Bluefield evening leader. [volume], November 17, 1910, Page 2, Image 2

About Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911

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[ Cist of (Taixii^atcs
Name. Address Voles
.Miss Hazel Becker. Minefield.. im;»,4:!h
Miss Dorothy Shirey. lMuefield.10X.7l.*.
Dr. R 11. Thompson, Minefield. los.:V»o
.lames S. (’lark. Welch.. . 11 joo1
Miss Bernice Howard. Crahnin. • * -jo
•I. M. I.amunco, Minefield . i.j ■ •
V. (>. IHI1. Bln‘field.
John Hall. Minefield. . 1': •'.u
.toy, \ Stupnlsky. l*».t alien!.: : mu
Dr. I.. L Lawson. Williunison j.yin
MISS BECKER TAKES
TRETOP POSITION
WHILE CLOSELY FOLLOWING
WITH ONLY A FEW VOTES IN
TERVENING COME TWO OTHER
CONTESTANTS -r- EACH CAND,
DATE TAKES A STEP FORWARD
AND A NEW ENTRY IS MADE IN
THE PERSON OF DR. L. E. LAW
SON. OF WILLI AMSON—VOTE
CHANGES DAILY BEGINNING
WITH NEXT WEEK.
With thirty-two days intervening
until Christmas time ten contestants'
are today looking nnxioush forward
to the decision of the judges who will
award The leader's grand prizes in
the subscription contest. Another can
didate enters the race today in the
person of I)r. L. E. Lawson of Wii
liamson. who is going to put the Lead
er in practically every home in the
section where he is well and favorab
ly known—all throuh the coalfields.
While he is now way down at the foot
of the class, the Doctor will more than
likely press forward and contest with
others for the first position.
-Miss Hazel Becker today takes firs,
position; Miss Dorothy Shirey slips
into second with a small margin, while!
Dr. Thompson takes third place in the
contest. Nearly every candidate makes
a creditable showing.
Beginning with Monday daily:
c hange ot vote will be made from tlm'
date until the close of the* contest.'
Many people have been telephoning
to The Leader asking concerning the
standing of their favorite candidate,
which makes it necessary that they be
informed daily* through The Lender in (
stead of telephone*. Watch for the
daily change of vote. Get ready to1
Icoost your favorite in the* contest.
Contestants are warned that the:
coupons must be presented at this of
fice not later than the* date printed
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NOMINATING BALLOT
_ Counts 1000 Votes
Bluefield Evening Leader,
B1 uefield, West Virginia.
Gentlemen:- 1 desire to enter the following candi
date as a contestant in your Subscription Contest as per
your published statement: ■,
Name __VT
Address _ r. • •
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Vouched for and recommended by
Name_
Address_
thereon, excepting in case a friend
Rends in some by mail, when the post
Dffiec date of mailing will be accepted
ns evidence of mailing before expira
tion of time limit. Coupons dated
November 18 must be turned in on
that date or evidence of mailing that
day furnished to the contest manager.
Another student essay on the con*
test appears elsewhere today in The
Leader and should be read by all con
testants and also by prospective can
didates. Each day an essay will be
printed until nineteen have appeared.
The Prizes.
The grand prize offered in the sub
scription Contest is a $12.'.<> Hudson
Touring Car, 1911 model—a perfect
T
mnehlnc in every way.
Two other prizes are offered to the
second and third successful candi
dates. The second prize will bo a
fl.'O bedroom suit, while the third
prize will be an ?85 diamond ring or
gold watch, as the candidate may
desire.
Any respectable person is eligible
to enter The Leader contest and
candidates will be given receipts for
all cash paid into the ofTice, thus al
lowing each contestant to rest assur
ed that their vote will be correctly
tabulated and counted, and then re
ported from day to day in the Con
test column of the iiluetield Evening
Leader.
Nominations must be made on cou
Taking Subscription
and Clipping Coupons
Si,485
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PRIZES
1__
May Make You the
Winner of Grand Prize
(|jj i O gain ! ,000 or more new subscribers in two
T1J months i he Bluefield Evening Leader will distribute
$ . ,48 ; m premiums on December 24, 1 9 1 0—already
one hundred and fifty persons have 'subscribed for one
yeai and eight candidates are hustling tor the honors.
{JjTI if. contest is open to all—there are no restrictions
TU as to where a candidate may reside and subscription
may be taken in any state.
{jlBECALSE a candidate now has nearly 100,000 votes
TjJ no one need consider the advisability of entering—
A candidate can enter at any time and win out—hard
systematic work will win—There will be no favorites
in this contest—absolute fairness will prevail as far as The
Leader is concerned.
Get in the Eace
pon which Is printed elsewhere In this,
l«sue. This Nominating Coupon prop-i
erly lilled out and si nt to the Contest j
Kditor of tho Lender, will count fori
1,000 votes in nominating a candidate
costing the person making tho nomi
nation absolutely nothing. Uut one
nominating ballot can be counted for
any one cundldate.
