The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-11-05

as IT Is to be poor, In menv
, mouse there is a blessing oh every nj
tured wall and on every scroll, and
every tfaceried window. and the !,
mat flashes in the lights, and III
showers in the music, and that dane
Ia lhe quick feet of the children pa
terlng through the hall has in it Il
laVor OF God and the approval of ma
ana There are thousands and tens
thousands OF merchants who. fro,
lhe hrst day they sold Il var
OIL cloth, or iirkin OF butter. hay
maintained their integrity. They y Ell
born honest, and they will die homes
but You and know that there are i
commercial life those who are guilty c
great dishonesties of speech. A me,
ehaht says: Il am selling these good
at less than cost" Is he getting fo
these goods a price inferior to tina
which Ae paid for tlem9 Then he ha
spoken the truth. Is he getting more
liner he lies. A merchant SAYS: :"
PAID NO for this article" Is that tn,
price he paid for itp All right. Bu
suppose he paid for it 1913 instead o
s2o' Then he lies,
hnt lhere are just as many false.
sloods before the counter as there AR,
oehlna the counter. A customer come,
IN n asks; How much is this arti
cle" 1T isS5.' u can get that for
our somewhere else" Can he get II
Tor tour somewhere else, or did he say
that just for the purpose of getting i,
cheap by depreciating the value of the
goods? II 50, he lied. There are lust
as many falselioods before the counter
as there are behind the counter.
a merchant nnrolls upon the couu-
ter a bale of handkerchief,. The Gus
M says: "Are these all silI,?r
Yes mo cotton ia them?" mo cot
in them" Are those ha~ndIlerchiefs
all silk? Then the merchant told the
truth. Is there any cotton in themp
lhen he lied. ~oreover, he defrauds
himself, for this customer coming in
Will after awhile find out that he has
been d~eFrauded, and the next time he
comes 10 town and goes shopping, he
VIII COX up at that sign and say: NO,
won't go there, that's the place where
got those handkerchiefs," First, the
merchant insulted God, and, second,
10 picked his own pocket.
Who would take the Responsibilities NJ
aging how many f~alsehoods were YES
cfday told by hardware men. and
and lnmbermen, and tobac-
ohlsts, and jewelers., and Importers, |
.hd Shippers, and dealers in furniture,
nd dealers in coal, and dealers in gro
cries? Lies about buckles, about sad
les about harness, about shoes, about
ats, about coats, about shovels, about
'ngs, about forks, about chairs. about
'fas, about horses, about lands, about
'erythlng. | arraign commercial
as one of the crying sins of
lr time.
1 pass on to speak of mechanical false
Among the artisans are those
ION whom we are dependent for the
buses III which we live, the garments
9 wear, the cars in which we ride.
ne vast majority of them are. so far
know them, men who speak the
utll, aad they are upright, and many
Them are foremost in great philan-
ropes and IN churches; but that thew
| 90 not belong TO that class every
@ knows. liz times when there il n
eat demand for labor, it is not SO ]
sy for such mon TO keep their obliea- /
ms because they may mis~calculate ,
regard to The weather, or they NAV ,
t be able TO get the help they %antici- $
TED IN their enterprise. | AIN speak
now OF those who promise to do that II
'ich they know they will not be
lie to do. They say they will come il
Monday; they do not come until n
'dnesday. They say they will come y
Wednesday; they do not come until Ii
'urday. They say they will have b
JOB lone in ten days; they do not it
1t done before thirty. And when h
an becomes irritated and will not II
1t any longer, then they go and q
Tx for him Il day or two and keen Il,
job along; aud then some else gets nj
tated and outraged, and they 20 O,
Work for that man and get him OF
lied, and then they go somewhere or
: believe they call that nursing
job" III
my friends, how much dishonor lie
4 men would save their souls if they al
'ld promise to do only that which az
know they can do. on" they LII;
hts OF no Importance; everybody DO
to be deceived and disap- co
tied" There is a voice of thunder ba
ldlng among the saws and the ham ha
n the shears, saying: "All COZ
shall have their place in the lake for
burns with fire and brimstone.o we
pass on to speak of social lies, VIZ
much OF society is insincere? car
hardly know what to believe. life
Y send their regards; you do not en-,
lily know whether it is an express apt
of the heart, or an external c@ivili- mo
They ask you to come to their at
you hardly know whether they dis;
y want You to come. We are all ma.
to take a discount off what and
Not AT home" very often han
IS too lazy to dress. | was read dan
Of a lady who said she had told TO Q
asst fashionable lie. There was a ball
at her door and she sent viii
down Not at home" That the
her husband said to her; Mrs. holl
d-So is dead" us it possible,, sade
lid, ayes, and she died in great Nov
sh OF mind; she wanted IS see The
D very much; she had something sick
important to disclose to you in lain
st hour, and she sent three times sepu
but found you absent every the
; Then this woman bethought shou
II that she had had a bargain lowe
her neighbor that when the long CARL;
lcted sickness was about to come cere,
end, she would appear at her most
le and take the secret that was TO Chill
And she had said she Eyes
Not at home"
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