Chatham
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Blanketeer
Vol. 3
SEPTEMBER 20, 1935
No. 6
distribution
IS NATION WIDE
Chatham Homespun Fast Growing
In. Popularity Throughout the
Entire Nation
By C. W. Poor, of New York
Office
About a year ago there ap-
Pt^ared an article in The State
concerning the manufacture of
Chatham homsspuns. Since that
the growth of this business
d the popularity of the clothes
have been of such a striking na-
jjUre that all sections of the coun
try are manifesting interest.
The manufacture of these
“omespuns was revived about four
years ago. These cloths, however,
not an experiment, nor are
^^6y of modern origin. In the
^^94 catalogue of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company is to be
found the following testimonial;
“STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Executive Chamber
take pleasure in stating that
know Messrs. Chatham Manu
facturing Co., Proprietors of the
Elkin Woolen Mills, to he thor-
’^Ughly reliable business gentlemen,
and we wish their goods, which
have such a wide and favorable
*^®Putation, could be worn by all
Southern people.
Elias Carr, Governor.
R. A. Doughton, Lieut. Gov.
Lee S. Overman, Speaker of
the House of Representa
tives.
Raleigh, N. C.”
Today the largest distribution
of Chatham homespuns is very
Naturally in the Southern states,
Probably because of the familiarity
•^f the people of this section with
Chatham blankets and the
homespun type of cloth. The big
gest asset has been the good will
of these people, who have been so
satisfied with the wear and ser-
'"ice Of the cloth that they have
told one another of their satisfac-
<^ion. In the last three years pro
duction of homespuns has been
tripled, and strangely enough the
fii’st requests for a window dis
play came from the pacific Coast,
^here the homespun suits are
^orn all year round in the Cali
fornia climate.
Distribution is now nation wide,
and the revival of the Chatham
homespuns in popular priced gar-
rnents has been one of the biggest
stimulants to the clothing indus
try in the last few years. For
several years the homespun suits
have been popular in the middle
Pay Visit to Station WBT
The power plant personnel »f the Elkin mill visited the tra^-
!i .tndio Of radio sUtion WBT in Charlotte recently. The
photosraph sho« huse transmitter tower and, inset, the trans
mitter building, which Is located close y.
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Chatham Group Visits
Duke Power Co. Plant
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Just As Well Designed
TO mention the^name^C»
Hom'^spun w power
mendation needed fo
Plant personnel of the
‘’very'” instructive visit
ful and vejy puke
through - station,
power CO- at f rnanage-
S station were very
ment of tn . . showing
courteous and °hhg' ® g^t plant.
us the working of this greai p
CHATHAM WINS
SECOND HALF
T?k“ Easy 8 to 3 Victory Over
Greyhound Travelers In North
west League
We were told that this plant is
their largest steam-£lectric plant.
It has a capacity of 110,000 kilo
watts, or 110 times as large as
our plant here.
There are four boilers and two
steam turbines. Only three of
the boilers are required at full
load one being held as a stand
by. ’some idea of the size of the
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Chatham’s Blanket Makers
clinched the second half of the
Tuesday Northwest Carolina Lea
gue with two big hitting barrages
that gave them an easy 8-3 vic
tory over th2 Greyhound Travel
ers at Hanes Park yesterday af
ternoon.
Chatham only claimed nine
safeties off Fair Swaim but eight
of these hits were bunched in the
fourth and seventh innings for
four runs in each rack to win the
game.
The Travelers hammered Rog
Preston for eleven safeties but the
little Chatham right-hander was
at his best with men on the sacks
and when the dust had cleared he
had suffered only one bad inning
and ten Travelers had been
stranded on the paths.
The victory was the sixth in a
row for little Preston as he led his
club to second-half honors and
the right to face Unique Furni
ture for the league championship.
The Travelers grabbed the lead
in the third inning with a three-
run attack. Blum opened the
rack by fanning but Whitman
doubled. Jessie tripled to deep
right to score Whitman. West
singled and Jessie came home.
Whicker singled and West took
second. Pfaff flied to short and
West came home on Apple’s sin
gle.
The Blanket Makers came right
back in the fourth for four runs.
Long beat out an infield hit to
start the frame and stole secorid.
Morris rolled out to third and
Long took third. Plaster singled
to right scoring Long. Weaver
singled and Plaster took second.
H. Badgett singled and Plaster
came home. Petro rolled out and
the runners advanced a base.
Paul Badgett singled to right
sending Weaver and H. Badgett
over the platter.
Chatham clinched the game
with four runs in the seventh.
With one down Simmons walked.
Preston singled to center and A1
took second. Long singled to load
the sacks. Morris singled to left
to score Simmons and Preston.
Plaster walked, filling the bases
again. Long came home on a
wild pitch. Weaver flied out to
Blum in center and Morris came
home after the catch.
The only hit claimed by Chat-
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