Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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2 nrffl CLoth > . Published mon I -V r?jh *or employees I \gt\ and Lydia C .* 1, Clinton, S. C., '?direction of u . . ? .. Crocker, Indu Member of South * __ i-v; Atlantic Council of MOns U1 Industrial Kdltora Calvin Cooper C. C. Huffstetler Truman Owens The publishers of The C items of interest from its to your departmental personne I The Real Boss In a period of even a slight long and hard before making ? becomes longer and more thoro quality and price?and it is cr< the advertising department, wh selling job, but in the products Good workmanship, the pro and the avoidance of the "little ous, all contribute importantly Price is of course determined t waste of materials, an excessive that must be rejected, the wa: tools, all enter into the price ( may force the price to becon want to pay. Every employee, whether he tion every working day of his l i . _ ? i lessiy, a saie may oe lost, or a he wastes time or materials, th< come a part of the price of the Each of us, working to the 1 weigh the scales on the side of ter sales, and a better future. What Can President John F. Kennedy the American people that the 1 not ask what the country coulc could do for the country. The President thus express* citizens in a country such as c good government through the zens. Most of us recognize the vember when we voted in the The statement could also be bers of a great industry, that i can do for us, but what can we fundamental obligation. America was made great or and building of something tha As members of a great indu: in free enterprise . . . the right promise of a fair return for o and the free enterprise which only as long as we and the peo] interested in it and are willini America, free enterprise a: great heritage. It is up to all and improve it for the genera "Buy American, the job yo TL_ ine Desi There is no need kidding 01 U. S. economy slipped downw determined along with other ir trend. Some expect a turn for th part of this year. However, n us to resolve certain things tha ?Keep quality at the high ?Keep waste at a minimui ?Take the best possible cai ?Be alert always to avoid a ?Consult your Supervisor soever. Acci There's at least one of these b? .... I DON'T KNOW. .... I DON'T CARE. .... I FORGOT. .... WHAT'S THE USE? .... IT CAN'T HAPPEN .... I CAN LOOK OUT .... THIS SAFETY STU thly by and r of Clinton otton Mills, , under the Claude A. stria 1 Rela Member of American rector. Aaaoclatlon of Induatrlal Kdltora Editor Staff Artist Photographer lothmakcr will welcome ; readers. Turn them in rnnnrtprs or to thp 1 office. si ; - - Customers * recession, the customer thinks e i choice. The search for value ugh. Value is a ccmbination of a ?ated not by the salesmen and s ich must bear the brunt of the s on departments. per use of tools and machines. F ; mistakes" that can be so seri- F to the quality of the product. F >v the costs of production and amount of scrap or faulty items ? ste of time, and the misuse of f :>f the finished products. They L ne higher than the customers t knows it or not, is in competi- t life. If his work is done care- * i customer may be angered. If f e added cost will ultimately be- 1 ; company's product. 1 Dest of our abilities, can help to ? a better cost-price balance, bet- 1 t i We Do? ! , in his inaugural address, told ( Lime has come when we should 1 do for us, but to ask what we j i 2d what is a basic obligation of , >urs?a country which achieves j actual participation of its citiit obligation as recently as No- I national elections. , } applied to each of us as mems, to ask not what the industry < do for textiles. Here again is a , 1 free enterprise?the going out i t is good and profitable. ; stry, we are personally involved to work as we please, with the j ur effort. The textile industry, ( it represents, will remain great ( pie with whom we work remain ^ to do our best. rid the textile industry have a ; of us to maintain that heritage , tions which will come after us. u save miaht be your own." Is Needed irselves. During 1960 the entire ard, and the textile industry is idustries, to reverse the present e better sometime in the latter ow, in early 1961, it is well for it can help in good times or bad. est. n. re of machinery and equipment, ccidents at home and on the job. s freely on any subject what dents ack of every accident. TO ME. FOR MYSELF. FF IS ALL "BALONEY". THE CLOTHMAKER Who Pays the Bill for Unemployment Insurance in South Carolina? I Do Clinton-Lydia employes pay unemployment inurance tax for his or her unmployment benefits?? (Of?n referred to as ' half-time") Does