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« v ::': V': 1=■ •. -. ■■Wi't-nj* ?.Lv:T.- is MTJ • U 4' i ■: • ■ . *»' ‘ A '. / .i*hij,/.tit,-tiitr jflfi,t. TV r f *•* »■*■*■ ■»lt;***»lt;►/•■■ 5* - I f‘ ■ 1 - i ! ■ # •ft V.\|*,. 11 . • • i * . .. • * i ■ ■■*• • .WKCMI: ANft OWNER,m•V «•AY AW . FRWAT.,ViIWPION l’RICE:*•- *../■•. ;. . ' ; *«'(|A* f I f ,- . I I ♦ f I I I , * • I I M * M M M f *•*» .i‘*5'■».»;« «»'«»»•»’ •»«•!» 1*00M II M-MiRill^^ubHCrlbcfrt itnkifif? cfmnKc nf attdrwm jilflvO old On well oh new mlelreaa to In*lpiretant attention.thdlf^teflfcc fit Statesville, N,in wall matter.)• June 4, 1918.fit- ' IS YOUR WORD GOOD?^'v-i-The willingness of so many peoplei ; ‘ /l,\4 t- i * c , * to make a promise, enter into anItilAlrreemcnt^Oven sign a paper if they iqbii’t have to pay cash on the spot,find thehti|#ipudiate the promise or£§freement,: even the written oblin-V. v'l' ' * *■■- * * vi •’••■.tetion, if it,can be done, is astonishing^p^en pne considers the moral turpi-feitide ini^btVed.y But it.is a fact that aiVi* *'• * / *P'Stirprisingly large number of peoplei, ,rfi-.V(!.#i14 . * ’ A -i. . 4rt f ftft 1* ■ ■ ■ I lk »• I * A ■ Y • * # 1m,_will do thiit with as little concern asw,J|if they had done nothing wrong; and |S|S6iiic of them would feel very muchteSggrieved if told they were dishonora-IV.* •-* .A*. lt;*•:, unworthy of belief and could not #be trusted., These remarks are suggested by the?,vVC 4 ’* • •' '^publication of the list of names of^persons who agreed to buy Chautau-Mqua tickets. Every year since theIf Chautauqua has been coming to11»*« ^ \ , X . . .I? Statesville a contract has been made its return only after a certain Iffnumber of people had agreed to take |S;enbugh tickets to make good. This agreement is as binding, morally atVxf'■ A •.If least, as any business transaction. |g';Only on the promise of the sale of lithese tickets is the contract, which in-||f;yolves a Considerable sum of money,lt; V I •te1:}:• J:x.«.. SV i. yyX ■f-imade for the return of the Chautau-^ qua**■» i . ' * *:7.‘; V}1'And yet almost every year a num-. p.bdr who agree to tgke these tickets. * irefuse to take them. Others have to|| be hunted up by a committee and/A ' - f. : ’ . ••V vhave the tickets forced on them, As a, . .result of the falling away of theslackers and shirkers—those who* *lymake a pledge only to disregard ifc—a lot of extra work and worry and IS Sometimes actual money loss, falls on ||jS few people who have regard for a contract, and who must make good for Ulthe shirkers who made a promise only to repudiate it. The promises were made voluntarily and unconditionally and anybody who has regard for a * *!J pledge considers a promise to buy a ;Chautauqua ticket as solemn and as binding as any other promise; and I those who enter into such agreementViv•v*.* .. -' *r ■' *,.r: ' * •.* I .(»!.rftV-T-ly..e■i-g^pd. then negligently and wilfully re-to abide by it—well, nobody1 * 1 4Slfsnbuld have any transaction withIflithem ever after that is* dependent on ||;#:promise,: unless the agreement is Uncovered by a solvent bond. If the* * — T ' 1 * *(I; brand they deserve was placed on all Unpeople who do not respect a promise || or an obligation, there would be., a much needed and much desired change! in such matters.W.'• -it '
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Statesville Landmark
Statesville, North Carolina, US
Tue, Jun 04, 1918
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