The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-01
TITUS & cos
TWENTY SEVENTH ANNUAL
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THE Business Season of the years SO
and 81 in the great staple Cotton, is
close upon us. We congratulate our
friends and patrons upon the flattering
prospects of good prices for the pres
ent growing crop, Advices from Eu-
rope of late date are very encouraging
to the producer, and the heavy adj
vances in the manufactured article
leads us to the conviction Shat prices
of the raw material will. be well sus-
tanned during the entire season.
But recently we deemed it expedient
! to disconnect the two branches of
1 business, and determined to give our
undivided time and talents to the
faithful discharge of the COTTON
! FACTORAGE and COMMISSION
BUSINESS, upon legitimate princi-
plies. We made this severance upon
mature deliberation, and from causes
that we concluded would be mutually
satisfactory to ourselves and patrons
The heavy increase of the receipts and
sales of Cotton in our city, (having,
as is evidenced by the crop of 80 and
SO increased so per cent in amount
over the crop of 81 and So taken in
connection with the establishment of
large, good Wholesale Grocery
Houses, left it conclusive with us, that
our entire time would be required for
that department of our previou bust
ness that we adopted, and that the
purchase of Supplies for our friends
could be made of wholesale houses at
prices much lower than we could sell
the same articles at ourselves with
the actually and necessary expenses
attached. The result of the past sea-
sons operations have satisfied Us fully
that our previous convictions We're
correct, and we feel assured that our
patrons were benefited to II per
cent. on all their purchases of Sup
plies.
Our charges for receiving, storing,
selling, sampling and weighing Cot
tons consigned to us for sale is p per
cent. on the gross amount of sale-to
wit: If We se.. bale of Cotton
amounting to $50, our pay is Toe; il
for $40, our pay is 81 90. This we
deem and insist is legitimate. BY this
charge the interests of the Producer
and Seller is mutual. If We get a
good price, We get good pay if low
price, our pay is small. We are
thus particular in exhibiting our aver
age compensation, from the fact that
y per cent. is indefinitely represent.
ed as a prOdjgi0us sum, and prove its
8 legitimacy in cOntradistintiOn to the
various charges instituted and estab
liShed by most of our merchants
We freely confess to our patrons that
what We make comes directly ont OF
their Cotton. We can whip the Dew
around no other stump; it is out o
your Cotton alone that We survive
and it is by legitimate commission.
This system of business we have
pursued for the last twcnty-Scvcl
years, and more particularly have w
! warred for it since the breaking of thai
;, compact entered into by the merch
ants of Memphis, pledging themselves
to do Il legitimate business. And Il
those friends who have stood by u.
during the whole time, We return Oul
, most heartfelt thanks; and the evi
dences of others who left us and re
turned again, are indeed gratifying
We may safely assert that this, lik,
other things based upon false founda
=, TONS, must, ere long, give place to The
regular and systematic principles o
merchantile operations, as pursued b.
every city in the entire commonwealth
: We are well supplied with various
aud good brands of BAGGING anC
: ROPE, which we offer to- oar custo
+ mcrs at original cost, with actual ex
: penses attached.
r The Tax upon Cotton in the hand
c of merchants FOR sale will not be charg
It ed to our friends
All Cottons consigned to- US will b,
! insured unless otherwise advised.
TITUS & Co,
Bank Building, opposite the Com
mcrcal Hotel
f Memphis, Aug. 81, 1856. n31-tf.
ENEEsEs a. RAWLINGS