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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1996
Page
3
Scott, an old-fashioned mill owner, plans to run one or two more seasons before closing as he weighs a $6 million modernization to make short bales. He worries for his son Pat, recalls a gin mill accident, and says ragged demand leaves customers scarce.
Mackie Scott Jr operates a cotton gin on S C 302 turning lumpy cotton into bales for mills. He notes cotton seed is valuable too, used for oil or protein meal, with hulls feeding dairy cattle though seeds are poisonous to swine.
The Aiken Standard presents a four part series on cotton’s stages from growth to cloth. It outlines cotton farms gins and mills still shaping the county economy with clothing produced from cotton fiber.
Bates and his wife collect letters to Santa at North Pole USA, delivering them to Rudolph and including a jingle bell or candy cane. A little girl woke smiling after receiving Santa’s response, and Bates urges kids to include return addresses and stamped envelopes to ease postage costs.
Education leaders emphasize reading as a core focus for Children's Book Week. Corbett Middle will host visits with Busbee Elementary kindergartners and Wagener-Salley High seniors to motivate reading and discuss high school. Belvedere and Jefferson Elementary plan week long intercom read alouds and daily book-themed activities with parent participation and teamwork.
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