Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1902-01-08
$500 CASH PRIZE CONTESTS.


the Atlanta Constltutlon's 0reai
Offer for ioo1.
The Atlanta Constitution Offers
two cash prize contests from Jan
nary lst TO April 18th. 1909
sI,600in cash prizes for agents
These prizes range from s40O fot
the highest to $500 for The lowest
lie. from any agent during the per.
iod, in addition $3.50 will be divided
pro rata among all agents who send
twenty or mere subscriptions and
fail to get any other pr,ze. This
is liberal offer and the details Of
II will be sent you by applying to
the Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta,
Ga.
The $4,000 upon the Savannah,
Ga, Cotton receipts will be given
as follows:
To the person sanding a yearly
subscription to the Atlanta Con.
stituton (weekIy) together with
the correct estimate on the cotton
receipts Of Savannah, Ga, from
septembse Ist, 1901 TO April 18th,
1902.
$1,000 II the estimste 10 received
during January.
$500 if the estimate iS received
during February.
$3.50 IL the estimate Is received
during March or up to April 10th.
The above are for the exact ssti.
mates, there are besides these the
following prizes that will be paid
out for = the nearest estimates to
The SAyannhh cotton receipts re.
ceived at any time during ihe con.
test:
$3.50, 500, s75, $50, s26, for the
next nearest estimates in their
order.
THERE'S also great consolation
otFsr $500 will be distributed
among those who fail to secure one
ofthe larger prizes and whose esti-
mates come within 800 bales either
way Of The exact figure. This al.
lows q margin of 1000 bales within
which all estimates are sure to re.
ceive part of the prize money Offer
ed. The point is TO strike the esti.i
mate exactly during January,
This isa possibility. In q contest
similar to this the Constitution. has
had the number bit exactly and paid
out $1,000 for the estimate. In an
other similar contest the estimate
has come within one of the exact
figure. and all the prizes offered
have been paid out upon estimates
that were not fifty removed from
the exact estimate.
The Constitutions market page
will give each week the port re-
ceipts for the cotton season from
which you can always see the Sav.
annab, Ca, port receipts from'Sept.
ember 4, 1901 up through the Fri.
day Immediately proceeding pub.
licatipD. This will keep you post
ed to within two or three days be-
fore the time You send in your esti.
mate. si l"
The $4,000 contest is an express
oontraet to which the Constitution
will stSndaa every particular. Yet
it ID in ats nature simply an adser-
tisement by which the Atlantis Con-
stitution Sunny South and TIE
Pass for 81 per year may become
better known in this community.
send as the subscriptions 10 the
Atlanta Constitution and our paper
at the advertised price of the two,
and with it yoDr estimate on the
Savannah, Ca, Cotton Receipts for
the period mentioned and we will
forward ell together for you On.
April 18th we trust a check for
$1,000 will reach some one of our
subscribers and help make times
easier in this locality.
The Alfalfa Constitution for 1909
Will bebettsr than ever before. Its
special news features are unsurpass.
ed. The Boer- British War; the
Philippine and Cuban Operations,
the Nicaragua Canal question; the
busy session Of the most important
Congress We have ever assembled,
working ont the details Of diplo.
macy, commerce, war and peace,
forecasted by the new Presidents
recent message; the developments
Ofthe South's great industrial move
meDts; the Charleston and West
India Exposition, now 10 progress
the building and equipping Of the
Legis.aas PsEeAsss 9zPssllise 81