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the dread of the cotton grower,
can be prevented. Trials at
Experiment Stations and the
experience of leading growers
prove positively that
NESBITT SOUNDS
WARNING NOTE
Agricultural Commissioner on
Unwieldy Areas.
Kainit
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3?LAN IS NOT PROFITABLE
The Danger of Plowing Over More
Land Than You Can Cultivate
Thoroughly—Deep Preparation Ena
bles Crops to Successfully Resist
Drouth.
A Great Wealth Producer.
tion, and in. raising on each farm as far :
as possible everything needed to carry on j,
the operations of that farm. When ?
these two principles of reasonable and j
successful agriculture obtain a general |
recognition, and. farmers everywhere I preciate the hen? How many are
put them into energetic operation, a aware of the fact that the hen is the
Savannah News.
How many persons properly ap-
reduction of the cotton area will he suc
cessfully accomplished and our farms
will become once more the bone and
sinew of our land, rather than the un
certain dependents of merchants and
money lenders.
We would
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, April 1, 1898.
don’t try to cultivate too much
LAND.
The exceptionally dry and open win
ter has enabled industrious farmers in
afi sections to he well advanced with
their work, Bor this reason, some may
have been tempted to plow over more
land than they will be able to thor
oughly cultivate during the coming sea
son. To these we would say, repair this
error right now—don’t wait until yon
are overcropped and struggling vainly
against grass and accumulated work
and worry to find out your mistake. It
is better to abandon part of the land,
even after. it is planted, and bring the
remainder to the highest point of culti
vation than to endanger the entire crop
by a too large area, which must be hur
riedly and imperfectly cultivated. A
farmer should be able to get around his
crops at least every ten days or two
Weeks, a longer interval than this means
risk and often irreparable injury. April
has become the great cotton planting
month in Georgia. Of late years the
planting of this crop has been gradually
delayed from a later to a later date.
Banners are beginning to more fully
realize the importance of thorough pre
paration, and that any reasonable delay
in planting is more than atoned for by
putting the land in firstolass condition
for the reception of the seed. Of two
crops, the one planted early and hur
riedly on imperfectly prepared land, and
the other later, on land more completely
and carefully plowed and fertized, it
will he found, as the season pro
gresses, that the crop on the well pre
pared land, other conditions being
equal, will attain to more satisfac
tory and perfect development and
also that its proper cultivation is more
easily managed. On the land where the
farmer has trusted to subsequent culti
vation to correct the mistakes and short
comings of hasty preparation the condi
tions will he found far from satisfactory.
Of one fact the farmers should he thor
oughly convinced, and that is that no
amount of after cultivation will ever
atone for the planting of a crop on
rough, ill conditioned land. Our lands,
as a rule, do not reoeive the careful
preparation which will insure their
greatest yield, and this neglect is the
main cause of aliorf orops, as well as of
innumerable harrassing and retarding
experiences during the period of cul
tivation.
THE LACK OF THE USUAL RAINFALL
furnishes another argument for the
thorough preparation of the land. We
could cite innumerable Instances coming
under our observation where thorough
and deep plowing and subsoiling, before
the crop was planted, have enabled it to
survive, and even develop during a pro
tracted drouth. There is now coinplamt
from almost all seotions of lack of water.
Some farmers, even this early in the
season, are compelled to haul from some
distance nearly all the water needed for
household and farm uses. Bortunate is
the man who has by deep and thorough
plowing formed a reservoir to catch and
hold such rains as have fallen, to be
ready for the demands of the crops
when the usual summer drouth oomes
on. Not only does this careful prepara
tion enable him to lay up a supply of
moisture, but the condition of his land
is such that he can practice the level
surface culture, which is conceded to be
the culmination of successful fann
ing. This shallow cultivation of well
prepared land, never allowing a
crust to remain iong on the surface, not
only keeps down weeds and grass, but
prevents the unnecessary evaporation of
the moisture, which our deep plowing
has enabled us to store up in lower depths.
