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SIXTH <PAGE
THE SUNNY SOUTH
APRIL 4, 1903
The Story-Telling Machine
BEING THE QUEER OBJECT FOUND BY BUSTER JOHN, SWEETEST SUSAN, DRUSIIXA
AND BILLY BISCUIT, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF WALLY WANDEROON.
By Joel Chandler Harris
(Copyright. 1903.)
Drusilla Sneeringly Tells the Story of
Miss Liza and the King who Made
Shoes.
VII.
HERE was a pause, and
then Wally Wanderoon
asked the children about
what they thought of the
story. They were not as
enthusiastic about It as the
droll little man could de
sire. Drusilla was espe
cially cool, and she was
the only one who replied
to the question. “It’s a
tale.” she said, with some
thing like a sneer.
“Huh!” exclaimed Dru
silla. “you sholy don't speck me ter tell
no good story in dish yer place whar de
hills runs bofe backerds an’ forreds, an’
whar you hatter crawl sideways fer ter
keep fum failin' down hill whichever way
you turn.”
Drusilla's desire was to tell no story
at all, but she finally told one which for
many years had been popular with negro
girls between the age of twelve and
twenty.
It may be called
MISS LIZA AND THE KING.
"I tell you all right now,” said Dru
silla, “I dunner nothin’ 'tall 'bout dis tale
tout do tollin' un it. I dunner whar de
folks live at. ner what dey wuz doin’ far,
ner whar dey come fum, nor whar dey
wiz gwine. In de tale dey's a King, but
I dunner wharbouts he was a kingin' It
at. Ef you want ter know de name er de
country an' what kinder folks dey wuz,
you'll hatter choosen a name fer ter suit
you, an’ figger all de ballance out in yo'
own min’.
“Well, one time dey wuz a King, an’
he wuz a mighty man. He fit here, and
be font dar, an’ he kep’ on doin’ dataway
twel bimeby he got tired er strowin’ de
face er de yeth with dead folks, an he
gay ter hisse'f he b'lieve he’ll look aroun
an’ see if he can't git a job what day’s
nto fun in dan dey is in fightin’. So he
looked aroun’, de King did, an' bimeby he
axt one er de ol' men 'bout it. De ol
man, he sorter comb his long gray beard
Wid his finger nails, an' at ter while he
ax de King ef he yever think bout lam
in’ a trade. De King ax him -what he
mean, an’ de ol’ man say dat ’cordin’ ter
his notion, a man, king or no king, can
do mo’ good by makin’ a pair er shoes
’ dan he kin by killin’ a man.
“Dis made de King bite his thumb. De
of man wuz one er de smartest men in
all de whole settlement, an' when dey
wuz big things ter talk about, he wuz
allers one er de fust ones dey went tei
hear. So de King, he stood dar, he did,
an’ bite his thumb. Atter while he 'low,
•How long wTlI it take a man fer ter
la’rn de shoemakin’ trade?’ De ol’ man—
1 dunner what his name wuz—he make
answer dat a right bright man mought
la'rn it in six or sev’m mont’s, but he
speck it’ll take de King ’bout a year. Den
de King wanter know whar de best place
fer ter l’arn shoemakin’, an’ de ol’ man
he say dat he got a shop er his own, an’
he’ll be glad ter show all de ins an’ outs er
de business.
“But still de King bite his thumb. He
’low, ’Who gwincter do de kingin' whilst
I'm makin* shoes?’ De ol* man say dat
ain’t nothin', kase it’s a heap harder fer
■ter make a good pair er shoes dan what
it is fer ter do de kingin' when dey’s so
many ter he’p ’im. an’ he say dat it's a
mighty slack wadded man what can’t do
de kingin' an' l’arn how ter make shoes
at de same time. So de King he 'low dat
he’d try his han’ one whet ef it killed
eve’y cf-w in de island.” *
” ‘Killed every- cow in the island!’ ” ex
claimed Wally Wanderoon. "What on
earth did he mean by that?”