Another ballot printed daily in The
Leader, properly lilled out and mailed
or brought to this office, will count
lu votes for the candidate and th&vs
U no limit to tbe number of these
doupons tliui may be credit'd to any
candidate. Lu> uw mau>* of Tbe Lea
tiers containing this coupon us yo
desire they all count lu votes for any
candidate you may desire to help.
How Subscriptions Count „
After a candidate has hern nominat
ed, lie or sho 1h eligible to solicit sub
scriptions for The Leader. Subscrip
tions will count ns follows:
One years’ subscription.. .5000 votes
Six months' subscription L’000 votes
Three months’ subscription 1000 votes'
Ouo yeais' subscription to week- i
ly Leader .1,500. votes
Candidates who induce old sub
scribers to pay all arrearages and
either three, six or twelve months ini
advance will receive the same propor J
donate number of votes as if tiie sub
scription were a new one.
Receipt books will he furnished till
candidates in order to give subscrib
ers an official receipt for all monies
paid by them to a candidate.
Subscription Rate8.
The subscription price of Ttfe!
leader is as follows:
•Ome year, by mail...
Six .months, by mail.
Three months, by mail.
One year by carrier in city.
Six months by carrier In city..$2.00j
;Ttyve months by carrier in city $1.25
Leader, one time per week, per
>'*tar .. $ 1.501
How Nominations Are Made.
.'Vnyone desiring to enter the con
test can clip the nominating blank
printed in every issue of The Leader
and nominate themselves; or a can-1
didate may be nominated by n friend
who desires them to enter the Lea
der Subscription Contest.
Candidates must report and make
payment of all cash collected by them
every three days. No promises to
settle later dn the contest will be re
ceived or counted.
How To Send Money.
In sending money to The Leader
make all checks and money orders
Payable only to the Bluetteld Evening
Leader and address all correspon
deuce in care of tlio “Contest Editor.”
Tlie Leader will be pleased to fur
nish printed envelopes properly ad
dressed to all candidates on appiica
! tion.
WHY YOU SHOULD
ENTER CONTEST
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was made for you. The first thing a
poor man would think about would bo
the expense of running an automobile.
It lias been proven in tests that Hud
son owners get the maximum of power
fiom a minimum amount of gasoline.
Kgfclneors have lately paid particular
attention to the power their cars give
on a given amount of gasoline, and the
Hudson averages IX to 23 miles * per
gallon.
Iii the Hudson a man six foot or
more tall may sit comfortably an«l
operate the ear without being cramped
Tor room. Still owing o the adjust
able pedals a person or smaller stat
ure can as readily rea< h all operating
mechanism without effort.
Notable features of this body* are
easy seats with their ample padding
and luxurious spring cushions, tilted
comfortably toward the back, and the
{ow, ,bodjr jsldes providing an easy
entrance, ton can ride all day In a
Hudson car without tiring or feeding
cramped. So yyu see that this car
was ftiade expressly for you.
h<\er> person needs an automohll
as h'» one has any Him- to spare, and
♦ he time fhnt a Hudson motor car
saves a person nothing ran. and th<
pleasure one can derive- out of th
Hudson car. only a ter-ton that owns a
' ar c an av. Volt can have your own
pleasure if you only want this rat
that is If yerfi want it badly enougf
Wba* is meant by wanting It badly
enough is to want It In „ wfty that
you can get it.
Or perhaps you want your friend
to have this automobile. Thon do
ynbr voting for that friend.
Hven though you do not come out
at. the head of the list you can come
In second and receive the fl.10 three
piece quarter.-d oak bedroom vuite, in
eluding springs and mnftress. which
is to be given as the second prize.
This quartered oak bedroom suite
is composed of a very large handsome
bedstead which Is rolled on the top
and has a swoll head.
The massive dresser ha- a large
beveled eq*«c mirror with a rolled
edgg. Then-tare f. ’e drawers fc» this
dii jfer and it' has *wi*?l edges.
T!u- wa.chstand has two drawers and
a cabinet. Ttils wash sfa|Pd is very
FOR RENT:—Nice cottage, suitable
for small family. Location ‘JOT
Boon* Street. Uath and Furnace.
Apply- I)r. F. U Black.
FOR SALE:*—Household and kitchen
furniture complete for six bedrooms
dining room and kitchen at 233
Princeton avenue, over Elite pool
parlor. Will also transfer unexplr
ed ease on property to purchaser.
Everything ready for housekeeping.
Phone C87-J. 13. C. Dickerson.
INFORMATION WANTED
tpft
WANTED:—If any reader of tills no
tice kjnows a coal miner hy the
name of A. M. (barter he will con
for a favor on Mm by sending his
name to The Bluclleld Evening I„ea
Uer. Tills office has valuable infor
mation for him; money awaits him
when located. Address (\ II. l'ut
naui, Bluefiehl Evening Leader,
Mlm field.W. Va.
|_WANTED_
SALESMEN WANTED: Side lino.
^’•Attractive novelty on consignment
wLh retail merchants in small
towns displaying from illustrated
Catalog, no samples necessary.
* Bah smen have spare time between i
trains ciin easily earn from $50.00
to $100.00 per month. Commissions1
pafd on receipt of each order. For
further ' information write Garnet
Carter Company, Chattanooga (
'i'enn.
