The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-12
last COUNT of THE BALLOTS
BY THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER
APPEARS N WEST v|RG|N|AN TODAY
Ballot Box Locked and Sealed-Not to be Opened Again
Judges Make Final Count-Reserve Votes May be
Deposited in Box at any Time-Two More Days.

The last count Of ballots to be made
by the Contest Manager, in The West
Virginian Great Golden Festival, ap.
pears in this issue OF The West Vir.
ginian. This count will now stand
until the judges make the final count
after nine o'clock Saturday night. The
list will appear in the Saturday West
Virginian as 1t appears today.
To explain again this last count of
the Contest Manager. The final count
was taken at eight o'clock Wednesday
night All votes found in the ballot
box at that time were counted and
published with the exception of the
votes of three or four candidates. In
these three or four instances the can.
didates had, the manager found, de
posted their reserve votes, or at least
a part of them. AS there were too
many to be published according to the
rules governing the daily vote limit,
the manager published as many of
these reserve votes as the rules would
permit, and put the remainder back
in the sealed box. The candidates in
question can easily observe how many
of these votes we're published by com
pairing the last list with the published
list today.
The campaign manager wishes to
take this opportunity to congratulate
all the candidates on tho wonderful
success they have attained thus far.
Also to thank each one for the spirit
of fairness and close adherence to the
rules that have thus far been main.
tanned.
The campaign has been an open and
free competition, in which the people
who have secured the most votes are
bound to win. AS the end approaches,
Of course, rumors. are bound to fly
thick and fast. Always in an under
taking Of this size and nature, there
are a few irresponsible people who are
born "kill-joys." So far this cam.
paign has been remarkably free from
too many rumors AS the end ap.
proaches let's keep it this same way.
When the campaign Is over, the man.
ager wants everyone to know and feel
that they received all that their efforts
merited, and that the people who earn.
ed the various prizes by securing the
highest number Of votes, were the reai
winners.
If you should in your daily work run
into any such rumors, remember that
they are beneath your notice. Your
time is too valuable to you just now
to worry about thing but your own
campaign. But II you must worry the
least little, over these rumors, just use
your good common sense. Think over
the rules Of the campaign. Then study
over the closing rules. Remember
that not soul knows how many votes
you have except yourself. If your
total is known to anyone else, it is
your own fault. No one in the contest
office knows thing about your votes.
No one at The West Virginian office
knows. The close will be public. No
one but the contest manager will is
sue votes at the finish. How will he
have any idea how much you have
In reserve, or how much you have to
turn in? Think 1t over carefully
think how the campaign has been
conducted-think it all over-then ask
yourself II there is a single posi-.
bility of any one winning but the peo-
pie with the most votes.
April 9th to Anril 18th
Inclusive.
VOTE SCHEDULE.
The price of The West vlrglnian and
The Farmers Free Press follows, to-
gether with the number Of votes issued
on each subscription payment.
BY CARRIER.
lin Falrmont.)
years. ..... $500. 80. .250000 votes