The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-12-15

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but is prepared and glad of the on-
pCrtunIty to show that the methods
being pursued are entirely impartial
and fair to each cont testart. and that
such fairness is to continue until the
contract closes, on a syst EN- comnlDte
in every detail. and which broad ex-
perience in other fields has demo
strate to be the hest ever devised
for the purpose. The Contest Editor
is not new to the business, but has
conducted many similar Contests fer
other n Wsp ptrs in q manner tn t
has secured their hearty approval
The prizes are yours, energetic
young women, for the striving. En-
roll yonr r me in the list Of candi
dates, and enter with the deterni
marion to be one Of the fortunate
| ones
Strive 10 that end. and as the
Contest advances, you Will he sur
prised to see how glad your fr;eods
will be to support you. ana to ST. W
their canfidence in you l. IS al i
your own hands. Hire is the ont
ime that 1t is possible for you t.
control your own destiny, should
vou only make mp y9rr mind 10 g.
cure one Of these prizes. A little
confidence and application will work
wonders.
Perhaps Trey have joked you IN
the family about your chances, al
though you believed that your op-
portunity was equally as good as
any ones. There is but one thing 70
do. take the initiative. Demonstrate
to those unb li-vers that you have
chance Of winning Start out and
secure the first clipped coupons arc
perhaps subscription ballot from
friends who did not DISCOURAGE yor.
Do rot noise about that you arr
actively interested, and surprise
Il hem by your standing in the lists
at the first announcement OF the
candidates vote exhibit.
Let the Contest Editor be your
mentor. Write him for advice and
assistance, and he will help you and
pen the. eyes Of the scofers and
inbelievers. When they awake t."
the fact how good your opportuni-
les of winning really are-and why
YOU should net win as wei, as any
else-1heir s4ntiment will quickly
change, and they will mme"iatey
commence busying themselves to
support yyu and help You on to
victory.
This is the history of many sue
cesSful candidates in conte~ts u his
character, candidates who were On
the verge Of being discou ged, hn'
decided TO take the mater IN thei,
own hands because 'he'r hetts r
iudyement showed them where they
could win, and they finally did win
There is one tning III t stands Gu
with >tartling dist;nrtness. Resard-
less of he district or ttl lritory, w err
ev-r ca di1ates have hal me judge
nAnt TO r4alize the magnitude OF
! The Commonwealth's offer there are
any number of persons ready and
willing to support them and enlist
the Interest OF their friends in thor
behalf
The main qualification for the win
ming of one Of these prizes is ambi-
ton If you have been hes tating
whether or not TO enroll. and have
been diesuaded from doing SO because
Of the IL considered judgement of
Some friend or acquaintance who
was nor familiar with the plan, visit
the office of the Contest department
and give the manager an opportu-
nifty to talk it over with you. and to
90 into the details fully.
GETTIN ON
Getting on means getting busy.
The men who are not afraid get on.
II isn't the chap who is always care
fully trying the ice with timid foot
who SIX ates across the pond; 1t is the
ore who. taking al things into con-
s.deration, that reaches the shore of
success.
Same way with contestants. You
can't sit still end expect the subscrlp-
tiors to come to you on silver plat
ter. You have to mix work with
brains. and go out after them for
yourself.
DON'T BE BLUFFED.
One great and utterly needless
source of discouragment to timid
candidates is the fear in which they
hold some particular contestants.
They hear all kinds of rumors that
So-and-So has collected an incredible
lumber of subscriptions. Knmo'
! is ever unorustworthy, AID 20 re-
norris are more ant to be eXaggerat-