The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-19

not Wno mas the most votes now but Who wli have the most votes after
 If Miss Smith and Mise wood con tinue to play the "Gaston and A- phonse" act for another day, however. | neither of them Is very likely to be | Queen of the Contest any longer. The | Mobile belle. Miss Ethel May Williams | is camping hot on their trail. By Q l gain of 12.5oo yesterday. Miss williams l passed the 100000 mark and is now so | close up to Miss Wood and Miss Smith | that she can pass both of them by get ting in a few more yearly subscrip- tions. which are not hard to set In Ing to be outdone by the Mobile belle7 That remains to be seen, and the next twenty-four hours may see one or both of the local fayorites playing second fiddle to the accomplished musical maid from Mobile.
 But neither Montgomery nor Mobile may be destined to carry of first hon ling city of Selma to be reckoned with yet, at least.
 Miss Noble Moves Up.
 Miss Louise Guenhyvar Noble. ste- nographer to Mayor Atkins of Selma. has not given up the race for the auto mobile. by any means 4 gain of 19.400 yesterday took her up from sixth to fourth place. and she will not rest un- til she has climbed stili higher up the ladder
 Mrs. c, A. Ritch of Union Springs by a gain of 5000. has gone ahead of her nearest rival, Mrs. John Bryan of Glen wood. and remains in fifth place. Mrs. Bryan has had the misfortune to fall from fourth to sixth place.
 Miss Susie Barnes registered a gain of $500 and remains No. 2. The towns
 of Samson and Florala are contribut-
 ing liberally to her support.
 Miss Loula Williams. of Shorter, has
 registered gain of 5000 and moved
 up from tenth to eighth place. Miss Williams wants Tiser and the wagon
 very badly and is going to do her best to win them.
 Annie Langham and Marie Paschai. who want the pony, too, both failed to score and fell back one degree each. Miss wynette Manning remains at standstili and would rather have her papa be well man again than to win | the pony. though she still hopes to se- cure enough votes to win him. Leading Boy in Contest. Master Ladrue Collins, whose picture | ts presented today scored a gain of a.O0o and again prevented Henry Tay- | Joe Kimbrough from becoming the lead l ing boy in the contest. though the lat- ] ter scored gain of $500. Master Coi- | lins. who Is a bright lad of IF years. l writes as follows:
 T will appreciate any help any of my relatives and friends will give nc 1 in casting votes to me. Not only bus my papa. (Abb Colllns.J also will l appreciate it. He is on the lookout for an opportunity to favor every one who | will help his little boy to win Ttser" Mrs. Annie l.. Rutiin, of Prattviiie.
 has registered gain of 2,oo0 and cap | tursd fourteenth place from Miss Hen | r,n.~e ar.1o ~rKIRA haa nn | heard from for some time, although 1t | ia a sure thing that she will be able | to give good account of herself before | the contest is over.
 Miss Marguerite Ghent, of Dothan. | has registered gain of 1.s00 and is now 8 tie with Miss Lona stephens Tor | the "skidoo" number, 23. 4 | Mrs. D. l.. Johnson has made . gain | of 1850 and moved up one degree to l No. z5 ct the expense of Gaston Lewy- | Mrs. Johis0n ought to receive many | votes from the Western Railway mon, | as her husband is stationery clerk 0s | the Western Railway commissary. tho l her brother. l., II. COX, manes~s o' the same5 concern.
 1 dropped out of the race, but his place | has been taken by Miss Blanche Cole- | man. who. has scored her nrst svv ! votes, and Ia now on par with three l other members of the kindergarten class of contestants
 The List of Pr1nen. | The list of prizes to be competed for | includes the following:
 | Mitchell 4-cylinder, 20-horsa- mower Runabout Automobile. price. | s1 .OO0. purchased of Messrs. Patterson l q Ingalls,, 207 Monroe Street, Montgom- l srv agents for the Mitchell motor cars. l "A Krell-French Upright Piano. nrice $500, purchased of the Y: B. Forbes Piano Company. and on exhihi- ton at their stors.
 | s. A thoroughbred blue-ribbon shet- i land Pony and Park Wagon. value $500. purchased of Wiiks 5ro.nern l n,,.. l tered Oak, Dining Room FurnituEe, price s250, purchased of the A. O. | Rhodes e Son Furniture Company.
 s. A SiOO Fox Typewriter, purchased of F. L. Davant. agent. Ill Dexter
 A A An ss5 schoiarship in Draugh- l on's Practical Business College. T. A Lady's Gold Watch, solid gold 1 case. set with Q diamond. price 3S0. | 8. Gas Range. worth sS0. and ss5 worth of fuel gas. purchased oL tne
 Montgomery Light and Water Fowsr
 Such other prizes as the results of
 the contest will justify VIII DC an- l nounced later.
 1 How Ee Win Them.
 There is only one thing that counts 1 in the contest. and that Is a suDscrip-
 rlon to The Advertiser prepaid For
 period of at least three months. A prepaid subscription to the aaily Advertiser is good for 800 votes m ta-
 vor of any contestant the subscriber desires to favor
 Al six months' subscription counts for | i 600 votes, one year for 5000 votes ana Two years for 1000 votes.
 sibscrIption to The Sunday Ad- vertiser, only. counts for 800 votes tor one year and 1000 votes Tor two ye2rA
 The subscription rate of The Daily Advertiser, including the sunday eoi-
 tion. Is S5 cents a month. or SI.so q year. The Sunday edition oniy' IS sz
 No subscriptions will be taken dur. ing the present contest for Q period og
 more than two years 1000 votes. there 1 fore being the highest number tnat can be cast by a single SuDscrIDex III favor of any contestant
 The contestant having the hignest number of votes at the close or tns contest will have first choice or the nrIzes: the one having the second high 1 est number of votes will have second choice and so on till the prizes are sll awarded.
 For further particulars apply to the Contest Manager. The Advertiser Mont.
 gomery. Ala.
 FIRE IN DECATUR.