The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-09-03
TITUS 6 cos
TWENTY SEVENTH ANNUAL

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 ad-
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
business, and determined to give our
undivided time and talents to the
faithful discharge of the COTTON
FACTORAGE and COMMISSION
BUSINESS, upOn legitimate Pranci-
pIes. 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 '55 and
SO increased so per cent in amount
over the crop of "a and $50 taken III
connection with the establishment OF
large good Wholesale Grocery
uouscS, left it conclusive with us, that
our entire time would be required for
that department of our preyiou 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 Were
correct, and we feel assured that our
patrons were benefited 5 to "a 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 2 ! per
I cent. on the gross amount OF Sale-tO
: wit: If We sell bale of Cotton
amounting to $50, our pay is 75o 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 Il low
price, our pay is snail. We are
thus particular III exhibiting our aver
age compensation, from the fact that
"a per cent is indefinitely represent
ed as IA prOdigi0as sam, and prove lis
Legitimacy i'll cOntradiStinti0n to the
various charges instituted and eStab-
llShed by most Of our merchants
We freely confess tn our patrons that
what We make comes directly out oi
their Cotton. We can whip the levi
around no other stump; it is out %
your Cotton alone that We survive
and it is by legitimate commission.
This system of business We hay,
pursued for the last twenty-scveI
years, and more particularly have VI
warred for it since the breaking of tina
compact entered into by the merch
ants of Memphis, pledging themSelye
to do legitimate business. And l.
those friends who have stood by Il
during the whole time, we return on
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
lions, must, ere long, give place to til
regular and systematic principles q
merchantile operations, as pursued b
5 every city in the entire commonwealth
We are we'll supplied with variou
4 and good brands of BAGGING an
ROPE, which We offer to our custC
mers at original cost, with actual e1
penSeS attached.
The Tax upon Cotton in the hand
If merchants for sale will not be charg
ed to our friends.
All CottonS consigned to w will b
insured unless otherwise advised.
;, TITUS & Co,
Bank Building, opposite the Com
mercal Hotel
Eon,ub;o Su,r 81 1875 noltf