The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1910-12-30

The 1nal count In the piano contest
conducted by The De Jean 4 Mitchell
Co., Cox's One Price Store and W. -
Hughes was completed and the on.
clal report IN the hands Of the several
merchants by the middle Of Tuesday
afternoon. When 10 IL understood
that u sum total OF 1924, 732 votes
were cast and counted 10 the contest,
not including nearly lO0, 900 votes that
were thrown out because OF failure 70
number, etc, the rapidity with which
the members Of the committee com.
pleted their labors Is amazing.
Miss Louise Stiglets, contestant
No 1903, Is the winner OF the piano
for the white contestants. Her total
OF votes Is 6,4s9, 1896. Miss Gladys
Clinton came secoud with a total OF
4,4o2,5a votes. Miss Mamie OLSON
came third with 2,8lS, 095 votes. Miss
Helen Jane Ros came fourth with
,443,555 votes, Mrs. II. II. Collie came
tifth with 1880, $3.50 votes. Miss Odessa
Bruce came sixth with l,37s,b6 votes.
Miss Laura Ravens came seventh
with 1,025, 1870 votes. No other white
contestant reached the million votes
mark. All OF these contestants are
residents or this city except Miss
Laura Haveps, who is OF Gautier,
across the river.
Frances Petite, colored contestant
No. $3.50, easily won the plano offered
The colored people, her total being
2,623,i o5. Her nearest competitor was
Florita Claude, contestant No. 98O,
whose votes totaled l,ll7,4l5. No
other contestant among the colored
people reached the total OF one million
votes.
There was a total of 81, 1921, 1872 legal
votes cast and counted. or this enor.
nous total 25,994, 1855 we're cast for the
white contestants and 5,626,s77 for
the colored contestants.
SATURDAY A BIG DAY.
On Saturday, December "a, the
closing hours OF the plano contest
found many OF the ontestants harder
at work than usual. Several OF them
had worked consistently and persist.
emily all during the contest, but their
Efforts did not relax In the least as
the time vrew shorter. The three
stores were closely watched and pur.
chasers importuned for their votes.
Coupons from THE DEMOCRATS STAR
made their appearance from various
aud unheard.of places and new sub.
scribers were added 10 encourav M
numbers An interesting feature Of
the contest was the development Of
the fact that number OF the con.
testants had carefully counted their
own ballots and deposited them
neatly tied In packages with the sum
total plainly displayed.
Early Saturday morning some Of the
contestants began their last efforts
for votes. The weekly bonus, the
monthly bonus and the extra bonus
offered by this paper proved enticing
and desired additions to the sum
totals to be deposited. At Q o'clock
Saturday evening this paper closed
Its part OF the contest. No subscrlp.
lions would DO received after that
hour. Within three hours the work
OF all the contestants who had been
soliciting subscriptions had been
checked and rechecked and the ava rds
OF the bonus votes completed. These
awards were as follows:
WINNERS OF BONUSES.
Miss Laura Hsvens OF Gautier won
the weekly bonus OF 10000 votes for
the week ending Saturday, December
"a. She also won the first prize bonus
OF 10000 votes for the month OF DE.
cember.
Miss Minnie G. Roberts OF Van.
cleave won the second prize Ia tho
bonus for the month, 10000 votes,
and Miss Ethel Crawford OF Hurley
was successful In the third bonus
prize OF Ii, 3el votes.
Neither OF the contestants turned
In q total Of nfty subscribers during
the month Of December, Miss Ravens
total Of thirty.two being the nearest
approach. The extra bonus Of 100, 900
was divided among the three bonus
winners for the month, Miss Hsyeus