The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1912 Page: 1 of 12
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Five - Year Subscriptions to* the
Chief-Exponent Will Win 50,000
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160LDEN SUBSEST10NS ARE MADE IN INIS ARTICLE
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|i are Watching the Home Stretch of One of the
Create*! Popularity Race* Ever Run
in West Texas. ^
subscription as large as possible
Judges Appointed.
We have asked three ..reput
able business men of this city to
met as judges at the close of the
tide Subscription and contest and the contestants are
e Building campaign privileged lo suggest any friend
or relative to represent them
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Extra Special Coupon.
Fdr the last three days of
Gbief Exponent*. Great
Chief Exponent will
give an Extra .Special eou»
good for 60,000 votes
with fye fiveytar subset ip-*
on^ ton year subscrip-
to' count as two
lee year subscription* jf.
three days, iaail the time
win the $1500 worth of
sable premiums, making each
r worth $600* to the lucky con-
it Who is declared the win-
Tbe crucial, pivotal point
the contest te now being pass*
riie wise conteAtabt^ will
ly stop to sleep from * now
.end.
is far Famed.
contest is being-spoken
le biggest and most pop-
• newspaper ' contest ever
in tbi* part of Texas, and
i that has aroused a statewide
inbf^wtly because of the
tr ladies entered, but also
" of thd many handsome
table awards in store for
wortrere, and the few
that remain before the
‘time” are going to be
to immense advantage by
who are determined to
r, Rtk.only because of ^fcgtr
pride and self-satisfaction
energy enough to '•’in
field, but ako-because
the magnificent
that are in store for
their anxiety to satisfy
have giverv -them and
II giving perfect support.
tow, Monday- and Tues-
day. -.
im^ i^ -BOw linJHed in
i to work * Be sure to re-
the voting will be
ty afternoon Bee.
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at opce. It
i between now
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and see that the count is fair
and that they get justice.
A Word of Warning.
Don’t leave everything until
the laat day. See everyone and
get every subscription promised
you before the last day. Then
you wilt have the last hours to
•gain go over all the ground and
land those who are waiting to
adb who is going to “make
good.Make them see YOU **
the WINNER!
Much Work to be Done.
There are still a great many
subscriber* and numbers of
people to see who have not yet
subscribed. This will give con*
tenants who are in the racd to T
the finish *11 the work they ark
capable of taking care of. In
this connection We wish to aay
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that anyone wishing to vote for
a favorite in the contest yeill
confer a favor on that person by
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1-t’a high time some of thpse
votes that have been_j)romised
you, were materializing You
are nearing the home stretch
and must have them. It is es-
sential to your race for you to
gather up these promised votes
NOW,' and not wait until the last
day, when ypu will not have the
time to spare.. Get fn behind
these siovrones and simply com-
pel them to give yon those votes
You MUSTjtalk to them or they
will forget all about it.
Three Working Daya Left.
Three more days after today,
and the Great Yuletide Subscrip-
tion and Trade Building cam-
paign will have become a mem-
ory. The. donteitants are just
beginning to realize that the end
of the race is Hearing the finish,
snd all the indications point to
unusual activity all along the
line throughout the entire con-
contsst.L-Pon’t hesltkte, just diva
right "inT Maker every minute
count. Turn every promise into
* reality and make a “whirlwind
finish” that will be a “whirlwind
finish/’ , .
Race Very Close.
In ohecking up votes for the
contestants for the first ten weeks
of the contest the vote standtng
of the hustler* is remarkable In
the cidsenes* of the rase. It wilf impofaij^le to Tell
test territory. '
There seems to be a manifest
intention upon the part of many
of the contestants to show a
spirit of activity that will spell
SUCCESS in big letters. The use
ingenuity nod1 the adding of the
natural acumen of many of the
contestants will no doubt bring
results to the one* exercising
these natural talents, tar in ex
cess of their most sanguine ex-
pectations. This must surely be
done or FAILURE will result.
Now is the Chance.
For these who have; been wait
lag “for something To happen/
the time has come. The chanec
get five five year subscribers
to the Chief-Exponent and- win
the extr* 50.000 votes opens the
dobr to-all of thosJ who have been
sitting back and paves the way
for a glorious success. Make a
house to house canvass and get
paying thrir subscription at thw thoxe subscription* that are only
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Cnief-Exponent office, and toiling
the Contest Manager whom they
wish to vote for. It will save
the contestant much, valuable
time and give her just as many
votes as if she received them
personally.
Locked the' Laat Three Days.
All voting will be done in a
sealed box the laat. three days of
the contest. Any 'contestant
who waist* to know bow many
votes she has in the “reserve”
will be told by the contest man-
agers.
All votes brought to the Chief-
Exponent between Friday Dec.
