The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-25
From tho Charleston Mercury
Buy Your Goods and Supplies in Charles


The merchants of Charleston have
made their arrangements for The Fall
trade; and arc prepared to offer such
Inducements as will make it to the ad.
vantage 9th country merchants to
give them even more OF their patronage
than thcy have customarily rccciv-
ed.
Charleston has now two lines OF
steamships to New Y ork, besides lines
OF steamships to Baltimore and Boston.
These lines can hardly be surpassed for
speed, comfort and safety. BY them
our merchants can bring on their goods
with u celcrty that not unIrequcnllv
outstlips the mails and their rapid trips
enable them to renew their stocks with
certain regularity.
Our Wholesale dealers have this wear
purchased stocks 50 large that ,hcy give
the country buyer as wide u field of
choice as he would find in New York.
In building materials, clothing, carpets,
crockery, dry goods, drugs and chcmi-
lA"als, fancy goods, groceries, hardware,
iron and metals, paints and oils and
provisions and produce, the selections
have been made with an especial view
to the waits Of the trade. These arti
clcs haA&boen bought upon terms which
the ordinary country merchants cannot
obtain, and With a kocnness in taking
advantage OF a turn IN the market that
only years Of experience in large trans
actions can give.
In brief this is what the Charleston
merchants offer TO their. patrons:
l. ACCESSIBILITY. - Charleston can
readily and economically be reached
from any part Of this State and adjoin-
ing States 1t costs less money and
less time TO come to Charleston than TO
so to Baltimore, New York or Philadcl.
pha. One trip to the North will in.
volvo, in, all, as much expense as two
trips to this city. Tho hotels arc
commodious and well attended, aud Tho
railroad accomm odation is sufficient
for all purposes of passengers and
freight.
@. TINE IN BUYING The merchants
i'll tho different lines of business are well
known. They can be found without
trouble and without delay. No hours
arc lost in vain running from one quar-.
ter Of the city to the other. When tho
merchant reaches the hotel he is in the
midst of his business ;-ifhls fine is
precious he need not waste ali hour.
3. SELEcrIoN.-Th stock Of goods
is unusually large. Good credit, high
stan(s ready money, long experience,
have enabled our merchants 70 obtain
stocks Of the choicest articles to be
found in tho Northern markets. Here,
tho country merchant will find every
thing that ho wants, and will not be
troubled by seoing thoufand things
that he docs not want, andin which he
has no interest. His choice will be as
great as it would be in tle North, and
no inconvenience to h,msbf.
TERMS. The country'mcrchant who
brings cash in his pocket can buy here
AS chcaply for cash, rs hb can buy in tho
@North for cush. Mtrchants in tho
North are disposed to extend consider,
able credit to the South. They argue
that the risk is great, and they must DO
secured against it. TS firms with which
thoy have long hecp dealing they will
oxtond every facility but they will not
do so to the ordinary country merchant.
II is thcn positively asserted that the
country merchant can buy there, allow
ing for difference il freights, as cleaply
rs he can in the North; and, III credit
transactions he can obtain better terms
than the Northern merchants will give
him.
Suppose, for instance, he buys his
stock for the season in New York, OH