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(By C. A.^rvin)
For nearly half a eenttiry,
Chadwick - Haskins Mills have
been producers of cotton and
rayon olQths.
FQllonang improved methods
production and based a]>on
friendly employer-eniplojee re-
latioDsl^lps and a k^n Infei^
in community piroblems, thii or-
ganix&tioii has grained a leftAer*
ship place in the Industry foda^,
giviikg employiidient to hniidyem.
The suburban atmosphere snr-
rouiding the company’s plant
locate just outside the city li
mits of Charlotte, n typical of.
the company’s mflls in other
sections.
Af -the front office, one Is
greeted with a happy "hdw-do
you-(jo” you are cordially dir
ected to ^ person you wish to
see. ,
The Times representative ^#as di
rected to Mr. Roii^rs, who' after
a sh(^ conference directive us to
Mr., W. C. Sttfphehson wh« took
pride in telling of his years of
association With the firms color
ed employees. He laaid, “you
take Artkur V^illiams, Olin
Glenn, Will FolFwiley, Wallet
Stroitf, Rby Springs, and his
boy ^bert, they all are good
felloWs and are typical of onr
large number of eblored en^loy-
^es”
THE HUliAlf tOtrCH
We went 6ut into the miB and
talked to these w6rkm about
whom M^. Stephenson had so
graciously spoken And foiind
that the seven taken toajether
have worked for the company
for nearly 150 yeafs must
hjave a fine job which they ap-
^eci4te!
We regpet we did not get to
talk wi^' Walter Strong, who
was av^ from the mill on one
of his t*|gular mfssiong deliver
ing llA^ of^et of Ms #irms
mercha^pse. tfach truck load is
usually^vlued at tcnnd leven
thousjDQ^^sn.
(Such ^fiddnce mu st be earn
ed) 1j
Group;-insuranee is made a-
vailabte to each employee. And
for the c^Vienee of the W'^rkers,
the compiny maintains a Cftrist-
mas sav/ngs |und.
^ We visited several of their
homeii which are painted ,grey
and triiryned in white each ^iug
provided With %hts and vVa^er,
and eonvitntly located near the
city of Charlotte bus line.
The homes, company owened,
are rented to tlie employees at a
rental of less th^n $1.0() per
week.
Manjj of the wives of the color
ed employees find emplojmient
in the village.
The Chadwick-lloskins inter
est ift their employees does not
stop in their mills but extends
into the community. Any worth
while effort which is being ear
ned on in the eliurches and
schools reoelved ijmpathetic
consider^tioB.
Reil contentment, is the best
description applicable to the vast
army of employees and well
they might, for the Ohadwielt-
Hoskins Company has a splen
did way cf pompensating those
who labor under its banner.
ber of commerce, gave his in-
doraement of the featrval. “Aa
we underatand this fastival is
held in connection with the Char*
lotte Chaililber of Com-
Jberoe. We feel reasonable ra!re
fjfaia \^ill b« gnkat #vent for our
'leetibn and «vifi be of a* edneat-
ibnlll nattnM anl' on« tlutt Wilt
be dn;|oyed by many. We art
^d to eoo^rate and will be
ready to assist you in any way
hp^e can”, he said.
Law Regnires All (Mheii Be
bHH)CBlat^. Warns
Onmge AMkal Socwty This jWfcd:
On March 17, 1989, The Gen
eral Assembly of North Carolina
enacted a law reqoii‘ing the par-
lenta or guardians of aU children
in North Carolina between the
iages of six months and five years
fo have these children immuni
zed against diptheria by the
fphjrsician of their choice or, if
they were unabfe to pay, by the
County Health CMReer, or pay a
fine of $50, or to l^e imprisoned
NEW YORK — President 15-
lie liMfcot, who took oflSce in Hai
ti liist August, hhs k cordial
fcelinf Jter American Negroes
Welcomes elqiwr ties between
Haitians and colored Amerieans,
according to an article in the Oc-
Crisis magaxihe by l)r. L.
D. Reddick.
The new Haitian executive
was formerly Haitian minister
at Washi^ton. While there he
did not find it dif^ult to main*
tain the dignity of his office
while at the same time building
up many friendships in Wash
ington’s colored population. Up
on the oecasinn of his fffrcwell to
Washington, at kast 200 colored
Washingtonians were among
those invited to the glittering
diplomatic reception fop the
presrdenf-61^t at 6 d6Vn to'^n
hotel.
their ehildren, but many dre dis
regarding it. A fine of $50, or a
prison term of 30 days i^onld be
again unless they are protected.
If mothers would ask their
physieaiia or ftealth
“combined di|rttieria and! ieii-
nus toxid”, the child wonW be
protected againat teta'aus (loA-
jaw) as well as dftpfheria^.
not obey the laW aaid &o it to
day?
In citi^ whi^ i^^Mt {4h3-
dren have be«n protected
diptheria, the disease has almost
disppeared^ and no children die
from diptheria.. Why are riot- all
of the children in Durham pro
tected against diptheria, aiid
why do some Durham chil^en
enough to make all parenl^ do! die from diptheria? Practically
theii; duty. However, tlm,article 4II 'mothers of infants bom* iiV
• ... benefits
of shots against diptheria,;
why do not they tabs their oihil-
dren at the age of six mci^hl to
,their physieian for this l^’olec-
‘tion f. |*;)tobably there ar| tUbee
?GALt*l TWEVEL
reasorti^-slfcme mothers be
(pareleM and 'forgetful,
inay be ignwant and are’
of the siots, ind the renllinVer
may niOf ^ kajw that tjie phf
... , cjans of' Miraato, the iec.
