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Rockingham Center of Mill Actirity. Subscription Rates One Year Six Months Richmond' County Agriculture & Peach Culture Three Months Single Copies 5c each ROCKINGHAM, N. C THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1938 VOL. 21 NO. 36 ISAAC S. LONDON, Editor and Proprietor Mclipn of Elections Full Recount ad State Board of Elections on Friday to Decide Whether a Recount Will Be Had in Davidsoi 9.uv rat tnittrriy l 1 Nsyvocr If ll kl m in I VCxl I I fr-1 fr-v I ini I 1 if irn rrti rrvft r 1 1 11 li f I I fl I II El - .. .. . i - . ; . . - . ....... .... : WbbIbbbbbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbIbbbbbbbbMb L . - 11 " 1 1 1 " 1 ' 1 ''J' 1 '- " ' " " ' Makes Nomiiies J. G. Jewell Wins (or t le State Senate by 55 Majority, and Bob McNair for the House by 19. Morse Majority Over Sheriff McNair is 409. Two Candidates for Constable Tied at 1135 Votes Each. County Board Made a Th orough Recount of All Absentees and a Complete Recount of County Boxes. Hamlet No. "1 Box Had Serious Error. General Opinion is That Voting by Absentee" - , - . , . i m i ' i m.T w kill for County Commissioner method Should be Adoiisnea. never nas was increased from 816 to 884. There Been a Hotter or Closer Primary Held in the recheck of the Ab- in Richmond County. "Back to Normalcy " . fntees- 114 of he 447 cfJ " , , f r s i Congress were thrown out, with Should Be the Purpose or Uur Citizens, andurgin losing 17 and Deane 97. srar P.nAr1 nv the Intense Fights Be ! 115 of the 450 cast for State r Crt 4-n 4" V Allf TT Jl 1"1 I OClia IC W V-A V till UU vruv i son losing 65 and Jewell losing ' 50. 118 of the 449 Absentees cast for the House, were dis carded Leath losing 54 and Bob MVWnif fid Tn the Sheriff '3 box, the recount showed that rp ak-i Absentees were cast Allowed to Heal. THE PRIMARY RESULTS Recount Was Worth While. The July 2nd primary is now history, insofar as the county candidates are concerned. The Board of Elections, con sisting of Isaac London, Jesse Leigh and Carl McLean went thoroughly into every phase of the July 2nd voting, and the various pieces of linen; figura tively speaking, have been washn ed in public and apparently to the satisfaction of all concerned The matter of a recount was first brought up by J. G. Jewell, candidate for the Senate, who on the face of the returns had been defeated by W. E. Harris son bv the narrow margin of 16 votes out of a total of 6898 cast. Mr, Jewell on July 5th asked the Board of Elections for a recount of Hamlet No. 1 and ' Rockingham boxes'. And r then Mr. Harrison asked that several boxes wbe- recfidUnted in .j other precincts. . - - Inasmuch as Mr. Burgin. can didate for Congress had on Juty 5th asked, for a recount of the 447 Absentees, and Sheriff - Mc Nair had asked for a recount, the Board decided to recount! the boxes for ALL the candi-l Deane Gained 48 in Union, 10 in Montgomery, 22 in Davidson, But Lost 79 in Richmond. Burgin's Majority is Now Only 73. Deane f Confident He will be Declared the Nominee if State Board will Go Into the Alleged Absentee Frauds in Davidson County. Deane's Friends Assaulted and Beaten by Burgin Supporters in Davidson. 'Tax Rate $1.05 Despite Million Dollar Less Valuations by Acquiring of Land by thfe Government. dates. No real errors were found ex cept in Hamlet No. 1. In that MisimV fid race, 451 Absentees Jewell should have received 628 j hc i,t "Mnv ailU. X1U VVC1C U11.UVVU LUI ! instead of the 599 first reported losin 62 and McNair losing 53. e -l: i tt : L '1 tfS X. J 4-1 ' SlattJU 111 IrtOt V CCIV o vu.v-, nave receivea iou mstcau ui nic 194 given him. This made a net difference of 58 votes. And Bob McNair in that box got 9 less that he was entitled to, and Leath 6 more than he was due. The difference came about by reason of possibly improper call ing, with of course none of the Willie Diggs and Ruben Pierce were tied for Constable of Rock ingham township, with 1135 votes each. The original count had shown Pierce to be in the lead by two majority. The recount found them tied, and so if the two men can't agree on which " i-n 4. 