“It's des a sayin’,” replied Drusilla. “He
mean he gwineter l'arn in spite er any
thing. Well, de nex' morn in’ he got up
bright an' early an' had a soon brekfus,
an’ whilst he wuz pickin’ his toolies he
tol’ his folks and dem what help him do
de kingin’ dat he wuz gwineter spen’ de
day out, an’ he wouldn’t be home ’fo’
night. Den he went in a little outhouse
dey had on de place, an’ put on a rough
suit er close an’ put out fer de shop
whar de ol’ man an’ his men made
•hoes.
"When de King got dar, dey wuz all
dar an' peggin’ away des ez hard ez dey
kin. A young ’oman met 'im at de door
an’ she ’low. ’Aain't you de new man
what my daddy gwineter l’arn how ter
make shoes? De King, he make answer
dat he wuz. Wid dat de gai toss her
head an’ say. ‘Well, you’ll hatter git a
quicker lick dan dat. My daddy ain’t
gwineter have no fiddlin' roun’ an’ h.wig-
in’ back. Dar’s yo’ bench right over dar
in de corner, whar nobody won't bodder
you an’ you won't bodder nobody.’ De
King, he look at de gal an’ low, ’I b'lieve
I’d larn twice ez quick ef I had you
fer ter show me’—desso. De gal, she
make a low bow”—Drusilla caught hold
oi her dress and showed how it was
done, and her mimicry was so droll and
comical that the others laughed heartily
—“de gal she make a low bow an' say,
’1 thank you mightly, but ef you'd scuzen
me. I’ll be much erbleege!’ De King, lie
look at her an’ lb ugh. He says he dunner
whedder he’ll scuzen her cr not. Wid
dat she flirted out, ripe mad; an’ bime
by de daddy come in, lookin’ mighty
solium.
“He looked roun’, he did, an low, so
dey all kin hear 'im, ’Some er you-ail
been sassin’ Miss Elza, an’ it’s got ter
stop ’for’ it begins good. Miss Liza is
my onliest daughter, an’ de nex’ time
one er you-ail sassies her I'm gwineter
tell de King, an’ 1 boun' you he’ll put
a stop ter de whole business. Me an’
de King is good frien’s, kaze 1 had a con
fab wid him no* longer’n yistuidy.’
" T seed you when you wuz confab-
bin’ wid de King,’ de new man say. Now
you-all mustn’t fergit dat dish yer new
man. in de shop wuz de King hisself,”
remarked Drusilla confidentially. “De
new man say, T seed you, an' 1 'lowed
ter myse’f ter myse’f dat de King ain’t
so much nicer an’ purtier dan what some
yuther folks is.’
’Dat's ez maybe,’ de ol’ shoemaker
V t
After 'while he ax de King ef he ever think of lamin’ a trade.
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say, ‘but ef any er you-all up an’ sassy
Miss Liza. I’ll run right straight an’ tell
de King.’
“ ‘Ef 1 wuz in yo’ place.’ de King say,
‘I wouldn't ’do nothin' er de kin'; I’d des
sen' a man atter de King an' tell 'im
you wanter see ’im.’
“Wid dat de ol' shoemaker went on
in de front er de shop whar he had shoes
fer ter sell. Miss Liza, she wuz lis’nin’
at de door, an’ when she heard de new
man talkin’ so famiiiouslike 'bout de
King she say ter herse'f dat whatsom-
ever else he may be skeered un, he sholy
'ain't skeetfed er de King; an’ de way shg
Put it down wuz dat a man what want
skeer'd er de King want skeer'd er noth
in’.
“Sd ’twan't long 'fo' she make out she
had some business in de shop, an' whilst
she in dar she look at de new man, an’
she ain't had ter look but once, ’fo’ she
seed dat he ain’t know no mo’ ’bout
maltin’ shoes dan de man in de moon.
