Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-31
CARRIERS END RACE
IN ". S. S. SELLING
Total Of Nearly 100000 Is
Ten-Day Record in Even
ing Star Contest.
LAST HOUR PERsPIRING

It's all over but the shouting in. the
letter carriers war savings and thrift
stamp selling contest. The shouting
will occur Tuesday, when the official
score will be announced and the win
ners Of the twenty cash prizes will re-
ceive their rewards.
The ceremonies that will mark the
announcement of the individual scores
of the men in their strenuous and
spirited ten-day drive and the pres
entation of the prizes will take place
in Postmaster Chances large office at
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
awards will be made by Fleming New
bolsA business manager of The STAR
under whose auspices the contest was
held. Addresses will be made by
James ODonnell and Dr. NJ. G. Gibbs
who donated $500 for which the car
riers SO eagerly competed; D. J. CAL
Ia han director Of war savings for the
District Of Columbia. Postmaster
Chance and Assistant Postmaster ker-
lin.
Big Business on Last Day.
Yesterday, the last day of the contest,
was the most interesting and active
one of the race, and the total sales for
the day, although not yet officialiy an
nounced, were approximately S2S,5oo.
This will bring the total sales Tor the
ten days close to 100000, which is
looked upon by Director of war saw
tngs Callahan and Postmaster Chance
as an exceptionally worthy showing:
Both of these officials have watched
with great interest each days progress
of the race and are loud in their praise
for the patriotic and loyal demonstra-
Il l,n
The men worked hard and intelli-
gently. They were earnest and en-
thusiastic, and by their efforts IN SO
liciting sales and in advocating them
as an investment and as an expression
of LOYALTY they have been the means
of starting hundreds of persons on a
future of thrift. They have earned the
praise they are to receive in official
form Tuesday.
Apportionment of Prizes.
The twenty prizes will be apportioned
as follows: One prize, of 500, one OF
SIS, one of $50, three Of SIS each, four
of $50 each, four of SIS each and six
of $40 each.
Late Yesterday afternoon. after the
majority of the carriers had turned in
their sales there was much excitement
at the post office. The huge room &C.
cupied by the carriers presented
stirring scene. Each man wanted to
know how much the other fellow had
sold during the day. some were ten
ing, but the majority We're nov. NAM
we're doing a lot of mental figuring as
to where and to whom they could go
before dark to make additional sales.
The big room was alive. 1t suggest
ed somewhat the CROWDS aNa1tlhs ,ae
display of the first bulletin on an cleo
ton night And, like all SUCH occa-
sions, there was all kinds Of rumors.
Every few moments it would pc
whispered about that some one enaa
and-so had pust turned in ms tniro
$1,000 sale il was even rumored that
one of the carriers mad phoned In that
he was or his way y, to 6oo the II POS Is uatu
raj that such rumors had their erect
1t was plain that the leaders IN the
race, despite their high standing. were
not deaf TIC them.
Leaders Perspire.
Postman Richter, who with the eA-
cention of one day led the race all the
way, turned livid two or three times.
Postman Spiker, who has been in sec
ond place for three days, nearly ruined
his coat sleeve by his frequent rubolng
of cold sweat from his brow an
yoorhis. who has been a contender from
start to finish, and who was in third
place yesterday, left the building early.
Whether it was because he couldn
stand the strain or with the view
to soliciting additional sales no one
knows Perhaps he was going again to
hunt for that s12 of stamp money that
slipped out of his pocket somewhere on
Meridian Hill the other day.
Charlie Farouhar the fourth position
man took vacation yesterday. At
least he took day off from delivering
mail in order to give full play to his
various stanlp-selling arts. Therefore
he missed the rumors. but was in
cidentally the cause of number OF
them If he brought in all the money he
was rumored to have collected yester-
day afternoon he would have needed a
couple of the War Departments largest
liberty Trucks