HONESTY
International Sunday School
Lwca for August 24. 1#47
GOLDEN TEXT: "Prove all
things; hold fast that which is
good. Abstain from all appear
Alice of evil." ? I Thessalonians 5:
LrAsson Text: Proverbs 3: 3. 4j
II: 1; 12: 17 22; 14: S: 23: 10-11;
Matthew 5: 37.
While written centuries ago,
the words of Solomon, the author
?if Proverbs, have a striking mes
sage for us today. They give a re
markable insight into life and the
true value of things, declaring
that dishonesty is bad business
and that integrity of character is
essential to happiness and favor
with God and man.
Tlie word "honesty" brings to
mind a variety of thoughts to a
variety of people. One author
suggests that because each per- 1
son is reared and trained dif- 1
forently from all others, con
ceptions of moral principles
vary and this fact accounts for a
l.trgc part of the wickedness in
the world. For a definition of the
word, we go to Webster, who de
fines "honesty" as the quality of
being honest. Going back to the
word "honest," just, sincere,
honorable, equitable, fair, right
eous, chaste, frank or open."
Therefore, honesty involves fair
play, justice, truth, uprightness,
trustworthiness and every other
quality of noble character.
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To state that dishonesty is the
opposite of this is not to go deep
ly enough. Jesus taught that if
the spirit of honesty was not in
the heart of a man, even though
all his known works and deeds
were apparently honest, he was ?
dishonest man. In the parable of
the talents, Jesus taught the
depth of unfaithfulness when he
contrasted the man who had the
one talent with him who had two
talents. To him who was faithful,
his lord said, "Thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over many
things" (Matth. 25:23). He who is
honest in the little things of life
can be trusted to be honest in th<!
larger ones.
Are we as a people losing our
sense of moral integrity? Surley,
one of the needs of our day is a
consciousness of the wrongnes*
of dishonesty, Clifford P. More
house declares: "In* the Middle
Ages most European coinages
were so debased as to be virtu
ally worthless. Counterfeits were
rampant; coins of silver or gold
were pared and mutilated. When
the North German merchants
came to England to do business
in the reign of Edward I, they
introduced their own coins, which
were of uniform weight and
excellence. The merchants were
known as 'Easterlings' and their
money, came to be known as
'sterling.' Even today one looks
at the back or base of silver
utensils to see if they are war
ranted 'sterling.' It is a mark of
excellence, a guarantee of integ
rity.
"We need some kind of 'ster
ling' mark to guarantee integrity
in our human relationship. The
currency of business and social
intercourse has become so de
based that without it one cannot
rely upon another's words. The
best 'sterling' mark in human
relations is the Christian life. A
Christian's word should be as
good as his bond. Are we always
careful to safe-guard that war
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ranty in our own dealing with
friends r.nd strangers alike?"
Dishonesty can be practiced in1
every relationship of life. One
can even be dishonest with one's!
self by doing those things which
are harmful to mind and body,
or living on a plane lower than
one's possibilities, doing less than
one's best. Dishonest practices in
business are rampant. Black
market transactions, during and
since the war, have been indulg
ed in and patronized by people
who should have known better
and have made it more difficult
for those who were determined
to remain honest.
Solomon calls attention to a
practice that was in common use
in his day and which, in too many
instances, still exists ? that of
cheating by means of dishonest
scales. Government inspection
makes this a risky operation but
there are some business men who
still manage to cheat their
customers through fauty scales,
short cuts and scant measures. A
Christian business man cannot
afford to take that which belongs
to another. He not only hurts
himself but he hurts the cause of
Christ and the work of the
church of which he is a member.
Dishonesty in speech is also a
matter to which we must call at
tention. Solomon speaks of "lying
lips" and states that they "are an
abomination to the Lord." Spread
ing false reports and gossip are
the pasliine of some people, who
do not realize that this is sin. A
person whose word cannot be re
lied upon is not appreciated even
by people who are like him, or
her. Another way to be dis
honest in speech is to imply or
hint a thing about another with
out actually saying it or remain
ing silent when something un
true is said about another and
the reputation of the innocent
person should be defended.