She ’low. ’Who larnt you how ter make
shoes?’ He say, ’Yo' daddy say he gwine
ter larn me how, but you see how ’tis —
he think mos’ ez much er de King ez
he do er me.’ Miss Liza kinder bridle
up at dis. She low, ’It's a mighty good
fhing de King can’t hear you puttin'
yo se’f upon de same llatform wid him.’
’Maybe dat’s so,' de new man say, ’but
eve’y word you hear me say ’bout de
fer ter see what he mean, an’ he look
back at her tell she hatter break out
in a big laugh. She say, ’Whatever you
is er mought be, you ain't no shoemaker,
kaze you dunner how ter make a shoe.
Purty nigh all de work you done dar is
totally wrong, an' it’ll all hatter be ripped
out an' done over ag'in. Mo' dan dat,
you ain't never done no hard work, kaze
yo’ han’ soft, an' yo' finger nails look
like you got somebody fer ter take keer
un um.’
“De King, he et his vittles an' smack
his mouf, an’ den he look at Miss Liza
an she look at him, an' bimeby she hear
her daddy callin’ her ter dinner. De
King, he 'low, ‘You'll hatter scuzen me
fer keepin’ you fum yo’ dinner; I'm
mighty sorry.' Miss Liza, she toss l*er
head at dat an’ say, "Well, you neenter
be sorry. I hope you ain't got de idee in
yo’ head dat I wuz stayin’ out here kaze
you er here. Ef you is you git you a line-
toof comb an’ git it out.’ De King, he
’iow, 'Oh, no; I ain't got no idea like dat.
l don't even b’lieve dat you fotcli rrie any
\ ittles out here. It wuz fer some un
else.’ Miss Liza, bein’ - kinder high
falutin’. want use ter dat kinder talk.
She start fer ter say sump'll sassy, but
ties den she hear her daddy call her. an’
she says, ‘Yasser. I'm coinin'!’ an' when
she turn fer ter look back de King wuz
des a-laughin’ tit ter kill.
'When she got back in de dinin’ room
King I'll say ter his face; an’ mo' dan she ax her daddy who de new man is
dat, 'ef he wuz ter fool wid me I’d pull cr mought be. Her daddy make answer
his whiskers fer him. I has done it ’fo’ dat de new man mought be a heap of
now.' Wid dat he gun his own whiskers folks, but he ain’t. Den Miss Liza ax
a twitch. what de new man’s name, an' her daddy
“Well, Miss Liza she fetched a gasp < lat 80 fur as * e kno y , ma L l . is
an’ stood dar lookin’ at de man. She n:lme Bohby Raw ’ Uis make Miss Liza
! laugh, an* she say tor herse f dat she d
S tell de yuther men ’bout de name, an’
t-,- . _ ! see ef dev can’t have some fun out er de
Jving s whiskers? De man make answer ! ' , . , , . , ,
•rvit’c mhot t , J ans , , I new man. which ho. know des ez much
Ucii s what I said, an ef you don t j ,, k -
b lieve me you fetch de King here whar i mom,Jhine "
1 kin git fny hands on him.’ Miss Liza J
cotch her breff ag in, an’ stood dar look- I
’low. ‘Does you mean -ter set dar flat-
footed an’ tell me dat you done pull de
shoes ez he did ’bout makin’
in at de man. She wuz done struck
dumb by de way he talk. Den she hap
pen ter see dat man han’ wuz bleedin’
an’ she whirl roun’ dar an’ fix him up a
little flap er leather fer ter fit de pan er
his han’, an’ whilst she. wuz 'bout it
she showed him how ter use de awl an’
de hammer, an’ how ter put de hog bristle
In de th’ead, an’ how ter make de holes
fer de pegs.
De man wuz a King, hut dat ain’t
hender him fum lamin’ fer ter be a
shoemaker—it mought er help him on.
