The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-06
INTEREST SHOWN
IN PRIZE CONTEST
CHAFFEE RECEIVING MANY IN
QUIRIEs ABOUT BUSINESS MEMS
LEAGUES NEWEST PLAN FOR
ADVERTISING THE CITY

The newspaper contest for prizes. which
the Business Men5s league is offering
on the best article of not less than SOC
or over LOCO words, appearing in any
paper in Alabama outside of Jefferson
county, on why Birmingham is the Ma
tural and Logical Retail Trade Center OF
the Northern Half of Alabama and Ada
cent Territory Is attracting consider
able attention from the out-of-town
press.
Secretary Chaffee of the Business Men S
league states that he is receiving numer-
Gus inquiries relative to the contest, and
expects a large number of articles on
the subject. 1t is a rather unique way
of attracting attention to Birmingham,
and stimulates interest in the chief city
of the state.
For the information of those who are
interested in the matter, the following
rules of the contest are reproduced be-
low:
a The article must be written by
resident of the county in which the paper
that it appears in is published.
(2) The articles must be published at
least once in some paper daily or week
| ly, in the county in which the writer of
| the article resides.
| 90 The writer of the article may be a
member of the staff of the paper in which
the article appears.
"a This contest is open only to articles
appearing in daily or weekly newspapers
published In Alabama, outside of JET
ferson county.
(5) The articles must not be less than
500 nor more than 1000 words
90 A copy of the paper in which the
article appears must be mailed to the
Business Mems league, 22o Chamber of
Commerce building, Birmingham, Ala.
q No paper or writer is limited to any
one article; as many articles can be
written and published as desired.
80 No article entered for this contest
can be awarded more than one prize.
(s) This contest opens April l and
closes July 81, 1910. All articles to be
In by August l, 1870
Q9) The general excellence of the arti-
Gle, and the most convincing reasons
.sWhv Birmingham is the Natural and
Logical Trade Center of Northern Ala
bama" will receive the greatest weight
in making awards of prizes.
The prizes are as follows:
| d For the best article as above, 50
in cash.
(2) For the second best article as above,
SIS.
80 For the third best article as above,
SIS.
90 For the fourth best article as above,
$40.
Checks for the amounts awarded to be
mailed to prize winners within twenty
four hours after the judges have made
their awards Judges to make awards by
August 5, 1910.
For the information of those entering
this contest, it is suggested that the
| following topics be treated
| Birmingham's geographical location; its
accessibility as railroad center; the
advantage of special and weekend rail-
road rates to the city; its metropolitan
stores and varied stocks of goods its
splendid amusement attractions; its splen-
did schools, and the educational value
afforded by Birmingham as center of
industry and culture to those visiting
the city for shopping purposes; the re-
fund of railroad fares by merchants to
out-of- town shoppers. Also its advan-
tages as a convention city.