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T SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY Classified Want Ads work for everybody— farmers, housewives, used car dealers, real estate agents or what have you — they’U’ find users for baby cribs, cemetery lots, used wedding rings, apartments or electric blankets and rent apartments or formal clothes. Read ’em — use ’em. THE County TIMES-NEWS ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A Combination of^ ★ ★ ★ -A TEIE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892 ☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS Established 1926 Volume LXXV, No. 22 Rich Sqnare and Jackson, N. C., Thursday, June 2, 1966 ‘V -6,426 Cast Ballots- Record Vote Supports County Inclumbents Creecy Close 3rd In House Race; Counted All Night; Argued All Week By JOE M. PARKER ELECTION CENTRAL-Satur- day's Democratic Primary was the most exciting-and its after- math the most prolonged -within memory of present day staffers. And at mid-week there were still questions left hanging. The newspaper offices in Ber tie, Hertford and Northampton began the election countdown as the polls closed at 6; 30 Saturday. Staffers were still at it until aft er 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. In Windsor and Ahoskie the of fices were open again when the sun came up Sunday to record final results. In Hertford County where for the first time voting machines were in use, final results were available before 7:00 p.m. Sat urday. But it was after 6:00 a.m. Sunday when workers in Windsor Precinct 1 finished their count. There were over 1,600 votes cast in the precinct with 22 names on the Bertie ballotrequiringcount ing. Elsewhere in the area vote counters were having their prob- RECEIVE ELECTION RETURNS—Russell Johnson receives and reveals election re turns Saturday night over the telephone from precincts throughout the county as Jennings White listens intently. White was much interested in the results of bal loting for Superior Court Clerk since he was a candidate. White was top man in Board Says: Mrs. Harris Mrs. Harris Preserrted N. C. Award RALEIGH — Seaboard’s au thor, Mrs. Bernice Kelly Har ris, was presented Tuesdaynight the state’s highest award for “outstanding achievement’’ in literature. In ceremonies at the Sir Wal ter Hotel, Governor Moore pre sented the North Carolina Award to Mrs. Harris, author of seven novels. She has been the voice of Southerns long neglected by the sensationlists -the independ ent farmer and small-town citi zen. In recording the deeply-felt impressions of scenes and of people in terms of their univer sality, she has paid her respects to the human frame and the human spirit. The award, a large gold me dallion designed by PauiManship, internationally - known sculptor, was presented to four Tar Heels Tuesday night. The other recip ients are: former Gov. Luther Hodges of Chapel Hill, architect A. G. Odell, Jr., and Professor Oscar K. Rice of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gov. and Mrs, Moore honored the award winners at a reception at the Executive Mansion follow ing the dinner presentation. Tuesday night’s ceremonies marked the third time the awards have been presented. The N. C. Award program is administered by a five-member commission appointed by the Governor, Members are Richard Walser of Raleigh, GordonCleve- land of Chapel Hill, Henry Belk of Goldsboro, William D. Snider of Greensboro and Gilbert Ste phenson of Pendleton. lems also. Precinct 6 in Elizabeth City was not fully counted until after 2:00 a.m. Sunday. It was after midnight before results were In from Rich Square and Jackson in Northampton. Around the Ahoskie office there were frequent comments as on lookers awaited the count on the representative and senatorial contests about the value of voting machines. If ever they could prove their worth, Saturday night seemed to be it. Recount Request Because of the counting prob lems, Negro candidate C. Melvin Creecy for representative and James C. Boone for Northamp ton SuperiorCourtclerkrequest- ed recounts Monday. At a hearing before the North ampton Elections Board Tues day the request was withdrawn after counting procedures were explained. In the minds of some was a question as to whether a few votes difference would entitle Creecy to call for a runoff. Elsewhere in the state other defeated candidates, running for the first time in multi-county districts with multiple seats, had similar questions. Doubts about who could call for a runoff arose out of unfamiliar ity with rules used in determin ing a majority. In districts with more than one seat to be filled majorities are determined by adding total vote for all candi dates and dividing the result by the number of positions to be fill ed and dividing this figure by two. In such cases all candidates having more votes than the re sulting figure