Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-01-27
CANDIDATES WORK FAST AS
END OF CONTEST LOOMS UP
Nine O'clock p. M, Saturday Marks
s Close of First Period. Subscrip-
~ the Maximum Number
of Votes

Saturday night, Jan. %, at
o'clock sharp, not one minute later,
marks the close of the first period in
The Charlton courieTs big automo-
bile prize contest.
After this time, and for the next
two weeks, the second period schedule
of votes will be in effect, which means
material reduction in the voting
power of subscriptions, while the
third and last period, the last three
days, will see the scale practically
cut in half.
LSading candidates are seething
with the bustle of preparation for
one grand roundup of their friends
and acquaintance in quest of the
winning votes before this Saturday
night, and, with one accord, are
fighting vaIiantly and deternlinedly
toward the goal-where the prize au-
tonobile awaits.
Intense though suppressed exciter
ment prevails among the various can
didates as each realizes that he or
she is within reach of prize worth
$737.O0. All TO be won or lost during
the next few days, for that is exact
Z ly what it means, depending almost
entirely upon the number Of snbscrip-
tions turned in before 8 o'clock this
Saturday night, and each have enter
ed the final lap of the first period
with the grim determination of being
the victor or Of knowing the reason
why.
Speed viii Win
The crucial test is at hand. II
ever you intend doing anything big in
this race do It now. Instead Of being
second or third or fourth, get up at
the top and stay there. Now is the
time to secure an unsurmountable re-
serve vote. Now is the time to make
reasonably sure Of the prize, you,
most desire.
Never again after this Saturday
night, viii it be possible to secure
the full voting power on subscrip-
tions. This is final and fair warn
ing. To hold back subscriptions now,
or to rely on promises to subscribe
at a later date, simply means that you
will have to take less votes on such
orders. We are putting it up to you
squarely. If you entertain any de-
sire whatever of being declared win
ner Of the brand new 1922 model
Ford Sedan worth s7s7.OO to be
awarded just three weeks from last
Wednesday, don't fail to turn in every
subscription to your account before
the close of the first period.
Not to do SO simply means that you
will have to redouble your efforts
during the remainder of the race to
make up for ground lost. A few long
term subscriptions now may be the
very ones needed to cinch the big
prize; they could hardly help win
ming one Of the major awards.
A Fight to the Finish
Don't forget that this is . battle
hereafter. Craft helps; speed, too.
hut the rugged strength and lasting
qualities Of few hundred thousand
votes mean victory here as the same
traits win any battle.
Vote discretely, hustle swiftly,
watch and battle persistently to the
end, and if you do not win 1t viii
be for no other reason than that
some competitor embodies your
strength to a greater degree, Re
member, 5000 votes are allowed on
yearly subscriptions this week, while
the following week only 1000 votes
are allowed; 25.o0O votes are issued
on 5 year subscriptions now while
during the second period 10000 votes
are given.
It is this weeks work that counts.