Annual Mill Banquets Held
Dover Key Workers
Stage Big Banquet
IConttnued from page one.)
talk that, stockholders who sate,
shrimp, skin and suffer to collect a
little savings for investment, in a
textile plant have a right, to expect
a just return on their invesmenl.
“You men have only one boss, but
I counted up that 1 have 23 bos'cs,"
announced Mr. Dover, "therefore I
want us to make as our slogan
‘every man with a bank account'
at the end of 1030 when we meet
again, then you can tell a fallow
where to get off. If necessary."
Silk Hats Awarded.
“A number of years ago, ten per
cent of seconds was the best we
thought we feould tio, but this lias
been brought down to nine, eight,
seven, yea even under two per cent
and according to promise, we are
going lo present a silk hat to these
men who have accomplished this
feat with the understanding they
are to march by the Cleveland Clot h
mill where I understand they haw
some bows and arrows and will do
the William Tell >tunt at the sl’.ke:.
hats." said Mr. Dover. These men
were:
J. H. Southard. Geo. I). Simpkins'.
Worth Mlchwn. Herman Martin, J.
W. Webb, L. D. Corn. Lee Hawkins',
C. J. Johnson, r. V. Tate, L. C. Har
din. John H. Abernnthey, L. P.
Cannon, J. W. Shiver, Glenn White,
Worth Newton, Claude Hende son,
Kmmitt Weaver J. n. Conner,
Broadus Starnes, Ezell Gantt, Sam
Frotor,
Revs. Waldrop and Wall in %!v>r‘
talks praised Mr. Dover and Ids
associates Messrs. C, C, Blanton.
Fred Morgnn, Earl Hamrick, Jack
Dover and others lor their -lose
contact with the men and for their
fine, Christian leadership,
Musie And frizes.
The high school orchestra under
the direction of W. T. Sinclair fur
nished music, while a number of
solos were sung by Horace Eas m
and Mrs. Ben Suttle and a couple
of quartets, by Hicks, Newton. Mit
c-henr and White from the Dover or
ganization. The music was highly
appreciated.
Stunts were pulled on Emmett
Weaver and Bill Stockton much to
the delight of the crowd present,
while Dr. Daniels made his jokes
apply to indivduals present.
John Toms, In choice words,
thanked the members of the Daugh
ters of American Revolution for
their splendid meal and at the close
there was a drawing of names for
$5 gold pieces given by each of the
three mills of which Mr. Dover is
the head and a $10 gold piece given
by Mr. Dover himself.
A number of guests were present,
Including several visitors from the
Charles mill at Red Springs.
Eastern Editors
Oppose Simmons
(Continued frpm page one f
the veteran senator for three de
cades and instructed by him through
all the years to vote the ticket
straight—something the section nas
always done—are more enthusias
tic than ever about party regularity
and seemingly are ready to dem
onstrate to their teacher that they
learned their lesson well—the one
he taught them.
Last week Bailey, who is leading
the fight against Simmons and is
positive in his statement that the
senator will have opposition—ap
peared to be more popular thau~>ver
with visitors to 'Raleigh. Such
was the general atmosphere that
observers prophesied that in nis
own lowland Country Senator Sim
mons will next spring have more
bitter opposition than in the foot
hills aiid mountains of the west
where he has never been as much
of an idol as in his home section,
for in the west the Republican vote
is heavier and party regularity isn't
so near a religion as it is in the
east—perhaps because the west has
had more occasion to differ the
party pedagogue who is now the
bone of contention about which lec
tions of the party he has led for
years is preparing to stage a great
battle.
No Bribery.
An English traveler had got n
very good “line” out of the mana
ger of a big store in Dundee and was
anxious to show his appreciation of
the order. So he offered the mana
ger a box of cigars
“How dare ye try to bribe me.
sir?'- protested the angry Scot
“I'm a hones- man an’ a member
o’ the kirk.,torbye. I canna ta’ yer
seegaurs!”
“Well” said the traveler' realis
ing that there v as not a great deal
of sincerity behind the refusal,'
shall we put t this way you’ll buy
the box of cigars from me for i
shilling. That will make the trans
action quite in ci der ’
“Now you're " v’. 'akln” reason
able,” quickly said the Dundonlan
spilling all over. In fact, I’ll tak<
two boxes tor couple of shillings!’’
Star Advertising Pays
Shelby And Ella
Forces In Feast
(Continued from page one *
best of the Yuletidc season for
every guest and to reiterate the
pleasure of him.'elf and the mill
management in staging the animal
banquet. Frequently as the meal
proceeded the guests sang Him -
favorite selections with the musi
cal trio. N< v the end of the meal
each guest was presented with
handkerchiefs and a necktie modi'
from Shelby mill products. and
with cigars. The following wer"
guests:
W. A Abcrnethy, D. T. Brnoy, A
Brown, Clias. E. Bowman, M. B
Brannon, H E. Beattie, John Chap
man, M. H. Carroll, A. M. Chandler,
W. N. Crawford, W. J. Childers, If
O. Currie, John L, Costner, W. F
Davis, W. Tom Davis, Walter Drum,
It. D. Estes, Chas. C. Francis, M. C.
