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PAGE TWO BISHOP COMPARES 'icoemNtiED from pack i> Eisenhower has skm to the world that we, in A&ftrfCh. will not permit the evi! fftrweß, motivated by a rabble, in tent, upon flaunting the law, to operate to the extent, that the liberties of any citizen are en croached upon”, he said. He end* ed: by. saying that this type of ac -1 iim certainly would not be any so®* to the promoters of com munism, STATE BRIEFS' (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) FOUND DEAD ON PORCH STATESVILLE— Mr*. lon Annie Woods, 43, of States ville, was found dead on % neighbor’s porch Sunday a round 8 p.m. Sheriff Charlie Rumple and Coroner Martin Ra.vmcr investigated the death and had the woman trans ferred to the Iredell Memor 1 Hospital, where a doctor said she had been dead form four to six hours, Raymer rath i for an autopsy on the bod Or. W M. Summerville of Charlotte ruled Monday that Mrs. Wood* died of coronary occlusion * * * RALEIGH MARINE FACING TRIAL NAHA, Okinawa—A court-mar tial on murder charges was or dered Friday for six Negro U. S, Marines accused of attacking uvo white American servicemen, kill ing one and injuring the second. Hospital man Adrien R Nokleby, 19, Wells County, N. D., died of injuries after being beaten, kick ed and stomped in the assault at ’: 15 a m August 4. In the Sukiran area of Okinawa, according to the Marines. A second victim, Sgt. A H. Carrillo, 22, El Paso, Tex., was hospitalized with minor In* lunew-The six held are: Pic. Wil bur L Jones, 23, Raleigh: Pfc. Henry Moyer, Jr.. 20, Oak City; Pfc. Jim Williams, Jr.. 19, Day ton, Ohio. Cpl. Eddie Chestnut, 21, Walterboro, S. C.: Pfc. Wil-j lie Brown. Jr., 24, Savoyard, Kv . and Pfc, Robert Allen, Jr., 22. Na Seville. * • * PROBE VANCE SHOOTING HENDERSON— Sheriff E. V. Cottrell of Vance County and deputies are continuing an investigation of a Satur day night shooting in which "'le youth lost an eye. The incident occurred betweeen 11 run. and midnight at s build ing which was formerly a Ne gro school house on NC High* «a> 39 at Wiiliamsboro. Carl ton Jones, 18. who lives on the C T. Bobbitt farm, was wounded. Jones is a patient at the Jubilee Hospital for treatment of the wound, which repaired removal of the eve. according to Cottrell. Jones at- I Jegcdly was shot as he and another youth, Haywood ">ight, Jr drove past the building. VA. PORTER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 Cooke* fingerprints were mdenti e*l with those on Allan « wanted ! fl'■'<*’* and there was a smilarity of i nv if shots, even thomigh the one | In the notice was taken 30 years sgd. Murder, s?;d North Carolina an- ' H'critibj had confirmed they still wgated the convict and would ex tradite him f necessary Youth Bureau Officer H T ’Tucker raid a grocery More mana ger called him on the street to say he though » man was stealing some meet. Tucker said he found two slices of ham under Cooke's shirt Kidnapping: Trial V'ONtINUEO FROM PAGE 11 ed in the morning session that saa< .1 36 man panel exhausted by challenges from both the defense and the prosecution. Xtldee The mss B Grcnekpr re eccced the court until later Tuesday »Juisiiiirr'i.a>ijr^k.'.. l r~r r. — -9 ffytmd * I 'BIRTHDAYS I TRIBUTES TRIP 0 I THE HOME ! >r.c r WFI l ‘ I lORMAkS I A VNIVER ROSTI -,S SARIES WEDDINGS * MOTUFR H & L Flower Shop sSs E (ibirni st. put ts t-«®i I|l 1 Hallers p| Ckranty n - STRAIGHT 1 bourbon -'• * M 100 PROOF I : BOTTLED.IN-BOND 'i i Under U. 5. Gov't Supervision | I 4°° 21? fell * ' W, A R»UF« PWM*f>rLPMia Pk i and directed the deputies to bring in s new 25 man venire to con-. tlmae picking the jury. Thoms* D. Jacobs, 59, and two Negroes, Jebis Shelton, £*, and William T. HU!, 60, ail of Clinton, were indicted yester day by the Laurens County Grand Jury All three pleaded innocent as the trial got under way this morning. The three defendants are charged with conspiracy in a plot to kid nan the 4-year-old son of Clinton 1 Banker Robert M. Vance for $350,- | 090 ransom. Jacobs is the grandson of the i founder of Presbyterian