` 'X ."7 2 ‘ ".#$:*' f'~'..‘..w~~'-.-'.=..~ t 4 _ V f~ ~t- .r--;.»,, ~.t.;.v.i‘;,-'_,~;¢~,,,~».» , ~ _ ° ‘ .1 n - I , T 1 , , 1 . :-' _ _.§. '-». ,.‘-"..,-,...r-, ='-»_¢- " .'_‘,:,'*‘i9f,i_. ‘,’ ..- ., .1,. 3' F. l>£l1.'~'aA‘1l'J'°iz~J.»r:».- "s '* ', -' ,a if-.~r » ' » ,z ,,.,..{. _il ._, l i - \. 2 it J f ; ~ i s ¥ nw :<5 '<2 o Rainy nounpm, ml ‘ -V 7 V ' V _ _ _~ _ ' ,-_. _‘N “'“URA»1>A1L‘f>.1e1l .fiftlfuheresr NEWS CHARLo'r'rETowN. cANADA, wsgiinasnnv, DECEMBER 13 igp. mitéééir inf r ' - __ __, l v $500.00 wiiiis ;ri..n0. ran .rate in oisnia Number 1 1 , d 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 =s '