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By SPECTATOR.. COMMENTS on MEN AND THINGS A splendid letter .to all who co operate in.* making Joanna such a delightful place to work I offer with my admiration for the quiet, steady gracious' man of vision whose leadership of Joanna is so notable—Walter Regnery. “Again, your stockholders, or owners of our company, wish, to share with you their profits from last year's operation in the form of a wage dividend. This liberal and rather unusual procedure is their way of expressing to you a hearty thank you for a job well done. Our profits this year were up from last year. This, of course, is reflected in the increase in this year's wage dividend. The total is $194,000. Expressed as an aver age dividend per person, it was $79.10 last year and $129.20 this year. This is an increase of 61.5 pre cent. This improvement was due to two causes, first, an im proved cloth market, allowing us slightly higher prices for our goods, and secondly, a more ef ficient job of manufacturing. The cloth market is' something we have little or no control ov«r other than knowing when or Where not to take business. How ever, improvement in efficiency is something in which all oi us play a part To be efficient we must first have a modern plant and equipment, aind 'then we each must have the will and coopera tive spirit to use this to the best ad valutage. We all know that at Joanna we are very fortunate In having stockholders who provide us with the very latest equipments m the way of machinery. It is then up to us to provide the rest This is accomplished by the full est cooperation on everyone’s part to see that we always obtain the highest quality, best possible pro duction, and the least amount of waste from every machine or step in our manufacturing process. We know' that we can never be per fect in this respect and therefore there is always room for improve ment here. The tacts of last year’s operation show we have done a good job, but let’s accept our im provement as proof that we can do better in the future, no matter how slight. We hear a great deal these days from politicians and the like about job security. In the long run, real job security can only be had by being connected with a success ful organization. For any manufac turing plant to be continuously successful, it must enjoy the full est harmony and cooperation from each and every person, whether he be owner, supervisor, or machine operator. We all know-that our past has proved .these facts. We have had 4 great many Nears of continuous or full operation. We have received many benefits in addition to the going wage that proves that we have this coopera tion at Joanna. We have indeed accomplished the real goal of job security by oi r own ctforts in the past and I feel sure we can there fore look for the same joint suc cesses in the future. •.« May I take this opportunity to i express to each one of you my “In lbe wage dividend aimounc ed by Mr. Regnery on January 20 and diatnibuted on January 25 and 26, Joanna employes received for the eighteenth year in the past nhialMU «~as*re ih the prufHs of DON’T MISS THIS ONE THE ORIGINAL BLUE RIDGE MI NIGHT SINGING ELMO FAGG, MASTER OF CEREMONIES FEATURING BIACKWOOD BROS. Of MEMPHIS, TENN. THE STATESMEN WITH HOVIE LISTER Of ATLANTA, SA. BLUE RIDGE QUARTET PRICES: MAIN FLOOR, ALL SEATS RESERVED $1.50; BALCONY, General Admission, not reserved, $1.00 Advance; $1.25 at door; children 50r PLEASE NOTE: For this date ALL SEATS ON MAIN FLOOR ARE RESERVED. Buy or order early to get choice seats. Mail orders to Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, Box 1410, Spartanburg, with check or Money Order enclosed. * SAT. - MAR. 3 - 8 P. SPARTANBURG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM •THE SHOWPlACE OF THE SOUTH’ TELL YOUR FRIENDS * COME TOGETHER THEY WILL MJOYl AND APPRECIATE IT ASK YOUR DEALER FOR, i Fertilizers * Now you can apply vital manganese and boron* in new, slowly soluble form! FTE (Fritted Trace Elements) stays in root zone entire growing season —eliminates usual toxicity hazards—dissolves at controlled rate to give plants essential nutrients when and as needed. In 37-county test last year, FTE boosted aver age cotton yield $12.00 an acre - more than $10.00 over the extra cost involved. V Grow more cotton per acre! Ask your dealer for fertilizer fortified with FTE. ^ . *Clemson recommends that msngsnme and boron be in all South Carolina cotton fertilizers. LOrUO'Ct