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Page Two THE SLATER NEWS July 12, 1945

The Slater News
Published Every Two Weeks
By S. Slater & Sons, Inc.
Established 1790
In The Interest of Its Employees

STAFF

Robert H. Atkinson Editor
Cecil Speights Asst. Editor

REPORTERS

Weave Room: Ernestine McCall,
Nellie Barnette, Walker Reid,
Gladys Cox, Rosalee Cox, Sara C.
Chitwood, Dovie Faust, Georgia
Bennett, and Louise Bagwell.

Preparation Dept.: Jessie Vassey,
Dorothy Hawkins, Julia Brown,
Mildred Mull, Mary Wallace,
Lucille Tate, Ruby Drury, Nellie
Ruth Payne, Stanley Hawkins,
Irene Cox.

Cloth Room: Jessie M. Smith

Community: Mrs. Raymond Johnson,
W. Earle Reid, Ruby P. Reid,
Doris F. Atkinson

EDITORIALS

We The People

Democracy is not new as a
form of government, for it
flourished in the ancient world
and was perhaps brought near-
est to perfection in the city of
Athens in Greece.

It is true that democracies
have risen to heights and have
fallen, just as have other forms
of government, but it is signi-
ficant that people usually pros-
per the most under that form
of government, known as a de-
mocracy, and also know the
greatest freedom under such a
form.

Apparently, the worst form
of government is one man rule,
whether the ruler is good or
bad. If the ruler is bad, he
usually becomes a dictator and
no one dares to displease him.
No matter how much a coun-
try or government way may need to
expand in a needed direction, it
cannot be accomplished unless
it meets with the approval of
the dictator. Germany was
formerly one of the greatest
countries on the globe in ex-
ploring the realms of science,
but under Hitler this freedom
of expression in exploring the
field of science was destroyed,
or nearly so, for German
scientists were ordered to pro-
duce for the armed forces and
for them alone. This choked off
free and unhampered experi-
mental work in this field.

If the one man ruler is a
kindly and benevolent man, the
country still suffers, for every-
one will look to that person for
leadership and if it is forthcom-
ing it will still be along the
lines pleasing to that individu-
al. Should he die or be incapaci-
tated, the results are chaotic,
for all leadership will more
than apt to be lacking on ac-
count of being suppressed by
the one man in charge.

In modern times, the best
know democracies are the two
great English-speaking nations
of the world, namely the United
States and England. To our

SLATER
DAY BY DAY

WHEW!
The sun shines down!

The hot earth sends the heat
shimmering back up through
the hot air.

Barefoot children walk ging-
erly on the hot pavement.

A radio half a block away
gives forth with some hot
music.

A baby whines in protest of
his uncomfort.

Bees hum lazily around a
lone bunch of flowers at my
kitchen door.

And a mocking bird gallant-
ly defies the heat to sit on an
electric wire and sing.

Yes, you guessed it, July is
here.

July with its sunshine and
flowers and picnics and - (I
almost said trips to the swim-
ming pool, but we have to con-
tent ourselves with the river.)

Good old Southern July with
its watermelons and peaches
and ice cream and fried chicken
and blackberry jam and apple
cobbler.

Aren't you glad Slater is in
the South?

Ideas:

Benches under trees on the
lawn at Slater Hall, so the old
folks could sit while the child-
ren play.

A dozen men to donate a
couple of hours work some
afternoon toward making a
real picnic ground out at Sla-
ter Park, with water handy and
maybe a wading pool for the
children.

Everybody keep the low
hanging branches of their
trees trimmed, so tall people
can walk along without stoop-
ing.

More people to cooperate
with and fewer people to criti-
cize the projects of the Com-
munity Association in its ef-
forts to be of service to the
people of our village. (And no-
body told me to say that. I
thought it up all by myself.)

way of thinking our form of
democracy is the best, for the
English still retain certain in-
stitutions which are repugnant
to our ways and our thinking,
and are contrary to a true de-
mocracy.

Every official in our govern-
ment traces his or her authori-
ty back to the people them-
selves, for the greatest office to
the lowest in our land is filled
through elections by the
people. When a change is de-
sired, the people make it and
progress is constantly unhamp-
ered.

