The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-11
SATURDAY NIGHT At NINE
SOMEONE WILL WIN $1,000
At GOLDEN FESTIVALS END
Sum of $500 Will Go to Another Eight Other Prizes to Be
Awarded; Non-Winners to Receive Ten Per Cent
Commission; Final Rules Published.

promptly at nine o'clock in the even.
ing, Saturday, April IA The closing
hour will not be extended for anyone
after nine o'clock under any circum.
stances.
2. No money will be accepted for
votes under any circum stances unless
accompanied by bona fide subscrip.
tons to The West Virginian, of such
length as comply with the rules.
3. No personal checks will be &C.
cepted by the Golden Festival Man.
ager in payment for subscriptions on
Thursday, Friday or Saturday, the
three final days of the Golden Fes.
final days, have them made out to
final days, have the mmade out to
yourself and cash them.
4. Be sure that you have all of
your reserve votes in the ballot box
not later than nine o'clock in the
evening, April IA. If you forget to de-
post them before the judges make
their final count, nothing can be done
to save you.
5. The last count of votes to be
made by the Golden Festival Man.
ager will be made Wednesday night of
the final week, and the result publish.
ed in The West Virginian on Thursday
afternoon, preceding the closing day
The ballot box will Immediately be
sealed and locked after this count by
the Campaign Manager on Wednesday
night and the keys delivered to the
chairman of the judicial committee.
6. The final count will be made
and the awards made by a committee
OF three reliable and disinterested
business and professional men of Fair.
mont. The names of the Judges will
be announced on Thursday of the final
week. The Judges will break the
seal of the Ballot Box and start the
final count at soon after nine o'clock
on the evening of the 18th as is posi-.
BILE to do so. The Judges will proceed
to count all reserve votes in the ballot
box, and will then add their totals to
the totals of the Campaign Managers
final count as appearing in The West
Vtrginian on the final Thursday. The
result of this count will be the basis
on which they will make the awards,
according to the rules of the campaign.
z. II there is, in your mind, any
error in the final count of the Cam
paign Manager appearing in the issue
OF The West Virginian of Thursday
Afternoon Of the final week, any con.
testant claiming such error, must no.
tify the Golden Festival Manager in
writing not later than five O'Clock In
the afternoon, Of Friday, the day pre-.
ceding the close. Failing to notify
the Golden Festival Manager will be
considered absolute legal acknowl.
edgement that the count Of the Golden
Festival Manager is correct up to that
time.
s. Do not trust to the mails on the
last day to bring to your reserve votes
or any late subscriptions. Every vote
to count on this campaign must abso,
lutely be in the ballot box promptly at
the stroke of nine o'clock, Western
Union Time, Saturday night, the 14th
8. Do not ask any inside informa.
ton In regard to the standing of any
candidate, for none will be given un-
der any circumstances. No one knows
anything about the standing Of any
candidate but the candidate in uues-
ton. All will receive the same fair
and impartial treatment that has been
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