J. Dial are at the preoent time con­nected Vv~ith other ftnns. Sad, and marked change ' ai•e oftilnes n1ade,~ within a sho-rt perjod of time-, in every o1·ga.nization. 11b·. G·. \¥. Philli}JS Canton, N. C. Dear Sit·: 14 6 Bayswatet Ave. Ottawa, 011t., Canada • 1 am at a Jos.s to find words to expreoo mr g'ratitude and arpi~eciation for votn· kindness in sending; me 'l be Log. Jt i:; indeed <'t vt•t'Y w~Icon1e isito1· to our howe e .terj~ •nrnnJ., ~uui r~ad "~· itb JHUC]J pl<:·asure ft otn eo,·el' tv CfJVer. \Vi~} hlg' yc,J.t r:\'i:-'J ~· :S L1CC~S, 1 n.;tllaln ~:our·s vr·J•.y ~ inCPl"cl.\ . ~h·$ . IJ. 1\. :\icbvl. • Somebody's Litt le Buy Srnnr/.!ody's boy ~·u.s cn:,.ss7~ng lhc: slrc·ct 1 roiP<"~;.~1l/. JO'IiHY an)/ fair. II c !ut.dJI 'L lhr j~tdt!'''rut of obfcr f&lks; N c didn."t S<'C the daugr~· thtrt· . Somc•ht.u:z'J's bu.\' had c1 soJtly on his lips. Bul it tli.cd in t1f£ instant a~\·a-v. for a tuotorist n.n1 lha tiltle buy rJ[j7.~·r1. • .·:J ud ll f died 'HI the c.lu.n· <Jf Jlu: dwy. S omcbod .r faNed s b·.v an cmt,J -\' b~d. .. ..fhul f ottdL<·s e, Httlt slu.'h.'. S omebody too l~s t/twough the r~mpt _y :vtars. S upposc this so ~~tcb od y h'frt y(fu . ~ H 'ill yo11 ·uatcll fur the "iifllc /Jo_vs. Dr i" o • s i 11 l he c·i t1J au d t O't."'"Jl ~ Really. it's one of tlui ._qr C'a.fcs,f ,.n:mrs To :nw a liJJle boy do'i..,·n . .• • Angels Fear to T ·read · 'Fhe way some people barge around you'd think the~· had all eternit.v · in \vhieh to live their life instea.d of a 11~are life-tim€. We are t-hinking paJ·ticui~n~Jy of. some 0f the pe.o;ple 1.vho drive their Cc''trs li terally like fools. V\Te w·ouJcln't ear.:e ~so n"tuch if tlte.y ,~·ere simply g·anl-. bling· vvi~h their o"rn lite a11d limbs, but when t}le~- tJ·y to drag- U$ in, we are e:u1:noyed . Not all the peor:>le of this kind comine their careles .. - ·ness. to a.utomol)i le"'. They Jeave their n1tl!'k every­v/ here. The.r put ral~e~ where r ou tri-1) o. et· t hent, faH o.t)to you off ladders, leave n~~u -, tnclded board 2'1l'ound. letvve poison, boiling wat el', frying fat"_. n1atche· ilnrl other dang-er.ous thin:;s ,:vjthin the r et'\eh of childt·en. :\[n~ .. be JOU flidn't rea.lize it, but lhea:e 1-t.t'e about five tinH~s as ruan}r acci<leots h ap1i<: ~ing to pe-ople off th.e .i o-b as on. . o ~\·atch .YOtn· ."tcp,, es;peci3·lly in the ofi'­j ob .h Otll'S. " lJOol\ 011 t fol' the other f 4low and look out fo r your­self. lf you are draw-n juto sonte accid ·nt ,,~hil e nff the job th a1 k~e ps y·ou f,l'(Jll t \VOi'k and under a doctor''-i r:~u·e. rl'nl.~nliJer ifhHt '':e h tl e non-o~x·upation;.d accirl ~nt ~ul d s iekn l!.~!:1 h1 tiU r~lU CP with lh~) Metropulitan Life .ln ­.: untuc~ Cornpi Ln )'' acrH1 thnt i (t 1<\\J re h~ij hen~fH~ ~on IUU ·t OH uu t 1h" piY1h: ilunn th.al'~ ~1tt:n.chf\d to th ~ c~rtifk atu \ '-nt rec:dv fl '' lt en y(}J I j vint:d ihe plan. H avt.\ your inct.ur till il out (lll(J fl1r·\v l'<l it h• the Titne lfrk· ', It '' ill ht lp . ou p .