Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Hoop Up the Contest-They Are All Off In a Bunch HOW VOTES ARE ISSUED Votes are secured lu this contest by paying your subscription in advance to the Augusta Chronicle and to the weekly papers Interested In this con test. See Schedule. Also by clipping the dally ballot found each day in the Augusta Chronicle and the weekly bal lot found III each publication of the weeklies. No limit Is placed on the number of daily ballots that may be cast for a candidate. Candidates may secure subscriptions anywhere in the United States and are not restricted to any particular district?but the cash, money order or check for subscription must accom pany the order. On all such subscrip tions, votes will bo made out and mailed to such contestants, to be checked over with their records and bo absolutely sure they have been credited with the proper number of votes. These votes may then be turn ed to the Contest Department to be voted according to the voting limit. If an order for a subscription is sent With the money, votes will he issued in favor of any candidate that the writer may designate and will be mail ed to the contestant or returned to the subscriber if so desired. Where votes are desired on subscriptions paid into the otllce of the Augusta Chroni cle, or in the offlco of any of the week ly paper.;, or to one of their repre sentatives, they must be asked for at the time the subscription is paid. Votes on subscriptions will be issu ed from the Augusta Chronicle ofllce only. Do distinction will he made in the regulur scale of votes. The same num ber will be allowed on new and old subscriptions according to the regu lar scale. Costs Vou Nothing to Enter GRAND JOINT VOTING CONTEST Costs You Nothing to Vote General Capital Prize RAMBLER AUTOMOBILE General Capital Prize VALUED AT $2,300, CASH This Car will be awarded to the Candidate having the highest number of votes in the entire Contest Also 3 { capital frizes } 3 Paige Detroit Automobiles Valued at $1,100 each, in cash, ONE of these Cars must go into Augusta or Richmond County, ONE must go into the State of Georgia, (outside of Augusta and Richmond County,) and ONE must go into the State of South Carolina. f^W^mm^mmZ^l^*^ f DISTRICT 1 FIRST PRIZE,$400 Piano. SECOND PRIZE, $100 Diamond Ring. THIRD PRIZE, V^fllOIllCIC S I PRIZES f ^u^^!"^^0.^*. JOURTH PRIZE, $75 Business College Scholarsnip. FIFTH PRIZE $50 Gold Watch. More Than $15,000 in Prizes given away AND MORE THAN TWENTY WEEKLY NEWS PAPERS IN GEORGIA AND SOUTH, CAROLINA HAVE JOINED IN THE GREATEST OF NEWS PAPER CONTESTS. More Than $15,000 in Prizes given away 101$ ELIGIBLE Any white person of good repute, in the territory covered by The Qhroa iclo or any of the publications asso ciated with it. in this Great $15.UQQ Joint Voting Contest. Clip Nomina tion Blanks from the papers and send in your name or that of a ineiiu ;vt once. It costs ycu nothin? to enter. It costs your ft lends nothing extra to vote for you. No votes will be Issued for pay ments other than those subscribed. , No employe of the Augusta Chron icle, or of any of the weekly newspa pers interested In this contest. '?r members of his or hei family. Will !v-v permitted to participate in this con test as a candidate. Votes once issued for one candidate cannot be changed to the credit of another candidate. Contestants who live in one district are not prevented from securing sub scriptions or voteB in any other diu trict. as votes will be allowed on any prepaid subscriptions secured any where in the United States. If an or der for a subscription is sent with, the money votes will bo issued in fa vor of any contestant that the writer may designate and returned to tho subscriber or .nailed to the contestant If so desired. To secure the special vote ballot, all money must he sent direct to the Augusta Chronicle Con test Department, or to the ofhc?