The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-25
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shows now running 4n;o ieHTsSH9 ''N-.s
skeptic!srns have u21one young men -
town and country. The ;ezt : t'.9VeS.s VI
y. LAS az oxt the slaughter.
There 5 nothing II the vo.ce o. ..4@i',-S' =
the butcher to indicate % The cZ M mere
IS death ahead The OK ;Ai2As &c = S''-3
on TO rich pasture te!G o. cover -" -s'-S -
dav long ne wiIyreycl i the aeG9S2ee&s lux
,,-ionce, but after awhile The men e-i 9cE7
close in upon HIN w;tE sticks Goa stones
and shouting. an1 drive hin through
hars ana into 4 doorway, waeTe hens i2s-
tcne5 ao6 with well a;meeI stroke me az
fells him, AMI 80 the a2t:cipatio2 OF TIE reti-
oIent pasture field is completely dlsafPollt-
eG. So many . young maa has been lI-Tsa
on by tenpta.ion 10 what be thought " o;s.1'
be parad;siacaI enjoyment, 5u; alter aTE-te
influences with darker hue and Sw2riAleE
arm close in upo2 him. and ne anG5 that II
stead OF making al excars;0U into a g2r&eA
he has been driven ''aS az OK 10 INC S-o'.Su
ter
We are APT 70 blame young mea for being
destroyed when We ought 70 blame the II
h9euces that destroy them. Society s-aHsE-
ters great many young E!a2 ~ inc 9enes'.
''You must keep up appearances G&.c't- e
be your salary, you must dress IS "et- as
others, you must give wine and Granny g ~
many friends, you must smoke as coS'-y @
CARS, you must give as expensive entertain
ments, and you must I've II as tas1lon&2-e j
boarding house. # you haven me Money
borrow. If you can't borrow, maze !&.Se
entry or subtract here and there 2l.- troal
a bundle OF bank bills. You will on y Is2:e 10
Ni-fta ". hT'S
months or in year or TWO yoG caa H&ao Il
al right NOBODY VII: De h,;ct oy II, Gooo&y
will Be the wiser. You yourself vii not oe
damaged" By that &wful process huodreo
thousand men have been slaughtered Ior
tine and slaughtered for eternity.
Suppose you borrow. There Is nothing
wrong ahout borrowing money. Iaere Is
hardly ra2 who has not sometimes 2oc-
rowed money. Vast estates have been oVi.t
on g borrowed dollar But there are tTo
kinds OF borrowed money: Money borrower
for the purpose Of starting or keeping up
legitimate enterprise and expense and money
borrowed to get that which you can 90 WIZ
out. The first is right, the otner Is wrong.
If you nave money enough OF yoar own 10
buy coat, however plaip, and then you COZ
row money for 8 dancy,s opths, you h&Ve
taken TIE first revolution Of tie whee! down
grade. Borrow for the necessities; that MAJ
be well, Borrow for the luxuries, that tips
your prospects over IN the wrong direction.
The Bible distinctly says the borrower IS
servant Of the lender. Il is a bad state Of
things when you have to 90 down some other
street to escape meeting some one waoGl you
owe. # young men knew what Is the aes-
potism Of being in debt, more OF them Wot,-3
keep out Of it. What did debt 90 to- LORD
Bacon, with mind towering above the cen
turies? It induced him 10 take brides anu
convict himself as 8 criminal before Gil ages.
What did debt do for Walter Scott, broken
hearted at Aobotstordo Kept him writing
until his hand gave out il paralysis, TO keep
the sheriff away from his pictures and st2tu-
ary. Better for him # he had minded the
maxim which he had chiseled over the hre,
place at Abbotsford, Waste not. want net:
The trouble is, my friends, that people do
not understand the ethics Of going n ceot,
and thatif you purchase goods with no e1-
pectation Of paying for them or go INTO ce9ts
which you cannot meet you steal just 50 n1ucn
money. IL 60 into grocer's store and
buy sugars and cotfees and meats VITA no
capacity TO pay 5or them and 40 intention o!
paving for them, an more dishonest thar
if I 20 into the store, and, when the grocer
face is turned the other way, FL my pock'
cts with the articles Of merchandise and car
ried off ham. In the one case take -ner
chants time and I take the tine OF MS mes
senger to transfer the goods 10 my oou:e
while in the other case I take none ot tAI
time of the merchant and wait upon myself
and transfer the goods without any t,ouolt
to him. In other words, 8 sneak thle1 Is y"
so bad SIS q man who contracts debts ne neV
er expects to pay.
Yet in au our cities there are families Wn:
move every May dsyto get into proximity I
other grocers and meatshops and apotaec2
ries. They owe everybody within hall
mile Of where they. now live, and next MAJ
they viii move into distant. part Of the
city, finding new lot Of victims -aean
while YOU, the honest family in the neF
house, are bothered DAY by day by th'
knocking at the door OF disappointed baker
and butchers and G-y goods dealers anC
newspaper carriers, and you are asked WheT'
your predecessor is. You DO not know.
was arranged you should not know" Mean
while your predecessor has gone to some DIS
tant part Of the city, and the people wiz
have anything to sell have sent their wagon!
and stopped there to solicit the valuable
custom Of the new neighbor, and be, the new
neigbbor, with great ccmplacency ana al al
Of afiuence, orders the finest steaks anu ta'
highest priced sugars and the best OF az
canned fruits and perhaps all the neWspe
pers. And the debts will keep on accum1
lating until ne gets his goods on the "Vth o.
next April II the furniture cart.
No wonder tha: so many Of our merchant
fail IN business. They are swi2d-ed int
bankruptcy by these wandering arabs
these nonads Of city life. They cheat tn
grocer out of the green apples which max
them sick. the physician who attends the1
during their distress, and the undertake.
who fits them out tor departure from IN
neighborbood where they owe everTood.
when they pay the debt Of natsrc, the oo--
debt they ever DO pay.
Now our young men are coming up n tnl
depra7ed state Of commercial ethics, ana
an solicitous about them. want 10 war!
them against being slaughtered on the saarl
edges Of debt. You wan: many things yoi
have not, myyouog friends. You shall hay
them if you have patience and honesty an
industry. Certain lines Of conduct Away
lead out 10 certain successes. There IS
law which controls even these things taa
seem hapbazard. have been told oy t3os
who have observed that It IS possible 10 ca.et
late just how many letters vii be sent 10 IN
dead letter offce every year through n!sd!
rection; ttatit IS possible to calculate JUS
how many letters Wiz be detained Tor -acA Q
postage stamps through the forgettulness .
the senders, ard that It IS possible 10 tet
just how many people will t&ll in the street
By slipping on a. grange peel n otne
words, there ere 70 accidents. The NOS
Insignificant event yOu ever heard Of IS II
link between two eternities-the eternity 0
the past and the eternity CT tie future
Head tbe right way, young man, &1s, 70
will come out az the right goal.
Bring ne young man and tell ne W1a
his physical health IS and what his melta