The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-29
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.


the cnnsal-hip IL little Dundee,
Scotland. at snlarv o. -. 800, "n
the grous.d that those who we're su.~
porting bin for position exi'ec'ed
larger rum si.sn tost. MAJOR Roh-
n,r- .ie.a-,.s gno,i ..isr-. but h,s
fl.ni, -Lould re,nind uiD that II 10
out o: order to decline any thing that
i, offered nowadays.
Something like the panic OF 1873
Is nov stalking shsoad in the land.
Bank after bank has gone under with
crash, and fears are entertained
tn at the worst has not yet arrived.
| The cry all over the country 10 tight
money and slow collections. TIE
ou look is extremely gloomy for tue
next sixty days.
Hon. A. NJ. Waddeil, in bis speech
on Socialism at the Teachers' Assem-
blv Ia { Wednesday,, look occasion
to bit the third party few vlgorou.
blows. AS VS. to be expected from
tns announcement of his So hject, his
Tendency wAe TO discoss the cxis'ing
evils In our social system. HI.
Grafton is good reading and IS well
worth the time it would take to read
ii.
! Ger. Longstreet placed himself in
a somewhat Ridiculous position by
bis conduct 5000 after the war. Bat
DOW be is about to coneu d trate HE
unenviahle reputation by critlc'zlug
the skill Of Roht. E Lee as gsner.
al. Longstrees, no doubt, did good
service during the wsr, in bis partic-
ular line; but, so far as We Rnn~, 1e
has never dene anythiog, or sald
Anything, that would justify hin in
making sn attack upon dead chiefs
tain whom the worlu has long since
recOgriZad So the greatest military
genius s,uce ID. lays Of Napoleon J..
Tue millionaire senator from Calls
fornia, Leland Stanfurd. il desd. He
made s50,O00,000 merchandising,
hut gave $4,000, 900 Of it to found q
Uu,verei;y In C%i,fornia that goes by
his name. He leaves q widow vic
gets all his YEA lth when makes bel
perhaps, the richest woman IN the
world. The Stanford University
ia G 4llfornia will remain as 8 monu,
ment to us name. Ii he never cut
much figure as q senator, his memo
nv will DOT IiRels grow din IN many
generations yet to come.
College athletics is catching it in
. Georgia as we'll 70 in North CAto!l
ia. Tue Board of Visitors st th.
State University OF Georgia recon-
nerd that the students be not sl>
loved to engage in intercollegiate
athletic contests. They evidently
see no good to result FROM a college
team travelling all over the countr,
: playing football or baseball, as The
case nay be. 1t is unde7s TODD tn at
.hef encourage athletic games, but
hey With to cOnfue them to the res
pect;ve colleges. The South nae
not gose wild over these games like
the North and there is a str. Dg pub
lie sentiment against them, especlal~
Is since they have often been the oc
casi>n OF drunkenness and gambling
Inat "as q terrible calamity t..at
happened in tne Mediterranean See
last week. The British war ship
Victoria was run into by another var
vessel Of the British navy, and IN
less than fifteen inmates, before all
It"e crew could really ascertain the
extent Of the injury, it Sank. carry.
ing down more thar four hundred OF
tue crew This accident brings ont
One reflection upos the British navy.
Ii ouch battle chip as the Victoria
could be SO easily suck, how could
Britian's beat ships Of war stand the
o7slaught5 Of such iron breaks 30
Itce sterrimac had? Surely, these
Iron monsters Of war ere not invinci.
Die as ~e had almost concluded they
were.