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

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,
Dessie Burrell, Pearl Price, Doris
Jones, Sarah Lee Foster and Estelle
Barnett.

Preparation Department: Jessie Vassey,
Julia Brown, Bertha Jones,
Blanche McCall, Nellie Ruth Payne,
Ruth Campbell, Marguerite Waddell,
Mary B. Capps and C.D.
Rice.

Cloth Room: Opal W. Smith.

Commissary : Jorene Vickers.

Office: Betty Gillespie and Jeanne
Phillips.

Community: Ruth Johnson and Ruby P. Reid

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EDITORIALS

Out Of The Red

The key to keeping a business
out of the red is production.
The backbone of sound American
economy lies in the maintenance
of steady production.

Unless every worker does his
bit, American industry cannot
hope to remain in the black.

And unless American
industry remains in the black,
the United States government
cannot hope to remain in the
black, a status which the
government achieved this
summer for the first time in
seventeen years.

Not since 1930 has the
government had a surplus.
With a surplus of $184 millions,
the government was in the
black that year. This year, the
government has a surplus of
$1.25 billion, the largest surplus
in the nation's history.

This surplus probably will be
applied against the public debt,
which now stands at more than
$257 billions. There is no indication
at present that Congress
will not apply this surplus
against the public debt.

Mention of public debt
should be of interest to every
worker, because every man,
woman and child in the country
owes $1,840 of that debt.

Payment of that debt can
only be made through maintenance
of a sound economy
upon which the American way
of life depends.

So give your best to production,
to your job, to help produce
the goods and materials
by which your country's
economy is kept healthy.

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A task without a vision is
drudgery; a vision without a
task is a dream; a task with a
vision is victory. — Religions
Digest.

SLATER
DAY BY DAY

One recent day I was sitting
on our front porch enjoying the
refreshing coolness that always
follows a quick summer shower,
when suddenly a couple of
small boys streaked across the
yard, dropped behind a bank
and began to shoot their air
guns at a target propped
against the side of the house a
few feet away.

I smiled at the earnestness
with which they went about
their play.

Then, suddenly, before my
horrified gaze the scene
changed, and they weren't small
boys but young men. The
weapons they used weren't air
guns but huge, ugly instruments
that spouted flame and
death and noise. Their faded,
soiled overalls became torn and
tattered uniforms that were
splattered with dried blood and
caked with mud.

These two were no longer a
couple of small boys at play
behind a grass covered bank in
my own yard. They had become
a couple of soldiers crouching
behind an embankment that
was strewn with the wreckage
of war. They were demon
possessed, and their eyes held
the gleam of hate and the desire
to kill. And there weren't just
two; there were countless
numbers of them crowded into
that small space, stretching out
on either side and rising up
behind the multiplied images.
They kept coming to take their
places beside their fallen
comrades.

Well, maybe my imagination
did play a trick on me. Or maybe
it was the heat. But hasn't
that very same thing happened
twice within our own lifetime?
The only difference being that
time intervened to allow the
boys a period in which to grow
gradually from children to men.
A period in which they grew
from boys at play with pop
guns to men mowing down their
fellow men with murderous
intentness.

And what is being done about
this transition of our youth
from play to death? Nothing.

Representatives of leading
nations sit in conference rooms
and talk of peace, and make
peace proposals, and present
peace negotiations.

But each new generation has
its wars to win.

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Lake Nicaragua, one of the
largest fresh-water lakes in the
world, is in the Middle American
Republic of Nicaragua. It
was once on the route taken by
Americans in the 1849 Gold
Rush to California, according
to the Middle America Information
Bureau. Before the days
of the Panama Canal, prospective
gold-hunters sought to save
time by sailing through a river
and into the lake, then going
fifteen miles overland to the
Pacific Coast, where they could
get steamers for the gold fields.
Today there is talk of a plan
for digging a canal across those
fifteen miles. In that case,
travelers would be able to cross
Nicaragua by water from
border to border.

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Cloth Room Chatter

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hamby
and son of Greenville were
recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Rowland and family.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Burns
spent the day recently with Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Lanning and
daughter of Asheville, N. C.

Mrs. Ruby Reaves and son of
Greenville were the week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Pace.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson
enjoyed having Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Southerlin, Patsy and
Charles as their week-end
guests recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hester and
family visited Mr. and Mrs. O.
W. Hester and family of Greenville
Sunday.

Mrs. Pearl Garland was
happy to have her mother, Mrs.
E. S. Higgins, of Asheville,
N. C. to spend the day with her
recently.

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Local School

(Con't. from page 1, col. 1)

He also extended an invitation
to all of the teachers to
visit the Slater plant the following
day. At 11:15 on September
2, all of the members of the
faculty visited the plant and
were conducted through it by
Mr. W. Earle Reid, Assistant
to the Industrial Relations
Manager; Mr. J. A. Brady, Pay-
master; and Mr. Atkinson. At
the conclusion of the tour, the
teachers were taken by the
plant commissary where
refreshments were served.

