Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-05-14

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| Keystone Lodge, +. & A. NJ. ......
Volunteer Firemcn, Mays Landing
The Pleasantville Press contest has
been gaining strength day by day. This
i affair is becoming spirited one and
hundreds of people in Pleasantville and
Atlantic County are looking with N
terest upon the development of strength
and energy of the various organizations
as manifested i'll the standing of can
didates each week. The voting for this
period has exceeded expectations, but
the standing as published does not in
dicate to any degree of certainty inst
which candidate is doing the Most
work. In one or two instances the en-
J tire vote for a candidate has been cast
/ by one individual alone In other cases
the vote has been the result Of united
effort of a committee appointed by the
organization for the purpose of solicit
! ing votes.
The contest will now begin III earnest.
The interest in the contest will now IN
crease very rapidly and before another
week passes we may expect some sur
prsing gains BY many of the contest
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vassing for coupons have made some
effort to obtain subscriptions and have
met with surprising success. Each sub
scription secured has entitled them to a
special ballot of votes, as per the sched
ule published in the contest rules, in
another column. These special ballots
| have no expiration date and can be retain
ed and east later in the contest In
some instances, the candidates are with
| holding these special ballots in order
| to have a reserve vote to cast at a later
date and more critical time of the con
| test, while other candidates are casting
every vote secured i'll order to make
good showing each week.
| A very important thing at this period
| of the contest is to get your favorite
organization in the lead, because the
leader generally gets the floating vote
The floating or scattering vote is east
| by subscribers who are not particularly
| interested in any organization in the
contest and merely vote for the leader
because they think the one at the top
of the list the best. This percentage
OF votes is very large. A hundred or
more subscribers who were former resi-
dents of Atlantic County. but are now
i living in other counties: some are too
| far away to understand the conditions
and simply vote for the organizations al
the top of the list, no matter who it
may be. Tbs is also the case of sub
scribers in Atlantic County living in
localities having 10 representative in
the contest. Each succeeding week VIII
witness Il steady increase in the num-
Der of coupons cast in the contest and
unless each candidate lets the people OF
its locality know that it is going to
make the effort to obtain one of these
pianos, the support OF that particular
locality Will 30 to some other.
The office has already been busy
answering many inquiries regarding the
vote cast; everybody seems anxious TO
know how the various organizations
stand. No one will receive this informa
| tion except through the announcement
in this paper each week which will give
the total vote cast for each candidate
up to Wednesday evening of each week.
J However any information or instruc
tions of a general nature that you may
desire will be cheerfully furnished by
this Office Don't hesitate to telephone
or write us if you are i'll the dark on
any point.
! The Press desires to inform every per
son who is interested in this contest
that 10 special favors are to be shown
any. candidates or individuals. There
will be no ballot box suffing and no
votes can be east unless they 90 through
the hands Of the contest editor, thus be-
| ing stamped and recorded. then filed
away so that in the end if the judges
who will be appointed by the contest
ing organizations find any irregularities
in the votes, they can refer to the re-
cords and ascertain if the vote is bona
| fide or fraudulent. This system will be
explained to every individual who calls
at The Press office
For the benefit of the readers of The
Press who may not have famliarized
themselves with the details OF this great
contest. the facts and conditions are
herewith made plain.
The Press has purchased high grade
! Krell French Piano valued at 1925 and
is going to give it away to the most
worthy organization in Atlantic County.
| The readers of The Press will determine
the award.
The contest will be determined by
vote, each issue Of The Press will con
tain coupon worth ) votes. Votes
willSllso be given for payment of arrears,