The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-06-16
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

people cheeKily ask any and everything
Of newspaper, and then when an
agent calls to collect a year or two sub
scription already due, they get pouty
and say they don't believe the paper
Is worth much any way. Let such an
individual build hen coop with a
notched roof and he will blaze like
fury if the paper does not mention it,
especially if said hen coop Is white
washed-whether in the Tom Sawyer
style or not
In speaking with man of consider
able observation few days ago, We
we're struck with remark touching the
interest which the boarding schools in
this, as we'll as other towns, ought to
take in temperance work. He said pa
rents, other things being equal, greatly
prefer to send their boys and girls to the
schools that are freest and farthest from
the influences of intemperance. School
principals may stick pin here, and
they do we'll to encourage vigorously
eyery possible influence for temperance.
The Winston Sentinel in giving no.
tlce of a competitive examination for
a scholarship at the Peabody Normal
College, Nashville, Tenn, says that the
use OF tobacco in any way is disqual-
ification for a scholarship. Mr.. Stuart
H. Smith, OF Scotland Neck, who was
a student in that institution three
years, says that the strlctest surveillance
is maintained against thesuse of tobac-
CO amongst the students. It has been
stated that 80 per. cent. OF cigarette
smokers are rejected from army service.
| The college commandments have
been very successful in this State this
| wear. A few weeks ago when the war
excitement was running SO high it was
feared that the general attention would
be so diverted from schools that the
commandments would be poor and
not do Justice to the institutions. 1t
is gratifying to note that such has not
been the case.
North Carolina needs nothing more
than general intelligence, along
with the common sense that makes a
man understand that education does
not unfit him for manual labor. Let our
Young men and young women learn to
work as we'll as to read languages and
write pretty essays.
Dealing in cultures" is considered
nv conservative people as dangerous
thing from business standpoint; and
| bv most earnest christians, questionable
from a moral standpoint. The Win
Iston Sentinel prints the following
pointed paragraph:
! "a big Atlanta firm has gone to th'
wall because one of its members was
gambler in futures. Woe unto those
who min their faith to the allurlng
hut demoralizing and destructive buck
ct shops. Like strong drink at tn
1ost thew bite like a serpent and stln'
like an adder. Beware of them"
Mr. Washington Dukes prlncel
oft of hundred thousand dollars I
Trinity College few days ago, make
his pifts to that institution aggregat
nearly half million dollars. The Ne"
g. Observer gives timely hint'in tn
following paragraph
awhile everybody is congratula'ln
: Trinity college upon its recent goo
fortune. and deserved fortune to-
there are many citizens OF hale's
who are hoping that some genero'
?. Rantist will be moved to give enoue
}. to complete the Baptist unlvers''
: and generous Episcopalians to gl'
,;berally to the purchase OF st. Mary
school. Rich men cannot put tne
money to better purpose tnan ~
vest in Immortal mind"
RucKLENs ARN1cA sALVE.