The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-10
PRIZES FOR FIGURES
PLAN OF NEW CONTEST 10 PUB
LISHED TODAY
If You Can Add Up Figures You
Can Win Handsome Prizes.
Look at Figures sun
day Morning.

The Figures Will be mere TOMORROW.
Lock at the prizes. the conditions and the
general plan Of the contest. on page
today.
You will have to hurry II you get in the
front row. Get up early tomorrow and
work fast but carefully 4,
Make no mistakes II you desire to prove
your expertness as an accountant. Simple
addition, that's all; but that will be
enough.
Interest in the puzzle has already been
fairly started. See the handsome prizes
exhibited today in the store windows on
Dexter Avenue and Commerce Street.
The complete chart will be printed to-
morrow. and every subscriber to The Ad
vertiser will have a chance at the val
liable prizes. the list of which Is printed
in this paper. Every one will have q
chance, no matter how soon or how late
during the time of the contest the an
swcr Is sent In.
A glance at the list of prizes. which in
cludes gold and silver cash. and articles
worth many dollars each, Will show how
widely different this contest IL from the
less important competitions In which so
many hours are spent.
The correct solution Of this puzzle seems
to be easy. and in fact will be easy to
those who are careful in addition.
Can you add?
Remember the great contest opens to-
morrow.
Whether you need money or not. it's a
nice thing to have. You may have a new
dress. but another one, especially of the
very latest pattern. won't he bad, so
| don't let that worry you, but get 1t.
You probably have a sideboard. but
wouldn't an elegant bright new one re-
place the old one nicely, especially IL you
could do II for a little time devoted to
adding up the figures?
There is also a swell Secretary Book
case, fine as they make them, pure ma
hogany, with handsome birds eye maple
lining that will make your eyes twinkle.
A vacation trip awaits some lucky fig
ure counter with ten days hotel bill paid
and transportation both ways.
But the silver water pitcher Is a dream
You should sec tit must be seen to be
appreciated. . .-
All those elegant prizes are very fine.
but they are net in 1t when II comes to
the five twenty-dolIar gold pieces that go
in lump-thet's the real thing and the
one everybody wants.
But you'll have to hurry:
From an educational standpoint this
contest Is Of great value. A noted profess
sor Of this city says that 1t will do more
good in promoting interest In lower math-
ematics than anything yet seen in Mont
gomery.
Many people often pass over the i'm
portance of practice in simple addition,
and these It will benefit most.
II should be easy. There are a good
many numbers. but they run only from
to ., and anybody should be able to
add simple numbers-especially when 1888
in prizes is the reward for a little care.
novel feature OF this contest, which
will appeal at once to anyone is the fact
that this contest shows 262 prizes. SO dis
tributed as to value that those who send'
in late correct answers will have an equal
chance with those whose solutions are
earlier.
Two days and a half have been allowed
for counting before the first estimate will
be received at The Advertiser. This has
been done to permit out-of-town readers
to have an equal show with city readers.
Pins wont work very we'll on the Fig
ures, or cutting them into sections, either.
1t will he interesting to watch the diff.
ferent methods devised to obtain the cor
rect answer.
Watch for results.
Wait for The Figures.