The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-17

N"'Ss Dooia Odi Pcutci .............. lzIoSO
Miss Mintie Stoker.. .1Ol76O
Miss Virginia Register ..........ll97s
Miss Pearl Stone. ........................S $500
Miss Ivy DeBow .................-.....3 64O
Miss Lille Knoer. .1i3O
Miss Lille Coffey................~.llOO
The young ladies have been working
hard from the beginning. but the
greatest work has been done during
the past two weeks. Many of the
votes secured by the young ladies
and their friends we're held back un.
til Saturday. the last day, when the
rush began. From Saturday morn
ing until the contes, closed, the
Courier force could hardly look after
the demands of the workers. Satur-
day vas our banner day, and it will
take us two weeks to enter on our
subscription list all the new names
that we're turned in. We scarcely
had time to 60 to our meals; il was
the most strenuous day Of our news
paper experience. The Courier Of
fee looked like polling place on
election day. The workers for the
candidates beseiged the Office all
day, each anxious to hand in a name
or bunch of names.
The parties managing the cam
paign for the different contestants.
while opposing each other. worked
in friendly way. and all through
the contest spirit Of good nature
prevailed.
AT midnight when the count of the
vote was finished, the Courier editors
delivered orders to the contestants
or their representatives. for the
prizes which they had won. The
first prize-the Forbes Piano-went
to Miss Carpenter; the second
choice of ladies gold watch or cut
glass water set-went to Miss Stok-
err; the third. went to Miss Register.
We have made every effort to obtain
photographs of the winners. but have
failed to get all of them. Later, we
will print likeness Of these hand
some young ladies.
Since the contest started, we have
added hundreds of new names to our
list, and can now say that we have
the largest paid -in-advance circula-
ton of any paper in the state. Speak
ing of paid-in-advance subscriptions
is touching the keynote of the
contest. To be plain. the contest
was inaugurated for no other purpose
than putting the Courier list on
strictly cash-in-advance basis. AS
a matter Of fact, the profit. in dol
lars and cents, on the contest is of
no consequence required more
than $9S0.00 to put US even; but It
has served admirable our sole OBJ
jects--reaching hundreds of new
homes and getting our list all paid
in advance. We have spent hundreds
Of dollars in getting ready for this
new business basis. and are glad
to announce that hereafter all SUBJ
scriptions will positively be discon-
tinued at their expiration. Here
after the Courier will not be forced
on the subscriber. There is just as
good reason for the grocer sending
you another dollars worth of grocer
ries because you bought a dollars
worth last year. as there is for the
editor sending you his paper because
you subscribed for il last year.
Its a poor BUSINESS policy. and
from this date, we cut loose from il.
Our subscribers will be notified IS
days before their time is out. and IL
they do not respond, our mailing
clerk has positive instructions to
take your name off the list. The
honest man or woman will not object
10 paying dollar in advance-and
the rascal several of them We have
reason to know cannot work his
old game Of taking the paper for
year and then marking It "refused"
at the postofice, send his wife
around to work the same thing in her
name.
This rule will apply TO the richest
man on our list as we'll as the poor
est. The Courier will be printed. il
only for the office force to read.