Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MARCH, 1970 M ^r1 ^iJL Rf^-' Mb^ IjS^^ Superior Quality Is, This is a typical group c Mills employees who team i the way through the plants. i_. to r irom Riant *1 are R tender; Richard M. Bowie, fol< spinner; Lillie Johnson, spo weaver; and Oscar Kinard, 1< Using A Power La Be Careful! Be M Power lawn mowers, especially the rotary type, have proven to be a mixed blessing. While they save time and effort, they also cause over 55,000 accidents each year. Whirling blades can pick up debris such as rocks, nails, bottle caps, glass, and many other objects. These fast moving objects usually strike the leg, ankle or foot. Before mowing Read carefully the instruction manual Check your mower for cracks, loose nuts or bolts and other parts that need replacing. Fill the tank before you start so that you won't have to do it during mowing . . . when the engine is hot! Clear away stones, rocks, wire, sticks, etc. on your lawn. Student Nurse Le June Dunaway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Dunaway, is a student nurse at Greenville General Hospital. Le June's parents are Clinton Mills employees. - ?/ powered mowers when grass is wet and when it's raining. Stand firm when starting the mower and keep both feet free of the blade. Stop the engine and let it cool before refueling. Be extra careful when mowing on banks or steep grades. Never attempt to remove objects from the mower until the motor is stonoed and the blades have stopped turning. When using a handpropelled mower, cut hills, banks and slopes sideways. Do not pull the mower back toward you on a down grade. When using a riding lawnmower, mow slopes up and down. Textile Industry I A look at industry safety records of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia anH Alnhamo cVimit ? . ..v.mv.i4iw oiiv/? utai ICAtile employees work in one of the South's safest manufacturing industries. According to latest reports, the textile industry is a leader in industrial safety in all four of these states. In South Carolina textiles share the top spot in safety with the electrical machine, y industry with an injury frequency rate of 4.3 per million man-hours. Among the industries textiles consistently lead in safety in these four states are: chemical and allied products, furniture, print Everyone's Business if quality conscious Clinton jp for Superior Quality all obert L. Simmons, fly frame Hpr tPnHpr' Emma Flunoxjroir oler tender; Bessie Queen, x>m fixer. iwn Mower? ower Careful! While mowing, keep children and pets away from the mowing area. Do not use electricallv and there will be no idle machines or employees. Each of you may ask, "What does it mean to me? What can I do about it?" In answer to the first question, the recruiting effort could mean more stable employment for everyone in the plant, as mentioned earlier. Nationally, textiles have an injury frequency rate nearly four times lower than the lumber industry THE CLOTHMAKER Yes, YOU Do Have A Stake In 'Future' April has been designated as Textile Futures Month. That means that Operation FUTURE (which stands for First United Textile Recruiting Effort) will be launched?the first concentrated industry-wide recruiting effort in the history of this fine industry. Nearly all companies in the textile industry have been hard pressed for qualified production employees in the past year ? and the situation for many has been getting worse all the time. In nearly every plant throughout the textile industry, some employees are idle because there are idle machines, and the machines are idle because the company has not been able to find qualified personnel to operate them. That's why every textile employee has a stake in this campaign?so that all machinerv ran Hp nnoratino and only half as great as that of fabricated metals, food, stone, clay and glass products and furniture. s Safety Leader ing and publishing, lumber, transportation equipment, primary metals, fabricated metals, paper and allied products, tobacco, machinprv maniifar?fiirir<rr oomon* J A?lg) VVlllCUl, brick, tile and pottery, and sand and gravel. The safety record of the textile industry in these "Big Four" textile states far outshines the record of all manufacturing at the national level. The U. S. Department of Labor's latest report shows the injury frequency rate for all manufacturing to be 14.0 per million man-hours. ^TEU'EM TOHtj V COME ON IN... VllL As to the second question, we suggest that each of vnn hp r?n thp J 4VUUWUI XVfX likely prospects for jobs that are open here. Operation FUTURE is cosponsored by the Public Relations and Education Committees of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute, (ATMI), the central trade association for the U. S. textile industry, with headquarters in Charlotte, N. C. The state texTE1 The South Carolina textile industry consumed n. u-ly 186 million pounds more of synthetic fibers in 1969 than in 1968, according to records of the S. C. Labor Department. The first South Carolina textile plant with more than 1,000 cotton spindles was the Bivingsville Cotton Manufacturing Company of Spartanburg County. It began operations in 1836. Women comprised 39.1 per cent of the non-salaried urnrlrfnrPD in ?T VA VV AAA 11 IV. UU U 11 1 Carolina textile industry in 1969, figures of the S. C. Department of Labor show. The textile industry in South Carolina had an accident frequency rate of 3.8 in 1968, according to the S. C. Labor Department. The accident frequency rate for all industry in the United States was 9.8 in 1967. 5 Npi*. ^'& ->\j^iEL> ^ j tile associations are also cooperating and companies thrmicrhmit tV>*? tovtilo oroac are taking part. You will be hearing radio advertisements and seeing newspaper ads in connection with the effort. Clinton Mills is participating wholeheartedly in the concentrated campaign. We hope it will be a means of bringing about completely stable employment for all of our people. Chintz is glazed cotton fabric often printed with gay figures and large flower designs. Its name is derived from a Hindu word meaning spotted. Sea Island cotton, once considered by many textile leaders as the finest available, formerly was grown on small islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. uver 1.3 Diinon linear yards of print cloth for wearing apparel were produced in 1969 by the South Carolina textile industry, accocrding to the S. C. Labor Department. Some 35,000 manufacturing plants comprise the American textile - apparel complex. Per capita consumption of textiles in the U. S. will rise from 50 to 60 pounds before the end of the seventies, it is predicted.