Incorporating Lawyer

Incorporating Lawyer

Incorporating Lawyer

Whether the 1,300 residents of Ridgeley should incorporate in order to get lighting and police protection for the town was on the 1914 ballot. Voter turnout was expected to be large among the town’s 237 registered male voters.

Yet, there was one man in Ridgeley who wanted to vote but wasn’t allowed although he was registered.

Denied the Right to Vote

When J.T. Bowers walked into Baker’s Barber Shop in Ridgeley, it wasn’t for a shave and a haircut. He wanted to vote in the election, just like he expected most everyone on Ridgeley was doing that Thursday.


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