Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-12-06
M1scELLANEoU JUS
The American Dollar!
MASTERS OF THE SITUATION!
eve have Met the Enemy and They are
OuP'sin-
the Best Goods at the Lowest Pricesi

OUR system of buying under the relentless ham
" mer and cleaning them out like lightning AZ
close shave cost. has absolutely cleared out the
old fogies and land pirates like chat, like mist be-
Living in the Auction Rooms of New York. Bos-
ton and Philadelphia, standing there with the al,
MIGHTY oower of gold upon n market. demoraiiZed
by spec uIatiou, panic and failures fighting alik"
and upon the game level, the @avering. the bank
and aeain beaten them in struggle where the titan
power of genius and ambition, and sleepiess energy
was bound TO triumph rotten prohigacy, old
forvism and Wholesale robbery. Then what's the
use of talking about fighting :nen who would rathet
die than stand second to any living man
Every brand and grade of Domestics, Paints and
Flannels under the lowest wholesale quotations =
Wooden and cotton fabrics at about half the current
prices Alpacas. Silk Warps. Popilns, monalrs'
Reps in fancies plain and changeables at figure
far below their gold cost. Dress goods oil every
grade at prices that must tell of butchery some.
where So with linens. white goods and silks; and
in iaces. emhroideries and trimmings, as well as
Ribbons, Feathers and Flowers you VIII especiAiy
note the M mic here. They were thrown into the
Auction Rooms by grand old house who had hattled
nobly against fate, but at last went down with
s'present and got the entire stock Hence
these rnaccountabIe BARGAINS; these prices that
arouse the suapciun of the buyer, that they might
have been stolen or smuggtei
All who knows the waste o. money when you
get your goods of men who buy and sell on credit!
Look at the vast amount of money squandered in
this rotten old cut throat system. PRythe cash and
save your money Boy of the men who are the
acknowledge leaders and masters Of bnsiness-
Waste not your time with these high priced hug
cards vino have fattened upon the masses and who
are madly trying to regain the position whence
we have driven them.
Let then, Mitch our Panic Prices in Hosiery,
GIoces and Notionsi
Let than approach within long range OF our fig
urps unon grand spcciaIities in Dnmcstics and
Dress Goods They would have to sell at half cost
and then not come within mile of us
Not by Favor, but by Merit,
Do we Maintain our Reputation.
Gold is a good thing, but give us genius and am
tbeny Will sleeps
and brain that never tires, we will ride rough shod
the world
Am Cesar, Aut NiHel.
Everywhere have forced them to follow where
we have led starve.
Come and see us often and Judge US by our match.
less goods and matchless prices. Wewili meet you
at the threshold with civiliy, courtesy and low pri-
ces that will bewder you that will at once impress
you with the fact that you are eavIng your money
and trading with men who understand business.
Gigantic drives in Cassimeres and Woolens. One
million dozen buttons from one penny up: EnGT T
NOUS Job lots thrown away for song. Eleven mil
liners go down in a single week Aggregate
amount-Onc Hundred and Eighty Thousand.
We get fwlIy Three Fourfhs Of the entire job.
We run them at % cents on the dollar. No wonder
the called cheap stores how'll Root, hog or De-!
Standard yard wide BleaChcd and Brown. l2c.
Auction Prices will do the Work
Pima, Needles. Tapes, Servings. Trimmings given
away. Velvet Ribbons, Kid Gloves. Jet Jeweiry-
grand drivcs.
One Thousand Dozen Hundkerchicfs.
ISLHuyitfe7'
Collars CuTs Scarfs Ties. Sashes-tcrrifc tumble
FAILURE OF A CORSET FACTORY.
We Get One Hundred Dozen.
FIVE T4ousAND PA1Rs, EsoEMous Losses.
Breakdown Of the GaIlego Whitney Blanket Fac
tory Eleven Dress Goods i'm porers the list 1t
month. The panic prices in this department will
astonish a II Iovers of real bargains.
AIpacas, One Thousand Pieces.
Cu,pet Department Absolutely Demor0lzed.
| The bottom knocked clear out of the markets
| miIlinn remnants won't last day, Then on with
the ball! Farewell! Old Fogies Spectators, Gre
dit System, Hia Pcccs and 80 called Cheap Stores
your doom is absolutely inevitable. Buy your
Whose shar pshooters and skirmsh lines sleep
Deal only with men who arc the acknowledged
mona chs OF the Auction Rooms. And never forget
| the namea HEDGES, Ag't.
| Broadway House, Charlestown, w. Va.
HEADQUARTERS.
90 Recent Street London.
23 Rue Del Bos, Paris
lI9 Duane Street New York.
10 Bank Street, Philadelphia.
1872 Stnte Street, Boston.
BRANCHES.
/ Richmond. Va. Brooklyn, N J.
| Iynchhure Va hnrlcstown, w. Va.
Wheeling. w. Va: Hag" rstown, Md.
+ Toledo Ohio. Mt. Pleasant. Iowa.
Lancaster. Penn. Warrenton, Va.
/ I.1ckpOrt. n. V Fairfield iowa.
! Mariinshurg, w. Va. Knoxville. Tenn.
/ Ka sas CITY. Mo. UppeTville. Va.
| Piedmont Va Niddleburg. Va.
I l,rCsburp, Va. Culpcper, Va.
| Macon Mo. Winchester. Va
I CIarkshurg. wa. Cumberland, Md
Frederick, Md. PnIkcrsburg, w. Va.
Charleston, w. Va.
/ November 90, lS7n-3t.