Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Ballots, 1935 

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CARELESS JANITOR 
         BURNS UP BALLOTS 
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  Some of the ballots cast by the Southampton County voters in the primary 
were burned "accidentally" by a Negro janitor before they could be rechecked, 
officials said, adding that they did not anticipate any contests on this basis.

  Prosecutor Junius W. Pulley said he had been advised by the attorney-general 
that if a demand for a recount should be made, the election judges should be 
called to justify the totals on their tally sheets. 

  Mr. Pulley said the janitor, named, Arthur Harrison, "made a careless 
mistake" in burning the ballots.  The prosceutor pointed out that the 
successful candidates won by two to one margins. 

  H.B. McLemore, clerk of the Southampton Circuit Court, substantiated Mr. 
Pulley's account of the burned ballots. 


"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 15, No. 19, Aug. 22, 1935, p. 1, col. 4 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

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