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THE BBEATEST OFFER OF THE YEAR! U/bQ WEEKLY CONSTITUTION \ jjjj p OUf Circulation 150,000 j U/jq SUNNY SOUTH, WeoSilyj for Circulation Over IQD,3QQ \ ZShomas E. Watson’s / 2f Life of THOMAS JEFFERSON |Q /p ff'l’O Estimates r.t ike CJ}SH ]»M |„ f fl 310,000 COTTON CONTEST/ y &/>e WEEKLY CONSTITUTION Is the world’s greatest and most widely read week ly newspaper—the farmer’s friend, the woman’s companion, the children’s joy—one dollar a year. Una SUNNY SOUTH Is the recognized standard Southern Literary week ly-devoted to Fiction. Romance. Literature and Household reading especially adapted to the fireside —fifty cents a year LIFE arid TIMES of THOMAS JEFFERSON » ®y Hon. Thomas E. Watson, written lor The Weekly Constitution as the first volume of Watson’s History of the United States, the greatest of all of Watson’s great Histories. The Life of Jefferson was begun iu The Weekly Constitution in July—being published weekly and to be completed between now and Christmas. All subscribers to The Weekly Constitution at $l.OG t or to both Tha Weekly Constitution aud The Sunny South at $1.25 for the two, will be sent FREE, upon request made accompanying subscription, a complete publication of all tiie back installments of this great history, which should be iu every household. You thus get two invaluable weekly periodicals, one news, the other fiction and literature— and in addition, a publication of all back installments of this great iiistof.y, bringing you to the date of your subscription—all for the trifle of $1.25. & /}B $10,000.00 PORT RECEIPTS CONTEST Is upon the total receipts of cotton at all U. S. Ports from 1 Sept., 1903, to 12 January, 1904, both' inclusive. It is offered only by Tha Conail futltosi and not in connection with any newspaper syndicate, and hence is limited to She Constitution*3 Circulation. The prizes are §3,QSM3,QO for the exact or nearest to exact figures, $1,588.0Q for the next best, $500.00 for the next, $200.80 for next, anti $125.00 for the next best estimate, for live next nearest $50.00 each, SO next $25. 0G each, 20 next 815 BO each, 50 next $7.50 each and 109 next best estimates $5.00 eachj Total of set prizes $7,009.00. IN AD DITION $1,000.00 iu five $200.00 prizes for the best estimate-; in live monthly sections of contest aud $2,000 in two great consolation offers for 500 bales and 1,000 bales each way from exact Sgures. The Statistics covering the contest for last few yonm a?o > « Y T»tal port rocsipto September 1 to 12th Lotion i ear. 0 f following January, both inclusive: (397-1898 0,070,773 !SSB-!899 6,239,1 78 1899- 4,201,303 1900- 4,846,751 1901- 5,2 79,507 1902- 5,315,879 J—- . , j~!»/,'. v.—... —-j,.., ..v ■» WRITE BY THE NEXT MAIL if additional particulars wanted, or, what is better, seud subscription remittance, with estimates, direct by money order or registered mall to „ THE CONJTITUTION, Atlanta, Ca. By special arrangement with the publishers of The Constitution and Sunny South, we offer a year’s subscription to our own paper in addition to the above great offer, and will furnish al|for ONLY TWO DOLLARS. Such orders must come direct to this paper. DOUGLAS BREEZE, Douglas, Ga. The Union Banking Company, Incorporated 1898. J. M. ASHLEY, President; J. S. LOTT, V. President, C. E. BAKER, Cashier. DIRECTORS: . I J. J. LEWIS, ELIAS LOTT, J. M. ASHIEY, J. S. LOTT, HENRY VICKERS, J. VV. QUINCY. JOHN M’LEAN. Accounts of individuals, merchants and corporations solicited. I PEOPLE'S 818 SHOP First-class work, Clean, Warm Shop, and Sharp Razors. JUST GIVE ME A TRIAL. J. M. LLiPO, Proprietor. Dyspepsia'lure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of tha digestants and*,digests all kinds o. food. It gives instant relief and nevca fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use man? thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. U unequalled for the stomach. Child ren with weak stomachs thrive on it. Oures c!! siosniaCii troyb!c« Prepared caiiy by E. O. DeW irr & Co., Chic'wrt Xfcti §;. boUie contains 7!4 lirnvsUitSOe. Sapp Dent Drug Co.. als, Ga 48S. DAVIS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED. Doclors Give Some Hope But Say Patient is Not Yet Out of Danger. A special from Buffalo, N. Y., says: There was a feeling of gratification among the close friends, and relatives of Mrs. Jefferson Davis Sunday night whan the physicians announced a de cided improvement in the condition cf the venerable patient. While the improvement is marked, the doctors will not go so far as to state that Mrs. Davis i 3 out of dang'-r. PPO3ABLE SPANISH-PORTDGOESE EMPIRE. Official Literature Sent Out From Lisbon Points in lhat Direction. Official papers, pamphlets and other literature widely distributed from Lis ; bon hint at the possibility of a Span ish-PortugueSe empire under one heal, the present king. Den Carlos, of Por tugal, offering himself tor the post. The scheme is to be carried out un der the auspices of Great Britain, and it is hoped that no warlike complica tions may result. Mrs. Jefferson Devis Reported HI. Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the president of the southern confederacy, is reported as being seriously ill r.t [ Castle Inn, in Buffalo, N. Y. Bank Building=-North Side, G-a., W** Dry Goods, ClothS SHOES. HATS Aw n IHS-gaTi i sfeaaVla W dLnijWca SS UaJa FAMILY AND PLANTATION SUPPIM Everything for Pantry J and Dining j| DOITOT , A «=3, GA., ■ DEALERS IN Builders’ Hardware, Iron, M Hardware, Stoves, EteJ 1 Kinds if Fin Sn Jfl R. E. LEE, Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine. Rotary Motion and Ball Bearings. Send for circular. WHEELER & WILSON MFC CO., For &ale by Douglas Supply Co., Douglas, Ga. DR. KINO’S TRY NEW discovery FOR THAT COLD. TAKE HO SUBSTITUTE. Cures Consumption,Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia,Hay F ever,Pleu risy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping Cough. NO CURE. NO PAY. ?Hcc 5Cc. and Sl. TRIAL BOTTLES FR£2. nc ijfl A'-rf.f: v '' T; ; S-lsk 1 ■ 1 S r i". SS&c r Wiiy- r>.7 ::'a * Nicholl.; :;7 I»'in ■ I:i, ■ 7.l ■••»;■ iff" Amiin.-:" .... :• ■ •' !■'■;» ' K : *.V * i Wray 1* '.7";- ' S' 4 ; Fi'zy :;t:: 1 . . .1" ’ >;i i 1 p . I i«■ I><•< ■ i .') ... ~in i.';i 7 ::.ip ... 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