The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01
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who excise themselves tor deviation
h"m t.u2hiulueSs becaUSe OF what they
cali cumml rcia! custom. Ii other words
the multiplication ard universally Of
sin turns 1t INTO a ri,tue. There have
! been large t0rtuneS gathered where there
was not Que drop OF unrequited toll in
the wine; not one spark OF bad temper
flashing from the bronze bracket not one
drop OF reedle-womau'S heart blood in
the crimson plush: while there arc other
Great establishments in which there IS
net one doorkuob. not one brick. not one
tr:nket, not one thread OF lace, but has
upon it The mark of dishoner. What
wonder i, some day, hand Of toll that
had been wrung, and worn out, and
blistered until the skin calAe Of. should
be placed against the elegant wallpaper,
leaving its mark Of blood-four fingers
and thumb; or that, some day, walk
ing the halls. there should be !, voice
accosting tie occupant saying. six
cents tor making shirt:' and flying in
the room another voice should say,
Twelve cents for an army blanket"
and the man should try to sleep atnight,
but ever and anon be aroused, until get
ting u On one elbow, ne should shrek
out. WHO'S there :"
One Sabbath night. in the vestlbule Of
nv church after Seivlcc. a woman Tell
in convulSions. The doctor said she
! didn't need medicine SO mrch as some
thing to eat. AS she began to revive
in her delirium, she said gaspinglY
Eight cents! Eight cents! Eghs cents!
I wish could get 1t done; l am so tired
l wish l could get some sleep; bas l
must Get it done. Eight cents! Eight
cents" We found afterwards she was
making garments tor eight cents apiece,
and t!:at she could make but three Of
them in day! Three times eight are
twcnty-tour! Hear It. men and women,
who have comfortable homes.
Some Of the worst villains of the city
are the employers OF these women.
| They beat them down to the last pen
nv, and try to cheat them out Of that
| The woman must deposit d dollar or
two b fore she gets the garment to
work on. When the work is done it is
sharply inspected, the most insigni.i-
cant flaws picked out, and the wages
refused, and sometimes the dollar de-
posted not given back. The Nomen's S
Protective Union reports a case
where one Of these poor souls
finding a place where she could
get more wages, resolved to change
EMPLOYERS, and went to get her
pay for work done. The employer said ::
Il hear you are going to leave me-"
Yes" she said, 'and am come to get
what you owe me- He made no an
swer. She said: Are you not going
to pay me?" Yes he said, q will
pay you and he kicked her down
stairs.
There are thousands of fortunes
made in commercial spheres that are
throughout righteous. Sod will let
| his favor rest upon every scroll, every
pictured wall, every t-acerled window;
and the joy that flashes from the lights,
and showers from the music, and
showers from the music. and dances in
the chidren's quick feet, patterlng
through the hail, will utter the con.
graduation Of men and the approval OF
| GOO.
A merchant can, to the last item, be
thoroughly honest. There is never
any need Of falsehood. Yet. how
many will. day by day, hour by hour,
utter what they know to be wrong.
You say you are selling at less than
cost. If so, then it is right to say it.
But did that cost you less than you ask
for it: Ii not, then you have talslhed.
You say that that article cost you S25.
II so, then all right. If it did not, then
you have talsiied. Suppose you are a
customer. You are beating down" the
goods. You say that that article for
which S5 is charged, is not worth more
than four. Is 1t worth no more than
81? Then, all right. If it be worth
more, and for the sake OF getting 1t Tor
less than its value, you wilfully depre-
ciate it, YOU have falsified. You may
call it q sharp trade. The recording
angel writes it down on the ponderous
tones of eternity Mir. So and So,
merchant in Water street, or in Eighth
street, Or in State street; or Mrs. SO and
So, keeping house on Beacon street, or
on Madison avenue, or Rlttenhouse
square. or Brooklyn heights Of Brook
| lyn hill, told one falsehood.' You may
consider it insignificant, because Gelat-
ing to an Insignificant purchase. ou
would despise the Man who would
falsify in regard to some great matter,
in which the city or the whole country
was concerned; but this IS only a box
O: buttons, or row OF pins, or case
Of needles. Be not deceived. The ar
ticle purchased may be SO small you
can put it in your vest pocket, but the
sin was bigger than the Pyramids, and
the echo OF the dishonor will reverber-
ate through all the mountains OF eter-
nifty.
You throw on your counter some
specimens of handkerchief. Your Gus
toner asks, rs that all silk? no cotton
in it," You answer, at is all silk
Was it all silk: Ii SO, al right. But
was it partly cotton? Then you have
falsiied. Mo ,eoyer, yoa lost by the
falsehood. The crs.oner, though ne
may live at Lynn, or Doylestown, or
Poughkeepsie, vii! ind out that you
have defrauded him, and next spring,
when he again comes shopping, ne VIII
look at your sign and say: Il Will not
try there. That IS the place where l
got that handkerchief. so !ha1 oy
one dishonest bargain YOU picked yonr
own pocket and insulted the Al
mighty.
Would YOU dare to make an estimate
of how many fa!seioodS in trade were
Yesterday told by hardware men, and
clothiers, and fruit-dealers. and dry
roo;ls establishments, and importers.
and jewelers.. and lumbermen, and coal
merchants, and stationers, and toDac-
conists9 Lies abolt saddles, about
| buckles. about ribbons, about carpets,
about gloves, about coats, about shoes,
about hats, abou, watches, about car
riages, about books-about everything.
In the name Of the Lo:d Almighty, l
arraign commercial falsehoods as one
of the greatest plaques IN city and
! town.
In the utxt place, notice mechanical