The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-11-26
AND NOT ONE OF THEM
TOOK THEIR AIR TRIP
These Thrifty Young Women Preferred the
Cash to the Joy Ride And All +
Are Happy

And not blessed one OF,
them flew? Now what do you
know about that? The unique
circulation campaign conduct
ed by this newspaper in recent
weeks concluded yesterday
with a number of young women
winning air trips to Washing
ton and Philadelphia.
But not one Of them took the air. /.
They took the cash instead. In the
beginning this newspaper announc-
ed that those who didn't want the
air trips could have the cash equiva-
lent Of the trip instead. With one
accord they took the cash. =.
Miss Ellen Hampton Of Wafer.
! lily who was one Of the first Win
nprs couldn't wait. She made her
trip more than week ago and is
still having a good time on the
sSS.S0 in cash received for her woe!l.
Mrs. +. w. Spires Of Edenton
was the next highest winner and
counted on taking the Philadelphia
trip. but her baby was taken sick
and she can't get away from home.
Mrs. Spires will receive check for
| $75.25 for her work In the CAM,
paign.
Miss Lena Powers Of Northwest,
/ Va. won the Washington trip: but
: she takes the cash. receiving $3.50
, for her work.
In five weeks II workers in the
campaign for new subscribers to
The Independent turned in a total
of OIL yearly subscriptions, 660 OF
which were new subscribers. Their
commissions amounting to $427.S0.
( The gross receipts Of the campaign
were S1.416j0. None of these fig
ures include last minute reports
from some Of the candidates who
had not reported when these figures
were made up.
This circulation campuigtt was
original with this newspaper and
an experiment only. Newspaper
campaigns are usually conducted
by expert campaign managers who
bring in a crew Of constituencies
high power salesmen who indace
the women readers of the newspaper
TO work their htads OF for few
biz prizes The big prizes In most
cases are won by contestants WHO
put their own money info the cam
lmsn and buy enough subscriptions
to give them, the -ie;rl.' There IL
nothing fnit or honest about these
campaigns as rule and they
serve only to pad the newspapers
subscription list with a large num-
I Der of bogus subscriptions.
This newspaper has sworm off OH
contests, but it appreciates the
value of women workers I'm circu-
lation building and worked out a
| little plan of its own. There were
no large prizes and every young
woman who wont to work for The
Independent was assured a definite
Iand liberal commission on every
subscription taken. whether she
made the goal or not.
Only praise has come from the
workers for the manner in which
! the campaign was conducted and
most of them are eager to enter an
other such campaign. They will
have such an opportunity not later
than the early summer Of 1927.
This newspaper Is indebted TO tho
! following splendid young women
| for their work: Mrs. +. w. Spires,
Edcnton. n. c.; Miss Ellen Hamp.
ton. Waterlily, n. c.: Miss Lena
! Powers. Northwest, Va: Mrs. H..
! V. MOulton. Jr., st. Brides. Va; Mrs
Floyd CohOcn, Columbia, \. c.;
Miss Mary $. Woodley, Creswell.
y. c.: Mrs. ]. y. Oglesby, Belhaven,
y. c.: Miss Mildred Nachman,
Hertf0rd. n. c.: Mrs. Earl Sawyer,
Elizabeth City, n. C.: Miss Violet
Gaskill, Hatteras, y. c.; Mrs. +.
j.. Pierce, Sunbdry, y. c.: Mrs.
Thos. &. Williams. BelcrOsS n.
C.: Miss Tallulah LangstOn, Hert.
ford. y. c.; Mrs. Wyatt Aydlett,
Elizabeth City. n. c. and Miss Ruth
Forbes. r. +. ID. @, Elizabeth City,
y. c.
Those workers who have not
cashed in their votes should frius
or send their vote certificates to
the office Of The Independent ct
once and receive cash for their
votes.