The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-29
TaE FINISH OF
SUNS Big CONTEST
is NOW In SIGHT
Your Whole Success Depends
on How You Stand at
That Time.
Don't Lose a Moment or Miss
Single Chance.
PIT FORTH AN EXTRA EFFORT
Prizes and Distribution.

Grand Prizes-First 81 900 auto
mobile; second. $3.50 automobile;
third. 1850 in cash.
District prizes First. S40O piano;
second. s1OO bed room suite: third,
s75 business college scholarship;
fourth, $50 watch; nth. s25 prize.
Tho first grand prize Is TO be award
ed TO the candidate having the greatest
number OF votes In the entire contest,
irrespective OF district The second
grand prize Will be awarded TO the can
didate having the second highest num-
Der Of votes In the entire contest and
the third grand prize 10 the candi.
having the third highest number. The
district prizes will be awarded the Ave
contestants having the highest number
OF votes in their respective districts.
after the grand prizes have been
awarded. A grand prize winner will
not be allowed 20 win n district prize.
and In districts where grand prize win
ners reside. the contestants having the
next highest number OF votes will be
declared the highest In that district
and the winner OF the nrst district
prize.
II Is useless for Ne to tell candi-
dates that the short time remaining
till the close OF the contest Is the
most important OF an, for It's "the
finish 80 A week from Saturday nigh;
Il won't make a particle OF difference
who led In the start: your whole
success Is going TO depend on how
you stand then
There = not a great deal OF difer-
ence In the scores OF the live candi-
dates. OF which YOU are one. You
want TO stay up among the leaders
~ put forth an extra efort-do even
better than your bost'-aud 20 up a
notch or two. Don't lose single
moment. or overlook a single chance
Candidates should send in their
pink slips promptly. 20 they can be-
voted Lot your friends see that you
are at the head OF the list
There Is but one spirit which sue
ccssful candidates can AFFORD to cult
yate az THIS time, and that Il do III
NOW The man or woman whu
coined that little phrase knew that n
embodied the wisdom OF centuries
that Il Is the very bed rock upon
which every success rests. The mar
who acts promptly. although ne
makes mistake. will puooeed where
the procrast. nator fails. even though
the latter mas have the better judg-
mcnt
II ~ not necessary for ms 10 point
out TO YOU the difference between the
prizos-the best prizes and the minor
prizes, but maybe YOU don't appre.
ciabc how slight Is the difference be-
tween BIG winner and merely a
nominal success.
This little incident illustrates the
point: In our cpntest last year there
was one energetic little lady who had
done splendid work right up 10 tho
finish but when the count was made
she found. TO her intense dsappoint-
ment. thai she had MISSED A PRIZE
WHICH WAS WORTH EXACTLY
;l75 MORE THAN THE ONE SHE
GOT by ONLY 81 WORTH or SUB.
SCRIPTIoNS. or course. " she had
known, she would have put her whole
soul in one final hurst OF effort and
probably would have gotten much
more than die small amount required
10 put her In the next place ahead.
But at any rate her misfortune
furnishes the moral for fine pointed
tale of inspiration to YOU. Just re-