Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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2 Lock Your Cars and The Company is pleased to provide free parking privileges for all on-duty employees who drive their cars to work. Our parking facilities are safely designed, constructed, and are maintained by the Company for your convenience. They are well lighted, surfaced, and ? 1, on Iliai i\cu 1UI )uui auuai aaiciy, as well as for that of your car's. As desirable as our parking facilities are, they are not theft or vandal proof. I wish to recommend and urge you to take the same precautions that you would take in a public parking lot to protect your car and its contents from theft. The Company can accept no responsibility for damage from collision, fire, theft or vandalism to any locked or unlocked car parked on its premises. The Word ' The word, company, in its original sense, means people?a group of people. It's a warm, friendly word; it creates o rvioftim r\( orv?v?r\nnirvncKir\ rtr\A/^ fnl _ CI ^ILlUi U Ui LUllipUlllUllOllip ICilowship. Qualify it with an adjective such as "Rood," and you enhance its appeal. But substitute a disparaging or condemnatory adjective such as "bad" or "evil," and it becomes something undesirable?something to be shunned. The word company has long been a part of corporate business titles . . . and, as such, as sensitive to adjectival qualifications as when it stands alone. A business company, in its strictly legal sense, is nothing more than a charter of incorporation?a legal paper. So, when we speak of loyalty, for instance, to a company, we certainly don't mean loyalty to a company in its legal sense. What do we mean? Surely, we are speaking of devotion to the company's spirit and purposes, to its way of doing things, to its traditions and its policies. And, summed up, all these spell people: a body of people banded together for a purpose. Thus, loyalty to a company becomes a matter of esprit uu corps, in uevouuii 10 u common purpose. This much-used word, loyalty, isn't something abstract and intangible: It's a measurable thing. It is, indeed, one oi the most important assets ot a company. Enthusiasm, dependability, pride of Pocket the Keys Please follow these safe parking lot procedures: (1) Always lock your car when coming on duty and pocket the keys. (2) Drive safely?observe posted traffic signs. Wafph fn l* fol Imif omnlntrnnc ur rt 1 Lr i *-? cl ?entering or leaving cars. (4) Park only in marked spaces. (5) Do not park in "no parking" areas. (6) Report immediately any accidents occurring in the parking lots to your assistant departmental superintendent. Your continued cooperation will be greatly appreciated and will significantly reduce the possibility of an accident and any damage to your car and property. ?The Editor 'Company" workmanship, self-respect . . . these and a dozen other qualities that fuel initiative, foster teamwork, and spark achievement compose the yardstick by which loyalty is measured . . . And upon which the success and the reputation of a company ? a group of people banded together for a common purpose?so largely depend. MIXED YARNS This would be a Rood time for the meek to inherit the earth. ? CM ? The mind is a wonderful thinR. It starts workinR the minute you are born and never stops until you stand up m speuK in punuc. ?CM? Speaking of dachshunds, Dixie Bill says he's gonna get rid of his before freezing weather. Keeps the door open too long. ?CM? People can be divided into three groups: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened ?John W. Newberr ?CM? A census taker is a man who goe: from house to house increasing th? population. CLOTHMAKER ^ A MESSAGE FROM |V CLINT WVMILLS /TTV I , XI ' 0 . When you were growing up, your parents probably tried to teach you to be thrifty ... to turn out the lights when leaving a room, to play in old clothes to save the newer ones ... to clean your plate. By the same token you probably say the same thing to your children and try to teach them W not to waste things, just as your parents taught you. n K11 r\f nnf umct 1 n tt Knn/^mnc second nature to us. We practice thrift in many aspects of our domestic life because such actions help us save money and allow us to enjoy a higher standard of living as result. But do we carry this habit to our jobs? Do we make every attempt to save materials, equipment and time ^ while on the job? Do we make sure ^ we are not wasting our time and the Company's profits by providing only the best quality of workmanship? You know ? we really should. Your friend. QJLm% HOW'S THAT AGAIN? Overhead in front of a restaurant: If they weren't so crowded all the time, ? this place would do a lot more business. J ?CM? A stranger in town asked a shoeshine hoy, "Son, can you direct me to a hank?" I "Yes, sir, for a quarter," he said. > "Isn't Hint miehtv hiwh'" the man t asked. "No. sir," the boy said, "not for a bank director." ^ ?CM? Then there's the one about the panic stricken man who called the fire department and shouted that his house 1 was on fire. "How do we get there?" the fireman 5 asked. J "Don't you have your red truck anymore?" the man said.