The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01

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1 10y friend ~ thoss working to Sc
N was more than gratifying, was
Il ~ vote Of thanks. IL WAS croehal ir
q ~ istOry 40 newspaper contests. Ana
4 4 grained Mr.. hamilton 50 ~, insii-
v1duai no less than IL gratiised The
vri9tnian as whole.
Rewards FOR Everybody.
Another unique feature OF the eon~
test has been the fact that every en-
trant has received pay for the work
he hiss done. l''roui tha beginning
every element Of chance has been care
fluffy eliminated. Here It$a tes4a NJ
lottery scheme. no working IA the
dark. huoyed hs the hcae OF gaining
mach but with no certainty of get
ting anything at all.
Instead every contestant hYs reeefS-
ed 40 per cent. OF tie sraolnt OF every
subscription turned IN hy him or her.
As result many OF th0sel Who we're
not fortunate enough 70 sASre in. the
dfvistoa OF the big ptizea have never :
theless realized "a meat suns II, eemmis-
sions
f'.narlk, Il may be said thatlta con-
test from the Beginning has Aeen one
uf reciprocity. The NirgIllian mas been
aided by securing an inersase,g cire3s@
latien-~a circulation which IN tsra
means a more powerful papel.l ana II
letter one ron the readers lstgnd-
point
The contestants have reapsd rich
rewards, True, the harvest # lsome
has been greater Than THAI af others,
but all have reaped.
The subscribers land without titn
the euntesS could NOT possibly hpye
beer a snccass-- have received and AiM
co:stinue ta receive The Richmond VIZ
ginian Their reward is no less thAn
thc others, and The Nrginian promises
them that they VIII hsve no occasion
te regtet having done their share.
Alsoge ther it mas been q great con-
test and a suceessfui oae ~ matter
what tbs Viewpoint may be-
Again The Firxinian consratulates
the big winners, and everybody Hno
has had part tn (.
toise .; CoHfesct Dramatic.
The closing scenes of The Virgin
iap3s contest were almost dramatic.
Never before probably had there been
quite sarh a gathering as that when
asst mbled in the Richmond Nirglniaa
building. Among those present were
ministers OF the gospel. students Of
colleges ana ladies "a high social pc
sitions. who had worked earnestly Tor
the prizes, but who held back OF their
desire 10 win genuine desire for the
success cf the paper that stands Ior
ali Things for which they stanG
lev minutes before II o'clock
midnight Mir, Hamilton. the genial
contest manager, announced that tae
time haa come tor the closing OF the
contest and requested all the contest
ants 10 Ia. upon the table tneif erea-
Its and moneys collected during the
past month. They Old So ana II was
a goo1is sum.
Alr. Hamilton then made some itrief
remarks as TO the character Of the
contest ana ng9at0lated all on their
hard work ana on the me feeling
shown In the first and last n1ee.lna
OF the contestants. fie emphasized
the Tact that every effort naa been
made TO make the contest fair enc,
ana expressed his appreciation OF ali
the coartesies shown him by the con-
testantE.
Al the conclusion of his remarks
Key Mr.. stuart VINO SUBSEQUENTLY,
proved to he the successful candidate
tor the State prize, asked Key. All.
bureh to take the chair ana can me
contestants to order. into. All arganl-
cation for business. AIR. Stuart then
suostu tHdt a. fDte OF thanks Ba afQRu
Ar, Hamilton, the contest mana ger
Tor his Kindness ana fairness to aii
contestants. This motion was heart
As seconded, and all the contestants
ana friends OF the contestants wne
nAd worked expressed themselves IN
khe highest terms in reference 10 tnt
contest manager,
80 hex,~ MI. sn6ss. and odds Hlnnan
We're appointed to draft suitahle res.
elutions with reference to MIR. liam,
itton and his courtesies and for eapl
contestant to sign. copy ef thes,
resolutions to be give nta Mfr. Ham
Nten- Mir. Hamilton expressed HI.
sincere appreciation
Following this Mr. Hamilton am
nonneed that he would count m,
money bro ught~tn~by each contest
ant. and with intense interest eacI
one listened as the amounts wert
GATED OF. large sum Of none,
was received 1t had been honaf
that the successful contestants eefiJt
% named at that time, but Mr. Ham
Htoh soon saw that IL would be i'm
possible owing to the enerIqat,,
amount Of work 1t would take +,
count the coupons ,alrned in and
ored1ts from Subscriptions.