“Ain’t Worth A Dum
And Never Will Be!”
-
la one of oar Southern mountain
roimti'v used u> be a dcrt of it*
court who administered oath* In bo
ours peculiar fa.-h ion—trandat'ng
the stilted buurMfic of the statcu
boohs into vigorous. cwryttoy
borne<pua Knftisk of bis oust. On
cue occasion he tra* officially
'■*wearing"' a man as to the latter'*
insolvency- the "debtor's oeth."
“Do yon swear." the clerk atkeM.
“that you ain't worth a dnm and
never will be?"
"I can wear about the first |«n
but I don't know uwwh about the
Ia«.' parried the applicant
“U'cH, if roil know ti« ain't
Win lit a ujrn non. everybody ekf
know yon never trill he’ Kiss iha
Beokf"
litis story has tieen told a.* hum
or—and it is indeed good enough
humor. But to u* tin* »Tury al<u
a pathetic background ui
tragedy. In nearly evert mral com
munity there is rase nun who so
far “ has never i«cen worth a dum"
and omeeqpently Hilo* tlx conn
clerk in the «toryi he take* it foi
--
granted that he win never be. He
farms in a slipshod way. is a slave
tu "time price,'’ and never gat*
ahrad. lie stays in a rut
largely because he is not try
ing to get uuL He lack* faith m
himself "t very body else knows,"
a* the court clerk said, "that he will
never be wwth anything."
The tragedy of such a life ought
tu appeal to all of us—and especially
to the man himself. Just because a
man has gotten in be thirty-five,
forty, fifty, or even ri*ty years old
I without amounting to anythk^—
j that fct no reason why he can’t yet do
, something if be win only take hold
of himself and resolve to make the
most of the years that are left to
him.
tu m&uy Mich cases, the wife, by
showing confidence in tier husband
—encouraging him and inspiring
him by her faith—can get him to
"turn over a new leaf." In other
■ cases, the man's boys and girls by
enlisting in dub work and getting
their father to go along with tlcm
along new fines of progress—they
may he able to turn the trick. In
• some other case* a kinsman or
I neighbor may diplomatically lead
the tuan-in-the rut into adopting
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DUNN, —N. C.
ibis or that new policy until after!
awhile be becomes a man-oul-of-tbe
rot. ready for many a new adven.
tore io progress* vertex*.
“That there should one man die
ignorant who had capacity foe
knowledge." said Carlyle, “tltat \
rail a tragedy, even though it should
happen more than twenty times a
minute, as 'ndeed by some compu
tation* h does.” In like fashion, we
should say that for anv man to die
in the ruts of pour, shiftlcas, out-of
date fanning, "not worth a durn,’*
when he had capacity to make a
man of himself—that wc call a
tragedy. Maybe the man has failed
because nobody hat shown any faith
or confidence in hint. Kveryhoujt
has let hint fed that he “ain't worth
a dum and never will be." anil he
j has simply given the world whal it
expected and asked of Him.
U dierc not within the aguaiu
laincc of each uk of us souic man
of this type whom we might en
courage, inspire, awaken, arouse,
and so make over before it is tuo
late? Wliat finer satisfaction could
we have than the knowledge of hav
ing enabled some hurtiati being to
transform a lifelong failure into an
unexpected triumph auil worth
whileness at last1 Should 11.4 such
a rescue indeed entitle one to -oitie
part in the promise of the niicicut
Prophet:
“And they that lie wise shall shine
as the brightness of the fimnucni:
and they that turn many to right
eonsness, as the star* forever and
ever.''- The Progressive Farmer
henry relic to become
MANAGING EDITOR OP PAPER
Goldsboro, Sept. 2.— Henry Belle,
•f Monroe, Instead of Walton Boll,
of Gatfncy, S. C., will succeed It. S.
Pickens as managing editor of the
Goldsboro New*. Mr. Bell arrived in
Goldsboro yesterday. Ho is a grade
ole of Trinity, where bo studied
journalism, and was proraln.-nt lr
the pablication of Trinity's college
papeco. Mr. Pickens returns tu tin
university.
Tb* janitor’s little boy, very black,
was nicknamed “Midnight" by hit
white neighbors. He didn't mluil thsil
calling him that, but one ilay a her
one of hi* own race cxrUlmcd, “Hcllt
Midnight I” ha retorted Indignantly
“Shot up! Too'ae jea’ 'boot quahtei
to twelve yoocf*
Hardim*1* Cswod
Keir.smbor there arv :wj ;
every question. Got both.
Be truthful
(let the tif'ti. Mirtakes .V >
table, but strive fur irrsn r.
would rather have one story . v. V
right than a hundred Half »*wnq.
Be docent. Be fair. Be ganeroav.
Boost — don't knock. There's iron
in everybody. Bring out the good i
everybody, and never ne«JUf>Jy bun
the feelings of anybody.
