The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-02-10
KEEP OUT OF DEBT!
A Very Timely -Adnonii;oa Very Eorcibly
Administered.
(Ervm ths .SunQuy Nsacs.)

icl;oW-ciliZcnS, aud Grcn:He the Centre
of the admiriny and c,iviouS regard OF
The people of half i continent, in COLI
ScqEel!ce Of making the simple remark
iiiai he never goes to >ieep at night
until he has paid every cent of obllga-
ton incurred du.ing the day, and eau
lie down knowing that he is free of
debt.
Happy man. Wise Judge. Excep-
tioilal individual! Tie brief state
ment Of his simple rule of conduct has
Caught the eye Of paragraphers in
every part OF the land, aid every day
berc floats into the Netrs and Courier
fife ole OF more newspapers bearing
tlr Inevitable announcement, which
We have Qantcd, with suitable head
lines 10 Gail attention 10 the fact which
it sets forth and to impress the lesson
which it teaches. II one may judge
from Tie interest which tn! statement
has excited, a IMAM who goes to bed al
night without owing anybody cent,
affords rs rare an item for vigilant
prg>S Us the man who has Icve: trav-
cie.i b, rail, nor tasted a drop OF ardent
,pirit in his life. OF course there are
other such men, besides the Georgia
| jurist. but people do not hear OF them.
they hide III the shadow of content
meat, and live at Eoinc-becau>e they
have homes TO live at. One NAV 60 on
making debts and paying them. after i
time, tor years together, and nobody
bc aware Of the fac; besides himself
ani the anxious parties of the other
part. Bu. let hjn once fail. Let the
financial >u.i go down Oh the third day
II grace and grief, and his Silortcom-
iiigswil be hcra!ded to all the world
next morning. In order to travel
-atclv with 4 crowd going down hill
one nust keep his feet and keep NOV
ing, however painful and breathless
the gait may be. Ii he fall he will be
trampled and sorely bruised; tor not
MANY will stop to pick him up. His
nearest friends, indeed, will be Only
too happyif they are not pulled down
with him, or DO not stumble over him.
l; ia probably a rare thing 70 find a
man WHO keeps wholly out OF debt, ut
all times; who squares accounts with
the world every day. Ii there were
MANY it IS not likely that we should
have heard of The gentleman over i'll
Georgia SO promptly and so persistent
~. 1t may DC that yoa owe only L
few thousands, or 4 few hundreds, or
d few units Of dollars, and that your
assets are far in access of your liabili-
ties. If so, blessed are You; but Your
position is not on the bench alongside
Of our Georgia cxcmplar. Your
proper place is on the anxious seat;
and doubtless YOU occupy t much of
YOUR time, in the solitude of your Office
or your library. If the balance is
against you, of course, though ever so
little, aud The Surplus assets are not in
sight, your case is the Common one.
You arc iii debt. If You own a dollar,
and owe dollar and dine only, YOU
belong to the great majority. You
| arc ten cents behind, and the odds are
that You will find it hard work TO
catch up. That dime is the measure
of most Of your present troubles. II
is bigger in your eyes than the dollar,
and we'll nigh blots out the light of the
sun. 1t weighs You down by its ab-
sence 1t fetters your hands because
they connot touch it. The tiny eagle
stamped upon it grows and becomes q
vuliure TO prey upon your vitalS, while
You, modern Prometheus, are help
lcsSly chaiued to the rock of debt.
The safest way is the best way. You
will be richer and happier and stronger
in every way for denying yourself
whatever you cannot buy outright
what you have not yet earned. The
borrower is servant to the lender, and
if You would be truly freeZfree from
obligation, and annoyance, and ankle
tv, and sometimes almost despair
borrow neither money nor goods that
must be paid for "a little later" If
You are in debt, or have been in debt,
you tlo not need to be told what it
means. If Won have never been in
debt, and are not now in debt, do not
seek to learn by experience what it
means. The differ euce, in fewest
words, is the difference between hav.
ing vour mouth under water and hay
ing it out Of water.
When the tide is at your clIin-when
vop are living up to YOUR income-it is
bad enough. Another inch means
drowning, and another dollar of debt
means that final inch. 1t is of not
much practical moment whether the
waters cuvcr Your eyes only, or go !
over yonr heaae You are in debt, are
in the sea eof trouble, and can never
draw another peaceful breath until the
warte"s subSide.
there are other than pccuniary debts,
it remains to be said, and these also
should be avoided. Meet every obli-
CATION which presses upon you. There
are bankrupt> who have a fair balance
to their credit in the bank. Be not
of these, either. Pay your debt, every
day, to your child, your wife, YOU.
neighbor and your God. So only may
YOU lav your head OH your pillow in
peace every night, and SO, at the clos
Ing hours of your Ia est day, may YOU
ge to your final rest lis one who wraps
The drapcry of his couch about him
and lies down 20 pleasant dreams.
TERRIBLE TALE OF THE SEA.
The Narrow Escape Of an American Crew.
Two Officers hilled--Thc Vessel Burned.
Capt. Clark, Of the American ship