Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-02-23
$4,000 Cash
PRIZE CONTEST


Full Statistics Given fol
Yonr Gudance-An I'm
paralelled Offer for Oul
Readers.
The Atlanta Constitution offers ,
5000 cash prize contest for Januar,
February and March, 19O7 as follows:
To the person sending yearly sub
scriptson TO the Weekly Constitution. to
gether with the correct estimate on tin,
cotton receipts at New Orleans durine
the first seven m )nths of the present cot
ton year September i, 1899, TO Adril /.
19OO)-
81 500 if the estimate is rec, ived dur.
ing January.
$1,000 if the estimate is received dur
ing February
$5O0if estimate is received during
March.
The above are for the exact estimates
there are besides these six prizes rang
ing along $500, S4OO. $3.50 $3.50. sizes
and SIS, 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 $1,000 prize
check.
As guide in making estimates upon
the New Orleans port receipts, the Con-
stitution gives the following figures
compiled from statistics of the past four
years:
NO r'cts NO rcts. Total q. IS.
! SEASON. Sep. l. whole year Crop for
/ Mich. /. Sep. l. Aug 81 season.
1886 1,62O,974 1879, I67 7,i57.3i6.
1S96-97 1,936,5S 2,1O2 47O s,757, 904
1S97-0S 2.432 .315 2,576, 1G5 1I,199 994
1873 90 1854 1853 2,13O 296 1924, $40.
The Constitutions 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 l, 1899 up through Fri
day Immediately preceding publica-
ton. This will keep you posted 70 with
send in your estimate
IL is believed that some of the Texas
crop, that as a rule is sent sn bulk TO
New Orleans, will be diverted this year
TO 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, if anything, for this cause must be
left to each msn's judgment.
The Weekly Constitution for 1900 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 aud
the debates and speeches during it's
progress and the final result of the
November election, the developments
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 We ky Constitution
page, the Woman's Kingdom, the
Southern Pulpit the Chldren's Page
and other Interesting departments will
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adapted to those addressed. The ring
ing editorials of The Constitution
speaking right out and meeting exactly
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