In reporting a political gntbvrini:
get the facts; tell the story as It it,
not as yeu would like to have it
'l'reat all parties alike. If there is
any polities to be played, are will play
it in our editorial columns.
Tnat all religious matter rever
ently.
if it ran possibly be avoided, never
bring ignominy to an innocent woatan
{ or child in telling of the misdeeds or
niWfoi tunes of a relative.
Don't wait to be asked but do it
without the asking.
And above all, be clean. Never let
n dirty word or suggestive story get
into type.
1 want tltis paper ao conducted that
it can go into any home without de
stroying the innocence of any child.
—TV Newspaper Croesi of President
| Hauling potted in tlie office* of the
Marion Star.
County Agent T. B. Brandon
gives some result* of dusting cotton
oil Sheriff Rashevy'* farm in Orcetic
County. On June 29, the field
slmwetl an infestation of troll weev
il of 18 ]wrcent: ten days later af
ter the second application of dust,
the poisoned plot showed an infestn -
lion of only .1 percent while the un
l>oi toned plot was 12 fxircciil. On
duly 21, the [«tsoned (dot showed
an infestation of 6 percent while tile
untreated plot showed 65 (lerveni.
f hi July 29 the poisoned plot show
ed only 2 percent infestation while
tlie mi[M>isoncd showed J4 percent.
These results are not conclusive hut
tilery do show that dusting with cal
cium arsenate will control the weev
il.
Extension workers report grow
mg inlerest in permanent inspire
in North Carolina. Livestock and
l>asiurcs are two great needs of the
State.
Plow up the cotton stalks earl)
this fall as soon a* possible. This
j will send the lx>II weevil into quart
ers early and hungry.
| UNOESAM’S SAFETY |UGNAL
Dwmrrr* in miiih iku t*i« nut iwmam mm nx>t u* im
law maatla, Trtaaurr Harlan CaaUJfeataa atilt ataat aa • X»I» tlgai
•a pita lha laraator taio a pit at aafcfr
Thaaa cartlfleMaa. caMaataad ahaaiuiat? aa ta rrtaetpal tat lataraP
If tha Da»ad Ctataa pmrawoal, aaa latuaj la laaaaatmaUaaa at IUN, fiM
aat m at cast pi iraa at ltd. fit at IM11, raapaeUraly. Thar aaa Im
ftaa al tula aat loaal uxaa (atrapt aauia aat lalarttaam uxaa) aa4 hi
HMil tataral laraaaa lax.
. _JPMi ut aaatiy irawrtkla thpaa»h Mr Paatafaa. ________
We Heartily Endorse
Tke Home Building & Loan Association
IT DESERVES
The support of every Dunn citizen
• !
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Barnes Sc Holliday Co.
Hardware • Furniture -Undertakers
Diversify—Don't "PiddW"
! h:s is an age of specialists The
-.’•vires of the man who knows
,te tltoroughly, whether it
v medicine, agriculture, engineer'
► ig «r wliat not, arn't greater de
rm! ihj»n are the servees of those
i-ople who have scattered their el
iirts in learning something of many
lungs without getting a thorough
'uxvwledgc of any subject.
To a certain extent the farmer
should specialise. He should spec
ialixe in the product* for which bis
soils and chnune -re best adapted,
his markets best suited, and about
whch he knows most. We can’t
agree with those who preach un
bridled diversification. A fanner
needs two and in some cases three
crops, a major or most important
ntone^' crop such as cotton here In
the botitit, and one or two minot
cash crops such as dairy products
or ponltrv products or grain. H«
six mid of course produce the great
«-r |wrt of the living for the farm
family and the farm stock. When
this is accomplished, there s con
servalive diversification. The far
mer has not scattered his effort)
in attempting to produce amal
amounts of five or six crops foi
the market. He has diversified
sufficiently u> insure himself again*
disaster in case of a market slurn|
in his major crop, but at the sam«
time he has confined his energie
to a sufficiently small number ol
crops to become adept in their pro
duction and marketing. The farm
•T who tries to grow a little o
everything for the market does no
often become proficent in the pro
duction and marketing of any oni
cn
c is prulably a larger num
l*er of fanners who are tailing ti
make good because of oue-cro]
farming than there are fanner
who have carried diversification toi
fur. However, it is never a goo<
plan to carry a good idea to ex
t retries, l'ractke sane and con set
vative iliversification but don’t be
; come a ’'piddling’’ farmer.—Th
Progressive Fanner.
"You say Jells has grown whit
her* since you saw him last ? Ho\
dill you recognize him?"
"T’.y my umbrella.”
"Has that mule of yours got
pedigree, Sam?*'
“No, sah! Xo, indeedyt Dei
ain't tiuffin de matter wif dis mul<
I le am puflfcctjy sound, Sah"—Bo:
ton Transcrip.
lie was newly arrived io thi
country and was not too familis
with the uac of the telephone. S
he took down the receier and d<
manded:
' ■ ' w m T«rT*rtp fnv v!»*~
J he operator < voice came bac
sweetly, "Number, please?"
