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THE BUTLER HERALD. BUTLER, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 19. 1943. PAGE PT,TT ' local Happenings ntss Ray e Cox s P ent Monday m Riley Circle Met With Mrs. Suggs aeon. Bertha Carson spent sev- Ji days ihit week in Macon. DR. H. J. PORTER Butler, l»a. HONESTY IN ALL THINGS Lesson Text: Ex. 20:15; Lev. j§> 19:11, 13; Luke 19:1-10, 45-46. ** Golden Text: Thou shalt not steal. The aim of this commandment is clearly shown to be for the pur pose of protecting the property rights of other people. It goes a*--| The Julia Riley Circle held tits back to when God gave it to man Mrs. Donald Bush and Miss Al- October meeting at the home of ln beginning. God said let us Took visited Thomaston Tues- Mrs. \Valter Suggs, with Mrs. Irene man in our image and le ! Peed, co-hostess him navc dominion over the xish i The Circle leader Mrs L R of the yea and over the fovvls 01 Mrs. W. A Anglin and Mr. Adams, ided over ’ the business the air and over the cattle and iy mond Anglin spent Wednesday , ession Ten mcmbers and two over all the earth, and over every , Macon. (visitors were present. The visitors cree P in R thing that creepeth upon ... _ p a „line Cooper of Barnes-I were Mrs. Birdie McGee Hanson dle oart h. t/e find these words in •fi was the Tuesday guest of and Mrs. J. R. Wilson. Ge " es, « t 1 ’ friends I Following the business meeting We deduct from this that loc uUer menu . | Mrs. Wilson gave a most inspiring intended for man to havo domm - Mr3 Sarah Fielding was the ( ! eV otional on “Keeping the Win- ion over physical property. In eek end guest of Mr. and Mrs. j dows of 0 ur Souls Clear,” taken other vvords man had thc ri R ht {o x Brown at Howard. jfrom the sixth chapter of Daniel. earn and own and that which he at ™ mis Stalnaker was! In the absence of Mrs. Wallace ° wns to be respected by others. WiSS M T m,if of her sister Mrs Mrs - Adams had charge of the Property is therefore, a divinely ie recent gue&tof hera .ter, • program and gave the “History of ordained institution. This does not B ba Halley in Augusta. the Missionary Dollar”, in a most mean that he absolutely owns interesting manner using posters w hat he wins for this reason that io illustrate the work done thru he is not the creator of the earth, the years. Mrs. Henry McLean is on ly the administrator of it gave a humorous poem entitled, and not the owner. However, as , . j “The Dollar and the Cent.” tenant of said property so long as Mrs. Lewis Minor and daughter Mrs Hammock will have charge he is business like and properly iuam, of *humaston were \ on- . Q f t jj e November program and administers it. It is in his hands av guests of Mr. and Mrs. L.: Ficklincr will bo hostoss to uso as his own. ln relation to toon ! Srs Suggs* Mrs. Peed ami Mrs. his fellow man he owns what he Mr Oscar Adams, of Emoryj Hanson served a delicious salad wi ns - ] This command ^ is at the Miss Marie Jarrell of Manche- ter was the week end guest of er ' parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. arrell -Reporter. diversity, Atlanta, is the guest j Plate with coffee, i ins parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. idams. | pfe Herman Hill of Ft. Benning Lebanon W.M.U. Met “ t p r S"a E Mr St aSd M S r s W w e La 8t Friday P. M. Hill. Mr. James Minor of the Uni- eisity of Georgia, Athens, spent heweek end with his parents, Mr. id Mrs. L. L. Minor. foundation of a social order that will last. If there was nothing to j protect a man in holding what he i has earned there would be no , motive for a man to labor for i that which would be of benefit to | himself and others. So far as we are concerned property is ours if • aiu amteiueu ici waio ^ The Lebanon Woman’s Mission- we honestly acquire it, for though ary Union held its regular meet-| j s rea lly God’s we control it so ine Friday afternoon, Nov. 12th. long as we keep it and we can do ing Friday Mrs. D. M. Harris had charge of the program. Song, “What a Friend.” Prayer, Mrs. Lucy B. Harris. A short business session was as we like with it. We can keep it or we can dispose of it. Mrs Jim McManus of Thomas- * on S’ ™ nai , a • The P ur P ose of this commaand- n snent Monday with Butler Praycr - Mr s- Lucy B. Harris. ment £s t0 protect man against Mrs McManus was be- A short business session was himself. Men are weak. They ;Ie her'marria^ Miss Christine j^d. One new member was added ha ve a desire to acquire and ■r/nmnre of this city ; to the ro11, . possess. They may be easuy a/emore ot tn . y. Devotional, Mrs. Louise Harmon. tompted lo take that which is no: Mrs. George Daniel has returned | “Paganism, Miss Edna Stiing- i her home in Atlanta after 1 fie ,] d . . . p lending several weeks with her! The Christian Witness m Pa- Dy ine pi0 nioiuon ui uic lother, Mrs. Anna Wilchar, who! ? an Lands Mrs. Lucy ■Harris. commandment. To steal would e regret to learn continues quite “Paganism m High I laces, | v i 0 i a te thc sacred property rights i | Mrs. D. M. Harris. , of ano ther person. Therefore sin is 1 Dismissed with prayer by Mrs. j wronB “ Thou shalt not steal.” We Mrs. Foy Rustin left today for Louise Harmon tlanta. From there she goes to their own. God has protected them against their own weaker nature by the prohibition of the eighth icksonville, Fla., where she will gprains Ankle wrong. “Thou shalt not steal.” We are obligated to live by this commandment. Ways in Which This Commandment Is Broken There is practically no end to ake her home. Her many friends ”*sr ,os,ng h ““ a cmze ;j»*«..