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Page 2 THE SLATER NEWS May 1, 1947

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The Slater News
Published Every Two Weeks
By
Slater Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Established 1790
In The Interest of Its Employees

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STAFF
ROBERT H. ATKINSON .................. Editor
CECIL S. ROSS ...................... Asst. Editor
LILY ALEXANDER .......... Circulation Mgr.
CLAUDE GUEST ................. Photographer

REPORTERS
Weave Room: Nellie Barnette, Gladys
Cox, Rosalee Cox, Sarah Canham,
Louise Bagwell, Pearl Price, Ethel
Clary, and Dorris Jones.

Preparation Dept.: Jessie Vas-
sey, Julia Brown, Bertha Jones,
Blanche McCall, NellieRuth Payne,
Ruth Campbell, D. P. Garrick, Tom
Boggs, and Marguerite Waddell.

Cloth Room: Opal W. Smith

Commissary: Jorene Vickers

Office: Betty Foster and Jeanne Er-
nest.

Community: 'Ruth Johnson, Ruby P.
Reid, and Doris F. Atkinson
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EDITORIALS
Clacking Teeth

Ever since man first learned
that he could make noises by
clacking his teeth together, talk
has roamed 'round the world
and back again.

Now, for better or worse, this
fragile thread of communica-
tion binds the world together
by radio, cable and press.
Where men once sat around
pot-bellied stoves swapping lies
or opinions, they now sit at
world - wide tables talking
about one thing or another.

But the talk now carries
broader aspects than whether
the sun will shine or whether
it will rain. The big question
now is whether man and society
can survive under the limita-
tions of human natural selfish-
ness.

With such stakes as world-
peace or war, ill-advised teeth
clacking can do much harm.
They say that when the old
New England fishermen gather-
ed to talk about the fishing
weather or the soundness of a
certain kind of sailing boat,
they knew pretty much what
they were talking about. Their
teeth clacking had the ring and
sound of expert, experienced
opinion.

Today, a lot of our teeth
clacking about international af-
fairs is not expert. We, the
people clack our teeth about
things way beyond our experi-
ences, but on hearsay or a
quickly - read headline. Yet
we speak, condemn and praise
as if we knew all the facts first
hand.

Now way back when the
world was a little place, talk
that was ill - advised didn't
get a chance to hurt too many
people too fast. But that was
yesterday when the world was
a simple place.

Today, the words of a British
statesman are common gossip
on Podunk's Main Street before

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the man who said the words
has had time to brush his teeth.
Opinions are formed rapidly,
and what was a simple phrase
becomes world - wide, misin-
formed gossip.

This can prove to be a dang-
erous obstacle to international
progress when it happens too often
andn causes too much confusion.
What is even more serious,
however, is that people may fall
into a habit of forming opin-
ions on vital issues when only a
few of the facts are known.

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SLATER
DAY BY DAY

Half an hour watching the
world from our corner on a
Sunday evening:

A group of young girls,
dressed neatly in black skirts
and white blouses, chat gaily as
they pass on their way to Slater
Hall where the school glee
clubs are giving a program to-
night—

The tantalizing oder of fry-
ing fish as my neighbor cooks
Sunday supper of the three
pound bass her husband caught
at Buzzard Roost last night—

A couple of motorists passing
in quick succession and each of
them slowing down and soung-
ing their horns at the crossing
(Thanks for careful driving)—

A group of pre-school child-
ren across the way playing
furiously in an effort to squeeze
one bit more of fun from the
day ere darkness forces them
indoors—

A rusty-throated cockerel
crowing a farewell to his mates
as he goes to roost—

A young swain and his lady
fair walking primly up the
street and he on the inside of
the sidewalk. For shame, lad!
Where are your manners? Sure-
ly you are not that shy—

Two young boys on bicycles
wheel expertly around the
corner. It is interesting to
watch them hug the corner and
turn their bicycles by leaning
their bodies in the direction

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TRUE
[sketch of man with bandages]
OF ALL INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENTS . . .

