Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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sr. SEND IN YOUR NAME TO-DAY Fill in the nomination coupon with your name or name of a friend and mail now. NOMINATION COUPON GOOD FOR 10,000 VOTES ? In the Item tod Watchman and Southron's Golden Festival and yeting Campaign. Only the first nomination coop M eant in for each candidate will beeonntad. Moat be clipped out neatly and seat or brought to tho Campaign Departnient, The Sntnter hum, Sumter, S. C. You will get a Prize II yon try. Campaiyn will last only a few weeks. An early start means success. Don't allow others to get a prize that could be yours. Every participant will positive? ly receive a reward. Clip ?the Coupons, vote early and vote often. VOTE VALUE AND SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. SUMTER DAILY ITEM. $5.00, one year .... 10,000 Votes $2.50, six months 4,000 Votes $10.00, two years .... 30,000 Votes No new subscription 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 Votea $4.5 three years .... 15,000 Votea Old subscriptions will count one-half of the above scale of votes. First, fill out the nomination blank and aend it to the Campaign Manager. Aak your friends to save the vote coupons for you. Then, get a receipt book from the Campaign Manager, and collect the subscriptions of all your friends to the Daily Item and the Watchman and Southron. Everybody Gef s a Prize in This Campaign. Fair Enough, Isn't It ? Rules and THE PRIZES. Rules and Conditions Any *hite man, woman, boy or girl of food reputation, reiddlng In tha city of Sumtar or any outside Unitery arorwnsrs to Which 1*he Daily Rom end Watchman ana Sonthfon circulates or mar Circulate, may become a candidate. . . . No employe of Tha Dairy Item or Watchman aad Southron or member of hl? Immediate family 1* FIRST GRAND PRIZE. Contestants may -nominate themselves. <jr he aosalnated by friend* without any coat csJaadsfcaeea. ? a? *j The "Ca rpeign Manager reserve* tha right to reject^ any nomination without ?*Mn:r any reason tVt d?*3a?to obtairW?Unw?*y> belrtrr clli^d^WnV The Dally irem ana' the Watchman and Southron or by pr6curlm; paid subscOptions for either or buth< J1 it Voiea cannot be transfsrred or purchased. They must either ha capped from Tha Daily Item and tha Watchman ana Southron or secur*! by special hallota issued aa paid subscriptions. in taef event of a typographical error it la on* derstoed that neither the Dairy Item or Watchman and neueren or the Campaign Manager ehall be held responsible except to make the necessary cor Uw?Hi en?esovery of the aama nnhaditptlene may he procured anywhere. All iueeBMptloaa muet he paid In order to secure vote. Bteey candidate in the Campaiyn baa an equal ?tinea of winning any prise on the Hat. Candidates eetapet* only against the candidates in their own Metrtet for the district prtcea In addition to the regular prises every one else' who Unas an active port in this Golden Festival and Voting campaign aad sends In ten NEW yearly sub? scriptions to the Dally Itom, or thirty NEW sub script Ions to if* Watchman and Southron, or ths equivalent In si bscriptlonii to both papers, and (all log to secure one of the regular prtsea will be award? ed ten dollars lit gold. All others eho turn In aa average of one sub eerlptlon per w?ea to either the Dally Item or the Watchman and Southron, for any term, will receive tan per cent, commission. 9 lit event of a tie. the tied candidates will be given three days in which to work off the tie. The Campaign Manager reserve* ti e right to make any rulings whWh mi? be, in his opinion, nec? essary without giving any reason tor doing so. Ths Campaign Manager rsssrvss the right to elect any candidate from the contest at any time if .after receiving due warning such candidates continue to violate any rulse of tha contest, or to etrculato any unfounded rumors which may tsnd to mislead the public or the other oonteetauts. In such votes will be cancelled. 1916 MODEL 83 OVERLAND TOURING CAR / Full Equipment. Value $760. Bought from Overland Salest Co., Sumter, S. C. t 1 1 1 i .i n n i ' \ SECOND GRAND PRIZE. ( 1016 MODEL SAXON ROADSTER. Special Equipment. Value $475.00. Bought from Carolina Saxon Co.. Columbia, S. C. 2 Prize8-$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. First Subscription Coupon? To Help Yon Get an Early Start 10.000 Extra Votes. Return this coupon with any subscription payment for Tho Item or ths Watchman aad Southron, either new or old, and you vrUI re reive In ubJttton to the regular number of voice given ee shown in the pabilahod schedule oxy of Subscriber) New ( Old ( State. Contestant's Name) City .. .Section . (Only one of These Credited to Each Candidate.) An Early Start is Hal! the Battle. Enter Yourself or A Friend To-Day. Ths Campaign Manager will decide all questions which may arise during the course of the campaign and his decision must be final. Contestants In en* taring 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 the Campabcn Manager in writing within five days after the hrst appearance of such name on the vote ihr No money will be accepted for votes under any circumstances unions accompanied by a subscription to The Dsily Item or the Watclunan' and Southron. A now subscriber is one who was not on the circulation hooks of the Daily item or the Watch? man and Southron on Feb. 16, 1916, the day the Golden Festival and Voting Campaign was first an? nounced. Subscriptions 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 Daily Item or the Watchman and Southron at less than the regular subscription price. , Nominations are now open. Send in your nom? ination at once. The Campaign will start officially in a few days. DISTRICT DIVISIONS. In order to better give the entire public an equal chance of securing any prise 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 tho United States regardless of district limitations. Candidates will simply be entered from the district in which they reside. DISTRICT DIVISIONS. District No. 1?All territory within the limits of the City of Sumter. District No. 2?All territory outside of the City of Sumter, in which the Dally Item and the Watch man and Southron circulate or may circulate._ Daily Ballot Good for Ten Votes In the Golden Festival and Voting Campaign. Contestant. Address. Not good unless received in the office of the Campaign Depart? ment by Saturday, February 28th. There Is no limit as to the number of these coupons that may be cast by or for any candidate. A Golden Opportunity to Turn Your Spare Moments into Big Returns. CAMPAIGN DEPARTNENT, 18 W. Liberty St., Phone 615, Sumter, S. C.