Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1914 — Questionable Methods Alleged to Have Been Used. [ARTICLE]

Questionable Methods Alleged to Have Been Used.

The Republican’s voting contest closed last week and the awards were as follows: Ford auto, Miss Mary Comer, daughter of Shelby Comer of Union tp.; piano, Mrs. Louella Golden of south of Rensselaer; lot at east side of town, in Marion tp., Madeline Abbott, of Rensselaer; sewing machine, Mrs. Blanche McCurtain, Parr; watch, Cecil Ridenour, Seattle, Wash.; $25 cash, Ruth Callahan, Rensselaer; $5 cash, Clifford Wasson, Rensselaer. One of the contestants is reported to have done even better than the published report shows. He is said to have raised a kick over the closing methods alleged to have been used to bring in money and got sll3 baftt, which he refunded to the people he had collected from. For further information, ask some of the people up about Parr, or L. L. McCurtain, also of Parr. There may be some further developments in the matter soon, it is reported.