The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-14
Nominations in Virglnian's
Contest Coming from
Every Section
THIS 1T THE TIME TO
ENTER AND GET BUSY
Great Interest is Being Mani
tested and the Race is
Not Yet Fairly
Started

Take advantage of the opportunity
The Virginian offers You. Nearly
every county in the State OF Virginia
and every district In the city of Rich
mond have sent In nominations.
Clip the nomination blank in this
issue and send to the campaign man
ager then a representative Will call
and explain the proposition TO YOU
in full
Have YOU read the story Of RIP
Van WInkle?" How he slept for
twenty years on the mountain side,
SO that when he finally awoke he
was unable to recognize his surround
ings?
Have you ever stopped to ask your
self whether you were modern Rip
Van Wrinkle?
Have YOU been asleep ever since
this contest started Wake up
shake yourself--look about you.
Great Opportunity.
The readers of The Nlrginian are
gradually waking up to the fact that
a great voting contest IS being con
Quoted by this paper, Very little is
being done toward the winning OF
the beautiful automobile, fine build
ing lot, splendid player piano or the
other prizes which this paper is Civ
ing away. However, the interest viii
increase as tbs days SO by and you
are advised 10 gel into the race at
once, as now Is the best time to get
among your fr end and get them 10
su hscribe giving you their votes. II
you wait too long, you may find that
some one more energetic than your
self has been over the field ahead or
YOU So the moral Is; DO not wait,
il may be fatal DO not put of until
to- morrow what You can DO to-day,
The proper way for you to do is TO
get in your nomination now before
too many candidates announce them
selves Then get after the subserip-
TONS while the time Is ripe.
The Nirginian has no fear or your
interest waning when once you are
entered and discover what n "ctnch"
YOU have. You will lie wondering why
You did not begin long before II
this were hard work we are asking
you TO do. this paper miSht De
troubled with a guilty conscience, but
1t ia not, and this is fact which You
can easily prove yourself. no matter
how skeptical you may be. All 'he
argument We can advance Will not
begin TO weigh III the balance with
the experience YOU Will get In Two
hours work getting subscriptions for
The Wirginians
II is not SO much that we are
trying to convince You OF the case
WITH which you can secure sunscrIp-
tions TO this paper we only want you
to trv for yourself. You will find
~ easy enough, The Virginian has no
fear OF that
Outside Candidates Entered
Yesterday many nominations were
sent in from nearly every county IN
the State OF Virginia, as well as a
great many from the city of Rich
mond, and the campaign manager Is
tust swamped with the proper dis
trtcting OF them This is most graft
fvtng. as II proves that the people OF
this section appreciate the value OF
the prizes that The Virginian is giving
away free.
The question that is agitating the
minds Of a number Of the candidates
who are entering The Nirginian 3
Great Prize Contest and who have
enough ehcfkS anu ~hplttoi'' 'uN INV
are little skeptical of success. IS
Can win" To those doubtful ones
there la but one answer, YES"
Only very few votes have been
turned In 30 far. In fact. the contest
Is hardly started, and II win surprise
you when the first vote announce
ment Is made. rext "Wednesday. TO
find that your name leads all the rest.
IL YOU Will commence to-day.
Just think; You can secure as many
as $500 votes on single new yearly
subscription, Re decisive. Act" and
YOU will have the satisfaction OF some
thing accomp iished. Your chances for
winning a pri1o are equally as good
as any ones
Read tho advertisement In this is
sue. Remember nomination blank
CONTINUED on Third PaEe1