The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-09
COUPONS ARE COMING IN Ballots Accumulating Like
 SnOWflakeS. INTEREST GROWS DAILY The Advertiser Contest At
 tracts Wide Attention. Vote Hunters are Busy Clipping Coupons to Send Their Friends
 to the Great Exposition in Buffalo.

Just a trifle over two weeks ago The Advertiser inaugurated the>contest for the most popular clerk, teacher and policeman in Montgomery to visit the Rainbow City.
 This is not the first contest The -Ad- vertiser has promoted for popularity, but 1t is without a doubt developing interest more rapidly than any con test ever before attempted by this pa per and perhaps has grown i'll popu- larity more rapidly than any contest ever before attempted in this State. In this length of time the contest mas awakened unprecedented interest, en- thfsiasm and energy. Every street and every block has been converted into a route by the indefatigable cou-
 pon hunters. Regular trips are made al stated intervals in quest of the pre- cious coupons so faithfully promised and carefully preserved by friends ana
 readers of The Advertiser. The hunt
 never ceases nor the hunter never grows weary of the contest they nave undertaken to follow until Septemper
 10 in behalf of friends. No matter
 whether they win or lose, the tension of expectation is frightened up 10 the
 snapping point at all times, with bright
 prospects of brilliant views of the won ders of the famous Midway or the dazzling splendors of the illuminations of the Rainbow City.
 Today there is scarcely a reader In
 Montgomery or any of the many towns
 throughout Alabama who has not been
 watching the progress of this contest.
 Many will be the expressions or de-
 light when the successful candidates
 names have been published at the close
 of this contest Candidates. whether
 lucky or not, will remember the enthu-
 sic sm created in their efforts to sec the
 great exposition at The Advertiser s
 expense. Pleasant recollections or now
 coupons were sought after and combi-
 nations made to gain a point on com
 petitors; how may hours were spent in filling out the clipped coupons and how
 stiff fingers became from writing the same names over and over again on many thousand votes.
 Interest increases with each issue of The Advertiser, as it seems that each morning after the favorite paper has | been delivered by the carriers re- | newed energy Is infused into oAthe con- | testants, If for no other reason than l that they realize that The Advertiser has again turned loose another flood of
 votes upon the community and all that remains Is for each candidate to con
 ceive some scheme to gather them in first. It's a case of 'the early bird gets the worm."
 After all 1t Is worth very determin- ed effort.
 Just think of the offer. Do you real ize what it means? Did You ever stop to think what the Pan-American Ex~ position amounts to? It Is wonderful. | instructive, educa tional amusing. and | a pleasure never to be forgotten. There | is enough literature extant to print several volumes of it's beauties and
 worth, but for lack of space, The Ad- vertiser is unable to give but trlfllng sketches of what l. really is. For the | benefit of those who are looking for the amusement side of the great show
 g. small description of the greatest Of | the many features, the M dWay, IS pre- | sented.
 | The Midway has the choicest of the worlds amusement novelties. There Is Trip to the Moon, Beautiful Orient, Colorado Gold Mine, Glass Factory,
 Scenic Railway and Rivers, Captive Balloon Darkness and Dawn. Dream land. War Cyclorama, Around fhe World. Turpins Panopticon, Bostick' s Wild Animal Show. Old Plantation, Cleopatra. Ceniograph. Jerusalem on the Morning of the Crucifixion. Driving
 Elks. Indian Congress, old Nuremburg,
 Infant Incubator, ostrich Farm. Venice | in America. Moving Pictures, Thomp- sons Aerocycle. Poltaire's House Up
 side Dow1. Johnstown Flood. Hawaiian Volcano and Theatre. Streets of Mex ico Miniature White City. Miniature
 Railway, Gypsy Camp. and Philippine, African, Japanese and Esquimaux Vil- lages. The Midway covers an area of over | forty acres, and the amusement pal aces, which set close together. have a
 frontage of over a mile. The cost of
 building this realm of pleasure was ] s, ,000, 900. More than 50,000 incandes- l