-* ^ «. Mrs. Irene Peed and Mrs. Wal-I that Re™.T. C Adams, of Franklin, I Mkflrom‘“horl' One t'iaT i anTr«e , n h ded W re^nee i rt MX*. **3”V^Son ' ™ ^ SS »mpTe?, B — by ^g e on'rnSa^rCeing hi^o We til the morning.” Of course this does not moan that wages are to be paid every day. It emphasizes rather a principle which obli gates the employer to treat with sacred regard the wages duo the employee. The employee is selling his labor to the employer. There is a moral obligation on the em ployer 10 pay wages for tins labor according to what it is worth. Unfair Labors The employe is also morally ob ligated to his employer. He owes a labor worthy of the wages which he is paid. To do half way work, loaf on the job and kill time for which he is paid are means by which the employe may steal from the employer. To do work poorly is just as much a violation of the eighth commandment as to pay unfair wages, 'lire em ployee is just as much bound co give honest work as the employci is to give honest wages. Extortion Persons may steal by extortion, j Extortion was the sin which j aroused the righteous indignation 1 of the prophet Amos. He ex- j pressed his indignation with the following words, “hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to; fail, making the epah small and the shekel groat and falsefyiug the balances by deceit that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea and sell the refuse of wheat.” We see that there were great and greedy extortioners in that day in the long ago as there are today In our industrial world and in some personal dealings between j individuals, extortion is the way 1 by which men became guilty if sin. Unpaid Debts ( Another sin is incurring debV 1 that we know we cannot men,, c.* by having no intention of paying 1 them. 1 If one refuses to pay a debt | when it is due he is guilty of dis honesty. A debt should be paid | when due or satisfactory arrange- I ments made about it. 1 Taxes Tax evasion is another way cf being dishonest. Some seem to think that taxes are not an ohli- | gation to the individual, out to the government and i.r teat iea- 1 son can be treated with indiffer- j ence. It is a moral obligation up- ■ on every individual. He who is dishonest about taxes is likely to prove dishonest in other obliga tions. The eighth commandment was primarily to refer to relations between men. Also it prohibits a course of action which has to do with man’s relationship to God. We must realize that one can be guilty of stealing from God. In the scripture we find these words “will a man rob God”. Then the question may be asked how can we rob God? The answer is “in tithes and offerings.” From this there is but one conclusion, and that is that we can rob God by withholding tithes and offerings. The law of tithing was an Ola Testament edict. Tithing then in the Old Testament was a moral law and Jesus never cancelled a moral law. Then in withholding from God that which rightfully is his is d.s- honesty. The Remedy We now turn to the New Testa ment and the teachings of Jesus gives us further light about God’s requirements of hnoest dealing. Jesus was on his way to Je lem. His earthly stay was about completed for it was only a few days before the Crucifixion. Jk great host of people were with, him. They were on their way t* the feast of tne i ass-vc/. . e passed through Jericho the chief publicans' attention was fastened Jesus. Luke tells u. c ; that this man was the chief publican and he was rich. We are to conclude that he became rich from be'.nff a tax gatherer. We do not know why Zaccheus followed Jesus. Ke was short ol stature and couU not see Jesus for the people, and he went and climbed a sycamore tree that he might be enabled to see Jesus as he passed by. We don't know whether or not it was curiosity or a deep spiritual feel- (Turn to Page 6; No. 3) Theatre Butler, Ga. SUNDAY AND MONDAY, NOV. 21-22 Sunday P. M. Show 3 n’Clock. Sunday Night Show 8:45 o’clock Monday Night Show 8:00 o’clock Betty Rhodes - McDonald Carey SALUTE FOR THREE THURSDAY (One Day Only) NOV. 25 M&lir.ee 3 o'tlock P. M. Night Show 8 O’l lock P. M. Greer Garson - Ronald Coleman In RANDOM HARVEST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOV. 26-27 Friday Night Shows 7:45 to 11 ' Saturday Shows Continue From 1:30 to 11 Ann Kutherford - Red Skelton In WHISTLING IN DIXIE Roy Rogers In IDAHO ambulate on crutches. ,und Romberg. Pvt. William L. Taylor of Elay, 1 Rpnninn iiz., was the guest of his wife Attends Keunion nci son and other relative here 1st week. Pvt. Taylor has been in there are