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MANAGEMENT <♦ ^2222^ » Vkr-£ the TV TV CO -OR TLX ON ^EMPLOYEES ^AIM HIGH AND STRIVE TO HIT THE MARK^> 1923 $1.50 Per Year. Single Copy 5c. ALLKIN V. ALBERT SAYS YOUNG vfi PEOPLE of today are not bad Noted Speaker Addressed Council in Open Meet ing. GREATLY ENJOYED All of the people \s\o came out to the Council meeting Tuesday seem ed to enjoy Mr. Allen D. Albert’s great lecture. ’“The Young People of 1923.” On account of the flu and other things there was nos as large a crowd as was expected but those who did come were thoroughly appreciative of the very fine lecture that was given. Mr. Albert talked straight from the shoulder to his audience. He told of his studies and experiences among boys and girls and the things he has learned and gave some very prac tical advice to the parents about how to handle the children. He dis cussed the present day so-called evils of short dresses and bobbed hair etc and gave ideas he had received from various ministers etc. It was a profound subject that was treated simply and definitely and the audience was thoroughly sympa thetic and appreciatitive. Another technical meeting for Feb ruary was announced. PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF ROTARY The unique Rotary creed is vividly set forth in the “Rotary Platform” and in the “Rotary Code of Ethics” adopted by the Rotary club just or ganized here. The Rotary platform was adopted by the organization in 1911 and is a concise statement of the principles and ethics guiding and actuating all Rotary Clubs. “The Rotary club demands fair dealing, honest methods, and high standards in business,” is the theme of this platform, and the last sentence in the platform, “He profits most who „ serves best,” has been adopted as the lattap part of the official slogan of Rotary “Service Above Self—He Pro fits Most Who Serves Best.” The “Rotary Code of Ethics” was adopted by the organization in 1915 and sets forth the principles and prac tices that “should exist not only be tween Rotarians but all business and and professional men everywhere.” One of the world’s greatest states men has said that no man should be a member of a profession without having raised the level of that pro fession a little higher. Rotarians a- consider this one of their greatest responsibilities and are duty bound to transmit the ideals of service as exemplified by Rotary to their .re spective! crafts and professions. Obviously a man’s own house must first be in order before he can suc cessfully fulfill this responsibility to his craft or profession so that Ro tary teaches first the individual mem ber, permeating him With the spirit of Rotary so fhat he is soon not only practicing its principles but seeking at the same time to raise a little M higher the level of his own craft. Rotary club activities are many and varied. They are usually confin ed locally to activities which no other .organisation is formed to accomplish. Taking the activities of all Rotary Clubs the world over they touch every phase of community life. For example, department of boys work is one of the several departments at the central office at Chicago made necessary because of the interest manifested by Rotary Clubs in this work. Rotary Boys Work is not confined to any one phase. Boys’ clubs have been established and voca tional training made a part of the school curriculum through the agency of Rotary Clubs in various cities. Several other clubs have made a notable success in their humanitar ian work among the crippled chil dren of the poor. This work has included the raising of funds to pro vide hospitals and homes for such children where their deformities can be corrected by such operations and by the use of such appliances as the best surgical skill and medical science can provide. But boye work, as stated before, is only one of many activities. Second to none in Rotary activities comes community service. Rotary Clubs in many, many cities have been instrumental In arousing a civic pride and consciousness that has re sulted in the preparation and adop tion of city beautiful plans; erection [of club houses for soldiers and com Imunity settlement houses and the [providing of night schools for aliens *nd their instruction in the funda | mentals of Americanism. Better mblic highways, “get-together meet i ngs” of farmers and business men, i immunity singing, employment of ^siting nurses, safety-first cam k»'gns, in fact, a complete list of the GIRLS QUINT DEFEATS STEADY BURLINGTON TEAM In Game Played at Burling ton Our Girls Won by 19-—16 Score EVERY PLAYER DID HER SHARE Leaksville High School girl’s bas ketball quint have