No wonder we fight for this
form of government so zeal-
ously for, when it is threatened,
we see the glaring defects in
the form our would-be con-
querors would impose upon us.

Sometimes war fails to teach
us all of the lessons about de-
mocracy, for we become na-
tional-minded and forget our
state and local government,
and many times our other in-
terests round about us. As good
citizens and good Americans,
we should be cognizant of the
whole and not of just a part.
The unit of government in our
country begins with the home
and extends through our na-
tional government.

As citizens of Slater, it there-

Cloth Room Chatter

Mrs. L. T. Scarce and child-
ren recently spent a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. Burgess in
Anderson, S. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wylie and
family were week-end visitors
with Mr. Wylie's parents near
Chester, S. C.

Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Galloway
had as their Sunday guests,
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hammett,
of Marietta, Mr. and Mrs. John
Ball, of Brevard, and Mrs.
Charlotte Johnson, of Augusta,
Ga.

Mrs. Fidelia Veal and son,
Maynard, were recent visitors
with her mother, Mrs. Tom
Willis, in Shelby.

Miss Janie McCluney and
Mrs. Jessie Smith have just re-
turned from a week's vacation
in Turnerville, Ga. with their
sister, Mrs. C. G. Collins.

Mrs. Mildred Coleman's hus-
band, Pfc. Clyde Coleman, is
recuperating from a severe
case of pneumonia in a Paris,
France hospital.

Little Sara Coleman, daugh-
ter of Cpl. and Mrs. Walter
Coleman, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Mildred Coleman.

Cloth Room employees pre-
sented Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Pace with a lovely set of dishes
at a household shower given at
the home of Mrs. Sara Chit-
wood Tuesday night.

MISS COOPER JOINS
EMPLOYMENT STAFF

Miss Nawana Cooper of 10
Cleveland St., Greenville, S. C.,
has recently joined the staff of
the Employment Office of S.
Slater & Sons, Inc., as a Gene-
ral Office Clerk.

Miss Cooper is the daughter
of the late Mr. Luther E. Coop-
er and Mrs. Cooper and was
born at Central, S. C. She re-
ceived her education at Green-
ville High School and was
graduated from that institution
in 1939. She then attended the
Greenville Secretarial School
of Greenville, S. C.

Before coming to Slater,
Miss Cooper was connected
with the Personnel Office of the
Piedmont Shirt Company of
Greenville. She has also had
experience as a legal stenog-
rapher.

Everyone at Slater extends
Miss Cooper a cordial welcome
and wishes her well in her new
position.

fore behooves us all to partici-
pate in all of the activities here,
for when we fail to do so we
weaken our democratic way of
life to that extent. Leaving it
to the other fellow to do al-
ways results in a universal
practice and we find one man
doing the job. This is filled with
all of the evils and shortcom-
ings connected therewith.

Fellow citizens, let's be on
our toes and ready to advance
anything for the betterment of
all, for when we fail to do so
we are the sufferers in the long
run and have only ourselves
to blame for the lack of civic
betterment resulting from our
folly in failing to do and act.

Let us, therefore, not fail to
realize that in a democracy the
things which we should and do
hold near and dear find their
root in "We, the People."

GOINGS-ON - - - -
- IN WEAVE ROOMS -

Mr. Leon McCall and Mr. J.
B. Smith plan to visit in Tenn.
soon with their cousins, Rob-
bie Leatherwood and Joyce
Hough.

Employees of No. 1 Weave
Room welcome Velma Stourd
to the third shift.

M. B. "Pete" Jones had as
his dinner guest his father, Mr.
L. E. Jones.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Addington
and family spent Sunday in
Greenwood.

Employees of the second
shift in No. 1 extend their
deepest sympathy to Miss Pol-
ly Peterson, whose grandfather
passed away recently.

Mrs. Lula Mae Smith and
son visited Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Smith recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ledbetter
and children visited in the
home of Mrs. T. L. Camden
Sunday.

Mrs. Priscilla Bruce and
Mrs. Nellie Barnette were
week-end guests of Mrs. Ella
Mae Bagwell of Spartanburg.

