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that their votes will not he counted, forthey have tried to vote, ho they stayaway from the polls, and the electionsare peaceable. The common pleas courtappoints all the election judges, and they tix things.Porter's own brother-in-law, who was one of the better sort of negroes, had succeeded in gathering together a supply of this world's goods, and was reckoned well to do. Hut he owed a little something, and one day, not very long ago, tie mysteriously disappeared, and has never been heard of since. The property was seized, and the widow, if widow she is, had almost nothing left. Her Northern brother, Gilbert Porter, decided that after all, the best thing to be done was to gather up his relations and bring them to Ohio. So, down he went to Arkansas, settled all business matters, and with seven colored people made his way back to the good old Huckeye State.
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Massillon Daily Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Sat, Jan 28, 1888
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