The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-12-10
STRUCK IT AGAIN!
After Many Months ut Persistent Trials
and Patient Waiting. s. III. Bettys
and J. VI. Mcdowell SPluck
the PersimmOns.,
They HOLD One-Fifth of Ticket No. 49,.
799, Which Draws the Capital
Prize ofS75,OOO in Novem-
Der Drawing.
Robertson County Pulls Under the
String to the Tune of Over $751;.
900 in Nineteen Months.

Mt. olivet Ky) Tribune, Nov. 10Th,
If any doubt existed in this section as to
the genuine fairness of The Louisiana State
Lottery in making it's monthly and semi
annual distribution of prizes, that doubt
was dispelled Saturday night. A letter re-
celved from a Cincinnati merchant, in
which the following postscript was added.
II see your town has again drawn capital
prize in Louisiana Lottery" was sufficient
to set our city on the hills in a blaze of
excitement. An indescribable hunt for
ticket holders ensued. Pocket books, day
books, desks, safes, trunks, ~valises, satch-
els, everything was rummaged and tickets
brought forth. For a time suspense pre-
vailed, and then the discovery was made
that only one list had been received at the
p~ostofice, addressed to S. H. Bettys. Mr..
Bettys and j. NJ. Mcdowell formed a part
nership some time ago in the purchase of
tickets, agreeing to divide profits, if any
accrued. Mounting a horse bright and
early Sunday morning. Mcdowell went out
three miles in the country to see Bettys,
and returning to town, Bettys' ticket and
the number on the list (46, 1881 cores
ponded. Going home in the western
suburbs OF Olivet, they were soon called on
by the Tribune man, who wished to learn
the particulars. Examining the ticket and
list, we assured the parties that they were
each 81, 800 richer, than they were previous
to their last investment in The Louisiana
State Lottery.
The parties went to MaysvIlle Monday
morning, and deposited their ticket for col
lection with Pearce, Wallingford q Co. Of
the State National Bank, the leading bank
ers Of Northern Kentucky and Southern
Ohio, and in a few days will receive q check
for their money.
Mr.. Bettys informed us that he had been
holding a ticket regularly in The Louisiana
State Lottery for four or five years, with
the exception of a few monthly drawings,
and he would have invested in them if he
had had the money to spare. II missed
last September drawing with much reluc-
tance," said he, 'but l had very urgent
need of the dollar. 1 always recognized
that the chance OF drawing the capital
prize was meagre, but felt my chances we re
as good as anybody else's. My faith is re-
warded after long years OF deprivations by
receiving a suficiency of money which, if
iu~diciously invested, will kee:. me in COM
Portable circumstances the remainder OF my
days" He has been a teacher in the pub
lie schools OF Robertson since the organiza-
ton of the county, at a salary ranging
iron $50 to $40 per month. Many are the
congratulations he is receiving on his streak
OF good fortune.
Since Montgomery drew SIS, 600 in April,
1884, and even since Bettys and Mcdowell
drew a similar amount in this months
drawing, we nave received numerous letters
from persons in several States and Terrific
ries inquiring if the drawing were genuine.
In every instance we ave taken pains to
answer these questions in the affirmative,
and we again repeat through the columns
of the Tribune that these prizes were actu-
ally drawn by the parties mentioned.
Montgomery purchased a farm near Mt.
Olivet for the use of his brothers, paying
So 5000 therefor, and bought himself a farm
within'one mile OF Mt. Sterling, for which he
paid 50, 500. Minor prizes, amounting in
the aggregate to $1,000 or over, have been
also drawn here, the largest OF these prizes
being drawn by NJ. D.. Ellis and Nimrod
Cumber, the formers drawing $50 and the
latter $40. The Louisiana State Lottery
is a square institution, regardless of any
doubts which ms exist to the contrary.