The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
Signed) PAUL e. WEBB,
HUGH r. SMITH,
@. w. PAINTER,

Judges.
Tho completeness of the campaign
records enabled tho judges TO get
through with their work OF vertical
ton and counting In the shortest time
in which a contest of such proportions
was ever closed. and the result Of
their findings was Immediately an
nounced to the several waiting and
anxious candidates.
With the award OF prizes as an
nounced above, the battle for sub
scriptions. votes honors and prizes in
Tho Vtrginian's great Petersburg cir
culation compaign came 10 an end.
The campaign brought The Virginian
many hundred new subsCrtbers in Pc
tersburg. HopewelL Dinwiddie ami
Prince George Counties and numb ers
from distance.
The work OF the contestants reach
ed from Texas to far-away London,
England. Several new subscri bers
were secured in the Lone Star State,'
and as a result Of the campaign. Vir-
ginia's most rapid growing daily pa
per will have a wider circulation in
Georgia, South Carolina North Car
DINA, Alabama, Maryland. New Jersey
and Delaware. More votes were cast
during the campaign for the two lea d.
ing candidates than were cast for Mr..
Wilson and Mr.. Hughes combinad IN
the national presidential election of
laAt Tuesday. and several other candi-
dates were ably supported. who dtd
not win a prize.
The friends OF Mrs. J. K Matthews.
OF hopewell supported her ably. as
did the friends OF Mr.. James Nj
Jefferson in the early stages OF the
campaign. Throughout the entire ten
WpAIyG of the tom nc
Of feeling prevailed among the candi-
dates and between the candidates and
the campaign managers, and the con-
test was void of any friction or mis-
understanding. The contest was con-
Quoted openly and falrly-a fair field
and an equal chance to all The four
prizes went to the four candidates
whose energy, persistence and deter
mlnatlon lasted up to the closing hour.
Mrs. Lee q. CrutchfieId. OF DInw Id
die, winner of the fourth prize, de-
serves special mention In the last
word of the campaign. She entered
had gotten. what a less determine d
person might term, commanding
start but she worked faithfully. her
friends. In several sections OF the
Stata. stuck to her nobly and she won
prize of which she Is proud.
A Neck-and- Neck Race.
The campaign. from the closing OF
the hrst period. WAS neck-and- neck
race. the closest in the experience OF
tho campaign managers. SO very close
that at the close of the fourth period
had Mr.. Eggleston secured 81 less in
subscriptions he would have lost the
first prize and had Mrs. Crutchfeld Sc
cured $3.50 less she would have lost
tho fourth prize
The manner in which the contest
was handled by the managers was
perhaps the most satisfactory from,
every standpoint that was ever known.
The closing hour at the Petersburg
office was o'clock. At 10 o'clock
the result was known to all the win
ners. even to Mrs Crutchfeld. in her
home at Dinwiddie Courthouse. and
the votes received by each candidate
was in type in the Virginian's build
ing. in Richmond. In about tho same
time.
1t Is all over and all the contestants
are much pleased with the result. Mr..
James H. Tucker. whose aim was for
the grand prize. and who won the
$3.50 Livingston piano. stated to one
OF the managers after the close, that
If he had failed to win even the fourth
prize he would have been well paid
FOR his EFFORTS, Mr.. Tucker Is popu-
lar telegraph operator. in the employ
of tho Norfolk and Western Railway,
Entering the campaign brought him
a more extensive acquaintance than
he had gained In Petersburg during
the sixteen years he has resided here
and. In addition. the enthusiasm and
ability which he exhibited during the
campaign has brought him an offer
or moro lucrative position with
much more pleasant surroundings and
much greater chance for success in
life.
The virginian and the campaign
managers extend thanks to the nu-
merous contestants and their friends
for the interest manifested. tho excel
lent good humor. the spirit OF friend
illness. and last but not least. for the
splendid results obtained through and
by their efforts.
Allen Gives Bond.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia today granted a writ OF err
ror and supersedeas to the judgment
of the Hastings Court of this city in
the case of r r. Allen, former division
superintendent for the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company. convicted at
the June term of the court OF grand
larceny and given two years In the
penitentiary
In accordance with the order OF the
Court of Appeals. Allen appeared be-
fore Judge J. NJ. Mullen, at 1890
o'clock this afternoon. and gave bond
In the sum of $4,000, with w. E. AL
len and f. II. Russell. of Richmond.
as his bondsmen. for his appearance
before the Hastings Court of Peters,
NJ
January next.
The case will now ~ rsvjevsA ~