not lost a1 game thus far in the season, and their competition has been with some pretty stiff teams, too. They have defeated Danville High School, Mar tinsville and Reidsville High Schoofs, and Moyodan High School, twice. Then last Friday night they took j a trip down to Burlington and de-; feated that team, which proved to be the strongest against which our: girls have played. This game was; close throughout, and but for the; good playing of the last one of our j girls, the victory would doubtless1 have been claimed by Burlington. Burlington leaped off with a vim that startled our girls and ere the whistle had blown for the end of the first quarter the score waS 6-2 in their favor. In the second quarter, however, our girls started their gain, this quarter ending 9-7 with Leaks ville in the lead. Throughout the j remainder of the game they retained this lead,,the third quarter ending! 12-9 and the last 19-16 in our favor.; The entire team starred No play- i er can be given more credit than ] another. Elizabeth Gunn shot the] most goals, Dorothy Hodges’s field ( work was wonderful, the guarding | of Evelyn Gunn and Ruth Moore has ] been unparalled this season, and j (Mary Marshall, center, was here I and there and everywhere." This game was most interesting played this school torn. 'j Y. M. C. A. PHYSICAL DEPT. This week brings us to many very interesting activities at the Gym, for instance, Tuesday the Carolina Coun cil meeting, Wednesday the Draper “Y” played'the' Spray “Y”, Thursday Schoolfield “Y” plays here against the Central Baptist Ball team, and Friday night brings D. M. I. team to play the High School team. Sunday School Baptist Ball League is nearing the first half of the sche dule, each team having played four ! games, When this week is ended, j Wednesday night the Methodist and Leaksville Baptist play at 7:30. Thursday night Spray Baptist and Presbyterian clash again for suprem acy of teams. Last Saturday A. M. the Gym. boys 1 had a dandy hike down to the Swing-, ing bridge. They had a dandy time. Ask them. The High School Basket Ball team journeys to Burlington Saturday night to play the local High boys. The dope is close game, as Burling-; ton has a good team.. The Leaksville High School girls j played Burlington last week and beat j them, and by the looks of the score, the girls team is very strong, when j they won only by 19 to 17 score. ; The dope is in favor of the L. H. S., girls to keep a clean slate this year, j and win the State championship. Let’s keep an eye on them, looking good. The Y. M. C. A. Volley Ball team j is rounding into shape each night at 7:00 to leave Saturday to go down to Schoolfield and play in the By-State Volley Ball tournament, being held there 20th. Saturday night there will be two or three cars going down to represent Spray "Y”. Come along join us. Military dr.il.l at . Spray, _ Graded School is showing much improvement the last week, over the first week’s dHH, Soon the boys will bo divided into squads, having one of the boys as a corporal, drilling them by com mand. The drill is at 1:46 Monday invite you to come' and look at it. various activities of Rotary Clubs would take up many columns and would include nearly every phase of man's endeavor toward making his city, his state and country a better place in which to live. There are no number of instances where Rotary Clubs have been call ed upon for service in times of great stress. Probably the most striking example was at the time of the in fluenza epidemic in the United States and Canada when clubs were suddenly called upon to make surveys of hospital facilities,, organise avail able local resources for fighting the Epidemic, and securing nurses from loss-afflfeted communities, .vi.-v..,. ■ M. W. HAYDEN WITH HIS PAPER! ROLLING MACHINE. Ingenious Device Installed In Packing Dept. Reward Given ^oy Company “Mart” Hayden who invented and built the paper rolling machines and the baleing presses is still a very young man, only 31 years old. He is native born, being born at Sharpy boro, Rockingham County, N. C. August 15, 1891. His first employ ment was_ with the J. H. Hampton Buggy Co., where he first began his building, working there three years. After that he went to the i Nantucket Mill and stayed for three ; years, thence to the Spray Cotton j Mills for 6 years and then back to the j Spray Cotton Mills after spending! one year with the old Rockingham Company. . - About the middle of Jan nary 1916, Mart came to the American Ware- j house and has been on the job since ; that time. He is a hard worker,! stays on the job at all times and he i fellow that believes in learn ing something every day. Mart