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THAT LEPROSY CASE THE PEOPLE OP AUGUSTA AW FULLY SCARED. The Lady Who Has It Will lie Se questered in a Specially Built House Three Miles From Town. B&Discovered to be afflicted with leprosy, Mrs. Mary V. Kirke, an aged lady of Aiken, is to be removed from her home in the center of the town to a small house built three miles from Aiken by the town authorities. As we,stated in Saturday's papsr, the case has wrought up the citizens of Aiken to a high degree and for sev eral days armed guards have been on duty around the house' to pre vent the possibility of contagion. BB|On this point the people of Aikeu arc at variance with the physicians attending the ease, who contend that the malady is Anaestletic Leprosy and is not contagious. The doctors have brought to strengthen [their case a letter from the chairman of the, board of health of South Caroli na, saying that Anesthetic Leprosy is not contagious. Notwithstanding this the people of Aiken are deter mined to take no chances and are guarding the Kirke residence, and have already begun building the house of detention in an isolated spot away from the town to which Mrs. Kirke will be carried. The following letter is submitted by the Aiken Physicians, who have had the case in charge, to sustain . their position. The letter is directed to Dr. Kirke, a nephew of the strick en lady and is signed by Robert Wil kins, Jr., Chairman of the State Board of Health of South Carolina. "In reply to your inquiry in regard to the contagiousness of Anesthetic Leprosy, I have no hesitancy in say ; ing that a patient with this disease is in no ways dangerous to the com munity in which he or she may re side." Mrs. Kirk was at one time an Episcopal Missionary to South Amer ica. She came to Aiken a number of years ago and buying a residence -there took up her abode and has not moved since. For three years Mrs. Kirk has been blind. Common report has it that at the time she became so af flicted she gave up hope that her malady was other than leprosy, and "-openly announced that she had that disease. Since then she lived alone with 'a Mrs. Edmonson, who became attached to her and who remains in the guarded house with the stricken lady in the capacity of nurse. For the last sev eral years Mrs. Kirk has been at tended by Dr. Croft, a local physi can who says the lady has leprosy. The evidence of some disease have I (become more manifest during the last several years. Since her blind ness, Mrs. Kirk has lost the fin gers on one hand and one on the other. Her limbs below the kuees are without feeling, even boiliug wa ter making no sensation which is perceptible to her. It is said to be Mrs. Kirk's belief that her limbs will drop off below the knees as her fingers have done. For several years ,she has made her appearance on the streets being led by Mrs. Edmondsou with her nands encased in b?indage3 or gloves. Neighbors who had for a long time ? been curious about the lady's condi tion have recently begun to make more searching inquiries which cul minated a few days ago in a repoi t of the matter to the State board of health. The Aiken authorities decid ed to place the guards around the house simultaneously with the report and the guards have remained there since. Mrs. Kirk's residence is on the main street and within two blocks of the business portion of the city The house is a large two story build ing situated on the main street. It is painted white with gr?en trim mings and it is surrounded by an evergreen hedge. The house is about fifteen feet from the street and has smail porches on each side of the house. The house is in the middle of the lot, which is welt shaded and neatly kept. Mrs. Kirk is known as a most es timable lady, and the fears of thi people of Aiken are mixed with deep feeling of regret that she is so af flicted. Mrs. Kirke is 60 years old. * Death of Mrs. Ida Garriek. Mrs. Ida Garriek, wife of Mi\ Isam Garriek, of the Norway section, died on last Thursday afternoon after a few days illness with pneumonia. She was a member of the Baptist church and was highly esteemed by a large circle of relat'ves. She will be sadly missed at her home, where she leaves a husband and six chil dren, the youngest of which is an infant only one week old. Mrs. Garriek was only about thirty years old when the dreadful summons came. The entire community in which she lived extend their sympa thy to the greatlv bereaved family. A FRIEND. ' Wilt Resistant Cotton Seed. Congressman Lever requests us to state for him that the Department of Agriculture has r-.Ilowed for this district eighty peck packages of wilt-resistant cotton seed. This va riety is especially adapted for the sandy, wilt infected soils, especially |n Sumter, Calhoun and Orangeburg counties. As long as supply lasts, we will be g!ad to send to all of those who have wilt infected lands and will be glad to bear