The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-06-23
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

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Present, Past and Future.
Two weeks ago we printed sketch
OF Joseph Letters wheat deals whereby
he made his millions. Now it has
turned out that he loses all he has made
and big chunk besides. Doubtless
his fathers bank account suffers from
the sons reckless dealing and manipu'
Iating. Set it down as safe rule that
when a man gets something for moth.
ing he Will sometime lose his grasp on
the possession.
p And now it comes to light, through
Prof. Koch's investigation on the sub
iect of malaria, that the bite of the
mosquito carries with it danger much
more serious than the bite itself. He
saws that the mosquito carries malaria
from one person to another. Where
there is malaria, he says, there is the
mosquito, and the little blood-sucker
while torturing you with. his biting
NAV at the same time be inoculating
YOU with malaria which be brings from
his last victim.
Speaking for the Democratic party,
The COMMONWEALTH would urge that
all candidates for the suffrage of the
people this year be what the word inn
plies. It is derived from the Latin
word candidus, which means "white." "
The old Roman idea was that man
who came before the people for support
must be "white" man in the truest
sense of the word-uhite IN character,
unspotted- blemish and so
the word "candidate" came into use.
Let our candidates this year be men OF
spotless character against whom moth
ing can be said. The Democratic party
needs every possible support in order
to win success this time.
The Charlotte News recently made
the following observation upon pass
ing event:
''In the war excitement, we are
about to overlook the fact that the capi-
tai of China is to be changed from Pekin
to Sian Flu, the capital of the Province
of Shen 81. The cycIopaedia informs us
that the Province OF Shen..Si (the ewes
tern frontier'). in which the new capi-
tai is located, has a population Of about
The surface is mountain
GUS and less fertile than the more cas-
tern provinces. The products are mil
let, iron, porphyry, jasper, copper, gold,
ginseng, rhubarb and timber.
The principal manufactures are agrl-
cultural and military clothing. 1t is
divided into seven departments, and
the chief city is See Ngan.
"Perhaps the Chinese thou ght Ger
many or Russia or France might COB
BILE up their capital at any time, and
they have placed it in the extreme
Western province, where it it will be
the last thing taken in the PARTITION of
the empire"
Mr.. John L. Williams, a banker OF
Richmond, Va, recently wrote letter
to the Manufacturers Record in Bal
timore concerning the dangers of con-
Quest for our nation. The closing
paragraph printed was very significant
and worthy to be made a motto on
the Intel Of every doorway throughout
this broad land He wrote:
sI believe this country has great
work to perform IN the worlds history,
but what bitter experience may be
needed to rid us of our follies and po-
Iitical vices remains to be seen.
"Should we arm ourselves for ag-
gressive warfare, Will we then be con-
tent, having done all things to stand?'
Without the restraining and controll-
ing spirit and power of the Gospel,
why should not we rise and culmlnate
and 20 down like other giant forms OF
emnire' before us?