The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-13
MISSING WORD CONTEST.
THE FEBRUARY MISSING WORD WAS
"BACCARAT.H
Out of the 1929 Guesses I,dO1 Guessed tho
Correct Word-A Full List of tho
Names-Try Our Next Sentence.

Inc CONSTITUTION MISSING WORD contest
closed on the night of February 2Sth. After
footing up the names it was found that
1,029 subscribers sent in guess with their
subscriptions, and out of the 1929 guesseS
1,OOl were correct.
The sentence, as all will remember, was:
I'm SOCIETY THE. ALL ABSORBING
TOPIC IN ENGLAND DURING THE
QUARTER WAS THE PRINCE OF
WALES AND THE .......... AFFAIR"
The missing word was Baccarat.
The reason SO many guessed the correct
word is easily accounted for. Shortly after
the sentence was announced the newspapers
printed the whole story.
Had only two guessed the correct word
they would have received over $125 each.
The fourth Of $l,029 is $257.25. This amount
divided among LOCI successful guessers gives
each 70 cents as their share of the prize.
This amount has been sent to each.
Don't forget the sentence for this month,
which is:
I'VE FIND a SERIOUS ERROR IN THE
NAVY OF TODAY TO BE THE ............
HEIGHT OF OUR CRUISERS
This sentence brings you nearer home.
Send in your subscriptions to this office
together with your guess We are making
you the best offer ever given by a .news-
paper, besides guess at The Constitutions
Great Cotton Contest, in which $1,000 will
be divided among subscribers and the Miss
ing Word Contest each month.
Now is the time to subscribe.
The following are the successful guessers'
names:
Il: Pace, Owens Miss; p. H. Weber,
Oostanaula, Ca; b. H. Tullis. Draneville,
Ga, % times); Miss Tenle Green
Kesaca, Ga; John W.. Carroll, Gen, Cen
ter Aill, Alabama; J. y, o. proh KeIly'
Center Hail. Ala; y. X. AppleWhlte, POPE,
Va; Hiram Hill, Dexter, o.. MISS M l..
harsrove, Lexington n: +i g.; f1ei re
Barnes, Veal, Ga; w. l.. Drake, Cafroli-
ton. Ga; b, b. DIXON. Carroilton Ga z.
W. McBurnett, Waco Ga; 5. b. orr, M
ZION, Ga; i. j. Haynes. Carrot
ton, Ga; E. A. Raglan, Carfollton
Ga; J. 7. Thornberry, OpperVIie, va
4. P: Robertson. Horton. Ala; Key 7'S.o ~
M. Miner, Boaz, Ala; j. u. SnellSrove'
Boaz, Ala; Il. c. Robertson, AlpertVille,
Ala; o. D. Street, Guntersvllle. Ala; ~
Gainesville, A. c., T. j. Dopbs, GlO Dobbs
street, Tyler, Tex; w. H. Scruggs, hyatt.
Ala; Mrs. ). Apcrum, t1ernanao' Fla; j.
Bartlett, Ala; }. Il. Morton, Eoaz, Ala;
q. II. Bah, tarmersville, Tex; u. w. Phil
lips, Farmersyille, Tex; a. W. Knlshton'
Tex; John A. s!cD ewett, alethtown,
N. c.; w. S. Sims, Clarksburs, Miss, q
tlmes); john g. Carroll, Agency, Miss; j.
Hoffman, Thomaston Ga; I. L. Howell.
Thomaston, Ga; Jessie Galegley, Chocco-
locca, Ala; W. c. l5ollingrist, .awrence,
Tex; Robert Alexander Carnesville, Ga;
w. B. Westbrook. Gainesville. Ga; j. Ii.
Spears, Gainesville, Ga; J. ii; Cochran,
Ga; w. p. Belcher, Shreveport. La; j. T.
Catlett, Anderson, S. G.; w. 2. Campbell,
Watkinsvjlle, Ca; T. T. SGheen' Bie9viile'
Logan. Mulberry, Tenn; Mrs, NJ. Smith,
Prattville. Ala; j. Il. :iucKebee, Lowell,
Ca; J. w. Williams. Villa itica, Ca; j. b.
Center Tex; Il. e. White, Centervile,
Miss; Captain A. l.. Richardson, Corsicana,
Tex; James McFerren, Marthavile. La.
Is tines; w. B. Pattison, MarthavIlle. La;
j. n. Dougherty, Macon Tex, 6 tiines);
j. L. Halccnb, ST., Plant, Tenn, e times;
~ C44rolc enter l14+I 1, Ala; j. Q. Kelly,
John II. Mathews, Gonzales, Ten; =. Z.
Clements, Nllanow, Ga; {. J.. Smith.
