The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-10-09
TIT u s & cos
rNInII. sErRATH INnTAL CIRCVLAR.

TWENI1-NEtEN1n hNNV ~ " - y
The Business Season oithe years 'J6
and 81 in the great staple, Cotton, is
close upon MS. We congratulate our
friends and patrons upon tie hattering
prospects Of good prices for tle present
growing crop. Advices from Europe of
! iat5 date are very encouraging to the
producer. and the heavy advances in the
manufactured article leads lbs 20 the cor
viction that prices Of The raw material
will be we'll sustained during the entire
season. But recently we deemed 1t ex-
Incident 10 disconnect the two branches
Of business, and determined TO give our
undivided time and talents 10 the faithful
discharge OF the COTTON FACTOR
AGE and COMMISSION BUSINESS,
upon kcgitia1ate principles. We made
this severance upon mature deiioeratlon,
ard from causes that we concluded
would he mutually satisfactory TO our
selves 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 sc increased 50 per cent III
amount ov-r the crop OF 81 and $50 TAX
on connection with the establishment Of
large. good Wholesale Grocery Houses.
, LETT il conclusive with us, that our entire
time would be requlEadsfs. that -deIslfirH|
ment OF our previous business that w.
Y adopted, and that the purchase OF Supplies
$ tor our friends could he made of whole
sale houses at prices much lower than We
could sell the same articles at ourselves
with the actual ard necessary expenses
attached. The result of the past seasons
J. operations have satisfied us fully that our
2 previous convictions were correct, aud
i we feel assured that our patrons Were ben
Gifted TO I-2 per cent, on all their
purchases OF Supplies.
Our charges Tor receiving, storing, SELL
my, sampling and weighing Cotton con-
signed 20 Us for sale is 2 IL per cent on
the gross amount OF sales-tO wit. ii we
: sell a bale of Cotton amounting to $50,
our pay is Use; If for $40 our pay is 81
= This we deem and insist is legitimate
e BY this change the interest of the Produc-
If er and Seller is mutual. ii we get a
good price. we gel good pay; If a low
price, our pay is small. We are thus
particular in exhibiting our aver9ge COM
: pensation, from the fact that , = per
cent is indefinitely represented as prI-
: atg70WS sum, and 10 prove lis Legitimacy ~
contradistlncton 10 the various charges
Instituted anil established 10y most ct "uF
+" merchants. We freely confess 10 our
patrons that what We make comes direct
= v OUT Of their Cotton. We can rnin
i IN. Dsvil around no other stump; it is
y 8ut ot Your Cotton alone that We Survive.
and II Is hv legitimate c0ntnttsSlO,t.
= This system ot business We have per
!. sued Tor ihc last twcnty-seven years, and
= more particularly have we warred tor II
.. since The breaking OF that COM act r,l-
tered INTO 10y the merchants OF Memphis,
< Ip.ed ging themselves TO DO Legitimate
:, business And 10 those friends who have
= stood by us during the whole time, We
=. tcturn our most heartfelt chunks: AMI the
:, Is idencps OF others who. left as aI4d Is
6rued again. are indeed gratifying We
80 may safely assert ihat this, Ike other
,, things based upon false foundations,
!. must, ere long, give place 10 the regular
h and systematic principle OF nercanit.
a operations. as perSued by every city Ia
!, the entire commonwealth
i We are well supplied with various aLl
good brands OF BAGGING and ROPE,
/, which we offer 10 our customers al orig-
: ina! cost, with actual expenses attached.
The Tax upon Cotton in the hand o;
merchants for sale viii not be charged 10
: our friends.
All Cotton consigned to US Will be
" Insured, unless otherwise advised.
q TITUS d CO.
Bank Building. opposite the CONNER
- cia Hotel.
- - MEMFHls, August Is, 1856. ag2l In