from such persons. Address Hon. A. F. Lever, Washington, D. C. RURAL CARRIERS. Several Candidates Were Examined Here Saturday Morning. Mr. Josie Smoak, Examiner of the Civil Service Commission for Orange burg, held a competitive examina tion Saturday morning for rural mail carriers for Woodford, Norway and Springfield. One carrier wilt be appointed for each qf these of fices. Mr. Smoak held the examina tion on the third floor of the Lewis Building and completed before noon. Those who stood for the Norway appointment were Messrs. A. H Bates, E. C. Goza, J. H. Baker, Holly Young, Robt. E. Axson, J. H. Bon nett, G. B. Boitin, J. O. Rutland, E. Gue, A. C. Phin, Sr., A. P. Gue, L. E. Garrett Those who stood for the Wood ford appointment were J. W. Yon, P. D. Redmond, Wilfie Senn, E. H. Livingston, J. T. Livingston, G. E. Splries, C. M. Staley, Hoffe Boles and F. E. Robinson. Those who stood for the Spring field route were Messrs. C. B. Stro man, S. B. Williams, T. J. Fanning, H. H. Fanning, H. A. Gleaton, G. B. Harley, T. B. Bryant, T. A. Counts and Mrs. Lula Gleaton. The examiner will have to go over the papers and as soon as he ascertains who made the best marks the appointments will be made. It Jars Us. In order to build up Orangeburg we are ready to pull off our coats and work for Tailroads. manufac tories, better roads, churches, good streets, and a hundred and one oth er things for the general good. ' We are ready to urge, plead, scold and cavort around generally until we get what is best for the advancement of the city. After all this imagine our feelings when some string haired kind of fellow comes along and cuss out country papers for being no good and nine times out of ten that fellow has never paid one cent toward sup porting the paper, and the paper he reads with marked regularity is either borrowed from his neighbor or picked up from the counter in the store at which he trades. Will Be Greatly Improved. The Commissioners of Public Works intend to greatly improve the city power station, which will give the city better service as to water and lights. The Commissioners have been somewhat cramped, as the ma chinery they have now in use has been forced to carry too much of a load in the way of lights alone, to say nothing of the water supply. The city has outgrown the present plant, and we are g'.ad that it is co be improved and enlarged, under the circumstances the Commissioners have done well, and in the name of the citizens we thank them for their successful efforts to give the city a service second to none in the State. Has a Hard Job. There are events occurring from time to time in every community which, if reported in a iocal paper, would create a oommotion little dreamed of. What to report and what not to report often perplexes the editor. He is often justly ac cused of cowardice and favoritism, when all the time he is looking to ward the good reputation of the town where his lot is cast. The editor from necessity almost con stantly finds himself between two fires, and whichever way he turns he -is sure to be unjustly treated. This is one of the pleasures of the news paper business. The Elliott's New Truck. The new truck of the Elliott Hook and Ladder Companv, which is one of the best in the State, was christ ened by His Honor, Mayor Dukes, on Friday afternoon and was put in commission on Monday. The truck is fitted up with a tiu roof cutter, electric wire cutter, collapsible buck ets, lanterns, axes and picks, hooks door openers and lanterns, beside? the ladders, some of which are of, the extension type. The truck is handsomely decorati-d in the colors of the company, white and red, with gold and silver. Made Special Agent. Mr. Henry Kohn has accepted the position of special agent with the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, Mass. Mr. H C. Wannamaker, cashier of the Peoples Bank of this city, is Gen eral Agent of the Mutual for South Carolina. It is one of the best Life Insurance Companies in the United States, and we feel sure that Mr. Kohn will be very successful in writing policies for it. Go and Hear It. A lecture will be given by Mrs Reeves, of Charleston, in the Sunday school room of St. Paul's Methodist church on Thursday afternoon at four o'clock, on the higher physical development of women. Mrs. Reeves is an interesting talker, and we are satisfied an hour spent there will be profitable and enjovable. Ali the ladies in the city are cordially in vited to attend. The lecture will be free. Flagman Badly Hurt. A colored flagman on the Sea board Air Line Railway was hit by a train and badly hurt on last Thurs day night at Swansea. It seems that while the train was shifting cars he sat down ou the track and fell asleep. Wheu the train pulled out it knocked him off the track, cut ting him in the head. After receiv ing medical attention he was taken on to Columbia. WATfcR THE BODY CRIES FOR PLENTY OF