The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-15
CRIME IS RAMPANT.
Dr.. Talr7age Says Monsoon OF
Swind!e Is Abroad.
A SERMON ON DISHONESTY.
On Every Side Are Men VINO Have
Abused the Trust Raposed in
Them. Banks 6ankrupted
and Funds Stoien.


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Ihls> IKE many Q. ~. ,>'-4'.~.' N.0 80
courses, recommends rlEat 0e'hs l''
this world as we'll as pre2aratlon!or the
heavenly world Text. Job viii, u
Whose trust shall be snders weo.
The TWO most >Si!ifnl architects n al
the world are the bee aud the SPIDER.
The one puts up sugar manufact"ry
and the other builds slaughter house
for H;es Ona brisht<ummtrm morning,
when the sun cones out and shines
nnnn the spiders WEB. beGec&e6 with
dew the cossamcr structure seems
bright enough for suspension bridge
for aerial beings TO cross on. But alas
for the moor fiv which ia,Ee latter part
of that Very day ventures oa il a',o Is
caught and 2uaceoncd anG DESTROYED
The Ay was informed thar it was Tree
bridge and wou!&: cost nothing. oIt at
the other enc. of the ;.riige the tell PAID
was its own life. The next day there
oomes down A strong wind. and away
% the web aud the marauding spider
. and the victimizcd fly. So delicate are
the silken threads Of the spiders web
that many thousands OF them aIe put to-
gether before they become visible TO to
the human eye. and 1t takes ]; oVo,s'V
of them to make thread as large as
the human hair. Most cruel as wen d
most ingenious is the SPIDER \ pri
soner in the BastlIle, France, had one
so trine6 that al the sound OF the vloln
il every 6av came for It's meal Of flies.
The author Of nv text, who was lead
ing scientist Of his day. had no doubt
watched the voracious process Of this
one insect with another and saw spider
ard fly sweps downwith the same broom
or scattered BY the same wind. Alas
that the world has so many designing
spiders and victimized flies. There has
not 6eep a time when the utter and
black irresponsibiiity Of many men nav
ingthe financial interests Of others IL
charge has been more evident than IN
these last few years The bankruptcy
of banks and disappearance Of admins
traitors with the funds Of large estates
and the disordered accounts OF United
States officials have sometimes made a
nestiIence of crime that solemnizes
everv thoughtful man and woman and
ies6s every 0hilanthropist and Christien
~ ssL What sbal, be done to stay the
,Isg,ao
There IS ever and anon monsoon of
swindle abroad. a typhoon, Sirocco. |
sometimes ask myself if i would not be
better for men making wills to oeQueath
the property directly to the executors
and off, er, of the court and appoint
the widows and orphans committee to
see that the former got al that Gid not
belong to them. The simple fact is taat
there are large number of men sailing
yachts and driving fast horses and mem
bers of expensive clubhouses and con-
trolling country seats who are not worth
dollar if they return to others their
just rights. Under some sudden reverse
they fail, and with afflicted air seem TO
retire from the world, and seem almost
ready for monastic life. when IN two or
three years they blossom out again, hav-
ing compromised with their creditors
that is, paid them nothing but regret
and the only difference between the
second chapter Of prosperity and the
first is that their pictures are Murlllos
instead of Kensetts, and their horses
go mile in 20 seconds less than their
predecessors, and instead OF one coun-
try seat they have three. /! nave
watched and have nouceo tnat nine 0uS
Of ten OF those who falI ID "ha0l Is c&iiee
high life have more means al
ter than before the failure, ana IN many
Of the cases failure IS only stratSsem m
to escape the payment o. 81 Aones' eIs 5;ie uJGis
and put one WoTlo Oh .ne tJs'A IT, ~
they practice large sNlno!e. - Hete eas
is something Woe1ully "IonS ~ 'n0 law
that these things are possl9le;
First OF all: | charge the pane On
careless, indifferent panA olrecsors an =
boards having IN charge srea0 1nanclal
institutions. 1t ought not 10 oe poSsl-
BILE for president or CASHIER or p!omln-
>ht ohcer OF oanSlns lnsu'Ult2a ~
7luoie 1t year aleer year "i'no", % Is. uese e
ZION. l VIII unoerlaAS 70 ssS su '1~c ..@o =. ~
these trauos are eaIrle9 @ Oh ;oa t;T o;.}o- W
three years "llnout ue:e'.ton .Sa - %
the directors are PaEInetS Il. ~ tn0 m $50 80,
and pocket part OF the eheil OF tHel s-e
guilty OF culpaole hegiecV VI uu'S'
for which God vii! hold them as re,
sponsible as he holds the acSnoWleogeo
defrau6ers. What right have promln-
ent business men to allow their names
t, be published as directors in imam,
cial institution, so that unsophls5lcaseo
people are thereby INDUCED TO Gopose'
their money IN or ouy the scrip lneGeol,
when they, the published directors are
doing nothing Tor the safety OF the IN