The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-07-12
NOW FOR THE WINDUP.
Voting Closes Promptly AT O'Clock Monday Afternoon
Final Count At 73o O'cock-Watch
For Big Surprises
For Big Surprises.

On Monday July 18th at three p. m.
there will be anxiety written on the faces
Of many Of the people in the village Of
Rising Sun, and in this section of the
county. as it will be at that time that it
will be decided who is to get the beautiful
prizes in the MIDLAND JOURNAL voting
contest. First of all. the young ladies
who are in the contest will at that time be
anxious to know who is in the lead, be-
cause the one who has the most votes,
will have the first choice of the prizes and
naturally she will take the piano which
has been on exhibition in this village for
several weeks past. If she has no place
to put the piano she undoubtedly will be
made cash offer for the instrument the
moment it is made known that she is the
winner The other prizes will also be
announced at the same time, and it will
be up to the ladies to choose according to
their standing.
The ballot box where the voting is done
is now in the Bank. The bank officials
have very kindly allowed US to place it
there, in order that the contestants may
know there is nothing but absolute fair
ness in the contest. and we are indebted
to the officials for their kindness in this
matter The polls close promptly at 8
o'clock p. m. The counting of the votes
will be left to the judges, Messrs. Sterrett,
Pyle and Reynolds, at an hour to suit
their convenience, but it probably will not
be finished bofore or 10 o'clock that
evening, and we will then be able to in
form any one who may call the JOURNAL
Office by phone, who the winners are.
1t is not believed by those who have
given the matter any careful thought that
any particular person has the grand prize
cinched at the present time, but there
are several in the race who have good
chance to land it If they will only hustle.
There is one thing certain, and that is.
the person who lands it will get one of the
best instruments of the kind ever uuloaded
in the village of Rising Snn, finer than
silk, that sums it all up.
There are several young ladies who
appear to have the best of the contest at
the present time, but none of them have a
sure cinch of winning the first prize. If
one of the contestants who is way down
the list should take it into her head that
she was going to win the big premium
she could do so. She would have to do
some work to make it. but that was what
was expected when the contest opened.
Several punches of seven new subscribers
and renewals in the group of seven would
put the lowest candidate in the race up
among the leaders.
For those who wish to vote without any
competitor seeing them the contest editor
desires to state that cash with your
subscription, telling where the sub
scription is to be sent and to whom
the votes shall be given. can be
placed in an envelope and deposited
in the ballot box in the bank. The
Judges will open these envelopes as soon
as they start to count and will credit all
votes including bonus votes. In order to
secure bonus votes on merchants coupons
they must be counted at the JOURNAL
Office before being deposited. In this way
it will readily be seen that no person can
tell anything about how many votes will
be issued by the judges at the time they
do the counting.
Miss Richardson and Miss Wilson were
almost even at the last count. Several
others are well to the front and are putting
forth every effort on the home stretch to