Daily Republican., 1888-09-01
A CARD.

WILMINGTON, August, 1888.
In few days we expect to
remove to our spacious and ele-
giant new store-rooms, Nos. Coz,
COZ and COG Market street. In
leaving our present location we
desire to thank our many friends
and customers for the liberal
patronage we have received
from them during the past ten
years. In removing to our new
building we hope to retain all
our old customers and make
many new ones. Certainly our
new location is central and our
store-room is very accessible,
spacious and attractive and re-
markably well lighted. We ex-
pect to largely increase our
stock, adding many lines of
finer goods, especially in our
dress goods and silk depart
fine display of rich and expen-
sive fabrics, as well as the me-
dium and low grades. We ex-
pect to continue to conduct our
business on the same plan which
has made the past measurably
successful. When we came to
this city, ten years ago, we
brought with us sufficient capi-
tai to enable us to pay cash for
our goods. We started with
the motto "To buy and sell
exclusively for cash. - AS our
business increased and ourstock
expanded we adhered to our
original plan Of buying and SELL
ing for cash. This has been of
great advantage to us, inasmuch
as it has given us gilt-edged
credit with the trade enabling us
to purchase ourgoods at the clos
est prices and securing the larg-
est cash discounts given to any
firm in our line of business. Had
we not been in a position to dis
count our bills by paying prompt
cash for all of our goods we
might as well have closed our
doors and gone out of business
long ago, as far as making any
money is concerned, as, at the
very small profit we sell our
goods, there would have been
little or nothing left for us after
paying expenses. But securing
the largest cash discounts and
turning over our stock often
with a large volume of business
we have been enabled, year by
year to make a little money,
putting us now in the position
to do a large, active business on
the smallest margin of profit.
We can recommend the cash
system of doing business. The
"pay-as-you-go plan" is by far
the best. 1t saves the mer-
chant the expense of keeping
books and occasionally may
save the merchant and his Gus
toners from unpleasant friction
and even litigation. We shall
continue the cash system at our
} new location.
When we came to Wilmington we de-
c;dsd that we would p y strict attention
t to bush ess In all its details, not trying to
a. manage any other persons business, but
l attend exclusively 10 our owe, neither
beratiDg our competitors goods OF defam-
ing their good meme Cur motto has
been and hall be 40 live and let lve.h
Since coming here we have been anxious
& to secure the good v i'll and confidence oil
d the community. We have therefore
: aimed at conducting our business on the
1 most rigid rules of integrity. When VIZ
make a statement, either in our adYer-
e tisement or elsewhere, we ars always
e ready to back It up Our salespeople are
t not allowed to misI present goods ol
Il falsify in any way The price of ever,
b article is marked in plain figures and M
= ueNlAl.O OuI aim 10 uOJ 50 muCn u
get a large profit as how cheap we car
sell goods and live. PreferinR TO do /
large business with small profits, rathel
l., than small business with large ptoht
3 Give US the nimble tixpence and whoeye
z wishes may have he slow shilling.
y We shall give to our customers 10 tht
J future as we have n the past, the priyI
. lege of returning any goods they buy o
US that they desire to return, II at an
y time they should change their mind
e and wish to return any goods. provided
Is of course, they are In gool order. Tn
IL money is waiting for them, so that n
person doing business with US takes an
risk whatever
We feel onadent that ur way Of aoin
n business commends its If 10 every RICH
thinking per on IN the community w
: intend IN the future to GO forward on til
7 same lin s,doing the very b st we ln 70
n our custome 5, always pl cling up on
h count Re the best tn nArk t alto lis 1
;. all ginds of u eful desira lie and attrac
" tive dry e 'ods at the vary lowest coz
prices We invite inspection aud tn
most searching compa ison with an
mercantile house in ths country.
r Re pee fully,