David Dickson, the most successful of
southern farmers, speaking from his
abundant experience, maintained that
every inch added to the depth of prep
aration, largely increased the drouth re
sisting powers of the crops grown
on that land. Banners who have
not exercised the precaution of thor
ough preparation must now take the
chance of injury from lack of necessary
moisture. They should counteract these
difficulties as far as possible and con
serve their limited supply of moisture
by such shallow cultivation as the con
dition of their land will admit.
REDUCTION OF THE COTTON ACREAGE.
In another column we call attention
to a recent publication from Latham,
Alexander & Co. on this subject, and.
we would emphasize, with all the force
at our command, what is there so plainly
stated. Under present conditions farm
ers have not the moral right to risk the
well being of themselves, their families,
of the whole south on an abnormally
large cotton crop and a correspondingly
short food supply.
In a conversation with one of the larg
est cotton planters in the Mississippi
valley I was most forcibly impressed
with the folly of ohr past and present
policy. This man keeps an accu
rate account of all expenditures, uses
improved implements, pays cash for all
needed supplies, and though he makes a
hales of cotton to the acre, without any
fertilizer, his crop costs him 5 cents a
pound-independent of the interest on
STRONGLY URGE
the making and utilizing of every pound
of farmyard manure which our sur
roundings make possible. Not only will
this year’s crops show the benfiit, bnt
our lands will be improved and future
crops will be increased. Plant every
acre possible in peas, using potash and
phosphoric acid to produce a more luxu
riant growth, and thus to increase
their nitrogen gathering power, as well
as to assure an abundant yield.
THE MINOR CROPS
of sorghum, potatoes, ground peas, not
to mention melons,vegetables and fruits,
should all have their allotted space
and their full quota of attention. Com
fort, health, independence he along
these lines and may be ours by proper
effort. In closing we would urge upon
every farmer to
WATCH THE WAR CLOUDS.
Should war with Spain become a» cer
tainty, the probable effect on the price
of cotton would be most disastrous,
while provisions would take a.corres
ponding rise.
FARMERS SHOULD STUDY CAREFULLY
the following facts presented by two of
the best informed cotton authorities in
America and England. They are con
tained in the latest report of Latham,
Alexander & Co. and are reproduced
here in order to give . them the widest
circulation and to bring them more di
rectly to the attention of farmers
throughout the state:
LOSS FROM MAKING TOO MUCH COTTON.
“In onr circular letters of Jan. 19
and Beb. 5 we endeavored to show the
undeniably enormous losses that the
south has invariably sustained when
"more cotton was produced than neces
sary to supply the wants of the world.
“If we should bring the tabulated fig
ures made then, up to this date, the
losses to the farmers on this year’s crop
would appear still more startling; and,
with the condition of affairs now pre
vailing throughout the world, the ne
cessity for a reduction in acreage this
year should appeal to every farmer with
greater force and induce him to largely
increase the production of food crops.’’
THREATENED WAR.
The threatened wars in the east and
between Spain and the United States
are a serious menace to the cotton plant
ing interests of the south. On this sub
ject the report says:
“The planters of the south have no
encouragement to plant cotton largely
this year, with the Anglo-Bnssian-Chi-
nese complications existing in the east,
which might before the new crop could
he marketed greatly reduce the value of
cotton, and the strained relations of onr
government with Spain, which possibly
might result in war, staring them in
the face.
“Even with permanent peace existing
between all the nations of the globe, the
consumptive demand for cotton would
not be sufficient to warrant the produc
tion of another such large American
crop as last year. An inevitable loss to
the whole south, in our opinion, vf’onld
surely follow.”
THE FUTURE PROSPECTS OF COTTON.
Erom a recent circular of Messrs. Elli
son & Oo., Liverpool, the highest au
thority on cotton consumption in the
world, we make the following extract as
to future prospects:
“In onr annual report issued in Jan
uary we showed that with an American
crop of 10,760,000 hales, and a consump
tion of about 9,650,000 bales, the stock
of American cotton in the ports of the
United States, Europe and the surplus
stocks at the American and European
mills would be about 1,900,000 bales,
against only 800,000 last year, and we
remarked that in regard to the future of
prices everything would depend upon
he prospects of the new crop.
