Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-18
$4,000 CASH
PRIZE CONTEST


Yonr Guldance-An I'm
paralelled Offer for Our
Readers.
The Atlanta Constitution offers a
$4,000 cash prize contest for January
February and March, 1900 as follows:
To TIE 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 months of the present cot
ton year september 1, 1899, to Adril /,
19OO)-
$1,000 if the estimate is received dur
ing January.
$1,000 if the estimate is received dur
ing February.
$500 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. S1e5,
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 aud secure the 81 800 prize
| check.
As a 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. r'cts. Total US.
SEASON. Sep. l.. whole year Crop for
Mich. Sep. l. Aug 81. season.
1895 SO 1920, ga 1,s12,187 1880.
1896 81 1,936,5S7 2.1O2 47O s,757, 9e4'
1897 9s 2.4s2 315 2,576,165 1I,199 994.
1898 90 l,S54,153 2,13O, 296 l1.274, $40.
he Constitution 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 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 a 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 1900 wi
be better than ever before. It's 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 south 8 great industrial move
ments; diversified farm and village in
dustries and thousands of other imDo-
tant things will found fully and freely
discussed in the Weekly Constitution
for the year. The Farm and Farmers
page, the Womans 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 tight out and meeting exactly
what 1t means in the advocacy of the
rue democratic dostrine and in behalf
of the great interests of the masses of
our 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 the paper over
and again.
With such "A great general newspaper,
covering the world news and 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 local
interest. We trust the combination Sc
cured with The Constitution will be fonnd
best suited to all our readers. The price
Is merely nominal when the service is
even half considered, including your es-
timaLion in The Constitution $1,000
cash contest. 10 get the benefit of the
high prize send in your subscription
now 30 The Constition may received it
during January and record IL 90 your
credit. Make your figures very. plain,
un issakabiy plain.
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