The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-22
HEREQUIREMENTS
ocontnued from Page oneo


Before the close of the West Va.
sinian diamond contest, July (. tsere
viii be few If any OF the people Il
Fairmont pr vicinity who has not vot
ed for their favorftes in the race al
some time during the short struggle
They Will have voted freely aad 1r
many caseS without the knowledge o4
the contestant for whom h yote was
east
arguing from these premises i. is
safe to assume hat she who will wear
the West VirSinian trophy will be such
a m as any. community nigh. de-
light to honor. She will be possessed
of many Sraces of mind ond heart and
always to make life seem better
Worth living TO those around ler.
Arguing from the same standpoint
for the people choose wisely when
they choose freely" he who viii wear
the sentieman's ring will be a hearty.
wholesouIed good fellow. true to his
friends. generous and kindly "a gen
tleman always.
No other man would up TO
the requirements and no Other caS
been put forward as a candidate.
This forecast Of the result OF he
ballotinS is about as near as anyone
could come to naming the winners,
for the outcome. so far as surfa e in
dications stand for anything is cloud
ed in mystery Throughout Marion
county the candidates have groups OF
friends who r collecting ballots and
certificates for their favorires watch
are intended as a surprise for the
latter q. the close and combinations
being formed Tor some of :ne can
didates intending to roll uo a big
vote at b. last day or two with the
hope OF carrying the trophies By
How much strength these pans
may develop it is impossible TO fore
cast, but their success or failure will.
there car be no doubt. have a strong
bearing on the final result.
Yesterday there was a total of 1850
votes cast, not a bad days vote at all
TEe coupon vote alone shout pro.e
20 .ny doubter that the peopl= are
interested and that they are vigorous
~ using the shears.
Miss Nettie Bartlett. one of The Re
bek2h favorites. was the star vote set
,e- a~op- rho Iodv ~op5jd,t,- -,nr
giving her 1,5S1 votes yester-
day.
Edna Pople of the Pocahontas lodge |
from the First ward holds Gil" well
and IS a fine second. Her friends
we're very loyal to her yesterday. civ-
Ing her the second largest nnmaer of
Votes among h ladies' She received
1.546 votes.
Miss Maggie Toothmau only got
La votes yesterday and still retains
third place But if any one thinks She
will be an cas- candidates 10 defeat,
he will be given two other SuesSes.
Along b same line some interest
ing things might be said ancut the
candidacy of SIrs. Harden. Miss Flcrch.
md Miss BogSess.
About the others not so ouch is
generally Inown.
L. S. Fleming of the Eagles got the
of it in yesterdays ballotinS
or the gentlemen but at ina I. has
lot the position of honor
c. F. Wiley is again the leading
o. E. Mcmillan. OF I'll.
T.. W. Woody. of the Red Men. is also
in evidence.
Many also look to w H Fisher. of
he Letter Carriers. n Edward Ford
If the Catholic church. as the S~entle-l
who will carry away the uia-l
nonds. The latter is a member OF Ike
3. of l. E. and the 3. of L. F. and the
). and o. employees VIII certainly give
lin loyal support.
In making of waSers on the final
,utcome it would be well not to over
ook Captain Lang and w. L. Hender-
on for these two gentlemen are decid-
.dly in the race and many will find
his true when the final votes are
ounted July g..
In counting the vast numbe of
otes which are coming in it would
be at all strange If an occasional
rror occurs, and we request of the
that if they notice any dis
repancy. the matter be brought to
ur attention at once Tell US that
Re may make a correction if an err
or has been made Every vote is
and it is easy to an error
: one cur