College : and the. h-other of Wiliam P. J*- ! cobs, the late president of the in j slitution. Lauren* County Sheriff C W Weir said Jacobs was arrest ed last June 10 when he went to a spot to pick up a box placed there hv Yanre on in structions contained in » ran som note. Officers had intercepted (he note when they arrested Shelton and , the box contained only paper. i GOV, HODGES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 the degree facing different sec tions of our nation.” Tie addres sed a conference of governor* of 16 states meeting here at s Southern Governors Confer ence, an annua! confab. Hodges, who is chairman of the group, explained that he believes the. attitude of the average person throughout the eonutry is chang ing. He said attitudes are chang ing. "not only about the school seg regation problem, but about other things on which the U S. Supreme Court has recently ruled.'' “I think that there is a deepen ing concern on the part of the average man. He is concerned »* j fr, where we are going; and he is [concerned that in our seeming rie ! sire to protect individual liberties I we are often throwing to lhe wind j .individual responsibility. The Tar Heel state governor -urged the nation's political leaders to work for the “ma jority” In America •'instead of persisting in an unsightly scramble to appease mtneri ties.” “It is no-i In ttie national interest for minority groups to he used as political pawns by either or both of our major po Utica! parties.” Hodges said Governor Hodges spoke on the j “Southern Point of View. "He said | it mean* the preservation of the j initiative and personality of the ! individual, of the local govern ! mental unit. and of the state" ! 'He concluded, “The southern | point of view was well illustrated |by the recent civil rights ciehate ! in the Senate, led by Senator Rus | ,; o |] of Georgia, Senator Ervin of | North Carolina and other outstand ' ing southern senators.” WOMAN STABS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) Thompson had been “hale and | hearty” before his common-law wife : “worked, turnover ” The man was i stabbed repeatedly wdth an ice pick rather than a can opener, as ; the woman claimed. Duke Hospital physicians hesitate to sav whether Thonip son died of wounds in his head back, nock and leg*. They reported an autopsy would have to he made before cause of deaih eotitd be deter mined. The medical explanation, mean while. is that Thompson d>ed of ‘respiratory arrest. due to an in jury to the spina' cord." Whether the. ice pick wounds were the causes of the spinal injury has not ; been answered. Mrs. Fuller, according to the detective, ha* steadfastly deni ed using an ice pick, hut she did admit that they were drink ing. ! “The investigation should be complete this week." the detective - said. As soon as it is completed. Mr«. Fuller wil !be given a hoar • irsg in ihe local Recorders Com-! Episcopal Rectors (CONTINUED FROM PAt.P 11 Episcopal church, the Rev. Henry Egret, also of Charlotte. ! Wilkins ust-d as his text Ihe I same'Bible reference used by Eg ; ger the previous Sunday, Galati j ans 3:28. The Passage reads: “There I* neither .lew- nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free. <ber* is neither male nor fe Rule: For ye a** all one in Chris* Jesus Ester had At id racial tote- j fration would lead to amalga mation of the races and said the fact that School Integration is | being accomplished does not mean it is right. Rev. Wilkins said. "The good I news of the apostolic age is the j i gospel of Christ, which takes in ail j races, kindreds and tongues, bond and free . . . making one body of men, women and children. ’ Wilkins also said there are some persons who insist on a unity typi fied in what is, called “The south ern, way of life He said ‘'Whatever heroism in the lost cause of lhe Confed eracy, whatever glamor in the plantation aristocracy, however worthy the ancestors, "The View from Eompey’i Head” is not to be compared with the view from ihe Mount of Trans figuration.” Another Episcopal rector Sunday 1 outlined