The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-11-07
RED HOT OFFER.
500, 900. 90 Cash Contest of Atlanta
Weekly Constitution,

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We are glad to announce we have
completed arrangements with the At
lanta Constitution whereby we can Of
fer to our readers the Atlanta Weekly
Constitution one year and The Com
mercial both for only S1.75. Accom-
panying each combination subScrip-
tion under this offer you may file with
us two estimates in the Constitutions
great 100000 cash contest. The con-
test is upon the total port receipts Of
cotton at all the United States Ports
from September /, 1902 to January 10,
1908. Statistics covering the past sew
en- years in this respect are given be-
low.
We can also offer the Weekly Con-
stitution and Sunny South of A tlanta,
Ga, with The Commercial for only
$500. Withthis splendid combina-
tion we can give three estimates in
the Constitution $4,000 ports re-
ceipts contest. The subscriptions and
the money paying for the same must
be filed with us at the same time you
place your estimates. We engage to
forward all promptly to the Constitu-
ton and Immediately after the 10th
OF next January the result will be an
nounced and the prizes will be paid, if
any prize estimates are filed with us,
by The Constitutions check on the
Atlanta National Bank, of Atlanta,
Ga.
This paper is not able to offer S2O.-
900 contest but is glad to do so in con-
nection with the Weekly Constitution.
We trust that all our readers will
SfI1Hu tho OF of inc
under which the present cotton crop
is being marketed, especially at the
United States ports, the total port re-
ceipts from September l, 1902, to Jan
uary 10, 1903 being the figures you
must work on. Be very sure that you
understand the dates and make your
estimates accordingly.
NO more acceptable combination
could be offered than this paper, CIV
ing all the news of local and county
interest, and the Weekly Constitution
giving all the news of Southern and
National interest, and the Sunny
South, which is not newspaper, but
is literary paper of high merit, edi-
ted with especial reference to South
ern readers. We think the combina-
tion is ideal and we expect to add
more than one thousand subscriptions
from this county to our large subscrip-
tion list.
The A tlanta Constitution will mail
to every one making application by
postal card, all the details of the con-
test. We state briefly that the prizes
consist of three large prizes of S., 0OO.-
90, 100000 and 81 .OO0.0O each.
Five prizes of $500 90 each.
Ten prizes of 5000 90 each.
Fifteen prizes of 800 90 each.
Twenty prizes of $4,000 each.
Forty prizes of $40 each, and one hun
dred prizes of SIS each, a total of 203
set prizes amounting to $4,000 90 in
cash. In addition to the above the
Constitution offers $2,500.00 to be di-
vided equally among those estimates,
not taking any Of the 203 cash prizes,
that come within a thousand bales
either way from the exact figure. In
the CONSTITUTIONS cotton crop contest
that closed in August, there were two
estimates that came within the prize
limit on the consolation award and
these prizes amounted to $4,000 each.
In the present case the amount each
prize estimate will receive from the
So, 500. 90 will depend upon the number
of estimates that come within the
1900 bale limit.
In addition to the S17, 10000 above
the Constitution offers prizes ranging
from 81, 500. 90 to 81 900 90 to be added
to the $1,000 90 first prize provided an
exact estimate be given during the
contest. These last prizes vary accord
ing to the month in which the exact
estimate may be filed, il any should
be filed.
Prepare your estimates at once and
send them in. The September extra
prize is 100000 and this will be a
nice sum to add to the $1,000 first
prize in case you should file an exact
estimate during September. Should
your estimate not be exact and yet
should come within 1000 bales in
either direction from the exact figure,
you will certainly get some of the
money.
STATISTICS OF LAST SEVEN CROPS.
The port receipts for the rast few
years, from September l to and
through the first ten days of January
are given to aid you in making an in
telligent estimate in this contest. 1t
is not necessary to itemize your esti-
mate, give it one plain sum expressed
in figures only. Don't make any mis-
takes in your figures; let them mean
just what you mean to say.