studies and tries to continually im-j prove himself. j That he has improved himself is evidenced by the fact that he is now foreman of the American Warehouse Machine Shop and one of the best in the organization. A very ingenious paper rolling machine has been invented and built by Mr. M. W. Hayden, the Master Mechanic of the American Ware house and Spray Bleachery plants. This machine is an electrically driven machine that rolls uniform lots of paper for case lining and is a great help to the packing rooiti force. In stead of the comparatively slow and difficult unwinding of (the paper from the large rolls by hand the force is now able to keep a plentiful sup ply In convenient rolls % the work of one man for an hour j>r so a day on this machine. j “Mart” is justly proud,of this ma chine and has spent Ijome little thought in woiking out the details. The problem was presented to him by the foreman of the Packing Dept. Mr. J. V. Orrell and then the ma chine was built by Mr. Hayden at the cost of $216.60 to the Company. It is a labor saver in this particular de partment and adds very much to the efficiency inclining the packing cases. Description of Machine. The electric paper rolling machine is driven by a 1-2 horse l^wOr motor and has an electric stop motion at tachment so as to insure uniform sized rolls. The machine is started from the front by pulling a rope at tached to a plain three phase 220 volt oil switch. The machine has a large knife at tached to the top and held in place by means of a large weight and coil spring to insure absolute safety in operation. This knife has a cutting capacity of 36”. ! The four slot paper rolling shaft is the most ingenious part of the ma chine and gave the builder the most i trouble. The shaft on which the; paper is rolled is a four slot tapered ; shaft with a brass cap op the dead : end of shaft. This cap holds the I slots In place while the paper is be ing wound. This cap is removed; when the roll of paper is large enough i and roll/is removed. The shaft is 1 9-16 inches diameter with the 4 slots cut clear through the shaft. The paper from the large roll is inserted between these slots and the c^p put on end and then the motor started. When the stop motion throws the switch the knife is drawn down to cut the paper and the roll withdrawn from shaft. The invention is simple but is com mendable and shows what a person can do when they put themselves to the task in hand. Since the invention of the paper i rolling machine just described he has' developed and built two other ma- i chines, (baleing presses) which are quite ingenious but not patentable. These later machines effect even a greater saving than the paper rolling machine. He has developed and built a new baleing press' which is operated by steam and is used for baleing piece goods -and blankets in the Packing Dept.' A great increase in production has been effected through this machine. In the remnant room, Mart has also developed and built a machine for putting up 10 to 20 yard bundles of piece goods. This machine is operated with compressed air and on account of the efficiency of this press the packing case can be greatly re duced. All these machines have shown in telligence and work and the Com pany has recognized these facts by giving Mart a very substantial reward for his ingenuity. (Note: Next week the Arrow will carry an account of an invention by John W. Price of the Nantucket Lily Mills.) Community Music George Frederick Handel G. F. Handel was born at Halle, in Saxony, February 23, 1685, and died April 14, 1759. In his early youth he showed a passion for music that could not be subdued by the commands of his father, who inten ded him to be a lawyer. At the age of seven he was placed under a master, and at nine he was able to take his teacher’s place at the organ. He also began the study of composition. At ten he distinguished himself as a wonderful performer at Berlin, but declining the kind offer of the Elector to send him to Italy to complete his musical studies, he returned to Halle, visiting Hamburg, and Italy, he subsequently made London his permanent home. Han del’s masterpiece is the great orator the “Messiah.” At its first performance in 1742, the audience was much affected by the music, but when the chorus “For tMe Lord. IGod Omnipotent,” in the Allelina. commenced, they were so transported, that they all, even the King, who was present rose vand re mained standing till the chorus end-" ed. Handel was the real creator and perfector of the oratorio, and it wa*f in this he excelled. THE COTTON MILL SUPERINTENDENT (Southern Textile Bulletin) To be a good superintendent of a cotton mill: one