20 and the close will be placed
in the,, vdtipg box thrqngh the
gfitr-iTr-thn top snriwill not be
counted until taken from the
voting i box by the contest
'“'-‘ A Fair Question.
Don’t you think you would be
the tiu^e spent
if you>beura
of winning the
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waiting for some live contestanTt to
come after them. Put forth
•uoreme effort and you will g-t
tho votes.
r A Valuable Suggeatioo. -
Wg want to. offer a suggestion
t > those contestants who have got-
ten short term subscriptions to
the Chief-.Exponent. Get theae
same people who have helped you
to give you soother full year or
two. They will doubtless want
their home paper any way, and we
hope to be able to make It “big
per and, bettor” than ever as soon
as we make the Improvements
now contemplated which include a
modern Linotype machine* am
Other needed machinery. They
will give** you "pew’* vote# and
theee same subsoffptfoira if for
are
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Subsortption sod Trade Buildlag
oampalga, sod the personal of It*
oommittee la a guarantee of falrnaea
and soouracy: Welter Jack Canning*' ~ ^ nnOW Ceift Store.
haw, Oaehler of the F. & M.. Bank;
J.B. Allcorn, Aaat. cashier of the Co-.
m%none Nat’l bens: K. E.Truett,Cot-
toe Belt agent and Carl Roger*(form-
erly with the F. * M. bank, bat now
a traveling salesman for the Bur-
roughs adding machine Co.
be the worn done dorine the ,rf-
mainder of the ooqteat that is
going to win the premium*. Each
contestant Should hustle persist-
e&rif to be in the liri of winners.
It mesne more tbaafthe wloaing of
a premium to. be suceefaful i.n this
greet race, for prestige sod su,s-
cese go hand in hand.
Laat Vote Offer.
A coupon good for 50,000 votes
appears in this issue of the Chief-
exponent whleh will be good when
accompanied by a club of five five
year subscriptions, to/the Chief:
Exponent and this offer holds good
until the dote of the eontest. < A
subscription to Cfca Chief-Expon-
ent for 10 years will eount ns,, wo
five#:
Celebrated throughout the en-
tire state, because of the stray ef
magnificent pad valuable prem-
urns offered at its rewards and
energetlo contestants entered, the
greatest and moat successful sub-
scription campaign' ever held in
this part of the State of Texas
will come to a glorious close at 6
o’clock next Tuesday Dec. 24. At
ttMthoqp jl will be all over but
the shouting.
The final count will be held in
th* District court room. The
winners wilt rejoice in winning,
and the contest will peas into hi*-
tory. Thoae who are now aasociat
ed with at ijn the capacity oT con
testanta will long have cauae to
remember the Ciief Exponents
Great Yuletid* Subscription and
Trade Builditfg campaign and
the majority whether they win or
not. will be thankful for the con-
rnection;—Naturally all cannot be
winners, but tK6i**who show by
their earnest appreciation ef the
opportunities that have been
placed within theli reach, and
who really have striven to win,are
the ones upon whom Dame For-
tune willv bestow 'her broadest
guiles. And the .premiums will
be won by the NINTH INNING
Ra LLIE3 of some of the contest-
ants, forejudging by the present
indications, the rice will be an
exceedingly close one.and the win
Pei• tan thank t^ehr lucky atars
that they worlejri right up to the laat
minute, for the amalleU po*»lbie sub-
scription may win for some aod lose
forjuthSrs.
Notice to Outside Contestants.
Contestants living outside of Com-
anche must mall all tlio vuffe* thay re-
ceive between new and the close so
tbstt.thsy will he in thepcstoffloe NOT
LATER TH AN SIXQ’ULOCK f tlEfi*
FMY NlOHLT. All voles received by
dollar cash purchase.
Brin’s One Price Store.
M Coleman, Grocer.
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Who WU1
Win
At tbis tiipe ibis impossible to
tell just who will do the shout.*
og Tuesday evening and the
work of notifying the shout^ra
that they apd q ualifled to shout
wttt be left to 'the judges. .
Work without rest from now
until the closing hour, only too
short a time away for many, is
the portion that a few of the
earnest ones have picked oiit
for themselves, and it is certain
that there will be many sur-
prises sprung by these few en
thuelastic ones who are striving
with might and main and mar-
shaling their forces for the final
battle. ' ^kM
The eleventh-hour worker* are
surely hustling like beavers, and
It will take many a vote to out-
atrip them at the finish. Rumors
of how mans votes such and
such a candidate has wili be
afloat, but they should be con-
sidered as are ail rumors—mere-
ly rumors; A candidate of
course will know what she has,
but very few others will, and
neither the candidate or those
whom the has taken into her
confidence are going around re-
vealing hei strength to the gen
eral public or to tfiose
striving to defeat her.
Special Notice.
