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* v % I * THE > lAMERg I THE NECESS; IN THE PRESI The Review of 1 necessity, in recognition readers "up with the tir Ii\ Presidential ele OF REVIEWS is mor magazine." Everybody informed about this or t forged to the front; to dates and personal facto plete picture at hand o history. In Dr. Shaw's edltorl? tributed articles, in its briilian satioas an<i reviews of all the :r and in its hundred a month oi and interesting views, the R much desired news of the wo World under a Field-glass " i? Men In public life, like members of Congress, and tl must keep " up with the tim over America, have decided it 25c. a copy, I THE REVIEW w $ 13 Astor P! riinor Mention. Statistics compiled by the Zemtvos of forty-nine provinces of European Russia showed that 891,000 peasant famliiles, lepresenting a population Of perhaps 7,000,000, had only nine teres of land to the family, and that ?.219,444 peasant households, representing a population of about 18.000.000, had only tventy-cne acres each, / although hundreds ol thousands of such households consisted of from eight to twenty-live members. F A 37,011 THE ITU ] Great New Offc I United States | to May Contest Opened Ja Dl Fo- the exact, or the nearest to of Cotton received at all Unit 1st, 1904, both inclusive for the next nearest estimate J For the next nearost estimate.... For the 3 next nearcs: estimate, For the 10 next nearest estimate For tho 20 next nearest estimate ' For tho 50 next nearest estimate Forthe 100 next nearest estimati Additional Offers for Bes1 Made During: Different of the Contest. Ten convenience the time of the co P h '! is divided into estimates receive P l y The Constitution during four p I ri *Is?the first peiiod covering i'ro 9 it he-ginning of contest to Februa 8 l(.?, 1004: second period, from Febr S srv to tr. March 1. 1904: third nerio I March 1 to 2:?; fourth period. .Man 2<> ro April 20. 10 A. We will gi< th< best estimate received durii oath period (in addition to whatcv otlcr price it n?av take, or if it tal no prize at all), the sum ol $125.00. ! The four prizes thus offered ; < $!25 OOeach amount to Conditions of Sendinj Subject to the usual cond 1? new on. Attention is called t( 1. Send $1.00 for The Weei 2. Send 50 cents for The 3. Send $1.25 for The W< TIMATES in the contest?that is 4. Send 50 cents for ONE SCR1PTIO.*. Such a remittance i make a number of estimates on : warded at the same time estirna ,1 without subscriptions, the sonde icrf,d for only ten estimates in on< rnvrti WITItni'T SITTtSCRIPl I PER ITSEJ.F IS AN ACKNOWI | CAREFULLY RECORDED, f The money and the sub: 9 The estimate, the money and the | Secretary Hester s f | COTTON SEASON. | 8 I899-00 | '900-Ot 3 1901-02 8 The figures above nr- certitied by t 8 furnish iU" ollieiu! figures to decide f Address All Ordersto ? A MM \RY MAGAZINE | DENTIAL YEAR. |j Reviews is often called a '}<: i of its usefulness in keeping B ncs." - H :ctiort years the REVIEW S e than ever "the necessary ? wants to be truly and quickly ? hat public question that has ?> know about the new candi- I rs in politics, to have a com- I f the current movement of s ils, in its authentic and timely conit character sketches, in its condennportant articles of other magazines, ,r valuable portraits, witty cartoons. ?<S EV1EW OF REVIEWS gives the fff, rld's an J our own progress. "The e'-i,' ithe way one subscriber describes it. E t President Theodore Rooaevelt. the ic great captains of industry, who et." intelligent men and women all F&l is " indispensable." W; , $2.50 a year | OF REVIEWS CO. g ! lace. Now York # News of the Day. In 1903 New Orleans exceeded New York by more than 1,000,000 bushela in the exportation of corn and wheat New Orleans is now second of the country's cities in aggregate exports, ranking next to New York. Galveston was the fourth city in exports In 1903, exceeding all the country's Atlantic ports except New York and Boston. In 1904 it has passed P"sA flZ.Lf UMSIIl INT A CONSTI ;r Upon Receipts < Ports From Septer tCkf\A Rnth Inr |9l| I ?^V "tj WVkll % n. 18th, !904rCloses VISION OF PRIZES the exact, estimate of the total nui ed States ports from September I st, $25.00 each >s, 12.50 each >s, 10.00 each js, 5.00 each as, 3.00 each t Estimates TWO CRANO Periods First?For (list ' those estimates <n n- the above 1S8 prize ?d ! 