Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Page 2 Employees Selecl Christmas Gifts i Clinton Mills employees have once again selected their Christmas gift from the Company from among 128 personal, household, and recreational items listedin the gift catalogue. Attractive displays were set up in the Bailey, Lydia. and Training Center Conference Rooms where active and eligible retired Old Time employees could inspect the gift selections. Truman Owens coordinates the Christmas program. Employees will receive their gifts on the job a few days before Christmas. Only those employed before Dec. 1 will be eligible to participate in the program. m JAm b I 1 \ H rv^. Jj^KI <- B| D.C. Whitman and Billy Osborne discu; a gift selection this year. Textiles ( Textiles in South Carolina provide more than one third of the manufacturing jobs in the state. The total annual textile (SIC 22) payroll for 1981 was $1.8 billion of 31 percent of South Carolina's total manufacturing payroll of $5.7 billion. Total textile, apparel and synthetic fiber payroll was more than $2.7 billion last year or 47 percent of the total manufacturing payroll. . Total capital invested by the textile inw dustrv last vear was $1.6 billion or 14.5 percent of the total capital invested by all manufacturing industries in the state. (Total capital invested by all manufacturing was $11 billion) Total new capital invested by the textile industry last year was $339 million or 19.1 percent of the total new capital invested by all manufacturing industries in the state. (Total new capital invested by all manufacturing was $17 billion) r.w.?.v ?i ? w. I s I J ' ffl&B? *' '?' Edna Heaton inspects the cookw in tho rrifi nrrvrimm 111 IIIC gni piugiani. rr^B.aiW' ...L:?l :. AuA J -- pai.n<jgcu lmccsc wiiii.il ib uiiereu db lay Importar The total value of products manufactured by the textile industry last year was 7.4 billion or 27.7"percent of the total value of products manufactured by all industries in South Carolina. (Total value of products manufactured by all industries was $26 billion) In 1981 alone, South Carolina's textile industry paid an estimated $ 12 million in state corporate income taxes and more han $5 million in sales and use taxes. . 16 percent of the nation's jobs in textiles are in South Carolina. June 1982 figures show that 189,100 people are employed by South Carolina's textile, apparel and synthetic fibers industries. The textile industry (including textiles, fabricated textile products and synthetic fibers) paid $35,814,371.00 in property taxes in fiscal 1981; 28.56 percent of the total amount of property taxes paid by manufacturing industries. (Total paid by 1 are which is offered Dot Ballew i available in th< tmm Ralph Fuller carefully examines the e Gift selections. it Role In S.C. I manufacturing industries was $125,381,725.00) According to the Employment Security Commission, there are 471 textile plants in South Carolina. Minority employment (non-white) in the textile industry is approximately 30 percent. 41 percent of all textile workers are nuiiicii. South Carolina is the nation's largest producer of manmade fiber; approximately 29 percent. The world's largest textile finishing plant (under one roof) is in South Carolina. South Carolina is the nation's largest producer of textile machinery and North Carolina is its largest customer. The world's largest textile weaving facility (under one roof) is in South Carolina. The textile industry is South Carolina's i vi^&nsviivacj'je. i Ill, I 4|^Q - ? ^H V wgggr checks closely the golf balls that are i Christmas gift catalogue. mmmmi B u iTa excellent aualitv of this vear's Christmas Economy largest manufacturing industry. Member companies of the South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association (75 South Carolina textile producing firms) contributed more than $1.6 million to colleges and universities last year and more than $ 1.5 million in support of community projects such as hospitals and cultural and recreational programs. United Way contributions made by SCTMA companies' employees totalled more than $1.5million; corporate contributions in excess of $533,000 were made to the United Way last year for a total of more than $2 million. In the last eighteen months, SCTMA member companies have hired more than 417 graduated from South Carolina colleges and universities. SCTMA member companies provided 308 scholarships at SoutU Carolina colleges and universities last year. b'.Oft"! "|W?. u