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6 For steady Waste reduction the cost to make gets more sales. It is truthfully said that 1 waste can make or break a cotton mill. i In our work with cotton we 1 are constantly removing its 1 undesirable components from < the moment the bale is i opened until the cloth is i baled for shipment to our i customers. Also, at times we 1 eliminate some of the good 1 spinnable raw material which < could go into the making of cloth. This unnecessary elimination is what we refer to as the "White Elephant". < WHAT CAUSES "WHITE i ELEPHANT" WASTE AND - t~* ~ ;^^BH ? " '"-*7?5 * . ,4m ' "A Solid Train Load" .... These 1 al MODELS OF Fi "V ^ K?^B Sf/jf t% Tjra?* |A 1 -fMM ^r9| J^"/" ' ^1 17 / m W ' '^KMI 1MM k. I Betty Kay These lovely young daughters in "Cottons For Fall" at a fashioi the Laurens County Maid of Cottr Hotel on September 24th. Betty is the daughter of Mr. a Mr. Davis is a long-service loom of Mr. and Mis. A. C. Young, Jr. of Clinton-Lydia Mills. Barbara's Roberts. Mr. Roberts is Superintei H UrH >?s raises efficiency, increases < a yard of cloth, reduces unn and gives more job security [IOW DOES IT AFFECT US? The causes are many and nmong them we can list setLings ? speeds and maintenance of machinery and equipment, poor housekeeping and carelessness. The most common of these causes is carelessness which can contribute to the amount of waste made by nearly all Dther causes. The effects of the "White Elephant" are also numerous. Each pound of waste which i*an be sold costs us approximately 50c to make and is sold only for an average of " nww joxes contain expensive material ^ a considerable loss to the compan ML COTTONS Br* ^B r v I m n w-. . M a J 1 hb' M 1 m \ ->^m v Barbara of employees modeled the latest n show held in conjunction with >n Contest at the Mary Musgrovc ind Mrs. Hudson Davis of Lydia. fixer there. Kay is the daughter Mr. Young is Standards Manager parents are Mr. and Mrs. Dave ndent of Lydia Mills. THE CLOTHMAKER i dmmi juality, lowers lecessary work, to all of us. 12c, leaving a net loss of 38c per pound of waste sold. In addition to this, we lose the potential profit which could have been realized had this material been allowed to reach cloth production. Waste which can be reworked (lap waste, sliver, roving, and scavenger) cost us about 5C per pound to handle and reprocess and this also causes a loss in quality and efficiency when rerun. Waste at Clinton-Lydia amounts to several million pounds each year and is an important fact o 1* in our >'v ? ^ KMi^mM^ '* * vhich now must be sold as waste Y Brazill - Fallaw Rites Held Miss Polly Brazill. daughter of Mrs. Lily Brazill and the late G. F. Brazill became the bride of Dennis Roland Fallaw at high noon Sunday, October 6. at Calvary Baptist Church. The Rev. J. W. Spillers, pastor, performed the double ring ceremony. Mrs. Joe E. Land, organist, played "Largo," by Greig. "Andantino," by Lemare; "Angel Serenade." by Briaga; Bridal Chorus, "Lohengrin," bv Wagner; Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," by Mendelssohn, and Benediction. "Seal Us, O Holy Spirit," by Meredith. Mrs. Alvin Bagwell sang "Bless Thou, O God, This Day," by Searnes. "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You," bv Wilson. The bride wore a waltzlength dress of chantilly lace over white taffeta, designed with high neckline, long sleeves extending in points, and a scalloped tiara of pearls held a short veil. She carried a bouquet of white carnations and ribbon. Floor hnsWot c of gladioli decorated the church for the occasion. After the ceremony the couple left for a brief honeymoon. They plan to live in this city. manufacturing costs, which i determine the price at which i \j;o miKt coll mil* nlof Vi Wo < can see how waste losses are ; figured in our costs from the following example: ] Suppose it cost $1.00 to i make 5 yards of 80x80 cloth. < And suppose we must add 5c i for waste losses. Our cost < would be $1.05. 1 Then suppose our competi- i tor, the Ajax Cotton Mills, ] can also weave 5 yards of 1 80x80 for $1.00. But they need to add only 2c to cover their : waste. Their cost is $1.02. Ajax Mills, therefore, ] would have a 3c per 5 yards advantage over Clinton-Lydia and would bo in a much hot ter position to sell their cloth and to continue steady jobs for their employees. The above illustration is not overdrawn. Textile manufacturing is so competitive that often a small fraction of a cent per pound of cloth determines which company gets the order. With prices figL r K At ml -flt-fl m m Every bale of waste from our io the cost of n And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and thouuh I K've my body to be burned, and have nut charity, it profiteth me nothing- ? (I Corinthians 13, 3.) The grand gesture and the big gift, even though they be generous, are not so great in the sight of God as the smallest thought or act that comes from a heart filled with loving-kindness? for therein is the real and true charity. PUT IT IN YOUR BIBLE Here is a handy table which it would be well to cut out or cop\ for reference in your Bible studies: A rtriv'n ionrnnv wnc nlvinl twenty-three and one-fifth miles. A Sabbath day's joinney was about an English mile. A cubit was nearly twenty-two inches. A hand's-breadth is equal 1 > three and five-eights inch. A finger's breadth is equal to one inch. A shekel of silver was about fifty cents. A shekel of gold was $8.00. A talent of silver was $538.30. A talent of gold was $13,809.00. A piece of silver, or a penny was thirteen cents. A farthing was three cents. A mite was less than a quarter of a cent. A gerah was one cent. An ephah, or bath, contained cntron rff> I l<vnc f ?? ? o\ VV.I1 ^aut/lio (IIIH uvr I J I I I 1 rs. A hin was a gallon and two pints. A omer was six pints. ?Selected. OCTOBER. 1957 jred so closely, the cost of waste can make the difference between selling cloth at a profit or at a loss. Clinton-Lydia, of course, miiet Honunrl nnnn nm nl/wrnoe Iiuuv Vtv pv I IV* UJ-/V/I 1 V.II V.V.U for the control of waste. The anly way to cut waste costs is to reduce waste and each employee has an opportunity to do this at his process and during his handling of the production. In order for us to stay in the cloth manufacturing business it is necessary for each of us to do all that is possible to cut the production cost of our cloth so that we may meet competition from other companies such as Ajax Cotton Mills, both here and abroad. The nrevention of exees sive waste is perhaps the easiest thing the employee can do to reduce manufacturing cost. Lower costs help our company to retain its competitive position and make our jobs and paychecks more secure. * mills represents an addition lanufacturing. Cotton Maid Second Alternate v.. i v js f " '4 Miss Shirley Hedspeth (now Mrs. Donnie Cogsdill), daughter of Mrs. Bertie Hedspeth, Clinton Spooler Room, first shift, was named second alternate in the Laurens County Maid of Cotton ~ u i il .J vuiiiuM. nuubptfiii d ppt*drt*u on "The Jane Dalton Show" over station WSPA-TV following the contest. "So you thought you could sink part of a boat!" (Sec Page 2)