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Was Your Vote Counted?
By A/2c FLETCHER G. PERRY
Malms irom Air Force Base. Montana
Well the election is over and
once again we have elected a
new president. Maybe I should
change that to read a new presi
dent has been chosen. These
two statements sound about the
same but there is a great differ
ence. The first statement said
“we” elected a new president
but in the second one “we” is
omitted. You may say, well I
did my part, 1 voted. There
fore I am included in those who
elected the president. But wait,
you may be wrong. You may
have voted but your vote may
not have counted.
In the past election, the presi
dent-elect won by a large ma
jority, the electoral vote, and
yet his margin in the popular
vote was very slim. But even
if he had received the minority |
of the popular votes, your, per- j
sonal votes, it would have still
been possible to have been elect- j
ed. I know this sounds a little
contradictory but it’s the true I
facts. Contrary to the popular]
belief the popular vote, your J
personal vote to be more exact, ]
does not elect the president. In-'
stead the election is in the hands j
of a few men who cast electoral i
votes. These electors are sup- j
posed to vote according to the j
way the people vote but some |
electors, especially in the south, 1
are not pledged to vote either
way. And which way is he
supposed to vote when the pub-1
lie doesn’t vote for a scecific
candidate? For example, in the
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In a little more than y Christmases
U. S. Savings Bonds grow 33Yi%
A Savings Bond gift gets bigger. for people planning for retirement.
And the Bonds you give this Christ- Held to maturity, they’ll be worth
mas are better than ever. They % more than you paid for them,
earn 3%% when held to maturity. Held ten years longer, they’ll re-
That means the gift Bonds you buy turn $1.93 for every dollar you put
now for $18.73 will be worth $25.00 Into them. i
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your Christinas list they’ll be and your shopping is done Your
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thanks, for their patriotic donation The Advertising Council and ■ %
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j past election some ballots had
I Nixon as one candidate and “un-
I pledged” the opposition. Here
! the electors could vote for any
-1 one they chose.
Twice in the past men have
| become president with the mi
nority of the popular vote. In
the election of 1876 Hayes won
over Tilden by one electoral vote
but he, Hayes, received 200,000
less popular votes than Tilden.
Again in the election of 1888
Harrison won over Cleveland by
115 electoral votes although
Cleveland received 100,000 more
popular votes.
These are just two cases in
which the majority of the peo
ple have voted for a candidate
to see him lose. The backbone
of our nation rests heavily on
our so called right to vote by
secret ballot. Where in this
freedom does it mention any
thing about the majority being
able to lose.
The electoral college was be
gun in a time when our country
was young, illiterate, unstable
and was needed. But like every
thing else, it should be changed
to coincide with our advance
ments in other fields. An out
of date policy is no better than
no policy at all. Illiteracy can
no longer be a factor in the use
fulness of the electoral college.
So what is its usefulness?
If you can find no usefulness
for it write your Congressman
and let him know your feel
ings. Senator Mansfield has in-
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dicated that he will put a bill
before Congress which will do
away or change the electoral col
i lege. If you agree with this
policy you should let your Con
gressman know it so he can
vote thusly.
20 Years A^o
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
A new schedule of hours was
adopted by the Bank of Eden
ton by which the bank was
open four hours instead of five
each day.
Mitchener’s Pharmacy began
a "Pot of Gold" plan by which
customers could Win from $5 to
$25.
Mrs. Guy Hobbs entered St.
Vincent's Hospital in Norfolk for
treatment in an effort to avoid
an operation.
A campaign was in full swing
to raise SIjDOO to purchase new
uniforms for the Edenton High
School Band.
Chowan County's Draft Board
sent out 71 .more questionnaires,
and J. L. Wiggins, Chairman of
the Board, reported that of the
first 54 questionnaires sent out
four white men and 13 Negroes
were placed in Class A-l.
A number of Edenton Lions
went to Elizabeth City to par
ticipate in organising a Lions
VS2GiOWAS KESAL3. fUZPTTGH. KGSTH eARGLKA. THunSeAT. NOVEMBER 24. 1960.
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Club which was sponsored by
the Hertford Chib.
! Edenton Lions, Rotations. Red
Men and Masons agreed to toon
floodlights to light up the Court
House over the holidays.
Information was releaded that
alien registration would end De
cember 26 and that severe pen
alties would follow failure to
comply with the law.
Chowan High School faculty
presented its annual play "Bring
ing Up Mother".
Dr. Davis Speaker
At Husband's Supper
Continued from Page 1. Section 1
guests was done by Mrs. E. P.
Jones.
