Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-19
II. Nj. DOBSON.
HOW TO MAKE MONEY !

The way to make money we are all interested
in. Most of us have wives and babies, and
hose that have not ought to have but may be
we have aged parents, or dependent brothers and
sisters who look to us for support, and that
makes us all interested in money matters In
his cold world of ours, the n,oneyless man is
always left out in the cold; no one can get along
without some money. Some can do on less than
others, and the wants of some are more easily
satisfied than others but it is fact that cannot
be denied, we cannot get along without money.
Now, how to make it is the question. What to
get at to catch up with it! Go to the mechanic,
merchant, farmer, lawyer or doctor, and each
will say at once there is no money init. You may
tackle the minister, and he will truly say there is
barely meat and bread in it, and some Of them
do not even get that without going outside of the
profession to makeit, for if ever there was class
of men poorly paid, it is the minister. He is
supposed not to need much. His children are
supposed to be clothed and fed for nothing, or in
other words, it costs him nothing to feed and
clothe them, and for his part, he is supposed to
live or feed himself on grace, which is very good
in its place, but it does not pay the merchants
bill. But to our text. 1t is the way with all
classes you may interview. All say no money
in it, but they all seem to live and move all the
same. There is aliving in almost any pursuit in
life, provided you stick close enough to it, and
do not spend more than you make. 1t is true,
is worked down to a very fine point,
and most things well worked for all that is in
them, and great many Of them have quite
poor living for those that work them, not much
for the dear wife and precious babe, but still they
all seem to live and move as if there was money
in it, and still they all cry how can make mon
ey? One will advise this way, the other that
way, and you may try all and fail. But what
does it matter so you are happy? Content
ment of mind is worth more than piles of money.
Money cannot bring contentment, but still most
of us will take the money and run risks on the
other Money, if properly used, will greatly
help us to be content, but few of use it in that
way. But stick to your text, how to make mon
ey. You get off the path too often Old Chap.
Well, sir, to your text. The Old Chap steps
boldly to the front, paper, and tells you plain
ly and in few words, the course to save money,
and if money is saved of course it is made and
now for the way. 1t is quite easy, the road is
smooth, no hills to climb, no rivers to cross, no
risks to run, no margins to put up, no dealing in
futures all present. no sleepless night put over
about it. 1t is a smooth sailing boat no high
tides to contend with. All you have to do is to
step aboard and take a seat. The ride will not
cost you much, the Old Chaps boat fare is low,
and the ride is easy, the only difficulty is first
to convince yourself Of the fact and all is over.
It takes long time to convince some, others not
so long, and some you cannot convince at all, or
at least you cannot get them to acknowledge
that they are and some refuse positively to try to
be convinced. Such as these cannot expect to
make money, no matter how easy it may be for
them. And now comes the tug Of war; the text,
how to make money. How is it? How long
does it take? How much work is in it? and
what will have to do? Now, my friend, don't
keep me standing out in the cold, waiting. am
in hurry, time is money for me, may be more
in the time than in the Old Chaps advice, but as
you are in hurry, will usher you into the Old
Chaps office and ask him squarely if he can tell
you. Well, Old Chap, here is my friend, who
wants to know how to make money, and as you
have promised to tell all who wanted to know
please proceed in short order. The Old Chap
looks him straight in the eye and says:
"Buy your goods from me, sir, and the thing
is sure.'
What did he do? Did he faint? Did he stand
on his head? Did he become furious and want
to pull the hair oft the top OF the Old Chaps head?
If he had tried the latter he certainly would
have had happy time indeed, as he would have
had to wait for new crop. Did he clap his hands
for joy, or did he tear his shirt, did he tell the
Old Chap thank you, sir, and step down and out.
No, sir, he did neither, he believed at once, had
faith in what was told him, and went straight
way and done as he was told, and never since
that time, has his pocket-book been empty-al-
ways money in it, sometimes just after visiting
the Old Chaps store. His crops have been pret-
ty light, but still heis never without money, and
his subscription to his church has increased eve
ry year SINCE for the Old Chap saved him money
and in saving money he made it, and, Of course,
he is more able to support his church. Now, my
kind reader, will you do likewise? If so, you
can pay your minister better, you can save your
church subscription, provided it is not too large,
every year by buying your goods from the Old
Chap. Just try it one year, and if you don't say
it is so, I'll bind myself to eat the very next
green frog can get The Old Chap is pretty
liberal, he never takes it all, always leaves you
some to come again with, and if ever you come
once, you are sure to come again, because you
see he saves you money, and whenever you go
into man. s pocket you come very near his heart,
especially when you take out less than he has.
That is one reason why the Old Chap has such
he does not take all, he is willing to divide and
save them money, and in saving them money, he
makes them money. Now, my kind friends, you
may think just as you please, as this is free
about this little advice provided you
do not think too loud, and provided you do not
let any one hear you think, as in little towns
like ours, people often imagine they hear so-and-
so thinking, and even 60 and say Miss so-and-so
said so-and-so, when they did not even think
so -and-so. But you can think just as much and
as long as you please about the Old Chaps cheap
goods just so you think on his side, and be sure
to think loud enough to be heard. But it is
stubborn fact that cannot well he denied, the
Old Chap is selling great many goods this year.
and, of course, he sells cheap, or he could not
sell so many, for as I told you before, when you
get into mans pocket his feelings change ac-
cording to how you use it. So if the Old Chap
was going deep into mems pockets his trade
would leave him right now. Friendship would
not cause so many to visit his Store His ene-
mics trade with him, and you know it is not
that brings them, it is the money that
is in it, and they are right and glory in their
spunk. Business is business and friendship is
friendship. If can buy goods from you cheap
er and save money, of course, am going to do
so even if l do not like you as WELL as MIR. So
and-so. That is another reason that the Old
Chap has such a large trade. 1t is generally
known that if you want bill of goods the Old
Chap must be seen before the purchase is made,
as they think they do we'll if not better there
and can get chance at the Buggy, Sewing Ma
chine and Watch. One reason the Old Chap isso
poor to-day is, he sold goods too cheap, done too
much work for no profit.
Now, my friends, the Old Chap has but few
more words to say, and he will say them right
now and quit for this week. If any person does
not think that he has found the right way to make