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THE GRASS ON OUR
SIDE OF THE FENCE
;; THRIFT IS A
MIGHTY WORD
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t Though Small And Insignificant
el It C'an Make Or Break A
fli Mighty Nation
ii Thrift a very insignificant
I*' Avord; yet it is in everyone’s vo-
cabulary. It is a household word.
So small, yet it can make or break
rf a mighty nation.
Webster says, it is an economi-
cal management, an increase of
wealth, a profit. That a defini-
tion is in the language that any
and everyone can and does under
stand.
An economical management.
' That is, using money or commodi-
lies to such an extent that it
^ lasts much longer or that there
I* is some left over to be used an-
other day.
y An increase of wealth. Sure
ly ly if one uses one’s property in
such a way that it goes twice as
1' far, then is one twice as wealthy,
f Profit: The whole word thrift
can be defined in the one word.
!' The world looks iipon profit as
^ the net clearance of a business
deal; but then, isn’t thrift a busi
ness. Doesn’t it take careful
( planning and sometimes “scrap
ing” to come out ahead of th-j
1 weekly pay checks. For example;
. •‘i? 130.00 in the course of a year.
To a school boy profit only
] means that he has to write a
1 theme perhaps once or twice a
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It is a strange trait of human
character that often blinds us to
the advantages of our own situa
tions, while painting those of our
neighbor in all the rosy hues of
the rainbow. We become so ac
customed to our everyday sur
roundings that we are apt to ov
erlook our actual good fortune
in having sonre things that others
lack, and are really envious of
us for possessing.
The Elkin mill is much mor<:'
accustomed to receiving compli
ments from strangers or those
who only occasionally visit it than
it is from those who live within
a radius of several miles. We
think the situation of the mill
here on this knoll overlooking the
river is a pretty nice location, but
really do not appreciate it until
a visitor calls to our attention the
beauty of it. The fact that the
high water will never get into the
weave room is most certainly an
advantage, but the view of the
mill at night from Across the
river forces us to the realization
that there are other advantages
connected with its location.
fact that the nature of wool it
self makes for an oily condition
in the mill. The Avoolen mill is
at a disadvantage at the start.
due to the reason given above,
but this offers a challenge to put
forth a little more effort in the
attempt to keep such a mill spot
less at all times. Our mill has
met this challenge, and just how
well is attested to by the fact
that compliments are given evex’y
day of the year to the clean and
sanitary condition of the mill. A
visitor who does not remark on
our freshly scoured floors, snow-
white corners, shining machines,
is a rare visitor indeed. Such
compliments are all the more to
be appreciated when we realize
that our mill is in close proximi
ty to the larger cotton mills of
this section of the country, who
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REVIVAL ENDS AT
CHATHAM CHURCH
Services Were Conducted By Rev.
V. M. Swaini, of Winston;
Much Interest Was ShoAVn
A series of revival services
closed last Sunday night at the
Chatham Heights Baptist church.
The services were conducted by
Rev. V. M. Swaim, of Winston-
Salem. Much interest was shown
in this meeting, resulting in four
additions to the church and a
goodly number of reconsecra
tions. Rev. J. T. Murray is the
pastor of this church.
HOLD SERVICES
FOR MISS WHITE
Funei'al (Conducted From the
Home And Popular Springs
(yhurch Wednesday
On October 3rd the death an
gel visited the home of George
White and claimed for his own
his daughter. Flora. Miss White
was 18 years of ag-e and had been
suffering for some time with tu
berculosis. Funeral services wero
conducted from the home and the
Poplar Springs Baptist churcli
Wednesday afternoon, October 4,
at three o’clock. Rev. J. L. Pow
ers and ReA^ Richard Day con
ducted the services. Interment
followed in the church cemetery.
The flower bearers were
friends of the deceased and were
Mrs. Rose Key, Misses Madeline
Carter, Ruby White, Ruby Bau-
gviss, Annie Bauguss, Pauline
Adams and Myrtle Bauguss. The
pall bearers were; Bryan Carter,
Bill Walters, I. Iverness and W.
O. Key.
Miss White leaves to mourn
her loss, her father, Mr. George
White, of State Road; one broth
er, Ford White, of State Road;
two sisters, Mrs. Florence Sny
der, of Rowan County, and Mrs.
Othel Wagontr, of Elkin, and an
aged grandmother and several
aunts and uncles.
Woman caller: “Is the mana
ger in?”
Office Boy; “No, he has gone
out to lunch with his wife.”
Woman caller: “I see. When
he gets back with his stenograph
er tell him his wife called.”
II a man buys a cow for $50.00
{and sells it for $60.00, then he
( is $10.00 better off than he was.
He has a profit of $10.00. Now.
i if this same man earns a salary of
$15.00 weekly and saves .?2.50;
then he has a profit of $2.50 or
Woolen mills, as a general
thing, have a reputation for
cleanliness that does not come up
to the same standard set by the
better cotton, silk and rayon
plants. This is largely due to the