Kinston Votes In Favor of $300,000 School Bond, Jan. 9, 1923

School Bond Issue Goes Over Little Past Noon; By Majority. . . Hurry-Up Balloting Order at Special Election Tuesday—Kinston to Expend $300,000 on Additions to Educational System—Opponents Do Not Retard Pros—Bright Weather, Enthusiasm and Pep—New Kind of Voting—Perfect Machinery—One Booth and Steady Stream of Men and Women—Fair Sex Takes Important Part in Balloting for First Time in Local History—Long Fight Ended

At 4 o’clock there had been an even 1,100 votes actually cast, including 42 absentee votes which had been counted by the election officials put in the box. Of this number 110 had been cast against the issue with 990 actually in the box for bonds. Out of the 42 absentee votes counted one had voted in the negative. There remained 42 more absentee votes at that hour to be counted. Two absentee votes favorable to the bonds were thrown out for legal reasons. One voter had failed to sign her ticket and another was not registered.

At 2:30 Tuesday evening the school bond issue was safe by a good majority. There ha been 1,071 votes cast altogether. It was estimated by persons at the Court-house that all of the 83 absentee votes in hand were favorable to the issue. Including the absentee vote, there had been 954 ballots cast for the cause, or 109 more than the needed majority.

There were estimated to have been 97 votes actually cast against the issue.

The bonds were carried by 8 ½ minutes past 1 o’clock, when 846 ballots marked “for” had been cast, assuming all absentees’ ballots to be “pro.”

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From the front page of The Daily Free Press, Kinston, N.C., Tuesday evening, Jan. 9, 1923