The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-23
BIG STATE CONVENTION OF VOTING rs HEAVFY
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS. IN THE CONTEST
Mrs. Howard Gibbs in Dis
trict One, Leads the Field
with74e, 325.
CIRCUS DAY FRIDAY
Rally Week and SIPS Dia-
mond Ring judgement for
Contestants to Hustle.

The contest department was flooded
with ballots yesterday and as a re-
suit the vote has reached high fg-
ure, and the leader In the Fighting
First" leads the entire race. with
1926
Mrs. Howard Gibbs has the proud
distinction Of leading the entire field,
advancing from fifth place. Miss Mary
A. Shaw retains her position at the
head of district number two. hut is
VcIosely 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 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 Mt. Glare.
continues to lead the 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 favorite stands in first
place in the fourth district Mr.. /. H.
Straight is wanting an automobile and
his vote indicates that he Is after 1t.
The fourth district is real quiet and
At is certainly an opportunity for
someone to win magnificent prize
with little effort. All the other dis
tricts are '.hummerss in fact. so
strong that you can almost hear them
making noise And this week PROM
Uses 70 make each one of them strong
err.
All contestants are anxious 10 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 Its
guests. .o.
The Ringing BrotherS circus is
much better than ever before, and 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
chance to 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 perplex
many contestants and the public as
wen, some will 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 eIfyou tell
me / win not tell a single person n,
for that is secret, and II 1t is toldsa
one person it will cease to be a secret
and It will remain a secret until the
judges count the votes and award the
other prizes at the close of the CONF
test. A good thing for the hustiing
contestant TO assume shat it 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 goven 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, 1t certainly
behooyes each candidate to do his best
this week. The contestant In each
district who wins that 10000 bonus
Confined on page sevenl.