The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-04
GREATEST DAY OF ALL !
ALL RECORDS PUT OUT CT
SIGHT.
over Six Thousand Votes We're Pollcd
Yesterday Miss Baird Wins the
Bor-A Great Jump by Miss Com
nelly-Other Big Records.

l4llne Is. 8
Mary A. Stack e.. ...,...... 500
Anna NJ Dengler............. .... $50
Mary A. 54t
Carfle M .........,........... AS
Hattie 42s
Maggie OaVanaug 23l
Ella 9O1
Annie 1888
cara .......,......... III
Hahhah Reese 1874
james x. .Lewis...-........ d. ............ 1928
Ateue ,............ ll3
Votes polled yesterday 6G74
Grand 25OS
! Yesterday was great one for the HERALD's
teachers contest.
| The way the votes poured in in the after
noon nearly drove the contest editor wild
There was an avalanche O. votes and the
only way the editor can account for the tre-
mendous vote is that the friends Of the
leaders laid in wait and expected to take the
priva.e box in Fergusons theatre, Monday
night, by storm.
6,674 votes were Polled yesterday. Just
think of i'll
OF these votes Miss Connolly poled the
surprising number Of 1885, running her
total record up to the second notch
Miss Stein still holds third place aud did SO
by polling over 1,2OO votes.
Miss Baird poll for the day was l 40 and
Miss Waseys was 656
Miss Fairchild polled SCI and passed Mr..
| Williams, who had 354 to his credit.
The jump made by Miss Connolly from
| -ivtb 10,
around. The young lady did not poll very
large vote during the week and was steadily
soing down the ladder, but the developments
ot yesterday clearly show that her friends
were not dead, but sleeping" and it was one
Of those sumbers we sometimes read about
in wlich the slumbers keep one eye open.
In accordance with the terms by which
he Louise Hamilton Theatrical Company of.
.ered the private box for the initial per
furmance Of the company's engagement at
FergusOn's theatre which takes place Mon
lay night, il will now be in order for the
company to place the box at the disposal of
Miss Baird. We congratulate the young lady
upon her success. She has undoubtedly made
a most spirited struggle for the leadership
ind has shown great strength. We also con
gratulate the other contestants who are near
the head Of the column. They, too, have
made a wonderful showing, but, o. course, all
could not win. We would have been pleased
if all had tied.
As reference to the table at the head of
his column will show the grand total of
votes polled in the contest up to the count
Yesterday was 25O18. As yesterday was but
theseventeenth day of the contest we lind the
average for each day is fraction over 1,47l
This is by far beyond the calculations of the
management of the contest and we are
certainly grateful to the public for the ad-
mirable support it has given the project. It
is an assurance to us that the people arc con-
fdent that the contest is what we represent
If and are leaving nothing undone to main
tain--a fair and honest competition, with
justice to all and fvors for none.
And we would say right here we hope no
one will place any faith in absurd and
malicious reports that are being circulated by
envious people, some of whom had not the
foresight and enterprise TO get into the field
first and make such a showing as we do to.
day. On all reports that have a color of
plausibility we ask, as an act of justice, that
our side be heard.
The following letter was received from
Pottsville yesterday:
| CONTEST EDITOR lit is charged in this town
ana by citizens Of shenandoah that you are
selling HERALD's AZ the main office ior 90 cents
a hundred TO any body who asks for them. Il
Is also charged here that coupons separate from
the papers have been furu' shed by the ONCE to
parties who have voted them. As it is next to
| impossible to get the paper here the day it is
printed and il is rare that copy is Sc n on
your agents tables d minute after the arrival
| OF the bundle Wouldn't il be well TO start in
early in the morning and work three shifts
| every twenty-four hours until July LIST First
disabuse the public's mind concerning the
charges above mentioned. One Thousand
papers could be sold here every day at one cent
a piece II no advantage is given such as is indi-
Gated in the above charges.
sUBsomBER.
Pottsville Feb. 4, 1898.
Our answer TO the correspondent will be
brief None but agents hare secured copies Of
the HERALD at less than one cent per copy
and no coupons have been issued separate
from the paper, and none such hare BEEN
asked for. We will pay S. for such name of
man, woman CT child (other than agents. to
who we have sold HERALDs at less than one
cent copy since the teachers contest
opened The charges are malicious false
hoods and come from jealousy. Such rumor,
are thick in this town, and it is only the re.
spect we have for our correspondent thai
leads us to contradict those that come from
Pottsviile, as We have already repeatedly
denied them and our position is the same to
day as it was when the hlst denial was made