“With as great a reduction in acreage
as took place in the spring of 1895, we
should see a repetition of the upward
movement in values witnessed in that
year; but, if planters are satisfied with
present prices and do not reduce the
area planted, then cotton will become a
greater drug than it ever has been in the
history of the trade, and planters will
not get anything like present prices.”
In their report Messrs. Ellison & Co.
based their calculations upon a crop of
only 10,750,000 bales, when 9,975,418
hales have already been received, and
the indications favor 11,000,000 bales or
more.
MERCHANTS SHOULD USE THEIR INFLU
ENCE FOR REDUCTION OF COTTON AREA.
The present unfavorable outlook for
prices of next year’s crop should induce
every merchant in the south to use his
influence with the planters to cause a
marked reduction in acreage, which
would be surely followed by better
prices and greater confidence in general
business operations throughout the
south. B. T. Nesbitt,
Commisssioner.
When they put a man in jail, he can
not follow his'natural inclinations. He
cannot eat what he wants to—he is lim
ited to a very frugal diet. Is it not
equally true of a dyspeptic? Bor all of
the real enjoyment he gets out of life, he
might as well be iu jail. He cannot eat
what he likes, nor enough. He suffers
much, gets little sympathy. At first,
perhaps a little heivmess in the stomach,
a little sourness, windy belcliings and
j, _ ^ heartburn; headaches and biliousness
his large investment. He makes about | afld a {oul taste in the mou th in the
2,500 bales. At the small margin of
greatest producer of wealth in this
country? Compared with the hen,
the sheep, the pampered pet of poli
ticians and organizations, sinks into
insignificance, while the hog is left
“out of sight,” and the cow remains
far in the background. Compared
with the vegetable and mineral prod
uct, the hen continues to stand far in
advance. The Rural New Yorker, an
agricnlral authority, has lately pre
pared some figures which show the
enormous wealth producing capacity
of the hens of the United States, in
comparison with the value of other
outputs. The figures, according to
the Rural New Yorker, are taken
from reliable data.
There are, in round numbers, 375,-
000,000 chickens and 40,000,000 oth
er fowls, such as geese, ducks and
turkeys, iu the United States. These
produced in 1897 for market 14,400,-
000,000 eggs, worth $165,000,000,
and poultry sold as meat, such as
“broilers” and “bakers,” worth $125,-
000,000 more, running the total of
poultry products up to $290,000,000
per year. That is more than the val
ue of all of the cotton raised in the
United States. It is $50,000,000
more than the value of the wheat
crop. It is $25,000,000 more than
the value of the beef products of the
country. It is seven times the value
of all the wool raised in the country
in a year, and four times the value
of every sheep in the United States.
The hens produce more than three
times as much wealth as all of the
silver mines, and then output could
pay the government’s pensions and
have enough left over to buy the an
nual output of American gold. The
total value of all-mineral products of
this country annually is $60,000,000
less than the value of the eggs and
chickens produced and marketed in
twelve months. “In one year,” says
the New Yorker, “the hens of the
country could pay the entire bonded
debt of the Greater New York, and
have enough left over to buy all of
the gold and silver mined during the
year.” Speaking of the individual
capacity of the hen, our contempora
ry says: “One bushel of wheat, cost
ing 90 cents, will feed a hen 300
days. She will lay 100 eggs, worth
two cents each, thus increasing the
value of the wheat to $2, which is
enough to haul one ton of freight
350 miles, or to hanl one passenger
fifty miles. After she has done this,
she will return twenty-five cents
worth of the fertilizing value of the
wheat to the soil for another crop.
What a great money-maker the
hen is, to be sure! And yet, bow
little attention is paid to the hen in
this setion of the country. In the
majority of instances she is obliged
literally to scratch for her own liv
ing, nevertheless she pays her owner
a fine bounty for the privilege of ex
isting. Evidences of the lack of lo
cal attention to the hen are to be
seen written on the ends of egg
crates in this city, and probably in a
great many other southern cities.
