Hickory daily record., 1922-10-27
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! 6. Lafayette Mostalier was gen
jlai hest last night to ai:aI,t 1ot
guests, many of them me- ~; s:.rof,
; a Wide section. ct i,-saquet on llls
second floor Of the IoW wholesale
house Of the Ncstelier Grocery Coul.
tl'a-.,- Or the corner OF Tenth avenue
and Twelfth street. Before the big feed
ptaE Detpra rhe company BY she Cen
| trel Cafe, the guests inspected the
building, gave it their cosnma1ldation
and between toasts smoked Del Rico
Specials, cigars as good as can be
mad fos. ten cents anywhere. 4 col
olasea orchestra ;azzed during the din
nor hour.
Mr.. MostelIef himself welcomed the
company and told Of his business con-
nections here for the past IS years.
he then presented Thos. z. Iruiitt, who
acted as POSTMASTER, and pulled the
job III fine style. j. Alfred Moretz,
the first sneaker on the program, talk
ed of merchandising from the retail
standpoint, and emphasized the abso-
lutte Importance of integrity in busi-
ness, q epoiat that was featured
throughout all the toass.
Then Leroy F. Aberaehy discussed
the development of the Wholesale and
retail business and referred to the
new and better methods Of merchan-
dising.
Il j. Paul Leonard of Statesville, sec
retary Of the State Merchants Asso-
citation, spoke. on the essentials Of mod
ern business, in which he urged abso-
Lutte fair dealing, push ard energy
and community spirit. After the BAN
quet Mr.. Leonard expressed the firm
conviction that merchants could do
nothing better than give wholehearted
support to their newspapers.
Rev. w. r. Bradshaw, in discussing
the ethics of business, told of the
in morals about the
cou1try store, where formerly one
heard SO many questionable stories,
and asserted that merchant, who
necessarily came in contact with the
public, should be clean man in ev-
cry way. He summed up his remarks
with the declaratio nthat the busi-=
ness man should apply the Golden
Rule. Mr.. Bradshaw and other speak
ers paid high tribute to Mr.. Mosteller's
character and fair dealing. =
Ned Wheeler of Ashevil 1Syho lost
LIS ItCAltil III blidlli1lS1ldIil, CdIA1t
to western North Carolina ret it
back, asserted that the futu1ttt prth
Carolina was brighter tharN lIher
state III the uiIio1l and yFeSGtd kls sstE Efss
Carolina had the brightest future of
any section. There is no city that has
the future of Hickory, which should
be proud OF a substantial, composite
growth. His subject was personality
N business, and he made the assertion
hat personality is now and ever will
De the greatest factor in business sue
,ess. This is day of specializing and
I is made so because the general level
# living conditions has been raised
and people demand the best.
Mr. Wheeler said it was only ques-
ion of time before a modern highway
would link Hickory and Asheville and
1e saw prosperity for the whole sec
ion. He said this section could pro-
luce as. good lettuce, celery, apples
md potatoes as were grown anywhere
md he foresaw the time when this
)art of North Carolina-With Hickory |
It it's center-would set the pace for
he whole country.
In dismissing the company Mr.
oruitt again voiced the pleasure of
he guests in the entertainment and |
.eferred to the ID years of success OF
he host. Mr.. Mosteller then dismissed
he company, but the merchants ling
red and chatted and showed that they
lad profited from the evening, which
vas calculated to help them in the
highest sense.