have received a majority, in cases where more candidates received a majority JACKSON - R. F. Lowry, su- than there were offices tobefill- perintendent of Northampton ed, thetopcandidatesareelected. County Schools, has announced If a district has less candi- that the county will not operate dates with mathematical major- a preschool program during the ities than there are offices to be summer. filled, runoffs can be called. According to Lowry’s report In the 6th District the total vote for the four candidates was 25,509. Creecy’s vote of 6,318 was 60 less than a mathematical majority. However, even with 60 more votes Creecy would have been more than 700 votes behind Rob erts Jernigan, Jr., who also had a majority. If such had been the case Jernigan would still have been the winner under the elec tion laws. Only if both Creecy and Jerni gan had had less than a mathe matical majority could a runoff have been called. One Shot Charge But those with questions about majorities were not theonlyones confused by the voting trends Saturday. One state political ana lyst came to the conclusion that one shot voting in Bertie County caused the defeat of Sen. Emmett Winslow for re-election. Election returns show there was a substantial one-shot vote in Bertie for its resident Senator, J. J. ‘Monk’’ Harrington of Lew iston. A study of population figures fSee COUNTED, Page 3) White Wins Close Race For Clerk the voting for clerk in a four-man race. The scene was repeated many times Sat urday from 7 p.m. until nearly 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Sometimes it was a pre cinct reporting, but most often it was a false alarm as interested persons called in for unknown results. Three Scouts Mve County Not Planning Rece’r A Preschool Program High Honors Chamber To Hire Students JACKSON - Mrs. Howard Howell, secretary of the Northampton County Chamber of Commerce, told “Your Home Newspaper’’ that the county chamber had voted to hire two college students un der PACE to solicit new mem bers to the chamber. According to Mrs, Howell, the two students, who willbe- gin work this summer, will canvass the county in hopes of increasing chamber member ship and thus increasing the working capital of the group. It was also announcedby the secretary that the chamber will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Jackson Lions Club Building. JACKSON - T hr eeNorchamp- the county school board passed County Boy Scouts became a resolution relative to the de- part of a select group Sunday cision not to operate such a when they were presented the program at a recent meeting. ««God and Country’’ award at The resolution states in the tf,e Jackson Methodist Church first paragraph: Sunday. “Whereas, attendance at a pre- David Eley, 12, and a Life school program is not required gcout, John William Price, m, by any law known to this board 1^3^ and a Star Scout, and Jimmy and it is possible that because wheeler, 13, and a First Class of non-attendance by pupils of one scout, all members of Jackson's race it will not be possible to xroop 196 received the awards comply with that part of the mem- from the Rev. Angus Cameron of orandum from Commissioner the Jackson Methodist Church. Harold Howe II dated April 26, Rev. Cameron provided guid- 1966 which reads as follow: jmce and counseling to the three ‘Your agency must make special boys enabling them torecievethe efforts to make sure that such award at the 11 a.m. services projects are not begun on a seg- Sunday. regated basis, in order to avoid ^ took the three boys a full the possible necessity of dis- year to fulfill qualifications for continuing or reorganizing the the award, which has been won project after it has begun.’ ’’ by only two other Northampton According to the resolution boys in the past, it has not been made clear to Eley is the son ofMr. andMrs. the school board “what agency jasper Eley, Price is the son is responsible for the expenses of Mr. andMrs. J. W. Price,Jr., involved in beginning apreschool and Wheeler Is the son of Mr. program if it is discontinued due Mrs. W. L Wheeler, to lack of interest by either or Scoutmaster of Troop 196, both races.’’ sponsored by the Jackson Lions Also stated as a reason for cjub, is T. A. Stephenson. His not adopting the preschool pro- assistants are Jasper Eley, gram for this summer was the h. w. (Tite) Grant and A. B. problems surrounding the“mov- Martin. ing of furniture from school to xwo" other members of the school to accommodate integrat- jackson troop have fulfilled the ed classes” and that the boards requirements for the God and believe that recent guidelines country Award but have not yet (See PRESCHOOL, Page 5) (See SCOUTS, Page 8) By BOB FRINK CONWAY - Incumbent North ampton County political office holders received a rousing vote of confidence from county voters in their bids for re-election via the Democratic Primary Satur day. A record turnout of 6,426 vot ers re-elected John Henry Liv- erman, Jr., David Gay and Hor ace Guthrie to the county board of commissioners, Scott Bowers as a member of the county school board and Judge Ballard S. Gay as Recorder’s Court judge. Newcomers elected to county posts not being sought by in cumbents were won by Jennings White, who was top vote getter in the race for Clerk of Superior Court, and L, H. Taylor who won a vacated spot on the county school board. White won the clerk’s job, from which Miss Rebecca Long will retire in December, over three other candidates including James Boone, who was but 86 votes shy of White’s total. A Negro service station pro prietor, Boone has indicated that he will seek a runoff election but according to chairman of the Northampton County Democratic Board of Elections, Russell John son, Jr., Boone has not yet of ficially filed for a second pri mary. If another primary is held, it will be on June 25. Johnson also told “Your Home Newspaper” that Boone had been notified of the requirements for calling for a second election and that the request must be made in writing by Monday. Whit'' polled 2,43C votes in the highly contested battle for the job and Boone received 2.344, Floyd Price was a distant third with 920 votes and Bart Burgwyn followed with 918. Liverman was high man in all but two precincts as he defeated Joseph Majett, a RichSquareNe- gro, 3,970 to 2,398, for the dis trict one commissioner seat. In the race for the district two Recount Demand Dropped JACKSON - Two non-elected candidates in Saturday’s Demo cratic Primary withdrew de mands for a recount of votes in Northampton County after abrief hearing Tuesday morning in the county courthouse at Jackson. C. Melvin Creecy, a Sixth District House candidate, and James Boone, who sought the job of Superior Court Clerk, pre sented Russell Johnson, chair man of the Northampton Coimty Board of Elections, with the writ ten demand on Monday morning. Creecy and Boone cited ‘^m- usual methods of countingballots in Rich Square.” An explanation of the proce dures followed duilng the hear ing satisfied Creecy and Boone. Boone said that he was ‘hot questioning the integrity of any member of the board of elec tions or election officials and tl>at he only sought information.” (See RECOUNT. Page 8) commissioner job, David Gay de feated his opponent in all 17 pre cincts to compile 3,852 votes to 2,499 for John Faison, a county Negro and civil rights leader. Incumbent Horace Guthrie was defeated in two precincts but still managed to win handily over Ne gro opponent, James Jones, 3,724 to 2,560. Scott Bowers was successful in succeeding himself as rep resentative of the district one on the county board of elections, re ceiving 4,079 votes to 2,209 for Abraham Walton, a Negro min ister. Newcomer L. H. Taylor was successful In filling the district two seat on the school board va cated by Ellis Crew. He defeated Negro opponent Wilbert Tabb, 4,047 to 2,167. Northampton County’s only candidate for a district office was C. Melvin Creecy, a Negro min ister from Rich Square. Creecy managed to win the support of Northampton County voters but finished third high in a four-man race for two seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives awarded the Sixth District. Gay was a lopsided victor over challenger, Millard Lane, in the quest for Recorder’s Court judge.' Lane, a Woodland justice of the peace who was highly critical of the county court, received only 1,258 votes to 4,974 for Gay, . who has been on the bench for 12 years. In district races to fill State Senate and House of Represent atives seats, only one Incumbent failed to win re-election. (See CREECY. Page 3) Choanoke Association Okays $1 Million Plan JACKSON - The directors of the Choanoke Area Development Association approved a $1,178,- 210.60 anti-poverty proposal that would establish and staff “multi- service centers” for the four county members at a meeting in the courthouse at Jackson on Wednesday night, June 1. The plan had been presented to a meeting of the directors on May 19th but had not been ap proved when it was determined that the plan had not been approv ed in accordance with past proce dures set up by the directors. The staff and officers were in structed to seeiftheplancouldn’t be cleared with county boards and commissioners in time to send it to Washington for funding under the 1965-66 fiscal quota for this area before the funds lapsed. A motion was presented to the board to pass the proposal but President Virgil McBride ruled that the motion was illegal. Director Graham Shell ofRoa- noke Rapids offered a motion to suspend the procedural require ments for the passage of the pro posal and for ^e president to ap point a committee to drawupnew guidelines for handling the ap proval of future proposals. Director James Wallace of Ahoskie offered an