for his church ihe Epis j copal Church's official stand ! against racial segregation j He read the statement during the announcement period and did not include it in his sermon "DEPLORES” IKE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 51 Gov. George Bell Timmerman J Jr. of South Carolina accused | Eisunhowo! of ‘'trying to set him i self up as a chelator.' Militant States rights leader || in Augusta. Ca, former US. Ambasador Hugh Grant, tele i graphed Griffin urging him to hold the Southern Governors i Conference, now in its third day here, in session continu ously until some firm stand is taken on the intensifying cri sis over state versus federal sovereignty Griffin lacked any such author* ' jty hut the 23rd annual meeting of Southern Governors was neyerthe : less having a difficult, time stick ing to its traditional policy of avoiding explosive subjects such as integration i The racial question came up in i speeches, round table discussions i and Gov. Oival Faubus of Arlcan j sas held forth as the dominant fi- I gu * at the conference, command sing almost constant attention b ; -nuse of his sole as staunch defen der of states rights Faubus received a rousing ovation from seven! hundred guests when he was presented Monday might during the for mal introductions of governor* at a banquet. Griffin, who a = host Governor handled Intro Auctions, termed Faubus a "Strong advocate of ( onstitu tional Government.” “1 like the way this man talk' ano acts," said the Georgia Gov - i ; errior. a strong and outspoken seg ’ regationist, : Until early Tuesday. Faubus ap parently was standing firm on his | contention that President Eisen hower lacked constitutional author ity to u«e federal troops at Little Rock without a request for help from the Arkansas Governor. Faubus declined common! on the j President's "cease and desist'' oi | dcr. a preliminary step to the us ! of fort e Sepia Entertainers (CONTINUED FROM PAGF 11 canceling plans for a govern ment-sponsored trip to Russia because of the dispute. In ' n*ess interview, Saleh accused Gov. Faubus of 'trying to run lhe federal government". Hp then turned on President Fi senhower for “failing <o take a firm stand” in forcing Fau bus to comply with the federal court ord»r for integration. It s getting so bad a colored man ha n't. got any country.- said Sateh : caustically. It's the lower class people who make all the noise" I VLB! ' TROOPS USE “PUBLIC ITY STUNT F'lubii:-- use of troops io b . Nc ( groes (torn Central High School j was labelled "publicity stunt'', by i the musician, who also said that ■ such things have #n arivese of. , fret on US relations with other countries. I "The people over there ask me .what's wrong with my country What am I supposed to s.».y?". he i asked. “If I ever go to Russia I’ll go on rnv own. They know Louis Armstrong and thev'H come to hear me In Berlin, people risked thrir lives to hear me.” He added, that his "hot trumpel 1 could melt the Iron Curtain, i Later at Montevide. Minn Sateh i reiterated his stand (hat he was not going through with plan* tor Ih* State Department-sponsored tour '•PRESSURED TO SAT HE WAS MISQUOTED PTe *«id; “I don’t want to go over this mess anymore. I said what somebody should have said a long i time ago. It* over and done with, j Everything 1 said is m there (the ! papers) and I'm no! going to say anymo'.'e" In Washington, the State depart ment said it hoped that Sateh I would change bis mind, despite his ! (Celing about the handling of rac* | ia! problems in ihe south. Press Of* i ftcer Lincoln White said the State I department and Armstrong’s man ager* had not come to any definite [ terms, but that the possibility of : the. tour had been discussed. [ Back at Sioux Fall*. S D. the i trumpter let il be known that hr was being subjected to ‘‘terrific pressure” from advisors to say he was misquoted in the original out - ! burst, several Negro entertainers lent, their voices in support of their fellow-musician s views. LENA f-FARS EMBRASSINO QUESTIONS From Phtladelhpia. singer Lena Horne commented. 