The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-21
GREAT ENTHUSIASM Is
BEING SHOWN In CONTEST
MANY INQUIRIES ~ MAIL. PHONE
AND PERSONAL CALLS.
Nen'"st'e"s Are Coming In FROM All
Over the Territory Taken IN By
the Big Contest
LIST of Candidates May BE Published
Next Monday Mornine-Ss~sral
Chsperen Nornin stions Made.

Inc scconu DAY OF the Intellfgencers
mammoth compctitrve voting contest
SHOWS no abatement OF public interest
Each mail brought in requests for
information and nomination ballots
galore. The telephone was kept busy
by interested ones who did not care
TO wait upon the mails. while a num-
Der determined to know at FIRST hand
Just what was necessary TO enter the
contest. and wanted subscription
blanks In order to start an active cam
paign Immediately
While IL Is a little early TO expect
much evidence OF interest from the
rural routes and the smaller towns
In Ohio. West Virginia and southwest
ern Pennsylvania. the managers OF the
big enterprise were most agreeably
surprised by the telephone calls and
written communications received yes
terdsy.
The GREATEST enthusiasm is being
displayed all over Greater Wheeling,
and at the rate tho districts are fill0lg
up the prospects ere excellent for n
big representation Of ladies' who are
DESTROYS Of visiting the Old World
next summer as guests OF the Intel
liRencer
The list OF candidates will very like
~ be published next Monday morning,
At which time the voting starts.
A commendable feature OF the con-
test r. its length. With the opening
or voting next Monday. IL has tust
eight weeks to run.
Many OF the ladies are quick to real
lie this fact and are entering early,
while the field Ia fresh and cleanest
for the campaign. The contest man.
ayers were informed yesterday that r.
number OF young women are already
at work. and by the time subsc. .,tion
order books are ready for distribution
IN" FIRST OF next week. they will have
a nice lot or votes to their credit
Several Of the entrants have sent
in the names OF their choice for chap
eron. also The list OF chaperons will
not be published for several days after
the candidates names appear. in order
To- give all plenty OF time TO choose
Chaperon
Each candidate ~ permitted 10 NOM
mate chapsron candidate.
The cha peron candidate who receives
the largest number Of votes OF all
chaperon candidates will go to Europe
with the party
a contestan. Is counted (one-halt the
face valuep for that contestants
chaperon.
Chaperon candidates may secure
Subscription books and take subscrip-
ton payments. In this case the
chaperon Will receive fun face value
OF voting certificates and her principal
one-half
Candidates are urged TO appoint
their chaperon candidates eLrly and
both work together to secure tho two
trips
20 two district candidates may
have or vote for same chaperon can
didates or vice-versa-
II first cha peron candidate with
draws. district candidate may nomi-
nate another To- take her place and
give her nominee votes belonging to
first chaperon nominee.
All that any contestant IS required
10 do IS To occupy her spare time
during the next few weeks in Undue
ing her friends and neighbors to sub
scribe for the Intelligencer With a
paper :" well Known and that stands
>" we'll in the estimation ~ the peo-
pie as does the Intellige ncer. this
ought 20 Ice an easy and pleasant task
and u * certain that the Young
women e, Wheeling and surrounding
territory Will avail themselves Of this
rare opportunity Of winning this mag
nihcent trip.
Those who wish 90 enter the contest
and maintain best chances for win
ming should enter into active particf-
patton al once. \ good start Is half
a contestant will gain great and
Naluabl" advantage over such 81 her
opponents who do not enter until later.
with the nomination ballot and the
daily voting coupons clipped from the
issues 81 the Intelligencer and with the
Held entirely clear for n solicitation
of prepaid subscriptions. the candi-
dates Will Doe able to amass a greater
number = votes than at any future
Tim" IN the contest
Moreover. the largest number ~
votes given on subscriptions M any
time during the contest will De given
during the FIRST period whirh ends
March g. Tn" time - tho contest
has been divided into periods. and the
schedule gives moro votes during th.
fret period than during the second.
and more during the second than th-
third
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