The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1897-07-22


remembered by his subjects as the
Prince OF Wales. No kind of familiar
lty is tolerated. He gives away many
presents every year. All sorts of men
and women get them for trifling SER
vices, it is said and these presents eat
largely into the royal private income.
While the people of America pay
very little attention to their national
air." it is interesting to note, says the
Buffalo Times, that great countries have
short national airs. "God Save the
Queen" consists of IA bars; "Hail, Col
umbia" has %; the Russian hymn has
Is. Slams national hymn has 10 bars,
Uruguay's 70, and Chili's 46.
This is a day of excursions. Perhaps
there never has been time in the his
tory OF this country-we think we may
saw that certainly there has never been
a time in the history of this country
when there were so many excursions
by land and water and so we'll patron
lied. This fact suggests that there Is
somewhat of inconsistency in the gen
eral complaints of hard times.
Is there any need for "sham battles"
any way? This was the question that
nressed itself on many minds last week
when the news went out from Raleigh
that fine young man, Mr.. Jack Banks
had been killed in sham battle by the
Governors guard. It was most heart
rending occurrence and it will be
long time before this sham-battle accl-
dent will be forgotten.
When will there be another sham
battle needed?
The commissioners in several coun
ties have refused to grant liquor IL
censes to applicants. They have this
power by the authority OF the Leg
lislature. THE COMMONWEALTH ha'
never given any uncertain sound as t.
its position on the question OF temper
ance but we think that the commits
sioners who have refused to grant Ii
censes ought to have given the hquo
3 dealers some notice. We believe tn
liouor traffic the greatest evil thl
country groans under to-day and W
hope to see the time when it will be te
tally abolished.
J.P. Newman, an engineer who hs
been beating around in Cuba, has wrl'
ten q letter to the Norfolk i
: which he tells how he was captured b
the Spanish and kept in prison !
months. He says that our governmer
ia slow to act. He scores the "dude
) sailors of the new navy. He says:
eve often saw our ships there, b'
thew do nothing or don't try. NO
sir. when 1 was a machlnist in tt
United States Navy we could take an 0
town and fleet with second-class cru
, ar of Uncle Sam, but the new navy
composed of dudes-not sailors-or el
there is something wrong at Washln
tom"
Not "almost correct" but "absolutt
correct" ought to be the motto
which we guage our work. "Almos
G.. has been the cause of many a M
- losing his place, his opportunity a
sometimes his life. II an emple
"almost" fills the requirements OF
employer and there comes along anot
who absolutely" fills the requlrem
the "almost" employe may be pre-
we'll assured that he will have TO
G. on. It is perhaps as easy Tor the
"a the other, but little lack OF oe
~, mination and care spoils the wi
thing.
Young men will do we'll to remen
that the man who employs other pc
!, ia not looking for an "almost al
cant. but for an "altogether one
:. will do things absolutely right II
nossibIe. The 'almost" fellows
got far while the "altogether" tel