Very few of the crates are shipped
from Georgia points. The state does
not produce eggs enough to supply
her own wants, notwithstanding her
broad acres afford a veritable para
dise for poultry. Instead of import
ing eggs and poultry from other
states, which is a common occur
rence, south Georgia should have a
surplus of these ever saleable com
modities for sale to other territories.
As it goes now, we send out of the
state for poultry, eggs, butter, lard,
beef and dozens of other things
which better than not we could pro
duce at home, and then growl about
the “scarcity of currency.”
How to Make a Fortune.
The following are extracts from
a letter written by Heniy Ward
Beecher to his son:
“You must not go in debt Avoid
debt as you would the devfl. Make
it a fundamental rule: No debt—
cash or nothing.”
“Make few promises. Religiously
observe the smallest. A man who
means to keep his promises can't af
ford to make many.”
“Be scrupulously careful in all
statements. Accuracy and perfect
frankness. No guesswork. Either
nothing or accurate truth.”
“Make yourself necessary to those
who employ you by industry, fideli
ty and scrupulous integrity. Sel
fishness is fatal”
“Hold yourself responsible for a
higher standard than anybody else
expects of you. Keep your own stan
dard high. Never pity yourself. Be
a hard master to yourself, but len
ient to everybody else.”
“Concentrate your own business
and do not turn off. Be constant,
steadfast, persevering.”
“Do not speculate or gamble.
Steady, patient industry is both the
safest and surest way. Greediness
and haste are two evils that destroy
thousands every year.”
“The art of making one’s fortune
is to spend nothing. In this country
any intelligent young man may be
come rich if he stops all leaks and is
not in a hurry. Do not make haste;
be patient.”
Rheumatism Cured
My wife has used Cliamherlain’s
Pam Balm for rheumatism with
great iciief, and I can recommend
it as a splendid liniment for rltpu
madam aud other household usee
for which we have found it valua
ble.—W. J. Cuyleh, Red Creek,
N. Y.
Mr. Cuyler is one of the leading
tnerclie.ots of this village and one
of the most prominent men of this
vicinity.—W. G. Phippin, Editor
Red Creek Herald. For salt, by
Hollzalftw & Gilbert.
profit allowed by ruling prices he does
not dear enough, to pay even a moder
ate interest on his investment. The
same conditions apply with even greater
force to the small farmers. The man
in Georgia who plants 25 acres in cot
ton at a cost of 6 cents a pound, though
he should make a bale to each acre, will,
at the prices ruling during the greater
part of this season, scarcely clear enough
to pay for the fertilizer, which, under our
present system of farming, has become
an absolute necessity. Where then is
OUR HOPE FOR BETTER CONDITIONS?
We reply, in concentrating our forces
and tiitis reducing the cost of produc-
Much in Little
morning. Chronic constipation is al
most inevitable, and means that the
body is holding poisonous, impure mat
ter that should be gotten rid of. The
poison is being reabsorbed iuto the blood
and the whole body. Impurity in the
blood may lead to almost any disease
Constipation is the start of it all. Dr.
Pieroe’s Pleasant Pellets cure constipa
tion, cure it so it stays cured. No other
remedy in the world will do that.
Send 21 cents in one-cent stamps to
World’s Dispeusan Medical Association,
Buffalo N. Y., and receive Dr. Pierce’s
1008 page common sense medicad advi
ser, illustrated.
The war excitement has its good
points as well as its bad ones It
has diverted the attention of the
people from the currency question
aud other matters which have been
retarding the development of busi
ness. It has caused many to for
gpt troubles which were more im
aginary than real. It has awak-
eued a healtbv spirit of patriotism
all over the country, which will
draw ;he various sections closer
together.—Savannah Newe.