} y Hr hi ll ~ wh ·n ~·o ifl'€ I ir\ up. J!ut rri~ }.J1 .iHlJ · f l n11 . Wfl1 eb ~ )'Hr sh·p .. ·Hlte1 he eo.n·· bit.t ~ u Lt' () f llt (\ t'ltlt tlt Jellt'l''' . - • • ' "1x . l.;. \\" l hiHips l;~t.li tor o · Th e l.A.'l ,. c~. nt :111 , : j l: th c :1 ( hua f),. I' ~ h·. } hi.11i )~: On 1 t·<'t'\lHQd' l t it was 1n~ high p1·ivil "~t ~ lo vi ~it thfl fac'·,,r~ of The Fyr-F. tel ., n\p 1uy in r u.; t•>n, ~)hi''· T 1€ Ptin1·n·~ lH.l'· .1 )f n1Y' ' i :-~it " ' ~ to i.l') t.o lcn1·n h'Cw t0 repatr Lht~ pun1piltg c Pl <ll~.l1ll $ in the ~UO\ ~ n1pa~1~ ·' "filst aid" fjr xting1.1i~hc ·~ . f found these g-t od peaple th be very npen mh1ded nnd "o the revair '.,,rk ' -hich 1 ·ru: an_ iou::; to ' j "'3Tn in order that at 1 st n1o ... t of our needed I epair.s could ' ~done het·e t t the plant as il lll'l.tter of econmny. Ther not onb· g·ladly gaYe n1-e such inforn1atiou ~s I wante-d ~ but gave rne tnArn:v nee~ ~ al~~ repair p:axts to lning horne '' ithou charg . '\ e no'' haYe Bon1ething li1-e three huncb·ed of the F~ r-Fyter fir~t aid extjngui hers in our plant, and may 1 ~ay- ju"l here that thi equip1uent, )n spite of so much "·hen1ic 1 hindranct:, he. ... tood up far teyond our e ·­pectation. : nd e\-en under th e adverse ei.rcun1sta.nces these t.~op1e ha\ e be~n naore than generous in n1.aking re}--<lH·s ,,-hen the equipn1ent w cz returned to them. In (tll our dealings I have alwa) s found them to be court­e 'li~. etricient and ahsolutei:· on the square. The Fyr-F,¥· er Oon1pa.ny is. perhaps the eountry's large -t n1anufacturers of appro\Ted first aid fire extin­guishers. They 1m1ke n1-an~\ kinds of first aid extin­g ui ~hing ~quipn1ent; ~ucb ns. ··:'oda A.dd.' '·Foan'l", ··c~rboloy''1 ··File ·Jakes·., and .... o on. They have sold to the t'. :'. Go' ernn1ent alone 1no1·e than 260 000 port­able extinguL her~. aud when I ·was there they had 1·eceh~ed an ot·der f.L'Olll one concern for lJOOO ext.in­~ uisber~. There 1 .. no doubt in n1y nrind that they put onr the ~,est line of first aid fire extinguishing equjp­n1ent. .in the eountr,-_ Their slogan is, ''Ah'\ays The 13esr..:·, ru1d to k-eep abrea-St of the times they are ever ·ide a'vake to the nece~sjty of .iffipro ring theil: .. pro­duct. -~ --ery recent improvement has been made on one znd one-l aJ.f quart e_xtingui... .. hers, now caBed :\Iodel ·'A" Suf)er. The pum;ping apparatus h~ been so simplified that the effidenc} of the jnstl~ument has not only been mater1ally ineJ~eased, but repair~£ can be made by "nY... one in little o.r no tin1e . In foBuv.-ing the assen1bllng of the Carbon tetra­ctdoride eA'tinguishers tlu"ough, I was deep]~· iropresset.l with the e.fficiencv and tho-roughness of the en1ployees in doing their .. ork. !t gjves me n--:uch pleasm·e to say that the Fyr-Fyter Oj"-gani~ation i~ a fine bunch of regular feJJowst from :\fr. lddingsJ ihe Pn~sident, all down the line, and he1·e is ,~~ishing them (Jne and all a very prospei·ous and suc­cessful 193'7. Sh~cereb~, l'r;'· ~ . ~t.:.p ~~~ . .n. J . E . ... LAUGHTER, Ftre Ins pec-OOr, The Champivn Paper and Fibre Company Canton Di:vision • Snow Scene ((The sno\v-drop who i.~J habit white ru'ld plain, •• Con1es on, the herald of fair Flora's train." The indication6 are that \Ve are gojng to have an unusually large nun1L>er of sno\vs this winter. On the night of Decen1ber 18, \Ve had from three . to sLx inches of s n0\\7 thrQughout Western North Carolina the third of the season. MR. FREEl\1AN ' We '-Vere very sorry to learn of the death of lVlr. Freen1an, father of George Freeman, accountant in the Main Office. George and his father were in Flo1·ida at the time of lVI.r. Fl'eeman's death. Young \iVife: Oh, Ton1, it's ju~St about a year since C·Ur honeyn1oon, ·when \Ve spent that gltH'ious day on the sands. 