500 bales either v figures r* i Second?For dh u- , d j those estimates (u -h ' the above 188 prii re j ing the first conso ing within 1,000 of the exact figur< IV? _________ Crand Tot it In case of a 1 . $ 500.00^ money will be eq I Estimates in This Po itions. as stated regularly in The Con.-t ) mo JOltowing summary cu ivuuiuw?... tly Constitution one year and with it O Sunny South one year and with it O jekly Constitution and Sunny South bot . one estimate for The Constitution at ESTIMATE alone in the contest IF V merely pays l'or the privilege of eondiu this basis, you may send THREE EST tes are sent. If as many as ten estimat r may forward tliem with only $3.00?tl order. A postal card receipt will 1k> f HONS. Where subscriptions are orderei vEDGMENT THAT YOUR ESTIMATE 1 script ion and the estimate must come it: subscription go together. THIS RULE 1 "iszuves Covering: the Pe; TOTAL PORT RECEIPTS. r-?m l*t September to let Mar (incliiiiiv*> ^ if followins year. The pern*! covwd by th:s? i 'Oldest. . 8,333,862 7,993,451 6,843.134 6,346,312 7.218,179 7.373 627 Secretary Henry G. Hester, of the New ( this coutest. ^ THE ATLANTA CONS7T PROMINENT PEOPLE. Secretary of War Taft will deliver the Memorial Day address at Topcka, Kan. M. Henri Cordier has heen elected T>-?Jkf *lln /,no/ve..n!?!oal I It'MUrill Ul nil- i .111.- <iiUr,i(i|'Mii.ui Society. The Sultan of Joliore is visiting Kitrope for the first time. The late Sultan died while on a visil to England nine years ago. A new county in Kentucky, made from parts of Carter. Elliott and Lewis counties, is to be named in honor of Coventor Beckham. Vice-Admiral Sir Gerald Noel, who commands the British fleet in Chinese waters, has had more thrilling experiences than any other officer in the British Navy. Heinrich Vogel. a well-known German portrait painter, has left his whole property, valued at $250,000, for the founding of a charitable institution for artists. Itev. B. F. Iteeve, who has been preaching on Ianig Island for half a century, is about to retire from his pastoral labors and devote the rest of his life to fanning. The five-year-old son of Soneng Pao Kis, the Chinese Ambassador in Paris, speaks French as well as Chinese, fluently. and has already memorized 2500 of the characters of the Chinese script. I Kins: Leopold of Belgium is. according to a tier man journalist, "the American among the monarch* of Europe." He carefully notes the inclinations of the rulers on bigger thrones, with the sharp eyes of a shrewd observer. Elihu Boot, former Secretary of War, in spite of the temptation of automobiles. used only horses during his official career. The War Department does not own an automobile, and in that respect differs from most of the other departments. For a Relief Fund. | Gainesville. Ga.. Special.?P. N. Parker. chairman of the relief committee | of Gainesville, has made an itemized J report to the public, showing the receipts and disbursement* of the relief fund donated to the storm sufferers f June 1. 1903. This report shows that the total amount received and disbursed was $35,924.68. The report also j shows that the total number killed, in| eluding those who died from the ef fccts of the storm, was 112. and that ;he total number wounded were 355. 'nntodi IUIIIUOI TUTION'S )f Cotton at All nber 1st, 1903, ?| lici VP April 20th, 1904. mbor of Bales B , 1903, to May ? $ 2.500.00 1,000.00 i 600.00 125.OO 125.OO * 200.00 250.00 300.00 $ 5,000.00 CONSOLATION OFFERS. rihution among ioi taking any of coining within cay 01 the exact s 1,000.00 ;iribmion among lot inking any of ;c.s ami not siiarI at ion offer* combalos either way I.OOO OO al $7,500.00 -- --I-- .kin lie un any pi uo u?whm?%o imv p ually divided. ^ H rt Receipts Contest. iuuion each week, the contest NE ESTIMATE in the contest. NK ESTIMATE in the contest, li one year, and send TWO ESid another lor The Sunny South. OU DO NOT WANT A SUB ig the estimate. If you wish to IMATES FOR EVERY $l.hO for:c5. are received at the same time li-. splendid discount being ofen: ior ALL ESTIMATES REi. THE ARRIVAL OK THE PAHAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IS i the same envelope every time. IS POSITIVE. riod of the Contest. SALES IN COTTON CROP. rim- i?' leer- 'y for your information and i* mu (to- mil'tori <?f lli'i. |.ronont contoat. lti>? ;iv?n "iilv :im .