The farmer, the mechanic and
the bicycle rider are liable to un
expected cats aud bruises. De-
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Is especially true of Hood’s Pills, for no medi-:
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cine ever contained so great curative power in ; more taxes than the people of any other
so small space. They are a whole medicine j nation on the globe; the estimated to-
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1 £126,000,000. The total annual taxes of
! Great Britain is only £119,000,000; of
■. Prance, £122,000,000; of Germany, £108,-
! 000,000; of Bussia, £72,000,000; of Aus-
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‘The man who is looking for a
soft place without honest labor
cm usually fi d it right under his
ii .1.”
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As a permanent cure for piles De
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A Michigan man tecenlly sent
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tendent of schools; “Dear Sir—
My boy. Jobuuie, come home to
day with his head broke open by a
bigger boy. I wish you would look
into it My boy comes to school
to learn brains and not to have
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A little boy asked for a bottle
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little pills for constipation, sick
head*>che. liver and stomach trou
bles. Cooper’s Drugstore.
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the astonishment of a rpceut trav
eller, who says that many of them
are skilled workmen at an hge
when children are usually learn
ing the alphabet.
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Sal lie Jane Smith spent one term
in an eastern seminary and return
ed to Kansas Miss S Jeanuye
Smvihe. Yet Kansas contiuns f o
claim that, the east is not doing
anything for hpr.
It ;s usiiles to he good unless you
are good foe something.
Everybody Says So.
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cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of C. C. C. to-day; 10,25.50 cents. Sotdand
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Excursion tickets at reduced rates
between local points are on sale after
12 noon Saturdays, and until 6 p. m.
Sundays, good returning- until Monday
noon following date o( sale.
Persons contemplating either a busi
ness or pleasure trip to the East should
investigate and consider the advantages
offered via Savannah and Steamer lines.
The rates generally are considerably
cheaper by this route, and, in addition
to this, passengers save sleeping car
fare,and the expense of meals cn route.
We take pleasure in commending to
the traveling public the route referred
to, namely, via Central of Georgia
Bailway to SaTannah, thence via the
elegant Steamers of the Ocean Steam
ship Company to Yew York and Boston,
and the Merchants and Miners line
to Baltimore.
The comfort of the traveling pnblic
is looked after in a manner that defies
criticism.
Electric lights and electric bellsj
handsomely furnished staterooms,
modern sanitary arrangements. The
tables are supplied with all the delica
cies of the Eastern 8nd Southern mar
kets. All the Inxnry and comforts of
a modern hotel while on board ship,
affording every opportunity for rest,
recreation or pleasure.
Each steamer has a stewardess to
look especially after ladles and chil
dren traveling alone.
Steamers sail from Savannah for
Jlew York daily except Thursdays and
Sundays, and lor Boston twice a week.
Tor information as to rates and sail
ing dates of steamers and for berth
To Cure Constipation Forever.
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Savannah, Ga.
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
It Games te the Preaeher from Over Study and Brain lira—It
to Any Person, too, who Worries and Frets.
From {he Huron Tribune, Bad Axe, Hick.
A “breaking down of the nervous system’
is a modern expression,—a modern com
plaint. It is induced by prolonged strain
and the overtaxing of the nervous system,
and is a product of over hurry and hustle.
It affects the preacher cad the lawyer—the
direct result of brain tire. It affects people
in any walk of life, too, who worry ana fret.
It means a depleting of the nerve forces.
It is curable by complete rest and change
of scene, also by the use of nerve restoratives
and nerve foods. As the first method is not
within the reach of all, the latter offers
the most universal and practical method
of treating the complaint. When it is de
termined that medicine is to be used, se
lect that one which contains the most nerve-
nourjshing properties. Do not take nerve
tonios. They only stimulate, and the reaction
leaves you worse than you were before.
Select the medicine that is to the nerves
what meat is to the body—one that as it
builds up the nerves, also increases your
weight. The best tiling for the purpose is
Dr. Williams’ Pink Piils for Pale People,
the reputation of which is built up by solid
and indisputable proof, and which is known
in every hamlet in the country.
As a proof of its merits in such cases, read
the following letter of a clergyman :
Dr. Williams’ Med. Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Dear Sirs:—In April, 1896, I was a hope
less case, owing to a complete breaking down
of my nervous system and to a persistent
stomach tronble. I had been treated by a
great many physicians bnt received no per
manent benefit. I had been down four times
with nervous prostration and twice with
gastritis. These attacks would come with
such violence as to throw me into spasms.