Miss Liza never had larnt, an’ yit she
could set right down an’ make a shoe
wid de best un um. De new man, which
wuz the King, he ax Miss Liza ef she
show all de yuthers how ter make shoes.
She toss her head an' stick out her chin,
an ax de man ef he ain't sorter weak in
de head. Den she laugh an’ run out de
room.
“When dinner time come, all de yuthers
stop work an' tuck der baskets an’ went
out in de yard an’ set in de sun an* et
der dinners—all cep de King. Not bein’
use ter dem kinder doin’s he had come
off widout fetchin’ his dinner, an’ so he
sot der an’ hammered on de shoes whilst
de yuthers wuz ’joyin’ deyse’f. Miss Liza
settin at de table hear de hammer gwine,
and she ax’ her daddy who wuz dat work-
in’ when dey oughter he eatin’. De ol’
man, he wag his head an’ laugh, an’
say it mus’ be de new man.
‘Miss Liza, she jump up fum de table
an run an’ peep 'thoo de shop door, an’
sho nuff, dar was de new man peggin*
away at de shoes, an’ workin’ like some
un wuz drivin’ 'im. Den she went in. De
King hear de noise she make, but he
ain t look up. He des went on wid his
work like dey want nothin’ in de warl’
dat smell like dinner. Miss Liza, she
say, ’\\ hy don’t you eat yo’ dinner wid
de rest un um?’ De King, he low, ‘Dey
ain t none un um ax me.’ Den Miss Liza
say, ‘Whyn’t you fetch yo’ dinner?’ Do
King ’low, ‘Why, I come off dis morniir’
an’ clean forgot it.’ ’It’s a wonder,’ Miss
Liza, say, ‘dat you didn’t forgit yo’ hat.’
De King laugh, an’ den he Tow, ’Dat des
zackly what I went an’ done, an' had
ter go way back atter it; dat how come
1 wuz so late!’ He looked at her an' she
look at him. an’ den he laugh, an' dis
look like it make her git red in de face.
“She say, ’You got mighty brazen eyes.’
He Tow, 'You got mighty purty ones.’
She say, ‘Don’t be impident.’ He Tow,
’A hungry man’ll say mos' anything.' Wid
dat she whipt out er de room, an’ bimeby
here she come back wid a tray lull er
\ ittles, an' sot it down toy him. He look
at her right hard an’ Tow, ‘When I git
ter be King I’ll make’ you de Queen.’
‘Well, ‘tain’t no mo’ dan I speck,’ she
say, .’kaze fortune-teller tol’ me one
day dat ef I’d be good an’ quit my be-
liavishness I'd marry high an’ live well.
She. say dat my ol* man would bo. a good
pervider an’ gi'me nice cloze ter w'ar.
But I tell you right now dat I ain’t
gwineter mai ry no shoemaker, kaze ever
sence I been born I been smellin’ leather
an' shoemaker’s wax, an’ mo’ dan dat.
I been heerin’ dent shoe hammers toll it
look like sometimes dey’ll run me crazy.
No, siree! no shoemaker fer me!
“De Kijig, he et his dinner slow, an’
smack his mouf. He Tow dat he ain’t
had sech a good dinner sence de day
befo’, an’ Miss Liza, she look at him
“But she fergot about it atter dinner,
an’ she fergot about it de nex’ mornin’
De new man come, but stil! he ain t
bring no dinner. Miss Liza ax him what
de reason he ain't fetch his dinner bas
ket. De new man ’low dat dey ain't no
use fer him ter be fechin’ vittles ter dat
house whar dey wuz a soft-hearted an'
purty voun’ ’oman ready fer ter fix up
dinner fer whomsoever mought be hun
gry.
