The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-23

| in, and usage and generosity sugges
| that they must drink. Bushes
prospects ere talked over, md th
stranger is warned agains. certau
dilapidated mercantile establishment
that are about to fail, and for sucl
kindness and msgnanl1nity Of eau
ton against the dishonesty Of othe:
business houses, of course it is e1
pected they willard so they do
they take drink. Other merchant:
lodging IN adjoining rooms find i
hard to sleep for the clatter ofdecan
ters, and the course carousal OF these
'Hhail fellows well met WAKES louder
| But they sit not al night at the wine
| cup. They must see tho sights
They staggar forth with cheeks
flushed and eyes bloodshot> The
| outer gates OF hell open to let In the
victims. Ths wings Of lost souls fiji
among the lghts,and the steps OF tht
carousers sound with the rumbline
thunders OF the damned. Farewell!
to sn the sanctities OF home! Could
mother, sister, father, slumbering n
the inland home, in some vision Ct
night catch glimpse Of the ruin
wrought they would rend out their
hair by roots and bite the tongue TIL
the blood spurtcd, phrlekins ous:
God save him
What, suppose you, will come upon
such business establishments and
there are hundreds OF them ID the
cities. They may boast Of fabulous
sales, and they may have sn unpre-
cedented run Of buyers, and the name
of the house may be terror to all
rivals, and from shis thrifty rost there
may spring up branch houses in other
cities, and all the partners OF the firm
may move into their mansions and
drive their full-blooded span, and the
families may sweep the street with
the most elegant apparel that human
art ever wove, OF earthly magnifcencs
ever achieved But q curse is gath
eri1s somewhere for those men, and
il il does not seize hold Of the pillars
and in one wild ruin bring down the
temple Of commercial glory, it will
break up their peace, snd they will
trembls with sickness and bloat with
dissipations, and, pushed to the pre-
cip;ce Of this life, they will try to hold
back, and cry io- help, but no help
will come, and they will clutch their
gold to take it along with them, but
It will be snatched from their grasp,
and q voice viii sound through their
soul, "Not farthirg, thou beggsred
spirit And the Judgment will come
and they will stand sshast before it,
and AL the business iniquities Of lite
time viii gather arouod them, saying,
do you remember this!" and DO
you remember thsts" And clerks
that they eompsled TO dishonesty,
and runners and dreymen and book
keepers who ssw behind the scenes,
will bear testimony to their netarious
deeds, and some yirsuous soul that
once stood ashsst at the splendor and
power of these business men will say:
t.Alsc. shis il ali that is left Of that
great firm that occupied block With
their merchandise and overshadowed
the city with ther influence, and dmade
righteousness and truth and purity
.al under the CALLING FIRE of a7arics
snd erinc."
Whils ws admire aad approve Of al
ec,,teoees nn3 tact in the sale Of
goods, we must condemn any process
By which . fabric or product is repre-
sented as possessing value which
it really does not have. Nothing but
sheer fslsehood can represent IS per
lection boots that rip, silks that
speedily lose their lustey, caGcoes
that immediately wash out, stoves
thas crack under the first hot IRE.
books insuHciently bound, carpets
that unrsveL, old furniture rejn-
vensted with putty and glue and sold
Is having been recently msnufac-
tured, gold watches made out Of brass.
barrels Of fruit, the biggest apples On
top; wins .dultersted with strychnine.
hosiery poorly woven, cloths OF do
nestle manufacture shining with
foreign labels, imported goods repre-
sented as rare and hard to get, be-
eause foreign exchange is 80 high,
rolled out on the counter with 1nstch-
less display. Imported indeed! but
from the factory in the next street:
4 pattern already questionable and
unsalable palmed of as 6 new prin t
upon some country merchant who has
com. to town to make bis 6rst pur-
chase Of dry goods and going home
with large stockof goods warranted
10 keep
There are hundred practices pre-
v.lent in the world CT trsffo which
ought never 10 become the rule for
honest men. Their wrong does not
make your right Sin never becomes
virtue by being multiplied and ad.
mitted at brokers board or mer-
chants exchange. Because others
smugsle q few things in passenger
trunks, because others take usury
when men arein tight places, because
Others dsal in fancy stocks, because
others psla of worthless mdorse-
ments, because others do nothing but
blow bubbles, do not, therefore, be
overcome Of temptation. Hollow pre-
tension and fictitious credit and com.
mercial gambling may awhils prosper.
but the day Of reckoning cometh, and
in addition to the horror and con
dennat;on Of outraged communities
the curse os God will come blow
stsvs blow. Gods viii forever and
torsvr!s the only standard OF right
and wrong, and NOT oommercla
ethics.
Young bus;nsss maj, avoid she frs
business dishonor, and you viii a1olc
all the rest. The captain OF vesse
wss walking noar the mouth OF
river When the tide was low, snd there
lo,,, >to,,t annScp cham 10f(