The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02

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see the sights. iney S'3seI l9ssh G.:; NJ ~
cheeks flushed ana eyes c!'oGSh9t' ! he
outer gates Of he'll open 10 let IL Inc
victims. Ths wings OF lost Soals Ilt
among the lights, and the steps OF inc
carousers sound with the I9mO1lng :
thunders Q! the lost. faTc%Gll 20 al
the sanctltleS OF meme: Cou!3 n!otnel; I !
sister, father, slumoerlns IN me Inc rSt iuiaiu
home, IL some vislon on o. 1ns1 n,gbt :
eaten a glimpse cl tle IGsn IL Tto0sne ~ = -
they wogIc reno ou. tnelI IN H@r tlo ~ bIonS oS
roots ana pi1e iHe .onsu0 "a GO .S '.oUo ovo
spur'5eo, Shrleho5 oE'' 'O0 saw
him.
What, suppose You, Will come upon
such business establishments? and
there are hundreds Of them in the
cities. They may boast Of fabulous
sales, ana they may have an unpFece..
dented run Of buyers, aid the name OF
the house may be terror to all rivals,
and from this thrifty root taere may
spring up branch houses il ether clues'
and all the partners Of the firm may
move into their mansions and drive
their full blooded span, and the fam
lies may sweep the street with the
most elegant apparel that human heart
ever wovc or earthly magnlileence ever
achieved
Buta curse is gathering surely for
those m4a, ard if it does not seize ho,d
e the pillars and in one wild ruin
bring down the temple Of commercial
Glory & will break up their peace, and
5beT will tremble witt, sickness and
bloat with designations, aud, pushed to
the precipice Of this life, they will try
to hold back and cry for help, but 40
help will come, and they Will Gluten
thelr go!d 10 take 1t along ~lSn theD,
but 1t vii! Dc snatcheo from thclr grasp
aad voice Will s31no through thel5
soul, "Aot farthlng, thou 0egeareo
spirit! AM tbs judgment VII! come
and they will stand aghast before IL,
and all the business ln!quIIles OF me-
time will gather around them, saying
DO you remember this: and DO
you remember that And clerks that
they compelled to dishonesty ant run
nerS and draymen and booSkeepers Wh'
saw behind the scenes will bear testl,
m0ny to Their "efarious deeds, and
some virtuous soul that once sfocd
aghast at the splendor and power CT
these busin 2ss men will say, Alas,
this is all that is left Of that great hrm
that occupied block with their mer-
chandise and overshadowed the city
with their influence and made rlghte-
BUSINESS and truth and purity fall under
the CALLING fire of avarice 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 5r product is represented as
possessing valce which 1t really does
not have. Nothing but sheer false
hood can represent as perfection boots
that rip, silks that speedily lose their
luster, calicoes that Immediately wash
out, stoves that crack under tne hrst
hot fire, books insecurely bound, car
pets that unravel, old furniture reJu-
verated with putty ard glue ana so!o
as having been recently manufactured,
gold watches made OF brass, barrels OF
fruit, the biggest apples on the top,
wine adulterated with s!rychnlne. hos
1erv poorly woven, clothes Of domestic
manufacture shining with foreign Ia
bells, imported goods represented as rare
and hard to get, because foreign Gx-
change is so high, rollea out On the
counter with matchIess Glsplay' In
ported indeed, bat from the factory IN
the rext street. Apattern already un-
fashionable md unstable palmed of as
new print upon some country mer-
chant who has come to town to make
his first purchase of dry goods and 60
ing home with large stock Of goods
warranted to keep.
Again business men are often tempt.
ed to make the habits and customs OF
other traders their law of rcctitude.
There are commercial usages which
will not stand the test of the last day.
Yet men in business are apt to do a.
their neighbors do. If the majority OF
the traders IN any locality are lax in
principle. the commercial code in that
community will be spurious and dis
honest It is a hard thing to stand
close lv the law ef right when your
next door neighbor. by his looseness Of
des];ns Is enabled to sell goods at a
cIeaner rate and decov YOUR customers.
OF course YOU who promptly meet all
YOUR business engagements, paying
when YOU promise to pay, will find it
hard to compete with that merchant
who is hopelessly in debt to the impor-
ter for the goods and to the landlord
whose store he occupies and to the
clerks who serve him. There are a