* of the weekly paper to which publication candidates have secured a subscrip tion, by the contestants or their friends No subscription will be taken for a period of over three years. By tiling of votes, all candidates must accept and agree to all conditions Subscriptions will be received sin gly for any paper associated in this contest and votes issued to the candi dates accor lingly. The Chronicle, and any weekly pa per associated in this contest, will be sent to subscribers for $?!.00 per year, except where the price of the week lies is ?l..r.O per year, when the prlOO will be 3G.2:'> per year for both papers. The right i;s reserved to reject any contestant for cause. In case of a tie the value of ".ho prize will be equally divided. Prizes to which contestants in this county are eligible Offered by the Chronicle Grand Capital Prize $2,3oo Rambler Automobile, open to all. Capital Prize?$i,ioo Automobile. (Only those con testants living in South Carolina may con test for this prize.) Second District of South Carolina??Composed of Greenwood Abbeville, Laurens, Greenville and Spartanburg counties. 1st Prize?Piano. 4th Prize-?Osborne Business 2nd Prize?Diamond Ring College Scholarship. 3rd Prize?-Merchandise Order 5th Prize?Gold Watch. r Offered by the Advertiser 1st Prize $ ICO uil cf Fvirituie, to te seen at Visit their store and inspect it. M. & E. H. Wilkcs & Co. 2nd Prize?$50 Gold Watch, on Exhibition at olomon's. Go see it. 3rd Prize?Either a $40 ewing Machine or $40 Bicycle; apply at this office and learn their merits. The Machine will be fine for the home and the Bicy cle is a beauty. Any size. 4th Prize?Beautiful Handbag or uit Case, on display at Davis-Roper Co. Well worth the trouble of any one. These Prizes are of the very best quality and could not be bought any cheaper than the price we put on them. The suit of Furniture would ornament any home in the county, no matter how fine. The following Papers have enter ed the contest from South Carolina. Journal and Review, Aiken - - $1.50 Edgefield Chronicle, Edgefield - 1.50 Greenwood Journal. Greenwood - 1.50 Saluda .Staudaid, ?Salnda - - 1.00 Hampton Guardian, Hampton - 1.50 Allendale Herald, Allendale - - r.oo Batesburg Advocate, Batesburg - 1.00 McCorinick Messenger, McConnick - 1.00 Laurens Advertiser, Laurens - - 1.00 Abbeville Medium, Abbeville - - 2.00 The following counties are in the Second District. Greenwood County Laurens County Greenville County Abbeville County Anderson County Spartanburg County SCALE OF VOTES The Augusta Chronicle Alone 1 year, $ 6.00? 6,000 votes 2 years, 11.00?15,000 votes 3 years, 14.00?24,000 votes The Georgia-Carolina Agriculturist and Weekly Chronicle Alone 1 year, $ .50? 500 votes ? 2 years, .75?1000 votes 3 years, 1.00?1500 votes The Augusta Chronicle and Laurens Advertiser 1 year, $ 6.00? 8,000 votes 2 years, 12.00?20,000 votes 3 years, 15.00?32,000 votes The Georgia-Carolina Agriculturist, and Weekly Chronicle and The Laurens Advertiser 1 year, $1.25?1,500 votes 2 years, 2.25?3,000 votes 3 years, 3.25?4,500 votes The Laurens Advertiser 1 year, $1.00?1,000 votes 2 years, 2.00?2,000 votes 3 years, 3.0b?3,000 votes Begin to Save These Free Ballots for Your Favorite Candidate Everybody Will Be Wonting Chronicle Ballots From Now on? Start Now and Clip Them From Paper Every Day?It Costs You Nothing to Vote for Some Friend, and There Arc Twenty " Free Ballots" in Every Issue of DAILY BALLOT The Augusta Chronicle's Great $ IS,000 Joint Voting Contest.. TWENTY VOTES FOR A Mi ddress h strut his free ballot good for twenty (20) votes for your fnvorite candidntc abject'to rules and conditions of the Augusta Chronicle** Great $15,000 Joint Voting Contest. CANDIDA! EC KEEP BUSY Hustle for Votes SUBSCRIPTIONS* COUNT Enter this Contest and Win One of these Valuable Prizes Work Pleasant and Easy Secure Every Possible Subscription and Win Votes For Information Call at THIS OFFICE, call on, write, or /telephone the "Contest M^ttsjg^* Co.iUst Department, Augusta Chronicle. Augusta. Ga. SEND IN NOMINATIONS Don't Delay ^ TIME IS VALUABLE