Second shift employees wel-
come Rufus Lee and Harley
Garwood as newcomers. They
also welcome Fred Penland,
who was recently transferred
from the third shift.

Mr. V. R. Clark was on vaca-
tion last week, and Ernest San-
ford filled his place as over-
seer during his absence.

Mrs. W. S. Ward of Gren-
ville, was a week-end visitor of
her son, Joe S. Ward, of Sla-
ter.

Mr. and Mrs. Hines S. Rich-
ardson and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe S. Ward had as their
Sunday guests, Rev. and Mrs.
Carol and family. They enjoy-
ed an outing and chicken fry.
Rev. Carol lived up to the old
tradition that preachers like
fried chicken.

Mr. and Mrs. Hines Richard-
son and Mrs. Perry M. Rampey
motored to Georgia Thursday.
The trip was very enjoyable un-
til they lost the "power plant"
of their car and they didn't
get home until 12 o'clock.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bryant
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Lell and family had a de-
lightful time on a picnic Sun-
day. They had a nice time play-
ing in the river, but all suf-
fered blistered backs later.

Mrs. Evelyn Dockery and
family spent the week-end in
Asheville recently.

We are sorry to learn of the
misfortune Hines Richardson,
Jr. had in wrecking his father's
car. The new joke on Hines, Jr.
is that he is hunting a shoe
stamp since he is having to
walk.

First shift employees are
glad to have Brodus Henson
join them as a cloth doffer.

Everyone on Job No. 3 misses
seeing Joe S. Ward eating his
pork skins. Well, folks, he's
having his teeth pulled.

Mrs. Roxie Robinson and
son, Norwood, were recent visi-
tors of Mrs. Robinson's sister,
Mrs. Henry Cox, of Marietta.

Misses Gladys, Rosa Lee, and
Betty Cox and Margaret John-
son visited their cousin Sunday
afternoon. They went horse
back riding and also went in
swimming. They were served
delicious refreshments, and all
reported having a very nice
time.

Miss Gladys Banks is back on
the job after being off from
work several days sick. Miss
Gladys Cox has also returned
after being away due to sick-
ness.

Mrs. Ruth Rice and small
daughters and Miss Buchanan
are spending a few days in
Toccoa, Ga. with Mr. and Mrs.
A. N. Rice.

Mr. Woodrow Robinson is
out from work to be with his
brother, Sgt. Harold Robinson,
who has just returned home for
a furlough from overseas.

Mrs. Lois Laws and son
visited Mrs. Laws' mother, Mrs.
Frances Hall, on Sunday, June
23.

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Epps and
children visited Mr. Epps'
mother, Mrs. Fannie Epps, Sun-
day.

We are glad to hear Mr. Bob
Griffith is recovering from a
long illness due to an operation.
We hope he will soon be back
on his job.

Mrs. Esther Griffith gave a
stork shower at her home June
23 in honor of Mrs. Edna Con-
ner. Mrs. Conner was before
her marriage Miss Edna Hall.

In a recent letter from Pfc.
Bates Cox, former employee of
our Weaving Department, we
learn that he is in France at
Camp Philadelphia, serving
with a Medical troop. Bates
writes that he stayed on the
front fighting lines through
France, Belgium, Holland, and
Germany. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Cox, of Slater.

Mrs. Nora Buchanan and
children were recent visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Johnson.

Pfc. Richmond Buchanan
has written his mother, Mrs.
Nora Buchanan, that he spent
June 2nd with his brother-in-
law, Pfc. William D. Rice. They
are in Germany and only 25
miles apart. They also visited
Boyce Poole, who is in the
same division as Pfc. Rice. All
are former employees of our
plant.

Mrs. J. B. Austain and child-
ren, of Hillsboro, N. C., are
visiting Mrs. Austain's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Avery
Huffman, at the Huffman home
on First St. in Slater.

If you would know the value
of money, go try to borrow
some; for he that goes a-bor-
rowing goes a-sorrowing. -
Franklin

Never shrink from anything
which your business calls you
to do. The man who is above
his business may one day find
his business above him.-Daniel
Drew

LITTLE
HAZARDS CAN CAUSE
BIG
INJURIES

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