Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-03-30
$4,000 Cash
Prize CONTEST

OiSi vi iVOO- lie
Receipts at New Orleans
from September to April
Full Statistics Given for
Yonr Gundance-An I'm
paralelled Offer for Our
Readers.
The Atlanta Constitution offers a
SO 0u0 cash prize contest for January
February and March, 1900 as follows:
To the person sending yearly sub
scriptsop 10 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 l, 1899, to Adril /,
l90o)-
81 500 il the estimate is received dur
ing January.
$1,000 if the estimate is received dur
ing February.
$500if estimate is received during
March.
The above are for the exact estimates;
there are besides these six prizes rang
ing along $500, $500. $3.50, $50. sizes,
and S75, 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 aud secure the 81 800 prize
check
AS guide in making estimates upon
the New Orleans port receipts, the Con
Stituion gives the following figures
compiled from statistics of the past four
years:
SEASON. sep. l. whole year Crop for
Mich. l. Sep. /. Aug. 81. season.
1895 90 l62O, ga 1,S12,167 7,i57.3i6.
1896 81 1876 5s7 2IO2 47O s,757 .964.
1s97-9S 2.432 315 2,576,165 1!,199,994
1898 90 1,s54.153 2,13O 296 I1.274, $40.
The Constit' tons arket page will
give each week the port receipts for the
Z { un season from which YOU can al
ways see i-e New Orleans port receipts
from September l, 1899 up through Fri
day Immediately preceding publica-
ton This will keep you posted to with
in two or three days oe the time YOU
send in your estimate.
1t is believed that some of the Texas
crop, that as rule is sent sn bulk to
New Orleans, will be diverted this wear
TO other points because of the quaran-
tine raised by injunction from the Uni
ted Stated courts will not have very
soothing effects dpon the direction of
cotton shipments TO New Orleans. This
is mentioned simply as pointer in
making up estimates; how mnch to al
low, if anything, for this cause must be
left to each msn's judgment.
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be better than ever before It's special
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British war, the Philippine and Cuban
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important congress that has ever assem-
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presidential campaign of this year and
the debates and speeches during its
progress and the final result of the
November election, the development,
OF the south's 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 Weekly Constitution
Tor tine year. The Farm and Farmers
page, the Woman's Kingdom, the
Southern Pulpit the Children's Page
and other Interesting departments will
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adapted to those addressed. The ring
ing editorials of The Constitution
speaking light out and meeting exactly
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of the great interests of the masses of
onr plain people, and protecting them
them from the grasping greed of those
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now SO The Constition may receive it
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