Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-27

At the close of the sixth day Of the
war .avings and thrift stamp selling
contest. among the letter carriers of
under the auspices Of The Star. and
which carries with it twenty cash
prizes ranging from 800 to $40,
amounting to $500 in all, H. c. Richter
maintained his position at the top Of
the list.
Postman Richter has held the lead for
four consecutive days. H s. Van Voor-
his holds tightly to second place, al
though he had a terrible fright yes
terday when E. NJ. Cox. whose name
has not before appeared in the daily
list of leaders, with one leap landed
from obscurity into third place.
Cox had the honor yesterday of SELL
ting to one man 1888 worth of stampa
In reality the sale was a thou
for that amount. but Cox is credited
simply for the selling amount This
piece, OF selling crowded G. T. Ellis
out Of third place. G. E. Dom. who
had the honor Of being in fourth place
yesterday. found the pace too swift
and had to drop back to seventh, and
II. g. Striker moved up from sixth to
dfth position.
Neck-and-Neck Race.
Three newcomers in the leaders list.
all Of whom are neck-and-neck, are
J. l. x. Main. c. A Farauhar and C. P.
Thomas. There Is only difference of
90 cents in the scores of ]. w. Griffin
and J. W. Turner.
The total receipts yesterday were a
tribe 9nd soo 5000. making the grand
increase in the stamp business at the
post Office war savings booth that Miss
Mamie G. Gulick. who is in charge and
who has been working overtime. now
Burns The sales are expected to
greatly Increase every day, as the con-
test 10 drawing near the end, and
Assistant Postmaster Kerlin said to-
any doubt about the total sales during
the contest reaching 100000.
Booklets for Statesmen.
As means Of aiding. the postman in
carrying the war savings and thrift
stamps In their pockets Mr.. Kerlin to-
Company $50 little booklets with par
attn pages and a heavy manila en-
velope in which to place them
Postman Cox didn't bat an eye nor
crack a smile when he walked into
superintendent Of Carriers Schooley's
office yesterday and quietly-in fact,
rather indiferently-announ that
he had made a thousand-dollar stamp
sale on his morning trip. This an
nouncement was met with cheers and
his Office force. However, Cox didn't
blush or get excited, and when he
walked out he quietly remarked: II
think ! will mako another thousand
dollar sale tomorrow or next day."
Kelly Strong on Pennies.
Postman Kelly says he has turned in
more pennies during this contest than
has any other carrier. He fears he
will have to provide extra pockets If
things keep up the way they have been.
Until yesterday kelly's route was in
stamps he is of the opinion that his
appeals to help Uncle Sam have broken
every child's bank in that suburb.
he brought in only $50 pennies. He
says he doesn't know exactly, but he
believes he has received mora than
aoeo pennies since the contest conn
ticularly proud Of r. j. spauidinEs
showing In the contest. Spaulding is q
mail collector and not carrier. He
his sleep and recreation IN the daytime,
but since the stamp selling contest was
inAugurated he has curtailed his Sleep
ing and has been out selling the
has been in the list of leaders.
Winston Spsints.
z. Winston, whose route 10 in the vi
cinity OF the Congressional Library. 10
beginning to show q little hurst OF
spee& H y pleased toA becA1se he