4-T ZnX. 4-Vi rnrt cxviYlO Time . , . , . , , - snail gei cue candidates knowing anything a- . - M 0ifinrt t,vvGts are bout it, and entirely without inted in October, the County their knowledge or consent. ' Democratic Executive Committee 1 The final and complete recount will have to meet and decide bc- gave Jewell the nomination for tween them. the Senate by 55 majority as Jn thig issue is several tables, compared with the 16 majority ghowin the results of the re- that the original count had cQunt by precinctswhat the given Harrison. Bob McNair s , reCount box " vote is, i majority over Thomas Leath lo.r . how many and Where each the House was reduced from 34 didate lost Absentees; ItVwill ju AAi w ms - - a. m uTmW- , irrm i rr i f over Billy IXntagHm - w- .Jf-Pll aucea irom . aui w xm Parsons' over Ammie Webb for Solicitor was increased from 105 to 130 ; E. B. Morse's majority over Sheriff McNair was re duced . from 419 to 409 ; and J. IU LObUUJ v " " file them for future reference. Pistols or swords or fists, the only weapon that seems fair to a nice gentleman is the one with ; W. Hamer's over L. F. McCas-1 with which he is sure to win. OFFICIAL TABULATION OF result of the Recount of July 2, 1938, primary C. B. Deane W. O. Burgin Deane majority now J. G. Jewell W. E. Harrison Jewell majority Bob McNair : Thomas Leath - McNair majortiy E. B. Morse -W. E. McNair Morse majority J. W. Hamer L. F. McCaskill . Hamer majority CONGRESS: 5344 first count 5440 loss of 96 1664 first count 1681 loss of 17 3680 instead of first count majority 3759 STATE SENATE: - M20 3365 first count 3441 first count 3457- -loss of 21 -loss of 92 55 first count had Harrison majority 16 HOUSE: 3453 first count 3515 loss of 62 3424 first count 3481 loss of 57 29 first count McNair majority was 34 SHERIFF: 3705 first count 3765 loss of 60 3296 first count. 3346 loss of 50 409 first count majority was 419 COUNTY COMMISSIONER : 3747 firsts count 3720 gain of . 27 , ' 2863 first count was 2904 loss of 41 21. F. Brown W. H. Covington Brown majority Thomas Parsons -Ammie A. Webb Parsons majority Mack Wallace . Cliford Dutton Wallace majority. 884 "first count majority was 816 COUNTY RECORDER: 2873 first count was 2924 loss of 51 2578 first count was 2623 loss of 45 295 first count majority was 301 COUNTY SOLICITOR: 2771 first count was 2812 loss of 41 2641 first count was 2707 loss of 66 130 first count majority was 105 CONSTABLE WOLF PIT TOWNSHIP: 1363 first count was 1394 loss of 31 807 first count was 824 loss of 17 556 Willie Diggs Ruben Pierce CONSTABLE ROCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP : 1135 first vote count of 1156 loss of 21 . 1135 first vote count of 1158 loss of 23 Despite the fact there has dis appeared from the County books approximately one million dollars in tax valuation, the County Commissioners were able to hold the tax rate down to $1.05 per hundred. The special tax rates are the same as last year; Rock ingham being 25c on the one hundred dollar valuation and Hamlet 22c on the one hundred dollar valuation. The loss of the one million dollar valuation was brought about by reason of the Govern ment buying land in Richmond County and the collection of in tangible taxes by the State. The appropriations for the various departments in the Coun ty were made at a very close and conservative figure. 222 Affidavits were Sent by Deane , to the State . Board at Raleigh Tuesday Afternoon with the High Sheriff to Protect Them. Deane To State His Case Before the State Board in Raleigh Tomorrow (Friday). Friends Are Indignant Over Treatment in Davidson County Given Deane. 5 SUPERIOR COURT CIYIL-CRIML 8 Divorces' Granted at One Day's. jlSssiolfci of Superior Court This This week's ' civil term of ( Court was brief barely one day. The Judge was E. C. Bivens. He hurried off Monday afternoon; for Blowing Rock. Eight divorces were granted: C. L. from Mettie Williams. Robert from Leola Givings. Ruby from Raymond Manship. G. H. from Leah Moore. Alice from L. H. Crisco. Jack from Lillian O'Brien. Belle from Emory McKellar. Myrtice from Charlie Barnes. Two suits were settled by compromise auto accident cases Ernest Haynes vs Moss- Bros, for $1600, and Samuel Wooten vs McLester Roofing' Co. for $300. Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases convenes here this coming Monday, July 25th, with Judge Bivens presiding. INTERESTING ANALYSIS Of July 2, 1938 Primary. Richmond County: Box vote cast Total Absentees Total vote Davidson County: Box vote cast Total Absentees Total vote 6674 447 7121 6059 1841 7900 615 LESS votes were cast in person in the boxes in David son county than were cast in person in the boxes in Rich mond county. BUT 1394 MORE Absentees were ' cast - v . in DAVIDSON than were cast -in Richmond." ; : V ;:" f : Quite, a :: .rdifference. Tbetween, son and -the comparatively small number of 447 cast in Richmond. " BATTLE OF AFFIDAVITS Deane Contends for Fairness. The Steele Will Case GASTONIA WINS LEGION BRACKET Richmond County Junior Legion