The time came when physicians said I must
stop preaching or die. I would be so ex
hausted after the last service on Sunday that
I conld scarcely get from the pulpit. Many
a time I have had to sit down and rest be
fore I conld leave the church in order to
gain a little strength. I could eat neither
meat nor vegetables. I dared not allow my
bare feet to as much as touch the cold carpel
or floor, to say nothing of taking a cold fool
bath. If I did I was immediately seized
with cramps. In this condition I com.
menced to take Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
Pale People. I took one box and felt no
better—in fact worse. I said I would take
no more, hnt my wife urged the matter feel-
ing my life depended upon the result, as
every thing else had failed, and I was “ used
up.” I therefore continued to take them.
Since then, and it has been several months,
I have had but one slight attack und have
enjoyed life. Have preached all summer
and held revival meetings for fifteen weeks.
During that time my wife was sick seven
weeks, so that my rest was much .broken.
Some nights I did not sleep at all. I have
had no muscular exercise for years until re
cently, when I have done some work in my
garden, and my muscles stand the test re.
niarkably well. I can eat any thing I de
sire, and can now enjoy a cold bath daily.
Every Sabhatli I preach three times, and now
think I am pood for another twenty years il
the Lord wills. I am surprised at mysell
and sometimes think it cannot be possible
that I have accomplished what I have.
(Signed) ‘ ‘ P-ev. J. N. McCready,
Elkton, Mich.”
Find attached, the affidavit of Mr. Mo
Cready, made before a notary pnblic.
State of Michigan, )
County of Tuscola, j ss "
J. N. McCready, being duly sworn, says
that the above and foregoing statements
made by him are true. Subscribed and
sworn to before me this 23rd day of July,
1897. J. D. Brookes, Notary Public.
All the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves are _ contained, iu a condensed form,
in Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People.
They are for sale by all druggists, or may be
had by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicinu
Company, Schenectady, N. Y-, for 50 cents
a box, or six boxes for $2.50.
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This paper announces, in connection with The Atlanta Weekly
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Constitutution, a new offer in which everyone may have a
^s^SEND IN AN ESTIMATE 0N_^^
THE 60TT0R 6R0P SEASON OF 1897-98
CONTEST BEGAN MflRGfl 1-ENDS SEPT. 1/98.
TO ENTER THIS CONTEST YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE FOR.
IN CONNECTION WITH
HOME JOURNAL,
AT THE EXTREMELY
LOW PRICE OF
$2.00
In connection with this Clubbing Rate, we will, if you send your
guess with the subscription price, forward all for you and thus
GIVE YOU A CHANCE AT THE SPLENDID GASH PRIZES
AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER TO OUR SUBCRIBERS!
Here It is, read it all
First A worth To the subscri
ber or subscribers naming the
exact number or nearest to
the exact number of bales in
the cotton crop of 1897-98 we will
give if the estimate is received
During March,
1898
If During April,
very carefully and be sure you understand the terms:
Second Award: To the sub- Third Award: To the sub
scriber or subscribers naming scriber naming the second
the first next nearest we will next nearest we will give If
give if the estimate is received the estimate is received
If
$2,500
2,000
XS2S22ZL 1,500
1,000
If During May or
June, 1898....
If During July or
August, 1898 ..
$1,500
1,250
1,000
750
During March. J^QQQ
If During April, 750
If During May or
June, 1898
If During July or
August, 1898
500
250
SO, THAT THE FIRST THREE PRIZES AMOUNT TO $5,000 IN CASH.
^nprtnllv H the EXACT figures are not given during this con-
11uic ^pcuany. test> the money will be paidont t0 the NEAREST TO
THE EXACT figures. Somebody will get the money, it does not go back to the The
Constitution by any means. Those who solve the problem at the longest range will re
ceive proportionately the highest prizes, as you notice the figures grow less as the time ex
pires and because the number of bales received up to certain dates, as the time advances,
can be known exactly, leaving shorter time and probabilities to figure against.
