Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11
Rouss Auction Trade Journal.
LEADER FOR MAY.

| kOuSS AuCIIOH TdQG JOuTHdI.
LEADER FOR MAY.
l take personal pride, which the
reader viii pleas pardon. in introduce
ing on the last page of this circular
the records of mercantile monarx
who deserv mention. Many of thes
magnificent fellows came from the
cornfield as 1 did-some of them
wood choppers and rail-spliters like
Uncle Abe-mor of them, however,
wer veterans who had ben crusht be-
tween the huge, colossal, milstones of
the God of credit, of ETERNAL TINE
L tallt with evry one of them tha
spoke in no tone of resolution or
uncertinty when / askt if they wud
folio the Modern Methods? Tha askt,
what do you mean. the Rouss Sys-
tenn? !? YES. 1t was not 81 viii try"
in the yacilating, whimpering tones
of man who did not feel his pluk,
nerv and backbone, but in tender
and tuching words that thril-in
plain, blunt speech-like Jackson at
Manasas-Scott had fankt Joe John
son and Beauregard and planted his
big force on our flank oposit Jackson.
The overwhelming numbers of tue
FederaIs wer forcing US bak A to 1;
his Chief of Stat galopt up to Jack
son and sed, 'tha ar driving US bak
and our ammunition is giving out. >
Jaskson simply replied, {" sir, we will
Civ them the bayonet" opposite us
was a German Federal Regiment,
(the land of my for-fathers,) on our
rite was Bee of the South Carolinian
Regiment, who's men wer waivering
befor the superior forces in
front; he rode along, pointed TO
his left and sed, ther stands Jack
son like stone wall" and record
ing angel rote it down on eternal
time and that name, StoneWall
Jackson" will liv as long as time
lasts. Jackson past the order along
the line, g charg bayonets, and
those two words turned the tide of
the fifteen renowned battles of the
worlds history. mention this SIM
ply to sho the difference between the
man who makes up his mind that he
Will SUCCEED and one who tolls with
the uncertintys of mercantile life
The splendid felo Gums on here, lays
in his purchases and his customers
xaust his stock inside of a week; he
think it will take too long to get them
from n. Y, he orders them from the
drummer, he atemts TO palm off the
regular goods on regular prices, on
regular time as Sledghamers, the bills
becum du, the customers Sc the trik
and befor he knows wher he is be has
ben swept by the undertow of ireso-
luton beyond the oblivion line, sim
ply becaus he did not stik to his
promis, becaus he did not adhere
sacredly 10 the Rouss System. When
our patrons ar in our hands with :his
gigantic concern at their bax, tha ar
as safe as the Rock of Gibraltar
I" Do read thes marvelus rec
ords of tbes splendid fellows on the
last page, and on the page next to the
last is a plain, blunt Letter from
great and successful merchant who
had ben ground up into fine pulp by
= credit tryany read this Letter
from our conspicuous Representative
Hess, of Marshall, Mo. Their was
an old customer of the time-onord
concern of Seth Thomas, (whos name
is known as wei in Calcutta or Con-
stantinople as " time" itself, who
had manufactured for a great con-
Germ in St. Louis larg qantitv of
Thomas celebrated clocks at profit
of about per cent. it is sed of this