Green, D. W. Green, P. B. Hill, S
H. Howard, T C. Hicks, L. Z. Hoff
man. W. R. Tide, M. B. Kale. Wal
ter Kale, Roy Kale, H O. Kent, Z.
L. Kantpe, C. L. Lever, Chas. C.
Lever, R. E Ledbetter, M. W. Mi’.I
wood, W..Plato Moore, P. O. Moore, '
W. G. McSwaln. Clyde McKee.
C. L. McMahan, B. B. McKee, H
R. Nix, S. A, Pearson, D C. Peer
son, Sid Price. Ma-tin Panther',
Fred Panther. Marion Price, L. B
Price, B. G. Quern. B. R. Roberson.
C L. Runyans. L. S. IUtcb, Pant
Roberts, J. A. Sellers, E. H. Short
Sain Smith. I. M. Shepherd, Buford
Smith, N. B. Sargent, A. P. Bhytle
W. G: Whitworth, C. H. Williams.
John H. Williams, A. J. Wilson, Fred
White, Fred Green, Wilbur Bow
man, R, T. LeGrand, J. R. McClurd,
J. O. Propst, M, a Hamrick, C. C
Blanton, Rev. L. B Hayes, R um
Druru, J D. Campbell, Guy Roberts.
Ella iVIrn Banquet.
About the same hour at the Ho'oi
Charles approximately 40 key men
i and overseers of the Ella plant of
the Consolidated Textile corporation
were guests of the mill management,
at their annual Christmas banquet
The program was entirely informal
with a talk by Rev. Rush Padgett,
of the Second Baptist church, be
ing tile main feature of the even
ing. Mr. H. B. Miller, new superin
tendent of the plant, made a short
talk, and before the evening was
over he was presented With a fine
gift by his. overseers and depart
mental heads. There were several
songs in whlcn the entire gathering
participated, a bit of wise-cracking
and pun-makin;., njt tending to
make of the affair one of the most
entertaining staged by the plant.
Says Prosperity
For Few At Top
Incomes Of J 1,122 Persons Equal
Those Of 8,509,000 Workers,
Report Shows.
Washington.—Asserting that al
though the total income of the na
tion is increasing, it is going ..> a
comparatively small number of per
sons, tiie people's lobby, a political
research body headed by Prof. John
Dewey, educator, declared that, the
trouble with American prosperity is
that a few are enjoying all the ben
efits.
The statement said that in 1927
the total income of 11.122 persons
at the top of the financial scale was
equivalent to one-fourth of the to
tal income of 10,000,000 factory and
railroad workers. It also emphasized
that the largest incomes are earned,
Referring to President Hoover’s
conferences to stimulate 'business;
the statement said:
"It is time for the administration
to abandon its program of econ< mlfc
stupidity and instead of trying to
swell unearned income, to devote it
self to achieving a more equitable
distribution of the national income.
"Talk of the possibility of a busi
ness recession constitutes the most
serious indictment of our economic
system. The estimate of the econom
ic system. The estimate of the na
tional bureau of economic research
that the national income in 1928 is
$89,419,000,000 and the average in
come of a family of five was $2,725,
proves that l.ot bigger and belter
profits, but bigger wages and bet ter
returns to labor of every sort are
essential to prosperity.'
Inquisitive.
The teacher was teiling her open
eyed class about the dolphin and its
. habits.
“And children." she sr.id im
pressively, "just think, a single dol
phin will have two thousand babv
I dolphins."
"Goodness! ' exclaimed the bright
little girl at the bottom of the class,
"and how many do the married ones
have?"
Preparedness.
The Minister: “The roof of our
little church is leaking very badly
Mrs. McFadricn."
"Ah, thank you for tellln' me, Mr.
McPherson. Ill always bring m>
umbrella with me-."- -r:'.
"VS'ia re '%$ts the defendant when
he ■ assaulted. you?” Henry Martin
was asked in' court' m Chicago.
"About 50 yards away," was the an
swer
lie ’ ' *ly a Mystery As
She Remains in Coma
Only when this fair-haired girl, who has been in a
coma for two days in the Emergency Hospital, Wash
ington, D. C., returns to consciousness, will the key to
a mystery be furnished. Police have tried hard to
piece together her disconnected story of a murder, a
sinister dope ring, the death of her sister and the
reason she tried to die by her own hand through
poison, ller purse revealed a card bearing the name
“Annette Brewster, Selma, Calif.” and a baggag*
check from San Jose. Calif.
mat tom) I Nnr»rp«i
Must* Write Judge
Every Sunday For
Period Five Years
--
Wilmington, J>el. — Judge
Hugh Morris in United Stales
district court sentenced Wil
liam I,. Jones ofil*ort Wash
ington, N. V., to write 260 tet
ters, at the into of one each
Sunday for the next five years.
Jones, a former resident of
ISirmingham, Ala., pleaded guil
ty to a charge of transporting a
stolen automobile from one state
to another. Judge Morris
paroled Jones to himself, with
the explanation:
"This is the.'first time that I have
paroled anyone to myself. I do not.
know whether you are worth it or
not. I want you to write to me
every Sunday so that I will receive
the letters on Monday, not only tell
ing me about your work but telling
me what you are doing and what
your thoughts are and your plans
for the future, so that I can really
know you.
