The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-01-17
An OPEN LETTER.

Christmas, with all its Qualifications,
has come and gone; the holidays are
over, and yet We are here; still we
are to battle with the ups and downs
of a busy life. Happiness or thrift
are ra:ely obtained without some eff
fort. We have, for the year 1917,
enjoyed a liberal share of the trade
from the good people Of Milan and
the surrounding country. We are,
of course, much obliged 20 the people
fOl it. As above stated, it requires
labor and a good deal of it, we think,
to do Il successful business in our
line; but, after all, if the peorle
didn't patronize us we couldn't TO
any good. We expect toput forward
an earnest effort and try to improve
on orr former business, and, if posi-
bic, try and be cleverer than ever.
We, as our little street circulars will
explain, are closing out one line Of
our husiness--that Is, Gentlemens
Clothing; we are offeringit all at cost,
and will continGe TO do so until it is
all gone. 1t is one line of the husi-
ness that don't suit US, and we think
we can serve our customers much
better in other branches Of the busi~
ness, and it i'll be more advantageous
to U.S. So parties wanting clothing
will do well to give us call. We
have determined TO close it out. We
have as good a line Of it as is usually
carried in our town, and ii was bought
very cheap. BY examining it you
will be convinced.
As heretofore, we propose TO keep
neat assortment of all kinds of de-
sirable Dry Goods, Fancy Notions,
novelties of all kinds, and in fact ey-
erything that pleases the ladies, for
we like them (tne ladies' much the
best anyway, and always did. In
doing this we have to keep something
to please the men, too, for where the
ladies are the men like to be also.
We will then keep all kinds of piece
goods, fancy Cashmere, fine and plain
Shirts, Boots and Shoes, and every
thing that a nice man ought to have,
outside of clothing. We will contin-
ue to carry a full line of all the lead-
ing School Books and School furnish
ing goods generally. and are prepared
to take orders for all kinds of works
in the fine arts, Medical and Surgical
Books, Theological and Religious
Books, Juvenile goods, &C., which
We can always furnish on short notice
at publishers retail prices. We will
carry all the time full line of oil
the leading Sewing Machine Needles,
at SOC per dozen, and are prepared
and can furnish you with any parts
broken about your machine at short
notice, (bringing the broken pieces
along.) We can furnish any desired
Sewing Machine made for about one
half the former price. For prices
and kinds, call and see us. In all
we promise that our stock shall be
second to none, and The prices shall be
remarkably low on all our goods.
Our terms of selling goods will be
strictly for cash. Nothing else will
buy goods cheap. We don't propose
to barter for anything. Our custom
ers must have the full benefit of their
money. If we want anything you
have got to sell, we will pay you mon
ey for it, for that is what We ask for
what We have. We don't want to
borrow any body's money to do bus
mess OH; we don't keep money to
lend out; we want our business to be
entirely mutual and on strictly bust
ness principles. If We can succeed on
these principles We will have accom-
plished III the good old way what true
men work tor. We thank the people
for past favors, and most respectfully
invite every body to give US a call
when they come to town.
Very Respectfully,
HARRISON, DoNNEIL Il Co,
Proprietors.
jan. 10, 1873.