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12 ' ' CLOSING DAYS OF THE GREAT $10,000.00 CASH PORT RECEIPTS CONTEST. How Many Bales of Cotton Will Be Received At All United States Ports from September Ist, 1903, to January 12th, 1904, Both Inclusive? Contest Closes December 31st, 1903. Secretary Hester’s last weekly cotton statement, published elsewhere in this issue, shows that through Friday, December ißth, there have been received 4,649,944 bales this season, as against 4,353,225 bales last year, 4,238,738 bales year before last and 4,113,492 bales in iooo. Knowing that 4,649,944 boles are in so far this season, you have only to determine how many more will be reported by January 12th, 1904, and your estimate will be ready. How many bales do you say there will be? 1 TEN THOUS/ DOLLAR CASH OFFER ? DIVISION OF PRIZES statistics for the last six crops. - „c tbo tytai The total Port Receipts for the past few years fiom September Ist through .ne For the exact, or nearest to the exact, estimate or the total s twelfth day of the January are given to aid you in making an intelligent esti- number of bales of cotton received at all United States [ mate in this contest. Tt is'not necessary to itemize your estimate, give it in one plain Ports from Sept 1 1903, to Jan. 12, 1904, both in- sum expr e9Se d in figures only. Don’t make any mistake in your figures; let them mean funs iiu.ii ocju. a, u, , , t just what you mean to say. elusive S Cotton This Line Covers the Contest with figures of formar years. Total Port Total Bahs In For the next nearest estimate ■ 11.j500.00 Year. Receipts Seplamber Ist to 12th of following January, both inclusive. Crop for season. tor the next nearest estimate 1898-18996,259,178H.274.840 For the next nearest estimate 200.00 1899-19004,263 365 9,436.414 For the next nearest estimate 825.00 ? 1900-1901 4,846 For the 5 next nearest estimates, $50.00 each 250.00 j 1902-190310,727,559 For the 10 next nearest estimates, 25.00 each ZS-V.'d'O j Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans Exchange, certifies to the above and will furnish For the 20 next nearest estimates, 15.00 each 300.00 the official figures to decide this contest. For the 50 next nearest estimates, 7.50 each 375.00 Conditions of Estimates in this Port Receipts Contest. Forthe 100 next nearest estimates, 5.00 each 500.00 4 1. Send SI.OO for THE WEEK A CONSTITUTION one year and with It one estimate In our contest. “ 1 .u , Sena 50 centß for the SUNNY SOUTH one year and with It one estimate tn the contest. 000.00 < 3. Send $1.25 for THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION and SUNNY SOUTH both one year and send two estimates In the contest—that Is one estt/nate for THE CONSTITUTION and another for THE SUNNI SOUTH Additional Offers for Best Estimates Made During ♦ 4. Send 60 CENTS for one estlr *tf r>eln the contest If you do not want a .übecrlpUon Such a remittance merely WI9UI V < W pn^ q for tho prlvl)ege I( ij n g ; wish to make a number of estimates on this basis, you may send I Different Periods of the Contest. three estimates for every SI.OO lorw d the same time estimates are sent. It as many as ten estimates are received at the same time without subscriptions the sender may forward them with only 53.00 this special discount being offered for For COHVf*nienC(' the time of the contest, is divided into estimates re- ten estimates in one order. No further dis. >.nt. allowed. postal card receipt will he sent for all estimates received reived by The Constitution during five prriods-the first period u^S; S rXS ered ackn<>wled^ent that your coxeiing (he months of »J •1! y and Allgll>t, J lit <>tll< I jour Iff ing olio money and the subscription and the estimate must come lit the same envelope. The estimate, the money and month each, tho 2d period September, 3d period October, 4th TIJP subscription go together This rule is posoive. period N<»vemher. sth period I tecember. 