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Monday, April 1, 2019

J.J. Cowart Writes in Appreciation of Badin, Company Town of Tallassee Power Co., April, 1919

From The Badin Bulletin, April, 1919

An Appreciation

I am writing this as an expression of my faith in the present and future of Badin and its environments, which we should stand for in the uplifting and the building of society by which Badin will be benefited as a whole, by those who expect to make Badin their future home; by those who can and will be contented with conditions at they arise; by those who swear by the boat that is landing them safe during the greatest struggle of the history of the world. And when you take time to think justly and considerately, that is what Badin is doing, and has been doing for all who have clung to her colors and all of those who have tried to make useful citizens of themselves; it is thru the efforts, goodness, and courtesy of the officials of the Tallassee Power Company that we hardly realize we have had such a world struggle. The have carried us thus far safely, by giving us employment at fair wages (and steady), and giving us advantages in the way of education and school equipment that can scarcely be equaled elsewhere. They have also made provision to care for those who may be so unfortunate as to get sick, by erecting a hospital, complete and modern in every respect, and employing skillful physicians and nurses. They are also making our town beautiful with trees, plants, and flowers.

Then why should we who expect to make this our home not love Badin? Let us get together, stamp out that which is wrong by doing what is right—everybody should help to make Badin one of the cleanest and most moral towns. Why, we have the strong arm of the officials with us, and they will back us up! Live such lives that your next door neighbors will take a stand with you; if you don’t make him or her better, he or she will make you worse. You may put one rotten apple in a basket of good ones, and it will not rot all the rest; so if you have a bad neighbor, and you stay in the basket, you will soon “rot” too—get out of the basket. Make him good, or he will make you bad.
I am interested in Badin, because I love the hills, I love the scenery; I love to hear the roar of the waters of the old historic Yadkin River; I love to see and feel the results of the old stream that gives us our daily bread, also our daily drink, and lights us home at night where we can be happy with our loved ones.

When you don’t love Badin, you don’t know a good thing when you see it. You would be in the same boat at any other place. So when you are ready to go, we who love Badin will say good bye with a good heart, because we know you will come back, unless you are locked up.

If you are not contended here, you will not be elsewhere. Why should we not love old Badin.
--By J.J. Cowart

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