No checks will be accepted un-
less they have been certified by
the* cashier of the Banks upon
which they are drawn.
An Uncertain Proposition-
Fqr ail the contest managers
know, some of the candidates
who were not even considered as
| W. % Kilpatrick.
H. L Ardts, Jeweler.
Wm. Reese Drug Co.
Tate Bros. v .
GT C. Hamilton. Groeer.
. M, G batter Mercantile Co.
Burki-Sfmmons^o.
Higginpotham's
Cunnijigtiam'dt Burton.
Paris Smith, \Druga-.
- Martin Co . Gen-ral Merchants.
C. F. Willems'.1'Grocer.
3. W.(Scurrv. Groceries
T,M. Pulliam, Furniture.
Following ia the vote atandinf
of contestonti >e counted at
noon ThursSay Deo.J9: *• “ ^
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Mr*. H. L. Ardis., ..... 40880
Min Dora Palmer..,..... 41260
Mrs. L. B.'(Dr ) Thomas'.. 40MO
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Mrs. J. W,. Reese.
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Mjre Stella Dobbs
41400
22666
who, are
team
COMANCHE ROUTE 2.
Miss,Sadie Abbey....,.'. 40400
is Jegfiie Edwards ...... 10220
^ OOICAI-OHB BOOT. *.
Min Clara Fraeklin.,....'2104$
COMANCHE SOCtB 4. '
Mias Mabel HRb(0owalug) 41760
COMANCHE ROUTE 6.
Mrs. R.B. Harris.....^.Z, 41860
DEMOCRAT STAR ROUTE
Mr*. E. D. Norrid........ 40600
DELEON.
Mrs W T LoUdermllk ...... 11140
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SIDNEY.
J»nes.....40120
Miss Eulalia Naberi ...... 40260
Mrs Dora Wells ........ 39080
Mrs. Noble Hendrix ...... 18.400
Mrs. Laura £j^ir /........ 11700
Sidney Route l. . ,
Miss Veda Jones I2oeo
OUSTINE.
Min Nelson...... .. 41680
Mrs. Henry Horner ...... 11700
Mrs. Jim Alien *'**/*• * *•• .10,140
OUSTINE ROUTE 2 <
Min Johnnie WaH........ 117oo
s OORMAN.ROUTE 2 ........'
Min Hattie Jernigao...... Ioooo
INDIAN OAF .
Min Merlyn Yarbrough.. 41649
GORMAN.' -
Min Lucy S'oker......
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M**« W 1 *:«»- H ‘nilr-rk 37176
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14200 m
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contenders when the final" count
of votes for publication takes
place may have gathered enough
vote* by this time, or wilt nave
by the closing Iruur, t* place
them ib a prominent imrision,
And then again, they ma.v b«;, Clnirettc Boy rare Prize Winners
right down in their cellar posi-> Erath county ' boys who were
tions. In fact, the race is an swarded prizes by the Texas In-
uncertain proposition, from cel duetrial congress in its fourth an-
lar to garret, and do oao cao nool eonvention in Dallas this
forecast th'e result with any pos- week are sa follows^
sible degrdft of certainty, ^very-; pv»r beat yield <if corn from
”5 ’ year* will count on the extra CODtwUn^ after they have mailed
•pectal coupon of 50,000 votes.
Don’t Look fdr a Soft Snap.*
•' Don’t let your pride keep you
from getting ; busy because the
proudest people ahve today
ibefr u>»t lot.of vote* %b tbo Chief
iCxpone^t *ho«ld to sect by the first
rtudl following and the contestant*
should pet some prominent person in
their town or communityj preferably
the postmaster) to phone the
Exponent office at Comanche, eolieet
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thing indicates a terribly- close
race and if ydU letup tomorrow,
someone is bound to pass you at
the finish. If you want l^win,
Vou have just got. to stick to it
and w.M-lt tomorrow as“°>7ra
never worked' before. Remem-
ber .ONLY THREE MORE DAYS
REMAINS,, AND THEN THE
ipi AND THE PREMIUMS >
Toe following named merchants
are giving coupons in the contest.
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acre of ground, the twelfth, thir-
teenth and fourteenth prises,
amounting to $55 «aoh, were won
by J-. E, H. Robereoni (92.48
bushsla, net ptoflt $48.78); Her- t
BeVtitUber^n (94.66 bushels, net. >
oroflt. *48.16); Charlie Roberson, ' * .
<93.51 bushels, net p>ofit *48.05),
Herheirslso caoto.red sixth prize.
♦85. for the -best acr# ef cotton,
l.86 bales, nvt oVqfit $88.06.—Dub-
lin Fc U’phone. '
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Bell, Tom H. The Comanche Chief and Pioneer Exponent (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1912, newspaper, December 20, 1912; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883368/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.