IT. Some Hints on the . Subjects Thai All Would Do Well to Read and Act Ou. Few of us .drink an adequate quan tity of water. How many drink a quart a day? How many say, "Oh. I never touch it!" Look about you in the street car, if you will, and note the ruddy complexion, fair skin, vigor of body and mental force of some individuals, and the mottled skin, sallow complexion and listless ess of others. Such difference are no:, always temperamental, nor are they entirely due to mental and physical endowments. One man observes the obligations of health as to diet, ex ercise and fresh air; another can neglects them. All life demands water. Sixty per cent of all the tissues of the human body is water. Hence it fol lows that, without a free use of goo<i water, health is impossible. Blood, bone and muscle demand it. The blood is the vehicle by which nour ishment is carried to all the tissue of the body, but it does this only by reason of the water it contains, which is the solvent of such nour ishment. The muscles are rendered soft, pliable and elastic by reason of the water entering into their structure. In the processess of digestion and absorption many of the food ele ments are dissolved by water. Thus it follows that a constant supply of water is our daily need. The skin is one cf the most im portant organs of the human body. By the perfect function of its two millions and more of sweat-glands a man loses each twenty-four hours one sixty-fourth of his body weight. This loss, which is greater than that sustained through the action of the lungs, is the evaporation of water surcharged with poison from body waste. And what is true of the skin is equally true of the lungs and kid neys. Each is an organ of elimina tion. Without water there can be no life. We know that it enters into every structure of the human body. As to its source?to .be sure, we con sume large quantities of water with the intake of fruits, vegetables, meat, tea and coffee. But these should not be the sole source of supply. "How much water shall I drink in a day?" To such inquiry no fixed allowance can be stated, since our needs vary as our age, habits, and occupations vary; and the quantity may reason ably vary between one pint and three or four pints per individual. While water may be drunk with food as an aid to digestin and oo sorption?and it were better taken at the close of a meal?care should be observed not to defeat the pur pose of thorough mastication by washing into the stomach solid foods ill prepared for digestion by that organ. A glass of cold water on going to bed and one taken on rising in the morning is a good habit. ? Stop Yer Kickin'. Stop yer kickin' 'bout the times? Git a hustle on you; Skirmish 'round and grab the dime?. Ef the dollars shun you. Croakin'- never bought a dress, Growlin' isn't in :t. Fix your peepers on success,, Then go in to win it. Times is gettin' good agin? Try to help them if you kin. Don't sit 'round with hangin' lip, That is sure to floor you; Try to get. a better grip On the work before you. Put some ginger in your words When you greet a neighbor: Throw your troubles to the birds, Git right down to labor. An* you'll notice ev'ry clay Things is comin' right your way. Stop yer kickin', get a-hold Of the wheel and turn it; You kin never handle gold 'Less you try. to earn it. Brush the cobwebs from your eyes. Stop your blamed repinin' An' you'll notice that yer skies Allus'll be shinin'. If you hain't the nerve to try Sueek away somewhere and die. Mason and Dixon's Line. The ".Mason and Dixon's Line," name given to the boundary Hue between Pennsylvania and Maryland, was run, with the exception of sonic twenty-two miles, by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixou, two English mathematicians and surveyors, be tween November. 17C3, and Decem ber, 17G7. During the excited de bate in Congress, in 1820, on the exclusion of slavery from Missouri, John Randolph made great use of the phrase, which was caught up by all the newspapers of the country, and thus gained the celebrity it stlil holds. For Romo\ ing Dandruff Every night anoint the scalp with sweet almond oil. Rub it in and bind the head with a silk handker chief or an oilskin cap. This will prevent its staining the pillow. Iu the morning wash it out with soap, warm water and a little borax. Do this until the scalp has disappeared. Then at night apply the following tonic with a vigorous scalp mas sage: Castor oil. one-half pint, pure alcohol, one-half pint; tinc ture of canthardies, one-half ounce: oil of bcrgamot, two drams. Color a pale pink with aikanet roots. Ap ply to the roots. MAY CAUSE A SMILE. A Colmn of Wit ami Humor For All Ages. No Advantage to Him. A man who was always more or less hard up boasted one day, with a smile, that he was to have a.big raise in sal ary the following week. One of his friends approached him nest day and asked if it was so. "Yes, it's