Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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% NOVEMBER. 1971 A/ The Pilgrims, beset by hardship and rlan!rf>r?s urpro j., ?? v * v uiv. i i i r* l ill America to feel that a day of Thanksgiving was appropriate, and today the need for dependence upon a higher power than our own to meet the problems of a disturbed world makes a period of Thanksgiving of special significance. It was not until President Abraham Lincoln issued a formal proclamation on October 3, 1863. that Thanksgiving Day became an offiPossibly many of us. too, think of Thanksgiving Day as just another holiday which we may devote to the pleasures we enjoy, brush aside the real reason for the proclamation of this day. Few of us stop to evaluate our own worthiness or just how well we are sharing these blessings with others. Referral Car % Employees are again reminded that each Assistant Overseer and Overseer lias employee referral cards available for use in referring prospective employees to the Clinton Mills Personnel Department. If you know of someone whom you think would make a good employee for the company, pick up a referral card from your Assistant Overseer ^ today. Clinton Mills, Laurens County's lead >ing 1971 cially recognized national holiday. The old New England custom, already DODlllar nationwide wac adopted whole-heartedly by states in the Union which had been discouraged by unfavorable trends of the Civil War. Today, in the best fed nation in the world, we again look forward to Thanksgiving Day in a period of troubled times. On that day, in the midst of festivities and family reunions. millions of Americans will again bow their heads over heavily laden tables to give thanks to the diver 01 ail gifts, even for life itself; to re-focus their perspectives and to renew a philosophy which is the only road to peace and happiness for both people and nations. Let us remember to be thankful as we say "Bless us. O Lord, and these thy gifts . . ds Available intf textile employer for over 75 years, is pleased to have unlimited job opportunities available for qualified applicants. HOWS THAT AGAIN? This afternoon there will be meetings in the North and South ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends. 3 Accidents Don't Just Happen We think of accidents as things that happen to other people. It's hard to visualize OURSELVES with a broken bone, a strained back ? or a more serious injury. "Who, me?" is our natural reaction if someone points out the possible results of chances we take We u-nnlrfn't think of consciously jeopardizing the safety of others with a careless act, but we take chances with our own safety because we think we will "get by" with it. This attitude undoubtedly is responsible for a great many accidents. When we take chances we invite injuries. Sometimes we forget how many people one accident can affect. All of which can be coiled down to the admonition that SAFETY IS EVERYBODY'S JOB. Regardless of how safe an activity may seem, it can become a deadly hazard if we let common sense and alertness take a recess when they *1 - * suuuiu uc Ull II1U JOD. Successful Corporations Wage W ar on Poverty Hundreds ? often thousands ? of people did without things they wanted, saved their money, bought machines with it. hired men to run the machines, sold the products at a profit so they could buy more macnines and hire more men and sell more products and make more profit. That is what every well managed corporation does, and the bigger it is. the more anti-povertv war it can wage. And the corporation doesn't take taxes, it pays them? as well as providing jobs. So anyone or anything that interferes with profit and savings (slow down, leather - bedding, excessive taxes, unearned wage increases, government hostility)?helps kill the only thing which can provide jobs and decrease poverty. Government cannot create prosperity. Profit invested in better machines so efficiently operated they create more profit is the one and only way to win the war everyone wants to win?*ho war on poverty and unemployment. ?Warner & Swasey