The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-07-03
COUNT TURNEY COLBERT THE LEAD MAR
\ SECOND SEXTON A
CONTEST WILL POSITIVELY END
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18TH, AT $50
NEAR THIRD

OAlHS I'd 0Ale AsAGb bhaet tItIS 1Dil~
Is causing so much interest Mr..
Frank has decided to add third
prize, which is thin model 15-iewel,
20-year. goId-flled ease Eigin watch.
This is handsome prize and is worth
working for.
This contest like all other contests
of it's kind is causing the public the
greatest excitement as it nears the
end When a reporter called at Mr..
Franks today he found Mr.. Frank
and all his clerks so busy that it
was almost impossible to obtain in
formation as to- the results of this
contest, but it was evident that they
had all they could do. There has
been a constant stream of customers
at this store for the past few weeks.
All you can hear when you are in
the store is either about this contest
or about the values to be had in this
(store. Mr.. Frank has put up several
4 good specials every week during this
contest so as to cause constant trad
ing,
s@ Now few words to the candi-
dates and their friends. This con-
test will only last two more weeks.
All kind of changes can take place
in this time 1t is absolutely impos-
sible to tell who the winner of this
beautiful pony or coaster brake
bicycle will be. BY glancing at the
standing of the candidates you will
observe that the three leading candi-
dates are practically even. Just a
few votes can change the. leader. If
! you want your candidate to win in
&his contest it is absolutely neces-
sary that you begin to hustle up
your friends and tell them how to
yete
Franks Store you get vote. You
can east your votes for any boy or
girl between the, ages of 6 and 16
years The boy or girl receiving
the highest number of votes will re-
ceive absolutely free beautiful
shetland Pony; the boy or girl re-
ceiving the next highest number of
votes will receive a high grade coast
err brake bicycle. now on display at
Franks. The contest will close
: Wednesday night, July 18th at $50
o'clock.
During this contest we have been
issuing white ballots on which the
number of your votes were punched
All of these white ballots must be
cast on or before July 9tn as we viii
then be issuing colored ballots which
Will be the only kind that will be
good on the final count. We do thl:
so that the judges will not have tc
look on the back of each ballot Il
see if it is valid. The final coun
viii be made by the cashiers of tn;
ree ocala banks, namely: Messrs
10. j. Bitch, cashier of the Com
kcial Bank; H. d. Stokes, cashiel
wthe Ocala National Bank, and A
e. Gerig, cashier of the Munroe &
Chambliss Bank We asked thes,
gentlemen to act as judges becaus
we believe that they are good mathe
maticians and besides we know tha
they will be absolutely impartial an,
accurate in their count. The count
ing will begin on Wednesday night
July 10th, at Z o'clock.
- Now again we want to tell yo
n that If you want to win in this con
test; you had better get busy, and ge
busy quick Write your friends an
tell them to trade at Franks an
vote for you. Franks sell the bes
goods for the least money and hav
the reputation of treating you figh
Go to your friends and tell thel
that II you buy anything at Frank
| and it is not what you expected it
after you have used the merchaI
1se, Frank will make 1t good n
matter how long you have had SAM
Tell your friends that they wi
eventually trade at Franks, why M
now.