Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1905 — JUDGES CHOSEN [ARTICLE]

JUDGES CHOSEN

Who Will Count the Votes And Award Piano. TWO WEEKS MORE OF CONTEST. • Three Prominent Citizens of Rens* selaer Have Consented (to Act In This Capacity, and Their Standing Assures a “Fair Deal.” The Democrat has secured the services of Mr. B. Forsythe, proprietor of the Chicago Department Store, Mr. E. L. Hollingsworth, cashier of the First National Bank of Rensselaer, and Mr. U. M. Baughman, of the law firm of Baughman & Williams, to conduct the count and award the piano in The Democrat’s Popularity Contest, which closes at 6 o’clock p. m., Thursday, Dec. 21, 1905, The standing of these gentlemen is a sufficient guarantee that all votes will be honestly counted and the instrument awarded to the organization that has in the greatest number of votes at that time. We publish below the vote as it stood at the hour of goina to press, but shall not publish the standing of the contestants after this publication until after the contest is closed. Remington K. of P. Lodge 935 Mt. Hope Church, Jordan tp............... 935 Parr Baptist Church 340 Rensselaer Christian Church 340 Rensselaer Court, C. O. F 280 Wheatfield K. of P. Lodge 220 Gillam M. E. Church 190 Barkley M. E. Church 180 St. John's Court, C.0.F., Remington.... 160 Milroy Baptist Church ;. 125 Gifford United Brethren Church .... 110 Gillam Christian 5.5..... 70 Rose Bud Church 50 McCoysburg Sundav School 65 Barkley Christian Church 40 Remington Christian Church 40 West Barkley Sunday School 30 Virgie Sunday School 30 Kniman M. E. Church 20 Shoshone Tribe, 1.0. R. M. (Gifford) 20 The result of the contest, together with the vote of each contestant, will be published in The Democrat issued Dec. 24, 1905. While the time is short, a “whirlwind finish” may land this elegant instrument to some contestant now well down in the list, and it behooves the friends of any of the organizations to get in their work at once. Procrastination is the thief of time, and if your organization should be but a few votes short of securing this expensive and most desirable prize, you would then wish you had put forth a little more effort and secured the few votes that may mean so much. Remember, every person voting gets full value in a year's subscription to the foremost paper in Northwestern, Indiana, and that the votes are free and merely to assist their favorite organization to secure this fine S3OO Chase piano without the expenditure of a dollar. Remember, that each dollar paid by old subscribers, either arrearages or renewals, entitles them to 10 votes, and each new subscriber, paid in advance for one year, gets 20 votes; each new subscriber paying two years in advance, 50 votes. In case of a tie vote, the value of the instrument will be divided between the tying contestants. Get busy now, and show what you can do toward rolling up votes for your favorite organization. In order to announce the name of the fortunate winner of this elegant instrument in its issue of Dec. 24,1905, The Democrat has decided to close the contest promptly at six o’clock on the evening of Dec. 21, and after that no votes will be received. Contestants will therefore govern themselves accordingly, and see that every vote ia in before that hour. Remember this and do not delay the matter of getting in every vote for your organization that you possibly can, and before 6 o'clock, p. m., Dec. 21, 1905. 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. Only two more weeks, remember.