-t-i additional aid loan intelli flit ttst.mai**. I 1,199,994 11,274,840 10,383,422 9,436,416 10.680,680 10,727,559 >r!e?n-< Cotton Exchange, who will r rUTION^Atlanta^Ca. DEATH OF PROF. DAVIS Famous South Carolina Educate Passes to His Reward. The death last week of Prof. F Means Davis, of the South Carolin College, was a severe loss to th State of South Carolina. He was a educator of the highest rank; and gentleman of the old Southern schoo The loss will he felt keenly by all fb people of South Carolina. A USEFUL LIFE. Robert Means Davis was born i Fairfield district, April 9, 1849. bein the eldest son of Isabella Harper an Henry C. Davis, whose grandfathe came from Maryland to Laurens di: trict. .He received his early educi tion from private tutors, and aftei wards attended the noted school cor ducted by Mr. Octavius T. Porche at Willington in Abbeville district. His preparation for college wa had at. the Mt. Zion Collegiate Inst tute, then under the charge of Mr. C A. Woodward, a teacher of rare abil tv and eminent success. Enteriu the University of South Carolina, th immediate successor of the old co lege, in 1807 he graduated therefror with the degree of bachelor of arts After two years spent in teaching i California, he returned to South Can Hwo mi a m-ontprln cr thp TTniverwif I pursued tlve law course and took th degree of bachelor of law. After a short time spent In teacl lag Mr. Davis became editor of th News and Herald, the Fairfield cout ty paper. In 1876 he served on th editorial staff of the News and Coin ier. but relinquished that connectio: to do service as secretary of th State Democratic executive comniii tee, charged with the campaig which resulted in. the electfmi c Wade Hampton as governor. In January. 1877, Mr. Davis r< sumed the editorship of the Winn; boro News and Herald, and continue in that work until his election to professorship in the South Carolin College. Early in 1877, the Moun Zion Institute losing its principal b death, Mr. Davis was placed in charg of that institution, and there contir tied until he took his chair in the co lege faculty. On his suggestion, heartily secont ed by t-he community, the Mount Zio: school was converted into a grade school supported by special tax. th first, of its kind outside the city ?j Charleston. For several years he was a men ber of the county board of examiner for Fairfield county, and served o the State board of education fror 1882 to 1890. He was for severa terms president of the South Carolin Teachers' Association, and taught i the first State teachers' institutt held in Spartanburg in 1880. In 1882 Prof. Davis was elected t the chair of history and politica economy in the South Carolina Co lege, and was in the active work o that position when hi* last illnes came on. Prof. Davis was married Januar; 12. 1877, to Miss Sallie LeContf daughter of Prof. Joseph LeConte, fo some years a professor in the Soutl Carolina College, later in the Univei sity of California, and a man of na tional reputation in the departmen of science. Of this union there hav been six children, all living?Mr. Jot I.eConte Davis, of the General Electri cal Works, of Schenectady. N. Y. Prof. H. C. Davis, of the Unlversit; of Washington at Seattle: Mr. II Means Davis. Jr.. now with E. W. Sei JP. C * r\f thie /'itv fin/1 thrpi (laughters. Misses Isabel, Bessie am Sallie. Of his generation there an two orothers. James Q.. of Winn? boro. and Capt. Henry C.. of the Uni ted States army, and two sisters. Mrs Gaillard. wife of Col. David D. Gail lard, U. S. A., and Mrs. \V. Horber Ruff, of Ridgeway. The Liquor Drummers. Columbia Snfteial.?There were 3 liquor drummers in tne city las week, that being the occasion of th< purchase of whisker for the nex quarter. The dispensary law says o this matter: "The said directors o the dispensary shall not purehasi any liquor of any person, firm or cor poration. who shall solicit any orders either by drummers, agents, sample: or otherwise except as herein before provided." Ln accordance with the terms o the law, the board has adopted th< following resolutions: "Resolved That the clerk of this board is here by instructed to notify all distiller: and liquor dealers competing foi business with the dispensary, that th( hoard will positively refuse to con sider bids from any "firms" who an known to "solicit" business wit! the dispensary through the Stat< board of directors, or through an] other dispensary official as providcc in section 3">7 of the dispensary law and that a copy of this resolution b< sent to each firm bidding for dispen sary business, with the request thai they govern themselves accordingly.' James Tillman for Congress. Augusta. C?a.. Special.?Ex-Lieutenant Governor James H. Tillman, recently acquitted of murder for the killing of Editor N. G. Gonzales, of Columbia, S. C.. announces his candidacy foi Congress in an interview with The Au gusta Chronicle in the morning. H< will stand for the seat vacated by th< death of Col. W. G. Croft. The deac Congressman was at one time a law partner of Tillman, and his leading council in the murder trial. THE OLD FOL r 'a Are Never Without I * for Catarrha n ? mwwwm ME. AND MES. J. 0. ATKIN 7 e rTXDKR date of January 10. 