“Kail to send one letter tmd you
will ro to the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta lor three years. Do not
change your residence or your oc
cupation without consulting me the
parole is for five years.”
DOUBLE SHOALS DELAYS
ITS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
On account of the bad weather,
Double Shoals Baptist church lias
postponed its Christmas Tree and
celebration until Thursday evening
of this week at 7 o’clock.
Amazement.
T|he stout woman on the scale was
eagerly watched by two boys.
She dropped in her cent, but the
machine was put of order and regis
tered only seventy-five pounds.
"Good night. Bill." gasped one of
tho youngsters in amazement, "She's
hollow.’*
Cites Farm Record Of Boy As
Hopeful Sign In South Carolina
Columbia.—Teachers of vocational
agriculture in South Carolina
schools have a ray of hope to broad
cast to farmers who are still pur
suing old time methods in attempt
ing to eke a livelihood from the soil
and they have figures and bank de
posits of the younger generation to
cite as proof of their contention
that money can be made by using
a proved method of diversification.
Verd Peterson, director of voca
tional agriculture, state depart
ment of education, cites the rec
ords of three Horry county boys
who were prize winners in their
county, in competition with boys in
other counties of the state for
prizes which will be awarded by a
Greenville insurance company.
A total of 130 boys in Horry
county were engaged In competi
tion and detailed records were kept
of income and expenditures. First
prize was awarded to Elwood Whit
tington of Green Sea. whose in
come from seven acres. 37 turkeys
and 29 chickens was $1,209.11 and
his labor income was $811.41.
Whittington's record shows that
he planted three acres of corn and
harvested 323.43 bushels, which he
sold at a price of one dollar a
bushel; one acre of potatoes which
yielded 390.3 bushels which he
sold for $31015; two acres of to
oacco yielded 2,113 pounds or
$410.13 and one acre of straw
berries from which he sold 29 crates
for $107. Twenty-seven turkeys
brought an Income of $20.40 and the
chickens Increased this to $36.
He spent $35 for clothes, $73 for
fertilizer, $28,70 for chicken- wire,
$63 for a potato house, bought a
brood sow' for $20 and has $360 hi
a bank at interest and a checking
account of $163. He raised turkey
and chicken feed valued at $26.54.
Debutante to Wed
New York Clubman
Anne G. Colby, debutante daughter
)f the Everett Colbys of West
Drange, N. J., who is reported en
gaged to iharry William H. Vander
dilt, direct descendant of Commo
dore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Van
derbilt, who was considered the
matrimonial catch of the season, is
reported to have said, “Yes, I’m the
lucky man,” when questioned re
garding the report.
international New»re«l
Good Reason.
“Why don't you marry the doc
tor?"
“Because then I could never per
suade him X was 111 enough to need
a trip to the seashore.”
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Kings Mtn. Minutes
Have Been Printed
The minutes for the 1929 session
of the Kings Mountain association
have been printed and are ready for
distribution among the churches.
They are at the office of the Cleve
land Star in Shelby and the rep
resentative of the churches are ask
ed to call there and get the num
ber they have paid for. The follow
ing churches have not subscribed to
the minutes fund and will not be
entitled to any minutes unless they
pay for them at the rate of twenty
cents per copy: Buffalo, Dover,
Macedonia, Poplar Springs. Union.
Please call at The Star office and
get your quota. These churches hav
ing made no subscription may apply
at The Star office and pay for as
many as they want.
J. W. SUTTLE, Moderator
G. G. PAGE, Clerk.
Colored Women Lend
Hand To Santa Claus
I Charitable Colored Folks Fill Fmply
Stockings For Needy Youngsters
Of Race.
Santa Claus when he packs his
bag and cracks his whip behind his
reindeers Tuesday night will call
upon Colored children as well as
upon white chidren. And he will call
at destitute homes of one race as
well as at destiti te homes of the
other race, thanks to Charitable
hearts that beat underneath both
white and black skins.
More than two score stockings
were packed with goodies, candies,
fruits and Christmas toys this w7eek
and last for colored children who
due to circumstances would not have
been called upon by Santa thanks to
a drive made by a club of colored
women In Shelby. This group of
colored women, according to
Hayden, an official of tile cl
canvassed the colorad resident
sections of the city for destiti
:ases and then made sacrifl
themselves to enable Santa Claus
add to his proposed rounds Ttfcsc
night.
-ocal Schools Out,
Collegians At Hon
The Shelby city schools closed 1
the holidays Friday afternoon a
will remain closed until Thursds
January 2, according to an * a
nouncement from the .fuperinten
ent’s office.
Over the week-end scores
Cleveland county college girls at
boys arrived home from vario
colleges to spend the holidays wl
relatives.
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The entire person
in.wishing for our fritj...^ .uiu patrons
a Merry Christmas and a Happy and
Prosperous New Year* We wish also
to express to you our sincere thanks
for your support and good-will dur
ing the past year, and we hope to
have the pleasure of serving you again
often during 1930.
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