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»' VmE thN b Nbl **w <MM Mb I ■ '"“ l?%BPlSpiPi |%- Hf# Ml W 7 *f THS NEWS _ I. . . And so this Iced the bright ithered about bis o; logic. He ystem pedagogue aged to get along, r score years, question: “How into the woods?” js tender,” they unison. looked off into <? young millions graying the for e answered h s littlq brats, can ■ into the woods, i runnlrg out of It to kill? . . The Legisla ically at least— -wj*.-’ mark with From here on, out of the woods. I for the first hall ed their last day 3, two months ymeut. receive pay for ntths. — - ^ ' »o its week Bteraiiy rs v HI flow into nent of Revenue: 1936. There will taxpayers who ir payment, thus 3 what they owe naking the State rue patriots, rge. as some fel l money will be aday night, April Then the ac c IBM machines Department will mad scramble to ufe in general— stmre' Committee urination on how his data used to March 16. But fed to April 15 date; North Car s; and tiiat's why onvenes a month ly. INNING OF 8NO So. he income tax figures are have the beginning of the each session of the Gcii isembiy. " ill it end? ?ue.:S is that the session I run later than Saturday. KNOS UPON.GOVERNOR ngth of the session depends teat extent t\Ton the atti the Governor. So far. Goy, Hodges ha.$ not shown ltirri be a stubborn individual stated, firmly his opinions ns compromised when See.* was in the minority, ntire popularity, the length session, and the future poli: rength of at l#a$t a dozen the Legislature are being I into sharp focus this week hwve out of the forest . . . summer and peace. !* COLTRANE , . . If you *ejo Sen. yt. Keyr Scott, ive received " already— ^r ill—a copy of one of the little books, and it’s not !(? at that, entitled "Ad* ami Papers of Governor 1 Kerr Scott.” 116 «ut a few days ago and in8 the rounds, choice item in it is the letter Senator Scott wrote 'end D. Si Coltranc. Mr. e had been one of North a f 'c h a m p i o n fertilizer ■n- In 1W he resigned this 1 Save his* whole time fo 3“ing for W. Kerr Seotf nmissioiier of Agriculture. rn. Commissioner Scott in 937 made him assistant to tmisaipaer._ a person slid he had 0 do with the actual run ike N; C. Department of lure than did W. Kerr ®e that as it Unay, there time when his salary as * was right oh a par with Commissioner Scott. He like a dog . . in the of and Kerr icbtt almost as ROUNDUP, Page 2) The Strike — Opposing Viewpoints ■ I i Workers who stuck by the j:b take a break in the sun and watch the nearby picketing apprehen sively. % “ \ V i ' * Va* Striker* gather under a tree nearby, hear Pegj> Albert discus* situation with follow striker*. I i '« '.<• ' - T :>!i * T. I J " Strike Continues At Reverie tp .... . . bbd Opposes Vote By Employees —A Man Who Hit Picket Found Not Guilty Fred Wy ess.. plant manager at Reverie Lingerie, w ho Was charged • with assaulting a- wpnian picket by striking her with his automo biles .she walfcpd thd"picket line during-'the opening day #f the strike last Wednesday, Was found not guilty in Orange County Re corder's Court '-Monday: “ • , Maxine Yates said Wyess knock-. 4pd her down with his automobile while crbsiWngMhC pk-kp.t" line in V hich she was marching -with fier fell w strikers. She said she was •turned partially away froih ^he, ear which all witnesses said moved through the picket line slowly to the parking area in front of the plant and did not see if until the girl ahead jumped. Three others in the picket line and a man in a parked car across the road backed up the testimony. They were Estelle Heffner. Nor ma Dczern, Lucille Wall and Carl James. . Wyess' testimony, however* tended to contradict that of the strikers. He said: “-I, didn't strike her.” He assorted he drove very cautiously and at a crawb through the first part of the picket line, stopping at least three times, that Miss Yates stepped in front of his (See NOT GUILTY. Page 8) The strike of some two-thirds ol the employees of Reverie Lingerie of Hillsboro is still in progress at ti.e plant on Highway 70-A, amid signs however that enthusiasm of the dissenters may be waning. . Police officers and other ob servers of the‘daily demonstrations of the .^rikeis af the beginning of the work.day, and at sljijt change.-.’ - oid onh about hoff Of* the strtk* big;'group is how on hand on these occasions as compared to a * full representation at the beginning. Meanwhile the picketing iias con tinued except for periods of. heavy lain -None of; the original strikers P'sve - returned ,(<> work, however. ..nd production continues with about one-third of the employees'at work. Some of ,the working employees have been threatened with personal violence;' they., said, but thus far nu violence actually ha-, been re ported. The company, in a state ment to the employees promised (.-very employee "i* free to contin ue—on the job without threat, of my kind” and promised the dis charge of any employee and the prosecution of outsiders or union representatives guilty of threaten ing personal violence to the non strikers. Union Against Hlection In a statement issued to em p'oyees on the day after the strike began President Sidney Eller said his company4 would agree to-«au election to determine if the In ternational Ladies Garment Work ers Union should be recognized as tne bargaining agent for the em (See STRIKE. Pope 8) ►—.— ----- - Dupre Jones Wins Science Event At UNC Dupre Jones, son of Mr. anil Mrs. C. D. Jones, of Hillsboro won first place-in the junior division of the Di -.riel Science Fair for Cen tral Nv CVhold in VcnaTIc Hall at the University uf North Carolina L last Saturday Entries were from students from grades 7, to 12. and were divided into junior and senior divisions. Dupre received a medal and $15 for first prize with 23 contestants erjtering from various parts o/ N. C. in the junior <liyisi. n.; His p.fi ject. was a mechanical hand lie had made. There were two other student - who entered from Hillsboro: Fred erick Cornue who entered a pre historic landscape and 'Biily Haw kins who entered a transmitter. TO WASHINGTON—Seniors < annual trek to the nation's capit the picture below. Seated left to right: Dvignt C Jr., Jimmy Foushee, Wade Tate, 1 ‘ tered for the trip, Roger Oldhar Stanley Pcpe, Ronald Wilkerson a to right: Kay Thomas, Nell Hurl Patricia Oliver, Patsy Sharpe, Si Scott Cates, Mrs. A. H. Hawkins, / dine Talley, Betty Allen, Rose Wa and Wonda Monk. The class left last Thursday off at the Luray Caverns end ret ^ and Mrs. Cates and Mr. and Mrs. 1 Membership total Of 900 In Red Cross Approximately 900 people have joined the Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross dur ing the 1957. Fund and Member ship Drive. Chairman C. H. Reck ed announced■ • today, - • - ■ 'With one division yet to re port. $2291.0 has been received. The goal of the local Chapter is $2600.00. ' ' "We arc pleased and grateful for the support of these 900 peo ple who. by joining our local Chapter of the American Red Cross, will be on the job when it ccunts in whatever - place it is needed during^the coming year." Mr.»^eckard stated.” i Not only, will these member* be serytftg in far away places when? their contributions to the Red Cross will be their only con tact with those dependent upon the lied Cross for life and hope. Their .membership ^erves also in our* own community in the many activities, often unrealized by many, cl the Red Cross—the ser vices to veterans, ^specially those hospitalized nearby but also to many others, services to men and women in the armed forces and ,4.hojr families, at homeland with their units; the Gray Ladies and the Entertainment and Supply Services are two arnfis of the local chapter ministering to the hos pitalized veterans; First Aid ser vices and Training; Water Safety and Training; Nursing Service ,and Training; and Disaster Ser vices-^thesa are tome of the ac tivitfU operating quietly but el rtasttitte in ouj community .' tliLi 'ISoT Fund and Membership Campaign will be completed shortly. “In our efforts to make sure that everyone was' given an op portunity to join with us.” Mr. Keckard said, "it cannot be help ed that some were approached more than once. I am sure they (See RED CROSS. Page 8) . ■ _• . ^ Seeking Modification Of Ban France Talks To Clergy In Vain; Hearing Today ■t .Bill France, the automobile! racing czar who has promoted his NASCAR sponsored tracks into a reported Million dollar enterprise, requested and got a meefthg with Grange County ministers here Mon day ' ' • • ' * But. the