Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-11-22
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now, to Get Rich :

Almost every merchant has been rich,
4 2 Sor. at least prosperous, at some period OF
his life and if he is poor now he can see
very we'll how he might have avoided the
=, disaster which overthrew his hopes. He
will probably see that his msfortunes
arose from neglecting some of the fol-
Z slowing rules BE Industrious. Every.
body knows that industry is o fundamen-
tai virtue in the man Of business. But it
is not every sort Of industry which tends
to wealth. Many men work hard to do
= "a great deal ofSibusiness, and after all
make less money than they would if they
did less. Industry should be expended
in seeing to all the details of business-in
~, careful finishing up of each separate un-
80 = dertaking, and in the maintenance OF such
system as ewilLkeep everything nnder
s; control. .
=; Be EcoNoMicAL.-This rule also is
~ familiar to everybody. Economy is q
virtue 10 be practiced every hour in q
sssagreat. city. it is to be, e,practiced in pence
Z { as much assin pounds. A shilling day
saved amounts to an estate in the course
e,of life Economy is especially impor-
tant in the outset of life, until the foun-
dations of an estate are laid. Many men
are poor all their days, because when
their necessary expenses were SMALL; they
did not seize the, opportunity 10 save
small capital; which would have changed
their fortunes for the whole of their lives.
sSrIcK TO THE Bus1NEss-In which you
G are regularly. employed. Letspeculators
* make their thousands in year or day;
mind your own regular trade, never turn
ing from it to the right hand or the left
If you are amerchant, professional man;
or o mechanic, never buy lots or stocks
unless you have surplus money which you
wish to invest. Your own business You
understand as well rs other men; but
other peoples business you do not un-
). derstand. Let your business be some
one which is useful to the community
All such occupations possess the elements
.ofproit in themselves, while mere spec
ulation has no such element.
NEVER TAKE GREAT HANDS Such
hazards are seldom we'll balanced by the
prospects of profit; and if they were, the
habit of mind which is induced is unfa-
yorable, and generally the result is bad
To keep what you. have should be the
first rule to get what you can fairly the
second.
-..e. Do NOT DE IN HURRY TO GET R1cH.--
s. Gradual gains are the only natural gains,
- and they who are in haste to be rich
break over sound rules, fall into tempta-
;ttions and distress of various sorts, and
generally fail of their object. There is
no use in getting rich suddenly. The
- man who keeps his business under his.
g; control, and saves something from year
to year, is always rich. AT any rate, he
possesses the highest enjoyment which
riches are able to afford.
.ss'' NEVER DO BUSINESS For THE SAKE OF
BEING COUNTED 4 GREAT MERCHANT
: There is often more money to be made
by small business than large one ;.t
and that business will in the end be most.
respectable which is most successful. DoiI
= NOT get deeply in debt; but sc manage
as always, if possible, to have your finaii
= Scial position easy, so that you can turn
80 any way you please. =, -. .
Do NOT Love MoNEx ExrAAvGANTLY.
We speak here merely with reference
to getting rich. In morals, the inordi-
nate love of money is one Of the most de.
grading vices. But the extravaganza de.
Z sire Of accumulation induces IN eagerness,
many times, which is imprudent, and so
misses its object from too much haste to |