The FrariMn Times
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Louisburg. NYC.. Thursday. November 7. 1968
(Twelve Pages Today)
99th Year-Number 76
Wallace, Scott Carry Franklin County
Senator Sam
Gets Wide
Approval
U.S. Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
showed again Tuesday that he is one
of the most popular politicians in the
state with voters in Franklin County.
The veteran Senator defeated his
young GOP opponent Bob Somers
over 3 to 1 in Franklin voting.
Ervin polled 6,753 and Somers re
ceived 2,061 votes with Ervin taking
all of the eleven precincts by wide
margins.
Congressman L. H. Fountain polled
5,536 votes in his reelection to Con
gress. He was unopposed in the Gen
eral Election.
Amendments Pass
For One,
Against One
Two Constitutional amendments,
one of which was opposed by Ftanklin
voters, were approved by wide margins
in the state in Tuesday's election. The
first amendment <on the ballot, re
ferred to as the "Legislative Pay"
amendment lost in Franklin 3,860 to
3,147 with only Dunn precinct sup
porting the issue which will now allow
members of the General Assembly to
set their own pay. It does not apply,
however, to those legislators now ser
ving.
The second or so-called "one-man,
one-vote" amendment won in Franklin
3,333 to 2,890 and gained approval
across the state. The support in Frank
lin reversed the belief held by many
that the old method of representation
where Franklin had a representative
not shared with two other counties
was best. The Supreme Court had
however outlawed this method and a
constitutional amendment was re
quired to set things in order.
With 1,143 of the state's 2098
precincts reported, the Legislative Pay
amendment passed 268,757 to
222,338. The One-man, one-vote
amendment won by a larger margin,
276,305 to 180,271.
To Visit Here
Robert N. Bass. Grand Master of
Masons in North Carolina, will make
his official visit to the 22nd Masonic
District on Wednesday evening Novem
ber 13th at 7:30, in the Masonic
Temple on Jolly St. The district is
made up of Franklinton Lodge 123,
Youngsville Lodge 377, Wake Forest
282 and Granville 380 in addition to
Louisburg.
Supper will be served at 6:45 P.M.
and ali planning to attend PLEASE
contact James A. Johnson, 496-3506
by Friday. All Master Masons are
fraternally invited.
Richard M. Nixon
Robert W. Scott
PRESIDENT-ELECT
GOVERNOR-ELECT
County Supports Democratic Council
Incumbent Insurance Commissioner
Edwin S. Lanier led the vote-getting as
Franklin County supported all eight
Democratic candidates for Council of
State posts in Tuesday's General Elec
tion. Six of the eight are incumbents
and two are newcomers, having won
Democratic primary races last May. All
were reelected or elected to their
positions Tuesday.
Lanier polled 5,797 votes to his
GOP opponent, Everett L. Peterson's
2,603. Secretary of State Thad Eure
downed John P. East, 5,657 to 2,774
and State Auditor Henry L. Bridges
gained a 5,606 to 2,569 victory over
Ted Conrad. State Treasurer Edwin
Gill polled 5,715 votes in downing his
opponent Clyde R. Greene, who
gained 2,607 votes in the county.
Robert Morgan, who campaigned"
briefly in Franklin County, won over
Warren Harding Coolidge in the coun
ty, 5,631 to 2,549 in his race to
succeed Wade Bruton as Attorney
General. Craig Phillips, winner in the
primary over Franklin County's Ray
mond Stone for the Democratic nomi
nation of Superintendent of Public
Instruction, bested his opponent Joe
L. Morgan, 5,445 to 2,669 here. Jim
Graham gained 5,689 votes in the
county as he won over Claude L.
Greene, Jr. in the race (or Commis
sioner of Agriculture. Greene polled
2,598 and Labor Commissioner Frank
Crane carried the county over Ron
Ingle, 5,684 to 2,462.
All Democratic candidates for
Council of State seats carried each of
the eleven precincts here in Franklin
County.
County Backs Taylor
Former House Speaker Pat Taylor,
son of a former Lt. Gov., carried
Franklin County Tuesday as he won
the race for Lt. Governor over his
opponent Republican Don Garren.
Taylor polled 5,489 votes in Franklin
to Garren's 767. Statewide, with 98
Returns
Local Election Returns
Page 7
Governor's Race By Counties
Page 5
Returns On State Races
Page 5
N. C. Presidential Race
Page 6
Presidential Returns By States
Page 4
New Pastime: Writing In
The seriousness of the elections, the
long lines, nor the wee hour counting
of returns prevented some degree of
levity from injecting itself into Tues
day's general election here. Tradi
tionally. Franklin voters find satisfac
tion in writing in the name of a friend
or acquaintance for some office.
