Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-07-14
HOW THEY LOST HOMES.
Writer In Success Magazine Gives a
List of Faiiings That Make
Hen Poor.

Through the gambling instinct.
They lei their insurance run cut
They bought things they did not need
because they were cheap.
They did not use good judgment or
right proportion In their expenditures.
They Subscribed for everything they
could pay for on the ms .allment plan
Money enough went down in drink
and up in smoke to have saved the
home.
The father always in ended TO get his
life insured. but died without doing so.
They Gid not realize how easy II Is
70 get into debt and how hard 1t is to
get out.
They tried to do what others ex-
nected of them rather than what they
they could afford
They thought Il small to insist on
having I'm agreement or understanding
put In writing.
They could not say NO" and could
NO. afford to tell their friends 81 can
not afford it."
Their sons thought they must SOW
their wild oats" as we'll as other "fel-
lows Of their set"
The daughters thought 1t beneath
them TO worl, fer living. but were
bound to dress well.
They drew their money out of the
savings bank 10 PVT it into some wild
cat" scheme. and lost it.
They I'D not do business In a bust
moss way becarSo thev were dealing
WITH relatives or friends.
The doctrine Each gror for himself
and the devil tate ne hindmost." was.
IN effect. the family creed.
They rever formed the habit OF MT
tug in Tho savInes bait money which
thew old rot immo afelv need.
They cid noe frHw that giving full
power Of attornev TO an agent or law
ger MT their r-cDorty Mt his mercy.
Thov put OF payments on everything
r"ocs'blo becaree y Womb be 50 mnch
ea'''"r r. nav tomorrow than to-day.
They s'~Tef i'm ~t"rt rarnrs with
O''t raa1i"g thcn o. moving their oen-
fonts. just because they were asked to
do 81
Tho c~.-oracp-c~ Of children who
had not been trqi7 4 to econorn'za rr
70 ia" care OF their pennies, swampcd
tho homa
Through leck OF honnst asnb'.on a-d
a disposition 10 in erpret too literally
the t"xt. Take no thought FIR the
morrow
Tho mania 20 ra'e ~ annaarance
beyond their means caused them to
raortrage their property and ended IN
Bankruptcy
They feared tsat TIRE peoele with
whom they had tealinrs would think
therr suspicious II they asked them for
a r"cr.nt for morcv.
When the shoe becan 10 pinch. they
"ror'lv I'D TO GEO Uea-e tbey c-uy5
retronch." Hehit had made fuxuries
seen neceszaries.
They ran accounts at the r+nroa IN
s.aaf 81 paving cash. did not rcel,~e
how reNid'v bills were r~7niug ND and
never lnew how thcv s'ccd.
Thav entertained too exraneiynf~ md
great deal mere than they cou,a az
FORD hocars" they wanted people 70
teirF they were ~ rn1d circumstances
"'e father fhorght that to RI on
"-nree" TOW and ther veg hta nrnroga-
tive as head Of the family. After
awhile he availed himself Of hia "pre
roaafive ''oDce too often
They LET money enough slip through
their fingers to paw the mortgage sew
eral times over. bat because the da.e
OF payment was an far away they
tbouGht there was do danger Of losing
tha'r home
Their efforts to force their daughte-s
l.tO the socie'v of those above thrr
IN m hope that they snirAt pa e
brilliant matc"es." involved them
hopeiesslv IN debt.