The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-11-09
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ed and that he voted in person
on election day.
In the case of Alex Baker, on
the same charge, it was shown
that no absentee was cast and
that he voted in person.
The absentee votes of Haskell
Erwin and Paul Fitzpatrick were
challenged on the grounds that
they were not in this county when
the ballots were notarized. Erwin
is in the navy and Fitzpatrick in
the marine corps. These ballots
were invalidated on the grounds
charged.
The ballot of Anne Rutledge,
Hoopers Creek, was invalidated
when it was shown that it was not
properly notarized. Two absentee
ballots were in the box, one sign
ed by Anne Rutledge and the 9TH
err by Ann Rutledge, but it was
shown that only one had been
counted in the election.
The ballot of Mrs. w. V. Green
was invalidated on the face of
her own affidavit, which showed
that she was no longer resident
of Hoopers Creek precinct. Her
affidavit stated that she had vot-
ed for Landon, NJ. N. Orr and ii.
l.. Pace.
The ballots of Mrs. Minnie Gar
land Crook and Mrs. Dorothy
Moore Slagle were challenged on
the grounds the voters were not
of voting age. Mrs. Bessie +.
Lance testified that an eXamina,,
ton of school records showed
them to be under Il years old.
The board held the testimony
concerning the school record was
not sufficient to invalidate the
votes in face of the sworn oath'
taken on registration and the
votes were counted.
II was shown that two ballots
were cast for Lorena Lance
Hoopers Creek, and both were
held invalid. ,.u
At NORTHWEST Iienuei o0H'N
the vote of J. Mack Rhodes was
;nvalidated after challenge on
Grounds of a felony conviction.
The vote of Roland d. Stearns,
challenged on the grounds the
voter was dead before November
3. was shown to have been thrown
ont when the votes were counted.
On the charge that absentees
were not put on the poll book at
Northwest Hendersonville, it was
shown that Carl Anders, Repubii-
can Judge, kept the poll book.
The board held the failure to list
these names due to inadvertance
on the part of precinct officials
and not through intent to violate
the law.
Relative to the affidavit of Mrs.
Henry Israel, Hoopers Creek, that
an absentee ballot was not notar-
ized, it was shown that the ballot
was not counted.
The ballot of Charlie Israel was
;nvalidated when it was shown
that il was not properly sworn to.
The absentee ballots of r. +.
and O. F. Crawford were invali-
dated when affidavits were pre-
sented stating that no application
had been made by these voters.
No record was made of the bal
lots of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Robert
son, Rugby precinct, which were
challenged on the grounds the
signatures on both applications
appeared to be the same.
No ruling was made on the
votes of Matte ard Fannie b.
Caldwell, who testified that they
had not voted absentee, appeared
at Northeast Hendersonville, were
told they had voted absentee, and
then transferred to Balfour pre-
cinct, where they voted in per-
son
Richard Albriston testified that
w. p. Maxwell, registrar at North
east Hendersonville, was employ
ed by the state highway depart
ment. The board passed a motion
by Mr.. Prince that this fact was
unknown to the county board
when the appointment was MADE
Relative to the charge that the
registrar at Green River was a
federal employee, w. o, Waters,