The Marlin Democrat & The Daily Democrat1907 Newspaper ClippingsContributed by Theresa Carhart
The Daily Democrat [Marlin,
Tex. - with permission] The voters in Ellis County are getting busy and buying poll tax receipts right along. County Collector Spencer is hopeful of breaking all previous records this year and feels quite confident that the total number will exceed 9000. Up to the close of business Nov. 30 he had issued 1473 receipts. One day recently 119 citizens of the county secured the necessary credentials permitting them to vote in next year's election. The Daily Democrat, Marlin, Texas Ennis, Tex. Oct. 18. G. C. McClain, a farmer of this vicinity, was in town purchasing supplies, and in conversation with a friend stated that he and his wife were married twenty-five twenty-five [sic] years and have had seventeen children, eleven boys and six girls. Fifteen are living, and of that number three are married. Mr. McClain is forty-seven years of age and his wife is forty [19 June 1999] The Marlin Democrat
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