Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-09-03
'.tiG00d Character.
Lcrin1tO2 DisDutch.

Good character.
Lexington Dispatch.
EVerysyearj reputation for hon
esty, industry and good morals be.
comes more valuable. Young men
ought to note this fact well, and pa
rents who hope.to see their children
happy and prosperous ought to note
it. The dishonesty that is all the
time cropping out among those who
are employed in positions of trust
and responsibility makes the manag-
ers of.banks, business houses and
other institutions in which large
amounts Of money are handled ex
ceedingly careful whom. they en-
ploy. They want to know all about
a man now. a-days before they put
him in the way Of temptation. In the
large cities the system of requiring
those who are employed in positions
o.. trust to give bond is rapidly 60
ing out of4practice. The guarantee
companies are superseding the sys-
tenn. A man. who seeks a position
where he will have the. handling of
money mustget one Of these companies
to guarantee that he will be honest.
To get such a guarantee a man must
liveSa very correct life. Before he
can get it his habits are thoroughly
inquired into by competent detectives.
If they fnd7he has bad habits--habits
that'require money-he cannot get
it at all, and, consequently can't get
the employment he desires. All men
who lead apparently correct lives are
not honest. Because man attends
church or Sunday school 1t doeant
follow that.hes will not steal il the
temptation is placed in his way, but
it isn't. very often that man who
leads thoroughly correct life is
guilty Of crooked transactions. Now
and then there is one, but he is nat.
aud.."while pretending
to be honest, clean handed and clean
hearted, is only playing the part of
hypocrite. A great majority of those
who rob theif employers are simply
weak. They contract habits that re,
quire more money than they earn.
They frst borrow and then steal to
pay their loans. Having started on
the downward course their progress
towardsruin increases until their crime
is discovered. Many disgraced and
ruined young man dates The beginning
Of his downward career from the first
cigar or bis first drink. AS boy he
thought it manly to smoke and drink.
He probably took buggy rides when
he didn't know where the money was
to come from to pay. the expenses.
Young men who are in debt for such
things are in danger. 1t is evidence
that they are living beyond their
means. The boys who pride them
selves upon being able to ape the
vices Of their elders do not as rule
succeed in life. They. are practically
wrecked before they reach maturity.
They fall along the way and are
quickly. forgotten. Every defalcation
makes bank Presidents and merchants
more careful respecting those they
employ. They don't want to be rob.
bed, and they know they are in less
Danger from men who live soberly,
decenily and within their incomes
than from those who drive fast horses
frequent gaming tables, drinking liqu
or and bad irregular lives in other re-
spects. In order to become physically
and morally strong, it is necessary to
begin right. Parents are responsible
for the beginning. Some of them
however don't realize how much the
happiness and welfare of their chill
dren depend on them. They don't
train them they ainply permit them
to grow up. They discover their mis-
take when it is too late.