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Election Day TuesdaVf November 7
RICH SQUARE — Election Day, 1972, will probably find
the voters more confused, more undecided and more reluctant
to vote than ever before. Yet the casting of their ballots on that
date will end the longest campaign in history.
Northampton County polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at
7:30 p.m. Voting machines will be in use in all the polling
places but any kind of heavy turn out will cause long lines at
the polls since there are so many decisions to be made and few
voters are thought likely to vote a straight party ticket on
either the national or state levels.
If paper ballots were used, there would be six of them for
that is what has been produced on sample ballots As is the
usual case, except for the very well informed, voters will find
decisions to be made and names on the list that they have never
heard anything about.
NATIONAL TICKET
The three parties are represented on the official
presidential ballot and a vote is for both the president and vice
president of the party.
Republican candidates are President Richard M. Nixon
and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, American Party
candidates John G. Schmitz and Thomas J. Anderson and
Democrats George S. McGovern and Sargeant Shriver.
There are no American Party candidates for United States
Senator and Member of Congress. The Senate race is between
Democrat Nick Galifianakis and Republican Jesse Helms and
Congressman L. H. Fountain is being opposed by Republican
Erick P. Little.
STATE OFFICERS
On the State ticket the American Party has candidates
only for governor, lieutenant governor and commissioner of
insurance.
Gubernatorial candidates are Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles
Jr., Democrat; James E. Holshouser Jr., Republican; and
Arlis F. Pettyjohn, American. For the state’s second highest
elective office the candidates in the same party order are
James B. (Jim) Hunt Jr., John A. (Johnny) Walker and
Benjamin G. (Ben) McLendon.
Again in the same order the candidates for commissioner
of insurance are John Ingram, L. W. (Bud) Douglass and
Michael Murphy.
Other races involving only the two parties on the state
slate are;
For secretary of state: Thad Eure and Grace Jemison
Rohrer: for state treasurer: Edwin Gill and Theodore C. (Ted)
Conrad; For state auditor: Henry L. Bridges and L. Norman
Shronce; for attorney general, Robert Morgan and Nicholas A.
(Nick) Smith; for commissioner of agriculture: James A.
(Jim) Graham and Kenneth H. Roberson; for commissioner of
labor: W. C. (Billy) Creel and Frederick R. Weber; for
superintendent of public instruction: Craig Phillips and Carl
Eagle.
Four other names on the list are a matter of formality
since they are all Democrats with no opposition: Russell J.
Lanier, for judge of superior court, fourth judicial district, for
unexpired term ending 12-31-78; Perry Martin, for judge of
superior court, sixth judicial district, for unexpired term
ending 12-31-74; James H. Pou Bailey, for judge of superior
court, tenth judicial district; Harvey A. Lupton, for judge of
(See ELECTION, Page 11)
THE County TIMES-NEWS
Northampton County's Only Advertising and News Medium
Vol. 81 No. 44
THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Esublished 1892
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1972
☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926
lOc Per Copy Rich Square, N. C.
14 Pages
Harvest Picture
Not Too Bright
JACKSON — “Northampton
County may be facing a worse
harvest than last year.” These
are the words of Northampton
supervisor of Farmers Home
Administration Marvin
Coleman.
Coleman, a member of the
U.S.D.A. Emergency
Committee for Northampton
County, and the three other
members; Brodie H. Harrell,
county extension chairman;
Ben Mann, manager of the
county ASCS Office; and John
Litchfield, county soil
conservationist; have
recommended the county be
designated an “Emergency
Loan Area” and have
forwarded paperwork to' that
effect to Raleigh.
“A late spring, dry summer
and early fall has taken its
Purge Of Election Books
Set After Tuesday's Vote
JACKSON'S WATER PROBLEMS are almost
over with the new well, now going into operation.
Above Jackson Police Chief Willard A. Lassiter
and engineer Jimmie Green observe the pump
making its 24-hour run for effectiveness. A
sample has a Iready been taken and sent off to be
analyzed. "Things should be back to normal very
shortly," Jackson Mayor Charles Bass said this
week. "The well is at the 230-foot mark which is
average for the area," Bass concluded.
Thinks Per Cent Turnout
Brock Predicts Record Vote
For Nov. 7 General Election
Jackson Lad
Hunting
Fatality
JACKSON — “Are there
3,500 or more dead or
transferred registered voters
being carried on the North
ampton County election
books?” This question was
asked recently by Board of
Elections Chairman R. W.
(Scoopy) Grant. He intends to
find out by purging the books
after Tuesday’s General
Election.
“Any person who has not
voted since the 1968 General
Election and has no valid
reason for not doing so, will
have his name removed from
the books,” Grant said.
Grant- added, “They may
register again at a later date.”
He also pcjinted out ‘C’hese
inaividuais win 'oe notified by
mail before removal actions
are taken.”
Since the May primary, 113
persons have registered
voters in the county.
Of these registered voters,
only 7,047 cast votes in May.
