The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-06-29
BIG DRIVE CLOSES AT
NINE SATURDAY NIGHT
All Prizes To Be Awarded Immediately After
Judges Have Announced Winners. Cam
apign A Success

I The mammoth subscription
campaign which has been in
progress for the past five
weeks on THE lNDEPEN-
DENT will come to a close as
the clock strikes nine on to-
morrow evening.
In every respect this campaign has
been the most successful of any like
enterprise ever before staged in E!iz-
abeth City. not only IN the many val
uable prizes given. and the many hun
dredS of new and renewal Subacrip-
! tions taken. but also in the amount
of interest manifested during the
entire drive.
AS several of the candidate have
been running close together all
through the length of the drive il will
take the votes polled during the clos
ing period to decide the winners. and
| friends of the different candidates
! from all sections of the trade terri
! tory through which THE INDEPE.N-
| DENT circulates are expected to be
present at the newspaper office at
the closing ho"r. Each candidi,c
will have many friends and relatives
in Elizabeth City the closing night 10
see just what prize their favorite can
didate wins.
Closing RuIcs-Rcad Carefully
The closing rules of the campaign
are that all subscriptions taken dur
ing the closing period must be placed
in sealed envelope and then dcpos-
! tied in the sealed ballot box at THE
INDEPENDENT office. All candi-
dates should write their name upon
the envelope and after placing the
subscription stubs therein must de-
post il in the ballot box asy time be-
fore Nine Z. NJ. Saturday June 3Olh.
As the clock strikes the hour. the judi
ges will take complete charge of the
campaign and after counting the votes
will proceed Immediately to award the
prizes: The. candidate polling the l:I-...
rgest number of votes will be dcclar-
ed the winner of the STt'DEBAKER
touring car. purchased from j. III.
McAlullain, Jr. the local dealer. while
the one running second will receive
the beautiful STARR piano. purchas-
ed from The Duff Piano Go. The
third prize. the VICTROLA. also pur-
chased from The Duff Piano Co. will
third. The other prizes. the brace
let watches will be awarded the can
didates running next in order.
John G. Tashjian. acknowledged TO
be the most expert watch maker in
Northeastern North Carolina has care
fully tested and regulated every one
of the beautiful wrist watches 10 he
used rs prizes in this campaign.
There is no piece of mechanism in
common use so delicate as fine
Swiss movement ladies' watch aud.
while these watches were purchased
from one of the leading jewellers in
the United States. this newspaper is
not even trusting the manufacturers
guarantee. "TheSe are beautiful
watches. beautiful movements and
their owners will be proud Of them
is the verdict of Mr.. TaShjian after
having carefully inspected every one
of them.
The votes polled during the closing
period will be secret to everyone as
not even the Campaign Manager. The
Publisher. nor anyone else will know
the number of votes pollod by any
candidate. This insurcS absolute fair
| play, and after the drive i; owe" and
the winners announced no nn2 cIl
say that anyone told how maET v"icS
another worker possessed as no one
will know how many votes any one
has.
F. No Checks Accepted in Ballot Box
/ All candidates must bear in mind
that no checks of any kind will bc ac-
ceptcd in payment Of subscriptions
during the closing period. Any
checks rendered in payment of sub
scriptions should br mad" out 10 the
candidate and caShcd befor" being
placed in the box. No subscriptions
without the cash nor any cash with
ont subscriptions will count and no
votes issued on such subscriptions or
, cash.
Each candidate should exercise
great care in making ont his or he"
final report as no exception c2n b"
made to any of the closing rules and
worker might lose Il major prize
through carelPsSness.
The closing rules are few and simple
and candidates who loses votes by
failing to heed have no one 10 blame
but themselves. The Western Union
time will be the official closing time
of the campaign and all interested
should set their watches by this time.
Judges of the Campaign
The judges chosen by the candi-
dates 10 count the votes and award
the prizes are three of Elizabeth
City's most prominent husin,ss men.