The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-12-26
RED HOT OFFER.



$2O,00o.00 Cash Contest Of Atlanta
Weekly Consultation.
We are glad to annOunce va have
completes arrangements with the Al
lanta Constitution whereby we can Of
fer to our headers the atlanta Weekly
Constitutions one year and The Com
mercial both for only S1.15. ACCOM-
panying each combination sllbscrin-
ti0n under this offer you NAV file with
us two estimates in the Copstjtrtion,s
great $4,000 cash contest. The con-
test is upon the total port receipts of
cotton at all the United States Parts
from September i, 1902 to January 10.
lSO5. STATISTICS covering the pastsev-
IN years 10 TINS respect are given be-
low.
We can also offer the Weekly Con-
stitutiOn and Sunny South Of Atlanta
Ca, with The Commercial Far univ
500. WlLhthis splendid combina-
ZION we can give three estimates In
tne constitutions $4,000 ports re-
ceipts contest. The subscriptions and
the money paying for the same must
pc nled 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
FOf next January the result will be an
nOunced and the prizes will be paid. III
any prize estimates are filed with us.
by The Constitution check on the,
Ga. -
This paper is not able to offer $780,
wv contest put IS glad to do so in con-
nectlon with the Weekly Constitution.
We. trust that all our readers will
study the statistics and the conditions
under which the present cotton crop
IS being marketed, especially at the
United States ports, the total port re-
ceipts from September /, 1902, to jan
uary 10, 1903 being the figures Won
must work on. Be very sure that Won
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-
tlon IS ideal and we expect to add
more than one thousand subscriptions
from this county to our large subscrip-
ton list.
ne Atlanta 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 SIS. 0OO.-
90, 100000 and 81, 900. 90 each
Five prizes of $500. 100 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 hum
bred prizes Of SIS each, total of 2O3
set prizes amounting to $4,000 90 in
cash. In addition to the above the
Constitution offers S2,500.O0 to be d.
vided equally among those estimates,
not taking any OF the 203 cash prizes,
Thai 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
81, 10000 will depend upon the number
OF estimates that come within the
1000 bale limit.
In addition to the SI7500. 90 above
the Constitution offers prizes ranging
from $1,000. 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, If 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 $4,000 first
prize in case you should file an exact
estimate during September. Should
your estimate not be exact and vet
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 itemizeN 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.
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