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VOLUME   XI '"•"^ JOURNAL. Vol. 58.     No. I
FLORA. ILUNOIS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 4. 1923
NUMBER t6
m. CREEK, NRS. HORD I  WON THEFREEFORDS
^ After An Exciting Finish Count Last Satarday Night, With Nore Than Ten Million Ballots in the Grand Final
OF THE .FOUR LAST DAYS OF THE BIG BATTLE
Mrs. Oertie Creek won the Free Ford In District No. 2—outside Flora and Mrs. Hazel D. Hord won In Dis¬ trict No. 1—In the city. Mrs. Greek had about one million and half ma¬ jority over Mr. Benskln, while Mrs. Hord outrun Miss McQueen ahout a million, with Mrs. Mahe] Conover being In third place.
Following is the DLSTRKT   No.    1
Mrs. Hazel D. Hord  6,458,345
Mlss   Lynne  McQueen    4,420,115
Mrs.  Mabel Conover  2,035,870
Mrs.   Nelson   Murray    1,587,720
Thomaa   Winn    1,430,035
Mrs. May A. Gibson  1,387,440
Ernest   Sloan      765,030
Lowell   Wells    366,530
Qlen  Hogan   246,,150
Ruby  Stewart 207,720
Norton   Bowman    198,780
N.  E.   Hoyd    165,570
Miss Sylvia Hanna  154,185
Irma Etchason    78,350
Ethel   Barnett   67,380
Opal   Renfro       65,815
Viola   Tilton       46,920
Clifford    Potter       44,390
Bessie  Ward       29,410
Lela   Mann       25,540
Agnea   K.   Bochner            16,695
Thelma  Perry      15,670
Lawrence  Barnes        12,075
Youthel   Combs          9,105
The count of the votes for the four last days showed the enormous total of ten railllon. There was the best of feeling among the contestants throughout, which ts commendable.
President Bowman and Secretary Maas of the Flora Advertising Club, on Monday turned over to the win¬ ners the two Fords.
final vote:
niSTRKT   .\o,   2
Mrs.   Gertie Creek   5.264,135
Bert   Benskln    3,748,446
W.   H.   Ruger    401,300
James   A.   Davis    378,485
Webster   Chambers      374,136
Mrs.   G.   A.   Leonard    146,486
Evelyn   Kirby    121,696
Maxine   Bissey    22,040
I.eone  Lucas         2,026
John   Croughan         2,000
Mildred   Reitz         1,125
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