The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-01-28
THEHERALDCONTEST
GETS UNDER WAY
WITH BIG RUSH
SEVERAL CANDIDATES ALREADY
IN NOMINATION. AND ONLY
HALF-WEEk OLD.
MUCH INTEREST BEING SHOWN
Magnificent Prizes Appeal to All.
Have Been Viewed by Hundreds
And Pronounced superb-eet in
The Game Now.

Inc Herald circulation contest, the
biggest bit OF enterprise ever attempt
ed by a Maury county paper is now
ther care a number Of entries The
two magnificent priZes-a $500 Flor
ence wagon and a SIS ladies gold
watch, with diamond setting in back
are now on exhibition at local stores.
and have been viewed by large num-
Der of persons, all of whom have pro-
nounced them everything represented,
and even more.
Those who have been placed in nom
ination, and for whom their friends
will vote are following:
Miss Ella Younger, Route 8, coIum-
bia.
Nat Sowell Route 4, Hampshire.
Miss Parrie Beard, Route 1, Hamp-
shire.
Miss Sarah Thompson, Hampshire.
Benny Thompson, Route I, carter's
Creek.
Every day brings fresh entry, and
by the close of the first week of the
contest, there will be good number
of workers busy after the two big
prizes. As the contest is open to
every person residing in Maury coun-
ty, there is not the slightest doubt but
that there will be at least two contes-
tants from each civil district
The Conditions.
The Florence wagon, breaks, seat
bed and running gear complete, will
be given to the man or boy securing
the greatest number of votes, and the
handsome watch will be given the
woman or girl receiving the highest
number of votes. For every dollar in
renewals, to either the Daily or Week
" Herald, the subscriber is entitled
to ten votes, to be cast for any candi-
date already in nomination, or for a
new candidate, and for every dollar
paid in as a new subscription to either
the Daily or Weekly Herald, twenty
votes is allowed. The contest closes
at noon, Saturday, July 16.
An Opportune Time.
The present is an opportune time
time for candidates to get in the game
and to get busy The county election
will be held within less than two
weeks. and there is not single resi-
dent of the county who is not anxious
to keep posted on the developments.
The Daily Herald is the only medium
through which the daily happenings
can be Obtained. The subscription
price of The Daily Herald by mail, is
but $3.50 per year, or but little more
than many country weeklies. Get
your friend to subscribe for The Daily,
and he will have no other. On Sun
day morning, following the election on
Saturday, The Herald will issue a
special edition, giving complete cleo
ton returns, with the full and COM
plete vote by precincts for every can
didate in the race. This paper will be
gift from the publishers to every
subscriber of the Daily and Weekly
Herald, and will be something new
under the sun in this county, as never
before was any paper enterprising
enough to get out special election .
edition purely for the convenience OF
its patrons. This special edition is
worth years subscription to any per-
son DESTROYS of knowing RIGHT
AWAY how the election went. Get
in the game Don't wait.
The Weekly Herald prints more To-
cal news than all the newspapers in
Maury county combined. Don't take
our word for It, get yard stick and
measure the local news in Maury
newspapers and then compare
them with The Herald. The Weekly
Herald is admittedly the best, biggest
and brightest country newspaper In
Tennessee. Ask any experienced
newspaper man. Inc f1eTdlu 10 INC
only country newspaper in the state
edited and gotten out by newspaper
men who were trained on metropolitan
and who know news when
they see 1t and know how to handle IT,
The general rule is for country news
paper men to go to the cities. The
Herald has reversed the rule and gone
to the cities for its editorial and
repertorial force. The reason Is that
The Herald pays It's employees what
they are worth. II gives its subscrib-
ers the BEST. other newspapers
charge more money than The Weekly 1
Herald. The Weekly Herald gives {
more. In the county or out, the Her /,
I'D comes flfty-two weeks in the year
or one dollar And there is not a I
subscriber of the Weekly who does {
lot receive-absolutel gratis-several .
,opies of the Daily during the year. I
-. Ill thaga Dnlnfu In mind and !