The billboard (July 1898)

TOE 6iLL80Afc£> Thk Billboard. 117 East ElBbtll SUeel, Cinrinnal. O., U. E. A. attended a bin post™, convention. The progress of tbe International Association of Distributors has been wonderful. During tbe year lust pis 1 it has almost trebled In membership, ana this In tbe raee ot the most ex- acting requirements. There have fOfd. As a result, the personnel of the organization Is of the very highest quality. LOOKS LIKE LOWDEN. A Tremendous Vote Polled During June—The Contest Has Now Narrowed Down to a Race Be- tween Monk, Schaefer, Leonard and Lowden—This Is the Last Coupon—The Polls Close Satur- day, July 9. JULY, 1898. Where are all of onr anti-British Jlngos? In all America there is not one to be found. The; have disap- peared lite hoar frost beneath a [ lite old chums. Is It not * liance did not occur years ago? Tbe logic of conditions warranted It ten years since. Thinking men have point- ed to the fact for a decade, bat all their arguments have been set at idea. They are able, ai capable. The outcome of will be watched with the keenest in- The A. B. F. Convention at Buffalo will also be well attended. The of- ficers of this organization have mark- Then came tbe war, and with it a Hearty British cheer for America's boys in blue—and It Verily, our ends are There must needs be sessions morn- ing, afternoon and night and even then It is litely that a fonrth and even a. fifth dny will be required In order to complete tbe programme. tlon and by-laws, a long debate on the question of agents commissions and an acrimonious dispute over Louis- ville, Memphis and Worcester are only a few of the many things that will en- of the delegates. Sherer, of St. Paul, Williamson, of St. Louis, and J. E. Williams, of Chicago, are working hard for Schaefer, and, al- though they started in late, have boosted him from a tail ender into third place. L H. Ramsey. W. C. Terrill and the Michigan billposters have given Leonard splendid support. Hustling, bustling Ike Monk, who runs three big billposting plants, two theaters and sis traction parks, and then com- plains of not having enough to occupy his mind, has no associations behind him except the Il'inois boys. They vote for J. Cariick F. M. Slocorob C. B. Wood want Barney Ijnk . . Harry Stoops. Mrs. Dundon. . . . C. P, Filbrick ,,, Pn& W. leaks. , F. P Ketelun , J C Pockeloun. W, P. F»y . C II CHebcl. Ir II C, WiUhinr <;eo. H. Bubb Ch—■ Bryan , . Sain Pratt. RKMKilBER- Tbe polls close at not Saturday, July o. The Billboard is going to send tl cat popular bill poster in America to August. He will be a pointed by the craft at large. Pacific Coast billposters and those in sections of Canada will please re- r that they had best mail their be very day they receive this issue of The Billboard, for the polls close July 9 HOW TO VOTE. h like 01 lias a big lot of friends all o, ng else) on the coupon below, and Tbe Billboard Publishing o., uncinnati, O. Each coupon will be Minted as one vote for the bill poster hose name il bears. All July cou- t>ns must be voted before noon on July 9. "Voted" does not mean "mailed," time to reach us the morning of July 9. JtJCJkW (am Hoke and the members of the I. . of D. have rallied to the support of bole-souled Billy Lowden, and the way "ar aim IS a caution, veeks will he busy ones 'HE Billboard One Entirely opened before a will t -a J JULY 3 9. or j wj KL 3 Tbe mon .JtJt>tAJCXJ». .WJSBLS"- *fcler la America ana tiesnouia oe our mnoauaaortatne g the crafts, the bill posters of America will be the first to take steps to cement the friendship. They will will be chosen as the ablest, tbe best— the man most fitted to represent Amer- ican bill posters abroad. It win be an honor—an honor sucb n twice—and be No votes will lie counted and no will know the standing of any con until Saturday afternoon, July 9. The noils will dose a date. The votes will then be ci Notice— The final polls close at noon iturday, July 9. Under our arrangement with the Amet- News Company, The Billboard is unable to secure it will j notify us, giving place and date. hearty welcome both at Liverpool ai the steamship Aurauia of the ^V^m^^^^S^S& ard Line, and,he will receive fm^^^t^^^SJ^S^ *b\T to . Hone nlll fetl vsr, ■ THEV STAND. "™ rSISt'to* c™iMtaa*ti""i ceived by the various con- v"™^! 1 ".^**!™'™""'*"™ 1 * **■■>* une 25 were as follows : W. B. Lowden.. Much of the preliminary work could - disposed at this meeting, and, be- general scope and plan of organization conld be outlined. Who will take the Initiative? The perhaps the one in which the greatest Interest centers. If we may believe the many letters received almost dally. d Carroll.. . . H. W. Walker Chas. Vogel.._ E. C. Donnelly Geo. Castner Albert Weber. Jas. F. O'Mclia. ... Frank Fitzgerald.. R. C. Campbell. John G. Reese.. % SB,