The fundamental foundation of
good character is honesty and to
be worthy of complete trust
should be the ambition of every
one who wants to be in right re
lation with God and with his
fellowmen.
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Hope Fades For 5
Lost in Pacific Crash
Honolulu. ? Military authorities
last night virtually abandoned all
hopes of finding the bodies of
George C. Acheson, Jr.. political
adviser in the Japanese occupa
tion. and four co-passengers and
crewmen of an army B-17 that
crashed in shark-infested waters
killing five others.
The toll of the crash 42 Ya miles
from the island of Oahu was thus
10 dead or missing and presum
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A dozen army, navy and mar
ine search and recue planes join
ed a flotilla of seven destroyers,
a navy oiler, and a Coast Guard
cutter in criss-crossing an area
35 miles wide and 52 miles long.
They worked over the boxed-off
ed area west of Oahu on the the
ory that the bodies may have
drifted many miles since the four
engined plane ran out of gas and
went down 25 minutes flying
time from land.
Navy headquarters said there
was only an extremely remote
possibility that Acheson or any
member of the missing passenger
list could be alive. But it an
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kept in the air until darkness and
that the surface search will be
continued until all possibility of
finding the bodies was exhaust
ed.
The plane was flying the Kwa
jalein to Honolulu leg of a Tokyo
to Washington hop carrying Ach
eson and four high-ranking army
and navy officers of the supreme
command to the capital for con
sultation.
Atcheson, 50 years old, career
diplomat and chairman of the
Allied Control Council planned to
confer with State Department of
ficials on the pending Japanese
peace treaty.
All search and rescue craft
were alerted to investigate every!
piece of debris because the plan
was said to be carrying highly
confidential state papers.
The probable death of Acheson
completed the disruption of the
Allied Control Council. W. Mac
Mahon Ball, Brititsh representa
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Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko, a
frequent opponent of Allied com
mand policies, is now in Moscow
for consultations amid rumors
he may not return.
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Waiting Is Gruesome
Talk For Sixteen !
Condemned to Die|
Raleigh. ? Sixteen men without
hope sit in their ceils on death
row in State's Central Prison and
wait for time to run out.
Condemned to die in North Car
olina's gas chamber, waiting is
the last difficult thing the 16
must accomplish.
The condemned are the only
convicts in the prison who don't
work for their three meals a day.
The day begins in death row
at a little after seven in the
morning when the guard shoves
a breakfast tray into the cell. A
fork and a spoon ? no knife is al
lowed for fear of suicide ? accom
panies the tray.
Breakfast over, the condemned
convict makes his bed and does
his sweeping ."Heavy" cleaning
occurs twice a week when the
floor and walls are scrubbed with
soap and water by the prisoner.
With cleaning done, the con
demned man can read or write
a letter to his parents or just sit.
Nearly half of the convicts on
death row just sit. for only 9 out
of the 15 can write. The rest are
illiterate.
This gives the .literate convicts
a little extra work. For they are
asked to perform the writiing
chores for the others.
One illiterate on death row
does not bother to dictate a let
ter home:
"Just write what you'd write
your own mother," he tells the
other convict in the adjoining
cell.
But the condemned have little
to write in their letters. There
isn't much that goes on in death
row except the waiting.
"I just write my wife and tell
her I love her." said a prisoner
due to die for murder.
The arrival of mail on death
row is probably the day's out
standing event. Again the con
victs who can read perform a
service for the illiterates.
From their cells the condemn
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lfOTlCE Or FORECLOSURE ?Y
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE
North Carolina. Watauga County.
