Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1918 — COUNTY DIVIDED INTO 10 DISTRICTS [ARTICLE]

COUNTY DIVIDED INTO 10 DISTRICTS

Election Commissioners Apportion County Into Districts for Delegates For State Convention. Democrats Have Seven Districts.

Election Commissioners, Ray Wood, Republican; George Collins, Democrat and Jesstv Nichols, clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court, met Wed- • nesday, March 6, and redistricted the county for delegates to the state conventions. The Republican state convention will be held in June. One delegate will be allotted to each district as shown below. The groups were made as nearly equal as possible. District No. 1. Wheatfield and Kankakee townships. 2. Keener and North Union. 3. Gillam and Walker. 4. Barkley. 5. South Union, Newton and Jordan. 6. East Carpenter, Milroy and Hanging Grove. 7. South and West Carpenter. 8. 'Marion, precinct one. 9. Marion, precinct two. 10. Marion, precincts three and four. It will be necessary for anyone wishing to be a delegate to the state convention to learn in which group or districts he resides, then file his petition with the clerk of the Jasper circuit court. The petition must be signed by TEN REPUBLICANs> voters, who will make affidavit that they supported a majority of the Republicans on ticket at the last election, and agree to support the ticket at the coming election. This petition must be filed not later than twenty dayss before the primary election, which is to be held on the SEVENTH day of May. GEORGE H. MCLAIN, Chairman Jasper County Republican Central Committee.