Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 THE CLOl Published by and fc CLINTON and LYI Clinton, Sout Calvin Cooper FRED GALLOWAYE. C. HUFFSTETI The publishers of The items of interest from its re* reporters or to the personne MOST IMP0R1 It is much more important to work and receive wages tha injured. No compensation pa} Consequently, it is to the em] help his company reduce or el reduce production costs throu A company has a better cl pay good wages if its produc lower costs, it has a better chc tion if market demands increi higher-profit company can conl jobs ? whereas a high-cost cc on part-time. TREMENDC Modern man. modern busii ern industry have made gre We are living in the so-calle from the hardships and primi who lived before us hundreds Yet, with all of these adva with us which has tremendous person, on every business and which the caveman knew, am than diminished, over the cer That force is competition, for his very life against the su not to mention other caveme so he had to rely on brute s The very youngest baby facing competition. He compc ters ior parental attention, i the sandlot baseball and footb; leaving school, he faces compi his choice. The paths of competition work. In an industry such as Lydia Mills, competition is be tunity. We who are working h ly competitive industry in tl We are in a business where ? the gain or loss of the sale of have many competitors, and on demanding the highest in qu price. Yet this very spirit of com for our mills to grow and exp? ing opportunities for advance Those opportunities will coi Lydia Mills as long as we o frnn nn 4 orrvrior* o* rof /-v*v> TL/n.. v.v. v.nt\.ipiioc OLCl 11. 1 licy V realize that anything done to petitive advantage also advan curity and future success. -sr? "In these modern times it seems that everything in the home is controlled hy a flick of the switch,except thechildren." rHMAKER >r the employees of DIA Cotton Mills h Carolina Editor ?Staff Photographer .FT* Staff ar^ci Clothmaker will welcome iders. Turn them in to your 1 office. rANT OF ALL for an employee to continue n to draw compensation when ^ments are as high as wages, ployee's advantage for him to iminate accidents and thereby gh lower accident cost. hance to make profits and to tion costs are reduced. With mce to enjoy continued operaase. In bad times, a low-cost :inue to operate ? and furnish >mpany must shut down or go >US FORCE ness, modern living and modat advances in recent years, d "Atomic Era." far removed tive conditions faced by those > and thousands of years ago. nces, we still have one factor j influence on each and every every industry. It is a force d which has increased, rather lturies. The caveman had competition rrounding forests and animals, n. He had little intelligence, trength, and a big club. today comes into the world ;tes with his brothers and sisde faces competition later on all fields. Then in school, and atition in obtaining the job of broaden as a person goes to we have here at Clinton and >th a challenge and an opporere have chosen the most highae nation, and in the world, i fraction of a cent can mean a large volume of cloth. We ir customers are free to choose, ality at the lowest consistent inotii inr? Kop ? i|y\.vivi?n iicio iiiciuc u jjuaaiuit: ind. It has provided outstand?ment. itinue to exist here at Clintonperate under the competitive vill continue as long as we each advance the company's comces our own personal job seXfe Sooner or lottr / fafyfoey \V llAftK \ rHE CLOTHMAKER Try Making Oxt'n Decorations Make your holiday decorations and you will not only save money, you'll have fun. A kissing ring for a doorway can be made by covering two embroidery hoops with ribbon or tinsel. Place them at right angles to each other and add a bell, ball ornament or sprig of mistletoe inside. Attach a bow at the bottom if you wish. Instead of embroidery hoops, you may use can rings painted with gilt paint. Evergreen branches can be used in many ways. Have you ever tried covering the wood molding about a door with them? Or bending a wire coat hanger into a circle and attaching evergreen to it to form a wreath? You can add ball ornaments or bright cranberries to brighten it a bit. Then how about decorating your windows and mirrors. rnttnn wtaitf* snrav r-?r whito paper snowflakes always look pretty. But if there is an artist in your family, why not have him paint a scene of a jolly Santa on a window or mirror with tempera paints? REAL CLASS! Rising pay rates have put the industrial employee into the prosperous, middle - class group of American society. His purchasing power today is five times what it was 100 years ago, twice what it was 25 years ago. Industrial employees, mort than those Americans in any 11_ _ t l i i omer single DracKet, nave been responsible for the purchase, in the last five years, of 30 million refrigerators and home freezers, 27 million TV sets, 22 million new cars. There's a very narrow margin between keeping your chin up and sticking your neck out. A RAY GODFREY is president of the Clinton Mills Dinner Club and J. J. Brabham is vice president. The Club was recently formed and held its first dinner at Epps Eating Place in Greenville. | w "ci^w * JV / jjfef 9/fyi> * l'c/r: Wm'-'t^yr m isL 0 OV ^ * PfnO. k mama mm am m mamma mmm A A ^ NbWS llbMb CLOTH ROOM By Annie L. Whitmire Sherry and Steve Jackson c spent the Thanksgiving holi- I days with Mr. and Mrs. Cole- i man Burton in Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Wilkes ? and children spent a Sunday i in Lyons, Ga. Nell Fuller, R.N., of Green- ? wich hospital, Greenwich, Conn., visited in Hyde Park, a N. Y. and West Point recent- i ly. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Perry Parrish were recent weekend I guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. ? Parrish, Jr. in Aiken. 1 Frank Dietz of Furman I University spent the Thanksgiving holidays with his par b u only fresh t a short 1 before Chr as possible, keep a tree has dried ou tree away frorr and passageway, firmly in pail of sand. Use only n decorations. Be caref smoking and open fla proved type of wiring Have your old cords and 1 an electrician and repair* card all worn-out cords. Ti when replacing bulbs, wher retiring, or if your house not overload your electric circ wrapping metal basket ? aet r i them at A Christmas tree is a potent set up inside of a building outlined above are repr intended for home fir the holiday season, ll are appropriate if a ti in any other buildi assemble. A safe MERRY C H DECEMBER 15. 1955 So c r ? c ? w-m 3^ 4U #; ; AT LYDIA >nts, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dietz. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Reed>r, Mrs. Cecil McLendon and VIrs. Joe Campbell visited in \tlanta on a buying trip. Donald Jackson, of Clem;on, spent the Thanksgiving .olidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Jackion. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Boulvare of Union recently spent 1 weekend with Mr. and Mrs. ^red Dickerson, Sr. Mrs. R. E. Whitmire and VIrs. Allen White, Jr. and ion. Warren, were guests of Mrs. Bunyan Whitmire in dewberry. Birthdays: Mrs. Sybil (Continued on Page 7) Y a r e e time istmas Do not after it t. Locate i exit doors Stand tree water or wet on-combustible ul with matches, me. Use only apin good condition, ight sets examined by ?d before using. Disurn off Christmas lights 1 decorating tree, before is left unattended. Do uits. Place Christmas gift s in waste i n d d of once. ial fire hazard whenever While the safeguards inied from a design e prevention during hey most certainly ree is to be set up ng where people Christmas is a R I S T M A S