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Rules, Conditions and Ge nernl lnlormetion ofthe Contest

nrian CAREFULLY

_ Any woman resideiit of one of the districts iiained who is of good eliaracter and betwei_-ii the ages of fourteen and forty-live, whether inarrieil or single, is eligible to compete, provided the conditions set forth below are coinplieil with: _

Candidates may be iiomiiiateri in the regular way or they may

nominate theinselves, eitlier by the enrollment coupon or' letter or they can be noininated by a friend.

All nominations iniist be accompanied by the proper home

address of the caiididate.

No employee of The Charlottetown Guardian, nor ineinber

of his or her ininiediate family may become a candidate.

The Contest Department reserves the right to reject any

candidate or contestant it may consider undesirable, without giv- ing a reason for doing so. _

The ballotiiig will be by nieans of single ballots, wliic_l1 will

be ffubiislicd in all issues from The Guardian. and renewals and new subscribers to The Morning Daily, Rural Daily and ,Satur- day Guardian will carry votes according to the accompanying schedule of votes.

Votes cannot be purchased. » All money must be acconipaiiied by subscriptions and the

names of siibseiil>ei‘s iniist acconipaiiy reinittaiiees.

Votes will not be issued fora siibscriptiou less than One

Dollar. `

All votes issued on subscriptions are good until the end of

the contest, and may be polled at the discretion of the candidate or the subscriber.

All coupons will be kept for the inspection of contestant at

any time during life of contest.

Single ballots (those printed in the paper) niust be polled

within the time limit printed thereon.

Votes will be allowed on subscriptions secured anywhere. Votes once cast cannot be changed to count for another

candidate-

Candidates will be dividid into districts according to their

place of residence, but they may secure ballots and subscriptions anywhere. ~

READ OVER THAT SECTION RELATING TO DIS-

TRICTS; DETERMINE WHICH ONE YOU ARE IN AND SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ’l`O THE CONTEST MANAGER. '

A candidate cannot remove from one district to another and

retain the votes to her credit in the former district.

Districts showing little or no activity may be cancelled at

the discretion ofthe Contest Manager, and his decision will be final and conclusive. _ _

In case of a tie in any separate district those tieing will each

receive the district prize. _

A board of three responsible business men will have exclu-

sive control of the ballot box tlielast day of the contest, and make the announcement of the result of that day’s voting and declare the winners. .

A list of candidates and their number of votes will be pub-

lished during the contest. _

No p'ornise or agreennit, either written or verbal, iiiade by

agents, solicitors, or canvassers, beyond those St8t€d f1l’°Ve» Wlll be recognized by The Charlottetown Guardian.

The contest c_i‘.';'is -~.f!`u:ally Nov 28, ioii. The ballot! ng

will start' Dec 2, i;1i aii<i'.1cs; at 3 P. M. january 27, 1912, Address all rommunic-ation relotiiig in the contest, to

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$50U.W ° Nambe' Three' ` ~ -J I P.E.L g ent polling Highest Vote, alter District prizes are won `_____ , ""*""“

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Pianos and Organ V . _ 'wa The Charlottetown Guardian Makes its _greatest and most wonderful _offer to the ladies of Prince iidwaiid island.

iltirand Upright Willis Pianos Value $500. each 4

2 Il/lagnilicent l)ominion0rgans Value $150 ‘each 2

This Contest is for the ladies only and is an` op- portunity of a life time to secur_e an instrument that _would please the most particular housewife

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Send Your Nomination To-day and Win

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Two Dominion Organs $l50.ll0 each, Oneo be Awarded ,

I to the Second Highest Vote in each distric thatifreceives

L but one Piano.

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$l0.ll it Gold will he awarded first person nominating Contestant receiving

' highest number of votes.

Districts

District No. One--Includes Charlottetown, Sunimersicle, '/Xlbcrton, Tignish, Ken-

sington, Montague, Souris and Georgetown.

District No Two -Includes the villages and Post Ollices in Quecn’s County, eXcept

Charlottetown.

