Southern Republican., 1900-04-14

The Atlanta Constitution offers $4,000
cash prize contest for January. February
and March. 1900 as follows: f
scrinfion to The vVsseaS.s1 $500
rether with the correct estimate on me
cotton receipts at New Orleans durihs
+ba hrst seven months Of the presens
cotton year fSeptember 4 'o'o' m
l. 1900
81 ,5oo II estimate IS received during
January
81 OOO 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. s40O. $3.50. $50. $125 and $12 .
amounting to 81 800. that will be paid out /
sure for the six nearest estimates ~
.n, New Orleans cotton receints at any /
time during the three months of the coh-
test But you hit it exactly during Jan-
uarv and secure the full sl,5OO prize
check. Il,
The Constitution believes somebody wlH
hit the figures exactly and eXpects ~
nav out the full amount Of the prizes
offered-s3 900 in all. In a. Constitution
contest upon the same subject IT iS'a
NJ r. T. Poole Of Capels Mills A. C..
hit the exact figures and received
check for 1000 AS his prize. Mr Poole
did not trv to swell himself ZIP AT once'
h,it very generously paid NH mort-
gape IN his fathers home placp and Wltn
tba balance he very wisely educated hlm-
seIf at Trinity college. Durham NJ q. fle
II now doing well in business III Norln
Carolina and lives still near ms Pin none,
1t IS needless to say ne N "aii
-f The Constitution.
Az d guide in making estimates nnon
M Nav Orleans ort receipts. The Con
stitution gives the following fgnres som
niIed from statistics Of the past four
years: r..o,rs
SEASON sen II whole year. crop Tor
sEAsoN' NTH. |. sep.1-Ang. 81. season
Isss-Ss Iss5 ss isss5a7 isss.5a 21o247o s753 ast
ise7-as. 3t223iss 2Is6 2Is6 ess ass II 2si5
49, CONSTITUTIONS market page WI
g,va each week the port recelpts lor IL
oo++or season from which yon can alway ;
III +he New Orleans port recelpts lroii
santember 4. 1899. up through the rrlnas
,r,r,odiately preceding the publication
rr,.I- nil keen YOU posted to within TWO
4hraa davs of the time you seno III
ynur estimate
n &c believed that some Of lne e
aror that as a rule is sent IL puiA =
Taag, Orleans will he diverted this yea'
~ other points because III III a,
~, ragnlations against New orleans
rrha affort Of Louisiana to nave quaran
~ raised by injunction from unl.eS
s+a+as courts will not have very soot,nn'
seact mon the direction OF cotton snip
..arts i, New Orleans. This IS mentions, s.
n,sar1y IL ! pointer in making up estl
a4as. how much to allow, II anything :
80. tb,s cause must be left to eacn man
judgment ass contrac
.htch The Constitution Will stano
- rv narticular, Yet It Is In It's natrL ,,,s
,v an advertisement by wnicn -
sGnnppt,.,1tion. s,p combined with this pap
ta made better known In this con
.,ty mas send us the subscription to At
rrnstitution and our paper at tne a.
..s.t,sed price of the two ana villa
49, estimate on the New Orleans po
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