THERE WILL BE NO ISSUE OF THE STAR
PAID-UP CIRCULATION
Of This Paper Is Greater
Than The Population Given
Shelby In The 1920 Census
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VOL. XXXII, No. 101
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1924.
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KIWIS IKS
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Local Traveling Men (iuests Of Club
At Booster Meeting, An
nounce New Directors.
“Selling Shelby to the Outside
World” was the theme of the pro
gram held Thursday evening by the
Kiwanis club. Dr. Reuben McBrayer
having charge of the meeting. The
occasion was that of the club’s en
tertainment of Post O of the T. P. A.,
of Shelby. Introducing the program
Dr. McBrayer told how the “knights
of the grip” can sell Shelby and then
in a divided program officials of the
salesmen’s organization presented the
query as to what Shelby and Cleve
land county have to boost, and the
queries were answered by selected
members of the Kiwanis club.
New Directors.
Prior to the regular program the
director for the incoming year elect
ed at the last meeting, w re announc
ed as follows: C. S. Young, whobsul ■
grocer; J. F. Roberts, secretary Shel
by Building & Loan; Lee B. Weath
ers, editor Cleveland Star; Paul
Webb, druggist; J. S. Dorton, veter
inarian and fair secretary; George
Blanton, banker; D. Z. Newton, at
torney.
What Has Shelby To Sell?
“The first thought that enters a
prospective buyer’s mind when a
travelling man calls upon him is
'what have you to sell* ”, declared Mr.
John P. McKnight as spokesman for
the T. P. As. “I direct the .question
to you. What have you gentlemen to
sell, or what would you have us sell
to the outside world? Have you a
town of good law-abiding citizens,
where a man may leave his wife and
children and know that they are
safe; have you a good school system ?
Does your citizenship have a real con
ception of physical training, ample
play grounds and equipment? Do s
your town have proper regard for
things spiritual and have suitable
places of worship? These with prop
er climate- expert doctors and well
equipped hospitals appeal to the in
ner nature of the travelling man, and
weigh heaviest in selling your town
to him. Have you a growing town in
which a man may invest his salary
with safety? A progressive county,
which he may point out with pride?
Have you suitable railroads and h.gh
ways with convenient schedules and
accessible? What has Shelby that we
may sell ?
Real Town and County
Rev. W*. A. Murray, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, and one of the
three Kiwanians to respond, took, up
particularly the query regarding the
citizenship and the town morally.
“There is in Shelby a citizenship
of high culture and intelligence. In
traveling from Currituck to Cherokee
I have never found a town with a bet
ter balanced and friendly people, lie
declared.” Shelby is decidedly a col
lege town and here- in this group are
many college educated men. As for
Shelby spiritually, the town is famed
for its church going people and large
Sunday school classes.” The Presby
terian pastor took occasion to re’er
to details of Shelby’s better make-up,
but in concluding' he also brought out
the weak points, “took stock, ’ so to
say, that the evils might be remedied.
Dr. E. B. Lattimore presented the
qualities of the town front the physi
cal standpoint. Declaring that Shel
by is surpassed by no town in uni
form and healthful climate; well
named with physicians and with a
“hospital and staff second to none.
“Typhoid fever is almost an unknown
thing here. In fact a family in which
there is fever seems ashamed of the
fact. As for malaria, we doctors
know nothing about it except what
we have learned from outsiders com
ing in. Our death rate is low, our
birth rate is high, our general health
fine.’
Shelby, a good place to invest sav
ings, backed up by a famous county,
easily accessible and with two live
civic organizations were the selling
points of Lee B. Weathers. “Shelby is
a town that has perhaps shown a
steadier growth during the last three
years than any other in the state.
The county seat of a county that has
never known a bank failure. A town
where real estate always swings up
ward, where the majority of the peo
ple own their own homes—Shelby, one
of the safest investments in the state.
Moreover, Shelby is the center an<l
leading town of one of the greatest
agricultural counties in the South—a
farming county known far and wide.
