* NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy and cooler in the interior. Showers and not much temperature change on the coast today. With “Prestone” Anti-Freeze You’re set, you're safe, you’re VOLUME II Erwin Workers To Dedde Union Issue Tomorrow El I pill “ " mrnmmmmmamr ,' ii 1 Meets ." “We have a right to be suspic (Continued On Pare two) Students Held In Beating Principal's Son Go Free By LOIS BYRD Record Staff Writer Charges of assault and disturbing the peace brou ght against a group of Boone Trail High School students following an affray Friday night at the community fair were dismissed Tuesday in Harnett Recorder’s Court when the prosecuting wit ness failed to appear to tes tify: Constable Cyrus McNeill said J•. -V:', “ '■< ' - - i ' •LiV'' , .< ' . Church To Hold daymen’s Event The Hbod Memorial Christian Church In Dunn will observe Lay men’s Day on Sunday with a special program in charge of lay men of the church. Bill Carroll, chairman of the church board, will preside over the morning services and Eugene Hug gins will lead the choir. SANDERS TO SPEAK The speaker for the service will be Professor D. W. Sanders of Raleigh, principal of the Hugh Morson High School. Mr. Sanders is an outstanding layman and a leader in his church. Dr. George Cuthrell, pastor of the local church, today extended to the public a cordial invitation to hear Mr. Sanders and to take part in the service. Currin Admitted To Harnett Bar Harnett County has a new law yer licensed to practice. He Is Ernest Lucius Currin, Jr. son of E. L. Currin of Overhills, who was sworn In at the recent term of civil court. Currin who took his oath from Judge Susie Sharp was presented by Neil McKay Sal mon. Currin did not state what were his immediate plans about prac ticing law. BULLETINS WASHINGTON (IP) The Supreme Court has upheld a California law which entitles workers to take two hours off, with no pay deduction, to vote on election day. WASHINGTON (IP) The United States today urged Britain and Iran to continue their efforts to settle the 18- month-old oil crisis, respite announcement that Iran will break diplomatic relation with Britain. 'Continued On Page Two) Jerry Fouts, son of Boone Trail Principal C. L. Fouts was hit on the head by a group of boys who “ganged up” on Fouts as he got out of a car In the yard of the teacherage. The Fouts family re side in the teacherage located across the highway from the school. The fight took place around 9:30 p. m. during a night program of the community fair was in progress in the auditorium, McNeill said he believed only his hasty arrival sav ed the Fouts boy from serious in jury. He said Fouts had several large bumps on the back of his head and seemed dased by the licks. A..’..- V >■ •*. . i Leaders Os Both Unions Predict Victory At Polls Tomorrow the workers in the mills in Erwin will once more go to the polls in order to decide, in a runoff elec tion, which union, the UTW AFL or the TWUA-CIO. shall represent them as bar gaining agent with the Er win Mills. This morning, leaders of both rides expressed confidence in a favorable outcome for their side in the voting tomorrow, as they prepared for a last minute bar rage in favor of their position by press, radio and word of mouth. Polling places will again be the same as they were for the pre vious election. Number 2 mill work ers will vote in Number 2 dye house. Workers in Number 5 mill will vote in Number 2 and 5 spool and warp deparment. Cloth room workers will vote in the cloth room. HOURS OF VOTING The polls will be open from 5:00 a. m. until 9:00 a.m. and from 2:30 p. m. until 5:00 p. m. All will be under National Labor Re lations Board supervision, and no person, except an NLRB man can assist a voter in preparing his bal lot. A new development was report ed this morning by the CIO. James W. Bamford, southern dir ector for the TWUA-CIO, issued a sworn statement in which he said that Howard Parker and Ted Thomas, Erwin UTW-AFL repres entatives, have during the past week been making deliberate attempts to get back with the CIO. Scott Hoyman, CIO administra tor at Erwin, this morning predic ted that the CIO would win over whelminglv in tomorrow’s (Voting. CIO STATEMENT “We came out ahlead’of the AFL in the last election here and the feeling of many non-members of the union as reported to us is that they prefer to keep the same union which has served Erwin workers for the past 1 years. “Their only objection to the CIO in the past was in the local lead ers, who have now gone into the AFL,” Hoyman said. He said the fact that work loads in Durham were increased on the first working day under the AFL (Continued On Page Six) Grammer Takes Witness Stand BALTIMORE (IP) G. Edward Grammer, accused of murdering his wife for the love of another woman, testified tod;ay that police mis treated him while investigating the CS The balding defendant, a World War II counter-spy, was called as his own star witness in an at tempt to prevent statements he made to police from being admit ted into the trial record. Oirammer, in a matter-oNfact voice, said he gave the statements to authorities only because of “the (Continued On Page Four) The constable said Fouts, who is a freshman at East Carolina College, told him he had Just driven in from college for a week end at home when he was ordered to “get out and fight.” With Fouts was his visitor, Bryce Coats, a college class mate. Coats was not hurt. OLD TROUBLES INVOLVED The constable said he believed the affray was a flare-up of old difficulties between Principal Fouts and a group of unruly students seeking to disturb the principal. He said he wax told some Os the i student* allegedly angered by what i young Fouts wrote last year for (OonttaM* « Bs«o Two) FIVE CENTS PER COPY Bf j: ■ ‘•wLfip HOLD CONFERENCE HERE Officials of the John Deere Implement iCo., met here with some at the officials of the Johnson Cotton Company with reference to the operation of John Deere in towns in which they have franchises. Shown are, front row, left to right; C. Haas), Atlanta, Division Manager, of the John Deere Atlanta Division; N. M. Johnson, President of Johnson Cotton Co.; W. J. Thompr son, Vice-President; W. C. Janney, John Deere Territorial Manager; Standing, left to right; W. G- Smith, Secretary-Treasurer; John Tulloss, Vice President and General Manager of Rocky Mount John son Cotton Co., C. V. Boyd, John Deer, Division Sales Manager; and Avery Burkhalter, implement de partment manager of Smithfield. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart). Bootlegger Gets Small Fine, Avoids Prison In Dunn Court James Massey accepted! responsibility for the liquor foimd at the home of him- j and his wife, Essie, in City ! Court this morning, but un der the judgement rendered by Judge H. Paul Strickland, any further liquor found on his premises, will be defi nitely his responsibility. His wife, Essie Massey, had ap peared in court before on liquor charges, and the search warrant under which the officers searched the place was directed against her. The officers found the liquor in an ingeniously contrived trap un der the floor and when Massey. claimed the contraband as his, he I too was arrested. SOURCE UNKNOWN Policeman K. M. Fail told the court that Massey claimed the liquor and the defendant told the court it had been delivered to him at the premises by “a man in a black Ford.” Defense attorney D. C. Wilson asked the judge to only make him responsible for any liquor found on I the premises that Massey himself I owned, but the judge replied, “I think that the defendant’s wife • will go along with him in order to keep him off the roads. He’d better buy bottled in bond.” He gave Massey 90 days, sus pended theree years, on payment of SIOO and costs, on condition that he does not have in his pos session or on his premises, any ille gal liquor, and permits officers of the law to search his premises, with or without a search warrant. “But, Your Honor,” protested at (Continued On Page Four) Junior Order Meets Tonite Lillington’s chapter of the Jun ior Order will be host to the an nual fall meeting cf District 18 tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in the Junior Order Hail. J. C. Croom, councilor of the local chapter, said members were antltipating with pleasure the visit of state and national of ) fleers. Gurney P. Hood of Ra leigh, rational vi(R-c«fril»r, Forest Shearin of Scotland Neck, state secretary; and State Coun cilor Dancy of North Wilkesboro are expected to be present. A dutch supper will be served at 7 p. m. and the meeting will follow Immediately, relegates from Robeson, Cumberland and Harnett counties compose the 18th district. Lillington’s Junior Order Chap ter has 43 members. ♦MARKETS* HOGS RALEIGH (W Hog markets: Siler City, Tarboro, Mount Olive, Wilson, New Bern, Dunn, Golds boro. Washington!, Wilmington, Jacksonville, Kinston, Rocky ML, Smithfield, Lumberton, - Marlon, (Continued on page tern) A&P Celebrating Its 93rd Birthday Another milestone was reached today by the nation’s oldest food distributor, the A&P Tea Company, with an anniversary celebration featuring a “special food value” for each of the firm’s 93 years of existence. “To further demonstrate our faithful adherence to A&P’s 93- year-old policy of giving more food for your money.” said a Company official, “we are celebrating this occasion by offering an unusual ar ray of outstanding values. P. M. Bealer, Jr., of Charlotte. Both Unions Issue Final Statements Reports from all departments of j the three shifts at the Erwin Mill were showing that there was a big shift of sentiment to the AFL in the election which will be held on to morrow at Erwin. Tom West business manager of UTW-AFL at Erwin said “We have been making a check of what is j going on in each department, and j w e find a large number of the workers who voted CIO in the first election because they thought Dur (Continued On Page two) West Takes Over; Insurance Agency § R. A. West, well-known Dunn insurance man, taken over the Dunn agency of Farm Bureau Mutual Inf surance, it was announced today. Mr. West has assumed full man-1 agement of the Dunn office follow ing the resignation of John Snipes, who dropped out of the organization to go into business for himself. Offices of Farm Bureau Mutual j are located in the Dunn FCX Build- ' ine on North Clinton Avenue. Young, alert and agressive, and I thoroughly sold, himself, on the j value of the services offered by the company he represents. West, who j has been with Farm Bureau Mutual for the past three years, is well; suited for this type of sales work. 1 He handles the Insurance business j through this office on a friend I to friend basis, rather than sales- I man to customer, and is always.j willing to go out of his way to help . in insurance problems or to expedite the settlement of claims. This policy, he has found, pays off, and some of his best advertis ing has been received through cus tomers whom he has aided who 1 (Centtmed On Page Iter, Dunn Stores Open All Day Wednesdays NO. 223 •, N. C., vice-president in charge of A&P operations in this area, said 1 that the anniversary festival will continue through October 25. Dunn's A. & P. Store, man aged by Locke Muse, has been serving the people of this section (Continued On Page Five) _ i James W. Bamford, southern dir ector for the Textile Workers Un ion-CIO has issued a sword state ment revealing that Howar Parker and Ted Thomas, local UTW-AFL representatives have in the past week been making deliberate at tempts to get back with the CIO. Parker and Thomas had bolted the CIO last May. joined the UTW-AFL and then lead the attempt to take Erwin workers put of the CIO and into the AFL. • Continued On Page Twui M -if yjd SMBS I ® w » WEST n **• ■ .JB Wi 2s