“Miss Liza Tow, 'Well,, dat’s whar
youer much mistaken. I gi’ you yo’ din
ner yistiddev kaze I wuz sorry fer you,
but I am gwine ter gi' you none terday,
kaze you done had time fer ter make all
de ’rangements!’ De new man, which
he wuz de King, say, “You ain’t sorry
now, Miss Liza, but you will be. You’ll j
see me settin’ here pickin’ my toofies wid j
a hog bristle, an’ you’ll say ter yo'se'f |
dat you can’t let a poor lonesome man go I
hungry right here whar day's so much |
vittles; an’ den you’ll go ter de tatoel an’ |
fix up a nice dinner an' fetch it out, an’
it’ll be all de nicer bekaze you fixed it
an' fetched it.'
“Miss Liza say, ‘Uh-uh, man, you fool
yo’se’f. I can’t be robbin’ my daddy des
kaze youer too lazy fer to fetch yo’ own
dinner.’ De new man Tow, ’Den 1 reck
on I’ll hatter ’pen’ on de King. Maybe
he'll be good nuz fer ter sen' me my
dinner. 1 know mighty well he’d sen’ it
if he know’d de fix I’m in.’
"Aiiss Liza, she laugh fit ter kill- She
«$ay, ‘Weil, den, when de King sen’ yo’
dinner i’ll nut it on de table fer you,
an’ mebbe I’ll he’p you eat it.’ De King
say, ’Y'ouTl sholv be welcome. Miss Liza;
none mo’ so; but I ain’t so mighty cer
tain dat de King’s cook is any better dun
de one what fixes up de vittles in dis
house.’
“Dis make Miss Liza blush, kaze she
wuz de one what done de cookin’, an’
she sho did do it well, dps like de King
say. She Tow,’ ‘Well, of all de man
what my daddy hire, youer de freest wid
yo’ tongue, an’ ef he know’d how you
went op he’d sen’ you packin’ out er dis
house.’ De King say, ‘I hear ’im cornin’
now, an’ ef you don t tell im 1 11 tell im
myself.’ Miss Liza got red in do face.
She wuz madder dan a settin’ hen. She
shuck her finger at de new man an’ Too,
’El you say a word ter my daddy >ou’U
not git no dinner here dis day—you hear
dat!’
“Well, de ole shoemaker, lie come in
’bout dat time, an’ he look ’roun’, he
did, an’ ax how day all gittin’ on wid der
work. He look at de new man, which
he wuz de King an’ he Tow, ‘You don’t
seem cut out fer make shoes; you done
got dat sole on hin’ side befo’, an’ 1 bo
bless ef you ain’t got de heel on de toe.
New new man say. ’Tain t dat de sole s
on hin’ side befo’; it’s de way Miss Liza
tell me fer ter put de last.’
“Miss Liza say, “Ain’t you ’shame er
yo’se’f?’ 1 never tol’ you how ter put no
last. Don’t you b’lieve ’im, daddy.’ De
ol’ shoemaker, he laugh an’ say dat not
sence Miss Liza been horn has she been
so much in love wid shoemakin’ ez dur
ing de las’ two er th’eto days. ‘I noticed
ii yistiddy,’ he say, "an’ I’m havin’ a
new bench made fer ’er, an’ I’m gwinter
put it in de corner dar so she kin show
you all liow ter make a shoe.’
“Dis kinder talk rile Miss Liza, so dat
she flirt out er de room an’ nobody don’t
see ’er in de shop tell atter de dinner
bell rung. When she looked in all de
hands had done gone out in de sunshine
fer ter eat der dinner, ceppln’ de new
man, an’ he wuz settin’ dar makin’ shoes
backerds, an’ puttin’ pegs in de wrong
place an’ doin' purty nigh eve’thin’ dat a
shoemaker wouldn’t er done—but he ain’t
got no dinner. Miss Liza Tow, ‘De King
done fergot fer ter sen’ yo’ dinner, I
reckon.’ De new man say, ‘Oi’ ’im time,
des gi’ ’im time; an’ ef he fargit ter sen’
it, why we’ll know dat only one out er
many is settin’ here hungry.’
