The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-29
THOSE NOMlNANED SHOULD WRITE OR CALL ON
CONTEST MANAGERS AT ONCE
OVER 200 CONTESTANTS ENTERED
The Most Attractive List Of Premiums Ever Offered This Section
Texas-Win Premium in Eight Weeks That Is
Worth Eight Months Effort

The Great Popularity Contest is
fast developing into the most inter
esting and exciting social event OF
the present year and to judge from
the interest that is being manifest
ed in the nominating of contestants,
the battle Of ballots to follow will
be veritable carnival of mirth and
merriment.
Nothing is more interesting than
a battle royal for popularity honors
between evenly divided forces of
bright American women and pretty,
intelligent children.
The women worth while are the
ones that endeavor to accomplish
things worth while, not those con-
tent with the ordinary every day
humdrum sort of existence. The
Great Contest opens new field to
those energetic ladies who have at
their disposal a portion of each day
which they wish to devote to some
occupation.
Proof of the interest the people
are taking in the Great Contest is
shown by the long list of nominal
tions that have been received dur
ing the first two days of the NAM
moth campaign, and which appear
by the hundreds in this issue. Not
only was Waxahachie we'll repre-
sented in the list of nominations,
but the adjacent territory did its
share of nominating, and numbers
arrive from the surrounding terri
tory within the next few days. OF
course there will be so many max
ing the race that it will not require
a very great amount of effort on
the part of any contestant to make
a creditable showing necessary to
win one of the valuable premiums,
from the fact that there are just
a certain number of subscriptions
to be gotten within the specified
contest period.
However, there will be a great
many Withdrawals within a short
time, leaving the race clear to those
who have the ambition and courage
to do things worth while.
There are two means by which
votes can be secured, first: by lit
tie voting coupon good for twenty
votes which will appear in each is
sue of the Daily Light and Weekly
Enterprise and on new subscrip~
lions secured Votes will not be
1aGA
than three months to the Daily or
one year to the Weekly, or more
than three years in advance to the
Daily, or four years to the Weekly
No contestant is allowed to re
serve" votes at home, but they are
required to turn in all votes secured
on subscriptions and advertising at
least every two days.
The Contest Manager will 're>
serve" more than one-half of every
the race. The votes will be counted
every noon and each contestants
vote standing will be increased dali
ly, but all of their votes will not ap-
pear in the paper. The Contest
Manager will reserve" a portion
of everyone's vote so that no one
will know who's who" during the
closing days of the race, therefore,
the most deserving workers VIII
receive the valuable premiums. The
Contest will be handled by the fair
est known methods.
Those desiring to make the rae
should write or call at the Contest
Department Immediately for cou
pom book with which to secure
votes on subscription.
A Vacation Chance.
This is just the chance the chill
dren have been waiting for. Some