'Personally, I (blnk penpl* of *!! colors should hr concern ed about what’s happening in ♦ he. south. I, too, Mould de cllne to appear In Russia if I were asked by the Government, because I Mould fear embarras sing question* by ihe press, especially the Soviet press.” Miss Horne would not. sanction . Sateh's remark that Ike "had no I gut.*.” because She d she was a Democrat, end "would feel much r,<- fH*r C.AROMN!AN |r- ~ ■ |, r J _ ip- * j ! Jp IjL -wSp, '* I I It -4k. I I i A ! M | j freer to critizt- a president of my ! own pat fy." i Miss Mai iiin Anderson, from j j Honolulu, where she is on » State j Department sponsored tour of Asia, i ! said simple: i "One has feelings . . but now ; ; is not ihe time for me to say some- j thine. He (Anistrongi a gtcal a-, test f could say something.' EARTH A FEELS SHE'S NOT ‘HUMAN’ Fiery Eartha Kitt, at a mote; in ' Windsor. Opt , just before her «p. i penranc? in a supper club, had a caustic, comment to give. Pulling : j no punches. Miss Kiti said: "Armstrong is absolutely right. I Wi shouldn't go to Russia preach- : ! ing tilings we are not. Labelling 'nc President a* "a t | man without a soul.” she continued "How can he possibility sit and not have any emotion for what is | . happening right undet his nose? j ; He is not even two-faced. He has j i not even shewn us one side of his ; fare "! don't see how President Eisenhower can have any pride oi any respect for bis position when lu- lets somebody like i aub'.is ret away w ith this All Ihe purpose of the whole coun try is being lost. We don't have any principles or honor. Vie don't have anything to -land for anymore, I have become 3 very discour aged person myself. T certs inly feci as though I'm not human " ROBBIE SAYS IKE I.At K« 'U i D ICRS HIP” Another outspoken Negro per* soiiage in the entertainment field, ; retired baseball player Jackie Rob ; inson. congralulatcd Sateh for ex pressing "a feeling that is becom ing l amp- ni among Negroes." S ,id Robbie: "It is spreading verv rapidly Now the Negroes are beg wrung in stand up and be : counted. T cm very pleased. It ; shows a unity 'hat has been lack ing in ihe p’.:t l can't ---’ Fieri deni F.tf n!i "-cr is letting Go-.' Faubus run the count;.■ i d* say . he Tkc* hn- been lacking in ioad : ership.' MAX SAVES UEE (rONTIVUEO FROM PAGE 55 driving a car last Thursday nis-ht which crashed off a liri-lnn U'c old Alilhurnie Roard, neat the Tar Me<‘| < luh end lav sub*ncri;ed in the wa ters of the Beaver Dam {.'reek. Stpphensor, according to a Stair Trooper, would most likely have 1 drowned had not Holden heard the ! crash *nd rushed to the seen* ' I saw the man :n the* car and lhe car in the water when I got to the bridgr." Holden declared. "I ran into the water to the ear and ripped open the door. He was Iving over ihe steering wheel almost completely un der the water. I got him out pulled him onto the creek bank and went for help." Wake County Coroner M W. Bennett is sod to have phoned for an ambulance for the injured man. ■ Unconscious when pulled from the car, Stephenson regained consciousness on the bank, but was ; rushed to Mary Elizabeth Hospi j tat for treatment. The hospital list* ; eri his condition as "minor injuries ; 4m.l shock.” Holden said the water was very cold and aside from res cuing Stephenson, the only oth er thought in his mind was the chilly temperature of the ereek waters. Stenhensoi. has been charged with driving on the wrong side of the road and speeding under the pre vailing cond lions. He is slated to b<- tried Thursday of this week in ih o Wendell Recorder’s Court PRESIDENT ON TV (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 He was appreciative of the fellowship that he had enjoyed with them. He wes also stem in his rienun ! cl;dion of those who would attempt 1 to take the 'aw in their hands and | fni 'rate pem-’c to a feverish pitch j so that thev would become men hers of mob.