1897. l>r. Hart man received ihe following letter: "My wife had been suffering from a coml plication of diseases for the past 23 years. "Her case had baffled the skill of some I of the most noted physicians. One of her ! l- worst troubles was chronic constipation ot ' e sevpral years' standing. "She also was passing through that most 1 r- critical period in the life of a woman? j U change of lift. In June, 1895, I wrote to you about her case. You advised a course 1 e of Peruna and Manalin, which we at once ' commenced, and have to say it completely j cured her. She lirmly believes that she n would have been dead only tor these won- j if derfttl remedies. "About the same time I wrote you about I my owu case of catarrh, which had been of 25 years' standing. At times I was almost 1 past going. I commenced to use l'eruna 1 . according to your instructions and continued its use for about a year and it has a completely cured me. a "lout- remedies do all that you t claim for them, and errn more. Catarrh cannot exist urherc Peruna is ' taken according to directions. Sue-I 0 I cess to you and your remedies." '' John O. Atkinson. J' In a letter dated January 1. 1900, Mr. ' It takes bravery to face the cry of i ,j inconsistency. So. Pi j e if "Aren't you afraid that a great many | peopie will criticise you for becoming ! i- richV' "Yes" answered Senator Sove- I * hum. "Hut the chances are that if j 11 I had stayed poor they wouldn't have i 11 noticed me. even that much."?Washl' itigton Star a II ! How's This? \ We offer One Hundred Dollar* le-wanl for any case of Catarrh that eannot bo cured by n Hall's Catarrh Cure. 1 F. J. Chk.vey Sc Co.. Toledo, 0. 1 We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15years, and believe him 'f perfectly honorable in all business transa"s tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. Wkst & Tbcax. Wholesale Druggists, To ledo. O. '< : V.'aldiso, Kinxas He Makvix, Wholesale j | "Ml* ? -- . Il Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act- j .. Ing directly upon tiie Mood and mucoussurfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75e. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. ' Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation i. "Why does Mrs. Clubwoman look so [- sad?" "The world's injustice to wora; alt has jusL struck her forcibly again." Y "IIow was that?" "She happened to i | think that .Martha Washington isn't; '"I called the Mother of her Country."? i ? f Cincinnati Times Star. e FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous- j' ness after first day s use of Dr. Kline's Great j j. Nerve Ib'Storer.r'itriHlbottleand trcatisefreo Dr. IS. H. Kline. Ltd.. 931 Arch St.. Phila. Pa I- Worry i* ;.s it is to tell people t { not to worry. Uillion Dollar (irso anil Alfalfa. When we introduced Million Dollar Grass three years ago. little did we dream 7 't would he the most talked of grass in '""" j Gi<? hietrest. onick. hav producer on eartli. hat this lias come to pa<s. 3 Agr. Editors wrote about it. Agr. ColI lege Professors lectured about it, Agr. Institute Orators talked about it. while in j ' the farm home by ti?o quiet fireside, it. the f Corner grocery, in rise village postolfiee. at j the creamery, at the dppot. in fact wher* ever farmers gathered. Salzer's Billion DolJ; Grass, that wonderful grass, good for to 14 tons per acre, and lot* of pastuta besides, is always a theme worthy of the J s farmer's voice. A. Walford. \Y< stlore Farm*. P-a.. writes: j "T ha'-e 00 acres ;n Salter's Alfalfa Clover, j It is immense. I out three crop* this sea- ; f son and haVe lots of pasture besides." ?mi. vftTrrr tvn 10P. It? W LSI 1* ? it i . .v.. stamps . t<* the John A. Salzer Sped Co.. La Cro?se. Wis.. and receive their big catalog and Iota of farm seed ?amnies free. fA.C.L. | The British Board of Agriculture esfci- ! mates that there are 1.871.011) dogs in the j i country. | Mrs. Winslow'.sSoothingSvrupforebildren j > teething, soften the gums. reduces Id flamma) tion allays pain,cureswind colic. 