The uplift [serial] . IME The man who is dependable is one who is on time for his punctilio is the one who gets the reward. The following tellsthe results of the fellow who was orderly and on time: A young man was commencing life as a clerk. One day his em-ployer said to him: Now, tomorrow that cargo of cotton must begot out and weighed, and we must have a regular account of it. He made his arrangements overnight, spoke to the men abouttheir carts and horses, and resolved to begin very early in themorning. About ten or eleven oclock his employer came in, and,seeing him sitting in the c
The uplift [serial] . IME The man who is dependable is one who is on time for his punctilio is the one who gets the reward. The following tellsthe results of the fellow who was orderly and on time: A young man was commencing life as a clerk. One day his em-ployer said to him: Now, tomorrow that cargo of cotton must begot out and weighed, and we must have a regular account of it. He made his arrangements overnight, spoke to the men abouttheir carts and horses, and resolved to begin very early in themorning. About ten or eleven oclock his employer came in, and,seeing him sitting in the counting room, said: I thought you wererequested to get out that cargo of cotton this morning? It is all done, said the young man, and here is the account ofit. The youth never looked behind him from that moment. Hischaracter was fixed; confidence was established. He was foundto be the man to do things with promptness. He soon came to beone who could not be spared. He was as necessary to the firm asany of the n? THE UPLIFT PLANNING TO DEDICATE BOONE MEMORIAL PARK IN MAY By John W. Cannon, in Greensboro Daily News If the ghost of Banl Boone, ruggedindividualist that he must have been,could come traipsing back eastwardover any of the many trails markedfor him, it would undoubtedly beshocked at the great trouble to whicha social-minded-democracy is goingto mark one of the stopping placesof this intrepid pioneer, woodsmanand Indian fighter. Maybe this important Americanwho never laid much store by theintricacies of government anyhow, al-ways getting into trouble over thetitles of his land might have wishedthat he had remained hidden in thecave on the banks of the Yadkin riverwhere tradition says he secreted him-self from Indian attack rather thanto put the republic to which he ren-dered such significant service to somuch bother. Maybe not. But at any rate thelocal historians are having a grandtime digging up Boone lore. David-son county is getting a remarkablywell equippe
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