Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1905 — REMINGTON AGAIN [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON AGAIN

Its K. of P. Lodge In the Lead Once More, IN THE DEMOCRATS PIANO CONTEST Many Vote* Cast This Week and One New Name Is Added to th List of Contestants. The Remington K. of P’s. did not occupy second place long in The Democrat’s Popularity Contest —in fact the friends of the order corrected the matter as soon as they learned “where they were at” by sending in enough votes to again place it at the head. Mt. Hope has also gained many votes during the week, but not enough to hold the lead, and has fallen back to second place again. Several other contestants have also gained considerably and thd Parr Baptist church now third in the list, while a new cfindidate has appeared in the person of the Gifford lodge of Red Men, a healthy young lodge of that prominent order, and, in fact, the only lodge of Red Men in Jasper county. This friendly popularity contest is fast growing in interest all over the county, and in • fact among The Democrat’s readers throughout the country, and its readers in distant states, most of whom were former residents of this county and therefore interested in the success of some one of the contestants, are sending in their renewals and casting their votes for the organization of their choice. The vote at the hour of going to press stood as follows: Remington K. of P. Lodge 315 Mt. Hope Church, jordan tp 300 Parr Baptist Church 180 Rensselaer Christian Church 140 Wheatfield K. of P. Lodge... 100 Rensselaer Court, C. O. F .. 90 St. John's Court, C. O. F., Remington.... 90 Gifford United Brethren Church 90 Milroy Baptist Church 80 Barkley M. E. Church 70 Gillam Christian S. S. 70 McCoy,burg Sundav School 40 Gillam M. B. Church 40 Barkley Christian Church 40 Remington Christian Church..... 30 West Barkley Sunday School 30 Rose Bud Church 30 Virgie Sunday School 20 Kniman M. E. Church.... 20 Shoshone Tribe. 1.0. R. M. (Gifford) 20

It is not too late by any means for new contestants to enter the field, as each new subscriber is entitled to 20 votes and each old subscriber to 10 votes on each dollar paid on old subscription. If the name of your Church, Sunday School or Lodge is not yet entered in the contest, see some of its friends interested and get up a few new subscribers and forge to the front. Remember that twenty new subscribers means 400 votes, which would place it to the front, and as nothing succeeds like success this woul/1 give you a prestige that would bring other votes from subscribers having no particular choice. If you are not already a subscriber to The Democrat it behooves you to get in line and become one, and thus help the organization of your choice to secure this valuable instrument. All votes are being carefully filed away and will be counted at the end of the contest by a disinterested committee of three who will award the piano to the contestant securing the greatest number of votes. In case of a tie vote the piano will go to the two tieing contestants, and they can settle the tie between themselves.