+WEATHER* Nsrtb Carolina Pair today, to- - ■*«** and Tneoday. Coaler today »HimSh.lL* ***** mountains »jsvnarjrsas. VOLUME 4 ARGUMENTS OPEN ON SEGREGATION ***?» j— W«w Erwin I,M SJftw—h‘ S at a meeting ta Erwin Saturday in their turn er The dub new numbers around 378. Thoee who became member, thtajrtor were, Gertie F. Barbour, Deal. E. Barn, Arthur O. Bryant, “• * *“*• *rmmn H. Godwin, Erwin C. Holland, Mrs. Bernie Dear Santa: Dear'Danin. t I a A . ML year* old. I to to school at Mtagn'anAi am in the fifth «ntdd.'l would like ter you to btihd ne. % ttiekethell, bat, and glove. I have a brother, three, who wants » tricrda. .'-r Record's Contest Nears Home Stretch - • fiiiiiihhiiri 3r SJ TELEPHONES: 1117 . 1111 Erwin Mills Pays Honor To Workers “We want our leisure more than we want our work ” ttie Rev. Edmund Pepy, of the Duke University Divinity School told members of the 25-Year Club of Erwin Mills at their annual dinner Saturday. IJfoeaktar to oersons who have SPwTtWSSffflt Pwfewor of Religion Uto* “Work” as a topic. "We’re ati laav by nature,” Rev. Perry >toM members of the Club. But, l|e added, “vour people rep resent somethin v fine." Praising the “lnsUtut'on of work," Rev. Perry said that “Work la the highest position that God has pro vided on earth." Rev. Perry was the principal sneaker at a dinner at the Erwin Hieh school Gymnasium honoring oersons who have been In service at Erwin Mills for more than 35 ream. Nineteen new members rec eived their nlns of recognition dur ing the dinner. ROST AWARDS PENT E. H. Bost, mansrer of the milla In Erwin, presented the oens to each of the nineteen new members and complimented them for their work .with the company. The mill rolled out the red car pet for all 378 member* of Har •nett County’s exclusive club. A din ner of fried chicken with all of the trimmings was served. During the meal, an accordion plaver milled through the crowd plavbig any number that mt*ht be suggested. Prank T. DeVyror,’ a vice presi dent of the Company, of Durham, presided over the meeting. Wiley B. Tew. Erwin, a loom fixer at the mill In Erwin, gave the Invocation. Dr. Perry was presented by De- Vyver who praised the youthful professor for h's se»\i*wement. DtVTm fPEAKES Rev. Perry paid soeclal oralse to the club members far tbelr ability to remain with one Job so long. In order to stick, he told the club’ members, one must find new reasons each day for remaining on a Job. “The small workers are the ones who make up the backbone of the world's government," Rev. Perry stated. That is the reason we must Tike our work." he continued. test ends Saturday night, Decem between the grand capital prise of rj&j'r. EsS'iOuSS? .5 CtOT7 CaniMtema I Brß Xj ' BrS iV - HLA DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER ‘S I>sl A. Honeycutt, Needham A. Ivey, John H. Lucas, Joseph E. McLamb Hassle McNeill, Hughie A. Norris, Molton O. Royal, Walter M. glean, Milton J. Stephens, Avery Warren, Gilbert Woodworth, Jr, and Em erson West. (Daily Record Photo) The dinner is an annual event held, by the Mills in honor of em ’ffloywtr who have had at least'3» yean of service with the oompany. Harnett Cattle Hailed As Best Dr. M. B. Huffman, Veterinarian of the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, has Just completed a spot check on thfe dairy and beef cattle herd* of Harnett County stated C. R. Ammons here toray. Dr. Huffman advises the Farm Agent that he has tested this fall 333 herds of cattle in Harnett Coun ty or a total of 734 cows for bangs and that there was only one react or found in the entire lot. Dr. Huff man advised that this gives Harnett County a very good percentage of clean herds or in his own words "Harnett County is about as clean as the best in the state of North Carolina." This project of testing cattle is a Joint of the Harnett County McCarthy explained that he thinks he is performing “a service” for Mr. Eisenhower by appealing for public exp—ton of views on the ’China trade policy because the communications will be a “great aid" tp .the President in shaping foreign polity. Be mid he admires Mr. Elsen hower “a. great deal" and hopes he ten *«haMt hk mtad” about hta refoeal |o cut off y. $. aid. LennofrScott Battfe&n RALEIGIt lP) Prospect* of a Lennon-Soott contest for the Ben •fo-gfoM• today a* Terry Sanford, forber state president of the Young DeJfocrafS. be—n to check up on sentftnent of /ckmer Oov. W. .Kerr Scots.. ; : . ? • • AfoattWfoto, Ben. Alton A. Len port by Oov. Wflllmn 48. Ifoistskd several -months ago, the final lap of his the state, frwdimsn state governor d&ktas-to run. chief executive from Raw> Rtam tenounoed the appoint ment Saturday night after a meet- Ing In- Raleigh.'with Sanford and hto tomdr eecretary Ben Roney. ' Soott mid in his visits around the gate, nfoe. sentiment in favor Tb—a> Mw. jOpbiim Dies In Greensboro Mrs. Hubert Ogbum, former Dunn resident, died at 10:30 P. M. several, monfog iQnms. /ffoM—l- sirrleto wIQ be held on TMBfoy afternoon at 3:00 from Forbes-Murray Funeral Home on X/Bn fit.. Gresnshoeo. / Mrs. Ogbum was foe form- Alta Phipps of Qreenshe— . **4 «*t Mg Jdm MtC »W •* TWI?A, wM» was tfca lap tiftaltri and Scats ITijuii. cio n»- FIVE CENTS PER COPY m M H t .