Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pages Recognizing Employees with Long and Dedicated Service Who Have Retired Polly Fallow No. 2 Weaving Employed 5/23/43 Retired 2/15/88 J. C. Lawson No. 2 Weaving Employeed 12/4/45 Retired 4/20/88 0. D. Ficklin No. 2 Weave Employed 5/5/50 Retired 3/21/88 Fred McCarson No. 2 Weaving Employed 11/12/53 Retired 4/26/88 Joseph Johnson No. 2 Spinning Employed 12/28/59 Retired 3/14/88 Homer Jones No. 2 Weaving Employed 4/13/62 Retired 5/12/88 Beulah Moore No. 2 Cloth Employed 8/27/62 Retired 1/11/88 Mary Deyton Lydia Spinning Employed 6/23/69 Retired 1/4/88 Naomi Galloway Bailey Cloth Employed 3/8/77 Retired 5/31/88 Textile and Apparel Trade Deficit Growing The American textile industry is in the midst of a serious market downturn, a de velopment confirmed by Commerce Depart ment figures released today showing a level ing off of textile and apparel imports for the first four months of this year. Imports of textiles and apparel fell 8.9 percent for January through April, according to the Commerce Department, but the tex tile and apparel trade deficit still captured a commanding 15.6 percent of the nation’s overall merchandise trade deficit. “The import statistics are another indica tion of a U.S. textileand apparel market that ' has gone soft,” said Daniel K. Frierson, president of the American Textile Manufac turers Institute, the industry's national trade association. "Textile profits dropped 12 percent for the first quarter, weekly hours for textile pro duction workers in May hit a two-year low, capacity utilization declined 4 percent, fab ric inventories are up 6 percent and new orders are off 7 percent — the lowest level in five years. "Every reliable economic indicator for the textile industry points to an alarming soft ness in the domestic market, the dimen sions of which are only now becoming clear,” Frierson said. “The textile and apparel trade problem is chronic — imports still own 54 percent of the market for apparel and apparel fabric no matter what the market conditions. Since 1980 we have lost 300,000 jobs. The only long-term solution is for Congress to enact the Textile and Apparel Trade Act,” Frierson said. Associates to Donate Blood in Coming Weeks In the coming weeks, Clinton associates will be asked to donate blood. Many associ ates have expressed concern as to whether or not there is any risk involved when donating blood — especially risks involving AIDS. The Carolina-Georgia Blood Center, the organization which draws blood for use throughout our area, has supplied our staff with a series of questions and answers re garding the AIDS crisis. Every effort is taken to minimize any risks from donating'blood. Anyone having questions about blood donations or health concerning AIDS should contact the plant nurse. MADE IN THE USA It matters!