Jeter Ramsey Urges Folks to Take Care of Themselves, Oct. 16, 1925

What Is a Man Really Worth?

By Jeter P. Ramsey, Appalachian State Normal, Boone, N.C.

Did you ever take an inventory of yourself? How much can you earn? How many things can you do perfectly?

If a man could be sold at face value like a cow, a hog, or any other saleable article, what would the average man sell for? Let us see then if there is any way by which we could estimate the average North Carolinian.

Some men earn as high as $18 and $20 a day. Some earn about $1.50 a day. Perhaps we could safely say that the majority of our citizens earn $2 a day on an average.

Since this is true, we could be safe in saying that the average man, working for wages, earn $3 a day.

If we could put an amount of money into a bank, that would pay us $3 a day for 30 days, how much money would we have? Let us count this. If the bank pays us 4 per cent we would have$3 x 300 days--$900 per year. So $900 would be 4 percent of the amount deposited. 1 per cent then would be divided by 4 which equals $225. 100 percent would therefore equal 100 X $225, or $22,500. We can therefore see what an average man who makes $3 per day is worth if he works 300 days a year.

Most of our citizens have cars today. How careful they are with the car can never be discovered, but we know that every man tries to keep his car out of the rough sections, and out of the mud and rain. This he does to save the car and make it last as long as possible. These cars to not cost over $1,200 on an average.

On the other hand, the average man will not care for his body, which is worth $22,500. He will dissipate to the limit. He will lose too much sleep unnecessarily. He will e intemperate in eating. He will be unnecessarily exposed to contagious diseases. He will go through the snow and rain and sleet incautiously.

Then THINK! THINK! THINK! Just how long your body lasts depends upon how you take care of yourself.

The day is made to work in, the night to sleep, and vegetables for us to eat. Therefore, if we are to make our bodies the best possible, we must obey the laws of Nature.

From the front page of The News Record, Marshall, N.C., Friday, Oct. 16, 1925. “The only newspaper published in Madison County.”

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