The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-28
Office of LEVI BROTHERS,
Dealers III General Merchandise.
SUMTER. S. c.. Jan. 81, 1891.

SUMTER, S. c., Jan. 81, 1891.
Editor Manning Times:--Iu adj
vance of everybody else we took time
by the forelock and closed all Of our
guano contracts last fall. We did
this because from past experience we
have learned that if we waited until
now the factories would have so many
orders or hand that it would necessi-
tate our taking the chances Of having
to wait, and then when all the facto-
ries are shipping out their goods at
the same time it often causes the rail
roads to become blocked, and the de-
livery Of the freight meets with more
or less annoying delays. When a
farmer is ready for his guano every
delay costs him money, and he cannot
afford to lose his own time and the
time OF his teams in running to and
from the railroad Gepots. 1t was to
prevent this sort Of thing that We
made our contracts early, and we not
only bought our guanos so that we
can sell them cheaper than any one
else, but We also have the advantage
in the grades. If your readers desire
any guanos now:is the time to come
and see US.
We are now hauling into our ware
rooms a tremendous amount of meats,
hour, molasses, sugar, coffee, and to-
bacco, and we defy any house in Sum
ter or elsewhere to beat us in these
goods
We purchase all Of our meats in
bulk, and it is never handled after it
leaves the packers until it arrives in
Sumter, therefore we save big ex-
pense in that way, because meats are
heavy and every time they are han
died and repacked it costs money and
adds that much on the expenses, but
with us all this is saved, as we only
buy in car load lots.
The same with sugars and molasses:
we buy direct from the refireries by
the car load, thus saving considerable,
and by making this saving it euablesSus
to sell the goods cheaper, and ou1
customers are benefited by it. COT.
fees are still high, but we can sell the
prettiest grades of coffee at far less
money than any other house in Sum
ter, and the same can be said Of our
tobacco stock. It is immense, and
our farmer friends can now get the
advantage of the rebate we received
from the government.
The immensely of our dry goods
department can only be realized by a
inspection. In homespuns
we have any and everything that can
be desired. We have just received
10000 yards of brown goods on which
we propose to make such prices as to
startle the retail trade of Sumter.
We know that Sumter is on a boom,
and we propose to keep it booming as
far as it's mercantile interests are con-
cerned AS long as our efforts to give
the people good, solid goods for less
money than they can purchase them
elsewhere are appreciated just SO long
will we feel encouraged to keep on
lammering the bottom out of high
prices.
We have worked hard for the mer-
camille leadership of this city, and
now that we have succeeded in gain
ing the coveted prize we propose US
ing every effort to retain the laurels
of leadership.
We have been visited by a number
IF alliance men from Clarendon coun-
y, and have yet to find one who went
away dissatisfied. We know what
this trade means, because we have
handled it before, and we are so much
pleased with it that we solicit their
patronage and promise to use every
effort to furnish them with first class
articles at the lowest possible prices
We are still continuing to offer the
public special drives" in the clothing,
shoe, hat, fancy, and gents furnishing
goods lines, and challenge any house
doing legitimate mercantile business
10 undersell US.
Yours respectfully,
LEVI BROTHERS.