Evening journal., 1910-12-24

At midnight the largest offer OF
bonus votes that will be made durlhe
THE JOURNALS great voting contest
will come TO a close.
Only a few hours remain now III
which to turn in the subscriptions
that will make winning easy. After
midnight tonight these subsc -iptions
will count for fewer votes than they
Will if TUNED in before.
Candidates in this contest who neal
TO win must get the extra votes that
make winning easy. New yearly sub
seriptions are the ones that count up;
and they will count most if turned IN
before midnight Of tonight
To a large extent the success, or
failure of these candidates who aspire
to any Of the better prizes will de-
pend upon the number of clubs that
they will tu-n in during this period.
Six new yearly subscriptions turned
in now count for about twice as many
votes as the same number turned IN
towards the end Of the contest.
There is no combating the argument
that the best work should be done now.
person who has corn TO sell would
sell now IL he know that the market
was sue to be five cents off in few
days.
This last days effort may mean the
winning of the first prize. There may
be only a few votes difference be-
tween success and failure. Turn IN
every new subscription possible be-
tween now and midnight
The postmark provision gives out
of-toWn candidates the same advant-
ages that residents OF Wilmington
have. The postmark VIII be accepted
as evidence that the subscriptions
were mailed in time 10 apply on the
bonus offer.
Again candidates are reminded thai
IL Is not necessary for them TO az
range their new yearly subscription:
in clubs. as this will be done by tht
Contest Department from its records
And candidates are requested not Il
grow impatient If their blue slips anG
bonus certificates are not returned e
them as early as they may eXpec
them. 1t will require several days u
which to carefully check up all &C
counts and issue and mail the votes.
Questions concerning the starting
OF papers in the future have bee.
asked by number of candidates, VIII
bad prospective subscribers who wer
taking other pape-s and had their sui
scrlptons paid IN advance for som
time, and did not care TO h,.. twi
daily papers coming at tho same Tins
THE JOURNAL will be glad to star
new subscriptions az any time. AL
that is necessary is for the candidat
10 direct on the start slip the dat
on which the paper is TO be started.
The list of contestants with th
scores corrected up until Friday moo
is published again today
Forty-two prizes are here to be wo
and it will take bonus votes 10 wi
them The total value of the pri e
is $10,39O and from the costliest to III
lowest. they are all Of real value
The four grand prizes lead, all auto
mobiles and all good makes. The
are the Stoddard- Daythn. Lou ing al
S2,40O, purchased from Che Stoddard
Dayton Auto Company, of WHINING
ton; the Overland Touring Car, s1,25i
purchased from Peter c. Hansen: tn
Flander Suburban Car. $500. purchas
ed from the Wilmington Office of th
Studebaker Brothers Company and th
Flanders Roadster, $3.50, purchase
from the same company.
The next two prizes in order {
cost are the pianos, The York and 'fh
Robelen, $3.50 each, purchased troll
the Robelcn Piano Company, OF t.u
city.
The district first prizes are 81
5000 diamond rings, purchased frol
Lyn Thomas, the jeweler: the 6istrii
second prizes six Symphony Gran
Graphophones. $500 each, purchese
from the Columbia Photograph Con