The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-07-21
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS,
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

The political campaign In Moth
Carolina promises to he lively this
year. The Republicans will be glad to
fuse with what Populists they can.
The Populists, however, as party can
not afford to even offer for fusion with
the Republicans for they made prop
osition to the Democrats which the
latter rejected, and now to be consistent
they must stand off from the Repub-
licans and either come to the DEM
ocrats or fight out their battle alone.
Perhaps the crop-prospect has not
been poorer in Eastern North Carolina
since 1889. The heavy rains have been
very injurious to the corn and cotton
crop and has had some bad effect on
tobacco. Farmers say it has been the
hardest year to cultivate crop that
they have seen in a long time. The
crop has, therefore, been cultivated at
greater expense than usual, and the
farmers must get good prices or they
will come out at considerable dlsad-
vantage this year.
The resignation of DR.. w. H. Whit
sett, president of the Southern Theo-
logical Baptist Seminary, is wise STEP
The friction between his views and
those OF the great Baptist denomina-
ton, has caused great deal OF un-
p1easantness in his denomination. He
is man of great ability, but ability
in certain things does not always give
one wisdom for every emergency. DIR
Whitsett would have relieved the pres
sure very much il he had resigned
more than a year ago.
The surrender OF Santiago carried
Joy to many thousands Of hearts boti
| in the United States and in Spain. l
: is hoped that this is the beginning O
the end. And while perhaps 1t may
sound a little backnumbery to say il
we are of the opinion still that tn
j war ought to have been averted. Moth
ling can atone for the loss of life bot
of Americans and Spaniards. Wha
0 change has been wrought In four sho1
months
Just tour months ago Congress an
the hot-headed newspapers were bring
ing to bear on the President influence
that after all prevailed and he ws
forced into the war. However, we al
clad that it has been no worse.
It is said that fortune knocks at lea
once at every mans door. The create
part of humanity either are not
: home or fail effectually to answer tt
call. Here is what the New York Dl
patch says about the opportunity
the United States at this time:
"The world is all mapped out amo,
nations. The United States has Il
H. only opportunity IN her history, pa
~ present or future, perhaps, to take p'
nc session of vast colonies from weak
nation, nation no longer lifted
rule. even at home There was tlr
= when farm land could be bought
Manhatten Island. That time is pa
There was time when we might ma
conuuested savage lands. That I'll
is past. We are in the presence OF 9
one great opportunity. Let us sha
G.. the nlums down and make the mt
of it,
A Anumber of educated young m
who had taken college course were
conversation few days ago, and rea
:. ed the conclusion that the young n
who live in the towns are much
interested in the subject OF educat
than the young men in the count
- It is true now, as it has been
whereof the memory OF man runn
not to the contrary, that a greater I
nortion of the strong men of the we
come from the rural dlstr
G. than from the cities and towns.
. country boy feels the need OF an
cation more than the town and
boy. and for the most he is OF more
termlned purpose and can work h
ar at whatever he turns his nina
And this is why such a large pro
tion OF the successful men In the
cat,onal and financial world have G.
from the homes in the country. l
blessed thing tor boy and yo
man to have rural training In
reasonable hardships that come 10
atty. as country youth.
&c.
. Persons troubled with dlarrhoea
he interested in the experience O
W.M. Bush, clerk OF Hotel Dorr'
Al Providence, r. I. He SAYS: "fo1
\ eral years I have been almost a
- slant sufferer from diarrhoea the
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