“Wid dat Miss Liza got blazin’ mad.
She flirted ’roun’ de shop a time er two
an’ Tow. ’You ain’t fit ter have no dinner,
an’ dis de las’ time I’m gwine ter fix
you any. I don’t see what you come yer
fer anyhow. You know mighty well dat
you couldn’t make a shoe ef yo’ life de
pended on it. You ain’t been here two
days yit. an’ you done git me mo’ worry
dan all -de rest er hands put tergedrler.”
“Well, des about dat time dey wuz a big
noise at de door, an’ Miss Liza look out
an’ dar wuz a coach an’ four; an’ on de
inside wuz dem what had de King’s din
ner. Dey fotch it in. dey did, an’ Miss
Liza jump ’roun’ an’ show um whar ter
put it; an’ den dey bowed low an’ say,
‘Dinner fer de new han’ wid he compelcr-
ments er de King ’
“Dat dinner make Miss Liza open her
eyes. De dishes wuz bofe gol - an’ silver,
an’ de men what fitch um got in de coach
an’ druv off widout sayin’ whedder dey
wuz cornin’ hack atter de dishes er not.
You better b’lieve dat all dis open folk’s
eyes, an - it kinder sot Miss Liza ter rumi
natin’. Anyhow, she sot de dishes on de
table an’ de new han’ went in an’ et whar
de famtoly tuck der meals. An’ den. at-
terwuds, she wash de dishes an’ look at
um good. Dey had de King's name cut
in um—‘Bobby de Raw.’ ”
Buster John was obligixl to laugh at
this, the name sounded so funny, and Dru
silla brought it out so unexpectedly. “Yqu
neenter laugh," exclaimed Drusilla; “dis
.ain't no funny tale, an' det wuz de
King's name—dey ain’t no two ways
about dat.”
“Well, when Miss Liza see dis. she
j put on her thinkin’ cap, she did, en’
j ax herse’f how came de King make
hisse’f so mighty gree’ble ter dish yer
man what ain’t got sense nuff fer ter
make a pa’r er shoes. Bimeby she ax
’er daddy, but de ol’ shoemaker wuz
doin’ mo’ thinkin’ dan talkin’, and he
want sayin’ nothin’.
"Den Miss Liza, hard pushed, went
an’ ax de new man how come de King
fer ter be so good as ter sen’ his din
ner, an’ de man Tow dat he an’ de
King is ol’ cronies. He say dat him
an’ de King done make a bargain fer
tar stall’ by one an’er thoo thick an’
thin, an’ dat fer long years befo un
um had slop’ in de same bed. De man
Tow dat dey been doin’ dat away so
long dat it got ter f>e a kinder habit.
He say he dunner what he’d do ef he
didn’t sle< p in de same bed wid de
King.
j “Aiiss Liza vow dat dey wuz a
j mighty mistry some’rs, but she dun-
I nor whereabouts. De man say de ain’t
; but one way fer her ter fin’ out ail
| about it. an’ dat is ter marry him.
j Aiiss Liza vow an’ declar’ dat she
I won’t marry nobody, nmc-h less a man
i dat dunner how ter make a shoe But
i de man he court her an’ court her,
| an’ court her. an’ bimeby she say she'll
i marry him ef only fer ter tin’ out what
j dey is twix him an’ King Bobby de
j Raw. De man he say dat ef .she’ll marry
him she'll see ez much er de King ez
she will er him. An’ so she set de day,
an’ when de time come de King sent his
big gol' an’ silver coach atter de two.
an' dey got in an driv ter de house whar
de King live at. De new man, he sot
by Miss Liza’s side an' sorter snuggle
up ter her, but he ain’t say nothin’.
M lien dey come ter de place dey wuz a
great big crowd in de streets an’ all
roun' de house. My granny use ter say
dat dey wuz so mans people dar dat dey
want hardly standin' room fer a flea.
