Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1910 — DEMOCRAT’S BIG TOUR CUNTEST ENDED WITH SOME SURPRISES [ARTICLE]
DEMOCRAT’S BIG TOUR CUNTEST ENDED WITH SOME SURPRISES
Especially in the Second District Where It Was a-Neck and Neck Race—Outcome Unknown Until Final Count
CONTEST VERY SUCCESSFUL And Brought In Many New Subscribers Which Was The Democrat’s Object In Giving It—Contest Created Great' Interest All Over the County— Names of The Winners and the Vote Each Received.
peases of the three successful contestants in the trip to New York contest;— The Trust & Savings Bank, by Judson J. Hunt, Secretary Treas. 4 his fund will remain intact in bank until the date of the trip, and more information thereon will be published later. The winners of the second prize, a two days trip to Chicago, are requested to be in Rensselaer on I uesday, Dec. 27, in time to take the 10:05 a. m. train for Chicago. 4 he party will be properly chaperoned and all expenses of the trip both to and from Rensselaer will be borne by The Democrat. Some good play at one of the leading theatres will be taken in Tuesday night and various points of interest in the big city will be visited during the two days, the party returning home Wednesday night. No pains nor expense will be spared to make the trip a pleasant one and a good time, one that will long be remembered, is assured. Fifteen Dollars in Gold. Winners of the third prize—a five dollar gold piece?—will receive same by registered mail perhaps before this issue of The Democrat reaches them, as they are being sent out at once, and while not so valuable as the other prizes, they will partly compensate those receiving them for the time and energy expended in trying to win the more valuable prizes. There were some candidates nominated at the beginning of the contest, -by their friends, who did not have the time or the inclination to go into it to win. Some of these were dropped on our being notified to this effect, while the others were carried through to the end and appear in the above list. The votes secured by the candidates shows that each have hosts of friends who wanted to see thepi wiiij and those who put forth any effort at all in the contest can feel gratified oyer the votes received whether they won or not. ~ The standing of all the candidates at the end of the contest was as follows:
The big eastern tour contest conducted by The Democrat for the past four weeks ended Saturday night, and when the “polls closed” at 10 p. m., the ballot box. was pretty well filled with votes and coupons of the favorite candidates from each district, and to those who worked hardest throughout the contest the victory came. Some candidates, owing to their geographical location, were at some disadvantage over those more centrally located, but in the second district where the active candidate list was largest the vote was necessarilly the smallest for both first and second place, and Democrat readers who had picked the winners in this district were considerably eff in their reckoning. The vote was canvassed by exmayor J. IL S. Ellis and A. J. Harmon, the well known auctioneer, and the standing of the various candidates was found to be as stated in another part of this article. The thanks of The Dem-, ocrat are hereby extended to Messrs. Ellis and Harmon, who declined to accept any pay for their services. .
Brought -Many New Subscribers The object, of course, in conducting contests of this kind is to increase newspaper —to get new subscribers-yand ia the contest just ended,. together w th the personal canvass of the county made for The Democrat last summer by Mr. A. Ohman/ this paper now has a circulation of nearly or quite double that of any other paper published in Jasper county and more than all the other papers combined. There are mighty few people -in the county whoycto not read The regularly, a fact which advertisers will do well to bear in mind. Twice as many people can ba reached by advertising in The Democrat than by any other medium in Jasper county, and it goes into the best homes in the county, too. The total expense of this contest will probably reach SSOO, , but wc expect. the outlay to turn a net profit in. the end, otherwise we could not have afforded to go into it. The New York Trip. That the successful candidates in the Xew r York City Trip may be assumed that the expenses of the trip are provided for, we have deposited $225 in The Savings and Trust Bank of Rensselaer for this purpose, as shown by the appenfled statement of Judson J Hunt, Secretary-Treasurer of said bank : ' Rensselaer, Ind., Dec. 5, 1910. This Is to certify that Frank E. Babcock has deposited the sum of Two hundred twenty-five dollars, in this bank for the purpose as stated by him of defraying the ex-
Who The Winners Are. Of the successful Miss Fern Casey, who won first in the first district, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Casey of Union tp., and the vote received in her home township attests her popularity. She is both nice looking and nice appearing and U i —>—i——
her popularity is deserved. Her age is about 18 years. Miss Nellie Osborne, who gave Miss Casey a close race, and who possibly would have defeated her had not her mother been sick during most of the time since the contest began, making it necessary for Miss Nellie to stay at home and look after the house work, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Osborne of Gillam, is a splendid young lady and as good as she is nice looking, and her popularity was shown by the way her friends rallied to her support, several votes being sent in for her by former neighbors of the family now living in other states. Miss Hazel D. Mason, winner of the third prize, lives in Kankakee tp., and considering the time put in securing votes she made a very good showing, indeed. Miss Mason will receive the five dollar gold piece in the first district. Second District Winners. Miss Rosabel Daugherty, winner of the first prize in the second district, is the daughter of Mr. tnd M rs. W. H. Daugherty of Barkley tp., and is a student in the Rensselaer high school. She is a hustler from the word go, and the way she out-distanced ail the other candidates was a surprise all around. She went after the prize with a vim that nothing could Withstand, and victory was the result. Miss Ruth Yeoman, winner of the second prize, is the daughter of Mr. and Mirs. R. J. Yeoman of Newton tp. Miss Yeoman is but a slip of a school girl, perhaps (7 years old, but she rounded up about everyone in Newton tp. and several over the line in New’ton county. The size of her vote, considering her geographical location, was great. ' Miss Ethel McCarthy, who stands third in the second district is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. McCarthy of Rensselaer, and the fact that she did not devote very much of her time to securing votes —-her time being taken. up principally at steno-i grapher in Dunlap & Parkison's law office—attests her popularity and shows what might have happened had she had the time to get out and work. Several people had picked her as" a winner as it was.
A Big Vote From Carpehter. Miss Nellie Eck, who carried off the honors in the third district, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eck of Carpenter tp. Miss Eck is a school teacher and drives 6J2 miles to school every day. She is a hustler and knows no such thing as ; defeat. After her school was out for the day she would drive out canvassing for subscriptions, and if there is a home in that whole territory that does not receive a copy of The Jasper County Democrat from now on just let Miss Eck know it and she will get them yet. Her vim is bound to win out. Miss Estella Taylor, who won second, is a charming young lady and deservedly popular in her locality. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor of Carpenter tp., and the votes she brought in were a .surprise, considering the. very thorough canvass Miss Eck had made in the south end of the county. Miss Verona Bill, who won third prize, is the daughter of extownship trustee, John Bill, and wife of Jordan township, a' popular young lady still in teens, whose friends in that locality are legion. Her geographical location at the west side of the township and smalt acquaintance in the southeastern part of the county was somewhat to her disadvantage, but for the time put in she made a very excellent showing indeed, and she carries off the five dollar gold piece in her district. Couldn’t All Win. The only unpleasant feature of contests of this kind is that all candidates cannot win. We wish we could afford to take every one of the young ladies, who strove so valiently to win the prize, on this eastern tour. But as we can not do sb we decided after the contest started to add the Chicago trip and the five dollars in gold as a second and third prize in each district. The girls all did nobly, and we wish to express our thanks for their splendid efforts. Perhaps sometime in the future we may have^a similar contest of even greater Value, and! then the experience gained in this will be of great, benefit to. them ‘H jhvStling for the coveted prize: