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TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970
volume xvn
SHERIFF
White Oak
63 > 56
76 29
327 299
Yates
KUMngsworth
/ Momette
Moore
CLERK
Pollock
Hargett
Mallard
COMMISSIONERS
Barbee
Battpie
Phillip®
Brown
Copeland
Franks
Hicks
Nick Mallard
Miller
Smith
Strayihom
Bonner
C. Mallard
42 110 87
8 10 46
51 15 1
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82 133 108
53 28 64
20 23 33
83 123 154
70 144 185
84 151 126
113 102 91
35 11 6
60 33 18
38 23 5
65 88 63
46 25 13
30 25 42
48 26 13
35 44 146
77 121 126
33 147 198
14 60 53
10 15 10
22 148 332
6 78 131
62 309 85
46 343 289
58 207 283
64 252 307
52 190 221
6 139 125
12 250 218
7 151 155
54 274 169
9 153 193
47 166 117
11 210 215
24 108 138
43 205 276
86 130 1066
48 42 707
21 206 418
8 2 112
64 176 1064
60 114 524
32 76 640
109 236 1383
112 154 1213
75 146 1205
71 98 938
29 61 412
45 119 755
27 122 528
58 164 935
34 73 546
11 197 635
32 112 667
55 24 574
92 167 1107
SCHOOL BOARD
Booth
Ives
Meadows
Philyaw
West
Becton
Bryant
HOUSE SEAT NO. 1
Hardison 68
Elliott 75
Capps 18
128
135
110
130
117
80
54
142
156
100
168
159
65
35
92
75
19
SUPEROR COURT JUDGE
Henderson
Hubbard
CONGRESS
107
56
133
61
Jones
Nixon
147
16
181
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COURT OF APPEALS
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Hedrick
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Martin
' Mi
92
45
71
59
166
209
141
209
206
48
17
110
68
21
194
13
79
84
69
63
67
77 457
26
11
46
31
10
429 423
398 443
394 358
415 467
309
203
372
326
239
255
191
65
264
216
61
80 480
8 61
108
144
83
128
113
80
53
86
61
10
298
220
319
302
246
210
126
185
121
48
134 51 341 217 103 243
73 37 198 345 59 125
440 144 344
110 16 29
37 257 240
74 34 219 251
66 142
60 168
1778
1774
1568
1886
1747
1144
738
1106
838
252
1329
954
2010
261
974
910
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY ON LENOIR COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD PROMISES EQUATION EXCITEMENT
by Jack Rider
There were numerous aspects
of Saturday’s primary in Lenoir
County that were interesting, but
none more than the election of
three Republicans to the County
School Board. This promises
Bounced repeatedly in pudbuc
print that they would consider
their election a mandate from
the voters to keep the county
high school system as it is ra
ther than to install the system
of high schools proposed by the
beaten Democratic board.
» Under this system in the north
end of the county Frink and
High Schools would
and North Lenoir
^ the only high
.
school in the county system in
that end of the county and in
Uie Southern end Woodington
would no longer be a high school
and South Lenoir would absorb
its students. .
This proposal naturally would
entail the forced transfer of
hundreds of pupils — white and
solored — against their wiH and
igainst tbe will of their parents.
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Barwick, and Harold/Stroud. The
two remaining Democrats are
Talbot Capps and Oliver Smith.
Talbot Capps and Earl Kinsey.
The new board will not be
sworn ip until the first Monday
in December, so the present De
mocratic board may go ahead
withs reorganization, leaving
the egg for the Republicans to
unscramble in December.,„
There is considerable and grow
ing sentiment that the present
school board should leave the
school system as it presently is,
leaving the future of the coun
ty’s schools in the totally Re
publican hands of a Republican
school board, a Republican Pres
ident, a Republican Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare,
and a Republican attorney gen
Pew observers expect this to
happen.
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Jones Countians Facing Two and Maybe
Four Second Primary Contests May 30
Jones Countaans have already
been, told that they will have
an opportunity to go to the polls
on May 30th to settle two races
for Democratic nominations and
there is a possibility that two
more may also be on that sec
ond primary ballot.
Already Sheriff Brown Yates
has been informed by his form
er Deputy Dan Killingsworth,
wh© ran second in the four-way
sheriff race last week, that he
will take another crack at Yates
on May 30th.
