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Page Two THE SLATER NEWS May 29,1947

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

[Shield with a book and two quills with the initials NCIE. A second shield with EDITORIAL PRODUCTION APPEARANCE around the edge and initials SAIE in the centre]

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, Doris
Jones and Sarah Lee Foster.

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

Cloth Room: Opal W. Smith.

Commisary: Jorene Vickers.

Office: Betty Foster and Jeanne Er-
nest.

Community: Ruth Johnson, Ruby P.
Reid, and Doris F. Atkinson.

EDITORIALS

Good Old Days

All of us who have read
American history are familar
with the real beginnings of this
country. We know that most of
our early forefathers came here
to find the right to worship for
themselves and their families,
and that religious freedom was
guaranteed when our Federal
Constitution was put into final
shape.

Most of our colonies, there-
fore, were founded in a spirit
of reverence, and our Fourth-
of-July and other patriotic ora-
tors like to remind us that when
our forefathers crossed the
mountains into the wilderness
to found a mighty empire they
had a rifle in one hand and a
Bible in the other.

Perhaps it would be just as
well to reflect for a moment
and wonder what has become
of the spiritual side of the early
days of the Republic and what
can be done to restore it. A
few decades ago-a very few-
it came to be regarded as smart
and sophisticated in certain
high places to make fun of re-
ligion and to assert that man
now holds his own destiny, that
he can become a god in his own
right without calling on spiri-
tual aid from above for his suc-
cess, if he only goes about it in
the right way. Even some so-
called ministers of the gospel
adopted this attitude. Certain
crackpot statesmen and experi-
menters assured us that the
horse and buggy principles of
faith and thrift departed along
with that old-fashioned surrey
with the fringe on top.

Well, what happened? Dur-
ing the last three decades we
have gone through two world
wars and been sadly punished
in both of them, even if we
came out victor. We experienc-
ed the greatest depression in
our history, and now have a
national debt of nearly 300

SLATER
DAY BY DAY

School is out! Oh, glorious
thought!

For three long, lazy months,
parents may be just plain peo-
ple.

No more pretending to be
walking encyclopedias or bu-
reaus of general information.

The guy who wrote the poem
about, "At the end of the day's
occupation, Comes a pause
known as the children's hour"
left out a couple of words. That
hour is more properly known
as the "children's home-work
hour."

It is a period when father,
from behind his newspaper, and
mother, from her supper dishes,
grunt out answers to questions
hurled at them from all over
the house.

Young hopeful, sprawled in
the middle of the living room
floor and completely surround-
ed by various implements of
learning, is positive that every-
one else in the house has noth-
ing more important to do than
help him with his number
work. So he gives forth with,
"Hey, Ma, what's six times
nine?"

Before anyone can answer
there comes a demand from the
diligent history student in the

billions. Our taxes are so high
and the government constantly
needs the money so badly there
is no telling when taxes will
be reduced. There is rioting,
lynching all over the world,
event in our own country-and
there seems no prospect of real
peace. Crime and juvenile de-
linquency are seen on every
hand, even in America. One in
every three marriages now ends
in the divorce courts.

There must have been some-
thing in the reverence and spiri-
tual guidance of the old days,
after all. Isn't it about time we
reversed gears and went back
to the principles of Christiani-
ty?

[Cartoon, spanning columns 2 to 3, of car being towed by tow truck. The back of the car reads AJAX DRIVING SCHOOL]

Cloth Room Chatter

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stroud
and son, Bryan, were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Johnson recently.

Mr. Raleigh Patterson of
Hendersonville, N. C., and Mr.
D. W. Patterson of Travelers
Rest, were the recent guests in
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Garland.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith en-
joyed having dinner with Mr.
and Mrs. G. T. Smith of Mar-
rietta Sunday.

Mr. Scarce wishes to thank
the Cloth Room employees for
the nice cigarette case present-
ed to him recently on his birth-
day. It was deeply appreciated.

back bedroom who wants to
know "When was the War of
1812 fought?"

As if two questions at a
time weren't enough, the young
swain who is learning letter writing
and gets quite mixed
up on the correct forms to use
for business and friendly let-
ters, asks importantly if it is
all right to close a friendly let-
ter with "respectfully yours."

To add to the confusion, Jun-
ior insists that he can concen-
trate much better if he has
music to soother his mind, so the
radio is tuned in to the hottest
band on the air.

I often wonder just who is
getting educated anyway-par-
ents or children? Obviously, the
answer is "both."

But now for three blissful
months we may be just as ig-
norant as we really are.

Vacation! I welcome three
with open arms!

