The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 26, 1913, Image 3
OPPORTUNITY TIME
rr\ YT T]> /\ np\| T \ y/^ To-Day of the FIRST BONUS PERIOD marks the start of the first unlimited vote getting period. The first bonus period
I rH H I 1 Y* H I I I I y will close the last day of this month. During the period 150,000 extra votes will'be allowed on every club of $15 worth of
A x * M^J * ^ 1 11 1 subscriptions Now, if ever, is the opportune time for new candidates to start their campaign in earnest. Now is the time
when everything else should be dropped and spare moments devoted to securing subscriptions Fifteen dollars worth of subscriptions sent in before the end of the month
will get more extra votes than at any other time during the contest. Start out among your friends to-day and earn one of the 150,000 ballots.
THE OFFER IN
DETAIL
Tt?e ? ii-1 Bonus Period of The Dally Item; The Watchman and
Honihi ihi and .Merchants' lerntest starts this morning and dose?
X i .11 to.
One hundred and fifty tliniisaiul extra votes, over and above
the regular stale, will be gHen on every club of st:. In Dally Item
or Watchman and Kouthron subscriptions that a?v turned in dur?
ing tld* Ihne This It positively the largest offer of ettia votes
that will be made during the entire content. This opportunity of
eecartng vote* at this rapid rate will positively close with the close
of the period, April 3U, at u o'clock In the evening.
Probably tin* touring car and the other prizes will be won or
lost during this period.
Pant experience with similar contests has taught the manage?
ment of this one that In nine cases out of ten the race Is won or
lost while the Urst lionus Period Is on.
This offer of extra votes Is unlimited. It Is not made on Individ?
ual subscription* but on the total amount In subscriptions turned
In by each candidate.
Here Is the way the bonus votes will la* computed: ? Every subscrip?
tion (in-mat In by or for a contestant Is entered on a "start slip"
either before or after they reach the Contest Department. These
start slip* are kept tiled under the name of each contestant who
Is making an active ccmpaign. At the close of the First Bonus
ivti.ni all the slips rtnsirdlng subscriptions will he taken out, to?
taled by candidates and a cerUftcate for t:>u,oon extra votes issued
for i ac h n I ?"? in subscriptions turned In by or for each contestant.
I he balaiM e ahote e .en multiples of gi;? will Im* credited on the
bonus offer of i he following period;
To Illustrate: Supisiee the monl shows that "A" bus turned In
$20 In subscriptions by 9.00 P. M. April SO; "A" will he given a
certificate for I SO.OOO extra votes Immediately and a slip will he
Place*i In the Hie sliowlitg that she has a credit of $5 in subscrip?
tions to tie applied on the Second Bonus Offer.
it the record shows tluxt "B" has turned In $32 In subscriptions
she will Im* given a certificate for extra votes and a slip will bo
mad. out and tiled showing she has a credit, of $2 on the Mrst $1.%
elob of the Second Bonus.
It bi not iH'o'ssin to turn In these subscriptions In even
amounts of $15. Contestants may turn them in as thoy get them
and they will all lie counted at the close of the period.
Of course tlu* regular votes wl'.l he loaned as usual. The lift,
OOO bonus certtMcatea will be IN ADDITION to the voting credit
regularly receives:!.
There \ 111 be other offers of extra votes, but they will lie
ma. (i le?i? than the present one und will not offer such a remark?
able opportunity for Hceuriiig a winning number of votes. The
contestant)* who awuke to a realization of the fact that NOW Is
the great vote-getting time of the contest and that NOW is the
time to make oneself safe on getting an automobile with no ca>.h
outlay, will he the ones who carrj away the plums when Uie
Judges canvass the tins I count of votes In the contest.
The few subscriptions Uiat liave hitherto been turned In will,
of course, count on the bonus, no matter whut other votes they
ly have been turned in to secure.
150.000 EITRA VOTES
THE FORD TOURING CAR
THIS IS NOT THE PICTURE OF A FORD CAR, BUT MERELY USED AS AN
ILLUSTRATION.