Made famous by a thrifty and ener
getic farm people, diversified farm
ing, unusual cotton production, and
last but not least by a great electric
light program in the rural sections.
With branches of two railroads and
on the average two motor busses
every hour the town can be reached
or left easily and is ideally located
for the travelling man. Boosting the
town are two wide-awake civic organi
zations, the Kiwanis club and the
civic department of the Woman’s
Club.” Mr. Weathers took occasion to
j Gilmer Bros. Buy
Spangler Property
t —i
j John and Powell Gilmer of Win
; ston-Salem who formerly owned
! controlling interest in the Gilmer
j chain of department stores, have
) purchased the J. W. Spangler
| property on East Marion street
f with a 200 foot frontage and 200
! foot depth. This property con
) tains t he Spangler residence and
J filling station where Mr. Spangler
) has been operating a used car bu
f s’n'ess. The consideration is report
j cd to be a fancy price, but no au
j thoritative informaton as to this
j can be secured. The deed states
} "$10 and other valuable consid
) oral ion,” Gilmers occupy a six
| story building in Winston-Salem,
* being distributors of the Chevro
| let and Oldsmobile in a large ter
} ritorv. Just what they intend to
? do with the property has not been
) announced.
| S. 0. New has secured a lease
? on the filling station and is oper
I crating it, while Mr. Spangler
j will occupy his residence until
} spring. Mr. Spangler has rented
) space in the large Cleveland Mo
J tor company garage (Gardner
j building) on S. LaFayette street
j where he will conduct his used car
j and battery business.
License Tags Now
At Half Price
Automobile license tags may now
be secured at half-price according to
an announcement received from Sec
retary of State Everett by Wade
Hoey, manager of the local branch of
the Carolina Motor club and the Shel
by department of the state license
bureau. The half price order went into
effect on Saturday of last week, De
cember 20.
The bureau announces however that
the reduction does not apply to cars
bought prior to December 20, full
price being required for such cars.
The reduction applies only to cars
secured after December 20. Formerly
this ruling went into effect on the 1st
of the year, but was moved up this
year by the state department.
Ten New Members To
County Poultry Club
Ten new members were added to
the Cleveland County Poultry asso
ciation at the chicken dinner served
Saturday night at Earl school house
by Mrs. E. B. Olive and her poultry
raising neighbors. The dinner was
principally of Cleveland county bred
chickens cooked in every conceivable
tyle and served in a bountiful man
ner to all present. The meeting was a
•nost enthusiastic one, declared Rev.
John W. Suttle and much interest
was aroused in the poultry associa
tion. More chicken dinners will be
served in various parts of the coun
| ty during the coming year.
Capt. Wagner Moves
To Shelby To Reside
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Capt. I.. J. Wagner, well and fe.vor
; ably known in Shelby where he has
| been contracting for public work for
| ihe past few years, and known to be
fond of Shelby and her citizens, has
| decided to cast his lot with us. Capt.
i Wagner has many friends here and
I all will rejoice at his decision. His
| Erst move was to deposit his money
in the bank, next buy a piece of real
| estate then make plans for the erec
| tion of a home. He has purchased a
j lot on the Cleveland Springs road
j from the Shelby Building Co., and
! where- the old Hoey home place was,
i he will erect a beautiful California
i bungalow. Mrs. Wagner will come
from Atlanta and join him when it is
finished, while his son Mr. Fred
j Wagner and wife will also make their
l Home with him. Mr. Wagner and son
' have leased from the town of Shelby
1 the old rock quarry where they are
installing machinery for the crush
ing of stone.
Mrs. J. T. Ramsey, who has been ill
| at her home here, is reported improv
| ing,
note that the Civie department, a use
ful and vigilant group of women, is
handicapped to a great extent by a
lack of funds. He also noted the dis
continuance of two Seaboard trains
and what the removal may eventually
mean, together with the idea that in
the near future the P. & N. may be
extended from Gastonia to Spartan
burg by way of Shelby.
