Mill Official for Many Years
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The late John Roth, above, was head of the finishing and ship
ping departments of the old mill in Elkin for many years. He was
a brother of Capt. G. T. Roth, who served for years as general
superintendent of the Company. *
Old Letters Tell of
Toll Taken by River
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are waiting for material and as
there are no trains they can't do
anything. So it is up to our Com
missioners of the two counties.
The wreckage is being cleared
away pretty well. Today we work
ed over 100 men at the mill, we
got about three-fourths of the
mud out of the mill. I think by
Saturday we will have things
cleaned up in the mill pretty
well, but the outside will be in a
mess, as we are dumping all the
mud through the doors and win
dows. Hugh says just get it out.
He is right in the midst of it all
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from morning till night and I
hope he will continue to stay un
til Gill comes.
If he can get here, it will take
the best of two months to get
started again the whole mill. We
may get the Washing Mills and
Dryers started in the next ten
days providing we can get belts.
Hugh sent a wire message from
Mt. Airy to Baltimore to express
some belts to Mt. Airy and Mr.
Pace in Mt. Airy is to watch for
it and send it right over in a car.
Mr. Atkinson sent his car yester
day after ice and sold it at 2 */ 2 c
per pound. I didn't buy any and
had a wagon to bring sugar and
selling it wholesale 10c per lb. So
I have cut out my breakfast post
toasties. I am living cheap.
They have ttimed the Shoo Fly
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
into a work train. Capt. Crews
hired 75 men and bought shovels
and crow bars all he could find
in ETiH" to. work with. They have
fixed up the track so far down to
Mr. Park's bottom. They thlhk
by the last of the week they will
get down about Burch's Perry.
There is another force working
out from Donaha of 150 men, but
in many places they must make
entirely new road bed, whdi-e the
heaviest is betwen Shoals and
Rockford. We will not have a
train to Elkin within three'weeks
if we do then. Wilkesboro will be
about two months before they get
theirs. The Directors of the
Chatham Mfg. Co. came up to
day and looked over the situa
tion. They say, never stay down
in this hole but build on higher
ground and I think they will
build back of Alex's. They would
prefer taking it to Winston if
they could but I don't think they
can. Though I couldn't say
what.
"They"
A bunch from the plant were
over at Gus Stone's place Sun
day. It was the last warm day
of the year, so we were all out in
the back yard enjoying the sun
shine and listening to Gus's new
portable radio. It can be carried
all over the place, and doesn't
have to be hooked up to anything
in order to be used. Gus puts it
on the seat beside him when he
drives to work in the morning
and listens to the early morning
news and music.
We sat around for awhile, ad
miring the tone and all, and fin
ally somebody said, "What will
they do next?"
Nobody answered for a minute,
and then some other guy asked:
"What do you mean—'they'?"
Then we set to work trying to
figure that one out. Thinking it
over, we realized that all of us
were accustomed to referring in
that way to many of the new
products coming from industry.
But we'd never stopped before
and tried to analyze exactly
what we meant by "they."
Finally Gus Stone spoke up.
"I've got i( figured out," he
said. " 'They' means everyone
concerned in turning out that
radio. First of all there's the in
ventor—the guy with the idea.
Then there are the men who put
up the money to back the enter
prise, and build the plant, and
provide the jobs and payrolls.
They're the stockholders. Then
there are the guys like us, the
workers, and foremen, and man
agers—the ones who contribute
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The Chatham Manufacturing Company began as a small industry in an humble frame building which was located where the old
Shoe Factory now stands, but at the time the picture above was taken it was beginning to grow, as the brick building pictured above will
show. This building was located where the Old Mill now stands, and was constructed about 16 years after the company first started.
Shown in the photograph are practically all the employees of the mill at thai time.
the skill that makes us open our
mouths and say, 'What will they
do next?*"
"Guess you're right, G us,"
somebody said, after a moment's
silence. "And by the way—what
do you suppose they will do
next?"
"Don't know," Gus answered,
turning the music on the radio
up a little louder. "But whatever
it is, I've got an idea it will sur
prise us again!"
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Rufus—Every time they fire
one of those big guns on the
Western front S9OO goes up in
smoke.
Goofus —Why don't they use
smokeless powder?
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The Chatham Manufacturing Company's Second Plant
Winter Annoyances
Our own favorite annoyance in
winter is cold weather itself, but
all of us don't agree on that sub
ject, and anyway there isn't
much *that can be done about it.
There are other disturbing things
that happen in winter, however,
about which something can be
done, and Dr. Victor G. Heiser,
Medical Consultant to the Com
mittee on Healthful Working
Conditions of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, has the
following advice to offer concern
ing a few of them:
Chapped lips and chapped
hands are frequent occurrences
and, in spite of the fact that they
are definitely minor in nature
they can be annoying. Hands are
much less likely to chap if they |
•are properly dried before being
exposed to the cold. In addition
proper hand lotions or creams
will help in this line—it doesn't
make you "tough" not to use
these, it Just makes you foolish.
Lips likewise do not chap as
readily if you keep them dry,
and if you keep from moistening
them continually with the tongue.
Petroleum Jellies, cold creams,
and colorless pomades often help,
too. '
Those of us who depend on our
own two feet to get places will'
find that heavy covering for the
ankles and the feet—galoshes for !
slushy weather and both high
shoes and galoshes for cold wea
ther—is the best preventive for
frostbite and the itching chil-1
blains that can be so annoying. '
On the other hand, those who
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travel by car have different prob
lems. v If you find yourself get
ting headaches in wintertime, it
may be because you are keeping
the windows in your automobile
too tightly closed.
After you get to work, the tem
perature of your place should de
termine the amount and charac
ter of your work clothing, but it
is important not to change too
radically from one extreme to
the other.
Meanwhile, about all the lover
of warm weather can really do is
Ito keep his chin up and try not
to think too often of South Sea
islands!
Mrs. Peck —Henry, do you think
we axe prepared for war?
Henry (alarmed) Why? Is
your mother coming to visit us
soon?