W^HT ED {.—ladles to demonstrate.1
Good talkers. Good salary. Address
Leader olfico.
WAITED—White woman to run a
boarding and lodging house. Ad
dress P. O. Box 121, Minefield. W.
Va.
WANTED—With refined private fam
ily. two well heated rooms for three
udults; use of both, privilege ef
light housekeeping. Location near
postoffice and railroad station. Ad
dress P. O. Box 295, Bluefleld.
FOR RENT;—Two nicely furnished
rooms newly prepared, heat. Call
'Phone 406-1, or 150 Giles street.
REINFORCED
CONCRETE WO ,
SIDEWALKS, FLOOR8, WALL9
LARS, ETC. WORK GUARANV*^,
W. E. McARTOR.
720 Greenbrier St. Ph..ne MM
BLUEFIELD. W. VA.
Bluefteld Undertaking Co.
Successors to W. S. Crockett
No. 17 Princeton Ave.
Licensed Embalmers
AND
Funeral Directors
Oflicial Undertakers Phone 128
N. & W Railroad Co.
Public Ambulance Day and Nigh*
W. II. FOGlESONli, Grin. fcgr.
Kobt. E. Moore
ATTORNEY
Colilections
Thornton Building
Room 23 Phone 108
GRIMSLEY & CO.
INVESTMENT BROKERS
State, City and County Bonds Bought ahd Sold
OEflCES, •
HUNTINGTON, CHARLESTON, AND BLUE
FIELD, W. VA.
with correspondents in all principal markets.
DEALERS IN
Real Estate, Insurance, Stocks, Bonds and all kinds of Invest
ment Securities, Loans and Collections.
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much itfgo the dresser just described,
y smaller. .Most wash
snSrv.dS‘7fb hot have a mirror, hut this
o:ie has a mirror that is almost a*
Ja-co as that of the dresser.
hree-.^ipcps have carved claw
This is the only carving on the
ft ; affaire, i* ;tll large and massive
hfote v. 'ry £lain.
'I hv f£4 mattress is very soft and
of th»»» lhte^t design. The spring are
g i a ran teed.
The third prize, an $x;, diamond
ring, or a man’s or lady’s watch Is in
itself well worth working for.
The diamond ring is a pure white
diamond set in a Tiffany setting. The
ri’tg is a 14 carat gold ring. Any
or.e can be proud or this diamond
and ring.
J rovided you do not want ‘he ring
a man's or Indy's watch wll ltake the
i':»< e of the ring.
The man's watch is a size twelve
19 jewel, adjusted Klpin wtaeh of the
latest approved design, with a inavj
It carat gold easing. This watch
locks neat, and is not the kind that
T/ft^mnke you lose your job by slowing
down.
The lady's watch is a very high
grade, 19 Jewel, Illinois movement.
Do yon think that any of these
prizes are well worth having? If you
do, now Is your time to begin and
work for orn* of these beautiful prizes
Thos. E. PEERY, M. 0.
SPECIALIST
Eye/r Ear, Nose and TVoai
Blue field. West Virginia
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Thornton llldg. Bluetteld, W. Va.
Woman’s College
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In lh« Imitlfsl, hl.torle.nd cultm *d city of
tb. South. I«rf. nod nbl. fwulty tr.i.*d in lha bwt uui
varaitiaa nnd eooi.rr.tori*. of tbi* country nnd Kuroyw.
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J V ill's NII-ON. M. A.. 1,1*. !>., Pm.
OCTOBER 2, 1910.
Leave Bluetteld 7:20 a m. for Roa
noke, Norfolk and all points of Slien
adoah division. Pullman Sleeper,
Roanoke to New York, via Hagen*
town, Pullman Parlor Car, Roanoke
to Norfolk.
9:03 a. m. for Roanoke, Rich
mond Norfolk. Pullman Sleeper
Dining Car to Roanoke. Parlor Car
Roanoke to Norfolk.
2:20 p. m. for Roanoke, Lynch
burg and intermediate stations and
the Shenandoah Valley, Philadelphia
and New York. Sleeper to Philadel
phia. Cafe Car Gary and Shena
doah.
9:18 p. m. for Roanoke, Lynch
burg Richmond Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper to Norfolk, Roanoke to
Richmond.
Leave Bluetteld 8:20 p. m. for Ken
ova, Columbuo and all points West
and Nrrthwest. Pullman sleeper for
Columbus and Cincinnati. Cafe cars
8:10 a. m. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus. Cafe Dining Car.
Leave 8 a. m. and 2:05 p. m.
dally for Tazewell, Norton and all
datlons on the Clinch Valley division
Arrive from Norton and points on
the Cllncn Valley division at 11:30 a
i and 7:?0 n. in.
I/enve 6:00 a. m. for Williamson and
Intermediate stations.
Leave 10:60 a. m. for larger
and intermediate stations.
I.cave 2:15 p. m, for Welch and In
termedlnte stations.
For additional Information call on
agent Norfol and Western R. R
W. B. BEVIL, . ,
Oen’l Pass. Agent,
Roanoke, Vs
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