Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-02

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| Your Guldance-An I'm
paralelled Offer for Our
Readers.
| The Atlanta Constitution offers a
SS.OOO cash prize contest for January
February and March, 1900 as follows:
To the person sending yearly sub
scriptson to the Weekly Constitution, to-
gether with the correct estimate on the
cotton receipts at New Orleans during
the first seven m )nths Of the present cot
ton year September 1, 1899, to Adril /.
1907
$500 il the estimate is received dur
ing January.
$1,000 IL tn estimate is received dur
ing February
$SO0if estimate is received during
March.
The above are for the exact estimates;
there are besides these six prizes rang
ing along $500, $400. $3.50, $50. Sle5,
and $40, amounting to $500, that will
be paid out sure for the six nearest esti-
mates to the New Orleans receipt at any
time during the three months Of the
contest. But you hit it exactly during
January and secure the 81 800 prize
check.
AS guide in making estimates upon
the New Orleans port receipts, the Con-
stitu'ion gives the following figures
compiled from statistics Of the past four
years:
NO. r'cts NO. r'cts. Total U.s.
SEASON. Sep. l. whole year Crop for
hch. l. Sep /. Aug 81. season.
1se5.9e 1,c20,s74 1,s12,Ie7 7,ib7.s4e.
1s9o-97 1896 5s7 2,I02 .47O s.7b7. 9e4.
1ss7-9S 2.4S2.s15 2,576,16 1I,10o S04.
1898 90 1854, 1853 2,1sO,e98 II,274, $40.
The Constitntion's market page will
give each week the port receipts for the
cotton season from which you can al
ways see the New Orleans port receipts
from September 1, 1899 up through Fri
day Immediately preceding publica-
ton. This will keep you posted TO with
In two or three days OF the time you
send In your estimate
IL is believed that some OF the Texas
crop, that as q rule is sent sn bulk to
New Orleans. will be diverted this year
10 other points because OF the quaran-
tine raised by injunction from the Uni
ted Stated courts will not have very
soothing effects upon the direction of
cotton shipments TO New Orleans. This
is mentioned simply as pointer in
making up estimates; how mnch TO al
low, il anything, for this Cause must be
left to each msn's Judgment
The Weekly Constitution for 900 will
be better than ever before Its special
news features IRE unsurpassed. The Boer
British war. the Philippine and Cuban
! operations the busy session OF the most
important congress that has ever assem-
bled. the beginning of the issue OF the
presidential campaign of this year and
the debates and speeches during its
progress and the final result of the
November election, the Developments
OF the souths great industrial move
ments; diversified farm and village in
dustries and thousands OF other impo-
tant things will found fully and freely
discussed in the We KY Constitution
Tor the year. The Farm and Farmers
page, the Woman's Kingdom, the
Southern Pulpit the .Children's Page
and other Interesting departments will
be ably conducted and will be especially
adapted to those addressed The ring
ing editorials OF The Constitution
speaking right out and meeting exactly
what it means in the advocacy of the
true democratic dostrine and in behalf
of the great interests Of the masses of
onr plain people, and protecting them
them from the grasping greed OF those
who would wiring their earning from
their helpaess hands, are alone worth
the subscription price of tho paper over
and again.
| With'such great general newspaper,
covering the world news aud the nation
q uestions, you will, Of course. need
the best and Invest local paper, giving
current local topics and the latest and
reshest comment upon events of local
interest. We trust the combination So
cured with The Constitution will be f0und
best suited to all otr readers. The price
is merely nominal when the service 10
even half considered, including your es-
timation in The Constitution 81, 900
cash contest. TO get the benefit OF the
high prize send in your subscription
now SO The CoDstition may receive it
during January. and record 1t to your
credit Make your figures very plain,
enthusiastically plain.
| Closing Out Sale.
| We offer until January 18th, 1900,