The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-23
VOT ING rs
in THE CONT S
Mrs. Howard Gibbs in Dis
trict One, Leads the Field
with 4e, 325.
CIRCUS DAY FRIDAY
Rally Week and $l25 Dia-
mond Ring Indictment for
Contestants to Hustle. !.

Contestants to Hustle.
The contest department was flooded
with ballots yesterday and as a re-
suit the vote has reached a high hg-
ure, and the leader IN the Fighting
First" leads the entire race, with
1895
Mrs. Howard Gibbs has the proud
distinction Of leading the entire field.
advancing from fifth place. Miss Mary
A. Shaw retains her position at me
head of district number, two, but Is
Scloaely followed by Mrs. o. c. Straight
who Is less than 800 votes behind Miss
Shaw. Mrs. Straight has been out OF
the city for about two weeks but now
since her return, her friends can look
for a strong fight, and before the end
of the contest she is likely, TO prove,
one Of the strongest candidates in
the race.
Mrs W. P. Weekly, Of Vt Glare,
continues to lead tne third district.
District three is going to excite the
interest OF the entire country before
the close. There is some very quiet
campaigning going on in this district,
and before the end many surprises
win be sprung.
An Opportunity.
smithfeld's fayorlte stands In first
place in the fourth district. Mr., /. II.
Straight is wanting an automobile and
his vote indicates that he is after il
The fourth district Is real quiet and
1t Is certainly an opportunity for
someone to WIN a magnificent prize
with little effort. All the other dis
tricts are ''hummers', In fact, so
strong that you can almost hear them
making noise And this week prom-
ises to make each one Of them strong
er.
All contestants are anxious to at
tend the big circus next Friday, and
contestants interviewed so far. have
expressed themselves in kind words
toward the Daily Telegram for giving
them the opportunity to attend as it's
guests
The Ringing Brothers. circus is
much better than ever beforehand all
contestants and others who attend,
will feel fully repaid for the short
time they let up in the contest in or
der to see this big show. This is
chanceto see the worlds biggest show
without. cost. Go Friday for there is
a treat in store for each who does.
Diamond Ring Secret.
The winner of the first diamond
ring seems to puzzle and perpiex
many contestants and the public as
well, some win guess one contestant
won It, and then another. but all is
conjecture, No one knows but the
manager of the contest and he will
not tell. No use to say IF you tell
me Will not tell single person
for that is a secret, and II II is told
one person it will cease to be a secret,
and 1t will remain secret until the
judges count the votes and award the
other prizes at the close of the CON
test. A good thing for the hustiing
contestant to assume sthat 1t was
won by another contestant, and pitch
in and win the second ring which is
offered for this period. 1t is valued
the same as the first ring and will
be goyen in the division opposite to
the one that won the first ring,
Now that Rally Week is on and
five contestants in each, district are
going to win bonus votes in addition
to The regular schedule, it certainly
behooves each candidate TO do his best
this week. The contestant In each
district who wins that 10000 bonus
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