ministers remained iidament in their stand against Sunday races and refused to go along with proposed amendments offered by France in an effort to prevent a complete ban on Sun day rating in the county. „ Meanwhile, a public hearing on Senator Bid Lanier’s bill to bap Sunday racing and set up regula tions goverhtttg autiy and ..motor 'evde races at other times has been scheduled in Raleigh today by the House Committee on Cities, Coun ties and Towns. It will be held at 10 a m. at Room 513 in the Revn nuc Building and a sizeable dele 1 gation of ministers and other op ponents of Sunday races are ex pected to attend. ! At the meeting here Monday. B’rancc asked the ministers to agree to an amendment to the Lanier hill which would limit the races to certain specific Sundays during the year and urged that passage be delayed until certain amendments could be made. He told the ministers he thought they were being unfair to single out one activity to ban on Sunday and the preachers speaking indi vidually inasmuch as all were not present reiterated their posi tion that their primary interest If rr t»r«Jerd*g the sanctity of the Sabbath, j Three members of the Hills boro Exchange Club and other in terested citizens attended the meeting but took no part in the discussions. They included Lucius Brown, John Couch. Remus Smith Jr , Oliver Clayton.. Hume Clay tor. Enoch Staley and Mrs. France. A meeting of Orange*County poul try and ' egg producer's has been called for next Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the old' courthouse in Hillsboro to discuss proposed legis lation which embodies production central plans for both broilers and Cgg.S. ' . ~-W Robert Scott, recenfls elected president of* the National Poultry and Egg Producers Association.‘who with Jack Kirk of Hillsboro Route 3 end Frank Spencer of Chapel Hill attended a Washington meeting at which the proposed control plans f Ayeock High School m«de their )l last weekend, as evidenced by smpton, Jerry Wrfhn; L. J. Rogers om Dark, driver of the bus cher ry Bobby Wright; Bobby . Hughes, nd Carroll Hawkins. Stinding tbft ty, Betty Moore, Peggy Hawkins, ndre Hawkins, Scott Cates, Mrs. a H. Hawkins, Helen Liner, Geral Iters, Sara Jobe, Barbara Crabtree - -ft md rstumtd on Sunday, stopping urning by the Skyline Drive. Mr. Hawkins chaperoned the group. wore formulated, will be the- prin-. eipal. speaker,. .discussing the pro posed measures. Scott is an Ala mance County egg producer and ion of Senator Kerr Scott. ■ - Tuesday's meeting lias the spon sorship of the Orange County Chap ter. Central Caroltun •F.Hiltry AsSo li.itimi, Held. Roberts, president, and tin' county agricultural agen \-ies. \ The nc>ed for government eon Irols on production of eggs and In oilers jyas agreed oil at the Wash ington meeting attended by some fin persons, uw.sfty "producers, in hiding Scott, Kirk and Spencer, who were among the 14 represent ing North Carolina They mel at the cab of the United States Poul t,-i and Kgg Association. headers of (lie organization at that time emphasized they are not seeking government supports or purchases, but they do want Federal regulation on production to prevent situations like the present ^price dilemna. Calls For Referendum For broilermeo* the plan involves (See POULTRY, Page 8) ► • * v' , - 4. mm * KENNETH ROSEMOND .., home town boy Exchange Club To Pay Tribute. to Rosemond Kenneth Rosemond. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rosemond and a member of the University of North Carolina's national championship basketball team, will be the honor guest of the Hillsboro Exchange Club tonight at Colonial Inn. •.The club has arranged a pro gram to pay7 tribute to the local athlete and "present him a modest Sift. Other - members of the Carolina team are expected to "accompany; Hosemoiid to the meeting. Marion E. Allison and Ervin' Rikscmond .have beesiin charge of ararigements. 