Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-09-07

script. or previously A9ESe0 uPoh DSAWSeA Ane
parties
above the world, until he became one
of the wonders of mercantile history
rivaling in reality the fctions of
Paine, Hume, Macaulay and Voltaire.
That strait, square, potent iron rule
drove him from that liliputian eoticern
upward with intense force and Ta-
pidity until he owned great houses all
over tue world, factories everywhere,
whose products ran into billions,
crowning all with magnificent city
whose churches, school-houses. mills,
railroads, stores, public and private
dwellings and every building upon
the vast plain of Hampstead was his
own individual property-all coined
from obscurity and poverty by that
iron law that has no match, underbuy
and undersel for cash. He was Il
perfect master of his profession from
the sweeping out of the new beginner
through every inevitable and cXacting
detail of the multitudous cog wheels,
and through the woof and warp9of
every department of his gigantic
/
who ever approached him in imensity
and intensity of brain force, but in
stead of the short. sharp, nigh cut he
travelled the long road of four months
and millions upon millions went down
into the vault upon thousands of
pages and thousands of ledgers that
wood have built dozen cities greater
and erander than the Garden City of
A. T. Stewart. Great men who knew
both and who had vast ability in the
judgment of human nature, with the
Unborn forces of genius, ambition and
cxhaustahle energies declare that
Claflin was the greater merchant, but
| it Law at last in that intlcXible, ir-
resistiblc, omnipotcnt. diamond rule,
real values, cash down. The wilder
the panic the grander the harvest
field, the more terrible the destrtlc-
ton the larger the yield, and the
reeling mercantile champion, as his
short sword fell from his ncrveles
grasp, felt himself no match for the
hercules who welded the double
edged damascus, called in cOmercial
tragedy, Bullion. In the every day
walks of life it is known as the solid
stuff that will buy the earth itself.
No true axiom than that the credit system
doubles expenses almost uuawHrcs the time
candidate" slides to the bottom in credit harnCs
and before he knew II, unable to stand mp be-
fore the fire OF keen cash concerns with their
cnfilRding and destructive fire at close and
murderous range. Aud do these ''casy terms
old timers" whose conscience Is Of such clns-
ticity. that they charge twenty-five aud fifty
per cent above true value for the trouble and
lodi Of nIr-l-f
swearing and 1ghtng-dO these clever. liberal,
big hearted fellows, OF thirty days TO eternity.
not know that these people who buy and never
pay will take anything they can get to an lin-
limited amount? Are they not smart enough
to that such people never intended to pay
and they might as well Mt once enter II In the
dead book of time called. profit aud loss? This
writer learned long hard years ago that spot
cash" Is the only thing that will fetch ful par
value, and when people come to buy aud have
to plank down the coin It is surprising how
many Unnecessary items they can dispcDs with.
The credit system simply oils the rapid down
grade TO poverty. 1t is this Internal time trnhc
that impOvcrishcs the masses to such a dcplOr-
able extent, that expert staticians estimate as
responsible beyond question but six out of one
hundred leaving ninCty-GOur in the bankrupt
column or worse. The unfailinS balm OF
Silcad in this and in all case is % cash before
delivery"
From the wrecks and ruins OF the midsummer
cyclones We present our unRppronchnhle scldS-
hamcrs. An hour spent in tDcsc vast ware
rooms of genuine values may make IN big mark
aCTos your history. and even an order on trial
and approval might change the story Of your
life and drive YOU to the front and after To the
tOp-it is duty you cannot shirk to test
everything bearing solid merit, aud iu black
and white. sterling. stubborn facts.
Father time has made close aud unexpected
call aud the great LawgiVer has torn from
one whose superior in virtue, charity, integrity
and mcTchantilc mortality does not cNist--FOr
thirty years we had met and fought under tho
red nag-Thc great Rebellion separated uB.
though he cIung to the land Of his adoption
- the palmetto state" with fidelity that lnsicd
till the final cncytaBle hOur-DuTing the clos
isg struggles of the war he was offered nifty
cents In the dollar for his claim upOu the APP
pOmatox soldier of 4J5 and 4GS-His simple
answer was, IL will be good some day"--His
word was his bond, good as the Bank OF
Englaud-Like Janes Wardaw and unlike
Dan Williams. he Travelled the long. hard,
weary rOad-upOn his broad back lie carried
many n thanklcs and heavy load and in the
goodness of his big warm Kind heart he bad
not the moral courage to say no! John w.
Rice was n grand sterling magnificent specimen
Of the inust workmanship Of Almighty God.
Then farewell forever and forever my life long
friend and II beyond the auful silence and
solitude of Cavalry there is another life you
have embraced the loved dead whose precious
life was far dcarcr to you than your own and
you haze looked into the uufOrgOtten faces Of
our own cIiivalrous and cherished idols whose
memory will still be fresh when the last ray Of
light fades away and the last wave has broken
over Us in eternity
Peace To your sacred, unsuIlicd. iuIperishab!O
clay!