At the conclusion of the program
the club was thanked for the enter
tainment by Mr. Hugh Hunt, repre
senting the guests. “The best selling
point for Shelby I know, is the fact
every man here Kiwanian and travel
ling man calls Shelby home.” Mr.
Me Knight just prior to adjournment
stated that within a short time the
T. P. A. would hold a like meeting
with the continued idea of selling
Shelby to the outsider.
Unusual Episode In
No. 8 Township Up
Before Recorder
Intoxicated Man Impersonates Offi
cer and Attempts Arrest of
Licensed Preacher.
A case unusual in its sidelights
was “aired” before Recorder Mull
Saturday morning: when Everett
Downs was charged with assault with
a deadly weapon, impersonating an
officer, forcible tresspass and driving
a car while intoxicated. Downs on all
ofthp charges was given a four
month sentence and total fines of
$100 and the costs, an appeal being
entered by his counsel, Attorney I). Z.
Newton and bond set at $500.
It seems from the evidence that
on Friday evening a week ago, one
Wilson Smart, licensed to preach in
the Northern Methodist church was in
his home studying his Bible about
nightfall when a car drove up in his
yard. Smart lives on the farm of Mr.
Elliott in No. 8 between Hollis and
Polkville. A man, who was a stranger
to him, was in the car according to
Smart. After asking for a drink of
water the stranger, Downn, v.no
seemed to Smart to be intoxicated,
asked Smart if he remembered mak
ing liquor some months bark. This
tvas denied by the licensed preacher,
whereupon Smart says Downs inform
ed him that he had ennie to arrest
him, being a state marshal. A badge
was exhibited and as Smart protested
he says a gun came into view and
helped persuade him in the car. At
first Smart testified, Downs offered to
let him escape. As the, two argued in
the car Mrs. Smart appeared in the
kitchen door and {ook a hand by or
dering Downs to leave. Finally she
re-eqtered the house for the family
shot-gunand at this period Smart and
his small son testified that Downs
told her that she would “have to
shoot pretty quick” if she returned
with the shot-gun. At this statement
it seemed that Smart jumped from
the car and went after the gun him
self.
When he returned with his shot
gun Downs was driving away in his
ear and Smart shot once at the rear
of the car and again as it proceeded
down the road he testified. During the
entire affair there was considerable
profanity, according to the evidence,
and Sma-t on the stand declared that
should there lie another such occur
rence he would be on trial, not Downs
An attempt was made to '■.'•meet the
licensed preacher with "moonshining”
some time in his rrnst. and he admit
ted having been “a bit wild” heforc
he became a Christian, and uneducat
ed yet but serving his Master. It ap
peared from an informal question that
the preacher had accompanied offi
cers on the raid of a still and that the
trip might have some bearing with the
episode.
No evidence was offered by the de
fendant, two of whose witnesses did
not show up. His defense by his at
torney was based unon lack of knowl
edge of what he did owing to his in
toxicated condition. On informal ex
amination by his attorney he stated
that he only “intended to have a lit
tle fun.”
TRIAL raiS
10 FEDERAL COURT
At the preliminary hearing of Ben
F. Curtis, well known local contrac
tor, charged with violating the Mann
act, examination was waived and the
matter will come up in the next term
of Federal court here, March 16. The
• preliminary was set for Friday morn
ing at 11 o’clock before United States
Commissioner John P. Mull, but prior
to that time, B. T. Falls and Clyde R.
Hoey, the defendant’s counsel noti
fied the commissioner that they would
waive examination.
The bond of $3,000 required by Fed
eral officers following his arrest was
changed by the Federal district at
torney’s office to $1,000, the bond to
hold until the Federal court. Curtis
is also under a $2,000 bond for Super
ior court, which convenes shortly aft
er the term of Federal court. This be
ing an appeal from a 12 months sen
tence imposed in recorders court on
a number of charges.
“Unload" You Say?
Clark in Greensboro News.
They’ve unloaded the presidency of
the North Carolina Agricultral so
ciety, alias the State fair, on Max
Gardner. Wishing: the popular Clev
eland county man mighty well, here’s
hoping he won’t be moved to say 1a
terter on, “An emey hath done this”.
