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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 v - , -! FRIDAY—TO OUR THOUSANDS OF READERS, THE STAR WISHES A JOYFUL CHRISTMAS FOR ALL. RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. VOL. XXXII, No. 101 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1924. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE KIWIS IKS it M 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 _ 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.