The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-07-09
VOL. XII. New SerieS---Vol. l..
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

Present, Past and Future. .
The latest electrical appliance on T
RAILWAYS is a machine fixed to flat {.
car for killing weeds that overrun the !
railroads right of way in sparsely set !
tied districts. 1t is machine with /
electric brushes arranged SO that as the
car moves along the brushes sweep
AGAINST the weeds and kill them.
The death of ''Brick" Pomeroy. which
occurred recently leaves gap In the
line OF newspaper writer's OF his klho
that will remain gap for long time.
A quarter of a century ago Pome-
rows papers we're eagerly read by the
thousands all over this country. he
was q most remarkable man OF his
time and saw many ups and DOWNS
successes and failures in Journalistic
life.
It has been gwen out that General
Wev,er expects that by June 1897 the
Spanish powers will have subdued the
= island OF Cuba and the war Will he
ended In the face of this. however, the
statement is made that Spain has al
roadv lost more men in the war than
tbore are Cubans under arms. The
G prevailing opinion, it seems, outside OF
Spain and Spain's sympathizers ls,
that If the Cubans stick to 1t awhile
LONGER they will win their cause. And
all Americans will be delighted to see
such vent.
The great Confederate reunion IL
Richmond last week brought together
almost rnnumtered thousands who en-
gagged in the impressive ceremonies
;. Governor O'Ferrel's speech OF welcom
was eloquent and many touching Incl
dents we're related in the varlou
sneeches made. 1t was a time and
OCCASION that awakened many sad men
or,es and that caused the fire OF bait
~ A,sh AGAIN for moment from tt
owes Of many battle-scarred veteran
The old soldiers of both sides are Ia
nassine away and the annual reunion
a decade hence will see only sprln
ling of either those who wore the gf
or those who wore the blue.
Iosl,e's Weekly says that if you
} ,onu,ate New York City and sweep
clean and turn the Christian Endea'
workers Of the world into it Gothar
the nonn]ation will be fully replace
'oo'S And ON the outside there VIII
than 9no VII VIZ
d OF no seven hundred thousand kno
er. 7,o at the gates This shows a 81
army OF Christian Endeavorers'
deed To one who gives no thou!
To matters pertaining to rellglon
morality. such statements are aston
IT'S MO. hut there are willing workers
,o,,,. the depraved of Of humanity all
All this world, however much some p
soo' ,hont the natural depraylty OF the
uAsantolin" IS a fluid which Dr.
rus Edison has successfully used IN
curing OF consumption. 1t is said
NM IN many cases limitations nave
- =. used but proved fatal poison.
aseptolin prepared in DIR. Edson's
oratory has cured between fifty
sixty per cent. of the cases wh'ch
hoo, treated with it. One case Is
ro,n.,kab,e. 1t is said that DIR. +
AC1L- did not wish to undertake the
sED case as one lung was entirely gone
,rter seven months treatment
practically we'll, does not cough
oa, take strong exercise. Surely
,osterity of ages to come will ble'
tract to memory of DIR. Edison if indeed u
$1,000 make possible the cure OF this
w,1nln ' MN, most dreaded by all people every
Mr. N. K. Fai1bank, the mill
pork-packer of Chicago became
ested IN pretty Mrs. Leslie Car'@
: - +;o,,a1 divorce IN tina