the Company pay the ntire amount? Or ? do both the Company nd employees pay their hare of unemployment inurance taxes? Here's the answer. Emilovees in South Carolina >ay NOTHING for unemiloyment insurance benefits. Our Company (or any other Jouth Carolina Company) )avs both state and federal inemployment insurance axes. Unemployment insurance ax has nothing to do with Social Security. That's why oiks sometime think they Day for unemployment benefits. Employees do pay their .hare for Social Security but ;his has nothing whatsoever o do with unemployment benefits. Social Security payments ire used for retirement or survivors benefits ? nothing else. Most employed people are required by the federal government to pay social seeuritv at the rate of 3rJ of Iheir wages up to $4,800.00 a /ear. A company, by the same law, is required to match this payment. In other words, an employee making 53.200.00 in 1961 pays the gov A f\f\ 1 -niiiiem ^>?o.uu suciai securuy and the company matches this payment with another $96.00. Now back to the unemployment tax. Using the tax receipts the state sets up an account in the name of the company who pays it. If an employee is laid off, he may apply for unemployment benefits from the local or nearest Employment Office. These benefits are then drawn from the company's unemployment insurance tax account. The state unemployment tax rate is based upon how many claims are charged against the company's account. Under law the rate on this insurance in S. C. can be as high as 3.7r/< of the total taxable payroll. The federal government tax is .4 of 1 r/f of the company's taxable payroll. The federal government uses these tax receipts to administer the program throughout the country. The next time you hear someone say, "I am due unemployment benefits because I have paid for them," Rive him the correct answer. You'll certainly be riqht when you tell him that he doesn't pay a cent for unemployment benefits. The company he works for pays for these benefits. On the Floor?On? Foot or 200 Feet "Up" Safety and Efficiency Are Essential Any sore necks last week around the Clinton plant were possibly due to everyone looking up in amazement at the steeple jacks atop the Clinton smoke stack. These men were outfitting the 175 foot stack with a new 42 foot waterproof cap, installing new and heavier lightning arrestors and making other needed repairs. Robert Brown, one of the Supervisors of the job on the towering stack responde I readily to your Clothmaker reporter who interviewed him relative to their hazardous occupation. "Our job is not as hazardous as it may appear," Mr. Brown began. "In our business we observe several essential fundamental safety rules. We must be ALERT at all times and know before he does it, what our working partner will do next. This is a job that demands TEAMWORK, so does the manufacturing of quality cotton cloth for that matter, he continued. Another thing. Haste makes Waste and Haste makes a dead Steeple Jack. Recently I painted a 1.635 foot T. V. tower in Dumas, Texas that had a 4Vfe foot weave at the top. I didn't 'bet my life' by getting in too big a hurrv, you can 'bet yur life' on that," he concluded. As your reporter talked with Mr. Brown, Mr. Esmon, his fellow Supervisor, was atop the stack removing the rigging on completion of another job safelv done. Destination?New Orleans. TEN YEARS AGO Tn Di l r ]Tohninr\r 1 1 On') *> X?v? ? A V. K/i UU1 J iU, 1 *J * J 4? issue of the then unnamed Clothmaker we saw headlined that a plant paper would be published monthly. A front page picture shows Eloree Cunningham, Rachel Grey and Fred King proudly holding a poster showing that Spinning Room No. 1 was Accident-Free on all shi.ts during 1951. An article of interest to the women of Clinton Community was the eleca l - r TV /r * ? - uon 01 mrs. J. V. Lowe as President of the Woman's Club. The Clinton employee safety committee was composed of Jack Blakely, Mrs. Banna Braswell, Mrs. Annie Evans, Andy llames and Luther Dunaway. Mr. W. L. "Bill" Evans, 52, retired as Supervisor, 3rd Shift, No. 2 Spinning due to ill health. Mr. Joe Cooper, Clinton Weaving Overseer, was named president of the Clinton Mills Camera Club. Clark Meadows was plprtorl President. Pvt. Keith McGee finished his basic training at Fort Jackson February 84h. Lydia Girls and Boys Midget Basketball team are readying for play in a midget tourney at Myrtle Beach February 2223. A barbershop quartet was formed at Lydia. Miss Mary Johnson was elected President of the Lydia Woman's Club. FEBRUARY. 1961 ^ V :,v-4 . v-^ rTr ' '.VL-,iWj?iE . r* H r 1 j/Cri r*jM| vjjtt .* jfl I 4 I 9 w >7* I D __lL i wjH BB - ?JHBuHHHAinflB*-* ? . -