The first unlimited Vote-Getting Period of The Dally Item, The
Watchman und Southron and Merchants Contest Is nunounood today. It
lasts until the 30th, of this month and Is known as the FIRST BOOTS PER?
IOD.
During this period EVERY CLUB OF $ir? IN SUBSCRIPTIONS to
either The Daily Item or The Wutchmun and Southron will count for 150.
IMMt EXTRA VOTF.S over and above the regulnr scale. All subscriptions,
either old or new whether to The Dally Item Off The Watchman and South?
ron will count on the bonus.
It is not necessary to turn In clubs in even amounts of $15 euch. At the
end of the FIRST BONUS PERIOD, APRIL SOTH, the subscription
? amounts <>f each candidate will be totaled and a certificate for 150,000 ex?
tra votes issued for every $15 in subscriptions. This otter applies also to
the few subscriptions that liuvc been turned in heretofore.
Thenn extra vote certificates eonnt up so rapidly that the main Issue of
the contest Will practically fie delided by what the candidates do during
this period.
Ulla Is positively the largest offer of extra votes that will lie made any
time during the contest. Now is the time to create a reserve vote. Un?
der no circumstances will the BONUS PERIOD be extended or repeated.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE?GET BUSY!
The Prizes
FORD TOURING CAR, 5-Pa*senQor
$450.00 WINTER & CO. PIANO
THREE LADIES' DIAMOND RINGS
( One Ding to Fach District.)
THREE LADIES' GOLD WATCHES
(One Watch to each District.)
VOTE SCHEDULE.
THE WATCHMAN & SOUTHRON
0 Months?75c.0,000
1 Year?$1.50 . 20,000
2 Years?$3.00.45.000
:t Years?$1.50.70,000
4 Years?*u.on.100,000
5 Years?$7.50.125,000
THE ITEM?
3 Months?$1.25.10,000
0 Months?$2.50.25,000
1 Year?$5.00 . 55.000
2 Years?$ 10.00.120,000
3 Years?$ 15.00.175,000
4 Venn?$20.00.250,000
5 Years?$25.00.300.000
YOU WILL FIND A LIST OF THE
MERCHANTS WHO GIVE VOTES
WITH ALL CASH PURCHASES
ON ANOTHER PAGE.
The First Bonus Period Closes at 9 P. M. Wednesday,
April 30th, 1913.
? . . .
The Contestants and How
They Stand
District Number One.
This district Includes all territory within, the. Incorporate limits
of the City of Sumter. At least two pfhtOg will go to this district
with opportunity or winning ona or both of the grand prizes,
Mrs Richard Wilder, Magnolia St..
airs Julian D. Wilder, Magnolia St.
Miss tleorgla Herthun, S. Salem Ave.
Mn? I.lllln Josephine McCollUMI, Broad
Mis* Kathrvn Ntuhl.s, |] Washington
?Hi Msbel Myers, W IftfttOttO St.
Mn. <i. V. Player, llurvln St.
Mm M M. Muggins, t l.evl st.
Ml as F.utha Itndgern, Sumte? St.. ..
Mrs F. C Lord. s. Sumter St.5,::lo
IHM Hou-b? r PoLaisna, Bnrtletto 81. 6.:i&o
MI'is Our'iiH Mood, N. Main St.6.0S0
Mil's Helen Hr..un In oft, \V Hampton. 1,000
Miss Barbara Hatch, W. Hampton Ave. 6,000
Mrs John Hat? hell. Magnolia St. 6,yt*:>
District Number Two.
lustrlrt Number ::. All territory north of the Columbia branch
ft] the Coast t.ine it it. on I he weal of sumter ami I he Darling*
ton Pram ti of the Coast I.lue K It on the fast of Sumter. At
least two pntes will go to this district with opportunity of win
iiitig one i,r both of the gtund prison
I'vu id .