indirect ways of steal ing as well as direct. Robbery There is no doubt about, it and it is everywhere recognized as si weeK. rvt. tayior nas neeiuin Those from Butler attending at j stpa L n S a ^ d s| pa Lng is e service ten months and is , Americas Friday a delightful fam- robber is a t hicf and a thief is ationed with the M. P. E. G. ily reunion honoring Mr. E. L. | one who steals. Bofafery'may^be , Gammage, prominent newspaper breaking into a house or it may man of that city, included Mrs. J. | be robbing a bank or taking cash - - - ~ ~ from thc cash drawer or any num ber of other ways of taking that which does not belong to them All of them is a violation of the commandment, “thou shalt net steal.” Thai much for direct stealing ; 111a.11 in » Mr. R. L. Brown and daughter, j >j. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. lrs. Julian Edwards II, spent Sat- j Pennington and Mr. J. B. Pen- relay in Atlanta visiting Mrs. nington. rown who has been there under i nodical treatment during thc P ast ’ o* , f L Announcements hree weeks. It will be gratifying t* 1 Announcements 3 her many friends to learn that he will be returning home Sun- Say very much improved in lealth. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hartley of' There are many ways of indirect Reynolds are the proud parents of stealing. This is the way that the a son born Nov. 10 to be called | grea test number of people arc Cpl. Lewis D. Mclnvale returned a camp Friday aner speiaung a ifteon day furlough with his wife nd son at. Griffin, and his moth- r, Mrs. C. D. Mclnvale, near But- er. He is with the Medical Corps ■nd stationed at Camp Swift, ’exas. A short time before his nrlough he was promoted to •orporal. He enlisted in the Army day 29. Wyndell Erwin. Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Hill of Butler announce the birth of a daughter Nov. 15th. Mr and Mrs. J. W. Dorsey Jr., of Junction City, announce the birth of a son Nov. 16 to be named John Larry. TO RELIEVE MISERIES OF 1ST COLDS Now get grand relief from colds’ symptom-, this home-proved douhie-action way that actually 1*r onet PENETRATES t to upper bronchial tubes with toothing medicinal vapors STIMULATES chest and back sur- V laces like a warm- ing poultice. 0(,, nNs for ho**** I To get all the benefits of this combined PENETRATING-STIMULATING action, just rub throat, chest, and back with Vicks VapoRub at bedtime, instantly VapoRub goes to work—2 ways at once as shown above—to relieve coughing spasms, ease muscular soreness or tightness, and invite restful, comforting sleep. Often by morn- rng most of the misery is gone. Got relief from chest cold distress tonight with double-action, tixne- wstod Vicks VapoRub. Mr. and Mrs. Blanford of Mauk are the proud parents of a son born Nov. 16th. Bateman Mill New* Miss Mildred James was the week end guest of her mother, Mrs. Grady James. Mrs G. A. Allmon, Miss Ann Hill were Sunday guests of Mrs. Grady James and Mildred. guiliy of stealing. Cheating We might here consider some cf the ways of stealing. There arc those who in exchange of goed^ or trading, try to cheat by sly and shrewd schemes. They try to ge the advantage by being deceitful and in so doing become guilty o actual stealing. The passage cf our lesson from Leviticus forbids stealing by dealing falsely, “ie shall not steal, neither deal false ly neither lie one to another.' "Thou shalt not defraud thy neigl bor, neither rob him.” Anothei form of stealing is by the use ol dishonest weights. In the book cf Deutoronomy we have anothe. forbidding of false weights. “Thoi shalt not have in thy bag diver weights, a great and a small. How accurately Proverbs described Their many friends regret that ----- ' ti ce of a lot ci Mrs. Ora Barrow and children w ? wm it is move from our community but wishthem every success in their iewly chosen home. Mr. Grady James and Mr. G. A. Allmon were Sunday guests o Mr. Bob Barnes near Rupert. Mrs Velma McLaughlin and •hildren are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. James Barrow. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. a Allmon included Mr. and Mrs. Grady James and Miss Mar- ;.ell Peterman. . Mr Graysden Allmon is spend ing this week with his parents, vlr. and Mrs. G. A. Allmon. people. The buyer will say it is naught, it is naught.” By suci words the buyer is trying to Le little that which he is buying. If he is successful in making the seller believe the little value of the article in question, and then goes away boasting of how smart he was. This is just anothei means of stealing by deceit. Ou government has used means to protect the unwary seller of be ing cheated by inspecting scales, grading of cotton and setting upi standard of weights and measuie of many other articles. Yet in tei d ’ Wan7a Carpenter! spite of these precautions some T\n me^pendhig several days'-people are able to cheat by usm. £ w" UjdS Mr. j incorrect — ^ nteasuren ~ r wc ™ and Mrs - Grad y ^ d Mrs G . A . wages of him that is hired shaii ay guests of Mr. ana ' no t abide with the all night un- Allmon.