Team Beaten by Gastonia. After having advanced through Group 4 in the preliminaries, the Richmond county Legion Juniors lost out this week to Gastonia and is thereby elimi nated in further Legion compe tition for this year. The county team tied with the Harnett county team for Group 4, and our team was then placed with Raleigh and Gas tonia in Bracket three. On July The State Board of Elections will meet in Raleigh at 10 o'clock tomorrow (Friday), and after two contests in the eastern part of the State are settled, the Board about noon will take up the problems of this 8th district Congressional race. The unofficial tabulation of the July 2nd primary showed that W. O. Burgin" of Davidson county had a majority of about 74 over; C. B. Deane of Richmond county" out of a total of 38,608 votes cast. Mr. Deane felt that , in sev eral counties, irregularities had occurred which if .corrected would give him a. majority. , Mr. Bur gin "countered r by asking a re count in Richmond county. Mr. this, . and the Richmond ; county 11th we beat Raleigh 6-5. On Matters pertaining to , the Will ; Juiy 13th Gastonia beat us 6-1, on the 15th Gastonia again won 7-4, and on the 19th Gastonia put the finishing touches by winning 8-7 in a ten-inning thriller. 1 This gave Gastonia the Bracket championship, and it was therefore not necessary for Raleigh and our county team to play each other the two remain ( Continued on page eight) or Wills of the late Miss Fannie Steele who died Dec. 16, 1937, were heard before Judge Bivens, or rather consent agreements (Continued on page eight) CrVTTANS TONIGHT Regular meeting of Civitan club tonight (Thursday) . at 7. Mrs. Sam Griffith will make a talk on Africa. DEATHS - J 5th without requiring any affi davits. As soon as the Burgin request . was ' received . on July 5th, the Board at once ordered a recount, this . to begin the morning of July 8th. In the meantime, tw.o - or more county candidates here also asked for a recount of the county boxes, and so the Board decided to open up all matters in connection with the primary. And while Burgin was asking for a recount of Absentees in .Richmond county, Deane was in Davidson asking for a recount 1 in Davidson county. But tne Davidson Board, refused his re quest. And for the past two weeks the Deane forces have been getting affidavits in David son which if allowed by the State Board in Raleigh on Fri day will result nr Deane's nom ination. Deane on Tuesday sent to the State Board in Raleigh a batch of 222 affidavits from voters in Davidson who swear that they either did not vote an Absentee, as they had been rec orded, or -that, the Absentee wree irregular in some other respect. These 222 affidavits were sent to Raleigh Tuesday afternoon, and to safeguard them, and as a protection against (Continued on page Fenr) C. C. HOWELL QUEEN MARIE JOHN M. THOMAS REV. T. M. STRIBLING MRS. C. F. GREGSON MRS. SARAH MONROE JOHN CLARK BRYANT BESSIE "DAVIS, Colored First Tenant Loan Made July 18th to Will McGee for $1550 for Farm Government Lends Will McGee Money to Buy 62Acre Farm. To be Repaid in 40 Years at Interest of 3. Papers Ready for Loan I. P. Ben nett for $5140 for the John Ormsby Farm Near Town. Heavy Rain Monday 3.90 Inches Fell in Space of Just Two Hours. 4.45 Inches for 24-hours. Limbs Break Lights for Two Hours. Rockingham was visited by a record-breaker rain storm the afternoon of July 18th, from 4 (Continued n page eight) Charlie B Utter, County FSA Sutjervisor in charge of the rural rehabilitation and tenant loan programs in this county, announced that . a $1550.00 check was presented on July 18th at 11:00 a. m. to Will McGee for the purchase and improvement of a farm. Jt is the first tenant purchase check to be presented in this counjy. A second loan is now ready to be made, this to be . to L P. Bennett who lives south' of Ham let. The land . to be bought for him is the John R. Ormsby farm three miles east of Rockingham on the Long Park road, and con sists of 86.46 acres and costs $4500. The loan is for $5140 to enable him to fix the place up. Mr. Bennett is 45 years old,. has a wife and nine children, two of the boys being. 21 and 19. This makes the second loan, and there will be two more for this year, the papers for these to be passed shortly. Next year it is hoped there will be a much larger num ber of tenant loans made. The McGee family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. McGee and 3 children ranging .. from 4 to 7 ' years, is buying the S. P. ' Qu ick (Continued on page Eight) 4
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