6 Every agent sending in subscriptions with eslfmates for subscribers is entitled to send for himself free as manv estl- I mates as he sends for others. Estimates sent In by agents under rule 4 carry the same privilege to agents, viz,, as many We will give to the best estimate received during each period (in ad- for themselves as they send for customers. dition to whatever Other prize it may take, or if it. takes DO other Agents- prizes for SIOO and for SSO are Offered for the largest and second largest number of straight estimate, sent prize at all), the sum of $200.00. by any agent during the contest. These are yet t~» be won. Only three weeks left now. Get at It. The five prizes thus offered at S2O<M>O atnount t 0.... ~000.00 further general instructions. Tiie condition for sending estimates on the Port Receipts of Cotton Ist of Peptenrtw, 1903. through January 12, 1904, Is . .. ’hat each and every entry of estimates must be accompanied by a subscription to The Constitution or The Sunny South or TWO Grand Consolation Oners. j the remittance provided for estimates Without subscriptions They must be sent In the IDENTICAL ENVELOPE THAT BRINGS THE MONEY THAT PAYS FOR THE ESTIMATES OR. THE SUBSCRIPTION. You cannot subscribe now First—For distribution among those estimates (not taking any of the » a nd send your estimates afterwards. above I°s prize< coming within 500 bales either wav of (Ito J In sending your estimates by an agent of The Constitution ymi make him ymir agent and not ours, in forwarding '' ■ 1000.00 your estimates, both as to the correctness of the figures a > you Intended them and the certainty of the forwarding of them. ex.p'l llgUlt'-’ » *>' Vw ■ ; Should a. party- send In more than one prlz.- e. ' incite, he or she will bo entitled to a share of the prize fund for every , , j a i i ■ 1 ftm« That it mav represent a successful esttmai,-. Persons may enter the contest as many times as they send subscriptions, Fl cond—hor distribution among those estimates (not taking any Oi „n d under the rules the same person may ro O-.,. a prize wltn each of the propositions. lilt-above IT > pli/.es.ill'i not .dialing i.H- first (onsolatioil ofor;, AAA AA i In making your answer just state si mp’w "I estimate the Port Receipts Ist of September, 1903, through January 12, coining within 1.000 hales either way <)f the exact figures a,V U V 1904 bales." Make your figures plain. We will record them as received every day, EXACTLY AS THEY LOOK. 1 1 in 1 111 11 AND WILL ALLOW NO CHANGE WH ATEVER. If you want to make estimates later, or if you want to repeat the estl- Grand Total $ j 0,000.00 mate you have made, serd other subscriptions. 5 The laM day upon wtt.fn ostini.ites can bp mailed ts Dp?ember 31, 1903. and order? must be so postmarked, and must In Case of a Tie on any Prize Estimate the Money will be Equally Divided. n A t ‘' ve days thereafter ‘ Th ‘ IN HT?2.C[IVE Border BUNK forConstiiution or Sunny South, or Both7*with f^ORDER*BLANK For Estimates Only WITHOUT Subscriptions OFFERED TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD - | the coyaTTrirnox, Atlanta. Ga.. PUBLISHERS THE GOHSTITUTiON, Atlanta, Ga.: /«»■ «««* ent «. in 1/our $10.000.00 Port Receiptif Content, upon total receipts of cotton at all V. S. I'ortn from September 1, 1003, to J<in- Tne ideal Homo Rtiadlnci fyr Enclosed find g. ... for which send 1 „ \ , , ~ ~ ICdlCa«* vary IV. t PO4, both inclutlie, as follows: t Every Member of the Family. f , » „ . x- , Weekly C onstitution one year, T-1.00, with \ our < r olee » y «•«. Both News and Fiction tor one Estimate. ’ ' piain’v. Three for One Dohar or Ten for Three Dollars. The Sunny South one year. 60c, with ONE estl Str ke A* Ex- CONTESTANT'S ESTIMATES. ? AC.ENT S ESI IMA .. r,5. mate. cept tu* "y 1 “ . , | ; : I§* £5 s ‘ 5 1 . : . ■ | The Weekly Constitllhon, The Weekly Constitut on nnd sunny South both o : \ 2 > ! ' one yeai £l.a.», with 1 W O Estimate. ’ H1 Eike. The World's Greatest SUBSCRIBER'S ESTIMATES ° * 1 i'L - L-r g —— Weekly Newspaper. ’ ’ Btop hern if you .rnd only fI.OO for estimate =' i * it -J stop hero If J,°" ~>r Upon total Port Receipts of Cotton at ail U. S. Ports from Septem- without aubsenptions. S . Fii «r u teinber 1, 1903, to January 12 19D4 both inclusive. , T ; 17 “ i ' s" =c? -£ 2 4 i I i ( I I and The Sunny South. t —— — —I ■ \ .ZZZZZZZZZZO — ; i ’ s’j r F<'2 6 i i I i I The South’s Greatest , -c - r h ~ Literary Weekly. ; f r • ! I , .. i i ug o 8 1 \ : ' . S tZ I BOTH ONE ma FOR ONI VCI 25 2 — ! —' - I — l 9 ! —” ■ ! ==== ■ 10 : 1 ■ ; 1 HlhiWilhl 10 l ! i i I I 1 GREAT PRIVILEGES IN PORT FII L OUT ALL TEN ROWS WITH ESTIMATES ' Fi?? 5 s 5 FILL OUT ALL TEN RO A(S WI I H EST MAT ES RECEIPTS CONTEST. Subscriber's Name IP YOU SEND $3.00 WITH ORDER. is a>- 3 IF YOU SEND $3.00 WITH ORDER. Address all Orders to A ., i , Address-State Address Address TUP CONSTITUTION Send otil.y one estimate If you fa e only one p iper, fill out both 1 uu mvl «1 w iw 19, estimate blanks if you take both papers. If you want one estimate state i state ATLANTA GA only without subscription, send otic and fill one blank. Address all Orders to THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ca. I '■ ll “““ — 1 —,. M TELE WEEKIdX