Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-04-06
FORTUNES MADE BY ADVERTISING.

lnaklIS MOHPE, al eA'Tact HIS Decil lakcll, una |
j, going the rounds of the provincial press pnin'-
ing out the fariny nf making immense Sims ly
the simple process ni continuous nd cr;>ing.-
Doubtless large SUMS have been. arc, and will
be made by such system by certain persons of
ability, who no doubt would make their way in
the world if called upon to play different parts
on the grcrt stage uf life: but to suppose that
men in general must, rs natter OF course, ac-
quirc wealth by such means, is rs absurd as 10
imagine that I'LL Tie pcnnilrSs and sl'orIcss Of
London are capable of ri ing 10 the dignity and
wealth of IN alderman or the lord mayor OF
London simply by reading the Young Mans
Best Companion" Money is not 50 easily made
lis the writer IF the article referred to would
lead people 10 suppose; if il be- so, few need be
pHor. But 10 our text fortunes made by ad-
vrrti>ing. Undoubtedly tie greatest man "t the
day us an advertiser is Holloway. who exprnds
The enormous sum of twenty thousand pounds
annually in advertisements alone; his name il
not only to BE- seen in nearly every paper and
periodical published in the British Isles, but as
it il:is country was too small for this individuas
exploits, he stretches over the whole Of Iniia,
having agents in all the different parts of the
upper, central, and lower PROVINCES of that i'm
mrnsr country, publishing lis indictments in
the l1indoo, Gordon. Goozratrc, and other ma
tive languages, so that the Indian public can
take the Pills and use his Ointment according to
general directions. rs Il Cncknry would do with
in The sonnd of Bow Bells. We lind him again
Il, Hong Kong and Canton. making his medicines
known to the Crcsli.ls by means OF Il Chinese
translation We trace him from thence to the
PHILIPPINE Islands, where he is circulating his
preparations in the native languages. Al Sin
I I L.; ~
supply alI the Islands in the Indian Scas. Ills
advertisements are Published il most Of the pa
prrs nj Sydney, II"bart Town. IIauncrstun. Ad
rlaidr, Port Phillip, and indeed in almost every
town of that vast pur;un of The British empire.
Returning homcwar.!S we fud his Pills and
Ointment selling ut Valparaiso, Linn, Calla',
and other ports in the Pacific. Doubling the
Horn, We tr;ck Lin il! t!c y ! a;ic--Nl"a.c Vi
dro, Burnos Ay:cs, Santos, Rio de Jancrn,
Bahia. and Prru#mburo: he is advertising III
those parts in Spanish and Portuguese. In all
The British West India Islands. rs also in the
Upper and Lower Canadas, and lr nrigiIb"riny
PROVINCES of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,
his medicines are as IamiliarIy known, and sold
bv every druggist. aa they are nj home. In tl;c
Mediterranean we find them selling 1T Mali",
Corfu, Athens, and Alexandria besides At T;ln.s
and other por,innS Of the Barbary States. ANY
one taking the trnnblc to lruk at the " Journal"
and s. Courier" of Constanlnopc, may find in
these, ~ well rs other papers, that llul!uway's
medicines are regularly advertised and selling
throughout the Turkish empire; and even in
Russia where an almost in>nrmountable barrier
exists, the laws there prohibiting the rnircc of
patent medicines, llonway's ingenuity has been
at work and obvilics this difficulty by forward
ing his supplies to his Agent nj Odessa, Il port
situated on the Black Sea, where they filter
themselves Snrrcp!i;i"n-ly bv various channels
into The very heart Of the empire. Africa has
not been forgotten by this imdrfaligabe man.
who has an agent on the River Gambia also nj
Sierra Leone, the plague spot of the worI l. the
inhabitants rcady Y avail themselves of the Oint-
mrnt and Pills thus we can show 0nr readers
that Holloway has made the complete circuit Of
the globe. commencing with lndir. and ending.
as We do, with The Cape of Good Hope, where
his medicines arc pabi,I:el in tie Dutch and
Engls! languages an while speaking of Dutch,
We have heard tha. he has made large shipments
to Holland, and is abnut advertising in every
paper or periodical published in that kingdom:
We might add that lie has also started his mcdi-
cine in some parts of France; in some portions
of Germany us also in snEe OF The Italian states
all these facts, because we frarNlat HE arfirlts
before alluded 10, the Art of making Money"
is calculated to lead people to spend their means
in the hope Gas the author statcS) of making
hundred thousand pounds in six years for their
pains, by holding up rs an easy example to fol-
low such Il nan rs Holloway, who is really a
Napoleon in his way. Many may have The
means, but have they the knowledge, ability,c on
rrgv, jrulgme 1t, and prudence necessary! Fail
ing in any one of these requisites, total loss
is certain Holloway is 4 man calculated 10 un-
drrtake any enterprise requiring immense cnrr
gics of body and mind lie HIS made Il large
fortune by his lab"rs and is, We should sup
pose, every day greatly increasing his wealth
OF course it is not tu our interest 10 deter the
public from a:lv,r isng; but, as guardians Of
their interest. we think il our incumbent duty 10
place Il Lighthouse upon what we consider
dangerous >hoal, which may pcrh p> sooner or
liter prevent shipwrcck and ruin 10 The sangunr
and Inexperienced aJout TO mlyig gaze in such
waters.
The Editor Of the E,;inbl:gi, Review" in 4
number published abou; three years ago, stated
lha! he considered he WAS making 4 desirable
brqucst to poStrrv. by handing d"wn Ia them
lkc amount Oh asrn and ability required by q e
present class of large advertisers. At that peri
cd IIo!oway's mode Of advertising Was most
prominently sct forth aud if these remarks, corr
jointly with his, should descend TO Il generation
to come, it viii be known To what extent the
subject of this article WAS able to carry ont his
views, together with the consequent expenditure
in mqkiny known the merits of hi' preparations
to nearly tive wllUL. world.
[pip;vyial TIla.sr n London Weekly Paper.
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SIyGrLAr SECRET SocErlEs.-Thc police Of
Pcrrysvc, Ashland county. have nst discover
cd and exposed Secret Sucrty" among the
youths of that town. which is startling enough
in its features:
Tie society numbered band of fifteen
voung men and BOYS, formed for the purpose of
robbery. A captain WAS chosen an'l q regular
constitution aud bylaws, the iolaIon Of wIrie!!