The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-13
SECOND COUNT. FRIDAY. nARcH 10.
The Count for Special Prize Win Have
No Fearing Upon the Question as to
Who VIII Win at the Final Count.

No Fearing Upon the Question as to |
Who VIII Win at the Final Count
On Friday evening, March 19, at 7:3O
O'Clock, the ballot box in the Free
Press Voting Contest viii be closed for
the second count for leadership In one
of the most interesting events which
has been pulled off in Hays. In this
contest the candidate who has made the
greatest gain since the first count Of
month ago viii receive SO IN gold as a
prize. No matter what your standing
may have been at the confusion of the
first count, if you make a greater gain
over that count than any other candi-
date, you viii win the So For in
stance, If you had but IS votes in the
count made February p and you made
larger gain than the leader, you viii
get the money If you make a gain of
Is, 900 or %, 600 or 900, and the lead
er makes a gain of one less than you,
you viii have the SO cinched for your
self. So get busy and bring in ali the
votes possible between now and Friday,
March 19.
A little exertion and hustling among
the contestants is what is required to
win, and the one VINO is the most active
and who uses the best judgement and
business sense in her canvass, is the
one who will land the prize. 1t viii
come without the expenditure of a pen
ny by the one who captures the prize,
but eternal hustling will be the price of
success. Are you going to win it? Or
are you going to take a vacation and
let the other girl beat you to it? And
probably by a few votes at that?
Whatever number of votes you may
have in the second count viii be placed
to your credit in the final count, which
will be made in April, but if you make
the greatest gain now you will land the
$40 that is offered as a special prize at
the count on Friday, March 10. And
| all the votes cast during the entire con-
test will determine who is to get the
piano-these special counts cutting no
figure in the grand final roundup.
There is nobody so far ahead, accord
ing to the first count, but what little
hustling on the part of the other con-
testants would place them right up
among the leaders. New subscribers
are what count the most in this contest,
because for every new subscriber
brought in, the person bringing it is en-
titled to 600 votes, and 500 votes is Civ
en- for each renewal, while 400 votes
are given with each back subscription.
Bear in mind, that the ballot box
viii be closed at 7:30 o'clock, Friday
evening, March 10. Be sure and have
all your votes in by that time, so you
will have fair chance to show what
your standing is. As soon as the ballot
box is closed, the count will be made
and the result will be announced as
quickly as known.
Remember the SO in gold goes to the
one who makes the greatest gain in the
number Of votes. Some of the local
merchants are giving p vote coupons
with each 81 purchase.
Remember to have your friends trade
with merchants giving coupons. Their
ads. appear in this issue in connection
with our offer.
J. T. Morrison,
Alex E. Kissing,
H. H. Winters,
Frank Havemann,
G. A. Hardness,
J. B. Basgall,
D. H. Early & Sons,
| Cox's Racket Store.
Following are the candidates:
Miss Vida Howie, 2, 225.
Miss Thelda Campbell, 1890.
Miss Jessie Gosser, Ia, 700.
Miss Florence Starr, 3,825.
Miss Flora Troth, 1850.
Miss Esther Freshour, $50.
Miss Lizzie Brown, 1900.
Miss Ruth Eppler, 1,025.
Miss Katie Sargent, 1,025.