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained In a certain deed of
trust executed by L. W. Tlmmons to
J. E. Holshouser, Trustee, dated the
17th day of December. 1945, and re
corded in Book 49. page 92. In the of
fice of the Register of Deeds of Wa
tauga county, and under and by
virtue of the authority vested irt the
undersigned as substituted trustee bv
an instrument of writing dated the 8tn
day of August. 1947, and recorded In
Book... page... in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Watauga county,
default having been made in the pay
ment of the indebtedness thereby
secured and the said deed of trust
being by the terms thereof subject to
foreclosure, and the holder of the in
debtedness thereby secured having de
manded a foreclosure thereof for the
purpose of satisfying said indebted
ness, the undersigned substituted
trustee will offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder for cwh
at the courthouse door in Boone. North
Carolina, at twelve o'clock, noon, on
the 10th day of September. 1947, the
land conveyed in said deed of trust,
the same lying and being In Meat
Camp Township. Watauga county.
North Carolina, and more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at a cucumber tree comer
to J. A Winebarger. and runs with
Robert Shipleys lines south 70, east
12*,i poles to a buckeye, then north i
88, east 15 poles to a hemlock tree,
then south 74 east 11 polei to a maple!
and birch tree, then north 73. east 98
poles to a white oak tree, corner to
vVillie Proffit. then with Proffits linej
south 4, west 106 poles to a beech tree.1
then e >*t 15 poles to a stake at the
creek, then down with said creek as
follows: south 7, west 6 poles, south
27, west 17 poles, south 5, west 18
poles, south 15 west 46 poles to a wal
nut tree by the creek, and corner to
Lookabill, then with Lookabills lines
south 50. west 56 poles to a chestnut
tree, then north 53, west 63 poles to a
stake at corner of fence, then south 47
west 30 lb poles to a chestnut tree on
the ridge, then north 53 west. 29 poles
to an oak stump at some rocks on the
ridge, then south 2, west ?7 poles to
a maple now gone, then south 84, west
123 poles to two spanish oak stumps,
then south 88. west 55 poles to a
hickory tree now down with hickory
maple and oak pointers and corner to
Wane Miller and Land Bank. Then
north 42, west 54 poles to a spanish
oak a little on the N. W skle of
Harmons Knob and corner to Federal
Land Bank, then north 4. east passing
land bank corner at 94 poles and
continuing on with Millers line 192
poles to a stake by a branch above the
folks, then south 86, east 20 poles to
a bunch of Lynn trees by the creek
and corner to Joe Mollers Ezra Cabin
tract. The north 86. east 25 poles to a
stake corner to J. A. Winebarger In
old Grant line, then south. 86. east 166
poles to the beginning, containing 475
acres more or leas
Except from above about 38 acres
sold to Arlle Bryan.
This 9th day of August. 1947
WADE E BROWN.
8- 14 -4c Substitute Trustee.
ed can see through barred win
dows the tops of parked auto
mobiles outside the prison. The
Dower bedj on the lawn, however
cannot be seen.
Once a day the men's orders
from the prison store are taken.
Only three times a week does the
condemned man leave his cell.
On Tuesday he goes to the
shower at the end of the corri
dor and after the weekly wash
ing he gets a change of clothing
and returns tc his cell. A shave
under the watchful eye of a guard
enables the convict to leave his
cell on Thursday. Visitors may
talk to the condemned in a large
room just outside the death row
on Sunday for 30 minutes.
Devotional services are held by
F "
the prison chaplain Sunday, but
each evening after supper the
prisQnres hold their own relig
ious services, with each prison
er taking a turn at conducting the
simple serv^es. The prisoners do
not leave tm-ir cells for the ser
vices. It comes shdTtly before the
lights go out at 9 p. m.
Public testimonials, in which
the condemned confess their sins
and ask forgiveness, are common
during these impromptu devotion
als.
Only a last minute reprieve can
save the condemned. Meanwhile'
the 16 sit in their cells,each 9
by 12 feet in size and furnsihed
with a dog-eared Bible, a bed, a
stool, and p lavoratory ? and just
wait.
Outside it is hot and men rush
around on matters of business.
But on death row it is cool and
still. The pallid-faced condemned
sit and wait for deam. The faces
of the 16 bespeak their hopeless
ness.
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