Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1912 — A Correction. [ARTICLE]

A Correction.

A citizen- of Rensselaer, who was om the election board when the Newton county colored prisoner voted here several years ago, mention otf i-which was made in a communication in Wednesday Democcrat “In Defense of the Registration Law,” tells The Democi'at that one or two errors regarding this matter appeared in said communication. The preacher who assisted in voting said negro was a Baptist preacher, instead of a Methodist, and the negro’s sentence had not expired. He was taken from the jail and voted and then returned to jail to complete the serving of his sentence. The negro was not entitled to a vote anywhere, but had he been it woiild have been in Newton- county, his place of residence, instead of Rensselaer.