Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1917 — Pay Up Day In China. [ARTICLE]

Pay Up Day In China.

At the Chinese New Year, the houses and other buildings are decked with flowers, and the streets are thronged with people, who come out to buy provisions, new clothes and gifts. One good New Year custom in China Is that of settling up all debts before the old year has died out A Chinaman who allows the New Year to dawn.before he has settled with his creditors feels himself disgraced.