St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1894-01-27
An Extraordinary Offer Read It Care
fully, and Do Your Guessing.

We call the attention OF our reader
to the remarkable clubbing offer in an
other column by which we can send thi
paper and the Atlanta Weekly Constitu
ton to the same address for one yea
for the low sum of $3.50.
This is the best offer of its kind W,
have ever been able to make to ou
readers.
The Atlanta Weekly Constitution i
too we'll known to need any introduction
here. 1t has won its place at the fire
! sides OF the nation as a model weekly
newspaper. 1t numbers on its stat
some of the most famous and brilliant
writer's of the day, and on all public
questions its lance is ever in rest to de.
fend the rights of the people. 1t covers
the news of the world every week aud
is in itself an education to those who
read it. BY the clubbing rate which we
offer, our readers can get the Weekly
Constitution aud their home paper at
but little more than the cost of one
paper, thereby getting the news of then
home and the news of the world every
week for a year at an insignificant out
lay. Tell your friends about it.
to this paper and the Constitution, un-
der our clubbing arrangement, will be
given an opportunity to win some hand
some prizes.
Every person who subscribes for this
paper and the Constitution for one year
will be entitled to guess at the proba-
bic size OF the cotton crop for 19934,
the crop which is now harvested and
being marketed. $1,000 in prizes, the
first being S4OO in gold, and the others
in proportion, will be divided among
the five guesSers who come nearest
guessing the number Of bales in this
crop. Every one who takes advantage
OF our clubbing rate will be entitled to
one guess, which will be promptly re-
corded and filed and the announcement
of the winners will be made as soon as
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange an
n0unces its estimate OF the crop.
Another contest to which our club
bing subscribers will have free access is
the "missing word coDtest,' which is
being run in the Constitution every
month. Besides making an estimate in
tho cotton crop contest, every subscri-
Der has right to enter his guess in the
missing word contest for the month in
which he subscribes, and is entitled to
he sends in. At the end of the month
one fourth of the money received in the
guessing contest is divided among those
who guess correctly the missing word,
and in this manner the Constitution has
distributed already nearly $4,000.
All these matters are explained in an
other column. We merely call attention
to them here to show our readers what
a liberal offer we have to make to them.
These offers are made by our arrange
ment with the Constitution, and only
those who subscribe for both papers
through this Office are entitled to tak9
part in the contest. Tell your friends
and neghbors and induce them to take
of this remarkable offer.
The following are some of the recon-
which the constitutional
commission decided to recommend to
the legislature next May:
1st. The poll tax to be not less than
81 so nor more than S2.OO.
I'd. The extension of the homestead
privilege from $1,000 to $4,000.
Sd. The exemption from seizure of
household effects to the amount of $500.
4th. The advisability of having seven
Judges of the Supreme Court, who
could, if necessary, form two courts.
5tb. The extension of the jurisdiction
Of justices of the peace to cases involv.
Dg 5000; also to the trial OF misde-
neanors, with the aid of a jury COM
posed of five freeholders.
9Th. To abolish the lease system OF
;onvicts after the present lease expires,
and to employ them on public works.
evees, for instance-under the super
vision of the State.