- to spread their ven* i on. Tto told hew (he plan bad been et up to afiert Little Rock and - how the courts bad been tolerant ; j with those Who would like to work j out a solution to the problem. He continued to point to the fact that moh rule cunnot over 11 rip court actions and stated that if lie, as president, did not exercise the power of the . executive branch of ti.e go* eminent in stopping such prac tices that anarchy would reign. The president was conscious the rights of local governments to j rule their territories, but ovule J. clear that when the lor.; ! gov-, rn ; rr.e-.t failed ir. its effort to c.vry . '■ ■ ■ :r. i - ' !’ • ’ iht-ie was no alternative, i The President also civ d the f •<- ■ that the world was watching A i ica and that ‘he actions of tor lut ; tie Rock mobs was not *‘ir»: y cm i harassing us. but eattng at tin v* i y • I core of world unity. H* said ib a t it j j would be and is hard . xphun ! Arkansas' disregard tor lev* to the peoples "if the " nr!<! '“ho i-.or. to : America as the ar*- ea; of n. : cracy. Kills Daughter (CONTINUt:n FROM !‘V(> D ie« into the house. Ml" was playing in the yard a* the time. : After depositing the groce-tes. ] McCoy said he dro' e to the Cuv‘- -iv-* Lj-c Tarts N1; 11 .-inb ws - ' f>y !.,ee ihat he had apparent 1 '- k:!i cd hn own daughter 18 RIOTERS (CONTINUED FROM rtC.I " Sh: was t.h‘ obicct >! ■ j calls and sticks on the ■".! n " of I. the school each do;, that so- <• i tempted to enter l Several other Negr--- ch'lOi’ i'. “ ■ ai.ending elcmen'.try ."bools h«*i i without inciocni. LOCAL MURDER (CONTINUED FROM PAOf t) body to keep it from rolling into the street. The shooting allegedly occurred on the edge of the street in the 1101* block of S. Blount Street. She surrendered the weapon im mediately to officers, who found bat it had been fired five rimes Before her husband died, the woman was charged with a; asult with a dead!' weapon with intent to kill. Howevn. (be charges were changed to murder when it was learned mat I mphrey had succumb ed Mrs TJmphW hp* Had "run ' ins" with the law at least once I before. Court records show that 1 she was convicted 18 years ago j The dead man had served time 1 on two occasions. He received a ! 5 to 7 year term February S ,1935 ! for houaebreakinsr and larceny ! and nn June 25, 1958, he was tm j ed $25 and costs for carrying a i concealed weapon, j . ODDS & ENDS (CONTINUED FROM P \<.f l> that "the South will bury itself in a Confedci ate blanket and con ; sume itself with a racial furor Durinv the same program, the j Tat Heel governor was quoted as | saying, "It is high time that more !of our political leaders of any j party come out for the majority :of this country instead of per* I sisting in a scramble to appease minorities ’ The excerpts given here aie indieativr of the complete speech- LINCOLN - MERCURY “Safe Buy” Used Cars and Trucks Complete" Service By REGISTERED MECHANICS Complete Body Repairs and Painting See Us For Your Auto Needs i MORRIS BROTHERS MOTOR CO. INCORPORATED | Bnclit & Heritage Streets Kinston, N- C. ! PHONES bi 7S tit? "We Appreciate Yout Businex*" i . . ;J ) Striking Poultry Workers Fail To Reach Settlement By SIAFF WHITER WINSTON-SALEM - When 300 j Arm I 'gated workers, employed in j three plants owned by the Holly Farms Poultry Company, laid down their tools and left their machines to strike on June 6, they hardly ex pected t'ne firm opposition shown by company officials who after three months have not agreed to a settlement Company plants are located at Winston-Salem, Wilkesboro, and Hiddenite, North Carolina where the employees, members of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of N'orth Vmcrica. have sought to Improve working conditions. As of this date, the strike against Holly Farms Poultry Company is still irt progress. “We have hones for a setflemr nt in the near fu ture " says John Russell, Interna tional Re pr Cse ntat iv e According to union reports. Fieri Lovette, owner of the company, has shown a complete disregard for his workers both before and after the strike began. REPORTS SHOW that the employees had good reason to Yrike. The average wage in the Winston-Salem plant was $1.05 P"r hour, while the highest wage paid amounted to $1.15 an hour The