Home ’Demonstration Club
members thank the following
business firms of Edenton for .
favors and door prizes. Favors ’
were given by George Chevro-1
let Company, Home Feed & Fer
tilizer Company, Albemarle Mo
tor Company, Bill Perry’s Texa- 1
co, Colonial Motor Company, |
Leary Brothers, Western Auto,]
Hollowell’s Drug Store, Mitch
ener’s Pharmacy, Northeastern
Milling Company and Hobbs j
Implement Company. Door priz- !
es were given by the following
business firms of Edenton; By
rum Hardware Company and
Gift Shop, vase won by Mrs.
Lester Copeland; P & Q Super
Market, basket of fruit won by
Elbert Peele; Elliott Company,;
hosiery won by James Griffin. {
Enterprise Home Demonstra-1
tion Club members secured the)
I favors and door prizes. Cho-
wan Home Demonstration Club I
decorated for the occasion. Mrs.
C. W. Overman, County Coun
cil president, presided with 123
present.
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Negro Home Bemonsfratien News
By MBB. ONNIC 8. CHARLTON, Carat? X*fro Huu EmiMlci Aarat
1 "O Give thattki unto Ifa* Lord, i
for He it good: for His mercy I
endureth for over." Psalm 107:1. j
"Bless the Lord. O my soul, and
forget not all His benefits."
Psalm 103:2.
It was interesting and grati
fying to hear the community re
ports Friday on the Community!
FTogress Contest. A total of 80
men, women, and older youth
met the judges to tell them why
, they organized, what goals they
planned and worked on this year,
how much they had accomplish-,
ed and to show the judges some
of their accomplishments.
The communities were: Hud
son Grove; Center Hill-Cisco;
Warren Grove-Green Hall; Para
dise Road; Ryans Grove, and
Yeopim. We are just as anxious,
as you are to know your rating. |
But none of us will know until i
the Awards Program which will!
be held December 12th, at White ■
Oak Consolidated School, 7:30 1
P. M. !■■
The judges were; Miss Gladys 1
Billy Elliott Now At
Technical Institute
William Stokely Elliott, Jr.,
of Edenton is one of the 198
students at the Gaston Technical,
Institute in Gastonia, a division
of the N. C. State College School
of Engineering, operated by the
College Extension Division.
Young Elliott is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Elliott of
East Church Street. He attend
ed John Holmes High School in
Edenton and attended N. C.
State College before beginning
his two-year civil technology
L. Ruffin, Negro Home Econom-j
ics Agent, Bertie\County; K. A. j
Williams, Vocational Agriculture*
Teacher, Perquimans County and 1
C. L. Bonne, Negro Agricultural i
Agent, Northampton County. The
contest is sponsored by the Cho- • ’
wan County Agricultural'Council <
and financed by the Peoples i
Bank and Trust Company, Eden- 1
ton branch.
1
The Northeastern District 4-H
Recognition Day was held at C.
G. White High School, Powells
ville, N. C„ Forty-two 4-H Club
boys and girls, representing 12
counties in the- district received
awards.' Those who earned,
.awards from Chowan County j
were; David Feltoh and James (•
Taylor in Peanut Production!
and Jean Hall in the Dress Re-1
vue Area. Sixteen 4-H boys and
girls and one 4-H Adult Leader,
Mrs. Arizona Fleming, Center
Hill, " attended from Chowan
County. Both agents accom-!
panied the group."
uic: giuuj;.
course at Gaston Tech.
The Gas:on Technical Insti
tute, the State’s only school of
its kind and one of the few
in the entire Southeast, is open
to all high school graduates who j
are planning careers in the fields i
of electrical, mechanical and!
production, civil, or electronics
technology.
ROTARY MEETING CALLED
OFF FOR THIS WEEK,'
This week’s Rotary meeting 1
has been called off due to the
observance of Thanksgiving. |
Next week’s meeting will be
held as usual with the program j
in charge of J. P. Ricks, Jr. *
Thanksgiving Service
At St. Fatirs Church
Holy Communion will be cele
brated Wednesday at 10:30 A. M.
and morning prayer with sermon
and special music will be con
ducted Thursday at' 10:30 A. M.,
at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church.
The Altar will be decorated;
with “the fruit of the harvest” j
as is customary symbolizing the!
many things for which we are,
thankful ,to God.
Food having been brought to !
the church with prayers of
L. 1 STRAIGHT
bourbon
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LAWRENCEBURQ. KENTUCKY
| thanksgiving by the wniren ‘
School wilY; be distributed. . ' |
offering for the Thanks
giving 'Services will be sent
i the Thompson Orphanage in
i Charlotte, an institution spon
sored by the three Episcopal *
Dioceses in the state. . i
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
ed Order bf Red Men will meet
Monday night, November 28 At i
7:30 o’clock. Alton Shaw, sa
chem of the tribe, is very
anxious to have a large attend- ,
ance. , .