The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
FINE LIBRARY TO
|. Be GIVEN AWAY BY
BUSINESS FIRMS.

verton Co. go with it.
A number of Palatka business firms
have purchased this library for the
purpose of giving it to the church,
Sunday school, lodge, society, school
or district school in Palatka or vicin-
ity that receives the greatest number
of votes in a sixteen-weeks' voting
contest that has alreadyy started.
Coupons for voting can be obtained
at the following business concerns
only:
Tilghman Hardware Co.;
Alderman Stewart Drug Co.;
Palatka Gas Light & Fuel Co.;
Whitehall Market;
Vertrees & Co.;
A. T. Reed & Son;
Sanitary Steam Laundry;
Kalbfield's Grand;
Mrs. T. w. Tillman;
Fearnside Clothing Co.;
C. H. Price;
j. H. Yelverton Co.;
Chas. E. Rowton;
Gem City Pressery;
Mann Hodge Seed Co.;
Spencer & Coleman;
C. T. Norman;
The Palatka News.
The merchants give one vote for
every ten cent purchase made at their
stores. Write the name of your IA
vorite church, lodge school or society
on the coupons and then deposit them
at Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.'S.
The votes will be counted every Mon
day for 16 weeks by C. H. Price, Will
N. Walton and R. M. Coleman, Off
cial counters, and the result will be
announced each week during the con-
test through The Palatka News. The
first count will be made on Monday,
April 17th.
Every man, woman and child
should get busy and do what they
can to secure this excellent library
for their favorite organization. The
contest promises to be an exciting one
as there are several societies and
schools anxious to win this valuable
prize.
Current accounts when promptly
paid will be entitled to votes. The
library and cases are bought and paid
for, so get busy, it's up to you. It
will pay you to go and examine these
elegant books and decide at once
what organization you are going to
work for. Bear in mind there is but
one ballot box and it is located at
Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.'S store.
The books that comprise this libra
ry are all standard works and would
be valuable asset to any church,
| lodge, school or society. Go examine
them at Fearnside Clothing Co.'s
store and convince yourself. The or
ganization that gets start early will
have a greater advantage than those
starting late, so think it over and de-
eide at once for whom you are going
to work The only way you can win
this elegant library and handsome
case is to trade with the merchants
and business firms who give one vote
with each ten cent purchase. The
votes are only given with cash pur-
chases or when you pay your accounts.
You will also find a coupon good for
10 votes in each issue Of the Palatka
News. Cut this out, write the name
of your favorite organization on it
and deposit in the ballot box at Ack-
erman- tewart Drug Co.'S store.
Rules of Campaign.
l. The library of 102 volumes and
4 sections of book cases will be given
away free to the church, lodge, school,
society or club that receives the larg-
est number of votes at the end Of the
?. The contest starts Friday, April
7th. 1916, and will end Saturday, July
29th, 1916.
9. Care must be taken in filling
out blank ballots so as to leave nc
doubt for what organization they are
intended.
A. The count showing the standing
of all the contestants will be publish
ed every Friday, commencing on Fri.
day, April 81, in the New. Ballots
will be collected from the ballot boz
on Monday of each week.
5. Votes can not be transferred
from one organization to another af'
ter they have been cast.
6. In the event of two or more or
ganizations receiving the same mum
= Der of votes, library and cases are t.
be equally divided among the organi
cations 'eceiving equal number OF
votes.
T. In case any customer does mo-
take votes at time of purchase, tht
merchants or clerks where the vote!
are given out, are not allowed to giv'
: these votes to any other person o.
: vote them themselves. The merchant:
+! or clerks or any one connected will
the places of business where the vote
are given out, are not allowed to TAX
! part in the contest or deposit ballot
U in the ballot box.