worse stifi, disregarded'«He; sal- ^pt. wIjYbaby clipic al^lfe the
18 an a]^af fO them, Aiitht^zed
by the fltoTrttn-Orftni^ Cotint>'
Medial Society to consider the
dangirs of dlplTieVia” to their
ehildi^enr, and to give them tois
protection. Remember that 4 pot
cent of all the cUiMreri, -^ho
have been patients in Duke Ilos-«
pital, '^ere admitted because
they were suffering froitt
Iheri^! It was not thefr :^ult,
but t^at of their pa.renfi, who
not only disobeyed the" liw, but
taken fo
be too f«te
to savi t1}^ ft
AltihongB dlTpliir^riil Aiy be'
cured if serotn is gtraii aoqi al
ter the disease ^tati^ lib cBild^n
should ever ktin dMMherii U
4hwy haye tiie |ol^
tor to have i^ott aa soon aa tney
pMffaed the iM months,
and bshNi rihjlt^itnm 9nStk taets.
If parent^ who iMad thb artide,
l^e (MSmn aot baen
prtMectedf ^ttinal dlptiieria, and
do not HteMdiat6}y kave Ibeai
protected, ean only biiiBe
t&emseh’es if diphtheria strikes
their htMMe. Do net the
Chanel of pofftpottttttf oration
It is too tough ott
as eightnsr CSIHf of fKsKr
httre dipraeria
If every mother tniSHS iCA &Bf
Otoe infant wMir fevWt (^lphth#-
ria', rol^f one aide of tMf
IbSd to tito
Irnmin ^ ^ «ar,
and the ff
she would not hesit
having this proteetion fo? fti#
own child.
ety aid' health of their children f
Judging' by the cases of dip-
therii wliich are .'oWhrilJijii Ao#,
this \|ill be a bad dipthem yeaf.
Usuafly n^ost of the easeM ari ik
the wfcte^ months, Dtit tftis yfar,
President Lesoot told Dr. Red
dick he hop^ to secure teachers
of Bn^Iish from'fhe tJnifid Sta
tes who know enough French to
teach English iii Haitf.
Another feature of the Octo
ber Crisis is a detailed aecount
of the campaign against police
brutality wage by Kansas City,
Mo. citizens resulting in the
resignation of f*olice Chief Lear
B. Reed, a native of Geor|fta and
former F.RI ,
(Cdntiniied from page one)
queen arid Aeir court. Jimmie
Gunh and his seinaders will
furnish the music.
The festival will end Thursday
evening, October 16, with the
showing 6f “Threads of a Na
tion*, motion picture in natural
color, at the Lincoln and Grand
theati’es, TTife picture shows the
evoltition of cotton frort raw
mat^ial to the finished products
used in clothing, the decqrative
arts, and in hundreds of arti
cles of Oommeree.
Iri a letter to the festivaA com
mittee, Clarence Kuester, execu
tive vice-pr^ident of the cham-
NORTHi)OA^
COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT
f I
ULRGE
DftJRHAM, N. C.—Witli the
formal opening of all depart
ments, the North Carolina Col
lege offically began its session
for the M41-42 school year w^ith
appropriate exercjes in the spac
ious B. N. Duke Auditorium last
Monday morning. Said to be the
largest enrollment in the history
of this outstanding Carolina in
stitution which Was founded by
Dr. James E. Shepard, its Presi
dent, the large student botly con
sists of representatives from va
rious sections of the United
States and one foreign country.
There are almost one thousand
students in attendance this year
capacity. Several would be ma
triculants hffd to be denied ad
mission due to lack of accommo
dation on tlte highly developed
campus on which is housed some
recently built brick structures
with all modern conveniences.
severil have pccured in July,
Auguit and S^ptembir.
La^ yiar in North Carolina,
2,656 childrsn needlessly had
diptherii, and 16S Of them ^fied
from thfc disease; som0 of them
were from Durham County.
None of these children would
have died if their parents had
taken them at the age of six
months t6 their physicians for
‘shots” of diptherian toxid.
Two or preferably three of these
shots should be gWn at inter-
fvals Of at least three weeks. X)ne
dose doe$ not always protect. A
Schick dkin test should be done
months lat>r And also every
year, to be sure that the child is
protected ' a^inst,. dipthei4a,
Schick tists also should be don^S*
on children who have had dip-
Watts, 6i^e and Lincold hol^i-
tals are riady and . \Yi||
give babilBs^M , shots,
or not their niters'ctln
usual fees. Jf your chilt.
fWeen tAe agfes of six mo^i
ifive years alid h«s not'belli ^
tected against diptheria, sti y$ur
doctor todftyi^
Diptheria is a common tns^se
in cities liire Durham in* ^'h|ch
many of thp children , ^et
diptherjft, have sore ^oAts,
others h«ve a' rtftining.no^ 4fed
the smt^r ehi|dren , Wcctoe
hoarse cWupy 4'ad have ^jKi^l-
ty in breatning. If the cfcSla is
prompt]^ taken to a doe^ dbd
given di^fhiria sferum, r^v(
is rapid though some ^
jtolwiier children ' may , hive
chodBiag attacks, and ne^l a lil-
tube' in their,wofcts
so that they,can bj^th .wlfile
the diptheria sc^ii is chrftig
the^n. , .
Unfortunateiy iiiiiny* nSrthirs
at first think these, childr^hi%'e
A mob of 600 White men sur-
roundiflf flSf
at Suboro.Mi ttlgbt of Aug.
15-lB ilk attempt to drag Cy
Winstoi^ accused ef ripe-ef-1
white girl, froth the' jjail in- an
Vtteml^fM eWiWell- I
Winstead'rad to bt-^^ed on
death row dV for
safe-keeping. ' ' '
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A bargait^ iWkrtfaqual-
ity i^t redudc^ mfenor
goods are never‘e!
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