wages were ten cents below those paid bv eth er organised oompainie* in the area. Chief complaints of the employ ees included no fringe benefits, no v cation with pey, no holidays wiln pav. and no overtime pay ments it weeks during the year Workers report that one hour wa- cioek' 1 from the week's pay i check when an employee reported one minute late to work. Wages ! wen- cut to minimum rate if a ! wicker was absent one day from ; es of the two governors. Judging from the trend of thought reveal l ed in the portions of these speech | es would you cast your vote for either of these men if the vice* | presidential nominees were nar rowed down to them SOMETHING TO CONSIDER: ; We were not, thorp but reliable sources report, that the small, segregated section reserved for Negroes overflowed last Saturday for the Carolina-State game at the college stadium It. is rumor ed that many of the Negro spec tators never attend games played ,by Show U. and S'. Augustine's College. Being curious we asekd one of those -fan:-/', who scorns the grid iron offering of Negro schools. "Why do you go to games played bv Duke, Wake Forest, State and Carolina, but stay away from those played by Shaw and Saint Augustine's " He replied, “When I pay my money to see a football ••ante. 1 want my money's worth It’s not because these white schools have bang-up, good teams .11 the time, but they don’t spend r>;,!{ the time arguing, coaches. 1 player; and officials, neither do they use the other half of the time stalling around." No com ment r necessary, but we would like to know just how many Ne groes stay away from our games : for ;h;s reimon HIGH COST OF FREE EDUCA ■ TION Something of a rhubarb is : going or. about the "high cost,’ of suppo odly free schooling. Nu ■ melons criticisms have been rais ; t’d about school administrators ; charging them with assessing stu j dents with unreasonable and. in • I some instances, unnecessary fees. I It .si-cras that the most serious | alienation is that many of these : tees are supposed to be borne by ■he State and that many students. 1 ijet ause of inability to pay these, .•sse-sr-mentr-. are denied the bene fits ot courses and materials most needed and desired by them. 'Since 1937' Home Os Fine Playthings • TOYS • JUVENILE FURNITURE • PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT « GIFTS JAY DEE’S ; ! 313-25 N QUEEN ST j Phone 2416 Kinston, N. C. WFEK ENDING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21. 1957 . wot k. j During the first week of the j strike. John Russell, International Representative:, came on the scent ana organized the workers who re sponded favorably. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING union organization, workers were called into offices of supervisees and warned that they would be I fired if they didn't resign from the | union. When 35 to 40 workers were laid | off. the Amalgamated Butcher j Workmen and Meat Cutters union i tiled charge? with the NLRB Because of the strike, the company is operating only a few days i week. Weekly ship ments made by the rompan> have been reduced in 10 to 15 frost; ro 3§ ' :/.)0 | Mioiiorfaxt'l || J gSsjl Kentucky , j ;;f SWrknnlGliisketj |§ o Swiss * I 2 so 8 " Bfttia ij IK* Bourbcr. iux« j l i.^ ■ns m aeer. ski, n» ; r$ w. w wWinr sf J ,^< N ii mlmw r M' &. TA i-M rv? H§ fMg Mkiia m -m MUM im, wk W Mm. m??* m fH sprat > ; cl m Mm m: M m m m If Ipm M ;. IMS w KENTUCKY BOURBON BIENDEt) WHISKEY ! rut BOURBON Os LUXE COMPANY DiV'GiON OF NATIONAL JjlSl SLURS PR "d’.lf ■ • CORPORA fION LOUiS-'lilf KY KENTUCKY BLFNOED BOURBON An iSfcfi 8f PROOF -CONTAINS BRAIN NFUTRAL IPIRITG l TOBACCO V 'ELLING HIGH IN KINSTON Monday's High 1,837,300 POUNDS $1,111,252.22 AVERAGE 0 $60.48 j Plenty Os Room "or Everybody KINSTON! ;»rimnvK-J unTMaaMßaggMt as—g—W! r week in comparison with the normal poultry shipments ocb listing of 80 to 100 per week i Union reports shows that the , poultry workers are receiving ex cedent support from the Teamsters union : My Neighbors 1 [firWi] ’ a M^jnvi “Counterfeiting is too «Sow j Let's take over a union:''