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?Turn Your Leisure Into Dollars. ?? AND: ANNOUNCES TO THE PUBLIC ? i .4 r i .? In which a fortume to Automobiles and Gold wiU be given away to the Public in Sumter and snrromiding territory Absolutely Without Cost. The Golden Festival holds forth to you the opportunity of a lifetime. Name whatever you most desire in life, then find it on this list READ ALL THE RULES AND THEN ENTER TO-DAY. kttes and Conditions . ! r' err' - ... ?. ?. , Any white mas, wesajh, ooy oa , olrl of food csnste)fr% remains; la M>0 4<ttL ** or ony outside territory any whirs in Weich Tho Daily IUm end Watchman end Bo*J}nr?n circulates or may ssreutets, may become a oandidate. Mo smpmye of Too Deily^tem oi Watchman e^M^eothron, or mesaher of his immediate family, is COntostnoU may nominate, themot lyes or ,he. Ojiaw^hjir I 1? friends wfth^etany coot Tne entas of a person who places a candidate M sesnenaee?a wJul not be divulged uo?!sr any eir ^W^mpalgn Manager reaortee tho right to reject 'any nomination wHboot gtrtnf any roaeoo fm dean* so, Votes ate outaiO'-d either try being clipped from The Dell/ It no and the Watc hman and ilouthron or ?jajr^^wrlbi' poll s*he*rt!MSlgia to* ettheV ir ^oeth Vwtes cannot be transferred or purchneed. They rl either bo esfrasd from That Doll)* Item and Wbtehjru n and Southron or secured by special ballots Issued on paid subscriptions. In the trant of a typographical error U Is un? derstood thai neither The Dally Item or Watchman and awutawot^^r the campaign Manager shall be held i Stified Ms except to make the necessary cor? rection en, dhcOrery of the same. Shiancrt pilous may be procured anywhere. All subscriptions must be paid fn order to secure vote. sWery candidate In the Campaign has an equal eaanee of wtc sing any pHss on the list Candidates cwaaOete only against the eandlddtee In their own djftrlet for U e district prison .... hi addition to the regular Priesa eveiy, one else wkAj?*es an active part la this Ooldsn Fiisiival and Voting camps ign and sends In tsn jjfKVV j early sub? scription, to the Deny Item, or thirty' tffew sub? scriptions to the Watchman and Southron, or the equivalent la iuascriptions to both papers and fall? ing to secure c ne of the regular prises will bo award? ed ten dollars In geld. All other* who turn In an average el one sub? scription J*cf reek to either the Dally Item or the Watchman ami Southron, for any term, will receive ten per if sal commission. to event of a tie, the tied candidates will be given three dors in which to work off the tie. ^ . ths Campaign Manager reserves the right to make any rglftga which may be. In his opinion, nec WTthout giving4 say reason for doing so. Casafalgn Manager reserves the tight to sleet any candidate from the contest At sny time If after recdviig duo warning such candidates Continus to vloigte spy rules of ths contsst. or to circulate apy unfounded rumors which may tend to mietend the public or the other contestants. In such votes will be cancelled. art?* v, ? *- . THE PRIZES. FIRST GRANt) PRIZE, 1916 MODEL 83 OVERLAND TOURING CAR Full Equipment... Value $750. t Bought from Overland Sales Co.. Sumter, S. C. SECOND GRAND PRIZE. Rules and Conditions i916 MODEL SAXON ROADSTER. Special Equipment. Value $475 00. Bought from Carolina Saxon Co.. Columbia, S. C. 2 Prizes--$100.00 in Gold, each. 2 Prizes--$50.00 in Gold, each. 2 Prizes-$25.00 in Gold. each. An unlimited number of Prizes of $10.00 in Gold. 10 Per Cent Commission to all who comply with the Rules and fail to secure one of the above prizes. The Campaign Manager will decide an questions which may arise during the course of the campaign and his decision must be final. Contestants In en? tering this contest thereby agree to abide by the rules of the contest and all rulings which the Campaign Manager may make. Any candidate once nominated, and not wishing to continue in the contest must notify he Campaign Manager in writing within nve days after the first appearance of such name on the vote list. No money wiH be accepted for votes under any circumstances unless accompanied by a bona Add subscription to The Daily Item or the Watchman ami SunUuon. A new subscriber is one who was not on the circulation book? of the Dally Item or the Watch? man r?nd Southron on Feb. 15. ltti*, the day the Uolden P'estival and Voting Campaign wa3 first an? nounced. $ubscriptiont> positively cannot be chang? ed from one member of a family or household to another in order to be called new. Subscriptions must be paid up at least six months In advance, be? fore additional starts may be made in any other name at the same address, in order to receive credit for a new subscription. Candidates or their assistants will not be allow? ed to -offer the Dally Item or the Watehman Sad Southron at less than the regular subscription price* Nominations are now open. Send in your nom? ination at once. The Campaign will start officially hi a few days, DISTRICT DIVISIONS. In order to better give the entire public an equal chance of securing any prize on the list, the terri? tory covered by the Golden Festival and Voting Campaign has been divided Into two separate dis? tricts. These district divisions are merely to facili? tate the awarding of the prizes and, have no bearing whatever, upon the candidates and the conducting of their various campaigns. Candidates and their friends can procure votes and subscriptions anywhere In the United States regardless of district limitations. Candidates will simply be entered from the district in whtCh they reside. DISTRICT DIVISIONS. District No. 1?All territory within the limits of the City of Sumter. District No. 2?All territory outside of ths City of Sumter, in which the Daily Item and the Watch man and Southron circulate or may circulate. HOW VOTES WILL BE ISSUED. SUMTER DAILY ITEM. $0.00, one year ? 10,000 Votes UM, six month. .... 4,MQ Votes $10.10, two years .... 30,000 Votes No Mrw subrcription to the Daily Item will be accept? ed) for a period of more than two years. WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON. ?1.50, one year .... 3,000 Votes $3 00, two years .... 6,500 Votes $4.50, three years .... 15,000 Votes Old subscriptions will count one-half of the above stale of votes. Pirat? fill out the nomination blank and send it to the Campaign Manager. Ask your friends to sate the vote coupons for you. Then, get a receipt book from the Campaign Manager, and collect the subscriptions of all yoor friends to the Daily Item and the Watchman and Sout hi on. Clip The Coupon and Nail TODAY TO THE Campaign Department SUMTER DAILY ITEM Sumter, S. C. NOMINATION COUPON GOOD FOR 10,000 VOTES I Nominate, Address. ? .,.?, ..V - 1 ? ? Nominated by. Address. In the Item and Watchman and Southron's Golden Festival and Voting Campaign. Only the first nomination coupon sent in for each candidate will be counted. Must be clipped out neatly and sent or brought to the Campaign Department, The Sumter Item, Sumter, S. C. > > ***~0&*vtn. 4*2*1 , mt ssnrfta tsrtnrnwi .**?? 'tsln^ssejs? j