Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm IT OF ENERGY U v Given Away by PRIZE [Touring Car. K Car is the first grand ? r comes fully eq??i pped k>nict<r, gas and oil in every way. Co., of Sumter, aiul will on (lis|vliiy where ovory I Uol(1 Watches. in the latopt i?. h Elg!n or ? wal ?l ' i???Te b<K>n "elected :h * ns second *????, Th??>w?teh tbe h! , of bolh the Jispl, ' a"}'' .III bo "V will", rt wh,le ???.' .horn. """ an ?P You Can't Saw Wood wlth Hammer; Don't Knock Don t spend time knocking the other person s campaign, but saw wood and the tangible result of your own energy will be an automobile, a good piano, a diamond ring or a gold watch. TEN VOTES IN YOUR POCKET ARE WORTH A HUNDRED IN A FRIEND S. This is as true as your desire to win a prize. Sccure votes Votes mean prizes! You can secure them anywhere on earth. It makes no difference where or how you get them, whether you obtain them by letter, a personal call or a telephone conversation. But get them! Votes will make the winners! Votes will determine the winners! A lack of votes, a Waterloo. DO YOUR LEVEL BEST TODAY AND TOMORROW WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. Hundreds of people who ought to be boosting their own game spend most of their time and a lot of the other fellow's time telling how rotten their luck is. If you are in this class get out and get out quick. Don't you know the people who succeed in life are the people who do things and who are always watching for an opportunity to present itself. Half of the battle is in knowing an opportunity when you see it and the other half is in jumping in and seizing that opportunity and hanging on like grim death until you do succeed. Rules- Part One Any lady, married or single, resid ing in territory of the contest, may ~ become a candidate. It is not neces sary to be a subscriber to The " Chronicle in order to enter. Just fill out the nomination blank on this page, and send to the Contest Department. The voting will be done by .means of coupons clipped from the paper, and by special subscription ballots, issued on all prepaid subscriptions, whether old or new, in advance or back accounts. Votes once issued cannot be trans ferred. Votes cannot be bought. They must either be clipped from The Chronicle or secured by special bal lots issued on subscriptions. Candidates are not confined to thelir own districts in securing votes, but may secure them anywhere iy the United States. . Candidates may have anyone, any where, work for them. Candidates compete only against candidates in their own district for the district pTzes, but all have an equal chance of winning one of the Grand Prizes. ' ? In the event of a tie, prizes of equal value will be given. The nomination blank counts for 5,000 ? votes for. the,- candidate so nominated. Only first nomination blank will be accepted for any one candidate. No employee of The Chronicle, or member of his ot her immediate family will be allowed to enter the contest. The final count at the ?md of .the cdfttest will be riiado by ^committee of well known business or profes Who Can Enter, How to Enter and What to do After You do Enter, and How to Win an Auto or Anything Else That You May Want. A Tip on How to Win First ? You enter the contest by sonding in a nomination blank. It is good for 6,000 votes but only one will be acpopted for any one candidate. Then? ~EiiHst the aid of your friends and neighbors. Use your telephone. Let everyone know you are a candidate before they prom ise to help a more enterprising competitor. ? Be ambitious and determined to win from the start. If you can not see ^our friends at once ? write them. You can get votes and subscriptions anywhere, from other districts as well as your own. Votes will be issued oil all subscription payments of $1!00 and over whether the payment is for back subscription or a new subscrip tion. Get your friends to save the weokly vote coupon. They will be good for 100 votes until further notice and your friends will gladly clip them out for you. Do not let a day pass without securing at least ono subscription or some votes. Steady, persistant effort will bring success. Anyone, anywhere can vote for a candidate. Candidates may se cure votes and subscriptions anywhere. It is easier to ask questions than to correct mistakes. I)o not hesitate to ask questions. You can win ? why not? The contest Editor is at his office and wants you to call for de tails and he Will gladly help you." YOU CAN EASILY WIN A PRIZE. Do not get discouraged. Once nominated do not drop out. These valuable prizes will bo won by someone. Why not you? YOUR FRIENDS WILL HELP YOU. There will be hundreds of people who have no friends in the competition. " You can secure their friendship and subscriptions if you only ask them. They will also secure votes for you from their friends. ? little organization among, your friends for systematic work in your interest will go a long" way towards making you the winner of the au tomobile, the piano, or ono of the other valuable prltes. F\>r further information clip out the information blank found in this papftt_or Jjctter yet .call on the contest editor at his office. ... r, ' 0? I I'W / Rules? Part Two Address all communications regar ding the contest to the Contest Edt* tor, The chronicle, Cajnden, p; ?V The Contest Editor reserve** the right to make any and all rtvllngs which may he necessary for the hest interests of tho contest and the con testants. .. - ? .. .. ? ' The Contest Editor shall decide all questions which may arise In the course of tho contest, and contes tant's In entering the contest, agree to abide by any ^ud al1 rU?in88 which may he made. Nominations may be sent In by letter it desired. The blank In the papor Is for the convenience of the readers. As soon as you have elthn er been nominated, or nominate yourself, Btart saving the free vote coupon? in each issue of Tho Chron icle, then call upon the Contest Edi tor, lecure a receipt book and start out securing tho subscriptions of your friends. Collect tho money as you go along, giving, each subscri ber a receipt, and when the sub scription together with the money ts turned in at The Chronicle office, th? vofes will be issued on the Bub- * scri^tlon and given to you. There nro - ten -prizes. Two Grand Prizes and eight District priz es. There afo four districts and two prizes to each district, regard less of the vote in any of the other districts. All four districts com pete for the two Grand Prizes. Call Contest Department for all information regarding contest., Con test Department will be open even ings for ' the convenience of thoe? who cannot cull during day fimST