The Green Forest tribune., 1900-01-18

The Atlanta Constitution offers a $3,oOO cash prize contest for January. Fepruary and March. 1900. as follows: 9
 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 1, 1899. to April l, 1900)-
 $,500 if estimate is received during January
 S1 GOO 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 $5o0 S400 s25O, $50. $125 and $75. amounting to s1.500 that will be paid out sure for the six nearest estimates to t--e -seW Orleans cotton receipts at any time during the three months of the con- test. But you hit it exactly during Jan uary and secure the full $1,500 prize check
 The Constitution believes somebody will hit the figures exactly and expects to pay out the full amount of the prizes offered-$3,000 in all In a Constitution contest upon the same subject in 1896 MT. R. T. Poole of Capes Mills, N. C., hit the exact figures and received a check for q mn as his prize MT Poole did not try to swell himself up at once, but very generously paid off a mort gage on hie fathers home place and with the balance he vorv wisely educated him. self at Trinity college. Durham N. C. He is now doing well in business in North Carolina and lives still near his old home. It is needless to say he is a warm friend # Tho Cnnc+f+1,+ian
 f9 toe the New Orleans ort receipts The Con stftution gives the folowfne figures. com ,f1ed from statistics of the past four years:
 &.o raets NC. reats. Tota'FI.s.
 Mch sepi-Auq8l 8l. season ss Sse Se s54 54 2o9 5Fa a757 a757sef ss iao7-oQ. D 2laoaf5 2,57f1e5 f1fN9 e9l ISo8-aa.. | SKI 153 2.13O 29s 11274,Sf9
 The Constitntion's market rage will give each week the rort receipts for the cotton season from which you can always see the New Orleans port receipts from September l. 1999 m through the Friday irnmediately preceding the publication This will keep you posted to within two or three days of the time you send in your estimate. It is believed that some of the Texas crop. that as a rule is sent in bulk to New Orleans. will be diverted this year 10 other points becanse Of the duaran- tine regu1ati0ns against New Orleans The effort of Louisiana to have duaran- tine raised bv Injunction from United States courts will not have very soothing effect upon tho direction If cotton ship n7eYts to New Orleans. This is mentioned sii77pIv as 2 rofnter in making I'D esti- mates; how much to allow. if anything. for this cause must be left to each mans judgment.
 The s. .On0 contest te q eyn~ees contract to which The Constitution will stand in every particular. Yet 1t is in it's nature sin,nly an advertisement hv which The Constitution combined with this paper may be made better known In this com r7unitv Send us the subscription to The Constitution and our paper a the ad- vert1sed price of the two and with it vour estimate on the New Orleans port receipts. and we will forward all together for YOU. On April 1st we trust a S15A9 rbecll will reach some of our subscribers to help make times even more easy round about us
 The Weekly Constitution for 1900 will he better than ever before. Its special news features are unsurpa ssed. The Boec- British war. the Philippine and Cuban oiis rations. the busy session of the mos.