The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-07-15

last load of wheat had brought.
a dollar and ien." rrpIlsd The farmer.
.Idid besssr thsn lhsl... s;id he neigh
Dor. -.
aAhi How much did yOu ges'"
"a dollar isrlse." 80.
.Did you indeedi Herben does yOur
business p
yes"
.Does he make prompt returns -
aOh yes. lie . very PrOmPt and ve-
~ e0rrera." -.
"A dOllar,welre. Have you ia,s heard
Of The sale 7"
81 received ,he account to-day"
sThats strange. My wheat was in
every way q good as yours. and ought In
have bruugli % good > pricr."
Mr.. Gage was now decided IN bis mind
about changing bis agent. lie felt salts
6ed lha, something was wrong. Aud yel
there was nothing wrong. The grain Of
The neigIIbor had heen received three days
before his came 10 market. and, in that
time, lie price had fallen two cents. Ills
next lot Of produce was sent 20 Mf, Her.
ben, who. fn,m this time, became his
consignee. By this change The business
Of Mr.. ElIioison suffered considerably.
Gage was his largest consigner. and usu-
ally made heavy purchases from hrm du-
ring the year, thus giving him double
profit. .-s.. t-.-....-.s--..
From Ills period The business OF Eli
c,son gradually declined. One after an
other OF his old customers in the neigh
. borhood Of Gage fell of, wi,hou, assign
! ing any reason, and went over 70 Herbert
Q whose operations doubled within year
!. The cause lay in hints from Farmer Gage
y in reply To questions as to why lie ha
n changed his consignee. He said nothin
louching the integrity Of Elli"tson. b.
hesi,sted not to allege that Herbrri obtain
Q ed better prices for his produce. Thu
was. Of comse enough to induce Others q
!. follow his example. AZ the end OF a yea
e the business of Ellioison was 50 muc
reduced, that he found il very difficult
e keep his head above the water. Tie wa
I no longer as prompt in making returns .
d sales TO The farmers as beiore, and TIN
]. caused others Of them TO leave him.
,f "-What's the matter with Ellioison !!
T. now began to be asked among his neigh
bors. . He seems 10 be going down hill.
! Bot no one could answer The question
y He was knnwn as an active and energeti
= business man, and il was believed that b
" would, in time, acquire a fortune. Tn;
. different result vas threa,ened, create
ID general surprise. When man begins
Ut 90 down hill, there is but filie hope {
~ him. lie rarely fails 10 reach the bottom
" Thus il was with Mr.. EIliolson. Ia Tine
n years from The day lie was guilty Of ii
trifling &C, Of taking few pieces OF lin
ct that did not belong to him, he was sal
at out by the Sheriff. or the cause Of lt
in blight tina, had fallen upon his fortune, !
or had not the NEST remote conception.
y. never entered his imagination that su
IN picion of his integrity existed any wher
he or that he had ever gwen cause Tor sue
IN suspicion. In the calamity by whic
nd he was stricken he retained one consciou
nd ness. that Of being an honest man. ~.
m Educated in store, Mr.. Elliotson ha
o2 no ability for obtaining support for h
he family beyond what such an educatio
~ gave him. He was a good accountsn
:" aud had clear, strong mind. To an
ur one keeping store, who needed ASST
ch lance, he would have been Invaluable
Bu, no one in the village was in want
he assistance. i
ih With family of four children. the 81
1t. ualion Of Mr.. Elliotson was painful IN u
Is. extreme. The rigor Of The law had lie
ror him but poor remnant of household III
ni,ure, and with ibis he was about movir
MS into a small cottage al half the rent he W;
Il paying for The comfortable home IN who
n. he had lived for ten years. .~.
*' Jus, al this crisis, intelligence was r
- ceived that the Legislature Of the Sa
&c, had approved an application tia! had BET
ell made to charter banking Insii,ution'
N. be located in the village. Books Tor
ale subscription to the capital stock were ~
ed mediately opened. and the amount .
m. quired by the charter obtained IN a ie
of days. $3.50
md As soon as il was known that tue oar
red would go into operation, the friends
as. Mr.. Elliotson made movement TO g
al. him appointed Cashier. lie was l'oA,
np. upon as The very man, and some Of !.
for Stockholders went so far as TO say. "
lei. il was fortunate for the institution that
ion happened to be on. OF business. Twel
ell. Directors were chosen in due course, a
civ then there came an election OF officers a
lis. clerks, to conduct the regular bushes
ing There were many applicants for these
mn. nations. Prominent. for the office
Tin. Cashier. stood The name ot Mr.. Elhosso
his On the day that the Directors met q
, of unfortunate individual had but five doll;
sta, left. and, beyond the hoped for apPol
up. ment. no apparent resource in the wor
ON. II is no matter of wonder that his mi
60, ,,,s in q state of Creat anxiety anti :,