The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-09-30
FEARNSIDE CO.'S
PRIZE AUTO WON
By S. A. Baker of Seville Who
Held Ticket No. $4,000.

The hour for the FearnSide Clothing
Co.'S prize automobile drawing was Sc
for 1890 Monday noon the Goth inst
AT that hour there was steady down
pour of rain which prevented many
from attending. However there were
several hundred ticket holders present,
completely filling the big store and
stretching out onto the walks in front.
The thousands Of coupons were well
shaken in the deposit boxes and then
dumped into big pine box on top of
the big oak clothing case; then the mat
ter OF the drawing was left 10 the ticket
holders themselves, with the recommen-
daton that they select committee TO
oversee ii.
The crowd selected Col. S. J. Hilburn,
+. T. Lancaster and NJ. ]. Hames as the
committee. These gentlemen mounted
10 the top of the big clothing case in
plain sight of the crowd and proceeded
to stir the tickets SO that the numbers
would be thoroughly mixed Then
they selected little boy-EIarland Hick-
cnlooper--from the audience, blindfold-
ed him and rolled his sleeves up TO the
shoulder, showing bare arm. Thus he
was led up TO the box and told TO reach
in ii and draw one ticket. This he did,
handing il TO one of the committee, who
announced the number to the crowd.
The other two members of the COM
mittcc also in turn read aloud the num-
Der which proved TO be
NUMBER 81, 800.
That there was an anxious scrutiny of
the tickets held in the crowd goes with
out saying, but no one in the big crowd
made the 'joyful noise" which would
naturally follow a discovery that they
possessed the lucky ticket. Others came
in, examined their tickets, and gradual,
ly the crowd dwindled.
Presently, however, the big good ma
turcd form of S. A. Baker, the Sawmill
man of Seville, entered the door. He
looked at the posted number, then start
10 examine his tickets, thcn-therc was
a WHOOPLA! HAVE 1T.
And sure enough Mr.. Baker held tick
ct No. $1,000 and the automobile was
his. Hundreds of people congratulated
him, and-he congratulated himself
Mr.. Baker held about 800 tickets
which he had secured with purchases
stretched through the summer. Like
many others he had frequently been
heard TO say that he was going 10 win
the machine.
He spent Sunday at Daytona Beach.
When he left that resort Monday morn
ing he remarked TO a friend that he was
going to Palatka to get that FcarnSidc |
He got it.
Last Friday the Fearnsidc Company
posted a notice that the company would |
give $500 to the winner, in case the |
money was preferred TO the automobile.
There are only a few people who |
would know what TO do with an auto
mobile. There are a few more who |
would know what TO do with the money. |
The prize machine is Brush Racing |
Model. Mr.. Baker already had Brush |
Roadster, very much of same appearance. |
lie hcsitatcd for time and then decided |
TO take the $500. A check for that |
amount was given him and he deposited |
ii to his credit in the bank, after which |
he took the 3:4S train for home.
There were some incidents in conncC- |
iion with the drawing that illustrates the |
thought that one may be near and at the |
same time far. For instance
A little colored boy named CaperS, son
Of former Palatka barber, held ticket |
No. 81, 500. When he saw that he was
but one removed from the lucky number,
he went out in the middle of the street,
laid down on the pavement and howled.
Will Walton held ticket No. 1857
and 37,6O2-thrcc too few and two too
many.
a lady at FIorahome held ticket No.
1901.
The News has never heard of such a
valuable trade prize being given in Flor
da.
The prize was first offered on March
10Th. Just six months from that day the
lrawing took place. During that time
he FcarnSide Co. issued nearly 100000
icketS, one ticket for each so cents
'pcnt at the store That means $45, 600.
When ii is considered that the trade rep
'cScnted by these tickets was during the
summer season, when business of all
kinds in Palatka is at its lowest ebb, il
will be seen that the Fearnside Co. does
monster retail business in the course
If year, the coming six months of
which will be much greater in volume
han the six months which closed on
Monday.
The bulk of the fall and winter as
we'll as the syringe and summer purchaS-
IS of clothing will be made during the
,oming six months.
Stops earache in two minutes; tooth
.che, or pain of burn or scald in five
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