Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-03-06

plank down before delivery, the business was
run upon lines and rules absolutely unaltera-
BILE and the marvellous records were broken
day afterday Respectable old timers laughed
| as they passed by the little OLD Hen Coop of
ss1. Old personal friends looked at the anda-
cio,a<. desperate kindly hut sadly. aud whis-
percd-.. simply hopeless. Charlieg" implying
adversely chuckIed, 81 viii give you four
months aud then will bury your Internal lit
tie band and your Internal auction plunder."
Ambition firrCely whispered every nlouIent.of
sunshine storm and shadow, night aud day,
| =. UPWARD AND ONWARD. NEVER LOOK BACK"
1t was a new play in mercantile tragedy.
| dvr per cent net spOt cash. II was q game
between two great kings. CASH and CREDIT,
and between these giants the war was wRged
| aud won. It was a fight betvEeCu irresistahle
genius stript of wralth and power and errdit
hacked by influence that was backed by tho
| banks Of Maj haitian. in that dark year of
tragic terrific toll, often - hours long. WE
SOLD HALF MILLION and CLEARED TWENTY
| THOUSAND. The next year we trrbled thesc
grand figures. and New York stopped to take
n good square look ut tho ive per cont cash
sharpshOOtersI Year after year VIC have
pressed ou aud AID we have honestly and
earnestly urged npOn OnT generals TO follow
the same unalterahlc rules. Men OF niaftel-
| Gus nerve and revolution who listened 90 US,
have among their native hills approached,
mItclIed aud even beaten our rerOrd-Rnd
buried great hearted fellows, who stood walt
ing In :he lost paths of fate and time for the
inevitable. aud people now call that hopeless,
helpless. mercantile wreck. The North Caro-
lima ThundcrbOlt StoncwaH
jackson Davis. Of Charlotte. He Is twenty
| Ifvr-per-ccntcr of the North American reirnt-
less SaVdgc type. Ga aud take look into Ills
wundrOus cold steel EYES. He has beaten
''the gloom and glory of the CHURCH
STREET SWAMP ANGELS as they called US
then-now these same clever fellows as they
pass our iron and steel landmark looking mp
into the eternal hIue. grOan, e Gbp OF HEAv-
EN!" In n hoarsG. husky whisper another an
cIrut ripsnorter asks hon did you do IT.
like the Mcrrimac striking below the waters
edge and sinking the Cumberland-we aiu
a id strike below low water mark and sink or
swamp and bury the thirty-day regulars
Jumping into the mercantile arena for pOpu-
Iarity aud prcstagc with regular stuff on reg
u!ar terms ut regular prices would look somei
thing like SickIes' excelsior brigade at tho mo-
ment 1t struck that line of steel aud lead and
and backbone Mt Mnnasas-that uniinching,
unwavcring. unterrifed band OF RAGGED RRBs
of SToxEwALL JACKsoNl Another and an
old friend too. n famous ckpothdrr of faith
and fable-Of myth and niTicle-p holy buns
die OF piety pointing up into Infinite space.
softly spoke, = see, ho's good tie LORD has
Uesl TO yOu."
That MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES fought no
battles for CHARLES BROADWAY ROCSS,
aud that man whoEe blind faith and big heart
} ryompt him to stand back aud wait with
folded arms for the UNKNOWN to win his
bread aud butter viii get get left every tiuliei
GREATER, than the bot bloodsd -chpreh-street
,Ltsa-aaSs sra tlir sd sil,l,. ,.la,nf,icrs 'ses
the RoUss SYSTEM" that drove them up
and on from want 10 wealth. until to-day the
proud arbitrary aristocratc old regular OF the
metropolis Is bending aud twisting and shak-
ing and asks himself the nminous question:,
lis not five per cent. quick, sharp. spot cash'
better than ten on the internal sweat book ~
II the warm hearted Pcake could be called
back from Greenwood this would be his nn-
swcr =. one T. SUCCESS. the other OBLIVION"
II ali lay in the five per cent. just as your
future success lay coilcd up in the nutshell OF
twenty-five. We are planting these relentless
25 per cent unconditional glndIators all over
the land and IL you want to rec u real wild
Western cyclone call ul'on our representatives
aud sec how they buryimg beyond tho
line the doom.d hosts of king credit and
their amtcdeIuyIan dead lumber.
An Old-tirner wrote NJ. ~ have just read
Your January Journal. Gun sec plain enough
now where missed the right road uhd strhck
the wrong. ] got aII could aud felt rich in
Lands mills and book accounts. hut nO money.
> would like Ia try your plan one year, BUT
WHAT AN I TO DO WITH MY PROPERTY
W. will uuswcr yon by another old timet.A
; His property lay at Milncs. Page Co, Va. d
little village of scarcely 100. dependent upon
: adiac mt mines lie was running things after
th.. old style. dry goods. groceries. farming.
l stock all Oh the credit One-hundTed per ccntum
: profit One of our mouthIi9s sfruck him hard
and square ON the fine chords of pride and
ambition. He came on, and the puzzle that
: puzzled him most was what to do with hiS
! s5.OOO nf dead assets" The wTihrS answered. =.
: borrow -. 200 ON them aud let them go tn II
and D." He did 20. He took his son. Jch
2 Davis. from situation at six dollars a week
in Luray. same county. and s"nthin 70 Lynch
. burg. lie went To Raleigh. n. e. JEFF sold
his concern at l.. ou; for 1900 bonus after
: one year and openened in Petersburg. Va,
s and Lexington. Ky. That was n little less
p than three years ago. We have before us the
- inventories OI lututI buu 4Hcy uANS
j Tlrirty-six thousand clear and owe nothing
The old store house. land, EtTaw-ftackS. mules,
: wagons. pIows aud tenants and all the para
n fernaIIa Of farming and milling and nlefchan
d dizfng and trading under the the Internal
r sweatbonk systrm are still therc.-aHd bat for
: that monthly monitor that fell In his way he
too wd stiII DC there, wondering what 10 do
d to get rid Of his dead lumber. With his e.
u 500 we put another s2.5OO aud these rnagni6-
u cent specimens aDd champions Of the rebel
e racket twenty fivc-peT-ceut. -cash-before-de-
i livcry have in silent eIoquence shown antede-
d Iuvians aud prehIstoriealItIes what can be done
. by giving up credit rnttraps before Il WAS too
I late and jumping aboard the iron horse. q
: :. mile a mint They are VIRGINIANS.-
n Not. F. F. vs.. or what the world Of fashion
; would call gentlemen-kid- -gIoye-gum-shOC
= Observation-Disclosures. but iron men Of au
: iron race Of an iron age-of marvellous puck
u and courage. The writer is justly proud o.
l them. VOLET PURCELL and JETT DAvIi
PURCELL. aud may be well tG ask the question
If these chiyaITOus mercantile tnefeOrs have IN
, less than three years cleared s3S.O0O on -,
SO. what will they do in the bEFt i've will
II th .ir present standing and EOIidityS One hun
: dred thousand would be poor gBess. II vii
be with them rs it Is with you, just WHAT rot
CHOOSE TO MAKE IL
CHARLES BROADWAY RoCss,
d N.,v York Civ