Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-11-06
MORE FULLY BELOW.

The big $4,000 Joint Subscription
Contest. like all other huge affairs,
is slow in starting, burt gathers
speed from day to day and will soon
be swinging along in fine style.
The list grows steadily each day
as more and more energetic people
made up their minds that their
chances are as good as any one a.
ready in the list. and they proceed
to get pair Of scissors. clip the
nomination blank and then send in
TO the contest manager. saying that
they wish TO become an active can
didatc. Then tho printed matter
and full instructions for conducting
the campaign is mailed 10 them ana
they proceed to get busy. That's
about all there Is to IT, Those who
realize that fact and get start at
once before the other candidates
wake up. will be the ones who win
wear the smile that wont come
or after the contest is over.
Good Chance lii all Districts.
In every district in the contest,
there is an exceptionally fine oppor-
tunity for new candidates to enter
and win prize and also for candi-
dates whose names now appear in
the published list, TO pick up one OF
the valuable premiums with very
little effort. AT the present time
there are more prizes offered in ev
cry district than there are active
workers and it appears that very
little effort will De required to win
any of them. The hardest part of a
campaign of this kind is to get
started, but after you do let your
friends know that you intend to
make an active race, you will have
no trouble in getting votes and sub
scriptions. In this contest you cant
lose, for every contestant who turns
in $I.O0 or more of new subscrip-
lions Is guaranteed a prize.
Contest Matters Explained.
Although the contest man has
been explaining the details of the
contest and telling about them in
the paper, there are still number
of people who do not seem to under
stand it. For the benefit of those
who do not understand, we give a
number of questions that have been
asked and the answers to same
Should there be anything else that
is not fully understood, write, the
contest manager for further details.
Important Questions and Answers.
@. How do / get started? A.
Clip, fill in the nomination blank
found in the big double page adver-
tisement' and send to the contest
manager, saying that you wish to
become an active candidate. Print
ed matter and full instructions will
then be sent you.
@. How will the prizes be award
ed? A. The division prizes will be
awarded to the contestants in each
division who secure the most votes
and the district prizes will be
awarded to the five contestants
standing highest in each district af-
ter the division prizes have been
awarded.
@. How do get votes? A,
Votes may be clipped from the pa
pers or secured on subscriptions to
the Farmers Free Press, the Wetzel
Republican, the West Virginia Ar
gus, the lexington Progressive, the
Bnckhannon Delta. the Webster Re
publican, the Shinnston News, or
the Salem Herald
@. Do I have to get the subscrib-
er to take all the papers in order to
get votes. A. No, you may take
subscriptions to any one of them il
, YOU wish or any of them may be
combined with the Farmers Free
Press. on each combined subscrip-
ton you get 5000 Extra Votes.
@. Shall ! send in subscriptions
as soon as l receive them? Yes.
@. How is the territory divided?
A. Into three, divisions and eight
districts. For the district prizes
you need only compete against those