so, but it don't do me any good." "How's that?" inquired his; friend. "Well, you see, 1 talk in my sleep, and my wife has found out about it" The Mountain. Each builds his world forever, dark or bright. And sits within bis separate universe. The shepherd sees In this green mountain top Place whore bis sheep may wander and grow fat. What to the drover Is this Ulled pool7 A hollow for his swine to wallow in. Gold hunters find upon this rocky peak Nothing but ledges for their ringing picks. But to the poet all this soaring height Smokes with the footsteps of the passing God! ?Edwin Markham In Nautilus. An Impromptu Pun. An impromptu pun?afterward to become permnnent in the play?is at tributed to Charles Mathews. In the way of foreword It must be said that It is closely connected with Mr. Howe, a much valued comedian of the old Haymarket days. Matbews -was alone on the stage puzzling over the best way of dealing with a difficulty. He decides that he oupht to take an Important step im mediately. His soliloquy finishes by saying to himself and the audience; with a puzzled expression of counte nance: "Yes, that's what I ought to do. and it is whot I will do. But how?" At that very moment Howe appeared at the back. In a second Mathews. pointing with his thumb to the character who had just entered, said to the audience in a tremendous ly confidential whisper audible all over the house, "That's Howe!" Dry Eating. Moses Ezekiel, the Roman sculptor, says: "Whenever I see a toothpick 1 think of a dinner that was given in Rome in honor of two Turkish noble men. I sat beside the younger of them. He glittered with gold era broidery and great diamonds. But I pitied him sincerely, for he was strange to our table manners, and some of his errors were both ludicrous and painful. Toward the dinner's end a servant extended to the young man a plate of toothpicks. He waved the plate away, saying in a low and bitter voice, 'No, thank you, I have already eaten two of the accursed things and I want no more.' " Artemus Ward's Roach. Artemus Ward called on a friend the night before one of bis panorama lec tures. There were some three or four large roaches scurrying about the room, and they attracted his attention. "I am very fond of roaches." he said. "Once in my own home 1 found a roach struggling In a bowi of water. I took a half walnut shell and put him in It. It made a good boat. I gave him a couple of toothpicks for onrs. Next morning I saw that he had fas tened a hair to one of the toothpicks and had evidently been fishing. Then, overcome with exhaustion, he had fall en asleep. ?The sight moved me. I took him out. washed him, gave him a spoonful of boiled esg and let him go. That roach never forgot my kind ness, and now my home is full of roaches." Their Hard Luck. One of Phil May's sketches portrays j a thin, hangdog man in the prisoners' dock talking to a very mild and sym pathetic looking judge. Mr. May's story of the sketch Is that the prison er had been dragsed before the judge every few months for a number of years. "Your face is familiar here," the lat ter now said. "It is, your honor, worse luck," re turned the prisoner. "Are you married yet?" "Not yet, sir." "Not yet, eh? How Ion? Is it now that you have been engaged?" "Seven years, your honor." "So long as that? Why in the world haven't you got married in all that time?" "Because, your honor," the prisoner explained, "Ann and I haven't man aged to be both out of jail at the same time." ScIF Deception. We are like shop windows, wherein we are constantly arranging, biding or exhibiting those supposed qualities which others attribute to us, and all In order to deceive ourselves.?Fried rich Nietzsche. Workers and Thinkers. We are always in these days endenv orinc: to separate intellect and manual labor. We want one man to be always thinking and another to bo always working, and we call one a gentleman and the other an operative, whereas the workman ought often to be think ing and the thinker often lo be work ing, and both should be gentlemen in the best seuse. As it Is, we make both ungentle, the one envying, the other despising his brother, and the mass of sftciety Is made up of morbid think ers and miserable workers.?Jahn Rus kin. Not a Fragrant Flower. "A Devon woman," said a man who bad traveled through the place and had noted the careless habits of some of the poorer people, "bad a little boy of seven or eight, whom she sent to school day after day in a very un kempt stale. "The teacher, findin?; that to scold the lad for his untidiness had no ef fect, wrote to tbe mother. Her son was not clean, she wrote. His neg lected condition was really disgraceful. He bad, In fact, a quite unpleasant odor, and so on. "The next morning tho boy, as dirty as ever, handed tbe teacher this note: " 'My son ain't no rose. I send him to school to be learnt, not smelt.'" ? NEWS ITEMS. PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUB REPORTERS. What Is Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities and Towns. joy it, too. Mr. John A. Zlegie-r, of Summer ville, S. C, was in the city Sun day. The sidewalks on Russell street fram Broughton street will be made about two feet wider on each side. The work is being done now. The voting contest; Is getting lively, and you had better get in at once if you want to work for some of the handsome prizes we will give away. Don't fail to read our offer on this page to those who will get u>3 a few new subscribers. Any one who w:ill do a little work can earn sev eral of the prizes we offer. An agent of the Chester Dispen sary was here Friday trying to sell the stock of goods Chester has on hand to Orangeburg Dispensary, but our hoard did not buy it. Mrs. Levlnia Smnak and Mrs. Aagie Wilson have gone on a pleas ure trip to Cuba and other points of Interest in that section of the world. They will be gone several weeks. Chairman Smith of, the Dispen sary Board, says the showing made by the dispensary f?r the month of December was the best it has ever made. Orangeburs county dispen sary affairs are adn.lrably managed. Postoffice Inspector Kingmore was ir. the city Saturday to check up Postmaster Webster. It is needless to say that he found everything all right, as Postmaster Webster is a model official and runs a model of fice. Mr. M. H. Shulcr and Miss Car rye Karley, dauglver of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur riarley were married at the residence of the bride on Sunday, December 29. All the par ties are from the Providence sec tion. The grand jury of Calhoun coun ty recommends that com missioners proceed to take what steps are necessary lor the erection o:; a court house and jail. We thought that was arranged for before the new county was voted on. During the month of December there were eighty-two arrests for one cause and another made by ths police of this city. Those arrested contributed $273.15 in cash and sixty-eight days of their time on the public works of the city by way o:: punishment. We present in this issue Senator Tillman's speech in reply to Presi dent Roosevelt's slanderous charge against him in full. It was deliver ed Monday afternoon in the Senate and we publish it this morning sim ultaneously with the daily paper* all over the country. RAXSDALE'S MAXIMS. The season is on for special sales, but remember I am still selling at a profit, so come to me and get sat isfaction. It is impossible for merchants to sell without profits. They cannot pay expenses and seil at cost. I am still selling goods at and be low profits, no successful merchant can sell otherwise. Be sure and attend the many spec ial and clearance sales, but when you want values see me before yoi: buy, as I can meet competition. All merchants want trade; ill nerchants want money; all mer chants want profit. I never tell customers they a'1-" buying at cost, for they can't be hove it. I am selling goods every day with a profit and my customers are sat isfied and willing to give it. You can't get something for noth ing; you often pay when you don't know It. My oid customers are still dealing with me, and new ones coming in, which proves I am telling facts. Now, when you get ready for the best goods for the least money re member it is a pleasure to serve you. J. C. RAXSRALE. There is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all othei diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to bo incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local dis ease and prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven ca tarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, ir, the only consti tutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 1 J drops to a teaspoonful. It acts di rectly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circular and tes timonials. Address: P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio. Sold by Drug gists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A Requisite for Egg Shells. As hens require carbonate apid phosphate of lime for their shells, it must be supplied In unstinted quantities and in the most conve nient manner for them to pick up r.nd swallow. One of >he best ways of supplying is to keep old plaster ing, broken oyster shells or fresh bones pounded fine where they can help themselves. prizes mm mm To Those Who Get Cash Subscribers to The Times and Democrat. BIG PRIZES GIVEN A WAV FREE! IX ORDER TO STIMULATE MORE ACTIVITY IN OUR SUBSCRIP TION DEPARTMENT WE HAVE DECIDED TO INAUGURATE A GREAT CLUB MAKERS CONTEST, WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL WHO WISH TO ENTER THE SAME? GO TO WORK AND WLV ONE OR MORE OP THE DIFFERENT PRIZES OFFERED. Tbe Times and Democrat, desiring to add many names to its sub scription list, will give away absolutely free tbe following vpluab'o Prizes under the conditions named below: PRIZES TO BE GIVEN AWAY. FIRST PRIZE?One Handsome Oak Sideboard. SECOND PRIZE?One Handsome Oak Ladies' Dresser. THIRD PRIZE?One Disc Graphophone and Four Columbia Records. FOURTH PRIZE?One Handsome Ladies' Rocker. FIFTH PRIZE?One Handsome Small Hall Table. SIXTH PRIZE?One Set of 6 Heavy Silver-Plated Knives and Forks. SEVENTH PRIZE?One Teachers' Leather Bound Bible. EIGHTH PRIZE?One Handsome Photograph Albpm with Music Box. HOW TO GET THESE PRIZE.