Crash Landing
The four-water Cessna Cardinal airplane shown above crash-landed in an open
field about a mile west of the Franklin Airport Wednesday afternoon on a landing
approach. Francis Holt, an executive of Holt Enterprises of Kinaton,"N. C? whose
firm la erecting the new boarding home here was alone in the plane at the time. He
was uninjured. ,SUff photo by Clint Fuller.
Whether this be out of love or a
manner of revenge is known only to
the scribblers.
Those citizens who must now
search their minds in an effort to
determine who-done-it are listed as
reported by unofficial election re
turns:
Jesse Helms received one vote in
Franklinton against Joe Branch for
Supreme Court Justice; Joe Denton
received one vote in Louisburg for
N.C. Senate; Crowell Strickland re
ceived a vote in Franklinton for the
N.C. House seat won by James Speed
and Richard Alston, GOP County
Chairman received a vote in Franklin
ton for the same position.
Also in Franklinton, Raymond Per
ry. Alvin Wheeler and Thomas Jarrett
each received one write-in for District
Judge Julius Banzet's seat. Willis Du
pree received a vote in Youngsville for
Register of Deeds; Jake Hayes got one
in Franklintn and S. T. Pernell re
ceived one in Louisburg also for Alex
Wood's office. H. L. Gilliam and Larry
Robbins each received a write-in for
County Commissioner against E. M.
Sykes. And in Youngsville. E. J. Pearee
received two write-ins for Constable
while Al DePorter and Son Lewis
received one each.
Perhaps more seriously, write-ins
were cast for defeated candidates in
some precincts. Wilbur Jolly received
three votes in Louisburg for the N.C.
Senate; Eva Clayton of Warrenton
received two votes In Harris precinct
for the Congressional seat held by L.
H. Fountain and Richard Cash re
ceived flO write-ins in Youngsville and
2 in Franklinton for County Commis
sioner.
percent of the 2098 precincts report
ing, Tpylor polled 571,969 votes to
481,339 for Garren.
Taylor carried all eleven county
precincts as Garren failed to muster
even the 41.3 percent vote afforded
gubernatorial candidate Jim Gardner.
In the contest for Lt. Governor and all
other offices where there were Repub
licans running, Gardner surpassed the
vote getting appeal of his fellow party
members.
Of the GOP contenders, only Gard
ner and Senate hopeful Bob Somers
campaigned here in Franklin County.
Garren was almost unknown here and
his vote reflects those voting the
straight Republican ticket. Taylor has
a number of friends in the county and
made a good impression in his lone
appearance here at the Democratic
dinner last spring.
Judges Get
Party Vote
A host of Democratic candidates
for various judicial posts were recipi
ents of the straight- Democratic ticket
vote here Tuesday. All Democrats won
easily as all but two had no Republi
can opposition.
Robert A: Collier. Jr. Democratic
candidate for the 22nd District Su
perior Court bench downed GOP can
didate Arthur S. Beckham, Jr.. 5,444
to 2,433. Sam J. Ervin, III won over
his GOP opponent William R. Sigmon.
5,697 to 2.455.
In the race for Justices of the State
Supreme Court. Joe Branch received
5,596; J. Frank Huskins gained 5.565;
and for the Court of Appeals. Ray
mond B. Mallard drew 5.641; Hugh
Campbell polled 5.547: Walter E.
Brock got 5.440; David Britt received
5,531; Naomi Morris gained 5.539 and
Frank M. Parker drew 5.541.
For Judges of Superior Court, all
unopposed. Coy Brewer received
5.747; Edward Clark. 5.537; James G.
Exum, 5.417; Thomas W. Seay, 5,521;
Fred H. Hasty, 5,538; Frank W.
Snepp, 5,493; William T. Grist. 5,500
and Harry C. Martin received 5,525.
Power
Interruption
There will be interruption of power
for the members of the Wake Electric
Membership Corp. in the Louisburg
area. The cut-off will come Sunday
morning, November 10th from 5 a.m.
to 7 a.m. in order to do repair work on
the transmission line.
Humphrey Places Second,
Scott Gets 58.7% Vote
Franklin County voters sounded
their disapproval of tilings on the
national level Tuesday but gave ap
proval to Democratic rule in state
government. In record numbers.
Franklin voters gave George C. Wallace
a resounding victory over Democrat
Hubert Humphrey and Republican
Richard Nixon in the Presidential race
and endorsed Democratic candidate
Bob Scott over Jim Gardner for Gov
ernor.
