The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-03-30
MARCH 3d. rs 1874, Y

the meath ands sithataggfegaee OF these
tsiviiasl! p y, 70 svas, eohsidersbls.uab :.
George saw he,wholsr thing, and dshe
knew that 'hiswife had been right from
the 6rst. .s:lfaTom obi Lsmp,r3, ion :
! Don't sas a word, ,aihei said sLosee
the mistake But I'll have, to work
around, into fhe right track BY degrees
l,.gtHow 50, aeprgega eeiii.rmo'}
Il, Why,- hasen'tsimouey enough left
of my months wages.to quite p y this
bill ; so I sbail hel utterly unable to en-. d:
ter upon q the cash .pripcipls at preseHt. :
! There, need be no difieul.y in that
direction said Hattie. 7 have not
spent qnite al my little capital. / had
already 6xsd i for a bit of a, nest egg {;
and / don't slE know AZ it could be pnt 20 a
better use than the laying Of. founda-
tion foy cash payments, Psqnttss Az any rate,
George, let US try it sor o While,
G Gorge, kiased M his wife, and said she
was a43iessipg and he promised that
be would foll,sN her advice ip the fu.
turei He took the, money which she
had e give, and held it as Q loan, which
he was to return at shet earliest possible
moment ;-;aud4h, felt az ambition, too,
to see how speedily he could do, it,
And on Monday morning the new
rule Of life wepfinto operation George
paid Or Skidds bill aud fold him that
hereafter he should pay cash for every
thing he bought The store keeper
pooh pooh'd, and said id there was, no need
of it. 80 u u "''
Bless YOU my boy ys11rf" hfsd Las Fns isf 5a5 trust
you us not ti oh ,,J aa nv
i do not doubt it,, Mr., Skidd ;Tbnt.I
prefer, not to be trusted. | would rath-
er CONSUME my own groceries than TO
consume yours. q bill IS an ssil az best,
aud l don. choose 70 have evils growing
on my hands if Lean help isi4..a ~
Mr.. skidd saw very plainly that his
custo ner's vision was clear, and he said
mn more 80" I @A>
On the evening of that very Monday
Mr.. skidd exhibited to George some
extra nice preserves, and the young
mans first impulse was to order pot of
them but the taxing out Of his wallet,
aud the, breaking Of fse-dollar bill,
wa" palpable reminder; and he con
cludod that he could get along without
them. Said he, to himself
r'Thest seemingly trivial suo,s, il
save them will, at the end Of the month,
add up as greatly in my favor as they
have heretofore added up against me-
Aud he found il SO. Aud he found
one thing more in his favor from cash
payments which he had not particularly
counted upon. AS he had the money in
hand to pay for the article which ne
had planned to purchase. he could buy
it where he could get it best aud cheap.
est. Traders are Rot willing to lose cash
customers; aud they do only the fair and
honest thing when they sell to such a
cust.u,ur cheaper than they sell to
others. Not only is the interest OF the
money on account nm important item il
the aggregate of many acoounts, but the
keeping OF that account in day book an
ledger is AN expense. George very soon
learned all this; and he found that even
MIR. Skidd sold TO him during this month
of cash payments cheaper than he ihad
sold during the previous month. G'
| And as the months rolled on. George
/ ..v~p opened no mere accounts with
traders. !, lie found, that i'll paying cash
he was constantly reminded OF tho value
Of each separate sum,-as--he. counted il
out, and was hyncei mot likely to pur
chase what he did not need Aud ther
he had goal ahead which he had deter
mined 70 reach as speedily as possible
and by his system of cash payments h,
could estimate at the close Of every day
the gain he was making toward the de
sired end. In two mouths he paid ,wha
he nad borrowed Of his wife, and sn,
put it into the common fund; and il
Eve years his home was his own, aud he
owed no man anything but love ant
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