C” !. .. land 5 O' Joanna Cotton MIMs Company. A total of $2,786,500 has been paid in boiK»ee over these Old timers will remember 4hat this profit-sharing plan was insti tuted by the late William H. Reg nery in 1887 and was new to the textile world at that time. Since then in only one year has the margin of profit been so small that a wag 6 dividend could not be paid. Bonus percentages have ranged from 9.1 per cent in the banner years of 1948 and 1949 to the low of 3.7 per cent last year when the market in textiles was very poor for a long period. This year’s wage dividend is 4.425 per cent, averaging slightly more than two weeks' extra pay for eligible Joanmiams, which payment is in addition to regular pay at the pre vailing wage in this area.” ("The Joanna Way") While the iron is hot is the time to strike. While so many citizens throughout the nation are thinking about federal encroachment is the time to link our questions with their issues and so make common cause. For example, hundreds of thousands of men are angry be cause the Federal Supreme Court assumed jurisdiction over some natural gas matters when even the Congress had refused to do so. Ftankly, if it be a local matter, or a state matter there was no rea son for even the Congress to in tervene; but since the point at is sue seems primarily administra tive it is a questionable interven tion by the court. We can find a dozen major groups that arc challenging the encroachments by the federal courts. Let’s join them. All these questions have this in common: they are invasions of staites* rights or are unjustified encroachments on the freedom of men to engage in commerce. 1 Can’t we find a platform, on which most of the states can stand? We have one phase of the over-all problem; maybe a half dozen oth er groups are suffering from oth er phases. But, at bottom, the problem is to circumscribe the courts so that they wont meddle with everything as though courts were a sacred institution, infall ible and inviolable. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 6th day of March, 1956, I will render a final account of my acts and do ings as Executrix of the estate of Julia Little Griffin in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at 10 o’clock a. m. and on the same day will apply for a fi nal diacJiarge from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment" on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will pre sent them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. COLLETTE GRIFFIN COLEMAN Executrix Feb. 3, 1956. 4t FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notcie that on the 22nd day of March, 1956, I will render a final account of my acts and do ings as Executrix of the estate of Dr. F. K. Shealy in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m. and on the same day will apply for a fin al discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. PAISY B. SHEALY, Executrix, Clinton, S. C. Feb. 13, 1956 4c-M-8 They belong to a little girl. And she loves them both. But, although she is only a tot, she understands the difference between Pal and Pdbchie. * * Poochie is just her “doggie dollie. M She can talk to him, and pat him, and cuddle him at night in her crib. But she has to pretend that he loves her too!. * Pal is her “bow-wow.” He answers words ?nd caresses with his eyes and his bark and his wagging tail. He follows her, he snuggles up to her. His love is just as real as his funny cold nose. Poochie will one day retire to the attic. But Pal will be her pal for a}l of his faithful life. Brings home, does it not, the importance ot responding to love? The love which inspires man’s faithfulness is God’s love, ^he Response is our Christian worship and life. F0 8 ALL .. ^ a-'*.. 1,., ^ CHtJR CH ^ •unrjy® tl h#r democracy ti 0r ' V,,ho,J, a four dvi,i *ation and .upp£ , h t h p. ,d aft «nd ..rvid! 0 * 0 " 1 wh r °wn «ak« /?» p Chu «rh. 77,- v ie V r »9uJariy •ak. oi J 2 i For f »« childrinV (l) r or hL ^ and r *ad y^. n.fl 00 «o 9o to aoral Sunday Monday ... Saturday ■ - Book " J'aaJnu Ch «J>Ur Paaln,, « ••• Jo.) 100 Joel i *ark * • ■ • • John , * !• • • • • I Corinthian, I CoarriaM INI. K•fetor A4v. S*rri««. Stiwhar*. V».i TUa Series Of M la Being Published Each Weak By the FeDewisg Clinton Finns In tbs Interest Of Increasing Church Attendance CLINTON TIRE AND RECAPPING CO Phone 1206 Bank Of Clinton 121 Howard’s Pharmacy PhOM 101 Baldwin Appliance Co. 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