And Incumbent Court Clerk
Rogers Pollock got the same un
welcome information from Ar
thur Mallard, who ran second in
that .three-way struggle last Sat
urday.
One undecided race is that
which may develop if high-man
Harold Hardison is challenged
in the second go-round by In
cumbent Representative Guy El
liott, who has until Noon Fri
day to make up his mind.
The first concerted effort by
colored citizens of Jones County
to win elective office when all
five seeking seats on the county
board of commissioners were de
feated' along with the two who
ran for the county school board.
The County Commissioner race
is the fourth in which there is
a potential second primary
since Delmas Brown, who ran
in fifth spot last Saturday was
short of the numerical1 majority,
giving Nick Mallard1, who ran
in sxth place — just three votes
behind Brown — the right to
call for a runoff in that contest.
Mallard has until Noon Monday
to call for a runoff.
James Barbee, Charlie Battle,
Horace Phillips and Osborne
Mallard all secured more than
enough votes to become Demo
cratic nominees. The numerical
majority in this commissioner
race was 1090 votes.
In the school board race un
der the new law passed by the
1S69 general assembly it is class
ed as a non-partisan contest and
the highest five candidates au-to
msucally are elected to the
school board. Under that law
the incumbent School Board was
reelected.
Yates collected 1066 of the
2303 votes Jones Countians cast
for sheriff, which was 86 short
of the magic number, and his
former deputy, who got fired
for testifying that Yates had
been drunk on duty in an im
peachment effort last year
quickly announced that he was
going to see if he could do bet
ter in the second primary than
he did in the first, when he got
707 votes — 359 less than Yates.
Pollock who was seeking his
first elective term as clerk of
the county’s court system, hav
ing been appointed by Judge
Howard Hubbard to fill out the
unexpired portion of former
Clerk Walter Henderson’s term,
when Henderson was elected to
one of the four district court
judgeships in 1968.
For a first - time candidate
for the office Pollock did pretty
good, collecting 1064 of the 2228
votes cast for clerk, while Mal
lard ran second with 640 and ithe
third man, Harold Hargett Jr.
got 524 votes.
Hardison led Elliott in all three
counties of the district but also
failed by a thin margin securing
the necessary numerical major
ity. In the entire district Hard
ison’s vote was 4753, Elliott’s
was 4097 and the third man in
the race John Capps got 2109.
Jones Countians Urged to Participate
In Kg Area Horse Show May 23rd
people from all Eastern North
Carolina counties is being plan
ned by the Lenoir County 4-H
Horse Club, the Neuse Saddle
Club and the Lenoir County Ex
tension Service. It will be stag
ed ait the ridng arena of the
Jaycee fairgrounds two miles
south of Kinston at 10 a.m. on
May 23.
With am increasing interest in
horses and ponies in Eastern
North Carolina, this show will
provide an opportunity for youth
to increase their knowledge and
skill in the management and
handling of horses.
It will be open to boys and
girls, ages 9 to 19 who are en
rolled m the 4-H horse project
and submit an entry card to
their respective County Agricul
tural Extension Office by May
Animate in the show must be
owned by the participant or by
a member of his or her imme
diate family.
The 1970 show, expanded
since 1969, -win include 19 class
es. Five ribbons and a trophy
will be offered in each class
with three additional trophies of- ;
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major divisions of the classes.
All classes will be in western
division and the judging rules
will be along the lines of the
American Quarter Horse Asso
ciation.
Those who wish to register
for the show should contact
Henry Howell or Charles John
son of the Neuse Saddle Club
or call Reginald Stroud at the
Lenoir County Extension Office,
527-2191 or come by the Federal
Building or write Box 757, Kins
ton.
JONES COUNTIAN APPEALS
In Lenoir County District Court
Monday Ernest Ray Foy of
Maysville route 1 was fined $200
for a second drunken' driving of
fense and for driving without a
driver’s license. He gave no
tice of appeal to superior court.
NED TAYLOR GETS AWARD
T-5 Ned Taylor Jr., whose
parents live on Route 2, Tren
ton. was awarded the Meehan,
c’s Badge recently while serv
es with the 13th Support Brig
ide at Ft. Hood, Tex.