The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-14
Last Chance to Cast Votes
 In AdDertiser Contest Ls Today.
IT ENDS WITH TODAY
RACE IS CLOSE AND EXCITING TO
 LAST HOUR
Contestants Are Sending Every Effort Tn the Closing Hours-Ru- mors of Big Votes
 TnHny

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 All things except infnity and eter- nifty must come to an end sooner or later. It is even so with prize con- tests. The Advertiser contest will end at s o'clock this evening. It will all be over then except the counting of the ballots and the shouting of the vic- tors. and mayhap the mourning of those who did not win the prizes they wanted.
 To win in a great contest like this is an honor that Is vouchsafed to few. To lose Is one of the vicissitudes of fate. There is honor even in defeat in Q combat in which the vanquished has done his or her best. No one should take defeat in contest of this kind too seriously. It is better to have tried and lost than never to have tried at all.
 Whatever may be the outcome of the contest, cheer up. The worst is not to come but will be over after this days bailoting. The experience gained and the new Friendships formed by partic- tpants in the contest win more than make up for any disappointments that may come after the final result of the balloting is announced.
 Even those who do not win any of the prizes will be better off after the contest than they were before. for they will have learned who their true friends are, and that Is something worth Knowing. Those who can afford 1t and have not helped at all, or who have given the least number of votes allowed under the rules of the contest, are not friends to be depended upon in emergency, and 1t Is just as we'll to know who your true friends are.
 The Tides of March," the Hateful Fri- day. the thirteenth, passed without any serious fall-down on the part of any contestant. To be forewarned is 70 De forsarmed, and the timely warn. ing given by The Advertiser about Fri day. the thirteenth, probably prevented more than one disaster to the fortunes or contestants. The result of the days balloting shows no change in the line- up. though quite a number registered considerable gains. Following are the gains recorded for the day:
 wstEns woodEs wsTsEs snsS sS slGSG kI: ss.Is SaIs Hssnkin ! snn ls 300; James Beroughs Dale. asoo sPSr1s' Earle isSseS, iS:Soo Anns LeSla Williams. 3,OOO; Ladrue ceiiins. z,100; Mrs. John Bryan, 800; Mrs. M. w. FFrr,lsoy1 Fransy1 iae9; Marguerite Ghent. 800;
 Miss salIie Watkins wood continues at the head of the procession, but she Will have to get in e good many more g v0ses. Looay to remain there until ths 1s.L~I IS likely to win the Automobile. Miss SSaiilie still has nearly 30.000 less than 4So,ooo In her recorded score. Unless her sleeve. or her friends come to the ts rescue today sn most emphatic man ner. she will not pass the haif-naiiiion apon Miss vrEins fg0f BrSyxr Bsy Ss IsSp dIsps5sd John Bryan, Mrs. c. A. Ritch. Miss Miss Ethel May Williams and Miss Liliie son slis ooo Rankin will not fin.sh short of were. in the language of the Hon. Tom Watson Of Georgia, will Miss Sailie watkins Wood beat" after the smoke riding proudly at the head, of the pro. cession in a sl.000 Mitchell automobile, Hns sne may be learning. to Cook With syd as vvns 1n one or the Montgomery. Light % ranges; IL all depends. on how many votes MISS Wood and her friends can produce before o'clock this evening, their friends will turn in.
 Thus far only four contestants have p4assed 4a the 100000 mark, Miss Ethel in the linc-n~ being just on the vsrSS oL It. But more than one contestaTlf " wiit t double her score before the close os oa-. tne contest. II reports as to the re- serve or votes they have prove true
 The score ia printed for the last lime ta Snis morning until the final result will ts;,i 1s iahhnonncsd. h Today no information - ~ANSt 0db ny tuG contest man. ager or to any one connected with The Advertiser as to the number of votes day VII be by secret ballot. No tIna VII be passed out to anybody aE fo the number of votes that may he nesded t2 win first or any of the other her best and abide by the result,
 Heres wishing good luck to every one. wy
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