'Aflisoiv. said: “Ken neth Rosemond has made an out ' standing contribution to the suc cess of the University team which brought the National basketball championship to North Carolina and has brought credit" to his home community. We want" tp pay tribute to him.' __ _ • One Man Takes On Four, With Damage To AM A wild ' one-man rampage in which rpeks, knives and a. two-by four Were the principal weapons brought serious injuries- Ao four and property damage to an auto mobile and the Highway 70-A cafe where the fraeas occurred last Friday night. David Brooks, Hillsboro Negro, is free under a $1,000 bond in three cases of assault w ith as dead ly weapon and property damage. He wound up with a 10-inch knife wound in his backhand a bullet wound in his leg himself for his trouble. He is already under a suspended sentence with judicial instructions to keep away from the Green Top Cafe, scene of the fight. The victims, of Brooks' assaults were: James Richardson Kenon. John Hester and Charles Mitchell, all of Mebane. Kenon was hit with the two-by-four. Hester was "TSIHfir to >iemeri«T "HosPttSl ‘ WIllT a finger cut through the bone and Mitchell got a knife wound in the side. Glasses agd the wind shield of tester’s ear and the win* dows of the Cafe were broken in the rock throwing, t * r Accortting to the. Sheriff's ae , (See ONE} MAN. Pay* S) . Surprise Move At Lions Club Meeting Here A proposal that the Hillsboro Lions Club endorse a resolution urging the town commissioners tO“ ' begin looking toward a project to _ extend, the community’s sewer lines and erect a sewage disposal plant evoked widespread discuss ion Tuesday night which had to be curtailed to make way forthe planned program of the meeting. No formal, action was taken but there were indications that the pntpospl offered- by Liona Presi dent Bob Forrest would be brought back for later action, when a full program could be devoted to the subject. Forrest said t the board should begin looking into the possibilities of obtaining federal funds to aid in the undertaking. Mayor Ben Johjiston and Commissioners F. E Joyngr and R. J. Smith Sr. were in attendance at the meeting. Mayor Johnston said all of the present sewer lines, had been in stalled with WPA funds and with out the expenditure of local tax ngjoney, He said the town had a tax valuation of something over $3 million and an indebtedness of less than $100(000. Smith and Joyner agreed they would be glad to have the senti ments of the Lions Club as well as other citizens on the subject, while Clarence Jones proposed that a sanitary district be set up to cover the entire area from Highway 70 West, including all of ■■■'; West Hillsboro. Fairview, etc. to enable the raising of sufficient revenue to finance such a sewage disposal program. Wfiokt Offers Bank Support In Expansion Paul Wright, a vice president of Durham Bank and Trust Com pany. and Yancey Millburn. exec utive director of Durham's Com mittee *of 100. spoke to the Hills- — boro Lions .Club Tuesday night on "Getting New industries." - Wright Said his firm had re cently' decided its plans for future growth were tied closely with the 11 communities outside of Dur ham in which it operates branch banks, -including Hillsboro, and' offered to place the facilities and resources of the Trust Company behind any sound community de velopment projects. This new policy, he said, was presented at a recent dinner at which development leaders from all ol the communities,, in which thc bank is Idtated were present. Millburn. a retired architect, told, of his experiences- with the "Durham industry-seeking group and described some of the tech niques and avenues open to com munities engaged in. the ““highly ei mp titive and frustrating" search for new industries. lie recommended that fhe local •community develop its own pros pects rather than retying on out side factor*, advised. comnWRtity leaders to help existing* industries to grow, terming this the easiest way to get "new" industries for the community. Two County Firms Robbed Sunday Night Thieves visited, two service sta tions in northern’Orange Sunday night after prizing-open the front door lock at each place. $75 to S80 in change was taken from Hawkins Service Station at Kennedy's on Highway 86 and about $10 in change ,wi_s stolen at FlinT tfafiilfn's service station ae^ Caldwell School. No merchandise was reported, missing at either, establishment. _ but an outside garbage can was stolen the same night from Jtob ert MurrayV Caldwell Community Store. " but no attempt to enter this place was made.
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