In all three of the cases submitted it is distinctly understood that, should more than
one correct or equally correct estimate be filed in the contest, the amount of the prizes so
earned will be divided equally among the correct answers. The prizes are offered in cash.
There is no “missing word” in this, no probability for some one to know absolutely the
correct answer, but this is brain versus brain, skill versus skill, pencil versus pencil, fig
ures versus figures. Every man is interested in the cotton crop, the amount of the crop
varies the price and the price of cotton in our territory is the barometer of the people’s
prosperity.
n— «i , On Such a Vital Problem You Ought to Hake Figures.
THE CONTEST CLOSES SEPT. 1st
The estimate is to be made upon the total United States Cotton Crop for 1897-98, the
crop that has already been gathered and is no w in the country as official figures of receipts
■will show it from Sept. I, 1897, to Sept. 1,1898 This is not the crop that is to be planted
this spring, because the figures thereon will not be obtainable until Sept. I, 1899. It is for
the crop already in and marketed, official figures of which will be announced in September.
As a guide for making your estimate we give official figures for each of the last teu crops.
The conditions under which this last crop was grown and its probable outpnt are ele
ments for you to compute from and will aid in the correctness of your present estimate.
The figures given by Latham, Alexander & Co., of New York, are generally received
throughout the South as official, and we given an exact copy from their latest edition of
“Cotton Movement and Fluctuations” as follows:
Season
1887-88 .
2888-89 ■
1889- 90 ,
1890- 91 .
1891- 92 .
Acres planted Bales in crop
. 18,961,897 . 7,046,833
. 19,362,073 6,938,290
. 20,171,896 7,311,322
. 20,809,053 8,652,597
. 20,714,937 9.035.379
beason
1892- 93 .
1893- 94 -
1894- 95 •
1895- 69 .
1896- 97 .
Acres planted Bales in crop
. 18,067,924 6,700,365
Their figures will be used In deciding
19.684.000
21.454.000
18.882.000
22.341.000
this contest.
7.549.817
9,901,251
7ri57.346
8,757.964
Their Estimate of the Acreage for the Crop of the Season of 1897-98 is 23,320,000 Acres.
Following Are the Conditions of the Coniaji;
EXACT eatmate-upon the number of bales, the prizes offered under the second proposition will go to
the nearest estimate, but if the first prizes are given for the NE A REST estimate, no one having named
correctly the exact figures, tnen the second prizes would come in for the second nearest estimate and the
third prizes for the third nearest estimate.
Secoxd—If someone should submit a correct estimate in one division of the time shown above and
someone should send a correct estimate in some later division, this last estimate would take rank only
among title second prizes, because the first bad been previously awarded to someone who named the
amount correctly in the former period.
Third—The condition precedent for sending an estimate at the Cotton Crop is that each and every
estimate must be accompanied by a year’s subscription to The Weekly Constitution. If sent through the
paper publishing tWs advertisement in acceptance of our clubbing offer, the estimate of the cotton crop
will be forwarded. This most be sent in the identical envelope that brings the money that pays for the
subscription. Yomcannot subscribe now and send your estimate afterwards; no forgetting It or leaving
It ont by accident oa- otherwise, or not knowing of this contest at the time you subscribe, or any other
reason, will entitle one to send an estimate afterwards. The estimate must come with the subscription,
or not at alL In sending your estimate by an agent of The Constitution, you make him your agent and
not oars in forwarding your estimate, both as to the correctness of the figures as you intended them and
the certainty of the forwarding of the estimate. Should a party send more than one estimate, he or she
will be entitled to a-share of the prize-fund under which it may secure a prize for each correct estimate
sent 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 three propositions.
Fourth—In. making your answer, lost state simply: “I estimate the number of bales of cotton
will be ” Make your figures very plain. If yon want to make estimates later, or if you
want to repeat theiestimates you have made, send other subscriptions. Don’t forget, every subscription
for yourself or your friends will entitle you to an estimate
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