87,340
?r.. loo
4.r...:'.oi
IM 3?
as,')?;?-,
.iL', Jia
21,365
.0.110
BISHOP
Mrs t'llnton Dlxon. 6,
Mis* Nonle Scarborough. I,
Mi? Mildred Hunter. 6,
Ml H inn.lit MofttfjOfteafs/i ,J ". G.
Man Hfttile MeCntcfteeeii it. f. d. ##.5,
Bl Mill BT
Mlas JftftftNa \b Lead. 81,
Miss Alma Itiadley. 5.
Mi>4* AUne Rogera.6,
Mrs' T 11 fonnrutth, It. 1 . 11. f,,
Mlrs Mur\ Marli. . f.,
Mrs w. J Snoneet. r.
ooo
ooo
ooo
ooo
300
a* ii
026
1 .1
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ST. CHARLES.
Mise Juanita Wilson. 40.400
Mian Jennie McCoy. 6,720
Miss Lillian Wilson. MOO
Miss Bertha Tallons. 0 14 5
OSWEGO.
MISS Melle Brown. 5,250
WEDGEFIELD.
Miss Beanie Ityan. 36,676
Mian Salin* Norris. 6,000
Miss Maurien Hammond. 6,000
Mrs. H. B. King. 6,000
CAMDFN.
Miss Lota McLeod, B. F. I?. 6,000
HAGOOD.
Mrs. Crawford Sanders. 6,906
HORATIO.
Mis Walter M. Lenolr. 46,125
Mrs. J. B. Corhett.5,050
w I8ACK Y.
Mm W. W. DesChampl. 22,268
Sl MTI It No. 5
Mrs. Dot la M. Josey. 5,715
DISTRICT NO. THREE.
District No. 8, ah territory south of the Columbia branch or
the Coast Lino IC. R., on the west bf Sumter and the Darlington
branch of the Coaat Line ic. K., on the Kasl of Sumter. 1 At least
two prises will ko to llus district with opportunity of winning
Ohe or both of the grand prizes,
PAXVILLE.
MISS Daisy llharne. 6,000
Mian F.va Curtis. 6,300
Miss Nonle Geddings. 6,ana
Miss Pearl Pritchard. 6,360
Mre, Ken Pack. 5,41!."?
IIOTT BBIDt.F.
Mrs W. J. McNeil.5,000
PIN I w ood.
Miss Bessie Geddings.
silea Lunice Osteen.1 6,000
Mrs Hobble Kldglll. f..ooo
Miss Leo Broughton. 6,oso
MAYESVILLE. ..
Mr-. Hugh Witherspoon. .-. 6,630
Mlsj Carrie Anderson. 6.465
Miss Louise King... ? .. .. 5.500
Mrs. J. H. Wilson. 8.136
Miss Alice Cooper. 6,000
Miss Minnie Chandler. 5,076
St'MMJ IU ON.
Mrs. Maty Lanham.
.. 32,025
HI MINI.
Miss Alma Felder. ?. 5.S90
SUMTER, R. P. D. NO 2.
Mr?. a. B. Furman. 25.630
LYNCHBURG.
Mlts Annie Grimn. 6,025
Miss Lula Hawkins. 6.000
Miss Docla Keels. 6,ooo
Mi?? Flora Bell McLeod. 6,000
DURWOOD.
Miss Coro Truluck. 26,480
01. INTA.
Minn L Bell Moore, P. D.
Mrs. J, D Hinds.
Mis. Mollle Moore, K. F. l>.
Misti Ullis Du kerson. H F. D.
80,076
5,000
. 6.000
. 6.000
1 LLIOTT.
Mrs. J. O. Sullivan
Ml b. .l.u. Rodgei
6.060
(5 026
BCMTKR, B I'. D. KO, t.
Mis.* Lessle Jones. 10 006
TURBEVILLK.
Mi-is Pauline Jones. 4 ,, . ,
II \B\ IN.
Miss Maggie Keels. 6,325
BIDM.IHIN
Mi^ Kate Rrogdon
15.160