The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27
V|RGINAN COMMISSIONERS
WITH ENTRANTS BUSY
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as work--wln be most handsomely re-
wardt-d.
THIS Is business principle as old
az business itself. There ~ mo- eie-
nent OF chance In this contest. No
one viii have reason for being dis
appointed by reason oil anything ttic
management OF The KicisnODd Viz
gilman does.
III u man. woman or child receives
the $500 reward offered I'm Richmond
and some one Is bound 10 get IL. for
the money Is already In bank awaiting
distribution on tist- cay after the
contes, closest will be because he
or sine was alive. energetic, optimistic
and aggressive In obtaining news sub
scribers and renewals OF Old ones. III
you do not receive the $500 FIRST re-
warti or 500 second reward. the fact
i'm itself will bu, proof conclusive that
some ono else has been more enter
prising and successful than you.
Opportunity, circumstances AMI
ability enter la this contest, but luck
and chance have been entirely climi-
mated.
sooner the Better.
II you have not already entered the
contest or entered your friend or
friends, do So at the earliest moment.
The sooner the nominations are re-
ceived at the Contest Department. the
more credits will be allowed and the
brighter the prospects OF piling up
ballots.
Cut the nomina tion flank from The
virglnian. Fill In your name or the
person you Wish TO nominate. Mali
1t TO the Contest Department OF Inc
Virginian. and Immediately 5.ooe
credits will be given the person
"A
nomination blanks rs you like. but
5.0o0 is the highest number OF cred
its that viii be given any one nomi-
nee.
After you have nominated yourself
or your friend and gotten the starter
of 5000 credits. begin to get other
| credits by obtaining subscribers Tor
/ The virginian, and clipping the cou-
pons from The Virginian daily and
sending them In for your entrant
| by reading the conditions of the
| contest. 1t is at once apparent tha'
/ II is TO your advantage to get the
subscribers as early as possible, be-
| cause the credits allowed for subscrip-
| tions are larger at the start tnan al
| the finish, and the coupons published
| daily decline in value as the contest
| progresses.
II you should entertain the opinion
| that this is not fair or liberal, think
| for = moment and appreciate the FAC;
| tina, this method prevents any
| eleventh hour entrant, who mas not
| worked as hard as you. II at all. from
! descending upon the energetic con-
! testants and accumuiating enough
/ credits at the last minute
| Makes for Fair Play.
| The declining scale Of credits makes
/ Fak ri nd
| for all 1t discourages rather than
encourages q pernicious practice that
| has been adopted in previous news
paper contests and left bad smell
That practice is the scheme of with
/ holding entrance to the contests until
/ the last moment. when virtually the
final standings Of all contestants has
bean published. and then accumuiat-
! ing enough votes to top all OF them.
/ The Virginsan will publish on July
| 9 the first officials standing OF the
contestants. The next standing will
/ be published in August, and the third
and fourth standings Will be pub
iished. in September
| This will enable all the contestants
10 get line on what the others are
| doing. and he or she can determine
how much better or poorer his or heE
endeavors are than those of competi-
tors.
Now is the time to enter the con.
test
October is the day you VIII know
whether or not your pleasant labors
have been sufficiently superior to those
OF others TO warrant The Virginian In
making you present of $500. s2ot
or 500.
Half the Battle,
An early start is half the battle.
Get your new subscribers and re
newals now while the credit allowance
is highest
! Remember each week or month yol
lose in sending in new subscribers anc
renewals the credit scale is declining
Start out now and keep IL up TO thu
very end.
That's what others intend doing
and you want 10 begin on an equa
footing with them.
II YOU want TO get in line for one
OF the handsome rewards and earn II
Der cent. OF the subscription money
handled for The Virginian, call upor
4 the Contest Manager for pointers a
how to 60 about the work. and Obtain
from him subscription blanks and re
ceipts for the money given you b,
subscribers.
+ Should the. conditions not be per
fectiy plain to you, the Contest Man
ager would be pleased to explain then
mostly fully TO you either IN person