23c. a bottle , It is harder to re-onvile ourselves to other people'* suc<es.<w than to our own ' defeat-. 10,000 Plants For 10c. This is a remarkable otter the John A. j ; Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis., makes, j They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed t to grow | 1,000 line solid Cabbages. 2,000 delicious Carrots. 2,000 Blanching, nutty Celery, 2.000 rich, buttery Lettuce. 1,000 splendid Onions, 1.000 rare, luscious Radishes. 1.000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. This great offer is made in order to In* dure you t<> try their warranted seeds? , for when you once plant them you will | grow no others, and am, for hct 16c. postage, providing you will return this notice, and * i: you will send them 20c. in postage, they ! will add to the above a package of the fai mous Berliner Cauliflower f A.C.L.I r When love and hope first met they ' formed a partnership whith Jin?* never been dissolved. KS AT HOME 'eruna in the Kouse it Diseases. SON. INDEPENDENCE, MO. Atkinson, say?, after five years' experience with I'eruna: "I trill ever continue to speak a good icord for I'eruna. In my rounds as a traveling man I am a tea I king advertisement for Peruna and have Induced many peopleduringthepa*t year to use Peruna uith the most satisfactory results. I am stilt cured of catarrh.'' John O. Atkinson, Hot 272, Independence, Mo. When old age comes on catarrhal diseases come also. Systemic catarrh is almost universal in old people. This explain? why I'eruna ha? become so indispensable to old people. I'eruna is their sateguaru. reruna is tlic ouiy remedy yet devised that meets thewe cases exactly. Such cases cannot be treated locally; nothing but an effective systemic remedy could cure them. This is exactly what Peruna is. If you do not receive prompt and satisfactory results from the use ot Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement ot your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The iiartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. IamsurePiso'sCure forConsutnptionsaved mv life three years ago.?Mas. Thomas Robkns. Maple St., Norwich, N.Y.. Feb. 17, l'JOO. Men who mind their own business are too busy to quarrel with their neighbors. . Putnam Fadeless Dyes cost but 10 cent* per package. ^om? men make positive failures even of their mistakeThe Dawn o? Love. Love ha? come to me on the golden wings of morning. Coming as the day cornea, with rose? It) her hair; With her lovely locks all the dewy fluids adorning. Diademed of sunlight, anil garmented with air. Very fair is she?could I tell how fair her face is I could tell ths wonders of night, and dawn, and day. Tlf mystery of dreams, and the spell of lonely places. All the grace of April, and all the scent of May. Love has come to me. and the earth is clothed with glory. Singing In the valley, and sunrise on the hlil. , 01 the pulse of life, and the old immortal story. a* Come witli airs of Eden, and pure and / i .erf eel still. ?It. G. T. Coventry. Marchioness Spinola. who was Miss Lily I'aee. daughter of Capt. Page, of Richmond. Ya.. died in Rome. r ,1 Miss Whittaker, a prominent club woman of Savannah, Ga., tells bow she was entirely cured of ovarian troubles by the use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. D*ar Mks. Pinkham : ? I heartily recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a Uterine Tonic and Regulator. I Buffered for four years with irregularities and Uterine troubles. No one but those who have experienced this dreadful agony can form any idea of the physical and mental misery those endure v.ho are thus afflicted. Your Vegetable Compound cured me within three months. I was fully restored to health and strength, and now my periods are regular and painless. ^ . What a blessing it is to be able to obtain such a remedy when so many doctors fail to help vou. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is better than any doctor or medicine I ever had. Very truly yours, Miss **' ' ?AJ onth Qi W I.A8Y W HITTAKJklt, w* ... Savannah. Ga." ? $6000 forfait If original of r.bovo lottor proving gonulnenm cannot b? prodjcod. The testimonials which we arc constantly publishing from trrntef ul women prove l>eyond a doubt the power of Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound to conquer female diseases. ' , *