-.J/ 7 ,DUNN MAN COMMANDS NEW BASE - Pictured here is Lfc ™ ,ack Brown, son of Mr. end Mrs. Jack Brown of Dunn, who bm taken ever command of the new multi-million dollar Strategic Air Coamnad base in Abilene, Texaa Col. Brown, hero of World War H, was promoted to his new post after serving as commander of the Sited Bomber Squadron at Biggs Air Force Base in El Paso. He IS a frequent visitor In Dnnn. His father is Eastern Carolina satas manager for the Mebane Company, manufacturers of Kings town mattresses. Ninth-Grader Held On Charge Os Rape A 16-year-old Meadow High School boy was bound over for grand jury hearing under a $15,000 bond (this morning, by consent of the prosecution and defense at torneys, on a charge of rap ing a 15-year-old girl who lives near his home. Sherwood Barefoot, a ninth gra der at Meadow Bchool, will face rape charges in the January Su perior Court if the grand Jury finds probable cause. He is currently un der an 18 month sentence, sus pended for three years, for manu facturing liquor. Rilthlene McLamb, 15, testified In court this morning that on Sun day night,. November 29, Barefoot raped her against her will. She told the court that she had been un der the care of a doctor for the past 17 months, and was subject to fainUhg spells. > - Barefoot entered a plea of not guilty through his attorneys Ever ett Doffermyre and D. K. Stewart. Duncan Wilson was representing the girl, taslsted by J. Shep Bryan, solicitor. The McLamb girl testified this morning that the Barefoot boy “slapped" her two or three times and that her neck.was rtol bleed ing when she got home. “I feel like fainting," the girl told the -Bare foot boy, she said thj* morning. Dr. W. W. Stanfield testified that he examined the McLamb girl and that there was evidence that she had been raped. The girl had bruises on the Inside of her left leg, the Dootor told the court. Following the testimony of foe Doctor,' Defense attorney Everett Doffermyre told the court that he was willing to waive cron exam ination to “save embarrassment” If foe court would post bond. The Barefoot boy was placed In Jail Friday where he remained un til this morning. In agreeing to the bond, Judge H. Paul Strickland said that he did not have the authority to set the bond. However, on agreement of foe defense and prosecuting at torneys, the bond was posted. IWO Hear Pollock At Erwin Union Meet William Pollock, Executive Vice President of the Tex tile Workers Union, CIO, told a packed hbuse of more than 1,100 Erwin textile workers and their families Saturday night that textile workers in the South deserved an in crease in pay to catch up with increases in the cost of liv ing and increases won in other industries. Pclhtck told the capacity crowd at foe Erwin High School auditor ium “Despite the promises of sou thern mill owners to cake care of their workers without the help of TEXT THE RECORD ] GETS RESULTS ' ! Lawyers Argue It Violates 14th Amendment WASHINGTON (UP) Negro attorneys urged the Supreme Court today to end racial segregation in public schools and wipe out “a sor ry heritage from slavery.” Spottswood W. Robinson 111, of Richmond, Va.. and Thurgood Mar shall of New York led off for the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored Peoples as the high court opened two days of historic hearings on the issue. Robinson argued that segregation in schools is a direct violation of the 14th Amendment and its guar antee of “legal equality” for all Americans regardless of creed, color or race. He said the amendment was in tended to prohibit the states from maintaining “caste systems pre dicated on race” and contended that this “necessarily embraced" public schools. In this connection, a brief filed with the court by foe Negro at torneys said: “Candor requires recognition that the plain purpose and effect of segregated education is to perpet uate an inferior status for Negroes which is America’s sorry heritage from slavery.” The case is the first major one to come to foe court under Its new chief Justice, Earl Warren, f HISTORIC CABE t. For the first time since appointed chief Justice early folk faU, Mr. Warren was called upon' ‘to preside over deliberations that may well rank in Supreme Court history alongside the Dred Scott case, the invalidating of foe NRA (Continued Mi Pag* Eight) Tart Breaks Tie | To Keep Carson The Harnett County Board * County Auditor Herbert so Car een, Jr- and Tax Supervisor Berios Johnson: Cars SB’s nlita atian was t-t and Chairman L. A. Tart broke the tie In favor of Carson. Bobby Chaffin was the other Byrd aad Dick Lasrtter voted for Chaffin and ConunfcnteMars B. T. Ingram, Rufus Ingram and Tart voted for Canon. a union, southern textile worker* haven't gotten a raise rtxee MM. During that time the coat of living has gone up ten per emit and is NO. 1