“Well, big ez de crowd wuz. dey all
make way when de coach driv up, an’
do folks ’gun ter holler an’ squall an’
call de name cr de King, an’ den dey ’gun ]
ter sing a song ’bout Aiiss Liza. De folks :
stood back, dey did, an’ de new man |
an’ Aiiss Liza went in de house whar
de preacher wuz standin’ an’ dey wuz j
married. An’ den de King led Aiiss Liza i
ter a great big gol’ th’one wid silk an’ ,
satin all over it. an’ den she tin’ out ’
dat she done married King Bobby de
Raw.
“Dat’s ail.” said Drusilla.
(To Be Continued.)
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$10,000 CONTEST
Upon Total Port Receipts of Cotton from September
1st, 1902, to May 1st, 1903, Both inclusive.
CONTEST OPENED JANUARY 20TH. 1903., CLOSES APRIL 20TH. 1903.
The Splendid Cash Prizes.
For the exact (or the nearest to the exact) estimate of the receipts
of cotton at all United states Potts from September 1st, 1902.
to May 1st. 1903. both inclusive ®2 500.00
For rhe next nearest estimate ’’OOO.OO
For the ner* nearest estimate 500.00
For the R next nearest estimates $100.00 each 500.00
For the IO next nearest estimates 50.0 ' each 500.00
For the |Q Text nearest estimates 20.00 each 200.03
For the te next nearest estimates I*’.00 each 300.00
For tne I Q next nearest estimates 5.00 each -— 500.00
$ 6,0 oo.o J5
Grand Consolation Offer.
For distribution rmon® those estimate* 5 (not taking any of the
above 158 orizes) coming within 1.000 bales either way of the
exact figure $i 500.00
Conditional Extra Prize For Early Exact Estimate.
Should the exact figure be given during the contest we will add
to the $2 500.00, If th'i exact estimate be received on or be
fore February 20tn, 1903 — $2-500.00
Grand Total $10,000.00
Additional Conditional Offers For Early Exact Estimate.
Should the exact estimate not be named on or before February
20th, but be made on or before March lOth, 1903, we will add
to the $2,503.00 first prize $1,600.00
Should the exact estimate not be named on or before March lOth.
but should it come after March lOth. and on or before April
lOth, 1903. we will add to the $2,500.00 first prize $1,000.00
In case of a tie upon any prize estimate the money will be equally divided.
Conditions of Sending Estimates in this Port Receipts Contest.
1. Send $1.00 for the Weekly Constitution one year and with it ONE ESTI
MATE in the contest.
2 Send 50c for the Sunny South One Year and with it
ONE ESTIMATE in the contest.
3. Send $1.25 for the Weekly Constitution and Sunny South both one year and
send TWO ESTIMATES in the 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 SUB
SCRIPTIOX. Such a remittance merely pay^ for the privilege of sending the estimate. If yon
wish to make a number of e^timites on this basis, you may send THREE ESTIMATES FOR
EVERY $1.00 forwarded at the same time e-timates are sent. If as many as ten estimates are re
ceived at the same time without subscriptions the sender may forwaid them with only $3.00—this
splendid discount being offered for ten estimates in one order. A postal card receipt will be sent
lor ALL ESTIMATES RECEIVED WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS. Where subscriptions are or
dered THE ARRIVAL OF THE PAPER ITSELF IS AX ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT YOUR
ESTIMATE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IS CAREFULLY RECORDED.
5. The money and the subscription and the estimate must come in the same envelope every
time. The estimate, the money and the subscription go together. THIS RULE IS POSITIVE.
6. Agents allowed an estimate in this contest on each yearly subscription, doubled on Sunny
South combination orders.
An airent sending estimates only may file as many estimates for. himself as he may secure for
his customers.
FILE YOUR ESTIMATES EARLY.
The advantage of an early estimate is shown in the extra prizes ranging from $2,500 M an
exact estimate be received on or before February 20th, 1903, to $1,000 if received on or before
April 10th, 1903. The extra sum offered conditionally for an exact estimate will be added to the
$2,500 First Prize in each case.
