The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-10
ALTA ATHA WON
AUTOMOBILE IN
1000 CONTEST
Charles McCray Took First
Honors in First Dis
~ trict. .,.,
SUCCESSFUL ENDING
Frank E. Miller to Remain
in City for Several
Days.
SUCCESSFUL ENDING

The West Virglnian's big Seven
Thousand Circulation Campaign is
over. The winners have been decid-
ed and the prizes awarded.
The campaign was one of the most
successful ever conducted in Fairmont
a.sd was satisfactory In every respect
both to the workers who participated
III the race and to The West Virgin
ian. It has been conducted on fair
and square basis, and this paper has
lived up to every agreement 1t made.
In a contest of this sort. as in poll
tics, there must be some winners and
some losers. This is true in all con-
tests, and while The West Virginian
rejoices with the winners. 1t also
sympashizes with those who failed
after DO valiant a fight and express 3
the wish that every contestant could
have been awarded the first prize.
However, in the. case OF the Seven
Thousand Club. all non-winners who
have remained active right up until
the close Of the campaign. will re-
ceieve o nice cash salary check for
twenty per cent OF the amount which
they have turned in on new subscrlp-
tions, SO in reality there were no real
losers after all.
It Is unnecessary to say that the
winners were the most consistent
workers, those who put forth every
endeavor throughout the period In
which they worked in the campaign.
TheySwere the winners on the merits
of their work, but from the number
OF votes gained by the non-winners,
1t will be readily observed that they
like the winners, had a host Of
friends who supported them, and to
their extreme energy and popularity
iss due! in part the extraordinary sue
cess Of the Seven Thousand Club.
While The West Virginian extends
Its appreciation to the contestants
for the imaner in which they conduct
ed their campaign. 1t must not forget
to thank the public who supported
the Campaign, or the judges, Ward
NJ. Downs, r. c. Miller and Mayor
Anthony Bowen, who made the final
colnt; and decided the winners, and
whose high character makes 1t I'M
possible for anyone. through envy or
malice, to say that the contest was
not conducted strictly ION the
square" or that the winners did not
win fairly, or honestly.
In this age OF progressiveness a
newspaper must not only endeavor
toIput before its readers the. best pos
sible presentation Of news handled
by experienced and capable men,
give the public all the leading mer-
chants advertising, but being the
promoters OF everything not only of
interest, but OF value, to the COM
munity, IL must promote enterprises
md show its appreciation Of the ex-
treme confidence. manifested by Its
large circle Of readers by offering
from time to time an inducement OF
the character Of the campaign just
closed.
The Seven Thousand Club was not
born OF a moments thought, but was
inaugurated only after the most
careful consideration. But for a
newspaper to handle all the extra
work of such a campaign successfully
with its regular force OF employees
would be almost an impossibllIty.
Therefore The West Virginlan secur-
ed the services OF Messrs. Miller &
Van Every, OF Pittsburgh, and the
manner in which the contest was
conducted, and the success of the
contest is ample testimony of the
ability OF this firm to conduct such
undertakings. Their treatment Of
each and every candidate was impair
dd. and F. q. Miller, through his
courteous treatment and business
like way Of conducting the campaign,