HAROLD-SINGLETON

Mrs. Molly Harold of Renfrew
announces
the marriage of her daughter
Jessie Gault
to James Edward Singleton
on May 9, 1947

PREPARATION
DEPARTMENT

N-E-W-S

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bryant
and Joyce spent the week-end
in Georgia. Mrs. Bryant attend-
ed the wedding of her brother,
Kenneth, Sunday.

Mrs. Dorothy Hawkins and
son, Bobby, enjoyed the week-
end in South Boston, Va.

We are glad to have Louise
Hughes back at work after be-
ing out several days due to ill-
ness.

Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Griffith,
Mrs. Dorothy Hawkins, and
Bobby Hawkins enjoyed the
dinner and fellowship at the
Griffith reunion held at the
home of J. W. Griffith near
Greenville.

Mrs. Bessie Robinson and
children, Max, Madge, Margaret
and Martha, and Miss Ruth
Campbell spent the week-end
with their parents recently and
attended Mothers Day and Me-
morial Services at Union Bap-
tist Church where Mr. Robin-
son is buried.

Mrs. Bessie Swaney and Mrs.
Nellie Ruth Payne were recent
visitors in Greensboro, N. C.
and Danville, Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Billie Phillips
and son, Donnie, visited Mrs.
Mary Phillops in Toccoa, Ga.,
on Mothers Day.

Mrs. Maggie Gilreath, who
has been a patient at Coleman's
Hospital for the past week, has
returned to her home on Talley
Bridge Road. Her friends wish
for her a very speedy recovery.

Broadus Poole and friends
enjoyed a motor trip to Chim-
ney Rock Sunday.

Employees of the Drawing-In
Department are glad to have
Miss Winnie Smith back at
work.

Miss Winnie Smith is very
proud of her new niece, Emily
Frances, who was named for
her mother. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest H.
Smith of Greenville.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boggs
spent the week-end in the home
of Mrs. Robert Woods of Foun-
tain Inn.

We are glad to see O. L.
"Flip" Stroud back on the job
after a long absence due to an
automobile accicdent.

Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Goldsmith visited Mrs.
Fannie Goldsmith of Travelers
Rest.

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Loop-
er and family were recent
guests of Mrs. I. C. Few in Pick-
ens.

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Coggins
motored to North Carolina last
Sunday.

Mrs. Margaret Laws was a
visitor with her mother, Mrs.
Millie Mayfield, during the
week-end.

Enjoying the scenery in
western North Carolina last
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. B.
D. Taylor.

Third shifters are happy to
welcome Arelee Coggins and
Margaret Laws back as quiller
operators after a long absence.

"Mutt" Dunn and John Laws
were business visitors in John-
son City, Tenn. last week.

Visiting in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Stokes Lingerfelt re-
cently were Mr. and Mrs. Leon-
ard Capps of Pumpkintown.

O. H. Burgess and Tom Boggs
are trying a round at golf, but
the hot sun is a little too much
for the local amateurs.

Mis Margerie Bolt spent the
week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Bolt, of West-
minster, S. C.

Mrs. Edwina Cole heard from
her son, Bryson Cole, now sta-
tationed in Japan, and received a
nice gift on Mothers Day.

Our single girls are smiling
at Harvey Cisson since it has
become known that he is a for-
mer army graduate cook. What
a break for some luck wife!

Jessie Tate and parents went
pleasure riding through the lo-
cal parks last Sunday.

We are sorry to learn that
Mrs. Mary Bayne is a patient at
the St. Francis Hospital and
wish for her a very speedy re-
covery.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hayes
have taken residence on the
highway near Farrs Store.

Mr. and Mrs Robert Dunn en-
joyed the dinner and family re-
union held at the home of Mr.
W. M. Laws Sunday.

We understand that Henry
McCarson has now recovered
from eating too much at the
third shift barbecue last week.

Visiting with "Shorty" Mil-
ler recently was his brother,
Walter Miller, of Roanoke Ra-
pids, N. C.

Congratulations and best
wishes are being offered Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Singleton for
a happy and successful married
life.

Ben Grice was a Saturday vis-
itor with Charlie Cross at Paris
Mountain.

Dot Ables and Junior Led-
ford motored to Pickens and
other points of interest Sunday afternoon.

On Mothers Day, the children
and grandchildren of Mrs. Lau-
ra Foster met at her home with
well filled baskets and enjoyed
a most delicious dinner honor-
ing Mrs. Foster on her seventy-
first birthday.

Mr. and Mrs. Will C. Cox and
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Waddell and
daughter recently enjoyed a
motor trip in the mountains of
Greenville, Pickens and Oconee
counties. They saw Clearwater
Falls, the beautiful D. A. R.
school, and enjoyed a picnic
lunch on the bank of Keo-
wee River.

If you want any hauling done,

(Cont. on page 4, col. 3)

[Cartoon advert of overturned car with puncture in tyre]

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IS
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IN ONE!

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