The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-10-21
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

1
Criminal courts would not often be
needed.
Mr.. J. r. Tillery told the editor OF
The COMMONWEALTH few days ago
that some time in the thirties when
it was first proposed to build q railroad
from Wilmington to Weldon and track
! it with iron, Mr.. Benjamin Edmunds,
who lived in tho upper part OF Halifax
county, said that there Was not enough
iron in the world to do 1t.
There are many things in this coun-
try now that would have been laughed
to scorn In those old days. But We are
only in the gray dawn of the great day
Of wonders. They will yet dazzle the
world with a more splendid light than
We have ever seen.
Nearly hundred and fifty years ago
BENJAMIN Franklin wrote the following
about prices and industry:
"The common people do not work
for pleasure generally, but from neces-
sity. Cheapness of provisions makes
them more idle less work is then done,
it ls then more in demand proportion
ately, and of course the price rises.
DEAFNESS of provisions obllges the man.
ufacturer to work more days and more
hours thus more work is done than
equals the usual demand of course it
becomes cheaper and the manufacture
es In consequence"
A writer in popular magazine says
that "no arguments are worthy OF Sc
rious consideration unless they are
founded on demQnstrable facts"
This is sound sense and taking it as
rule by which to proceed, it would
not be hard toeconvince any reasonable
person, who will throw aside prejudice,
that the present government of North
Carolina, from the Governors chair to
the place of constable in the most OBJ
scure township in the State, is anything
but satisfactory to our best people.
And it will continue to be so until
there is great clearing OF hlrelings from
places of responsibility and trust in the
Statef
This is the season Of the year when
people in agricultural! districts
are expected to settle accounts.
And it behooves every one to
do his best to pay all his ac-
counts as promptly as possible; for
many debts are sometimes settled by
the first mans payment. A owes B
and B owes G and G owes D, &c. Now
il A will strain a point to-day and pay
B, and all along the line will do like
wise, the man farthest off from A will
get the money TOR what the man next
above him owes, and then the money
can start back to A again.
Aman is seldom justified in carrying
money In his pocket long at time II
he owes any one. One payment makes
hundred.
The yellow fever which has been prov
alent In several prominent cities and
towns In Louisiana, Alabama, Missis-
sippi and Texas, has been of mild type
for the most part. The exceedingly
warm weather throughout the month
of September and thus far in October
has had a tendency to aggravate the
disease and make 1t more general and
@more fatal. One reason for the disease
spreading SO much in some places was
the failure to report promptly every
new or suspicious case to the health
authorities. There is no more lmpor
tant subject for town authorities
everywhere to consider than the matter
If proper sanitation and precautlor
against disease.
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