“Oh," he replied, perfectly wil
ing to help out, “ she l«n my se<
ond vun.”
A farmer wrote to the editor «:
an agricultural paper asking for
method of ridding his orchard c
the grasshopper plague In ffi
ssuue mail the editor received a ri
quest for advice from an anxioi
mother about her baby twins wh
were having a hard time tcethini
The farmer received this reply
"Wrap flannel cloths around the
throats. Rub gums with castor «i
and massage their stomach twice
day."
The anxious mother received th
Startling reply: “Cover with dr
straw. Soak thoroughly with coi
oil and apply a match; the littl
pests will soon stop bothering you
—Richmond Evening Dispatch.
SKELETONS MAKE
NEGROES QUIT
Throw Up Job* Because They
Believe The Place I*
“Hanted”
Chapel HI1, Sept. 4.— Tlie jn-n
vcrhial superstition of negroes lw<
led • score of them engaged in build
ing a mile stretch of rued bock of
Emerson field at the University of
North Carolina, to connect«the Ral
eigh and PitVboro routes, to throw
. up their jobs. While digging ihcii
] way through I he forest this week
* several of them uuCai thed what ap
peered to tie biuiiau hones, forth
with calling tlieir brethren into < or
fercncc.
” (lentlemcn, derc is ik) dowbi
Tout it. D«U is human skuTtuns
anil we quit-, dis plrn-c right now,'
the leader of the gang, a reverent
man. told Ills fellow workmen.
And, pointing tn the cemetry .
few yards away, he added: “ Dii
place am certainly hanted Don'
you see dat graveyard right ovei
dere ? "
The foreman explained that Him
had sinrply run across the bones o
some of the sfiecimens with wliicl
the medical students at the Univer
sity had been experimenting. It i:
customary to bury the loose bone
in this pa it of the forest, whirl
: skirts the freshmen athletic field,
But the negroes' minds were no
| changed. They called it a day. T ji
, er. however, they held another con
ference and decided to go back h
wort, lint only at the other end o
t the road, a mile from any bone
( they knew of. What they may do n
they work their way back toward th
. cemeterv, the foreman admit* it i
it————
bard to tell, but be is hopeful the
" fever will gradually wear of.
'lire tramp knocked at the farm
house dour anal asked for tire fann
er. To that worthy he presently re
cited a tale of woe and asked for a
job.
"lea, you can have a job," and
the farmer. "You could gather
■gers for me >f you are certain you
will not ste .l .my."
The Iran p chocked with gratitude
and emotion
“Sir," he »aid. with eyes brimful
of unshed tears, you could trust itre
whi. amt him* on earlli. Fur t\ven_
ty years I was manager of a bath
house and never took a single
hath.”
Citizen—"Thai’* mv »ar. A thiei
is just fixing .1 blowout."
i’oltetxnait—"All riglil. I'll go ov
er nnd :ii ie.sl him.”
Citiren “Sh-li-h I unit till he gets
the tire punijied up."—Toronto Tel
egram.
With this place po—r a jersey cow
with self (tarter, ami a law Fonl
just fresh—From a real estate ad
in the Sharidun (Wyo.) Post.
"I drove » hundred mile*—speed
1 ed Hie whole d:*Uinrr wet all the
way but didn't uhiil a bit."
"What were you driving?”
1 “A yacht.”
i
Lady Motou'st—“Oli, Mister Po
1 lii-eman, when I tell you why I speed
ed. .voull lot me go.
t) (lire c—“Why wero you spued
IngT"
latdy Motorist—“t was trying to
catrh up with that lady to see bow
her hat is trimmed."—Dry O»ods
Economist.
To most everybody
30 x 314 means
usco
* 'VTATURALLY USCO’S
e i ’ could hardly have de
livered such money’s worth
—lire after tire—without
making a clean sweep.
It's been a pretty perform •
* sect every’ time—no two
ri opinions (.bout I hoi.
o1
And no two op i-tier* about
what tine to act ajuln after a
man ha> one** »i*cvt t^CO.
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United Stater; Tit vs
aw Gec-1 V>2S
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r. R THOM AS DRl'O CO.. Dl’KE. N. C.
~i 1L
AT YOUR SERVICE!
we in position to render good quick service in gin
ning your cotton, end will store your seed until February
1st thereby giving you en opportunity to take advantage
of any advance in price.
We are prepared to give you Cotton Seed Meal or high
Grade Fertilizer hi exchange for seed.
We are also prepared to store your cotton and are re
ceiving agents for the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co
1 Operative Association.
Will appreciate your business. *
I MARVIN WADE, Manager
General Utility Company
DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA
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