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$10,000 CONTEST.
The Atlanta Constitution’s Offer
Upon Total Port Rocolpta of Cotton from Soptombor lot, f 902, to
Clay lot, 1003, Roth fnduahm.
CONTEST OPENED JANUARY 20th. 1903. CLOSES APRIL 20th. 1903.
F0 *iif-.V£ 0 L <0r - ne "? -t *° th * •»«ot) estimate of tha roeolota of cotton at all United
a«ftKi e JL.? rtsfrom# * ptemb * r ••t.lMa.tolday lot, IS03,bothInoluslva
Fer the next nearest estimate. -
For the 8 next nearest estimates $100.00 each
.'2 next "•*••••* estimates $00.00 each
5®J*£ e • ® "•*» nearest estimates $$0.00 each
El ?£"•** neorest ostlmates $ 10.00 cash
For the IOO next nearest estimates $0.00 eaoh
$2,000.00
1,000,00
000.00
000.00
000.00
$00.00
309.CO
OOO.CO
ORANO OONSOLATION OFFtn 98,000.00
^ or . d )®‘T l ^ U i tlon amon B those estimates (not taking any of the above 138 prizes) coming within
1,000 bales either way of the exact figure „. 1,530.00
Conditional Batra ^rlse fer Barly Kxaot Betlmate.
Should the exact figure be given during the conte-t we will add to the 12,600.00, if the exact es
timate be received on or before February 2uth, 1908. 2,503.00
Grand Total 810 000.00
Additional Conditional Offara For Early Kxaot Eatlmata.
Should the exact estimate not be named on or before Feb. 20th, but be made on or before
March 10th, 1903, we will add to the 12,500.00 first prize Q| 500.00
Should the exact estimate not be named dn or before March 10th. but should It come after
March 10th, and on or before April 10th, 1903, we will add to the 92,500.00 first prize | ,000.00
Conditions of Sending Estimates in This Port Receipts Contest.
LSend ti.oo for The Weekly Constitution one year and with it ONR E8TIMATB In the contost.
2. Send oOc for The Sunny South one year and with It ONE ESTIMATE* In the contest.
4. send $1.2o for The Weekly Constitution and Sunny South both one yenr and send TWO ESTIMATES In
tnc contest^-that Is, one estimate for The Constitution and another for The Sunny South.
4. Send 50c for ONE ESTIMATE alone in the contest IF YOU DO NOT WANT A SUBSCRIPTION. Such
a remittance merely pays for the privilege of. sending the estimate. If you wish to make a number of estimates
on this basis, you may send THREE ESTIMATES FOR EVERY $1.00 forwarded at the same time estimates are
f£ nl ®»Mwates arc received at the same time without subscriptions, the sender may forward
m . w 1 on *y $3.00—this splendid discount being offered for ten estimates in one order. A postal card receipt
JS5TJ^ T JF 8 JRECEDED WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS. Where subscriptions are or-
IS rHEARRIVALOF THE PAPER ITSELF IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT YOUR ESTIMATE
HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IS CAREFULLY RECORDED.
5. The money and the subscription and the estimate must come in the some envelope every time. The es
timate, the money and the Subscription go together. THIS RULE IS POStTlVE.
C. Agents allowed an estimate in this contest on each yearly subscription, doubled on Sunny South combina-
uon orders. An agent sending estimates only may file us many estimates for himself as he mar secure for his
customer. Send ot once for agents' outfit.
7. In case of a tio upon any prise estimate the money will be equally divided.
File Your Estimates Early. The advantage of an early estimate Is shown In ilia extra
prizes ranging from 92,500 If an exact estimate be received on or before February 20th, 19 W, to 91,000 If re
ceived on or before April 10th, 1903. The extra sum ottered conditionally for an exact estimate will be
added to the $2,500 First prize in each case..
STATiariOS OF PAST FIVE VEARSt
„W. el* ’ •H'low Statistic* I'OT.rln, tlio stset pcrlo I of i his con test compiled by Sscrstiiry llonr. O. Hosier, of Iho Now Orlosn i Cotton I'.s -
““wfromHspMmhor i.te.ch year. ttirou« ■ Msr 1st of trie fr llowlnt yo.r, covorlmc the osset sootlon 'the Coltonthat
uu* c ntent Inc > nil ml We ui$o else lu another column the total number of bales hi whole crop tor enoh cotton s**futon. TIiIh lit Ivea milv
total cotton crop. It covers only tho total RsoolpU of Cotton nt nil
SECRETARY HESTER’S FIGURES COVERING THE PERIOD OF THE CONTEST.
TOTAL PORT RECEIPT8 BALES IN TOTAL CROP
COTTON SEASON HVwm IntOewt. »• Int ofMny, K.rflyc yenr.. r.rlwl.r.nwttfix
I'Vnin 1 .t Srpt. is IntorMny,
Inrlaslvc, of following year.
1897- 98 8.333.882
1898- 99 7.993.451
1899- 00 6.346.312 -
1000-01 8.843.134
1901-02 7,218,17p
Secretary Henry G. Hester, of New Orleans Totton Exchange, will furnish the official figures to de
cide this contest. Mr. Hester Is regarded as the offlclul statistician throughout the cotton world.
onh.
