The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-10-01
Must and Shall be Sold.

would hereby notify the San Anto-
MO public that have concluded to go
out of the merchandising business and
to turn my attention to the loan office
department exclusively. l know that
In order to accomplish this | will have
to sacrifice my stock, and yet my loss on
cost will not be so great ms many might
think, as have obtained a large portion
ofmy goods from merchants who were on
the brink of ruin and were obliged in
many cases to sell Mt so cents on the dol
lar. l am determined to do as stated
above and you should not forget that
Emerson keeps great variety of goods
and that you can get anything in the
below described list of articles at your
own price. hope by recognizing the
value OF money and by continually keep
ing my object In view (of selling out) TO
be enabled by November /, 1884, to close
out the remnant In one lot TO some
dealer. Show cases, counters and
shelving will be for sale as soon as we
can clear them OF goods. 1t ia needless
to itemize all the articles we have in
stock, but among other things we would
mention our line Of pocket cutlery. We
will give you prices on pocket knives
from 10 to Zoe; scissors, from 10 to SOC
Dtt pun W v hhNt ~ iiiiO VI hiu-
steal goods, such as mouth harps, Jews
harps, accordeons, guitars, banjos, vio-
Inns and strings, and pieces for repairs.
A full line Of clocks, including Seth
Thomas, Waterbury and New Haven
manufacture. Pistol and gun depart
ment never more complete, and many
Colts and Smith a. Wesson pistols at
prices that will surprise you; full line
Of cartridges and shot gun supplies. A
fine line Of opera and field glasses, and
telescopes. About year ago ! started
line of cheap and staple articles In
hardware; will close out the same in
job lots or at retail, or sell the entire
line as purchaser desires. In watches
diamonds and fine jewelry, j will not &C
into details, but will suffice 1t to say thai
| have as fine line as any In the loar
business in Texas, and | will give al
close figures as any New York auction
house could give. | have line of new
and second hand clothing that can b,
bought at bottom prices. A large pro
portion of the clothing is new or nj
good as new, and would mention tina
| have nine large packing cases of first
class overooats that were purchased
during the hot summer months, and W,
did not pay high prices for them, yol
bet. II will soon be cold weather
call and see us little in advance, a
first pick win be desirable as to qualit,
\, and fit. Ii is useless TO go into an,
Nfurther details, as the people can readily
understand the character of our busf
PISS, and that there are thousands o
Unfortunate people who come to Texa
10 make the big fortune In sheep, oattl,
or farming, who find that the streets o
Texas cities IRE not paved with gold. o
her prairies covered with geese feathers
and they finally have TO go to see thei
uncle to get money to live on. The pub
lie can easily believe that these sam
people who have lived In such circum
stances Of comfort did purchase goo,
and valuable articles Of personal prop
erty. would simply say TO all thos
who doubt II that II they will call a
my store will soon convince them I,
the contrary. j. NJ. EMERSON,
IL Soledad St., San Antonio, Tex.