About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1925)
PAGE TWO End Os Campaign Draws N DETAILS OF THE FINAL COUNT In order to maintain the utmost secrecy as to the numbe r of subscriptions turned in by each canddiate, this the last period of the Big Gift Distribution, the race will be broug ht to a close under a sealed box ballot. No subscriptions whatever will be accepted through —"■ 11 ■ ■ —• It j s calculated that it will take some time, how- the campaign department this week, but instead, candi- ever, to canvass the findings in the box and determine dates themselves will deposit their final collections in [he winners. The official results will be published as the sealed box—located at the Planters Bank, Americus, toon thereafter as possible. Ga. By doing so no one, not even the campaign man- D I? A TA TUTQ OUT-OF-TOWN CANDIDATES, ATTENTION! s P "a,:: READ 111 Id . any possibility of favoritism and insures fairness to the P ivhe. e cf mailing their letters con aining su scrip minutest degree. trom their home town as late as the closing hour of the Locked and sealed, the ballot box has been placed va.icus ‘ periods.” This will not be permitted the last in the Planters Bank, Americus, Ga., and will remain un- TR| A | night of the campaign. All votes and su scrip ions til the closing day of the campaign. g /% S> S' must be in the sealed box when the race is closed at When the final hour arrives at 9 o’clock Saturday axVJ JL-J o’clock sharp- . , . night, October 31st, the campaign will be declared clos- Out-of-town candidates shotud, where it is. possi ed. The judges will break the seals, unlock the box bie to do so, arrange to deposit their envelopes in per and immediately thereafter, or as soon as votes can be son at the bank, but where this cannot be done, ers issued on subscriptions contained therein, the last count g k 4-. I containing remittances should be addressd to Campaign will begin. The winners will be determined by merely 1 M | f*Tll IIX ' Departmest,” The Times-Recorder, Americus, Ga., adding the published vote totals, which appeared for the J * plainly marked: “For sealed ballot box; n o last time in Monday’s Times-Recorder, to reserve votes opened.” Particular care should be taken o post and those contained in ballot box. There will be no letters in good time to reach this office before e na waiting; no complicated count, but simply a matter of hour and it is advisable that the same be un er speci adding the vote totals and announcing the winners. - —— delivery stamp. IMPORTANT NOTICE! All subscriptions deposited in the sealed box must be accompanied by Cash, Money Order, Bank Draft, or Certi fied Check for full amount to cover. Personal Checks w ill not be accepted. This Rule is made in fairness to all candidates and will be strictly adhered to. Candidates must verify and attest 100,000 to the correctness of their count by <7r-vr , rrc! Friday, as the judges will accept Ezk IKAVO I 110 the last count as absolute and final. w . . r zm i r With Every Club of sl2 Ballot Box now located in Subscriptions turned in. at Planters Bank. De- 1 posit all votes and o,llv £ da ’ s a,ter loday ’ and subscriptions in Prizes and Cash will be awarded, the Ballot Box I ■— I ■! ■" " THE JUDGES May the Best Mayor J. E. Poole; J. T. Warren, President 1 Rotary; Fred Smith, President Kiwanis; B. E. K-/CXI I>VIIVIC4 WO (Furner, President Palladium; J. P. Luther, Win.! THE AMFRKT'c WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28, 1925 CANDIDATES GOING AT TOP SPEED AS CLOSE OF THE ELECTION LOOMS IN SIGHT All Turn-Ins of Subscriptions, Cash and Coupons Being Made to Sealed Box Available at Planters Bank Final Days ALL GIFTS TO BE WON IN SEALED BALLOT BOX; NO CANDIDATE SURE OF VICTORY If One Fails to Hit Ball Now, If One Lacks Real Courage, If One “Lays Down’’ at Lasct Minute Others Contenders Will Reach Harvest With the stroke of 9 Saturday night of this week the final period , of the Times-Recorder’s circulation 1 sales campaign and SIO,OOO Gift Dis- i iribution ends. Saturday night, at 9 ■ J i . > ± . • • mil! o’clock the campaign is over. Full t and definite instructions pertaining; , to the closing days and final period , es the campaign are published today , , in a display announcement. This' 1 announcement will be repeated dur- ’ ing the week. Candidates are in- ■ structed to carefully read this an- ] nowncement and be sure they under-| stand it. If there is any phrase you 1 are not clear about it is your duty j to find out at campaign headquarters! The burden is on you, the candidate ■ this week. The sealed ballot box is now 10-1 cated at the Planters Bank. During i banking hours it is available to can- 1 didates and their friends who will make turn-ins to the box, not to cam paign headquarters. But Three Day. Left This campaign is now almost over.' Three days are left. There will be ' some who will fight harder than everl now. There will be others who will “lay down” and probably as a result will be compeled to accept defeat. ' We believe we are speaking the truth 1 today when we say that anyone who sits back, satisfied or semi-satisfied v, ith past performance, wili find oth-' ers pushing ahead and leaping the; rich rewards. There is nothing certain, nothing; sure. Every indication points to the fact that the biggest gifts will be won in the ballot box this week. Do you understand what we mean? It is just this—leaders and runners-up go out of the third period