Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — BRUSH UP A LITTLE, BROTHER [ARTICLE]

BRUSH UP A LITTLE, BROTHER

Jasper County Has But 20 Election Precincts, Instead of 21. Bro. 'Hamilton should get posted up a little on Jasper county. Not? withstanding the fact that he has lived here all his life and served for twelve years as county superintendent, he Is densely Ignorant of things pertaining to county matters with which any 10-year-old school boy is familiar. As evidence, he says, in commenting on the census enumeration: There are twenty-one precincts in the county and there must be one enumerator to each precinct. As a matter of fact there are but 20 election precincts in Jasper county—4 in Marlon; 3 in Carpenter; 2 each in Barkley and Union, and 1 each in the other 9 townships. And this has been the precise number for the past 20 years or more. There will probablf have to be a rearrangement of the precincts and many more added before another election. If the women are to vote, and the county commissioners must not let the time slip by for making this change, as it must be made several months (previous to the electionHowever, there are but 20 voting precincts in the county now aind never have been more in the writer's recollection, and we have not lived here snore than half as long as the Republican editor.