CLINTON-LYDIA MILLS
VOL. I. NO. 8 SEPTEMBER. 1952
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Interesting
Services Of
Banks Given
(Editor's Note: To many
people, a bank is thought to
be a place where you either
put your money or borrow it.
Yet a bank has many other
facilities and plays an important
role in the life of our
city and all its people. For
this reason we asked Robert
M. Vance, President of M. S.
Bailey & Son, Bankers, one
of South Carolina's oldest
banks and the first in Laurens
County, to give some
facts about banking which
would be of interest to us.)
By Robert M. Vance
President
M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers
Banks deal with money but
bv far their greatest commodity
is service?service of
many different types to in
dividual people, to the city
and county, and to businesses
large and small.
It is true there is a charge
for some of these services,
such as when you borrow
money there is interest. But
there are many other valuable
services which are free, such
as a checking account. Money
placed in a checking account
is drawn upon by checks
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village Census
Data Reported
Cold facts and figures of
any type often are not very
interesting reading, but some
of the facts about ClintonLydia
people developed in the
recently-conducted census of
the two villages are most
interesting.
A wealth of information
was reported by those making
the census, a great deal
of it of interest only to management,
but the general data
outlined below should be of
interest to everyone .
first of all, did you know
we have 2.813 people living
in the two villages? That's
enough for a good sized
little town. These employees
live in 681 village houses
which have 2.953 rooms.
When the census was taken
a few weeks ago, you had
1,836 fellow employees working
at either Clinton or Lvdia
and, of this number, 1,001
were living in the villages.
That leaves 836 of our employees
who are living elsewhere.
We have a lot of children
at both plants?1,162 of them,
in fact?from the ages of one
to 16 living in the villages.
We also have 34 of our folks
now in the service.
There are 385 of our folks
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By J. B. TEMPLETON
Superintendent
Lydia Cotton Mills
When we talk about waste
in the mills, many people
think it is a dull subject, with
no laughs, no inspiration. Why
do we talk about it so much
then? For the simple reason
that a ^reat deal of monev is
involved, both to the mills
and to the individual em
plovee.
There are two kinds of
waste. One is deliberately removed
in a definite percentage
by machine structure and
settings. It consists of matter
which we want to remove to
improve the appearance and
quality of cloth. In this type
of waste are opener and
picker motes, card strips and
card fly, particles of leaf and
stalk of the cotton plant.
Card strips, card flv and
clearer waste consist of short
fibres, tangled and matted
fibres and broken fibres. If
these were not removed, a
weak yarn would result, and
removing this type of waste
is constructive and necessary.
The second type of waste
is not made according to
plan or design. It is this type
of waste which can cause
enormous losres of money
which affect everyone.
We will always have a certain
amount of this type of
waste, but the fact remains
that often the amount is
greatly beyond the necessary
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LINTON WOMAN'S CLUB are showi
iton West is the new president; Mrs. <
president; Mrs. Arthur Howard, seer
ant secretary; Mrs. Elvin Holtzclaw,
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amount. This is true all the
way through the mill. In some
cases this waste can be reworked
and put back into the
product and a great many
people think no harm has
been done. This is far from
the truth because when cotton
fibres have been processed
once, any additional processing
or re-processing results in
a high percentage of broken
fibres which then becomes
fly waste further along the
line. Even the fibres which
are not broken are weakened
resulting in ends down in
Lydia Safety
Group Formed
A new safety suggestion
and check-up system has been
started at Lydia under the
supervision of a committee of
safety inspectors chosen from
each department. This group,
similar to the one which has
been operating very successfully
for a number of months
at the Clinton plant, will remain
active for three months,
being replaced then by
another committee chosen in
the same manner.
Members of the safety
committee making the best
suggestions after mill checkups
receive an automatic
pencil. At the end of the
three-months term of office.
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D. W. McGee, first vice president;
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spinning and additional loom
stops and filling breaks in
weaving.
From this it is easy to see
that even reworkable waste
causes considerable loss.
Other Types
There are other types of
waste whirh rannnt ho ro_
worked and which are sold at
greatly reduced prices. The
further along the line of processing
this waste occurs, the
more costly it becomes because
of the additional labor,
power, supplies, etc. which
have gone into it.
It is the duty and obligation
of all who earn their living
from the mill?management,
supervisors and employees?
to reduce this waste to a
minimum by conscientiously
discharging the duties of their
jobs. This aids in manufacturlnrt
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which means that each and
everyone will pet more in return
for his or her work.
As an instance of how
amazingly expensive unnecessary
wa: te can be, the
value of sized warp yarn
which is made into cloth is
worth approximately 65
cents more per pound than
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Here are some of the places
where savings can be made
by reducing waste:
Less card lap and sliver
waste; less drawing waste,
less waste in creeling and in
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U. S. POSTAGE
PAID
Clinton, S. C.
Permit No. 59
SEPTEMBER 15. 1952
New Officers
Are Named By
Woman's Club
The Clinton Mills' Woman's
Club held its regular monthly
meeting August 18 with its
president, Mrs. Alice Lowe,
presiding. The session was
opened with devotionals conducted
bv Mrs. Eva Land.
The following officers for
the next twelve months were
named during the business
session:
Mrs. Clinton West, president;
Mrs. O W. McGee. first
vice president; Mrs. Allen
Powers, second vice president:
Mrs. Arthur Howard, secretary;
Mrs. Lewis Bagwell, assistant
secretary; Mrs. Elvin
Iloltzclaw, treasurer and Mrs.
Ina Belle Hooper, assistant
treasurer. The new officers
will be installed at the Sen
tember meeting at the club
house when a covered dish
supper will be held.
Tribute was paid to retiring
president, Mrs. Lowe,
who has served faithfully
and capably during the past
year. She graciously offered
her assistance to the new
president.
Gifts were presented to Mrs.
Tom Norris for her outstanding
work in the club, and to
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Lydia Hobby
Show is Hold
The Annual Lydia Hobby
Show was held in the community
building August 2920,
attracting several hundred
visitors from in and out of
town to view the three rooms
of exhibits.
Nine different crafts were
entered this year with the
following taking top honors
for best exhibits in the opinion
of the judges: Mrs. Roy
Thomas, first; Mrs. J, B.
Templeton, second; and Mrs.
David Word, third.
Judges for the event were
Miss Hazel Ann Dean, an
expert on craits xrom Laurens;
Mrs. D. O. Rhame and
Mrs. David Cook, both of
Clinton and who are artists.
Included among the craft
exhibits were the following:
Copper tooling: Mrs. Roy
Thomas and Mrs. J. B.
Templeton; crystal etching:
Mrs. J. B. Templeton and
Miss Miriam Donnan; metal
etching: Mrs. Rov Thomas,
Miss Mirriam Donnan and
Mrs. J. B. Templeton; nylon
flowers: Mrs. Claude Sims
and Mrs. Hoy Thomas.
Textile painting: Mrs. J. B.
Templeton and Miss Helen
Knight; costume jewelry: Miss
Joyce Mitchell, George Fleming,
and Miss Helen Knight;
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