Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 m N c: < ^BH 9 8 ,^/S ~ Jy Reprii THE CLOTHMAK H5rCotton's last stand] S* gSj Before interring co j| poring here at the approxir Meet Robert Merce Caesar's, is divided into th '% youthful-looking former Nf 9 Corps. Other fortyish mer J Alire Manufacturing Co.. i . I Have a seat in the 1 described in Southernese as Translated, that m< * Talk to the man ai ecutive. possessed of a nei ' 'inMii *- ' 'r^n16" 'n ^'9 own n*c^ejLg. This is a man whos ness. This is not your frie This is a man who, despite E LwMHIWtit \ IwmmkA Lwhen vivacious, dark-eyed family vacation. This is a man whosi exercise rambling through t This is a man of w erly care for a member of quent visits here, added an comforts of home. All this perfection t humor, a complete lack of any such notion. Once the Among these peopl in glass-partitioned offices i ing him at a football game, Mr. Vance, this is the first Now that he's out I the only major textile opei "We use 1,300 bal ly. There has been no dro to continue growing, either The Cooley Bill? "We feel it will pa cottons. It the bill does n< The reference to hi of rntton malic bv M p rrpr fn ,1 *"* Bailey hauled the cotton 1 I cents a pound and with the MbL I | tually founded Clinton in I W9Q f Speaking of cotton. tjmW / "All we want is thi M tured with profit. The Co< 1! would not be right should M' a result of the bill's passage "In view of its pi< sized. The fact that all or degree doesn't worry us in Cotton, the bank, t the future president of both & Sons. Clinton bankers, ir during prep, then college y After Davidson, it ' he enlisted in the Signal Co returned to the bank and In that year, f\ Silas Bailej family to head the business I was fortunate in present duties. I had wor I'm not a technical man. / necessary was to strengthen It wasn't quite that of administering, of policymunity efforts. When men solved the hassles and no < The former Navy o ited by permission of DAILY NEWS RECORD, h Copyright, 1964, Fairchild Publico E R An island of cotton alone In a sea ol ? . . . 65-35 or fightl tton, leave the blends jungle and con nate center of the nation's textile indi r Vance, a handsome 47-year-old nii ree parts: His mills, his bank, and hi ?vy lieutenant commander is a mernbe nbers of the Corps run Woodside Mi! and Greenwood Mills, to mention a I president s office. The surroundings i "plain as an old shoe." :ans no frills, no pomp, just lots of q r?d get that same impression. I his i v outlook, drsdainlul ol the sense o! e genuine pleasure at receiving visitor ndly, neighborhood banker type, nor a retiring nature, likes people and t es. I his is a man so polite, ea hosp s lor real. lily is emphasized by the lack of an; > never raises his voice, doesn t smok< r. and devotes his life to business an >reshyterian College. This man gets un \ trginia hauls him off with their thre e work is a vocation and avocation, w he mills. hotn it is said: When he feared thai Clinton Cottons (the mills' New V? extra room to the Vance residence so ould add up to the picture of a perfe pretense, and a lively interest in eve y accept him for real, people are drs e is the starchy Clinton dowager who *t the family bank everyday before g , the lady stared for a moment belort time I've seen you that you weren't u from under glass, ask about cotton, ration locally that has NO! 5011c inU es a week, produce 3 million yards ol >p in demand for ou r products. We 1 by local construction or acquisition. iss. Clinton I. ydia is historically cott >t pass, we would then have to reeval story steins front the fact that Ciinto S. Bailey after his discharge from t 0 miles by wagon from Clinton to Oi proceeds entered the mercantile busi and Lydia in I '*02. what about price? e world price. Given that price, rott nicy bill represents the best practieabl the industrv have t<? talc ? >vrn, desirable characteristics, cotton most of our former all-cotton plants I the least. We'll stick to cotton ns l< md the mills are part of the \ ance h organizations to start as an I 1-year < t the summers of 19 27-1928. then w? ears at Davidson where he earned his was back to the mill as paymaster at rps and later won a Navy commission rose steadily in the closely held, fan t, a colorful and forceful leader and t es. died of a heart attack and Mr. \ f having both a textile and banking b ked in every department of the mills \gain, 1 was fortunate in inheriting a i and reorganize that staff to meet of simnlrv but tn the tn-jl- ?ti?. ?-vr?ei<-t - ? ?" r*% ,,v* making, of handling his people, of fr< ribers of his si.Jf disagreed, the quiet, 3ne'? feelings were the least hurt, fficer ran, and still runs, a tight, hapf lev/ York, January 6, 1964. tions, Inc. JANUARY, 1964 F blends . . . r?e to Clinton-Lydia Mills, prosistry. !1 president whose world, like s community. This tall, spare, r of textiles* Leadership Youth lis. The Springs Cotton Mills, Few. a t r t 1. ?ic ijpicai or v,nnron-Lyaia, luality. s textiles' New Breed of exempire. and each man unique s overcomes an apparent shya hard-driving mill executive, lotes on mingling with associ >itablc. that first time visitors v visible vices or everyday ?. seldom it ever takes a drink, d the support of Clinton's ieasy for his established routine e children to the beach for a ho has no hobbies and Rets his I local hotels could not propyl k selling house) on his fre i-i i ii -1 iuc i iiuui luuiu nnvr an me ct bore. But a warm sense of rybody and everything dispel iwn to him. observed Mr. \ ance working oing to the mills. hncounter: snapping: "Well, REALLY nder gias. mindful that Clinton-l.ydia is > blends to some degree: all-cotton constructions weekire growing steadily and intend on and we intend to stay in ,uate the situation. n-L.ydia grew from four bales he Confederate Army. Mr. angeburg, S. C\, sold it for 60 ness. then banking and evenon can be raised and tnanufacle hope of the industry, but it I loss on its cotton inventory as s price has been over-emphaka\ e gone into blends in some >n?; as economically possible." eritage. It seemed natural for old office boy at N1. S. Bailey rrk at C linton Mill as a helper B.S. in business administration, l.ydia until April, I 94 I, when i. 1 ire war over, Mr. V nnce tily organizations until 19^3. he third member o{ the Bailey urce was elected his successor, ackground when I assumed my except the weave rooms, but i top flight staff; all that was landing conditions." ent brought the essential talent anting for his interests in com( sympathetic Vance touch re?y?and piofitable?ship. A T PFOFRSFN