STATISTICS OF PAST FIVE YEARS.
We give below Statistics covering the exact period of this contest compiled by Secretary
Henry G. Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. These cover from September 1st each
year, through May 1st of the following year, covering the exact section of the Cotton yiear that
this contest includes. We also give in another column the total number of bales in the whole
crop for each cotton season. This is given only for comparison and no one is to think that the
present contest covers the total cotton crop. It covers only the total Receipts of Cotton at all
United States Ports, for the dates mentioned in this contest.
Secretary Hester’s Figures Covering the Period of the Contest.
COTTON SEASON
TOTAL PORT RECEIPTS
from 1st Sept, to ist May (inclusive'
of following year. The period cov
ered by this contest:
BALES IN COTTON CROP
Thi$ fs merely for your information and
is not the subject of this present Con
test. it Is given only as an additional
aid to an intelligent estimate:
1897- 98 8,333,862 11,199,994
1898- 99 7,993,451 11,274,840
1899- 00 6,346,312 9,436,416
1900- 01 6,843,134 10,383,422
1901- 02 7,218,179 10,680,680
The figure.' above are certified by Secretary* Henry G. Hester cf New Orleans Cotton Exchange, January 17,1903.
Secretary Henry G. Hester, of New Orleans (Jotton Exchange will furnish the official figures to decide this
coutest. Mr. Hester is regarded as the official statistician throughout tne cotton world.
Conditions of the Contest:
The condition precedent for sending estimates on
the Total I’r.rt Receipts of Cotton 1st of September,
I ill)?, to -Vlay 1, iyiw, both inclusive, is that each and
every entry of estimates must be accompanied by a
year’s subscription to The Weekly Constitution or The
Sunny South, or the remittance provided for esti
mates witnout subscriptions. They must 'oe sent in
the identical envelope that brings the money that pays
for the estimates or the subscription. You cannot
subscribe now and send your estimate afterward.
In sending your estimates by an agent of The
Constitution you make him your agent anil not ours,
in forwarding your estimates, both as to the correct
ness of the figures as you intended them and the
certainty of the forwarding of them.
Should a party send in more than one prize esti
mate, he or she will be entitled to a. share of the prize
fund for every time that it may represent a success
ful estimate. Persons may enter the contest as many
times as they send subscriptions, and under the rules
the same person may receive a prize with each of the
propositions.
In making your answer just state simply: “I esti
mate the total port receipts, ist of Septemebr, 1902.
through May 1, ]308, bales.” Make your
figures plain. We will record them as received every
day, EXACTLY AS THEY LOOK, AND WILL AL-
I-OW NO CHANGE WHATEVER. If you want to
make estimates later, or if you want to repeat the
estimate you have made, send other subscriptions.
Don’t forget, every subscription for yourself or
you friends will entitle you to an estimate In the
great contest.
The Constitution’s $10,000 contest is now on. Send
In vour estimates and get the Greatest Weekly News
paper in the World. The Weekly Constitution for $1,
or with the Great Southern Weekly Literary Period
ical. The Sunnj r South, hoth for $1.25. or If you have
both, or do not wish either of these great papers,
send on only 50 cents with your estimates in this $10,-
000 contest.
Blink for Constitution and Sunny South With Two Estlaitss.
I hereby subscr be to the Weekly Constitution and
Sunny South both one year and enclose $1.25 In pay
ment. f J
If you wish ONLY The WEKLY Constitution aend $1.00 and on'v ONEccti-
mate in the Contest.
Name
Postoffice.
State
My two estimates for Port Receipts Contest, per vonr
efurrent offers, are: J
On Total Port Be- 1st
ceipts Sept. 1, 1902,
to May 1, W03, both
inclusive. 2d
TWO ESTIMATES FOR THIS CONTEST
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