Unofficial returns show that 9,749
of the 11,163 registered voters cast
their ballots in the Presidential race
and 9,676 voted in the gubernatorial
contest.
George Wallace collected 5.525
votes as he carried every precinct in
the county. Hubert Humphrey ran
second with 2,849 and although he
won the Presidency, Richard Nixon
finished a poor third in Franklin Coun
ty with 1,375 votes. Nixon mustered
722 fewer votes than did GOP hopeful
Barry Goldwater in 1964. In Hayes
ville precinct, usually the most Repub
lican of the eleven in the county,
Nixon drew only 56 votes while Hum
phrey gained 130 and Wallace collect
ed 273. The 1-2-3 lineup of Wallace,
Humphrey and Nixon ran the same in
all precincts.
In the hotly fought race for Gover
nor. Democrat Bob Scott captured
seven of the eleven precincts including
the two largest. Louisburg and Frank
linton. He lost Pearces. Harris and
Hayesville. Cedar Rock ended in a split
at 408 for Scott and the same for
Gardner.
Scott carried Dunn 519-348;
Youngsville. 387-318; Franklinton,
1,187-736; Sandy Creek, 304-280;
Gold Mine. 298-247; Cypress Creek,
142-112 and Louisburg. 1,463-1,059.
Gardner collected Pearces. 175-151;
Harris, 368-296 and Hayesville,
245-226.
The overall unofficial totals give
Scott 5,380 to Gardner's 4,296 or a
plurality of 1.084. Gardner's totals are
the largest for a Republican in modern
county history. In 1964 Republican
Robert Gavin mustered 1517 losing to
Democrat Dan K. Moore, who received
5,000 votes.
After a computer breakdown early
Wednesday morning reduced what had
been reported as a 75,000-vote lead
statewide by Scott, down to a low at
one point of less than 9,000 votes, the
Lt. Governor claimed victory later in
the day Wednesday. He made the
claim in Raleigh after checking vote
returns with his county managers.
With 98% of the state's 2098 precincts
in. Scott holds a 71,972 vote lead over
Gardner.
The three-member Franklin County
Committee for Scott issued a prepared
statement late Wednesday afternoon
expressing the Committee's apprecia
tion to the many workers in the
campaign. The Committee also said it
wished "to express its congratulations
to the supporters of Congressman Jim
Gardner for a clean and vigorous cam
paign in Franklin County" and called
for "all citizens now to band together
in a continued effort to move the
county on a path of progress". The
Scott Committee is composed of Ber
nard Walters and Clint Fuller of Louis
burg and Clinton Carlyle of Pilot.
Richard Alston. COP County chair
man. indicated that he is pleased with
the heavy Republican support in the
county and Crowell Strickland, a
Gardner supporter, said he believes a
two party system is taking shape in the
county. Archie Bunn of Pilot directed
the Gardner campaign in the county.
Locals Had
No Opposition
Candidates on the county ticket
Tuesday. Democrats all. had no Re
publican opposition. Except for a
minor rash of write-ins, the traditional
lines were followed with each candi
date getting a healthy number of
votes.
Register of Deeds Alex T. Wood
was the leading vote-getter as has been
his habit for several years. He drew
8.161. Sixteenth District Representa
tive James D. Speed was second with
7,917. Behind these leaders and not
necessarily in order, were the follow
ing: Senator-elect E. F. Griffin 7,820;
John Church, Sixteenth District Rep
resentative, 7,274. For District Judges.
Linwood Peoples polled 7,621: Claude
Allen drew 6,255 and Julius Banzet
received 7.249.
E. M. Sykes. re-elected to the Board
of County Commissioners gained
7,698 votes and newcomer John
House polled 7,623. Retiring Commis
sioner Richard H. Cash received 22
write-ins against House.
Legion To Mark
Anniversary
Collin McKinne, North Carolina
Director of Veteran Affairs, will be the
principal speaker here Monday, No
vember 11, when the Jambees Post
105, American Legion observes Vet
eran Day.
George Champion, Jr.. past Com
mander and presently serving as Post
Adjutant, announced the celebration
of the 50th anniversary of the Legion
will be held on this day. The affair will
consist of a dutch supper at the
Louisburg Armory beginning at 6:30
p.m.
Champion urged all Legionaires to
attend and also invited other veterans.
He pointed to the many benefits en
joyed today by dependents of veterans
and veterans themselves which have
resulted because of American Legion
efforts.
J SCOTT
GARDNER