District No Tliree--Includes the villages and Post Offices in King’s and Prince coun-

ties, except the towns and villages included in district No One.

Subscription Price and Vote Values in Contest Subscription Rate

Morning Guardian by Carrier, at $3.00 per year Number of Votes allowed 1 year . . . . . ..... . . . . .. .... ..$3.oo. . . i2,ooo

inofniiig oimrdiaii iiy Mun to U. S. /i. ....... ._

Iyear......... .... 3.00 ....... ........12.000

Morning Guardian by Mail to Canada ....... ..

t 1 year (outside of P. Island) . . . .... .. .2.5o ............. .....io.ooo

Morning Guardian by Mail to Pj E. island. `

i year.. ..... 8,000

2.00. . _ _

Rural Daily Guardian by Iviziil to U. S A ..... ._

15-ear,...... ....... ._ ....... ..:1.oo.... 8,000

Rural Daily Guardian b_v Mail to Canada .... .. 1 yeir (outside of P. E. Island . . .. - . . . . i5o..... . .. 6.000

Rural Daily Guardian by Mail to P. E. Island

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1.25,... 5.000

Saturday Guardian (Weeklylto any Address

Canada or United States ' r r.oo 4,000

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$500.00 Willis Piano, First Prize in District Number Two.

PLAN OF CONTEST

Priiire iidwarti Islzuiil lifts been riivi led into three ilistiicls,

as follows;

District No. Oiie---Includes Ciifitlottc-town, Sumnierside, Al-

berton, Tignisli, Kensingtoii, i\loiitag_(iie,54oiiris and Georgetown

District N0. 'l’wo-- Includes all the villages and Post Offices

in Queeii`s County except Cliarlotteiowii.

District No.'l`liree---Inclutles all the villages and Post Officeii

in Prince and King’s Counties except those included in District No. one.

The ladies receiving the liighest vote in their respective dis-

trict will be awardeti a $500 oo Upright Willis Piano, Louis XV design, illaliogaiiy finish.

The lady polling tlie highest vote ii'i'<2specti\'e of distriCt,after

the district prizes have been awarded, will also rcceivt- a $500.00 Upright Willis Piano, Louis XV design, Mahogany finish.

The two beautiful organs. valued at $i5o oo each _will bf.-

awarded to the two caridiates polling the si-eoi:<l largest number of votesin their respective district where bin one Piano has been won.

It is distinctly undeistood that each district will be awarded

two prizes. It is further understood that each district will be awarded one of the Pianos, and the fourth Piano goes _to the highest candidate after the district l‘i:anos are won. No candidate can win two prizes. A coupon will be printed in each issue of the Guardian and will entitle the holder the amount of votes specified. Paid in advance subscriptions will entitle contestants to votes in proportion to amount secured.

Plan of Noinination--Any young lady over i4 years who lives

in territory comprising .the three disii-icts,iseligible to complete in the contest. Canclidates inay noniinate themselves or their friends may do so for them. Read over tlielist of the three districts,deter- mine which one you or your friends are in, and send in your nomination. The Rules of the Contest are very simple. The list of nominations will be published Dec, 9 and the first vote announce- ment will appear Dec 16. Get an early start,for the prizes are cer- tainly wortli trying for.

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Additional Rules and Conditions i

'l`l1e first announeeiiient of nominations will be made at an

early date. .

'l`liei'e will be three separate districts from which to enter, as

described on this page. All coupons clipped from the Morning, Rural Daily and Saturday Guardian will be known as "Clipped Coiipons‘; and will entitle holder to number of votes speeilied. Iii order to be voted, they inust be triniiiied neatly on border edges for filing purposes. All coupons issued on paid in advance sub- scriptions will be known as "Specials”.

No coupon either “Clipped” or “Special” will be sold for

money or other consiileration,biit shall be obtained only by being clipped from the Gimrtliaii, or being secured through the regul- ar subscription cliaiinels.

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For Further Particulars Address, Contest Manager I (P7

$500.00 Willis Piano to be awarded to the Contest-

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