When Mr. Barnett completed
a check-up of the pupils
assigned to the various grades,
it was found that the second
grade teachers, of which there
were two, had a total enrollment
of 97 pupils. It was
apparent at once that it would
be necessary to hire another
second grade teacher. This has
been done, with this class being
housed at Slater Hall along
with three other classes already
housed in that building. The
expenses of this teacher will be
borne by the Slater Manufacturing
Co., Inc. and the Slater
Community Association.

In addition to the above
teacher, Mrs. Gilbert Rogers
has been added to the faculty
as piano teacher. Mrs. Rogers
will be at the school on Tuesdays
and Thursdays of each
week.

According to Superintendent
Barnett, the Slater-Marietta
School is better off financially
this year than for a number of
years, due to the 15 mills
increase voted last spring; however,
this budget does not include
the last teacher hired.

Prospects are very good for
an excellent year, according to
Mr. Barnett. There will not be
a graduating class this year due
to the fact the twelfth grade is
being added. No one is in the
twelfth grade this year since it
will take a year for those now
in the eleventh grade to be
eligible for that class. Otherwise
the school will operate
very much in the same manner
as in former years.

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The worst thing about
wisdom is that it can only be
acquired on the installment
plan.—Right Hand

GOINGS-ON - - - -
- IN WEAVE ROOMS - [Spans across Columns 4 and 5]

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Friends of Mr. Burrell P.
Nalley will be glad to know he
is recovering from serious
injuries received in an automobile
accident some time ago.

Mr. James Stewart recently
quit his job here to take a
Veterans Training Course. Best
of luck to you, James.

First shift employees in No.
2 are glad to have Mrs. Ethel
Clary working with them as a
battery filler. Mrs. Clary was
recently transferred from the
third shift to the first. They also
welcome Mrs. Lee Lell as a first
shift spare hand.

Mrs. Christine Branch of
Kannapolis, N. C. spent last
week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
G. A. Thrift.

Miss Sarah Lee Foster and
Mr. Edward Bryant were the
Wednesday night supper guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Batson.

We are glad to learn that
Mr. John W. Turnbull has
recuperated from injuries
received in an automobile
accident several weeks ago. He
is now back on his job as loom
fixer in Weave Room No. 1.

Third shifters in No. 2 are
glad to have Irene Chastine
back at work after several days
of absence due to illness.

Mr. and Mrs. Turner Jones
spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Minyard of
Westminister.

Employees of No. 2 welcome
the following employees to the
third shift: Agnes Tankersley,
J. B. Burdette, Paul Bell, W.
M. Kelly, Toy Surratt, and
Charles Lane who was transferred
from No. 3.

Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Smith
enjoyed the week-end in Greenwood.

John Lane was recently
transferred from the third shift
in No. 2 to the second shift.
Best of luck to you, John, on
your new job.

We are sorry Bernice Foster
of No. 2 was out from work

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Work Progressing

(Con't. from page 1, col. 4)

over to the county when
completed.

The colored school at Slater
is under the supervision of J.
H. Barnett, Superintendent of
the Slater-Marietta Schools,
who has under him a Negro
principal and his assistant.
Messrs. J. A. White and Robert
H. Atkinson are also trustees of
this school.

It is the present plan of the
Company to remodel the old
one-teacher school building to
be used for a church for the
colored people of Slater.

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Interesting Meeting

(Con't. from page 1, col. 2)

gave a very interesting Bible
Study from Isaiah 66:18-21.
Mrs. Paul Foster spoke on
"Indians in America," while
Mrs. G. J. Vickers spoke on the
subject "Indians and Their
Religions".

Mrs. Nora Waldrop dismissed
the meeting with prayers.

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recently due to illness. Glad to
see you back on the job,
Bernice.

Miss Pearl Price's sister, Mr.
Jack Elliott, of Canton, N. C.
along with her children, Gerald
and Melba, recently spent
several days with Pearl and
family.

Alvin Rice has enjoyed his
Sunday afternoons recently by
motoring to the mountains.

Roy Ledbetter was out from
work for several days recently
on account of his foot. Roy, we
are glad to see you back at
work.

Employees of Weave Room
No. 2 say they are very proud
of the new lights they have
now.

Mr. and Mrs. James Allison
and children, Joy and Ruth,
along with Mrs. Gladys Sexton
and daughter, Pat, spent
Sunday evening at Table Rock
State Park. They report they
had a swell time.

Second shifters in No. 2 are
glad to have G. R. Davis working
with them.

Bernice Cantrell is going to
be missed by all her Slater
friends. Bernice, we hope you
will work with us again
sometime in the future.

John Humphries reports to us
that his little daughter, Juanita,
refuses to wear those long
dresses. Juanita, you will feel
grown-up with the long dresses
on.

Employees of No. 2 welcome
William Brooks as a spare
weaver. William was recently
transferred to the Weaving
Department from the Cost
Department.

Mr. Harold Smith has been
promoted from loom fixer to
overseer in Weave Room No. 2,
second shift, to replace Mr. R.
L. Sartain who is now instructor
of training. Employees were
sorry to lose Mr. Sartain, but
pledge their whole-heared
cooperation to Mr. Smith as he
takes over his new duties.

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It is not by a man's purse, but
by his character that he is rich
or poor.—Construction Digest.

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The SAFE Way
Is
RIGHT

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