Christmas Tree at Lawndale.
There will be a Christmas enter
tainment at the Lawndale Union
church on Thursday night December
25th. Everybody is invited to come.
TRY STAR WANT ADS.
CHRISTMAS BELLS
A GLAD DAY
Hv Rev. C. I . Sherrill.
brings flays when,
Christmas EveJ
Vour coming ever
Christmas Eve
V little lad on mother's knee,
I heard the story street of thee
‘A Prince is born in Galilee,’
O < hris.tmas Hire.”
“I am glad that yon have come
ugain,
What a'world of joy the Christmas
hells are ringing ini Christmas is the
world’s great, gladiday. “Joy to the
world, the Lord is tome,” peal forth
the Christmas beils and chant the
Christmas anthem, $nd sing the Chris
in
tian heart. Joy and gladness walk
the footsteps of the Christ-child who
came the first Christmas night. He
days <
S.i He
of winter with
makes the |
the
’si
[dains, the night
fills the dreariest ds
light and gladness,
longest nights theIcherriest and
brightest.
Over Bethlehem’s
our Lord was born, the celestial rhoir,
fresh from the inner glory, sang the
sweetest song old earth has ever
heard: “Glory to God in the highest,
peace on earth, good will to men."
The angelic choir struck the keynote
for the hearts and the world’s holy
singing. 0 soul of mine and thine, j
break forth in songs of sweetest
praise to the Giver of Good!
“The earth has grown old with its
burden of care;
But at Christinas it is always :
young;
The heart of the jewel burns lust
rous and fair,
And its sou! full of music breaks forth
on the air,
When the song of the angels is
sung." •
The Star still shines in the heavens.
This is one Light that will never be
put out. Ilf, the Babe of Bethlehem,
forever walks across the fair fields of
Holy Writ. In history He is the dom
inant figure. The wise men followed
the Star, and found the Light of the
World. He then, and now, and for
ever has the richest and sweetest
g'fts for every seeker of Him and
lowly follower.
Amid life’s perplexities do your
feet, like Noah’s dove, seek a resting
place? “I am the Way.” In the night
time of care and doubt do you walk in
uncertain paths? “I am the good
Shepherd. Is the night stormy and
; the way dark? “I am the Light”. Are
| there soul-hungerings, for which the
I “seen” furnish no food? I am the
I Bread of Life. Like the shepherds the
I first Christmas night, follow the star,
i ard find the Christ.
“It is coming, old Earth, it is coming
tonight!
On the snow flakes which cover the
sod.
The feet of the Christ-child fall gen
tle and white.
And the voice of the Christ-child tells
out with delight
That mankind are the children of
God.”
Christmas calls us back to child
hood—to the Babe in the manger and
to our childhood. The joys of child
hood! O hallowed memories! We are
led back, at this season, to the Child
who is the source and fountain of all
that makes childhood sweet and holy.
The old home! The mother’s lullaby!
At Christmas we are children again.
The star still shines. It calls us to
look up. Heaven has lost none of its
heavenly attractions. God is as near
as He was the first Christmas night,
and as good. In the light of that star
wo can find our way to all good, here
and hereafter, as did the shepherds of
old.
“God so loved the world that He
gave his only begotten son.” No an
gel wing can fly the distance and
measure the greatness of that little
word “so”. Could we climb Jacob’s
ladder up into heaven, and ask the
Father how much He loved us in the
gift of His Son, He would say: “Read
John 3:16.” “Never yet abyss was
found deeper than the cross could
sound.”
Nansen in seeking the North Pole
lowered his line to know the depth of
the North Sea, and no bottom could
be found. He made the record “deep
er than that.” When the last line was
tied on he made the same record
“deeper than that.” “Through all the
depths of sin and lost drops the plum
met of the cross.”
“The feet of the humblest may walk
in the field
Where the feet of the Holiest trod;
This then is the marvels to mortals
revealed,
When the silvery trumpets of Christ
mas pealed,
That mankind are the children of
God.”
