SALISBURY ACADEMY LOTTERY, 1834,
NORTH CAROLINA STATE LOTTERY,
For the Benefit of
THE SALISBURY ACADEMY
1st Class—High and Low System.
To be drawn at Salisbury, on the 10th day of July.
Capital 3,000 Dollars!
Scheme :
| 1 Prize of $3,000 is ......................$ |
3,000 |
5 " |
of |
1,000 is |
5,000 |
4 " |
of |
500 is |
2,000 |
5 " |
of |
300 is |
1,500 |
10 " |
of |
200 is |
2,000 |
50 " |
of |
100 is |
5,000 |
60 " |
of |
50 is |
3,000 |
100 " |
of |
20 is |
2,000 |
250 " |
of |
10 is |
2,500 |
20,000 " |
of
|
470 is |
94,000 |
20,485 Prize |
|
| Prize |
amount'gto $120,000 |
More Prizes Than Blanks,
Whole Tickets, ..............................$4
Halves ...................................... 2
Quarters.........................•............ 1
Mode of Drawing.
This scheme, founded on the High and Low System, has 40,000 tickets, numbered from 1 to 40,000 inclusive. On the day of the drawing the 40,000 numbers will be put into one wheel; and all the prizes above the denomination of $4 70 in another; they will be drawn out alternately, first a number and then a prize, until all the prizes are drawn. Prom 1 to 20,000, inclusive, are low; and from 20,001 to 40,000, inclusive, are high. The prizes of $4 70 are to be awarded to the high or low division, will be determined by that which may draw the capital prize of 3,000 dollars. The prizes of $4 70 will be payable in tickets in the next scheme—all other prizes payable in cash forty days after the drawing. All prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per centum.
Tickets, shares and packages to be had, in the greatest variety of numbers, at
STEVENSON & POINTS' OFFICE,
(White Row, Mansion Hotel,) SALISBURY.
All orders from a distance, (post paid,) enclosing the cash, will be thankfully received and promptly attended to, if addressed to
Stevenson & Points, May 17, 1834. Managers, Salisbury, N. C.
—The Star, June 6, 1834.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
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