1 ,~·onder hovv ,.ve \VllL spend ou ..t ' first an­niversary? Ton1 ( gloon1iJy) : On the rocks! Speaking about leaving· off the paint, it's a bad pol­j. cy, as the lady moto1ist found out vYhen the cop raised his hand and .said, ';As soon a•s I saw you con1in' I said 45 at least." n But, ofl'icel'," hotly protested the lady, "you a1·e n1is taken. I've lost n'ly vanity case and that's what's making n1e look old!'' Country Club Diner : This Sllinnch doesn't taste tight. V\1ailer: J s uggas t, sir, thn.t you Utl<e it up \l ilh the greens comtn.itiee. A ne'\\v drug \' hich g·iv~ ins tf:trnt r ~ lief from pain of angina pectorjs h:.ts heen i'lnnounccd by D1v. S. C. Krantzt of the 1Iaryland l Jniver sity School of IHedicine. -ry- • P!7itlzoztt 0 ~ DECt:!\illER 11, 193~. Ed\,·m·d, Duk~ ()f \Yind­" r , focn1e1· .P rince of \Ya les and ruler of the B. r.j t-ish Ernph·e, ~tare-d in his last ru g~ to the B 1 lt~Jl pet1ple. ··You 111ust belie\""~ n1e vd1.en 1 tell ;'tou that r ha\ e found it in1po. slbl€ to caJTY. the bu1·_de1t f respon ... sibili .. s and to di .. ehatge n1y duties as l~1 ng as I '"·0uld ,,uish to do without the l1elp and suppo:Pt of the wo:~nat) I lov-e.~· H.e had ~l,ed Pcu Hum tent to g t·t'\nt ltin1 petn1 ission to marr' the one wotnau in ull the ·~world he loved~ and his requ : l was 1 efused . Consequ enll~· · ~dward_, . so hu1na11. "o d.iffe1·ent from others tn a S1U11la.1· pos1t1on that th.e \l\'orld had learned to call him by his th:st nan1e, as we v·ouki an inti11wie friend, vvas forced to abdicat~ or give up the woman he loved n1e1·ely to satisfy tradi­tion or the aspirat.ioff'S of his political enemies. During· the past sev-eral "veeks prior to Edward's abdication of the thr·one, the nrune of l{ing Edw:~rd ·viii Yt-as on e,·e~·~r tongue words of praise or words cf eondenmation. His friends, and tb.ose who, at .s01ue t in1e, had been swayed by Cupid's darts s~'mpathized v·rith hin1 .deeply , while his ene--mies uttered words of condenmation be­caUtSe he was U.O\Villing to sacrifice the greatest thing in the world-love. The poet sang, uTJ1e wo.rld is dying for a little bit of love:, Toda~·, w'hile hate: j~'lJousy and avarice seem t0 rule the world., it is refr eshing to kn o:w th at the most popuia1:· king ever to mount the tli rone the idol of his people, and one vvho l1ad the rnakings of the ·wodd's greatest rul€1'7 prefers a happy h01ne t0 a crown of go1d stud-d.ed ''"ith diamonds and p1·ecious jewelsJ and the ostentatious display of royalt) . ...L\fter all_, the gre.~tes-t happiness does not consi st ih the materiaJ thingS of ihis WO,.t.'}d but in possesion of a happy home with lovetl ones. The .A.sheville Citizen of DeceJnber 13 said, "The ne"'· King in bestowing the title, Duke of V\lindsor, npor1 the fonner King Edward has been actuated, of coHDse, ~v the a1l"ection which he has fot his br.0ther: an affac­ti" on shared hy the ·British people, an affection shared Ly m.illioO$ thJ-oughout the eh., ili~d ,,·ci·1d. But GeoJ g·e VI .eould not have perforn1ed an act of statecraft of greater irr1port. HNo one who has follo~.red the career of ih.e 1nan w:ho was Jong the Prinee of ~·rues,. who ,,.as for a bt·ief tjme the Ki.r1~ of F.nzlaod, \vho will be henceforth the Duke of Windsor, ~nd not re;;dize that his personal fol­Jo "ving i~ per hap~ wider than that of any other Uving rna.o. c'His i:~ a parsonaJity that kiudle.5 affection. There is ffla.'1'ic in his ''OiQe. "T'he :.tbdicatio-n of ~such a ruler J1a:, b~en t1·ag-ic. But the time m