The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-02-12
THIRD COUNT FEBRUARY 18TH
Contestants Should Get Down to Hard
Work II They Would Win the Hand.
some Grand Prize or Cash Ones

ing nt your door, clamoring for adj
mittancc. II is mp 10 you.
Have you seen track.meet? The
man ahead has set IA hot pace. per
haps for his own good The trailer
is coming into his own on that last
lap. II T. a magnificent exhibition
Of gameness the man behind gives
~ he comes from the rear with
pounding feet and breath. AZ the
very tape he snatches victory. II Is
inspiring
Between now and the closing day
OF the third count. Feb. 18th. there
may be such m upheaval In the
standing Of the contestants that the
leader OF today may be down In the
last by .th0t time They may not.
They have shown splendid work In
the past and let this be their warn
ine. II they are wise. i viii be. Over
confidence has beaten more athletes
than Won can uuhio'i
Any OF the prizes are worth win
ming. and are well worth working
for. The Avalanche has pointed ont
the advantages of the Popular Voting
Contest 40 often that II will not re
iterate the wonderful possibilities TO
the contestants who undertook the
race. Il is an opportunity that offers
Itself bur once IN life time
The contest Is nearing lis nnal
close. A get busy. don't let the days
slip by without having gotten tn
gethe- bunch OF votes. Got your
friends busy by getting busy your
self that's what counts. BY your en-
beavers you interest others-sn end
loss chain. which works for your
good.
Every Interested merchant and adj
vertisar has plenty Of coupons and
il anxious to give them ont when
the conditions ara fulfilled. Ash Tor
the coupons get your friends 10 ASK
FOR them Don't lot this beautiful
Obermeyer piano witch IN. Ava
lanche ~ giving get away from you
Put on your husthns clothes and
mos, engaging smties aud 20 after
votes.
Remember tn have Your friends %
trade with the merchants who ara
giving the coupons
Remember thai many OF our Lead
ing merchants ars Interested in be
contest. ana ara giving ss.yo,e cou-
ponS with dollar purchases Also
tha.. xho 40 not understand me
rules aud regulations Of this contest
can call al this office or write rs and
We viii go over the proposition With
them
Until the next count We are going
TO oner tho following big bonuses
Eor every seven new subscriptions,
4 bonus of 10000 extra votes. making
total ~ 1899"
For every seven renewal suhsci1p.
tons. oonus OF s.oeo extra votes,
making = total OF il.So0
For every seven hack subscriptions.
a bonus nf 6.0n extrl votes. making
total u s.ooo.
For every ~ Merchants Coupons
brought % This office and counted by
the publisher or one Of his assistants.
. bonus 81 900 extra votes Will ~
given. making a total ~ e.0oo.
Coupons for votes on subscriptions
when presented al this Office by any
contestant. will be- counted the same
as cash toward bonus. For exam
Dse. n a candidate presents fur cou'
poos FOR new subscriptions that have
been handed 70 her. together with
the three cash subscriptions. she IL
entitled to bonus.
rive ten and twenty wear subscriP
tons are IN themselves a bonus. and
cannot be counted IN the group Of
seven at more than the value Of
ave. ten or twenty single suilscrip-
tons.
These coupons may b. collected
from any and all merchants who are
in the contest
merchants Coupons counting IS
votes each. eau he procured with
every cash purchase amounting 10
one dollar a.
JOHN p. LEWIS a co.
MARTIN 4 WoLcoTT.
RED CROSS PHARMACY.
W. Il. ROBINSON.
WESTERN WINDMILL co.
J. A. wHITELEy.
To the two contestants having tho
largest number u votes between now
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