{"newspaper_name": "The Southern journal.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
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DO NOT LlE.-Why do youlie? You
know you cannot pay that bill next
week, and yet you promise faithfully
that the debt shall be canceled.--
When YOU know thahyou are unable
TO meet demand, why don't you say
so at once ard save your creditor the
trouble Of sending your bill week after
week? An upright and honest credi.
tor will never push a man, when he is
satisfied it is not in his power TO pay;
but when he has been deceived and
put to unnecessary trouble on account
Of the faIschoods You have uttered, he
is very apt to be hard with you In
future then, take up with our advice,
and never promise to settle a bill IN.
less you are sure you will be able to
meet it promptly. The man who
puts of and puts off the payment Of Il
just debt, when he has faithfully pro-
missed 10 settle it on certain days, will
seldom iod person TO trust him a
gain, and his character suffers essen
tally. We know persons are fre-
quently disappointed; but this is no
excuse for the constant habit of pro.
crastination.