The Hattiesburg news., 1909-02-18
So, 900 CONTEST RAPIDLY
DRAWING NEARER END
Contest VIII Positively Close on
Saturday Night February
9th, at Midnight.

After today there are only eight
more working days in the greatest
contest ever conducted in this sec
tion of the country. and II you expect
to win one of the prizes that are be-
ing offered it will be to your inter-
est to get out and work as you have
never worked before. You no doubt
have number a subscriptions prom
ised and have failed to go after them.
You should not wait another doy, but
go to those who have promised to
help you and get them to give you
the subscriptions now for subscrip-
tion will be of no use to you after the
contest closes and next week is the
last one of the greatest race ever pull
ed of In South Mississippi.
Three thousand dollars worth of
prizes will be given away on the 9th
and the winners do not have to pay
one cent for them. as The News is
going to give the prizes away abso-
lutely free.
Twenty Eve prizes will be awarded
consisting of $4,000 in gold as the
capital prize; two Werlein pianos
bought of the Werlein people Of New
Orleans: two $4,000 suits of furni-
ture bought of the Abney Furniture
Co. of this city; two $4,000 diamond
! rings secured from the H. H. Graham
Jewellery Co., also of this city; six
scholarships in the we'll known Hat
tiesburg Business College; Six Hand
some Elgin gold watches and last, but
not least, there are six scholarships
in South Mississippi College.
This means that there will be twen-
ty-five winners when the final count
ing of the ballots has been made and
the winners declared. No one can win
more than one of the prizes, no matter
how many votes they have to their
credit.
The fact that no more than one
prize will be awarded to any one
person gives everyone chance in the
race to win one of the fine prizes and
most anyone taking an interest in the
contest is sure to win some one Of the
prizes that are being offered. Four
prizes for each and every one Of the
districts, besides the $500.00 in gold.
Don't that make you sit and take no
tice? OF course 1t does, for The News
is the only paper in South Mississippi
that has ever put up so many valuable
prizes for the ladies of Hattiesburg
and the surrounding territory. Every
lady in the race will win a prize If
she will put forth an effort and get
out and work a little. OF course, you
can't expect to sit down in your home
and have people to come there and
give you the subscriptions, for they
don't do that. as they believe that
what is worth going getting is worth
going after. and surely the prizes are
well worth any effort you may have
to use to win.
With but eight more work days re-
naming. 1t will be to your interest
to make the most of every minute
for you should get every available sub
scription now while the contest is still
running for the subscriptions will be of
no use to you as far as votes are con-
cerned after February 9th. 1t there
is single subscription that has been
promised to you and you have not
been able to get it, be sure and go
right after them today, don't delay
for after February 9th it will be too
late to have the subscriptions counted
in this great contest. Remember last
week is the last one of the race and
not one subscription will be accepted
to apply on the count after the race
has closed except subscriptions which
show they were mailed on or before
midnight of February 9th.