Mrs. Claude MeCraw js visiting
relatives in Shelby for 'Several days.—
Gaffney Ledger.
Cotton Crop Is
Moving Towards
40,000 Record
Last Report Reaches Near .'18,000
Rales in County. Slightly Rebind
The Crop of l.asi Year.
The people of Cl eve lane! roun
tv will take add* <1 enjoyment
during the holidays in the an
nouncement that the la t gin
ning report indicates that the
county may this year, despite a
had season, set a new cotton
production record. The last re
port. jfiven out Monday hv M.
If. Ware, special agent, shows
that 37,870 hales were pinned
in the county up to December
13, or 10 days ago. This is only
2,121 hales short of a 10,000
hale crop. As the crop nil over
the county is from one week to
20 days late several more thou
sand bales will be ginned ac
cording to present estimates.
Up to December 13, last year,
.'18,537 bales had been ginned,
or less than one thousand hales
more than this year. With the
crop late this year the report
indi -ates that this year's crop
will exceed that of last year and
establish a new record. With the
cotton crop in North Carolina
considerable below that of last
year a gain in production in this
county speaks well for the
farmers of Cleveland.
mr. lewis Justice
TO BE BURIED TODAY
Well Known Farmer Succumbs to
Long Illness at Home of Mr.
J. Andrew Dellinger.
Mr. Lewis Justice, well known and
highly respected farmer whoresided
a few miles north of Shelby, died
Monday morning at the home of Mr.
J A. Dellinger, where he had been
making his home since last April. Mr.
Justice had been suffering with leak
age of the heart and high blood pres
sure. He was 06 years of age and sin
gle. Remains will he buried this (Tues
day) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Ross
Grove Baptist church, the funeral
services to he conducted by Rev. I.
D. Harrill.
Mr. Justice was well known to all
Shelby citizens and the news of his
passing is a source of great sorrow.
He is survived by three brothers,
John and Rufus of Shelby and Fran
ecs Justice of Birmingham, Ala., who
arrived yesterday for the funeral; al
so by two sisters, Cynthia Justice and
Mary Justice Eddins.
Gardner Accepts
State Fair Post
Acceptance of the presidency of the
North Carolina agricultural society
by O. M. Gardner of Shelby, was an
nounced in Raleigh Wednesday night
by Henry M. London, secretary of the
society.
Mr. Gardner’s first official act was
to appoint an executive committee
and then call it to convene in Raleigh
on Monday, December 2b, to consider
the offer of the Raloigh chamber of
commerce of a loan of $30,000 to
$75,000 to meet the bonds issued on
the state fair grounds that fall due
on January t, 1025.
The new executive committee is
composed of Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt,
W. N. Everett, Dr. E. C. Brooks, Gen
eral Albert Cox, Leonard Tufts, E. B.
Crow, H. H. Griffin, Daniel Allen and
H. M. London.
Father of Dr. Houser
Dies in Lincoln Co.
The many friends of fir. E. A.
Houser of Shelby will sympathise
with him in the death of his father.
Daniel Houser who passed away in
North Brook township, Lincoln coun
ty Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, fol
lowing an attack of pneumonia. Mr.
Houser was 86 years old and one of
the leading citizens of his section. He
was a Confederate veteran and well
known throughout that section. Fun
eral services were held Monday and
I)r. and Mrs. Houser left Monday
morning to attend the same.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AND
TREE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Christmas program and other
features of the Christmas celebration
at the Methodist Protestant church
will be held Wednesday night, begin
ning at 7 o’clock. The exercises will
consist of songs and recitations by the
children of the Sunday school and a
pantomime by five young women of
the church. A Christmas tree will be
used and a treat will be given to the
members of the Sunday school. An of
fering will be taken for the superan
nuated ministers of the Methodist
Protestant conference.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend the exercises.
I
{Contracts For New
3 Cotton Mill Are Let
o _
Two contracts for the construc
tion of the new Ora mill, a textile
plant promoted by Mr. J. It. Do
ver and associate* have been let,
one for the main mill building and
warehouse to YV. M. Welch, Inc.,
of Greenville; S. f'., and one to S.