11.109,994
I 1.274.810
9.438.418
to. 383.422
10.680.880
Blank (or Ginstitution and Sunny South with Two Eitimtos.
1 hereby subscribe to The Weekly Constitution and Sunny
South both one year and enclose $1.25 in payment.
If you wish ONLY The WEEKLY Constitution send 91.00
and only ONE estimate In the contest. If only the Sunny
South send 50c uud ONE estimate.
Name
Postoflice
Slate
My two estimates for Port Receipts coutest, per your cur
rent otters, art-:
On Total Port Re
ceipts September 1,
1902. to May 1, 1908,
both inclusive.
1st
2d
TWO ESTIMATES FOR THIS CONTEST.
Conditions of the Contest.
The condition precedent to sending estimates on the
Total Port Receipts of Cot to 1 ist Sept., 190a, to May
ist, icpt, both inclusive, is that each and every entry
of estimates must be accompanied by a ye ir’s sub
scription to The Weekly Constitution or The > tinny-
South or the remittance provided for estimate* with
out subscript!j is. They must be sent in the IdtM tl-
cal envelope th it brings the money that pjiys for the
estimitupr the subscription. You cannot subscribe
now and sand in your estimates afterwards.
In sending your estimate bv an agent of The Con
stitution you make him your agent and not ours. In
forwarJIng your estimates, both as to the correctness
of th? figures as you intended them and tl.e certainty
of the forwarding of them.
In m tki ig your answer just state simply: "I esti
mate the total port receipts ist of September, igoa.
through May ist. loot, bales." Mike your
. ' Jri rv n i^f JY?..*!!. 1 .. r &\ or . J i hem 4S received every
EXACTLY AS THKY LOOK AND WILL AL
LOW NO CHANGE WHATEVER. If vuu want to
make vestimnte* later, or If you want to repeat the es
timate you have made, send other subscriptions.
Address all orders to THE CONSTITUTION. Atlanta, Ga.
NEW HOTEL.
Miss MaggievReed, Proprietress.
Elegant Rooms and Comfortable Beds. Everything
and Strictly First-Class. f
Kates: $1,50 per Day.
Special Rates to Regular Boarders
A N D
New
COUNTY PEOPLE.
Large Sample Room.
Fenton.
I send a few dots for your val
uable paper, which you can use
if you see proper.
Mr. Green Williams was the
guest of Mr. L. N. Fuller and
family Sunday.
Clearing up new ground, clean
ing out ditches and hauling wood
is the order of the day in our sec
tion of the county.
Mr. Tom Bundrunt and wife
spent Saturday and Sunday m
Fenton, ,
Messrs. Tom Ferguson, Warner
McBrayer and L. H. Winn were
the guests of the Misses Ferguson
last Sunday.
Buy It Now.
Do not watt until you or sonic of your
fair.ilv are sick nigh unto death, and tlien
send for Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, hut buy it now and he
prepared for an emergency. It is the one
remedy that can always lie depended upon
in the most severe ami dangerotn eases.
For sale by A. J. Cooper &, Co.
RHEUMATISM
CURED AT LAST
Good News for all Who
Suffer With Rheu*
matism Free.
To all yvlio suffer with rheumatism I
will gladly semi free the wonderful story
of how my mother was cured after years
of suffering, together with the most elab
orate treatise on rheumatism ovtr pub
lished.
No mutter what your form of rheuma
tism is, whether acute, chronic, muscu
lar. inflammatory, sciatlci, neuralgia,
gout, lumbago, eto—no matter how many
doctors have failed in your case—no mat
ter how many so-called “sure cures" you
have tried—I want you to write to me.
and let nu tell you how mother was cured.
I am neither a doctor nor a professor—
-imply it plain man of business— hut 1
have a cure for rheumatism, and I want
to tell everyone who suffers with rheu
matism all aland it. I wish to lie clearly
understoMil, anil trust that all who are
suffering with this terilble disease, how
ever apparently bevondthe reach of cure
will write to me this day and I will scud
you by return mail this work of mine. I
appeal especially to the “chr uitcailv ill"
who are wearied and discouraged with
‘•doctoring’’ and to those who have Iwen
oast aside ns “Incurable." All you leiv
thought about rheumatism may be wrong
—let ute tell you our experience. Surely,
if you have rheumati-m, or have n suffer
ing friend, it will pay you to Investigate
my offer, anyway, and prove for yourself
these claims 1 make.
Rend me your address today—a postal
c ird will do—and I will mall you Ibis
wonderful st >ry. H you have any friends
stiffeiing with rheumatism, no matter
where located, send me their address mid
I will mail them a copy. My address is
VICTOR RAINBOLT, Bloomflcld, Ind.
Braswell.
About twenty houses have been
erected at the Seaboard camps,
and workmen ure arriving overy
day.
Mr. \V. E. Tant isconiied to his
bed with gravel. Drs. Golden
and Brown performed an opera
tion, and he is now on the road
to recovery.
