The Atlanta constitution., 1902-04-14
THE CLOSED CONTESTS
Announcement of Results to Ap.
pear at the Earliest Possible
Day. New S5.ooo.Oo Contest on
Total Crop. Read 1t Carefully.


Total Crop. Read 1t Carefully.
The $1,000 cash contest upon Savannah
.o,,o, reoeipts and the 500 agents con-
test were closed On the 10th instant.
Every estimate is in ana recoroeu A0
NO sinnlv await the certificate OF Sec
retary j. z. Merrihew' oil the oaN
cotton exch, ngc, furnishing the ofiiciA
figures, so We may declGe lhe ii"e
The closing Of the estimates on 'he iO'-'
and counting the net iccepls tHious"
ApriI 18th will furnish sDSoiule pio'
lion for all contestants, ana tiie oes'
innate will win. The receipts ha'iie
r.ssad all preyious records during the
-. of tho contest will perhaps upset
many careful calculations tnat were
made early in the contest. but the oihcidi
figure settles the question nnaiiy.
In the agents contest the cluDs are
beine. credited up as fast as possible ana
everv agents list will be verified osioFe
tho announcement can be made We
u ould be glad for the agents contestins
from the y hole territory to examine
their own records carefully AID send as
~ dir figures upon lists sent in, provided
they have sent US t"SHtJ va
January l. We can thus verify our rec
ord and no errors can occur. ''iease al
tend to that TO-DAY. A postal caro- VIII
he enough to send with plain statement
CT the facts
The new contest is upon the total
United States cotton crop. The PRICES Tor
April estimates, provided they win un-
der the rules. are 5000. sl.25O and $3.50.
respectively. for the exact tor nearest
exacD estimate, and the two next pest
estimates. To this splendid total OF s4,oo
| cash we have added an additional sl.oD
covering the whole period of the contest
fer e1ual distribution among those esti-
mates that fail of n higher prize, yet
come within 500 bales either way of the
exact figures of the CROP. In other words
a leeway of 1000 bales is given all con-
/ tsstants ana every estimate that comes
within that limit gets some money HOW
much we cannot say. but every estimate
will receive just much as every other
one that gets any of the money Last
year there were eleven estimates inside
| this 1899 bales.
! The contest closes five days ahead OF
I the end of the cotton year for the pro-
| lection of contestants entering these ear
uer periods. No one can find out the
/ correct figures and get them into ina
contest Every estimate will be an esti-
mate and every man will stand upon his
own figures as he sends them in. 1t
often occurs that the prizes are awarded
To estimates filed early in the contest.
one year Mr.. ID. p. McLaurin, of Clio,
- he estimate tna
last day of the month. in which $3.50
would be the prize. and his check read
for $500 Had he been one day later
the check would have been $500 less. Last
year Hon. j. Thomas Austin. of Green
Vile, S c., received check for 5000 for
his estimate filed on May 80. 1901. A de-
/ lay of two days would have made his
/ prize only 81 500. These two notable in
stances not only illustrate that We come
/ I'D to the very letter of every offer va
/ make. but show that the contestant who
( files his estimate early wins the better
/ prize by il.
| Wednesday, April so. closes the s4.0o9
/ of cash prizes up for the best three esti-
mates during the contest. Send the best
/ estimates during April and the April
money will be paid you. You must cer-
/ tainly come within 500 bales If you get
| any prize. We have never paid out any
I thing on estimates tina. missed il as
much as 800 bales. II you come within
500 bales during April you viii have the
same share in the general s1,o00 conso-
/ lation fund and you stand the chance tor
the highest prizes of all the periods.
April is the month FOR you, and your
/ time is not very long
Note Especially Sunny South Combi-
nation.
Two estimates to every combination
subscriber to both papers. Every sub
scriber TO The Weekly Constitution and
/ The Sunny South. the two papers at
only Sl.25 per year. will be entitled 10
send two estimates in this contest-one
for each paper. The regular price Of Tho
Sunny South is 80 cents year, and Tho
Weekly Constitution 81. but every yearly
combination subscriber to both papers
during this contest will be entitled 10
two estimates in this cotton contest. The
Weekly Constitution covers the news of
the world: Tho Sunny South is distinc-
lively n literary paper. and the only ons
of its kind in the southern states. The
two papers should find their way into
every southern home. Send all orders 20
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.