The Washington herald., 1916-01-31
Entrants in the $4,000 Club
Will Be Announced Tomorrow
Nominations Received Up to Noon Hour Today Will Be Pub
ished, with Number of Votes Secured by Each One
Valuable Prizes in Store for Energetic Candidates

The nominations received Of candi-
dates in the $4,000 Club" are being listed
and prepared for publication In Tues
days issue of The Washington Herald.
The first list will contain all of the
names received up to noon today. All
Of the nominations coming in after to-
day will be added just as fast as they
are received.
Is your name among the early starters?
II not, nominate yourself at once as a
| candidate for one of the six Grand Prizes
| or forty-four other awards.
The winning of the Mitchell "slx of
l6, or any of the other valuable awards.
| by devoting small part of your spare
time until March "a to vote-getting. will
be splendid pay.
In addition to the six Grand Prizes,
| there are forty-four District prizes and
cash commission of 10 per cent.
| The tide OF interest in The Herald s
| $1,000 Club is rising daily. New MEM
bers are growing in volume with every
incoming mall. Readers and friends OF
The Herald interested in this great news
paper campaign to bring the circulation
to 5000 copies daily are registering their
names Success for the club and its
members is looming up more certainly
every hour.
| vt Is no exaggeration to say that the
public interest in the $4,000 Club" has
become general throughout the entire
eleven districts. Many districts have be-
gun to work for their own candidate,
and in some sections several members
are out for honors and share in the
list of big prizes.
The question is sometimes asked: rs
| 1t really a fact that The Herald is 60
ing to give all these expensive prizes
| fifty of them-and cash awards besides,
to all active members?"
Yes, It is a fact. The good faith of
The Herald is pledged to carry out the
plans Of the $1,000 Club" to the last de-
tail
Every active member will receive one
! of the fifty prizes or cash award. There
are no blanks for active members.
The important thing to do is to send
in your nomination, If you have not al
ready done so. There is a rich field for
you. There is no reason why you should
not share in the prizes. None of them
will cost you cent in money. A little
activity Is all you need.
Conditions of Contest.
| Any reliable person of standing, resid-
ing In the territory in which The Wash
inston Herald circulates, is eligible to
enter the campaign.
No employee of The Washington
Herald. or members of their families, will
be permitted to enter the campaign.
| Candidates can nominate themselves or
be nominated by their friends.
The Campaign Manager reserves the
right to reject any nomination.
You will find a nomination blank is
good for 1000 votes which gives you a
| fine start.
Votes will be issued on paid-in-advance
subscriptions to The Washington Herald
Nominations accompanied with a three
months cash subscription or longer will
receive 5000 extra votes.
Votes will be given on new subscr1p-
tions and renewal of old subscriptions
that are paid when the votes are is
sued.
Votes will be allowed on subscriptions
secured anywhere.
All special vote ballots issued on sub
scriptions are good until the end of the
campaign. and then may be voted at
the discretion OF the candidate or SUBJ
scriber.
The votes will be counted and can
vassed by committee Of prominent citi-
| zens.
No person may win more than ono
prize.
In case of a tie for any prize. each
candidate will receive an identical prize.
Any question which may arise will be
settled by The Washington Herald, and
its decision will be absolute and final.
In case OF a typographical error. it is
understood that The Washington Herald,
shall not be responsible, except to make
necessary corrections on discovery Of
| same.
Each regular subscriber to The Wash
ington Herald may cast fifty compn-
mentary votes for any one candidate by
signing a printed blank which is simply
a request for the fifty votes to be counted
for his or her favorite candidate.
Coupon PubIished Daily.
A coupon will be published in The
Washington Herald which, when neatly
clipped from the paper. name filled in.
and brought or mailed to the $4,000 Club
office will count as votes.
Vote coupons will be published daily
in The Washington Herald, with a vote
value of one vote in the daily Herald.
and five votes each in The Sunday Her
aid. with the exception Of January g.
%. 81.
During these three days there will be q
vote value of ten votes each.
Vote coupons published in The Wash
ington Herald will bear an expiration
date, after which they will not be ac-
cepted.
Active voting began January q and
will continue until March "a.
The list of all candidates and the num-
Der of their votes accepted for publica-
tion will be published continually
throughout the entire campaign, at the
discretion of $4,000 Club" manager.
All active candidates who do not re-
ceive a prize will be paid cash COM
mission of 10 per cent on all paid-in-ad-
vance new subscriptions turned In be-
tween January q and March "a.
The active candidate is one who turns
In one subscription each week the last
| two weeks of the campaign.
No statement or promise made by any
solicitor or agent varying from the rules
or statements published in The Washing
ton Herald will be recognized by the
management.
The Washington Herald reserves the
| right to change the plan or make any
additions to the above conditions that
may be decided necessary to the inter-
est or welfare of the candidates of The
Washington Herald's $4,000 Club"
Division of Territory.
Section No. 1-Embraees all Southwest
Washington and that section of South
east Washington, south of and including
Anacostia, Congress Heights, Twining
City and Randall Highlands, and adja-
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