The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-05
The Auto Now in Eioin.

ERin Review: me grand prize
automobile given in The Norfolk Daily
News contest is now in Elgin. 1t was
won by Miss Bertha Bennett by vote
Of IL ,243,210. which was 1926, 7S0 votes
more than her nearest competitor, and
more than 100000 votes more than
the third highest. Only few of the
contestants reached the million mark.
Some of the prizes were won with less
than a million votes. The grand prize
won by Miss Bennett is four-passen-
ger 30 horsepower Overland and Is
said to be one of the best cars built
In its class. Besides this valuable
prize she was awarded $50 set Of
beaver furs as special prize for get.
ting in the most votes during a GER
| tain week of the contest.
While the prize was drawn in the
name of Miss Bertha Bennett, her
father, l.. Bennett, managed the bust
ness and procured great many of
the subscribers. Her brothers, her
uncle, l.. ]. Bennett, and Minton j.
Miller also took an active part in the
campaign. Their friends responded
nobly, some paying two, three, four or
more years for the paper.
1t was reasonably certain last Sat
urday, the closing day of the contest,
that the BENEFITS had won the auto
mobile, for it seemed almost impossi.
BILE that anyone could secure more sub
scribers than they. Last Saturday
alone more than 100 new names were
secured.
Sunday night the contestant, to-
gether with her father, l. Bennett, her
brother, John Bennett of Clearwater
her uncle, L. ]. Bennett, Minton J.
Miller, and her friends, Miss Lizzie
Fitzgerald and Miss Vella Hawk OF
Oakdale went to Norfolk to see the
count. Anxious friends waited all day
| Monday for some favorable news, but
none came. Tuesday morning as soon
as the telephone office was open II
was learned that the car and furs were
won. There was great rejoicing here
by relatives and friends who had sc
generously assisted in winning the
coveted rri2es.
Miss Bennett and her friend, Miss
Fitzgerald, came to Oakdale on the
train and drove over, reaching here
about noon Tuesday. Logan Mcbride
was sent for to drive the car home
He was met at Tilden by l.. and l.. ]
Bennett and Minton ]. Miller with the
car, and the partv proceeded home
arriving here about 2:30.
A large crowd soon gathered at Mr.
Benefits store to see the prizes and
congratulate the workers on their sue
cess.
The result of the contest only shows
what can be done by combined effort
and persistency. There were good
lot of fellows working from the time
the contest opened until it closed The
winners may well feel proud of the
prizes won, the work that was accom-
plished and the loyalty OF their friends
Mr.. Bennett and his daughter ISSUED
this statement:
We are proud of tie loyal and untir
ing support of our friends during The
Norfolk Daily News voting contest, by
which we were enabled to win the
automobile anC a set of furs.' We
value the prizes but we hold the loyal
ty of our friends far above them. The
people of Elgin and vicinity responded
generously, as also did those of Ne
ligh, Oakdale, Clearwater and Peters
burg, as well as people from the en-
tire county. 1t Is impossible for us tC
meet and thank each one personally
but we beg to take this opportunity o.
expressing our appreciation to each
and every one who aided in any way
in the contest. We hope that we may
be permitted to return like or Other
favor to those who took such active
interest.
We also desire to express our pleas
} ure to the management of The New.
and the contest managers In the
prompt and able manner that the bust
ness of the contest was dispatched ant
the fairness of the same.
l.. Bennett,
Bertha Bennett.