The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-11-11
VOL. XIII. New SerieS---Vol. 2.
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

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in construction six years. It is ,
mammoth affair. The shelves have
perhaps 4OO, 900 volumes.
Foot ball has recently proved disas
trous In Georgia. A few days ago the
teams from the University OF Georgis
and the University of Virginia played
at Atlanta, and Won Cannon, mem.
her of the Georgia team, received such
injuries that he wae rendered uncon.
scious and died from the effect. The
Georgia Legislature now in session
has taken position against any furth.
er game by the Georgia University
team. The faculty of the University
is with the Legislature in the matter
A man who ls almost entirely de-
pendent on the price of cotton for all
he gets, said In Scotland Neck Satur-
day that he believes there are nearly as
many buggles in Halifax county now
as there were in all of North Carolina
forty or fifty years ago. After all. per-
haps people are not as "bad off" as
they think. Where they are short in
few dollars they may have more con-
veniences and comforts than they had
long time ago Our grand fathers and
grand-mothers would feel "mighty
comfortable" In most of our places.
A gentleman of much observation
and wide reading said to us few days
ago that the campaign in North Caro-
lima last year was as bitter as 1t was in
1860 and 1861. He said that feelings
were not more intense in the days of
secession than they were year ago.
All these things cripple and stifle the
happiness and development of any
people. Every possible effort should
be used to keep down bitterness of feel
ings amongst citizens of the same COM
monwealth and wnen feelings run
high cooperation ceases, and when CO.
operation ceases progress stops.
Many things that 60 into print may
be taken with a grain of salt ;" but
the following item from Richmond to
the New York Sun, concerning North
Carolina preacher, will doubtless shock
many who believe in trying to save
souls rather than damn them. The
telegram read:
1.-THE Rev. T. III. Leavitt, North
Carolina evangelist, who Is conducting
a revival in church here, last night
saw two young women smiling during
service. Walking down the aisle to
where they were he kDelt and prayed
that they would die Immediately and
90 to hell. The Rev. S. G. Hatcher
who was present and who has attended
the revlvals, straightway left the
church. He Is said to have replied
Il think it my duty to try and pray
people out of hell, not to pray them
in.'"
Foreign countries are watc hing with
interest the passing events in the
United States just now. A year ast
the free voters of our country engaged
| in great political battle. The victor,
was won by theRepublican party wnlcl
| promised a return of prosperity to tn
country under the administration tina
was to be run according to platform Q
the gold standard and high tariff. he
Gently that part of our country the West
which is largely dependent on whea
as a money product of the farm, ha
been greatly improved by the advances
nrice of that product ;while in theSouth
where cotton is largely the money pre-
Idnct of the farm, the price has Deen 9
low. and is still 80 low, that tnere
great stagnation in business. Ana
the see-saw goes up and down !; a SUI
and unmistakable evidence that the Il
.areata Of the different sections OF oo
country differ as widely as do the pr
dncta of those sections. The wes'ef
farmer is happy over dollar wheat an
, the southern farmer is depressed os'