The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-27
$1,000 CASH PRzE CONTEST,
The Atlanta Constitutions Great Offer Of i9o0-The Cotton Re-
ceipts at New Orleans from September to Aprl-Ful Stats
tics Given for Your Guidance-An Unparalleled Offer for Our
Readers.

The Atlanta Constitution offers a $1,000
cash prize contest for January, February
and March. 1900. as follows:
To the person sending a yearly sub
scription to The Weekly Constitution. to-
gether with the correct estimate on the
cotton receipts at New Orleans during
the first seven months Of the present
| cotton year September !. 1899, to April
/. 1900
$500 II estimate is received during
January.
1000 If estimate is received during
February.
$500 if 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, $3.50. s125 and SIS.
amounting to $500. that will be paid out
sure for the six nearest estimates to
the New Orleans cotton receipts at any
time during the three months of the con-
| test. But you hit 1t exactly during Jan
uary and secure the full $500 prize
| check.
The Constitution believes somebody will
hit the figures exactly and expects to
pay out the full amount of, the prizes
ofsered-$3,oG 0 in all. In a Constitution
contest upon the same subject in 1895
Mr.. r. T.. Poole, of Capels Mills. N. c.,
hit the exact figures and received a
check for 81 900 as his prize. Mr.. Poole
did not try to swell himself up at once.
but very generously paid off a mort
gage on his fathers home place and will
the balance he very wisely educated him
self at Trinity college, Durham. N. c. He
ia now doing well in business in North
Carolina and lives still near his old home.
1t is needless to say he Is a warm friend
of The Constitution.
AS a guide in making estimates upon
the New Orleans mort receipts. The Con-
stitutjon gives the following figures, COM
nfIed from statistics Of the past four
years:
SEASON. Sep. / whole year. crop for
Mich. !. Sep.LAug. 81. season.
1 1sss-ss ...i. .sss,s ST. a a,i5s.ss s %s.7s I !.
1ss7-ss.... !. f. ..2as2sl5 555 e 1ss Il 1 1@ s .,
The Constitutions market page will
give each week the port receipts for the
cotton season from which you can always
see the New Orleans port receipts from
sentember /, 1899, up through the Friday
Immediately preceding the publication.
This will keep you posted to within two
or three lays of the time you send In
your estimate.
II Is believed that some OF tHe IeXds
crop that as a rule is sent in bulk to
Naw Orleans. will be diverted this year
70 other points because Of the quaran-
tine regulations against New Orleans.
The effort of Louisiana to have quaran-
tire raised by injunction from United
states courts will not have very soothing
effect upon the direction Of cotton ship
marts TO New Orleans. This Is mentioned
simply as a pointer in making up esti-
cafes. how much to allow. II anything,
for this cause must be left to each mans
Judgment.
The 5000 contest IS ar express contract
70 which The Constitution will stand n
ayerv particular. Yet 1t is in its nature
s;mnly an advertisement by which The
SUBSTITUTION, combined with this pape
NAV he made better known in this COM
nunfty. Send us the subscription to Ths
constitution and our paper at the ad,
vertised price of the two and with II
yo,,r estimate on the New Orleans port
receipts. and we will forward all togethe!
for YOU. On April LIST We trust a $3.50
check will reach some Of our subscriber:
IN help make times even more easy
round about us.
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