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frrA New(BY F. C. O;)«*■*Three o'clock p. m/ls tife bettelst part of « Hot day.' So thoaghV the huge crowd assembled \td., rldo home Ir the new Ford car.Offered by the Ch‘er«-Cola Chmpftnv:tothe person holding the winning tlckdt.youngfamer,was me,, a ...Mr. Hun singer' said ho ’foufiu boll wceylls with, keroscpo oil, butnow ho;would have to ryn Us c m-wlth dccrosenc, and he was certainly going to, takedtls best Kid.. .to rldo' this verv afternoon, hoi» About.* two. .or thrco thousandpeople, holding inywiera frbm fbii!to' a thpuRtmd Chero-Cola ticketsapiece, .Just,, sited _and perspiredwhile wr'tlng fer the drawing tobegin.' .1 nAbtt Nix vwas maa'tVr of cwemo-*• u * • -man'Just'b k of meremarked, they put* AN!a thtrocause he *s a Uwyo^ and tan' Ithings straight.” ; -v ■; ..v ' .That' was thiTmoat v''honest. to'; gladnessdrawing ever! was: .The 'committee scr^M'at mndom ftoml; d tizens of; the vnrlousT c*untteav ^presented with great irbor and pains pried open Urn big , box of tlekete,’ got ■ a U ttle boy front the audience, Bgbirt Burns Jr,-blindfolded' him and: rolled up his felC'jves , opened his, hands • and hel lthen tip to. show, the audience' they war* empty. .(They: had -i©,pry a penny out of hie little flat!) Down went the youngster's hand Into the box of tickets, slowly he.hekL up a ticket—while the audienceheld Ita breath!The young fellow who had the tup’ 'cate, J. D. Hunslngesr of Dah-leluville. Qwigla, B. ,F. IX No. *.waa called up on th truck wrtoft .the audience he. had Just fotir tickets, one of which had won “the:•Ford.-. ',vi:?.*I ' This young: Csffia'boy - hsi' walkedJIn from Tunlclsville; wUh'hle f ur, tfckcta arid ten oentaln his pockdt—pat he!conM rWe hack! ‘Tdon* begrplge him bis luck,* eatd an;
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Athens Banner Herald
Athens, Georgia, US
Sun, Aug 06, 1922
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