•lames McClendon, of Dallas,
spent Sunday with relatius and
friends in our town.
Mrs. Alice E. Hudson .made a
business trip to Dallas on Friday
last.
One Minute Cough Cure gives relief In
one ntiuute, because It kills the microbe
which tickles the mucous membrane,
causing the cough, and at the suuic time
clears the phlegm, draws out the inflam
mation and heals and soi the* the uff> cted
parts. Onu Minute Cough Cure strengthens
the lungs, wards off pneumonia and is a
harmless and never fulling cure lu all cur
able esses of coughs, colds and croup. One
Minute Cough Cure is pi iana.it to take,
harmless and good alike for young slid
old. A. J- Cooper & Co.
Lee’s Academy.
The health of our community
is very good, considering the had
weather we have been having for
several days past.
The school at this place is in a
flourishing condition.
Miss Dora Hay was the guest of
Miss Emma Buford on Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. W. 8. Kincaid and son, J.
R. Kincaid, are visiting relatives
in Union county this week.
Messrs. P, II. Morris and J, R.
Kincaid made their monthly trip
to Cobb county Friday and .Satur
day .
Dean, the little son of Mr. and
Mrs. McClung, is very low with
typhoid fever. He is under the
care of Dr. Dean, of Hiram, who
entertain? a speedy recovery for
liis little patient.
Mr. John Jordan, of Mableton,
visited relatives and friends here
Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Ellie Morris, Dora Hay,
Annie Bruce, Bernie and Mary
Kincaid, and Messrs. Oscar Kin
caid, L. C. Harris, T. J. Denton
and Bomar Huff were the guests
of Miss Emma Buford Sunday
afternoon.
T. J. Denton inadp gshort visit
to his parents at Sweetwater last
Friday. He will spend several
days with them.
Miss Nona Pruett was the guest
oj Miss Jessie Green last Sunday.
Mr. Will Morris has inoVed his
family to Macon, Ga., where they
will reside in the future. We re
gret to give them up, and wish
them health and prosperity in
their new home.
Mynteriou* CiicumMance.
One wm pale and mIIow and the o.ber
fresh and rosy. Whence the difference .’
She who It, blushing with health use* Or.
King's New Life Pllin to maintain It. By
gondy .rousing the lazy organs they com
pel good digestion anti head tiff coi.Mipa-
tlon. T'y them. Only 25c, at A. J.
Goyptr & Co's druggists.
White Oak Splits.
Last Week’s Letter.
Mr. William Bullard had the
misfortune to lose one of his
children on Tuesday last, and has
another that is quite sick. He
lias the sympathy of our entire
community.
Mr. John Baxter lost a very
line horse last Wednesday.
Mr. W. A. Harris is improv
ing his residence, which will en-
haqce its value.
Prof. J. H. Lester has a flour
ishing school at this place. He is
an excellent teacher, and has the
hearty support of It is patrons.
Mr. J. Hollis has a very sick
child. We wish it a very speedy
recovery.
Mrs. O. 8. Henderson, who has
been quite ill for several days, is
rapidly improving, we are glad to
learn.
Misses Mary and Danie Gamble
visited the Misses Wix on Sunday
last.
Mr. Will Crowley and family,
of Dallas, visited our town last
Thursday. They were the guests
of Mr. J. Robert Cole and family.
Mrs. Fannie Wix visited Mrs,
G. W. Cole on Suturdav last.
Mr. Homer Cole wus the guest
of Miss Iday Summers Sunday.
The party at Mr. Rube Gam
ble’s on Saturday evening last
wus largely attended. All report
a good time.
Mr. John Harper has gone to
Villa Rica, where he has accepted
a position ut the mines.
Mrs. W. J. Harris visited the
family of Mr. W. A. Harris a few
day s lust week.
Success to the New Era and tl.e
picnic.
The Ei»y Pill,
DeWUt’s Little Early Risers it > not gri| «•
nor weaken the system. They cure billrm—
ni as, jaundice, constipation and inactive
livers, by ui'omdiig the secretions, moving
the bowels gently, yet tjlecluully, and
giving such tone anti aPciigth lo the
glands of the giomjich, liv, r and bowel*
that I he cause of the trouble in remove,I
entirely, t hese famous little pills exert
a decided tonic effect upon the organa in
volved, and if their into is continued for n
few days there will he no return of the
trouble. A- J- Cooper & Co.
The Rev. Jenkins Lloyd
Jones of Chicago, declares:
‘‘The girl who reaches the
age of twenty-rive and can’t
cook a cake, or a pie, or can’t
make a shirt waist or trim a
hat is not a true woman. She
is it sham and her parents are
responsible and ought to be
punished for misdemeanor.”
Money to Loan to Farmers.
Anyone dedrin^ to borrowmoney cuti
do h i by seciiritig the- same wth improved
lands, Interest at 8 per cent
R. E. L. Whitworth.
Diulltta, Ua.
The Dallas New Era
and Semi-Weekly Jour-
nal, both papers one
year for $1.25.