The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-01
|, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st. 1909
OUR DIAMOND CONTEST CLOSED

OUR DIAMOND CONTEST CLOSED
Miss Whitfield, Miss Howell and Miss
Lyle Are the Winners-The Con
test Friendly observation-disclosures
dousIy Large Vote PoIIed on Clos
ing Day.
The cooperative diamond contest
which began in May closed on Wed
nesday evening at 1920 There were
no ballots received at any of the vo,.
ing places after the hours named, and
no intimation was given out as to the
standing of the various candidates be-
tween the count given last Sunday
morning and that of Wednesday even
ing until the entire vote had been can
vassed.
The size of the vote of the leading
contestants shows the activity man
ifested by the friends of each. Count
ed in dollars and cents the votes yes
terday represented an expenditure Of
nearly fifteen thousand dollars since
the count of last Saturday afternoon,
which shows that the past three days
were not dull ones with the merchants
interested in the giving OF these thr ee
handsome prizes.
1t is a matter of great satisfaction
to this paper to state that during the
entire contest there has been no COM
plants of unfairness made, or any IN
pleasant feelings on the part of any
one manifested. From start to finish
the contest was a pleasant one,
and it was conducted along absolute
ly disinterested lines, and leaves no
scars to be healed.
The detailed vote of the final count
Wednesday night was as follows:
ocaIa District
Miss Myrtle Whitfield. $500. 1,1e0,71o
Miss Bessie Owens. =. go. .1,117,495
Miss Louise Bowler. =. ...1,O12,2SO
Miss Lillian Thagard. ... e. 351,S65
Miss Marie Hubbard. =. -. BOOSTS
Miss Edna Culverhouse. 80. SS,045
Miss Edna Ethel Smith. -. =. 64,44O
Miss Minnie Lee Carlisle. :. 56,295
Miss Minnie Peterson. 800. 11,75O
Miss Maggie Johnson. =. E. 9115
Miss Mary COnnor.. E. =. -. $3.50
Miss Irma Brigance.. :. 800. 3465
Miss Zelma Perry. 800. 80. 1880
Mrs. Jacob D. Robinson. 800. 925
Miss L. D. Whitlock. $50. -. 725
Miss Annie Mcdowell. E. e. sos
Northern District
Miss Dot Howell, Anthony. ...71,755I
Mrs. Chas. Veal, Cotton Pit. .629, 055
Miss Ethel Beck, Martel.. 49,. 53,S55
Miss Gladys Rogers, Zuber... 51,75OI
Miss Irene Denham, Martin. . 1926
Miss Carrie Barco, Cotton Pit 3S,240I
Miss Ruby Ray, Martel,. &C.. 1880
Miss Edith Murphy, Anthony. 1896
Miss Feinberg, Dunnellon. 80. 1885
Miss Leona Brooks, Zuber. 49,. 1855
Miss Ruby Waits, Orange Ike 1905
Miss Ruth Nix, Kendrick. 49,. 1855
Miss Bulah Darlington. 80. 12,43Ol
Miss Mabel Beck, Fellowship. S,795
Miss Reggie McCully, Berlin. 9,3O5
Miss Mary Kemp, Martel 49,. S,t55
Miss Yvonnie Seckinger. -. 1880
Miss Lille Spencer, Zuber. =. 1885
Miss Lillian Walkup, Mcintosh 1885
Miss Flora McRae, Boardman. 2,745
Miss Lucille Bates, Martel.. .. 3,3i5I
Mrs. A. A. DIN, Kendrick. %. LIS
Miss Fay Noteworthy, McInth 1880
Miss Maud Davis, Mcintosh. HOO
Miss LESSEE Tucker, Martel. ... LOO
Miss Ruth Sturman, LOWELL. $50
Miss Jennie Simmons, Zuber.. 500
Miss L. E. Reed, Boardman. 500
Miss E. Mizell, Boardman. Gee. 5J5I
Southern District
Miss Maggie Lyle, Stanton. .432, 760
Miss Winnifred Tucker, Ocala. 2S4, $50
Mrs. S. S. Duval, Levon. .. 100, 135
Miss Isabel Davis, Sumrfield.. 1915
Miss E. Pearl Kelsey. E. E. 31,025
Miss Flossie Standard, Lynne $3.50
Miss Edna Nichols, Belleview 1900
Mis- Marion Thomson, Below 1925
Mis-. Mary Dudley, Conner. 80. 1,170i
Miss Maud McAteer, Ocala.. 1000
Miss AureIia McAteer- Ocala 900