and into j the final period with credits so close ! that it will take production this week 1 or lack of it to determine the win- I ners. Work to Last Minute Campaign, to the last minute. Your last turn-in may be th e very I one it takes to put you over to victory and a motor car. Give your competitors credit for being good campaigners and then, after allow ing them all and more than you fig ure them, go them one better. That is the way to win. Remember this .others besides you have been working and are working. You have done well, may be, but you have no reason to ac cept your work as the pattern by which qther:- work. Overconfidence has lost more prizes than it ever won. Forge Ahead This Week And let this be said to each and every candidate—you have no right to take anything for granted. You owe it to yourself to forg e ahead at a fast pace during the short time that remains. Every day—every hour—of the limited time left should be utilized to the fullest extent by the earnest hustlers who really want to take advantage of the opportun ity presented this week. If you fail to hit the ballnow, if you fail to avail yourself of the tools provided for your use, if you lack de termination and easily get “your ears knocked down,” if you lack spirit, and pep and determination to win you are going to have a poor 1 alibj. Excuses will not make you votes. This business of winning is positive, not negative. It is what YOU accomplish that counts. And much can be accomplished this week. All Is Blind This Week The campaign management is now to all intents and purposes, through. While on the job all week, busy with Free Voting Coupon IN THE TIMES-RECORDER “EVERYBODY WINS" GRAND GIFT CAMPAIGN GOOD FOR 5 VOTES I herebay cast 5 FREE VOTES to t he credit of Miss, Mr. or Mrs. Address This coupon, neatly clipped out, with name and address of the candidate, and mailed or delivered to the Cam paign Department of The Times-Recorder, Americus Ga will count as -5 FREE VOTES. It does not cost any’- thing to cast these coupon for your favorite candidate, and you are not restricted > any sense in voting them- Get all you can and send m in—they all count Do not Roll or Fold. D .ver in Flat Packages. NOTE This coupon ir.i tbe voted on or before Oct U, 1925. ear , closing details and checking up can- i didates, the, the campaign this week 'is in the sealed box. Who will win is l a queston we cannot answer if we would. We don’t know. In each dis- trict there are several contenders who have it within their power to at tain their objective this week. Pro ducon in the ballot box alone will tell the tale. Details of Final Count This week the ballot box, locked and sealed, uesd in closing The Times-Recorder’s circulation sales campaign and SIO,OOO Gift Distribu tion, is available to candidates and their friends at the Planters Bank, during banking hours. The bank is open daily between the hours of 9 a. m. and 2p. nr.. On Saturday the ballot box will remain at the bank until the closing hour when it will be brought to The Times-Recorder of fice and placed conveniently in the business office where it will be avail able for turn-ins until the stroke of 9 o’clock Saturday night the hour for closing the compaign. To insure fairness in the awarding of the prizes the race will be brought to a close under the sealed ballot box system and will be under the per sonal supervision of two or more Judges selected form the Advisory Board. During the final days of the ; campaign, the box—locked and seal ; ed—will repose in the vaults of a ; local bank, where candidates and their friends will deposit their final collections and votes. And not until the race has been declared closed will the seals be broken, the bov un locked, and judges begin the final i count. In this way no one, not even j the circulation sales campaign man i ager or the publishers, can possibly i know the final voting strength of ; the respective candidate, which pre cludes the possibility of favoritism | and insures fairness to the minutest . degree. 1 Full details an dinstructions re lating to the plan for closing the cam pagin will be printed today and it is the duty of each and every candidate to be familiar with them. If there is anything you do not understand, anything that is not clear to you, it is your business to seek out the campaign manager and secure the in formation. Must Verify Your Count Every candidate is urged to com pare his or her totals to the end of the Third Period with the records of the Times-Recorder if the count is not absolutely correct, according to your records, notify the campaign manager imediately so that proper correction can be made befo close of the campaign. No corrections will be made after Friday Oct. 30, at 9 P. M. Candidate MUST verify and attest to the correctness of * their count before Friday at 9 P. M. Heretofore out-of-town candidates have had the prviilege of mailing their letters containing subscrip tions from their home town as late at the closing hour of the various periods. This will not be permitted the final night of the campaign. All votes and subscriptions must be in the sealed box when the race is clos ed at 9 o,clock sharp next Saturday night Oct. 31. The schedule this final period of fers you exactly the same vote mak ing opportunites that it offers every other candidate. There are no final favors or advantages. The schedule is here and you can make it jus tas pro fitable to you as your ability war rants.