*. . These prizes will be awarded 10 the persons getting the highest number of votes under the following conditions: To any person wuo gets us five cash yearly subscribers we will give One Set of Six Teaspoons as described elsewhere in this paper and 750 votes on the Free Prizes above mentioned. To any person who gets us four cash yearly subscribers we will give the Majestic Silver Sugar Spcon and buter Knife described else where in this paper and 600 votes on the Free Prizes above mentioned. To any persons who gets us three yearly cash subscribers we will give a pair of Patent Tension Steel Shears as described elsewhere in this paper and 450 votes on the Free Prizes above mentioned. THERE ARE XO BLANKS. It will be noticed that all who engage in this contest win get a prize anyhow. If one fails to got votes enough to get one of the big Free Prizes, they are sure to get a good prize if tuey get only three subscribers, which almost any one can do. Remember this: ' That no matter how little you do you will be rewarded for your work. It will thus be seen that there are no blanns, as is the case in many contests. So no one need fear to enter the contest for fear of not be ing able to win one of the big r'ree Prizes. If you miss all of them you are sure to get one or more of the smaller pnzes, which are given to all who se"crue three or more subscribers. ATTENTION, OLD SUBSCRIBERS. Any old subscriber who pays his subscription directly to the office can get these prizes by paying in addition to the $1.50, which he pays for one year's subscription to Tbe Times and Democrat, 50c for the Teaspoons, 40c for the Sugar Spoon and Butter knife, and 3Uc for tue Shears, tie will also receive one hundred votes in the free prize co t test for every dollar paid in on subscription. Remember that we can only do this for those subscribers who pay their suoscriptions at The 'rimes and Democrat office and not to agents, who are working for the big prizes. Any subscriber, old or new, who has already paid his subscription to January 1, 19ut), or beyond, can get the prizes on tne terms men tioned in the paragraph above. This puts all subscribers on the same footing, as it is our purpose to treat all alike. The premiums cost us too much to be absolutely given away at the price we get for lue Times and Democrat and that is ,vhy we have to charge all subscribers for them, but the amount we charge is not more than half what these articles would sell for at retail. RULES OF THE CONTEST. The following table shows the number of votes that will be given on old and new for cash payment subscriptions: 2 years ,.$3.00.300 votes 1 year . 1.50.150 votes 0 months.75. 75 votes 3 months.40 . 40 votes The same number of votes will be' given old and new subscribers who pay at the office and not to any club maker. i This contest begins Jan. 5 and will end on April 15, 1909. Any question that may arise in regard to the conduct of the con test will be determined by the management of The Times and Demo crat and its decision will be absolute and final. Candidates by filing votes agree to this and all other published conditions. A committee of disinterested public men will be ehosen to judge tne finish of the contest apd will asemhle in The Times and Democrat office for the purpose immediately at the close of the contest. Votes which have once been issued to a candidate may not be trans ferred to any other. The right is reserved to alter these rules should necessity demand. No one connected with The Times and Democrat will be allowed to enter the contest for the free prizes. HOW TO ENTER CONTEST. Those who wish to enter this erntest should begin at once so as all can have an even start. A nominating ballot will be published in each issue which, when properly filled out and returned to this office will entitle the person named thereon to enter the contest. Entries may be made at any time. This contest is open to all persons who choose to enter the contest for tbe prizes. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. Tbe first prize will be given to the person receiving the highest number of votes. Tue second to enc person receiving the next highest, and so on as to the other prizes. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 00 * # ?* * * * * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * NOMINATION BALLOT. ? * * * 100 votes for * * * ? M. ? * P. 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