[man hammering spike with hammer]
15% ARE CAUSED
BY WRONG USE
OF TOOLS.

[sketch of man falling over]
19% ARE CAUSED BY
FAULTY HABITS AT WORK.

[sketch of two workers, one being injured]
14% ARE CAUSED BY
FAILURE TO USE SAFETY
DEVICES.

14% ARE CAUSED BY WRONG
USE OF DANGEROUS EQUIPMENT.

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they wish to go—

A black and white cocker
spaniel sitting forlornly on the
sidewalk and waiting patiently
for her master and mistress to
come home—

Slate gray clouds scurrying
across a dull sky and darkness
falling without the familiar
blazing colors of a springtime
sunset— and April shower in
the making—

Street lights snapping on and
one by one squares of light ap-
pearing in windows along the
way—

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Cloth Room Chatter

Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland was
happy to have her brother and
mother from Greer visit her re-
cently.

Clara Talley and sisters gave
their mother a surprise birth-
day dinner last Sunday. A
large number attended and
everyone had a delightful time.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hester and
family recently visited Mrs.
Hester's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. John Ball,
of Brevard, N. C.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson
enjoyed having J. G. Souther-
lin as their week end guest re-
cently.
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Work is the yeast that raises
the rough.—Virginia McCann,
Grit

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PREPARATION
DEPARTMENT
N-E-W-S

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We are glad to learn that
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McAuley,
parents of Mr. Albert McAuley,
have greatly improved after a
long period of serious illness at
their home on the Buncombe
Road.

Third shift employees extend
their deepest sympahy to Mrs.
Lena Keisler in the loss of her
sister, whose death occurred re-
cently in Aiken County.

"Bud" Tripp, Louis Tripp,
and friends of Greensboro, N.
C., visited local friends and
relatives during the past week-
end.

We were sorry to hear of Os-
car Stroud's automobile acci-
dent and wish for him a speedy
recovery.

Mrs. S. G. Miller has been ab-
sent from work due to ill
health. Her fellow-workers are
hoping that her return will be
soon.

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Waddell
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Vaughn and family of
Greer, visited Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Waddell and daughter last
Sunday.

D. P. Garrick, accompanied
by a friend, enjoyed an air-
plane ride Sunday. It must be
fun to take a girl up for her
first ride!

Mr. and Mrs. Jessie J. Black-
well spent last week end in
New Port, Tenn.

Everyone congratulates Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Hayes and
wishes for them a most suc-
cessful and happy married life.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grice have
taken new residence in the
vicinity of Blythe Shoals.

Dot Ables and Junior Led-
ford spent Sunday afternoon
riding and enjoying the spring
scenery.

Recently James"Mutt" Dunn
had the misfortune to break a
thumb while doing some me-
chanical work at home.

Last Sunday, Rev. Cook,
pastor of Terry Creek Church,
was guest in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Tolley.

Fred Cisson was a visitor
with Mr. S. B. Pearson at
Pearson at Cedar Mountain last
Saturday.

Sandra Burgess spent last
week trying to recuperate at
her grandmother's home in An-
derson.

Jack Ledford was recently
intiated into the Woodman of
the World, a fraternal organi-
zation.

Pug Waddell and a number
of part-time farmers have real-
ly been checking on the weath-
er since the rainy spell started.

Mary Brooks spent a very
nice week with her Mother,
Mrs. Raxter of Dacusville.

On the sick list are Gladys
Holtzelaw, Paul Jones, and Mel-
vin Cable. Melvin is a patient
at the Veterans Hospital in
Columbia. We wish for them all
a speedy recovery.

Louise Hall Cox wishes to
thank employees of the quiller
room for the nice wedding
present recently presented to
her by Mr. Drury.

Mr. Lewis and Bud Tripp, ac-
companied by their girl friends,
visited their mother, Mrs. Bes-
sie Swaney, Sunday.

Miss Inez Graham and
mother and Clyde Reynolds
were supper guests of Mr. and