The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-05
Contest Department Ready to
Give Information To All
Who Dssirs II.
AlNTS HUsTLlNG
Contestants Warned to Be
Careful!in Marking Sub
scriptiols.

me contest mas nllished ats second
week and it is time Tor anyone con-
templatlng entering the contest to
start at once while the field is practi-
caliy unworked thus Ear interest
has exceeded the expectations Nearly
three score and d half OF energetic
men and women are exerting them-
selves to win the magnificent prizes
offered to the best subscriptlon-get-
tiers for a few weeks work, and many
subscriptions are being paid and many
new names added to the Daily. Tele-
grams big family of readers.
The ten-yote coupon which now APP
pears in the Daily Telegram each day
should be ciippedaout and voted and
not saved until the last Of the week,
as no candidate can be credited with
more than 100 Of these coupons (1,ooo)
on any day, If the coupons are held
back the candidates are bound to lose
lots of them next Saturday when the
first coupon expires These coupons
must be trimmed close to the border,
placed face up, heads in one direction
and fastened together, with the name,
district and number Of ballots in the
package written on top of the coupons.
This will save the contest department
much unnecessary labor and will he
an aid to accuracy.
Business men in the city have en-
tered into the interest Of the contest
realizing that. while it will require
some little time from the efforts Of
their employees they know that they
will in the end secure better ana more
efficient service from them after they
have had the training that the contest
gives each person in the race. Those
candidates who have no special pur-
suits have created an interest In the
home circle that has become an all abb
sorbing subject, and subject in which
each member of the home can have a
full share in discussing and lending
their efforts to help their fayorites,
knowing full we'll that the grand and
magnificent prizes will I'LL the win
ners with so much joy and pleasure.
Contestants should be careful and
not mark subscriptions new" when
they really are "old," The distinction
is very plain. A person, firm or house
that was regularly receiving the Daily
Telegram, March is, the date Of the
starting Of the contest, is an "old"
subscribed no matter whether they
took 1t from a boy or not, but those
who were not thus-regularly receiving
the paper when the contest started
will be classified as new on all pay
ments they make during the life Of the
contest.
This contest is conducted along hon
est and fair lines. Contests are not
a novelty in clarksburg, but there is
vast difference In rules and the
rules by which this contest is being
conducted are the result of very many
years constant experience. and have
been approved by hundreds of news
paper publishers and thousands OF
candidates.
No one has access to the contest ex-
cept the manager, and he has neither
friends to reward nor foes to punish.
The contestants all look alike to him
and the ones that turn in the greatest
volume of business and secures the
greatest number of votes will be the
ones who win receive the decision OF
the judges.
The fact that the final count OF the
votes will be made by committee Of
clarksburg business men and pro-
fessional men, shows that the contest
must be fair and above board and that
there can be no favoritlsm shown.
Each candidate has the assurance that
each one will be accorded the same fair
consideration and this has caused the
first part of the contest to develop un-
usual interest.