I.. Alice of Shelby and Hickory for
the construction of 46 tenement
houses. The main building will be
1"H p-et by one story in
height and of daylight construc
tion, having concrete and brick
walls, steel sash windows, cast
iron f' lumns and pilasters, wood
roof and floor. It is planned to
equip the building with 6,000 spin
dles and sufficient looms to take
care oftheir product, while the
building is erected to provide for
an extension later on that will
house another 6,000 spindles. J. E.
Sirrene and company of Green
ville, S. C., were the engineers.
Mr. A bee who was low bidder
on the tenement houses has been
doing considerable work in Shel
by and will begin construction ul
once. Material is already begin
ning to arrive for both contrac
tors to start work.
Ask Ex-Service Men
To File For Their
Compensation Now
All ex-service men in Cleveland
county should file their blanks now
for compensation is the urge being
made by the Warren Hoyle Host of
the American Legion. In order to
speed up the filling out and filing of
compensation blanks the Legion ii
this week keeping the service officer,
Chas. Woodson, in the Legion rooms
in the First National Bank building
to aid ex-service men in filling out
the blanks. Mr. Woodson will be there
all week with the exception of Christ
mas day, and will give all aid possible
free of charge to all who apply dur
ing the week.
The ex-service should take advan
tage of this service given by the Le
gion, and Commander M. H. Austell
| °f the Legion post says that this ser
vice will be' offered only this week.
Service men should remember that
. they may be losing by not applying
J now for their compensation. Should an
I ex-service man die before applying
| his fam.iy or dependents would re
ceive only a small percentage of the
regular compensation, but if the ap
plication is made the dependents
would receive the full amount.
Give Children To
Their Grandparents
In a hearing held Saturday after
noon before Judge James L. Webb,
Buford Grigg, aged seven years, and
Ophelia Grigg, aged five, children of
Roy Grigg, were given into the cus
tody of their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McMurry, of the Lawn
dale community.
Grigg’s first wife was the daugh
ter of the Me Murry’s and following
her death Grigg married again. Some
months hack the grandparents asked
the eourt for the children of their
daughter, alleging that they could or
would give them better treatment
than Grigg and his second wife. Judge
Webb then ruled that the grandpar
ents keep the children one month and
the Griggs the other, and the order
was so alternated for six months.
Other evidence was presented Satur
day causing the court to place the
children with their grandparents.
Balloon To Go Up
Christmas Evening
Thro youngsters of Shelby will have
j it- little aded thrill Christmas eve,
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
, when a small “Zeppelin” will head
j itself into space above Shelby. Louis
Hamrick, proprietor of the Whiteway
Dry Cleaning company, announces
that on that afternoon he will send up
a balloon 15 feet long and five feet
high. The balloon will bear on each
j a large sign for the Whiteway,
; while after it has soared up a bit
three packages of circulars will be
loosed three or four minutes apart.
In each package there will be a red
circular and the Whiteway will dry
clean one suit or one dress for each
of the three red circulars returned.
Mr. Bynum Chapman of Farres,
Tenn., who has been the sub-contrac
tor on the star route from Shelby to
Belwood leaves today for a visit to
his home folks. Mr. Chapman has a
an enviable record as a mail carrier.
While he is away Mr. Walter Chap
man will carry the mail.
TAX NOTICE.
City taxes now due and payable to
O. M. Suttle, in Clerk’s office, City
Hall.
O. M. SUTTLE, City Tax Collector.
Ad.
DOVER BANQUET OF
MILE WORKERS
Dr. Daniel* Is Chief Speaker On
Subject “Measure of a Man.” 110
Men Enjoy Gathering.
