The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-24

| u$enS Dy WHICH SOOuS are SOlnoClmeS
disposed of. a glance at the morn
ing papers shows the arrival at one
of our hotels of young merchant
from one of the inland cities. He is
u comparative stranger in the great
city, and, of course, he must be
shown around, and it will be the duty
of some of our enterprising houses to
escort him. He is large purchaser
and has plenty of time and money,
and it will pay to be very
attentive. The evening is spent at u
place of doubtful amusement. Tlcn
they go back to the hotel Having
just come to town, they must, OF
course, drink. A friend from the
same mercantile establishment drops
i'll, and usage and generosity suggest
prospects are talked over, anI the
stranger is warned against certain
dilapidated mercantile establishments
that are about to fail, and for such
| kindness and magnanimity of eau
ton against the dishonesty of other
business houses, of course it is ex-
| pected they will-nnd 40 they do
they take a drink. Other merchants
lodging i'll adjoining rooms find it
hnrd to sleep for the clattcr ofdccun-
tors, and the course carOusal OF ftheSn
mail fellows we'll met wakes louder
B'lt they sit not all night at the wine
cup They must see the sights.
They staggor forth with checks
flushed and eyes bloodshot. The
outer gates Of hell open to let in the
victims. The wings of lost souls fit
among the lights,and the steps of the
cnrousers sound with the rumbling
thmders of the damned. Farewell
to all the sanctities of home. Could
mother, sister, father, slumbcring in
the inland home, III some vision of
night catch IL glimpse OF the ruin
wrought they would rcnd out their
hair by roots and bite the tongue till
the blood spurted, shricking out:
"God save him.
What, suppose you, will come upon
such business establishments? and
there urr hundreds of them in the
cities. They may bOnSt of fabulous
SALES, and they may have nn unprc-
rrdrnted run of buyers, and the name
of The house may be terror to all
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, or earthly magniticenco
| ever achieved. But q curse is gath
| cring somewhere for those men, and
| If it 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. nnu they will
tremble with sickness and blOat with
| dissipations, and, pushed to the pre-
cipice of this life, they will try to hold
back, and cry for help, but no help
will come, and they will clutch their
gold to take it along with them. but
it will he snatchel from their grasp,
and n voice will sound through their
soul, Not a farthing, thou beggared
spirit" And the judgment will come
and they will stand aghast before it,
and all the business iniquitics of life
time will gather around them, saying.
DO you remember this?' and DO
you remember that?" And clerks
that they compelled to dishonesty,
and runners and draymcn and book
keepers who saw behind the scenes,
| will bear testimony to their ncfarious
| deeds, and some virtuous soul that
once stood aghast at the splendor and
power of these business men will say:
ALIAS! this is all that is left Of that
great firm that occupied q block with
their merchandise and Ovcrshadowed
the city with their influence, and made
righteousness and truth and purity
| fall under the CALLING fire Of mvarice
and crime
| While we admire and approve OF all
acuteness and tact in the sale OF
| goods, we must condemn any process
by which fabric or product is repre-
scnted an possessing q Value which
it really does not have. Nothing but
sheer falsehOOd can represent as per
lection boots that rip, silks that
speedily lose their lustcr, calicoes
that immediately wash out, stoves
that crack under the first hot fire
books insuaiciently bound, carpets
that unravel, old furniture rejr,.
venated with putty and glue and sold
as having been recently manufac
tured, gold watches made out OF brass
barrels Of fruit, the biggest apples OF
top; wine adulterated with strychninc
hosiery poorly woven, cloths Of do
mestic manufacture shining will
foreign labels, imported goods repre-
sented as rare and hard to get, be
cause foreign exchange is so high
rolled out OF The counter with match
less display. Imported indeed! bu
from the factory in the next street
A pattern already questionable an,
unstable palmcd off as q now prin
upon some country merchant who ha:
come to town to make his first pli'
chase Of dry goods and going hom,
with large stock of goods warranted
to keep.
There arc hundred practices pre-
valent i'll the world Of traffic which
ought never to become the rule fol
honest men. Their wrong does no.
make your right. Sin never become.
virtue by being multiplied and al
mittcd ut brokers' board or mcr
chants exchange. Because other.
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