The Green Forest tribune., 1900-02-01

The Atlanta Constitution offers a s3,OoV cash prize cc-.or. for January. Fen"'far7- and March 1900 as follows:
 To the person sending a yearly @19 scription to The Weekly Constitution. "a gether with the correct estimate on tho cotton receipts at New Orleans during the first seven months of the nre<a"i | cotton year September 1. 1899. to April l. 19O0)-
 $1,5OO if estimate is received during January.
 s1.0O0 if estimate is received during February.
 $500 if estimate is received during March The above are for the exact estimate there a'e besides these six prizes. rang ing along. $500. $400. s25o. $50, s125 and S75 amounting to s1500. that will be paid out sure for the six nearest estimates to 'eW Orleans cotton receipts at any time during the three months of the con test But you hit 1t exactly during Jan uarv and secure the full Sl.500 prize check
 The Constitution believes somebody will hit the figures exactly and exnerts to nay out the full amount of the pr,zss offered-s3. 0O0 In all. Tn Constttutton contest upon the same suhiect in 'e's Mir. R. T. Poole. of Capels Mills. N C..
  check for s1 ooo hts prze M~ Poole did not try to swell hir,self m at once but very generously paid off mort ga ee or hte father's hnr,a nIace and with Inc balance he vnrv wisely educated h'nn- self at Trinity college Durham, N C. He is now doing well Tn business in North rarolfna ond lives sti,l near his old home tt fs needless to say he Is a warm friend The Co,c+n,,+tou
 As guide Tn making estimates mo, he New Orleans ,rt receints. The Con- stitrtio, gives the following aeures com from statistics of the past four "ears:
 No roc.s N O. rec.s Total IT !. >FASON soo. l. whole wear. crop for
 Mch.l sep.1-Auc. sI. season. ss @ coo es4 es, ,s,sso ,So ,77 7s7 s. s.s ..24aoa15 2s7s1s5 111oa oai 'eos-oa. . ..1.s54153 213o.2ss 11.274,s4o The ronst,tution's market naee will tive erch week the port receipts for the ,o+to~ eeo son from which you can always zoo the New Orleans port receipts from sentc,,,ha- l. 1seo up through the Friday ,,,,nediateIv preceding the publica tfor This will keep you posted to within two nr three days of the time you send in estimate
 It tc helieved that some of the Texas 7rcn that as a rule Is sent In bulk to New Orleans will be diverted this year n ntha- rnfots because of the uuaran- .,ra requlat'ors against New Orleans ~ha effort of Louisiana to have ouaran- s,re raised hv injunction from United ,+atas courts will not have very soothing .~oct pro> tho direction of cotton ship ,erts to New Orleans. This is mentioned tr,r,,- ae 2 -o'~ter in making up esti- ,ates. how much to allow, if anything. or this cause must h" left to each mans udgn,nrt
 The s3 nnn rontest 'e an express contract ,o which The Constitution will stand m every particular. Yet t ia in it's nature e,ron,y an advertisement bv which The Constitution combined with this paper .,ov be wade better known in this conI- .nunitv Send us the subscription to The .'ooetitu,inr and paner at the ad- ert,eed price of the two and with 1t yn,ir estimate on the New Orleans port ,ceirts ard We will forward all together sor you On April 1st we trust a S1.500 aheck will ~oach some of our subscribers ,o help make times even more easy tund about
 The Weekly Cc-s -stitution Cor 1900 will a- better ;han ever before. It's special eeatures aye nnsur~assad The Rnec- r'itish war. the Phi'iopln" and Cuban .''"rs the busy session or the mos