The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-04-19

The big prize voting contest announce
ment III these columns last week is
creating more interest than we imagined
| it would at the beginning. Nominations
Of contestants are being sent to this office
and soon there will be many who would
be willing recipients of fine $500
Obermeyer Piano or other valuable prizes
enumerated in this list
All Of these handsome prizes are enum-
Grated in the announcement on another
page and will be given to some of the
ladies of Rising Sun and vicinity.
The question is: how can | do it? All
that is necessary is to get your relatives
and friends to trade with the merchants
who are donating prizes in this popular
voting contest.
For each $I.oo spent with the merchants
you will receive rs votes which can be
voted for any of the contestants. Also
to get your friends to subscribe for the
MIDLAND JOURNAL. For each one year
new subscription you will receive GOO
votes; for each one year renewal 500; for
each year back subscription 400 votes.
OF course it will be understood that under
no circumstances are coupons issued by
the merchants except upon cash pur-
chases.
We have been asked if the wife or
daughter of merchants who are co-operat-
ing with The JOURNAL in this voting con-
test may compete for prizes. The rules
are that no one connected with The
JOURNAL Office can compete for any prize,
neither can the wife or daughter of any of
the merchants who are cooperating with
The MIDLAND in the contest enter the
competition. The reasons for this are
obvious. and we are very sure that the
merchants will all feel just as we do in re-
gard to the matter. We want the contest
to be conducted with the greatest possible
fairness, with no occasion or opportunity
for anybody to criticise. The ballot box
is now at The JOURNAL Office ready to re-
ceive votes. The box will not be un-
locked until the first count is made, on
May 20. The judges will be absolutely
disinterested people, in whom everybody
will have confidence, and every count will
be participated in by representative of
the Publishers Music Co., who are man
aging the contest There will be no
favorites and no chance for favoritism.
The lady who secures the largest number
of votes will win the piano, and so on
down for the rest of the prizes. We wish
there were pianos enough to go round for
all the girls, but there are not, and all but
one will have to be content with one of
the many other beautiful prizes offered.
Voting can commence at any time in a
ballot box which is placed in this Office
and the key to the box will be given to
the awarding committee whose names
will be announced in another issue of this
paper.
Use the free vote coupon in this issue.
If you know OF any lady who has not
been nominated and whom you think
would make good race use the nomina
ton blank below and send her name to
the MIDLAND JOURNAL Office or bring it in
person and her name will be entered. 1t
matters not if she is married or single.
Read the rules in the large ad. in this
issue or we will mail them upon request.
Inspect the offerings of the merchants and
learn how you may secure votes for your
self or friend. Be sure to ask these
merchants for coupons.
Those who do not understood the rules
and regulations of this contest, can call at
this Office or write us and we will be
pleased to go over the proposition with
them.