The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-01-12

WHAT'S the use OF putting one
hand to a thing into which you can
just as easily throw your whole
forceful personality.
You now have another opportunity
| to lay away as many votes as you
choose. That is why the present
bonus offer is the very best time for
those who neglected the past oppor-
tunities. A good live wire type of
candidate need have no fears about
the start that any other candidate
has or is reported to have. A few
hours work during this bonus oppor-
tunity will fix that matter. A few
days Of honest. earnest work will
cut down the lead OF any candidate,
so that anyone can enter the contest
at this stage and be practically on
equal footing with those who enter
ed early, but did not push their
campaign vigorously.
ADVERTISE YOUR CAMPAIGN.
The wise and winning candidate
is the one who knows how to adver-
tise her campaign. This is as true
Of voting contest as it is Of a poll
tical campaign.
Take Bryan, for instance. He got
to be the candidate for president in
96 because he pulled off a specta-
euler bit af rHvort;einc ct the start
of the campaign. His "Cross Of
Gold speech put him on the political
map in bright colors. Without it
he would have slipped quietly into
the pool Of oblivion and the Com
moner would never have been more
than a country newspaper.
Same>way with this contest. If
folks don't know it they can't help
you, no matter how good their will
toward you may be- Mental tele-
pathy has not yet reached more
than q crudely experimental stage,
and you can't rely upon that means
for telling your friends that you
depend upon them for support.
A good way to let your friends
know that you are in the contest is
to call on them at once. Take your
receipt book along and get them in
terested in your campaign during
the Great Offer" which ends Jan.
18th at s p. m.
Many Of your friends say, Il will
help you the last week of the con-
test" You need their help now
when it counts the most, for each
week the offer will decrease.
Each day brings the end nearer,
and the fact that the time is grow
ing shorter should be an additional
incentive for each candidate to work
harder.
There are always some candidates
who figure on waiting until the last
week before they put forth any eff
fort in their own behalf. They jol-
ly themselves into believing that
they will have to compete with only
certain candidates so that by wait.
ing to find out whom they are may
know just how hard they will have
to fight. Their real motive is pro.
crsstination but whatever it is they
viii be irretrievab!y lost, as far as
the contest is concerned, if they
pass up this, the best offer remain
ing for some Of these who are alive
from the start will get good anC
busy during this week and get such
a voting start that there will be re
use Of trying to overtake them wher
work and dollars count for far less
In order to give the out-of-city
candidates an even chance will
those in the city, all mail bearing
postmark before s p. m. Jan. 18t!
will be counted in on this extra offer
GREAT CONTEST.
Everyone realizes that The Com
monwealth's Contest is making
big hit in this vicinity.
''How can they afford to do it?''
''It certainly will be an honor t
win one of the prizes"
won't it be grand thing to vii
that Piano."
81 am out for Diamond Ring"
"a gold watch for NINE"
These are a few expressions hear
daily about the contest.
1t is not difficult to get votes i