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Batton announced a crackdown on obscene telephone calls at a time in which Caller ID was unavailable. "Persons making those calls will be apprehended and brought to trial," Batton promised while he noted a recent six-month jail sentence received by one violator.<ref>"Crackdown promised on obscene calls", ''Minden Press'', July 29, 1963, p. 1.</ref>
Batton announced a crackdown on obscene telephone calls at a time in which Caller ID was unavailable. "Persons making those calls will be apprehended and brought to trial," Batton promised while he noted a recent six-month jail sentence received by one violator.<ref>"Crackdown promised on obscene calls", ''Minden Press'', July 29, 1963, p. 1.</ref>
====Reelection by four disputed votes, 1959====
====Reelection by four disputed votes, 1959====
In the 1959 sheriff's campaign for his third term, Batton pledged to continue "a business-like administration" of the department, to fight juvenile delinquency and to maintain "our southern way of life."<ref>Batton advertisement, ''Minden Press'', November 30, 1959, p. 11.</ref>
In the 1959 sheriff's campaign for his third term, Batton pledged to continue "a business-like administration" of the department, to fight juvenile delinquency and to maintain "our southern way of life."<ref>Batton advertisement, ''Minden Press'', November 30, 1959, p. 11.</ref>
Batton's salary as sheriff in 1961 was $10,715, or $88,500 in 2019 dollars. Some $104,000 was disbursed for salaries of all the deputies.<ref>"1961 Audit Report Released for Sheriff's Salary Fund", ''Minden Herald,'' June 14, 1962, p. 1.</ref>
Batton's salary as sheriff in 1961 was $10,715, or $88,500 in 2019 dollars. Some $104,000 was disbursed for salaries of all the deputies.<ref>"1961 Audit Report Released for Sheriff's Salary Fund", ''Minden Herald,'' June 14, 1962, p. 1.</ref>
====Defeat in 1964====
====Defeat in 1964====
In a field of eight candidates, the junior Haynes emerged as Batton's principal rival in the 1963-1964 primaries. Haynes had once been a deputy under his father's tutelage and thereafter for eight years supervised the state driver's license office with jurisdiction over all of North Louisiana.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5eVZvsyb00C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=J.+D.+Batton+of+Minden,+LA&source=bl&ots=G_xmoAl3pF&sig=gy2tY1NMiqDXK94gKqkvh0XP0hU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e-YEVPmJG8f28QG5sIDICA&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=J.%20D.%20Batton%20of%20Minden%2C%20LA&f=false|title=Minden|series=Images of America|author=John A. Agan|date=2000|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Company|location=[[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]|pages=94|isbn=0-7385-0580-3|accessdate=September 1, 2014}}</ref> He was also the [[Exxon]] distributor in Webster Parish for some four decades. Freddie Lynn "Fred" Haynes (1946-2006), the second of four sons of the junior Haynes, was a [[Louisiana State University]] Tigers football star. Fred Haynes was the winning [[quarterback]] for his Minden High School Crimson Tide team which won the 1963 state championship.<ref name=mindenandperseverance/>
In a field of eight candidates, the junior Haynes emerged as Batton's principal rival in the 1963-1964 primaries. Haynes had once been a deputy under his father's tutelage and thereafter for eight years supervised the state driver's license office with jurisdiction over all of North Louisiana.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5eVZvsyb00C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=J.+D.+Batton+of+Minden,+LA&source=bl&ots=G_xmoAl3pF&sig=gy2tY1NMiqDXK94gKqkvh0XP0hU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e-YEVPmJG8f28QG5sIDICA&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=J.%20D.%20Batton%20of%20Minden%2C%20LA&f=false|title=Minden|series=Images of America|author=John A. Agan|date=2000|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Company|location=[[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]|pages=94|isbn=0-7385-0580-3|accessdate=September 1, 2014}}</ref> He was also the [[Exxon]] distributor in Webster Parish for some four decades. Freddie Lynn "Fred" Haynes (1946-2006), the second of four sons of the junior Haynes, was a [[Louisiana State University]] Tigers football star. Fred Haynes was the winning [[quarterback]] for his Minden High School Crimson Tide team which won the 1963 state championship.<ref name=mindenandperseverance/>