A break-down by precincts
shows:
Gaston —
982
white
Lasker —
249
white
Democrats;
30
white
Democrats;
one
white
Republicans;
907
black
Republican;
39
black
Democrats;
37
black
Democrats;
no
black
Republicans.
Jackson —
694
white
Republicans.
Milwaukee
Democrats;
— 245
two
white
white
Democrats;
one
white
Republicans;
114
black
Republican;
425
black
Democrats:
no
black
Democrats;
Republicans.
no
black
(See PURGE, Page 11)
toll,” Coleman said. “The dry
periods were just too dry and
lasted too long. The frost is
another problem. At some
buying stations the freeze
damage has been running as
high as eight per cent in some
lots.
Harrell is now estimating a
yield of 2,200 pounds per acre
of peanuts as an average for
the county.
“We’ll be lucky to hit this
figure, depending on the
weather,” he said.
Harrell estimated about 15
to 20 per cent of the acreage is
left to be plowed up and about
40 per cent to be combined.
“The crop is real erratic
with some people making a
real good crop and some
having their worst year.
“I believe it’s probably due
to the dry spell that we had in
June and July,” he explained.
(See HARVEST. Page 10)
N'ampton County Favors
Extended Area Service
JACKSON — In a»effort to
n-ustcr suppoA for Extende'd
Area Service (EAS) in North
ampton, County Accountant
Tim Ellen has contacted some
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endorsement to me as soon as
possible, but please don’t stop
there. Continue to give your
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225 county organizations, civic support by spreading the word
By BRYAN HAISLIP
Your Home Newspaper
Raleigh Bureau
RALEIGH — The voice at
the polls on November 7 may
come closer than ever before
to expressing the majority
sentiments of North
Carolinians.
Heightened participation is
indicated by a heavy new
registration and a high level of
campaign activity, said
Executive Secretary Alex
Brock of the state board of
elections.
Brock forecast a general
election turnout of 1,768,233, a
projection based on the
assumption that 75 per cent of
those registered will go to the
polls.
“That may seem bold to
many people,” Brock
conceded. “I believe it is a
reasonable prospect, if it is
logical to assume that those
who took the trouble to
register did so in order to
vote.”
The prediction, if realized,
would compare with the
previous record vote for the
state of 1,587,493 in the 1968
presidential year.
From Jan. 1 until books
closed on Oct. 10 in advance of
the election, 374,709 citizens
registered to vote. “It topped
the record for any two
previous years put together,”
Brock reported.
Young Voter Influx
A major reason for the
influx was the lowered voting
age. The newly enfranchised
18-to-20-year-olds accounted
for 150,(500 of the registration.
Brock said. That represented
slightly less than half the
estimated 314,000 potential for
the age group.
Parties and candidates
mounted registration drives
which swelled the number,
although less than goats set.
Year-round registration, in
effect statewide since 1970,
also began paying off. Brock
.noted.
What the voter will find at
the polling booth is a lengthy
ballot, from White House to
courthouse. At the top of the
ticket is the race between
President Nixon and
Democrat George McGovern.
The major state contests
match Democrat Hargrove
(Skipper) Bowles Jr. and
Republican Jim Holshouser
for governor, and Democrat
Nick Galifianakis and
Republican Jesse Helms for
U.S. Senate, plus lieutenant
governor and Council of State
offices.
Congressional seats, state
legislative membership and
county offices fatten the list of
candidates.
Amendments On Ballot
In addition, voters will be
called upon to decide five
amendments to the state
Constitution and a number of
local propositions. Bond issues
(See BROCK. Page 11)
JACKSON — A 14-year-old
Jackson youth was killed
Saturday at 6:30 in a shooting
incident on a farm just south
of here on Odom Prison Road.
Thomas Harris was
pronounced dead on arrival of
the Roanoke Valley Rescue
Squad.
According to Deputy Otis
Wheeler of the Northampton
Sheriff’s Department, the
youth was shot by a gun fired
by the son of Otis Allen. The
Allen boy was attempting to
shoot a pigeon when the
Harris boy stepped in the line
of fire, Wheeler said.
No charges have been filed
and the death has been ruled
accidental.
Conway —
641
white
Democrats;
five
white
Republicans;
254
black
Democrats;
one
black
Republican.
Creeksville
— 369
white
Democrats;
one
white
Republican;
207
black
Democrats;
two
black
Republicans.
(3alatia —
418
white
Democrats;
three
white
Republicans;
372
black
Democrats;
four
black
Republicans ;
one
independent.
Garysburg
— 237
white
Democrats;
one
white
Republican;
1194
black
Democrats;
12
black
Republicans.
and social groups, church
groups, large businesses and
the mayor of municipalities.
Contact was in the form of a
letter stating, “The reaction
(at the September 25 public
hearing) was for the most part
favorable and we have
received some county
publicity indicating this
reaction. A great deal more
needs to be done before
Extended Area service
become a reality.”
about the advantages of such a
service to all telephone users
in your community,” the
letter concluded.
At present the County
All other recipients of this
letter are urged to send in an
answer. Also, anyone else
whether, a private citizen or a
leader, who is interested is
urged to contact Ellen on this
matter.
“We need EAS if we, as a
county, are going to make it,”
Accountant has received over Ellen concluded.
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Fountain Comments
On Nader Report
Lions To Serve
Barbecue Meal
MILWAUKEE - The
Milwaukee Lions Club will
sponsor a barbecue supper
Saturday, November 4.
The supper will be served
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at
the Milwaukee Club Building.
Two N'ampton Schools
Now Serving Breakfast
WASHINGTON, D. C. —
Public scrutiny of the
operations of government is a
necessity in a democracy. The
press, public officials and
interested citizens should all
play a part in this on-going
process. The Ralph Nader
Congress Project is, I gather,
intended to be apart of this.
“I am not in a position to
make any firm comment at
this time concerning the
profile prepared by persons
associated with Ralph Nader,
since I have not seen it.
“Members of my staff did
have an opportunity to read a
preliminary draft of the
profile last month. Based on
their description of the profile,
it is my impression that it may
School Board, Commissioners
Answer Grand Jury Charges
JACKSON — “Hungry Mullens further states that all
children are handicapped in schools in the administrative
their learning efforts” is the ^re now eligible to
reason given by two North-
give an incomplete and
narticinate in the breakfast ®?'^ewhat misleading picture
participate in the breaktast of my position on major issues
program under the same - •>
guide lines.
of concern to the Second
District, such as federal
programs involving education
and agriculture.
“Also, while it is my
understanding that the profile
and the associated book, “Who
Runs Congress,” were
generally complimentary in
referring to my investigative
work on the Intergov
ernmental Relations
Subcommittee, I am not
certain that it fully reflected
the wide scope and substantial
nature of the Subcommittee’s
work, particularly in the fields
of consumer protection and
economy and efficiency in
government.
“As chairman of this
important Subcommittee, I
have worked hard at the
unending task of stopping
waste, inefficiency, conflicts
of interest and corruption in
federal programs and
agencies. Our work has saved
(See FOUNTAIN. Page 10)
JACKSON — Superior Court
Judge Joshua S. James
admonished the Northampton
County Board of Education
“There’s always room for a
little improvement” when
they met together yesterday
to go over a grand jury report
on schools.
Members of the Board of
Education and the County
Commissioners were
requested to meet with the
judge and Forewoman, Mrs.
Blonnie B. Johnson.
Judge James noted he had
received a letter from
architect Leslie N Boney in
which he indicated
Superientendent R. F. Lowry
was somewhat upset by the
grand jury report.
Members of the grand jury
last week inspected eight of
the Northampton County
public schools and reported
conditions they felt needed
improvement.
Lowry stated, “I feel like we
should have had a chance for
the schools to report to us
before reporting to the grand
jury.”
Lowry attempted to take to
task the news media for
reporting the results of the
grand jury investigation
before they, the school board,
could make their moves to
correct it.
It was pointed out to Lowry
ampton County School
principals for instituting the
breakfast program in their
schools.
Principals Chester Hawkins
of Eastside and O. B.
Spaulding of Willis Hare
School have made it possible
for every child in their schools
to receive a hot wholesome
breakfast.
Approximately ,350 children
are eating breakfast daily in
the two schools. The cost of the
breakfast is 15 cents per child;
however, children who are
unable to pay the entire cost
can eat at the reduced price of
to cents. Children from low
income families arc given
their breakfast free.
Thesemorningmealsaremade
possible by the federal school
Breadfast Program.
A typical breakfast could
consist of a one-half carton of
milk, three ounces of fruit juice
or fresh fruit, scrambled eggs
and toast. A really hungry
child can receive a second
Cystic
Fibrosis
Show Set
that no public agency is above helping.
having its affaip reported to Mrs. Eudoria Mullins, food
Judge Joshua S. James
the public if it is a matter of
public record as the grand
jury report is.
Lowry went on to say, “It’s
(See SCHOOL, Page 11)
service director for North
ampton County Schools, states
that an average breakfast
would cost about 50 cents in a
commerical restaurant. Mrs.
MURFREESBORO — A
talent show, with proceeds to
benefit Cystic Fibrosis, will be
held in McDowell Columns
Auditorium at Chowan College
Thursday, November 2, at 8
p.m.
Performers include Debbie
Clemence, freshman, who is
the reigning “Hampton-
Newport News Ideal Miss.”
She will sing two solos and
accompany herself on the
guitar. Miss Clemence will
return for a ballad.
Another popular feature,
according to Chowan student,
Gaye Barden, who is leading
in the planning 6f the talent
show, will be “Rockin Foo,”
rock group from Franklin Va.
They were winners of a
previous talent show at
Chowan.
Also scheduled is a number
by Nathan Sanders and his
(See SHOW, Page 10)
RICH SQUARE IS getting a waterproofing at four of its underground lift
stations. When the work was originally installed less than two years ago
they were not waterproofed, water got in and the machine rusted. All
machinery had to be removed, dried, waterproofed and re-installed. The
town has entered into contract with Triangle Electric Company to keep the
lift stations checked. Cost of the project is not yet known. The Economic
Development Administration is to pay for part of the costs.