The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
THOSE PESKY FIGURES
THOUSANDS ARE BUSY ADDING
 THEM UP.
Subscribers Continue to Send in Their Estimates and Many Have Found Variations frcm
 Their First Solution.


 Those crooked figures continue to keep figuring.
 Add. did you sayy' asked tough lceking individual entering Inc Adys- ssf ys,serdsy x. wn SSrs Ss {, ,,sSt notnn ana quick is just like this :Cut 'enl up In small sections. count out each piece and add up your column of figures and it's
 Before he could light hfs pipe thess were half dozen persons trying to talk to him at the same time. Our tall spare built man from the North Side could be heard above the others to ,ans rsmark shs' some Howeve-, there was no serious trouble and after few minutes the tall man de- .,arted with small boy discussing the practicabiRty of counting the hsures The men in the Figure Pussle Depart: ment finally dug out of the avalanche or estimates they have been smothered un- der for tne pest few days, and and the tigurs rs night and remarked that he was thank ful that at last daylight was In sight once more. At any rate 1t Is to be hoped that the present four or fve clerks VIII be able to take care of all estimates and register all con-estants promptly
 Out of town new subscribers who sent in estimates last Tuesday VIII begin to receive papers promptly today or nos
 
 One of the rules in the contest Eives the assuring advice not to be anxious about your paper. 1t may take ween, and that excuse should be sumcient to exonerate the Circulation Department IT you don't get your paper until Ieiesdsy ] One week from next Thursday the great puzzle in addition will close.
 At that time. and not before that time will the correct answer to the puzzle be known to even those who have the pug gle in charge. 4. f The correct number formed by adding the figures which have been shown dalIy cry, and will not be received until the last day of the competition.
 No member of The Advertiser stan. and no one in any way connected witn pete. not because he or she would have had a better chance at winning prlze, but because those outside might feet m some cases that injustice had been done. lone. Ten days time will show Wno nave been the winners of the prizes,
 Whether it would pay to submit esti- mates later in this contest Is a matter which those who guess will l. have ;n aSa;ns .6 ne- ability of their fellow subscribers. The Advertiser has set a certain limit Tor the entrance of these estimates. ana those received are not at present consaeda on m when the last entry has been made the sheets will be looked over, comparea with the key, which, as has been stated; has not yet come. and the award of Many letters reach the Figure Editor daily from which extracts are repro ueSs "9seoreiana, Ala.-Mv boys send guess es for the puzzle We take The Adver: tiser. The Advertiser is ne ceanesy ano | the best newspaper in Alabama. yours ss"sPR s. Enclosed please find si.ao fol
 "Pussle Department The Advertiser | This IS hot stun. wishing you sueSess
 aon the 18th inst. sent you 60 p,csI,s cent. | and today added the thing up again; anc as fear made mistake mist s.0s, on the mor. n5S auesses. Hope I am in 1t for one of ts; prizes. s os the iath T nave now figured myself bald, ant get the same result ,heSxSt sS she peoaI add some. Anybody can add, you say Alright. Good by. s' w. S'' ei'S'