The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, June 15, 1970, Page 3, Image 3
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beach in August.
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James Laster, Bailey Car
spend his vacation in South <
fishing and relaxing.
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pond her vacation in Clinton,
states she and her husband,
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Unlimited Banquet.
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plans to spend his vacation vi:
grandchildren. This is much b<
and mountains, says Mr. Lancast*
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will be visiting the mountains c
few days and then she and he
South Carolina coast.
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while serving in Vietnam. 196'
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employee prior to entering pari
service, is the son of No. Son
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extile employees in 32
its in South Carolina j
ked up perfect safety
irds in the fiscal year
ing recently, accordto
the South CaroTextile
Mfrs. Assn.
ployees in five plants
ked over 2-million manrs
without a lost-time
dent, the association reted
during the South
r o 1 i n a Occupational
?tv Conference.
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f the 153 textile plants
/eyed, there was an ac?nt
frequency rate of 2.8.
mprovement on the preis
vpar's 9 8Q ^TV-ic*
ivs number of accidents
each 1-million man- (
rs worked.) During |
1, the latest year in
ch the state labor detment
compiled figures,
th Carolina's textile intry
had a frequency i
1 of 4.3. against 15 64 in
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Yet their voices goes out
through all the earth.
?(Psalms 19:4)
Communication is at the
heart of prayer; for prayer
is the way by which we
reach God, and it is the
wav hv wVlirh finH roaplioc
us. Communication is at
the heart of civilization;
for civilization is the result
of people understanding
and learning from one
another. Let us keep the
lines of communication
open always.
Textile Facts
And Figures
Wholesale prices of textile
mill products, as measured
by the U. S. Labor Department's
wholesale price
index (1957-59 equals 100),
stood at 101.0 in February,
1970. The index for all in
uu^n icii t-UUlIIUJUllieS in
February was 115.5.
The South Carolina textile
industry had 99,708
active spindles spinning
worsted yarns in 1968, according
to the U. S. Department
of Commerce.
A boom in textile manufacturing
in South Carolina
began in the 1880's. Within
a 25-year period beginning
during that decade, nearly
three million cotton spindles
were established in
the state.
The average textile em
ployee in South Carolina
worked 269 days, according
to the S .C. Labor Department.
This was seven days
less than the average in
1968.
South Carolina textile
plants had only 570 employees
in 1840. according
to the U. S. Census of that
year.
Spartanburg County has
more knitting plants than
Liny other county in South
Carolina. The S. C. Labor
Department listed seven in
operation there last year.
"Calico" is a seldom-used
term describing a printed,
plain-woven textile fabric.
Calico is now normally
known as percale.
1947. In South Carolina,
textiles ranked as the safest
major industry in the past
three years.