CLINTON-LYDIA MILLS
VOL. I. NO. 4 MAY. 1932
CLINTON. S. C.
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VOL. 1. NO. 4
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BY NORMAN G. MEYERS
Pres., Clinton Cottons. Inc.
After giving you an introductory
look into your New
?ork office in last month's issue
of "The Clothmaker," we
think it will be interesting to
;how you what finally happens
to the various fabrics
made at Clinton and Lydia.
First we have style HH
made at Clinton. This cloth
has many uses but one of the
most important is impregnating
the fabric with such chemicals
as asbestos and magnesia
so that it can be used as insulation
around water and steam
pipes. It also is used just as
it comes from the mill for certain
types of bags and. as a
backing for quilting which is
used in women's and men's
numes, as an interlining.
HH cloth also is used as n
lining for caskets and, when
stiffened with chalk starch, it
is used in the lapels of men's
and women's suits. It is used
as an interlining down the
front of shirts inside the button
strip and inside collars to
give them body. This cloth
sometimes is rubberized and
used in rain coats, boots and
overshoes. It also is used as a
backing for paper and tar
paper.
Other uses include the meat
industry where it is used as
meat covers, in the curtain in
dustrv where it is known as
scrim and sometimes has designs
either printed or flocked
on, and by the mattress industry
for use in mattresses
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Style H, Clinton
This style is often interchanged
with style HH, the
only difference being width.
A large industry preferring
this style is the cheese band4
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ufcc .ictuu. ine cioin is cut on
slitting machines, sewn into
shapes and used as a lining
in molds when cheese is made.
The curd is poured into the
mold and the whev leaks
through the light cloth, making
a better quality cheese.
You can understand why
we are so fussy about quality
and cleanliness of this item
when you realize the Pure
Food laws insists it be chemically
pure and with a minimum
of grader's marks or
weaver's stamps. We mentioned
the cloth is cut on slitters.
If the selvage is not even
on one side, uneven bandages
result causing our customers
waste. Stvlc H also is inw!
some by the rubber and coating
trades, and they have to
be particular about hanging
threads, loose lint, hard warp
wrinkles and all industries
are particular about oil in
these [?oods.
Style AA. Clinton
This cloth has many and
varied uses. Often it is finished
bv converters to resemble
an organdy. A bleachery
washes and bleaches and
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MISS MARY JOHNSON, teacl
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"Lady Lydia" in the Golden Annn
Work Of Stanc
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in nit; ictai issue* oi i ne
Clothmaker" we discussed
why good quality cloth is
necessary to the future of
Clinton-Lydia mills and to
each individual job in these
plants This month we will begin
describing the steps the
mill is taking in an effort to
improve constantly our yarn
and cloth production.
Quality production is everyone's
job. but to avoid duplication
and to centralize all
our work in this connection,
we have a Standards Department
under the direction of
A. C. Young. Jr. He lias two
assistants. Robert J. Grube at
Lvdia and John \V. Vassev at
the Clinton plant. The central
laboratory which does all test
ing for both plants is located
in the Clinton office with Mrs.
Doris Harvey. laboratory
technician, supervising the
tests.
Their Jobs
These four people are responsible
for making many
tests within the plants day
after day in order to prevent
infnri/M' nnol it \ ? onrl
strength from leaving our
mills. Some of these tests include
checking yarn and fabric
strength, the amount of
waste made on various jobs,
costs <>f operation, ends down
on frames and looms, machine
speeds and many others.
We will take a few examples
of this work right in
the mill and perhaps it will
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'ersary pageant this week.
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very Job
be easier to understand just
how important they are to
you in running your job and
to the mill in turning out
fine quality goods.
Once each week we take
samples of warp yarn from
the slashers and send them
off to an outside laboratory
to find out the amount of size
beinjj put on the yarn A certain
amount of size must be
put on all our yarn, and either
too much or too little results
in trouble in the weave rooms.
For instance, a slashed warp
with too much sizing would
increase shedding at the loom,
thereby increasing loom stops
and reducing the loom efficiency
and the weaver's pay.
When loom efficiency drops it
is felt in the processes taking
place before weaving, such as
in the carding and spinning
rooms, because these departments
are required to run less
time to supply the yarns
needed for weaving.
Ends Down
Ends down in spinning and
weaving are checked frequently
Too many loom stops
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(ii spuming cnus uuwn art* an
added burden to the weaver
or spinner, and also reduce
the job's earning capacity for
the operator.
Some of our job time studies
are used to check on operating
standards for a job. If a
frame tender is to run the job
set up for him satisfactorily.
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Sec. 34.66, P. L. & R.
U. S. POSTAGE
PAID
Clinton, S. C.
Permit No. 59
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MAY 15. 1952
Development
Of Lydia Is
Portrayed
More than 1,000 people
this week attended the annual
pageant presented by Lydia
Cotton Mills and saw the 50
years of progress and development
of the mill and village
faithfully portrayed on an
open-air stage.
The pageant was colorfully
presented in three episodes:
First, the Spirit of Indian
Days, or of this country before
the white man; second,
the Spirit of the Wilderness,
or the early planning of the
pioneer Bailey family and
third. Lady Lydia, the Queen
of Industry, or the development
of Lydia into a modern
textile plant and residential
communitv.
A huge silhouette of Lydia
Cotton Mills served as a
backdrop to the portrayal
spanning half a century
The costume? of the more. __
than 100 people participating
in the program were authentic
replicas of each period portrayed.
Automobiles and bicycles
of the early 20th century
added an interesting
note.
Three Episodes
Mrs. J. B. Templeton as the
"Spirit of Indian Days" was
the leading figure in the first
episode which included Indian
dancing and the laying of
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Joyce Mitchell was the
"Spirit of the Wilderness" in
Episode II which included
portrayal of flowers and birds
by Campfire girls and Blue
Birds, a dance ensemble, arrival
of the pioneer Bailey
family, laying of the first
bricks of Lvdia by colored
employees and an early
Fourth of July celebration.
Episode III presented Lady
Lvdia. Queen of Industrv. por
trayed by Miss Mary Johnson.
Miss Johnson is the
daughter of Mrs. W. E. Johnson
and the late Mr. Johnson,
former secretary of Lvdia
Mills. Her mother and father
were married at Lvdia and
she has lived in the I.ydia
community all her life except
when in college.
Miss Johnson has taught in
Clinton schools for 18 years,
the last six at Providence
tV-ir> T.vdia village.
She is a member of Lvdia
Baptist Church, president of
the Lvdvi Woman's Club and
program chairman, and a
Blue Bird leader. She is a beloved
member of the Lydia
community and lives with her
mother at 4o Peachtree Street.
Queen's Court
The Queen's Court entered
with Lady Lydia. followed by
the Spirit of South Carolina
(Miss Hilda Burdette) and
the Spirit of Clinton (Mrs.
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