The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-22
LARGE RETURNS LAST DAY
DIAMOND RINGS WON BY MISSES
DELK AND HIRES.
The Number Of Votes Polled and the
Prizes Won by All the Con-
testantS.

Inc t1STdlU popularity SAs>1~
came to a most successful and excit-
ing close last Saturday afternoon at
4 O'Clock, after a duration OF onl:
two months and two days.
To say that it was success is but
to reiterate the unsolicited thanks OF
the contestants and their friends and
the business public of Bamberg, Tor
many have been the expressions OF
kindness and good will during Its
progress. For all of this and much
more The Herald is grateful. We
can say neither more nor less and to
those who have endorsed our meth
DDS by that greatest of all proofs-a
dive into their pocketbook, we wish
to add that if paper loyal to the IT.
terests of Bamberg will prove any re-
turn to them, always and forever The
Herald will fly the banner of Bam-
berg at it's masthead.
The first prize, the s350.00 Kings
bury piano, purchased from the
Cable Piano Co., Charleston, S. c.,
was won by Miss Bessie Armstrong,
of Bamberg, with a total of $4,000
votes.
The district prizes, consisting OF
two beautiful diamond rings, per-
sonally selected by Mr.. Allan, OF the
firm of James Allan & Co., Charles
ton, S. c., were captured by Miss
Pearl Delk, District No. l, and Miss
Ida Lou HERS, District No. 2.
The fourth prize, a handsome
suite of furniture, purchased from G.
O. Simmons, Bamberg, was won by
Miss Estelle Lancaster, of Govan.
The cut glass bottle of Hudnut's
perfumery, furnished by the Peoples
Drug Co., went to Miss Evelyn Brab-
ham, Olar, and the barrel of ben
Hur" -four from the Planters Mer-
camille Co., of Bamberg, went to Miss
Leda Ritter, of Olar.
Miss Mary Matheny, Miss Camille
Price and Miss Louise Fielder each
came in for pair of shoes furnished
by C. R. Brabham's Sons and the
Planters Mercantile Co.
The Monogram coffee, given by
Mr.. Miles J. Black. salesman for F.
w. Wagner & Co., was divided
among the remaining contestants, so
that each and every contestant in the
race received something.
There are some interesting facts in
connection with the contest which
demonstrates the loyalty of the peo-
ple of this community to their friends
in a matter of this kind. There are a
number of subscriptions on The
Herald's books paid as far ahead as
1919. This displays confidence in the
papers future. A still larger num-
Der of subscriptions are paid ahead
as far as 1916, while great quantity
are paid anywhere from one to five
years in advance.
The circulation of The Herald is
nearly doubled, thus affording to ad-
vertisers double the value that we
were able to offer them two months
ago.
When the proposition to put on a
contest was presented to the pub
Usher of The Herald the sole idea in
carrying it to successful conclusion
was to increase circulation for the
benefit of advertisers, not as a
money-making scheme for the paper.
We were confident from the very be-
ginning that the circulation would
be increased to some extent, but we
are frank to say that when the small
territory to which we cater was taken
into consideration we did not antici-
pate near the result which panned
out in the end.
During the closing hours last Sat
urday afternoon The Herald once
was veritable beehive and the SUBJ
scriptions were literally poured in. 1t
was anybody's race until the very last
minute and until the votes were
counted the leading contestants ap-
peared to be neck and neck. The only
thing that we are sorry for now is
that we did not have a piano to give
to every girl in the race, for so faith
full were they, their work deserved
all that they got and more too.
Now then, in conclusion, we turn
our faces to the future offering to the
business public paper that will car