amendment that all personnel hired under the proposal be subject to confirma tion of the elected directors of the county boards of Choanoke. The amendment and the mo tion were approved by a majority vote. The proposal to approve the plan was resubmitted and pass ed by a majority vote. The plan had been submitted to the Office of Economic Oppor tunity in Washingtonfor process ing subject to the approval of the board of directors. The original procedure for processing plans had required Court Rulings Are Appealed JACKSON-An uneducated man, who apparently was led astray by a Virginia car dealer, receiv ed mercy from Northampton County Recorder’s Court Judge Ballard S. Gay but five men con nected with the theft of four gal lons of herbicide did not fare so well. Judge Gay handed down . sus pended sentences to Cerry Ja cobs, Isham Jacobs, William Ja cobs, John Shoulder and Troy Reid after hearing testimony con cerning the theft of the herbicide Warning Car Purchasers JACKSON - A case aired in Northampton County Re corder’s Court Wednesday should serve as a warning to all Roanoke-Chowan area residents who might have theoccasion to purchase a motor vehicle in the state of Virginia. According to the law you cannot drive the vehicle into the state of North Carolina if you are aresident of North Caro lina without first acquiring proper registration and insur ance. In several instances of late, North Carolinians have cross ed the state line and purchased a car or truck and received temporary, registration good for 10 days. This registration is good in Virginia but not in North Carolina. from C. D. Miller of Rich Square. ■ According to the testimony of Cerry Jacobs, he stole the weed killer and took it to a car driven by Shoulder and occupied by Wil liam and Isham Jacobs. Cerry Jacobstoldthecourtthat the group then went to the home of Reid and William Jacobs sold the herbicide to Reid for an undeter mined amount of money. Defense attorney for Reid, Perry Martin, in cross exam ining Cerry Jacobs, asked the defendant if he had been prom ised an3dhing if he would tell ‘i:he story” concerning Reid, the other two Jacobs men and Shoulder, and received an affirmative answer. William and Isham Jacobs were charged with aiding and abetting in the theft and Reid with receiv ing goods known to be stolen. Cerry Jacobs told the court that Sheriff Frank Outland told him that he would help him if he would tell ‘the story.” Sheriff Outland told the court that he did tell Miller, for whom Cerry Jacobs worked prior to the theft, that he would help him get the boy on probation if he (See COURT. Page 5) the approval by the county eco nomic development committee, the county commissioners and the county directors before being submitted to the area directors for approval. Chairman Kenneth Slate of the Bertie County board objected to changes in the current method of processing proposals. He stated that it was necessary to continue to cooperate with existing agen cies and the county government if their cooperation was to be add ed to the anti-poverty war. President McBride pointed out that the association was a volun tary non-profit corporation and that its by-laws and constitution did not require any approval oth er than that of the directors un less the board so decided. The board acceptedtheresign- ation of first vice president Au brey Harrell of Windsor “with regret.” Harrell said in a let ter that business and personal reasons precuded his continued service in the post. Industrial Development Chair man Graham Shell announced that the directors and members of his committee would meet with Gov ernor Moore and members of the Department of Conservation and Development on Tuesday, June 7, at the Sir Walter Raleigh to dis cuss some of the economic needs of the area. Multi-Service Centers The request consolidates sev eral prior plans with the new pro grams to staff the county branch offices that have already been ap proved and funded under a $72,- 262 grant for program develop- (See CHOANOKE. Page 5) GOD AND COUNTRY AWARD—The Rev. Angus Cam eron (right') of the Jackson Methodist Church presented God and Country awards to David Eley, John William Price, Hi, and Jimmy Wheeler during the 11 a.m. serv ices at the church Sunday. Rev. Comeron guided and counseled the boys in preparing for the coveted award. Only- two other Northampton Scouts hove ever won the honor. Post Office Dedication Set June 12 MARGARETTS'VILLE - Dedi cation ceremonies for the new post office at Margarettsville will be held at 4 p.m. June 12. Speakers for the program will be Second District Congressman L. H. Fountain, First District Congressman Walter B. Jones and J. W. Winbourn, postal serv ice officer from Raleigh. The new post officewill be open for inspection by Northampton County citizens and refreshments will be offered,' 'i
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