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trial justice complained that "weeds and grass were waist-high along the streets, stray dogs were running at large, and burned-out street lights weren’t replaced for weeks."
The judge suggested she interest the women of the town in correcting conditions, and since the ballots would be blank, he would try to find an allwoman slate for a write-in campaign.
On Friday before the election, the group discovered its candidate for mayor had not paid her poll taxes. Mrs. Brown was then recruited.
She said she spent Monday visiting every voter's house in town and on election day stood outside the polls talking to voters.
"Excitement was running high and 99 out of a possible 122 voters turned out," she said. Fifteen of the others were away that day, so only eight voters who could have voted did not„she noted. She won by four votes, and "the low woman beat the top man by one vote.”
92.8%