The Richmond climax., 1913-04-01
Piano Contest
Closes April II
Only A Few More Days to
Work for the Beautiful
Piano.

The Climax Great Piano Voting Con-
test is nearing its close and as the time
for the final count and awarding OF the
prizes approaches the interest in the
outcome is unprecedented, the whole
community being stirred from center to
circumference.
The young ladies realize that it is
now or never-that the time has finally
come for the final dash down the home
stretch, and with the beautiful Ober-
mayer & Sons piano and other valuable
prizes before them they are working as
never before. 1t is no longer a catch-as
ca ch-can contest, but rousing. sys-
lematic hand to- hand battle of ballots.
The contestants realize that 10 the vic
tor belongs the spoils, and that each
young lady lined up for the final dash
is an opponent that will require some
tall hustling to overcome.
The young ladies are working cou-
tiously and playing the game with all
the diplomacy of trained politicians
Friends are being organized for the
grand finale, the next few working days
of the contest will show as pretty
race as the people of this town have
ever seen. From hints dropped along
the wayside it is evident there will be
some big surprise when the final count
is announced, No one but the contest
ants themselves know how many votes
one may have unvoted. There is al
ways possibility of some dark horse
coming under the wire ahead in the
field" with bunch of votes that have
been held back. Contestants in the
lead should not rest on their oars at
this stage of the game in the belief that
they nave the race cinched. A contest
ant far in the rear may dump in bunch
of votes at the last sufficient to sweep
aside all opposition. The piano, no
doubt, will be won and lost many times
in the next few days. Some of those
making seemingly poor showing now,
undoubtedly, will at the last give the
leaders run for their money. These
tagging ones are saying nothing but do
ing a lot of woodsawing Nothing
worth having was ever gained without
some effort, and $4,000 piano is not
10 be picked up any day. This is a
prize worthy of the most strenuous
efforts of any young lady and the con-
testant who is wise will expend every
ounce of her energy In securing the
country side for votes from now until
the close of the contest. The one who
wins the piano will be the one who
marShalls her forces the most effective
ly and who hurls every ounce of her vot-
ing strength into the arena at the final
count.
YOUNG LADIES. REMEMBER that
when you go home on the evening of
April l4th with a beautiful $4,000
Obermeyer & Sons piano tucked under
your arm all your hard work and worry
will be forgotten. 1t is an opportunity
that comes but once in a lifetime.
Tell these friends who have told you
and promised you before the contest
10 help you that the time has now come
for them to make good their promise,
and that they should rally to your sup
port in these closing days.
On Monday l4th the ballot box will bs
placed in the Bank, where all candid
ates can deposit their votes Each club
of seven names for new subscribers can
be placed in an envelope with money for
same and be sure and put your name,
as candidate on the envelope, and we
will give the votes and bonus you are
entitled TO. l220O. We are doing this
in order that the ballot may be strictly
secret. Have the names and postoffice
address of each subscriber on sheet ol
of paper. Only put one club in each en-
velope. All merchants cupons must
be brought to this Office to get extra
votes.
The bonus is from now on as follows
For every 2 new subscribers S00'
extra votes making total of l2200.
For every seven renewal subscription
we will give 5000 extra votes, making