The Caucasian., 1897-01-14

VIM. Ii. Worth Is Q descendant OF
the Quakers who left Nantucket and
settled in Guilford county in colonial
times, and . member Of that we'll
known family which has furnished go
many eminent men in public and
private life.
He Is the second son Of Hiram Cof-
fin and Phoebe Swan Worth, and was
born on the 18th day Of July, 1889, in
Guilford county.
He passed his early life on his faith
er's farm attending the public schools
in the winter and at the age OF Is en-
tered New Garden boarding school
now Guilford College, and remained
there one year and half.
Close application and industry
marked him rs q student.
Mathematics being his favoriie
study, he completed surveying which
was afterward Of much benefit to him.
Returning to his fathers farm he
remained there till he accepted a po-
sitiOn with j. NJ. Worth & Co. at
Company Shops (now sBurlingtOn)
knowledge. When the war broke out
he entered the machine shops Of the
y. G. r. X. with the intention of be-
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there till nearly the close OF the war.
He was appointed by President An
drew johnson assessor of the third dis
trict of North Carolina, with head
quarters at Fayetteville, Governor
Jonathan Worth endorsing him for
the position.
| After his term of service he bought
farm in LenOir county and devoted
himself to farming exclusively till
1889. Always taking an active inter-
est in the clubs, farmers institutes and
anything to strengthen and upbuild
the farming interests, it was natural
that he was among the first to organ.
ize the Alliance in his county and
take an active interest in its welfare
| While attending the State Alliance
at Fayetteville in the year 1889, as a
visitor, his fellow m embers recognizinG
his sterling qualities of character
elected him State Business Agent, q
department which was yet an almost
untried feature of the Alliance.
Devoting his time and talents Il
the work he made the Agency a recOg
uized factor in the commercial world
and the record of nearly two milliOr
dollars worth Of business done d"rinl
his management is we'll known TO tn,
Alllancemen of North Carolina.
In 1894 Mr.. Worth was elected Stat,
Treasurer to fill out the remainder o
Mr.. Bain's unexpired term. His ad
ministration of the Treasury Depart
ment has been characterized By al
impartial execution of the Revenue
Laws and by devotion to the best in
terest of the people.
Mr.. Worth was renominated by &C
clamatiOn in 1896, and at the polls re
ceived a splendid endorsement at IL,
hands of the people of North Carolina
being reelected by the largest ma
jority given any candidate
A believer in educstion he estab
lished a school on his farm for tn
education of the white children Of tn
community, and when the publ
school was out, it was generally con
tinued through his influence and sub
ground for the house OF tn
colored peoples school of the district
The cOlored man always found hiI
/ their friend and adviser; as a proc
when he gave up his farm and move
e to Raleigh most of his hands and ten
E ants had been with him a number 9
years and some ever since he bOugt
the place.
Accepting the Friends church, nc
G only from teaching but from cOpvit
!. tiOn, he has been a consistent Chris
e tian man and a faithful member {
: that church since early boyhood.
:, In 1872 ne married Sallie NJ. Henle
b of Alamance county, and one boy an
=, three girls comprise his family.