of the very first things required of a man is capabili ty of simultaneously adapting him jelf to two entirely different view points. The superintendent’s posi tion is one that is directly between the issue of capital and labor, em ployer and employe. He must fully realise and always bear in mind that he is the medium through which com munication and relations between the management and worker must be GIRLS CLUB ! TO HAVE IMPORTANT MEETING FRIDAY ! Board of Directors Especi i ally Requested to be, Present. ; WORK BEGINS FEB. 1. j. The Girls Club of Spray is get ' ting more and more under way each day. Plans are being carried out toward the financing of the club, and at an early date, Miss Able, an all time secretary, will be on the field to promote the girls work here. At the Central Y. M. C. A. next Friday at 7:30 p. tn. there will be a very important meeting of the lub. It is very urgent that the dub’s Board of Directors be present at this meeting and every member s urged to be there. established and maintained in' such a manner as to result in the greatest harmony possible. Must Be a Diplomat . Superintendent should know that i?\^e strictly adheres only to one sideT^-either management or em ployes,' he will not be a real success. He mus!'- be diplomatic. He >must be able aftd disposed to pretty close ly judge each side without prejudice, and when issues come up, carefully suggest such moves as would tend to smooth out anticipated difficul ties. -,7^ An arbitrary order given him by his superiors may be transmitted to those under hhn in a manm r to cause immediate discontent or revolt, or it may be transmitted in such a manner as /to work out smoothly with very little frictiop. The latter method is the one a good superigtenc ent would use if such is possible. » . * There are and always w 11 he cer tain individuals whom no lone can satisfy, and these should be {1 bainated (is quickly as convenient if they num ber among the employes. If, how ever, they are found in the manage ment,—then of course the superin tendent is deserving of much sympa thy,-. To gain the ill will of an entire plant or even of a single department by some' indiscreet move not im mediately rectified, will place a sup erintendent in a position where both management and help would be much* better off without him. To be at sword’s points with those under him will defeat any superintendent in these modern times. As previously stated, a good sup erintendent of a cotton mill must be a diplomat. In order to make the greatest use of his diplomacy he must be capable of discerning the opporJ tune moment and occasion when this policy should be called into action and handled skillfully. In other words, he must thoroughly know cot ton manufacturing—in his own line at least—and also be well versed in human nature. He must gain and retain the respect of the overseers and employes and he will have made long strides in securing this by re specting them in turn. The super intendent who struts about a plant with loud talk, his chest stuck out till he is hollow backed, usually gets ,'abeled as he deserves: “Bluff.” And bluff never ran a mill success fully yet. Overseers Should Be His Co Workers. ' His overseers should not merely erve under him. They should be his confidantes, his co-workers. Hs should know that if he walks into a department and gives a radical order with no explanation whatever, that the overseer will or should and perhaps blindly carry out that order as given. And there might have been much better results secured if the overseer's opinion or ideas were consulted before action was taken. ,(Continued an page.five). NEAR EAST RELIEF CAMPAIGN BEGINS NEXT SUNDAY The Need For Near East Relief is Greater Than Ever Before LOCAL ORGANIZATION The date for the Near East Re lief campaign for this township has been set by county Chairman, Rev. Mr. Gordan, as' January 21st., to 31st inclusive. Within the dates set for the cam paign you will be approached either by one of the Chairmen mentioned below, or by members of the com-, mittee. a Individual contributions may be made to Rev. Mr. Gordan, County Chairman, Prof. Holmes, Township Chairman, Z. B. Potter, Mills Chair man, L. H. Hodges, Chairman Spray Churches, Rev. Mr. Sherrill, Chair man Leaksville Churches or Prof. B. H. Johnson Chairman School Com mittee. Members of the committee for the different mills are: Chairman Z. B. Potter Draper, Mr. T. A. Cgston; Rhode Island, T. J. Hobson, W. F. Hundley, M. W. Andrews, F. D. De Hart, B. F. Lee, Spray Woolen: J. H. Eanes, Jesse Robertson, R. J. Eanes, L. J. Baker, O. R. Clark, W. J. Slayton, Tobe Gouley. ' - General Office: Mrs. Anna Payne. Spray