The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-01
+ IRIS T GUN FIR ED
I'M Exc I ING RIA
Competitive Standing Of Con-
testants in Telegram
Grand Prize Contest.
NEW NAMES ADDED
8 Competition Week" Excel
lent Opportunity for Can
didates to Enter.

The frst gun in the Daily eies
grams big $4,000 Voting Contest
goes OF with bang this evening"
the mark and anxiously waited the
the mark and anxiously waited the
real start Of the friendly race for the
magnificent prizes offered by Ciarks-
burg's progressive newspaper, are
started OFF this evening with their
first competitive yote-the vote
which will show who is who in
clarksburg and aelghboring coun-
try.
Contestants and their friends Will
find the competitive standing on page
two Of this issue, where it viii
be found every evening throughout
the contest. While this standing
shows number of those entered as
having good lead so early in the
contest, yet many changes will be
found every day and as the contest
progresses in interest and friendly
rivalry between the entrants in each
district becomes more marked,
drastic changes viii be made as one
contestant and then another depos4
its his special voting ballots in tho
ballot box at the Telegram oflce.
The big boost which a large mum
Der of contestants took advantage of
on SECT Acquainted Day. can now
he equaled or even surpassed by any
one who starts today and makes al
energetic effort to see an
his or her friends before
Saturday night. Next Shtur-
day will end Competition Week,
and bonus yoteslwl1 be given to the
worthy contestants in each of the
four districts, Six offers are made,
the first Carrying bonus OF 10000
votes, the next 10000 land then So
600, $4,000. 1000 and the last one
Is, 1000 extra votes. These are of
fered to the six contestants in each
of the four districts who secure the
largest number Of subscription votes
during this week from Monday
morning until Saturday night. The
offer is open until 10 o'clock satur-
day night. Those who have not ale
ready entered and called upon their
friends for subscription will lind
that work done this week will reap
a rich harvest in valuable votes, and
no stone should be left unturned to
make this week the banner week OF
the entire contest.
The favorable weather OF the last
few days has enabled everyone to
do valiant work and subscriptions
have been pouring into the Telegram
Office in such volume as to convince
even the most pessimistic person
that this contest viii truly be the
greatest subscription campaign as
well as the largest free gift under
taking ever attempted in the state
of West Virginia.
No one is compelled to pay aay-
thing extra for the privilege OF voting
for contestant. It is free. The
price of the paper has not been ad.
vanceld, but remains the same. This
has enabled many contestants to all
ready line up large number OF
subscriptions and others will and It
effective in inducing their friends to
read the o1e best newspaper In
West Virginia.
Contestants almost without an ex'
ception have taken advantage Of the
private telephone connections which
have been made from both telephone
systems directly to the contest mani
ayers desk. If any information is
wanted contestants are asked to can
for 2ss-R Bell phone or 1871 Home
phone. The contest manager and
his assistants vii give their personal
assistance to any contestant mn
partially-and they are urged to be
free in asking assistance.