The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-10
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JOHN MILTON WORTH.

An honest lnan IS the noDleSt Noik
Of Sod"
DR.. John Milton Worth, who died in
AsheboIS yesterday morning, had
lived long beyond the allotted three
and ten years, and up to a few
months ago his strength Of mind and
body had permitted him to continue
IN active direction of the enterprises
with which he wa connected. He
was born at Centre, in Guilford coun-
ty in 1911. and lived in Randolph from
his youth enjoying the fullest conf
dence of its people from his first pub
lie service to the day of his death.
He was of Quaker parentage, descend
ed from the Friends who settled at
Nantucket early after the settlement
Of Massachusetts. lie ever had the
directness, integrity, simplicity and
thrift which characterize the Quakers.
He was not himself a member Of the
Society OF Friends, having in his
church. BY the rules he was eXclud-
ed, but. rs he loved to say to the mem
bers of hat church: You turned me
out OF the Quaker church for marry
ING the woman | loved. but o could
not urn the Quaker out of me-
De-. Worth was e%ninently successful
in business. Beginning life without
fortune. by wise direction of large en-
terprises he became a man of wealth
very dollar Of which wa clean mon
~ which he never used except in
proper ways He believed in the old
fashioned methods OF industry and
economy, and looked with disfavor
upon the modern combinations of
wealth to destroy competition. He
was a Democrat in the true sense of
that word, believing in the capacity of
the people for self government. He
was long in public life, he was a lead
er in many important measures upon
which there was wide division of pub
lie sentiment, but he never forfeited
the confidence of the people. He al
Ways did what he thought was right
and gave his reasons to his consti-
tients. They knew he trusted them
and they trusted him without ques-
tioning.
DIR. Worth was one of the members
of the famous Legislature that char
tered the North Carolina railroad:
with his brother he had contracts for
h construction of parts of the road
and constructed several important
plank roads before the era OF steam;
he helped organize the Democratic
Conservative party in Randolph after
the war, and was a member of the
Constitutional Convention of 1873: II,
was State Treasurer from 1877 tC
1885, and was the leader of the meas.
Ures that resulted in the satisfactory
settlement Of the State debt; he was
one of the syndicate that built the
Cape Fear and Iadkin Valley Rail.
road, having the foresight to dispose
OF his interest while it was vet pros
porous and profitabie; he redeemed
his county in 1887 when it Had lapsec
into Isepublicanism; and in 1896. vner
others faltercd. though too feeble &c
90 upon the STUMP, he wrote letters
for the press urging the people &c
stand true to the faith he had preach.
ed in his strength.
He was an upright and sincere man
who Illustrated the virtues Of the best
type Of the unaffected North Caroiin
ian. He had no taste for parade anl
deSplsed pretenSe. He was SLOW &c
make promises. He never broke one
His life is an example to young mel
OF what may be accomplished bv in
dustry. economy, integrity, thrift. alE
business and political sense. lie ma:
linked mis- name to important Stat.
measures; caused many blades o
grass to grow where mono grew be
fore: set spindles in motion: @ivel
employment to hundreds, and assist
ance and cOunSeI to thousands; ant
given to his family, his county. hi:
party and his State Il devotion tina
will cause his name long to be rev
cred in this good Commonwealth. Il
is better to be than to SEEM fiji,
tells his creed as it expresses tn,
motto of his State.