Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-06-25
Rules for Closing the Contest

The Press Piano Contest will close %
morrow, Saturday, June 18th.
The doors of the voting headquarters
will be closed at s pm. aud no one will
be admitted after that hour
Each Of the leading organizations i
requested to have one or two represeD )
tatives on hand Saturday night to cat
the award.
The voting and all business transacted
on the last day will be done with the
same secrecy as has prevailed to date.
The above standing is the last knowl-
edge anyone will have of the standing OF
the candidates until afterthe judges have
made the official count.
All voting must be completed before
the count begins. Positively no votes
Will be accepted after the count begins.
All persons in the room when the doors
are locked at eight o'clock will be per-
mitted to cast all votes in their posses
sion before we declare the polls closed,
but no further opportunity will be given
any one.
All subscription blanks must be filed
out before presented to the Contest Edi-
tor.
No votes can be transferred from one
candidate to another. No deviation from
the rules will be permitted. The manage
ment has no power over the voting other
than to see that it is done fairly.
The counting of the ballots viii take
place Immediately after the voting i
completed 1t will be done by the judges
appointed to represent the candidates.
There will be absolutely no chance for
any one to ascertain what any candi
date has cast until the votes are counted
by the judges.
The foregoing rules will govern the
contest on the last day. 1t is our aim
to treat everybody alike and we have
no favorites now or at the finish. May
the best one win
The workers for each organization are
requested to bring in all subscriptions
and votes early Saturday so thai we can
verify each ballot and have them ready
to turn over to the judges promptly at
s o'clock. The large number OF sub
scriptions turned in on Saturday will all
have to be recorded before they are cast
and we will consume considerable time III
making our records. so in order to not
delay the count, we make this request.
The Press contest is about over and
the most popular and energetic organ
ization will soon be proclaimed. Hun
dreds of people in Pleasantville and At
lantic County await the results which
will be announced sometime Saturday
night.
Saturday Will witness an election day
in which the women as well as the men
can vote. The friends and members OF
the several organizations have supported
their favorite to finish. The loyalty OF
each member has been aroused to the
highest possible degree, and Saturday
will witness friendly spirit of rivalry
in which thousands of votes will be cast
The enthusiasm in the contest during
the past few days has been intense
Some very original methods are being
pursued in order to obtain subscriptions
and gain support. OF course we have nc
wav to control these strenuous methods
and all we can do is to request every
one to accept them with the best grace
possible and make several glad hearts
by giving their support to some worthy
organization. Every one is using fan
and honest means in securing votes. The
avalanche that sweeps in Saturday will
tell beyond doubt which candidate has
the most loyal supporters.
The first announcement of this con-
test appeared ten weeks ago; every or
ganization within our field of circula-
ton was invited to participate. Out OF
100 or more only y responded; of this
number about half are working in the
contest, and possibly some of these will
drop out before the finish Saturday
night
Because of the magnitude Of our Offer
many people discredited our sincerity
and many remained in doubt as to the
value of the instrument until we placed
it on display and convinced them that
the prize was high grade and worthy Of
every effort that might be expended tc
obtain it.
This contest was inaugurated to adj
vertise The Press and our only remunera-
ton will be the greatly increased list OF
subscribers to whom we hope to furnish
paper that will fully repay them for
any money expended for subscriptions
This contest will cost The Press con-
siderable sum of money, and we Will be
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