The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-08
CONTESTANTS WILL
KNOW STANDING
Virginian to Publish List OF
Entrants in $1,000 Contest
for Credits and Rewards
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
OFFERED TO ALL
Each Person Intending Entering
the Battle Of Ballots Should
Have Name in FIRST
List.

Opportunity has given practically
all successful men and women their
start in life.
Opportunity is said to knock but
once.
Opportunity is knocking at your
door now
In The Richmond Virginian voting
contest you have an opportunity to
earn $500, which viii give you good
start on a bank account.
Have you accepted the opportunity
yet? II not, why not? Perhaps you
do not need the money? waving COM
ment on the uniqueness and JOY of
this rare condition, but are all your
friends in the same boat?
Saturday, July y, The Virginian will
announce for the first time the stand
ing OF the contestants in this $4,000
contest. II you have not already
nominated yourself or your friends.
do so Immediately that you or they
may be in the running and those
interested in you may pile up credits
for you.
Throughout the entire State there
has been great interest manifested In
this contest. which is most liberal and
simple. The interest has not crys-
tailized into the large number of
nominations which should be In by
this time. Although the contest has
been running but short while. every
one who intends entering II should
have his or her name, or that of the
person they wish to put in line for the
handsome rewards to be given by The
Virginian IN the hands of the Con-
test Manager by this time. SO that all
who wish the support OF friends may
get the largest number of ballots.
Inter Mt Once.
II your name has not already been
sent in and does not appear in the
4lst OF contestants Saturday. your
friends may not know that You are
in the running.
You should get Saturdays Virgin
ian, because. while you have been
backward about entering this liberal
contest and DOUBTED your ability 10 get
subscribers tor The Virginian, others
more confident OF you may have nofni-
mated you and already gotten 5000
credits tor you by .ae mere nomina-
ton.
This is one OF sne most generous
things about this contest. The person
nominated gets 5000 credits as soon
as his or her name is entered in the
contest.
The conditions of the contest which
were drawn with view OF making
the battle OF ballots as fair, simple,
inducing and generous as possible, re
main unchanged. and viii not be chang
ed.
The idea of the contest Is for you
and your friends tU get subscribers for
Nirginian. You cannot escape liberal
reWafu. In the trst place you get ~
pei cent Of the money YOU collect on
new subscriptions ana renewals as com
mission ter your iabors. In business
circles this is good pay The VIII II
goes furtneI, however, aud offers you
an inducemvnt which II would seem
hard to resist In addition to the 10
per cent. commission. YOU get io,evv
credits for each three years subscrtp-
ton you get for The kirginian and a
proportionate number OF credits for
eacn subscription for shorter time
than three years. The person receiving
the highest number of these credits,
will be regarded with sS60 IL he or
she gets the largest number IN kief,-
mona and SUBURBS, $bu0 II he or she
gets the largest number IN the entire
state. Four rewards Of $500 each will
be paid the men. women or children
who receive the highest number OF
credits IN the country districts.
Coupons Also.
Besides the 10 per cent. commission
and the liberal allowance of credits for
new SUBSCRIPTIONS anu EEHtMAtS III piN
ones. the Virginiau prints daily Il cou-
pom which AT present is worth 10 cred
its. These are being clipped from the
Nirgfniaa oy hundreds and hundreds OF
readers who are sending them in TO
count for the nominees
It costs nothing whatever to ente,
this contest Simply cut out the nom
ination blank from the Virginian and
send IL to the Contest Manager. He
viii Immediately credit your nominee
with 5000 ballots You can work hard
and get a great number OF subscribers
to the Nirginian with ease and put
yourself in line for the $500 or 5000 re-
wards, or work with less enterprise and
earn a substantial salary on the ten
per cent, basis.
BE sure your name Is among the con.
testants Saturday. so as to get your
friends to work for you. You will not
have chance to let them know OF
your candidacy for several weeks II
it does not appear Saturday.
Get Saturdays Firginian and see
how you or your friends stand in the
contest