Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1914 — A TOTAL GAIN OF 195 [ARTICLE]

A TOTAL GAIN OF 195

In the Registration in Jasper County Over That of Two Years Ago. The complete registration figures from all the precincts of the county shows a net gain of 195 over that of the registration of two years ago. The greatest gain was in east Barkley, where 78 more voters were registered than in 1912, This was occasioned by the settling up of the Gilford district and the gain in population of both Newland and Gifford. Carpenter tp., showed a slight gain in every precinct, while Marion showed a loss in each of its four precincts except in No. 2, where there was a gain of 3. The ’net loss in Marion tp., is 43. The gains by townships are as follows: Barkley, 73; Carpenter, 26; Gillam, 12; Hanging Grove, 8; Kankakee, 12; Newton, 4; Keener, 28; Wheatfield, 18; Union, north, 29; I nion, south, •>. The townships showing a loss are: Jordan, 7; Marion. 43. Milroy is precisely the same as two years ago, 78. The registration by precincts both for 1914 and 1912 follow: 1914 1912 < arpenter. East 196 187 Carpenter, West ... .. . 186 169 Carpenter, South 179 169 Marion, No. 1 266 286 Marion, No. 2 ........322 319 Marion, No. 3 213 216 Marion. No. 4 ...... ..223 246 Milroy 78 7s Wheatfield ...... ... . . 275 257 Walker ... .....196 176 Kankakee .131 119 Barkley, East 255 187 Barkley, West 138 133 Union, North ....... ..184 155 Hanging Grove hg j p 8 Newton 142 KePne r ...213 185 Inion, South 17g j 7 i Totals . .3,822 3,627