is Not Ott the List, of if Your
rated, Send in a Nomination at
the Name of Your Fi
in Gold. ? It Cists Nothing to
TheBwrtaBd^^Vrte Offer of $e Contest is Now
ber oa aB OU and New Subscriptions and TfcketT
Stores Tamed in by Not. Rrl- -
It's a winner.
Right fromthe start The En
terprise's big Auto and Grand
Prize Contest sprang into a stride
that means success. Nomina
tions' are coming in from all
parts aad people are beginning to
watch the race of their "Favor
ite" with great interest. ; v
In a general way the an noun
cement of the big prize competi
tion and the publication of the
first of nominations was the talk
of this whole section of the State.
Tbe features which are attract
ing the most attention are: Tbe
high quality of the prizes, the
laige number of them and tbe
tion before have run much long
er than that And besides the two
grand grizes we are offering a
fine list of valuable prizes besides
tbe- Automobile and Piano,
which are well worth a little of
your spare time. And your
chances for the large prizes are
justasgoodas anyotBer candi
date entered. Under the liberal
arrangement there is no need -for
anjf, prospective candidate to
hesitate entering the contest
- doojt: procrastinate' pt think
that some one else has a better
chance than you. The winners
in preiyfous contests have been
people* just like yourself, who
started out with a determination
to win a^dleft no stoneun turned
such as this contest offers you.
There are many ways in which
a candidate can obtain the as
sistance ol their friends princi
pal of which personal calls on
tfietft is best. The leaders in
the campaign for votes have
many of their friends, aiding
them. Each person has a circle
of friends always ready to render
any aid, and, by enlisting the
co-operation of a large number
of persons ra such a campaign,
the sphere of influence is increas
J ? * ? 4 . *11 ?
ed This is what will give a
candidate a backing that ean be
depended upon for votes. ?y9p
: Let there be no limit to your
iog of entering the contest will
?Cod no better time" than bright
pow. Beginning with this week's
issue of the Farmville Enterprise,
and up til 8 p. m. Wendesday
November I, THREE TIMES
the regular number of votes will
be given ofi all subscriptions;
new and old talike, also three
times the number of votes will
be given on all the tickets
at the stores. A new one year
subscription now brings 7200,
and an old one brings 480% and
if it is a ticket from the stores it
wiH now be worth 960 Votes in
stead of 300. U nder this increas
ed schedule votes count up tapid
iy aj*d with very little effort any
caudidale can be among jhe lea
ders, for their effort will now
count THREE TIMES what
they aid before ^ will count at
dub of old or
subscription. In other w<
subscription now do what six
the contest. If you are a pros
pective candidate who has been
on the list and you have not al
ready, made the start, better do
so right away. It will cost you
nothing to enter and try for the
prizes or make an activerace: it
is justa matter rf seeing and
spending a little of your spare
ute of votes. Until eight o'clock
Wednesday feNovember ist,
THREE TlffcES the reguSar
schedule this schedule with the
which come in for e^ch candi
date. Out of town contestants
can mail their subscriptions as
late as eight o'clock Wednesday
night, November 1st.
Schedule of Votes
*Tbe following is. the regulir
schedule of votes which will be
issued on all subscriptions? old
andaew: ?
33,000 votes
; If you have been nominated
in tlfe big contest, do not be
afraid to let your friends know
that you intentj tp make an ac
tive race. They will be glald to
help you when they learn that
you are in the rage to win. The
contest wltt take but very little
of ^our spare time and you will
be surprised to see how willing
your friends are to help you if
yon show a disposition to help
yourself. Everybody loves a
hustler but no one likes to help
a candidate who does not show
some inclination lohelpbim or
herself. You are meeting your
friends every day?do fiot be
afraid to let them know that you
dies said:
fpP" Ji?hts
will be no ^
soil your Su
u!^hank y
and if I hm
mile oat of
if they did
terforyou
votes lor *
their campai
more prizes
active work!
but we are
week at tie
>ntest while
will be watched with inte^stby
Keep op with the standard, put
your "favorite" in the lead by
voting for he or she. Seadtfn
38 possible. ~ 'MMISMMs
FARMVllAE ?
m
Wun? Wright fe ? 7600
" Marguerite Cbristman 8300
~ " Mae Banette .? .-1.8300
'? Annie Bell Joyner 8500
" Elta L. Gay 9800
Jg Kale Allen Mfe#}
" Nannie ^foore 8500
I " Lucy Moore 7900
" BeJtie Joyner 7500
" Emi'y Langley 9800
" Nannie Lee Elks 8200
Mamie Williams f,,-6700
" Hazel Williams 8600
" Ruby Baker ?fp 8800
" AddteBynum 84Q0
?# Fanoie Moye :
Pacade One of the Be^ to its Size Ever Seen in
State? -Overa Mile in Length. The Exhibits as
>ds in Man# Respects as Those Put on Display at
State Fair. Booths Arranged and Decoded by
Business Houses of the Town Added Grertly to
General Appearance ot the Building.
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iCtJ'i zJEBk- ?-?yf'i \ ^ ?\; *" 'V *-W ?vi
The opening of the Farmville
Community Fair, Wednesday
morning, October 25th, began
With a parade, forming at the
Graded School building, under
the leadership of ?)hief Marshal
V/. G. Sbeppard and his twenty
assistants. The parade was led
by Miss t Marie Christman in a
buggy beautifully decorated in
white with white horse to match.
Next in line came the marshal?;
the Farmville Fire Department
in their Fire truck; the Mayor
and .Town Commissioners in
auto? the band ill auto truck
which was tastily decorated for
\t * izsts ..
Enterprise," which was made to
represent a massive sailing ves
sel, With sails and jflagi flowing
from its deck and named for the
Presidents private yatcb, the
Mayflower. This float was 3
warded the first prize. The
second prize was awarded the
Farmvilte Graded School repre
senting the music class. Other
mers Union, the Good <Roads ex
hibit, wherein a team of two
mules pulled a wagon in the pa
rade loaded with ten . bales of
Mr- T.?. Turn age, formerly
mdyor of Farmville, -presided ?t
the exercises, and presented Mr.
J. Lloyd Horton, the solicitor of
slightest dreams of the promo
ters of the Fair Association.
Among the best of these was the
fancy work exhibit which com
pared favorably with that of the
State Fair at Ralegh. Next to
the fancy work was the live
stock which was far above the
average. Some of the finest cat
tle, hogs, "sheep, goats, horses and
mules, chiclieas, turkeys, ducks,
etc., in this State werebn exhibit
The Canning exhibit and farm
products, and the educational ex-,
hibits were all unusually good.
The children of the Farnsville
Graded School, King's Cross
Roads, Bruce and Bynums had
self sat at a banquet during the '/
revolutionary days, to pieces of
baby dress rorn by one of the
first citizens of this community :
95 years ago, Were were also
a number of other old articles
on display in this exhibit which
deserve mention.
The most unique feature of^
the entire day was the sale at
auction of bale of cotton exhibit- ;
ed by Miss Mary E. Joyner who
liVCs, near here. This cotton
was cultivated, picked and put
on display by her, arid, as it Usui
won fi^st prize, a number of the ffl
cotton buyers decided to have
it sold at auction, and it brought
the fancy price of 24c per
-pound. The highest bidder be
ing Mr. G. M. Shirley of the W. ?
M. Lang Co.
The many attractive booths