Bleachery: Alfred Hodgson, Paul Flemming, R. D. Shumate; G. A. Farr, Greely Vestal, Cam Belcher, American Warehouse: Zeb Nance. G. W. Patterson, Rufus Nelson, F. C. j Cowan, J. V. Orrell, F. W. Willard,1 M. W. Hayden, L.' A. ‘Jones, Nantucket: A. M. Lamar, Lily., W. H. Shumate. Spray Cotton Mill:! Karl Bishopric, J. G. Fenell., More head Cotton Mill: Miss Josie Stewart. There are fifty-two weeks in 1923. That means that there are fifty two Sundays on which you can at tend church, and learn things you ought to know, and contribute a few dollars "t6r the welfare" o"f mankind. Fifty-two golden opportunities to do good. ' ' It’s up to -you. There’s always two sjfdes to a ques tion—the wrong side and our side. Deposit as you save as you earn. DRAPER RESIDENCE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE MONDAY Home Was Occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Keyes, Who Were Just Beginning Housekeep ing. LOSS OF PERSONAL BELONGINGS NOT GREAT The new 4-room cottage No. 826 was burned to the ground, early Monday morning. Owing to the heavy rain the night before no dam age was done to any other buildings. The fire which was of unknown origin had made quite a lot of head way before being discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Keyes, the occupants, who made their escape clad in only their night clothing. Neighbors quickly rushed to their aid but nothing could be saved and the entire structure was burned to the ground in a very few minutes. Owing to the long distance from the mill it was about 20 minutes after the fire was discovered before the whistle sounded the alarm'. The j fire engine arrived too late for any service except to prevent further spread. However,, they were only 15 minutes from whistle time to arrival at the fire. It was fortunate to go with the unfortunate that the house was not over crowded, also the case of the maority of our houses, that no one was sick in bed at the time. The family have the sympathy of the community as they have just .started in housekeeping and lost everything. V THE FULL TRUTH North Carolina the most progress ive state in the Union. And how do you like that state ment? Fine, for it is true that North Caro lina is the most progressive state in the land. The world is finding it out, though some of us at home have been very slow about realizing the truth. But it sounds good, good enough to repeat—that North Carolina is the in Oct progressive state in the Union." We have long known that the state was and is the best, and now the fact is published that it is the most pro gressive. Let’s stop complaining, get in be hind the state, and make it all that the best state should be.—Salisbury Evening Post. “TWENTY YEARS CONTINUOUS SERVICE” W. Monroe Fields, 239 Grove St., Spray, N. C.„ Spinning Department, Lily Mills. V Tl W. Monroe Fields has always been a worker. His father died when he was small so that he had to be a father to his four sisters, three of whom were younger than he. He was born on Christmas Day, 1873 in Ran* dolph County and lived on the farrrf till he wps sixteen, when the family moved to Spray. He started in at i Spray Mill running “rail Beads,’' a form of coarse drawing no longer used. He worked at different things [at Spray Mill for several years. In 1902 he came to the Lily Mill, where he ran intemediates for a few years. He had been fixing frames about eight months when he had the misfortune to get his hand caught in a belt, as a result of whcih aceident his arm had to be taken off. He has been in the Lily Spinning room ever since. “You cant say too much about Mr, Field’s work,” volunteered his fore man, “He does more with one hand [than most people do with two.” t Te said himself that he works hard, but he does it to raise his four child* ren and give them some education, which he, with his responsibilities V.. in his youth did not get “They are *;>■ going to school if they get nothing to eat but corn bread and water,” he declared. , Mr. Fields said one of the greatest changes in Lily Mill had been thn% installation of the Jack Frames. These, just after the speeders, draw, _ ~ the roving finer, so that the work Is * *• niier—runs better in the apnining * room, and indeed better on the Jack frames themselves than on the speed era. He said they get out more pro duction, make better work and are easier to run. He then took the in terviewer to those frames and shew ed, with a twinkle in his eye what he meant. The Jack frame operator was sitting down resting. About fifteen years ago Mr. Fields married Miss Sadie Jones of Spray, TV| “ < '^children and live at i jauce^
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