The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-03-18
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE
SIUPEND0US. UNDERTAKING,
Some Facts of Value For The Perusal OF the
Many Interested Citizens of Sumter
and Adjoining Counties.
Wealth OF Information About itHow The Prizes Will Re
Awarded is Necessary to be Successful in 7 bs
Campaign Now is the Ripest Time to Enter

The Daily Item and Watchman
and Southron Golden Festival and
Voting Campaign, has been arranged
along the simplest lines; it is under
the direction of a reputable man of
long experience who makes a spec
ialty of campaigns of this kind, and
he has an absolute perfect system Of
recording and counting the ballots
so as to insure you absolute accu-
racy for your own votes, and for each
candidate in the campaign. 1T is ut
terly impossible for you to beat the
system. and the system cannot beat
lyou."
How to Enter.
To enter the campaign. it is only
necessary to clip the nomination pub
lished in this issue, fill in with your
own name and address or that of a
friend and mail it to the Campaign
Manager. care of The Daily Item,
Sumter. s. c. You will be supplied
with simple and easily understood
forms necessary for your campaign,
also we will send q representative to
assist you in getting started. All you
have to do Is to get your friends in
terested in your campaign and the re-
suit will be to your liking.
| Get your friends Interested: let
them know you are in earnest, and
they will rally to your support in a
manner that will stagger you when
you find your score advancing. There
ris absolutely nothing more to it;
simply utilize your spare time in
securing votes.
Two Campaigns I'm One.
One Of the most satisfactory fea-
lures of the Golden Festival and
Voting Campaign is, the fact that in
spite Of ita magnitude. candidates on
the rural routes are not in competition
with those who live in the city of
Sumter. except in the instance Of the
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grand prizes. After the automobiles
have been awarded the candidates
having the highest number of votes in
Sumter will be awarded 800 in gold,
and the candidate living outside of
the city of Sumter having the highest
number Of votes will also be awarded
500 in gold.
Division prizes No. Two. The candi-
dates having the second highest
number Of votes will be awarded $50
IN gold. There is one of these prizes
for the city OF Sumter. and one for
the outside Of the city Of Sumter.
Division Prizes No. Three. The
candidates having the third highest
number of votes will be awarded s25
In gold. There is one of these prizes
for the city of Sumter and one for the
candidates living outside of Sumter.
Every candidate failing to secure
one of the above prizes. and turns in
ten New subscriptions to the Daily
Item or new subscriptions to tho
Watchman and Southron to the
amount Of s45.00 will each receive
$40 in gold.
Candidates failing to secure one Of
the $40 prizes will be awarded 10 per
cent. commission on all business they
turn in on both new and old SUBJ
scriptions. Every participant who
complies with the rules will positive
ly receive a reward.
How tho Votes are Issued.
Votes in this campaign are secured
In two ways. by clipping those found
in each issue Of The Daily Item and
Watchman and Southron. These votes
must be neatly trimmed, and sent into
this department on or before the date
printed thereon. Votes on subscrip-
ttons will be made out and mailed
back to each candidate, with instruc-
tions to check them over with their
records In order to be absolutely sure
they are correct. Should you find
an error. advise the manager at once
and he will cheerfully correct any
error.
The subscription ballots are re-
served votes. and may be voted any
time during the campaign. in accord
ancc with the voting limit. Remem-
Der votes Cannot Be Bought but are
only secured as above mentioned.
About the Closing.
Many people, Judging from rumors