Overseers, bosses, «’’perintendents
nnd office help of the “Dover Or
ganization" composed of the Dover,
Eastside, Katherine and Ella Mills
and the Dover Gin were in annual ban
quet at Cleveland Springs Hotel Sat
urday night, 110 strong. An elegant
| turkey dinner was served and the
evening’s entertainment was declar
ed to be the best since Mr.J. R. Dov
er instituted these annual get-togeth
er meetings. As the guests arrived
they were given gay paper caps and
from this on the fun and frolic fol
lowed. It was a fine looking bunch
of men with n manifest spirit of co
operation, men who daily do their bit
and try to help and lift the men under
them to better positions of usefulness.
Mr. Dover was toastmaster and after
a brief welcome announced that while
“we are banqueting tonight, there are
hundreds of homes in Shelby where
Santa will not come and where stock
ings will not be filled” and to make
up a Christmas empty stocking fund
he called for contributions of $100.
A young man by the name of Stock
ton bounded to his feet with an ex
pression of agony in his face for he
responded not to the impulse of phil
anthropy, but because Earl Hamrick
who was sitting near him had pulled
a switch that turned an electric spark
in the seat of the trick chair in which
Stockton was sitting. This created a
wave of laughter and merriment at
the expense of Stockton and with this
the fun began.
Next followed the drawing contest
in which J. R. Dover drew a miniature
can of paint. All present understood
the joke for Mr. Dover had been the
victim of a shrewd paint salesman.
•I R- Wiekle, superintendent of the
Ella drew a moustache cup to keep
his pin feather moustache from swim
ming in his drinks. J. R. Dover, third,
was a mamma doll in overalls that
fell to Jack Dover, indicative of the
increase in the Dover tribe, while C.
C. Blanton, banker, drew a pair of
ladies silk hose as president of the
j >’jr»t Natural bank. Fred Morgan
who talks, dreams and thinks gin
ever since the Dover gin was started
fell heir to a bottle of Morgan's dty
gin, while Roland G. Holland who
spends his time keeping the belts
tight and the machinery running to
capacity drew a stick of Drake’s Belt
dressing two yards long,—sufficient
to last him a few hours.
Dr. Daniels Speaks.
Dr. D. W. Daniels of Clemson Col
lege is always a favorite in Shelby as
a public speaker and he was the chief
entertainer at the Dover outfit gath
ering, keeping the men in an uproar
of laughter for an hour or more as he
told joke after joke with machine-gun
rapidity, but through it all developing
a thread of inspiring thought on the
“Measure of a Man,” declaring that
the value of a man is determined by
his attitude toward men nnd measur
ed by his willingnes; o-operate for
the uplift of humanity and by his
ideals in service of others. While Dr.
Daniels was here on his fourth ap
pearance, he is always refreshing and
different, and on this occasion he
seemed better than usual.
A Meeting Of Labor.
It was not a meeting of labor and
capital, but a meeting of labor, labor
in the factory, in the office and ar
ound the industrial plants. The last
year has been a difficult one with the
mill managers, but the Dover mills
operated full time while stacks were
cold in many New England centers,
smoke was not to be seen, thousands
of employees were out of work and
policemen had to keep the workers
back when notices were posted that
operations would be resumed.
One of the finest compliments paid
was that of Mr. Wikle, new super of
the Ella, who has traveled much and
worked in various parts, but stated
emphatically that “I have never seen
a mill group with a better spirit of
co-operation or a finer morale than
here.”
The bosses and overseers gave Mr.
Dover a Morris chair in token of their
esteem and this was presented by
Fred Morgan. At another drawing in
which all names were forbidden ex
cept one who actually works in the
•mill, C. W. Johnson fell heir to a $10
gold piece given by Mr. Dover him
self.
MR. SOLOMON HUTCHINS IS
BURIED AT SANDY PLAIN;
Mr. Solomon Hutchins died Sunda;
morning December 14th at the count;
home where he had been an inmati
for the past year. The cause of hit
death was paralysis. Mr. Hutchins
was 63 years of age and leaves a #lft
and one daughter, Mrs. George M,
Bradley of Lattimore, also a half
brother of Hickory and 17 grand chil
dren. His remains were buried at
I Sund- Plains Baptist church amid *
I crov. u of sorrowing friends.