Middletown transcript., 1912-04-20
Great Voting Contest
Starts Like a WhirlWind
Many Nominations of Popular Young Lad
Already Made.
First Count Will be Made MAY 10th
Get in the Race. So Many Splendid Gifts
Give All an Opportunity

The big prize voting contest announce
ment in these columns last week is Great
ing more interest than We imagined j
would at the beginning. Nominations .
contestants are being sebJ 10 this OticC
aud soon there Will be many Who wOulC
be- willing recipients OF fine $4OO Obel'
meyer Piano or other valuable pIlZss emu
merated in this list.
All OF these handsome price are emu
meTated in the announcement Oh another
page aud will be given TO some OF the
ladies Of MiddletORn aud vicinity.
The question is: how caIl1 do iR 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 $l.OO spent with the mel
chants you will receive 25 votes which
can be- voted for any of tbs CONTESTANTS.
Also to get your friends to subscribe for
the MiddetOwn Transcript. For each
one year new subscription you Will re-
ceiVe 60U 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 purchases.
The rules are that no Que connected
with The Transcripts Office can compete
for any prize. The reasons for this are
obvious. We want the contest to be
conducted with the greatest possible
fairness, with no occasion OF Op-
portunity for anybody to critIcise. The
ballot box is now at The Transcript office,
ready to receive votes. The keys are in
the hands of Mr.. John s. Crouch, who
will be one of the judges. The box will
not be unlocked until the first count is
made, on May 10th. 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 managing the contest.
There will be no faVorities 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 gi.ls, but
there are not end 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 III 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.
II 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 Transcript Office or bring it in per-
son and her name will be entered. II
q. alters 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
yourself or friend. Be sure to ask these
merchants for coupons.
Those who do not understand the rules
and regulations of this contest, can call
at this Office or write as and we will be
pleased to go over the proposition with
them.
EXTRA PRIZE OF $40 IN GOLD
The fret count in the contest will be
made on May 10Th at which time $40 in
gold will be awarded to the contestant
having the largest number of votes at
that time. This prize is extra, in addi
lion to the other prizes offered, and its
will not bar the winner from
the piano or any of the other
prizes.
DO IT NOW and help some one reap
the benefits of this liberal offer. Remem-
Der that many of the merchants of Mid
dletoWn are interested in this contest and
give 25 vote coupon with every 81 cash
purchase.
This contest is between individuals and
no lodge or other organization will be per-
mitted to enter. This also means that
no lady will be permitted to stand as the
of any particular organization
with the understanding if she wins the
piano or other prizes it is to go TO that
would be manifestly unfair to the other
Any candidate so detected
will be disqualified.
Remember and have your friends trade
with the merchants who are giving the
coupons. They are reliable trades people
as follows:
j. F. McWhorter & Son.
J. H. Emerson.
s. T.. Massey.
Fogel & Burstan Department Store.
W. 7. Connellee.
NJ. Banning.
Redgrave Bros.
L. NJ. Scott.
The Globe Clothing Store.
Mrs Rosa Weber.
E. A. Truitt.
E. ]. Steele.
This is the first voting contest The
Transcript has ever given, aud we pro-
pose to make it ''howling success" We
want new subscribers and a lot of them,
md these girls will get them for Us by
leeing their friends and inducing them