The Cairo bulletin., 1914-08-17
The Bulletins Prize Campaign
Closes Saturday Night at
Nine O'Clock
CONTEST is ONLY
A MATTER OF DAYS
Candidates Are Exerting Every
Effort in the Fight To
Win

close next saturday evening at niue
o'clock. Five days more remain for
tho candidates to make their last
fight for the Ford fiye-passenger
touring ca, a $325 Stroud piano, a
FLYING Merkle motorcycle four gen
uine diamond rings and four hand
some Elgiu gold watches.
These five days count. Every
possible subscription should be
rounded up Immediately and turned
into the contest department. The
competition is close just now, and
doubtless, the work during this y eek
will win the three big prizes, 1t
will never do to take things easy at
this stage in the game, and assume
that fair reserve vote will make
one a winner. For almost everyone
Of the active contestants has big
number of ballots held back, to de-
post on the closing day. The only
safe proposition is to keep right on
the trail up TO the close on Saturday,
Subscriptions mean votes now, and
votes mean prizes.
No Count After Wednesday
The contest department will make
its last count of the votes on next
Tuesday afternoon and the result
will be published in Wednesday,
issue of The Bulletin. From thai
day on the list. will remain I'M
changed until the judges take charge
of affairs Saturday night for the
final canvass Of the votes This i.
done to enable every candidate tc
check up the last published list APP
pearing in The Bulletin and have
ample time to advise the contest de
partment if any error appears in thu
number of votes credited to the con
testant
Check Your Votes.
Candidates will pleas carefully
check the votes they have pollet
during this campaign and see tha'
same correspond with the number
credited to them in the published
list next Wednesday.
If there is any error notify til,
contest department at ouce thai
same may be corrected. For thC
Judges who canvess the final vote
will count only the coupons tha'
lave been deposited after Wednes
day, Aug. IS and add same to TIL
number appearing in the published
list of next Wednesday.
The Prizes.
The nrst, or capital prize, is t
Ford automobile. This ar will b
given to the candidate Nho secure
the most votes In the entire contes
'egardless of district.
1t is a 1914 Model T Touring car
five passenger. four cylinder,
horsepower machine. With the aut
s included extension top, win,
shield, speedometter, lights, genera
or, horn, shield, tools, etc. Every
hing complete so that the WHINE
need purchase no extras.
This automobile was purchase
from A. D. Teer, general agents Il
this district for the Ford Automo
bile company.
The Piano.
The results OF the contest up T.
this time have been so satlstactor,
| mat the management OF The Bulle
tin has concluded to substitute 8
higher grade and more expensive
piano as the Ladies second CRANE
| prize.
A beautiful 1925 Stroud piano
manufactured by Thee Aeolian Com.
oany will be awarded to the youne
lady who has the most votes after
the automobile winner has been de-
termined.
This is an unusually fine instru.
ment and has been selected, after
carefully considering the merits Of
several different makes. It's tones are
clear and pure, and In construction
and style this piano is decidedly SUI
perior to the average. II ia made
by the Aeolisn Co., the largest
manufacturer Of musical lnstru
ments in the world, and its celebrat
ed lines are so well known that fur
Their comment is unnecessary.
The piano was purchased from
l.. A. Holley, Colonial Hotel, Cairo
who represents the Aeolisn Co., fl
this territory.
The Motorcycle.
The man or boy who is hishes
after the automobile winner Ia
been determined will receive d mig,
grade Flying Merkel motorcycle
The machine Was purchased from
4 Hills A. Kcrchap IL a.,