Guytoa, :. e, G times} Y U.s., G. Doqsherty,
Plains, Ark; A. If. Falconer, Bethany,
Ala. @ tines; j.. j. Crq43pier, Roseooro,
Lyons, Lyons, \. G; J.. 0. Brock, Oak
land, Fla,; s: e. .. Balm Forke d, Deer
Ark; L. d. II. Purvis, Hamilton, n. c.;
j. N. Finley, Finley, Ala; John W. Bras
sell, Alexis Ala; john A. Bennett. Alexis.
Ala. S. e. McCollum, Mt. Vernon, Tenn;
smithwick, Merry Hill, n e; Thomas 4.
Britt, Merry Hill, N; G.; William n, Maxwell,
tolus n g. NJ T. Moye, Wilson, y. G.,
q tifnes); George B. lake, Jr, PiSas3 =
Va. John Gray. Voente, Tex; Il. p. Mid
dlebrooz, Clinton, Ga; c. II. Ealtzell, No-
lente Tex; J. T. Marley, Liberty, y; G;
h offf fssnsv;i f. w. colso Mooras3ie
P. H. Fontaine. Elmo. Va; S. Il. BOYD,
Cascade, Va. Mary p MeriwwetheIr'
Showdown, Ala, : John c. Clutts, oxford,
n c.. E. G. Nes ton. Tatum station, $; G.;
c. A. Neltschey, Morton, Miss: T. A Dew
tn Tir3g s c Mrs. Il We2 NJ sa FnIgy,
N. c.; J. r. Dixcn West Point Ga. J. I.
Phillips, Raccourci, La, A. J. Lacour, Rae
eourci,r La; r; Nelson Raccoqrfi III Ia;
cour, Raccourci, La. Edgar Lacour, Eac-'
courci. La. r. b. Phillips Raccourei, Ia,
J. Hughes, Rocky Mount. La. a tines;
j. II. Wood, Buck Horn, Ala; y. +. Black
m o n Er c y9mes y b Slack ST. M Gafs
c.; Mol!ie Grier, Matthews, n. G.; r. F.
Mt5e hg coFHth Mill! Mier Heed Mar5l
White, concord, II. g; John Glass, Mar
La; Is. p. Martin, Pleasant Hin, La; Jesse
!, Lewis Anderson's NILS NILS, S G5 G sfsSs.
" Andt Enn5vie Mis5 9 ti3aes ~ sfsr
]. Hubbard, Hills Prairie. Tex; 2.
!. R9nner Forest. ,.tc;,ittyy' A. Al :;
tines; =: 3: Carroll, Gibson, t,.r Ga;
Napleton, n G.: A y. Ritchie, Lott, Tex:
Mrs V. f. Jossey, Smitnvlle Ga, @ t!mes);
E. j. O'Neal, O'NeaPs Mills, Ca, III tlmes)'
A. Eutsininger, Osceola, Ia; John AWtrey'
Acworth, Ga. Mrs. e. H. White Claren-
don, Tex; DR.. G. T. Cooper, Taylor, rex
a. &. Brown. Salisbury, ~. C.; Mrs; .
Bradshaw, Lebanon, Tenn; G.. r. Mcgee,
Lespdeza, Miss; S. A. Taylor Como, MISS;
A. w. Ray, Sardis, Miss; r. j. Workman,
Sardis, Miss; W. l.. johnson, Alexander
city, Ala: e. Il. Henderson, ANDERSON ,.
c.; r. j. Braswell, Americas Ca; H. MAJ
tin, VaucIuese S. c.: d. Y. Harris Ireil-
ton, s. c.; p. A. Mcmillan, Banyan, Fla;
w. d. Wheeler Charlottesville. Va d. D.
Brooke, AcWOrth, Ga; jeff ID. CASTOR, &c
toe, Miss; Eugene Coony, Hollywood Miss;
8 H Barham, Caledonia, Tex; sam Stay,
Waynesboro Miss; DR.. J. Il. Pou, Waynes-
boro, Miss; Ed Pittmall, Waynesporo'
Miss; Dr.. r. H. Coleman, WaXnespofo,
Miss; w. N. Fleming, Marthaville, La;
r. Scott Brides Bear Poplar, n. e:
p T. HolIingsworth,o 5:1Ia1fh md:
Mrs. Belle Nance, New Market. Ala; e. J.
Orr, Locust Hill. Ala ~. II. Sanders, LIE, ,4e~
n. G.. j. T.. Price, jtathews,r Ala. !, ~ ).
inson, Ansonville, n. ~ g tines; j. A.
Yeates, Starkville, Miss Samuel NJ. Sitton,
Blaine. S. c.; j. B. :ker, EimWood, ..
c.; James A. Smyle 4Centerviile, Miss;
r. P Wynne, Cold Water, Miss; j. 7.
Witeherington, Cove, N. c.; J. A. Matthias,
Orange Hill. Fla: T. P. Hancock; indie
nepdepCe Miss: Nina Pearce, WilleNtOn,