The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-03-23
THE EDIToEs LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

The most heartleSS lyncn1nS yeC Ao-
corded was at the little town OF Pal
metto, Ga, just before day on the
morning of 10Th. Some negroes were
under guard and chained, charged with
,ncendiarism, and they were we'll In
the hands of the law which doubtless
would have meted out full justice to
them. A force OF masked men
about twenty in number, broke in upon
the guard, killed four OF the negroes,
mortally wounded two others and did
other violence and were gone in ten
n;nntes. Such is TOO shocking to con-
template in civilized country.
The New Berne Journal adverts to
the tact that Eastern Carolina has sus-
tanned less injury to truck and fruits
from the cold weather this year than
anv other section of the South. This
is something worth the consideration
of those who are seeking to find homes
in an equable climate and where they
can feel free from the more severe at
tacks of cold.
To be sure, we all thought it was
cold enough in Eastern Carolina while
the cold was with us, but the records
Of the matter to which our contempo-
raw refers are encouraging for us.
The scramble ior Office and resistance
against removal, especially on the part
Of the Populists of this State, reminds
one of Jerry Simpsons reasons for mo-
desiring to give up his place as Con
gresham. He said that it is partly be
cause he likes the salary, which is
good one; aid partly because he like
the job, WHICH is an easy one. Io'
many people let the promise or hop
D of office direct their enthusiasm II
political matters and then when the
fail to get what they had set thei
heart upon, they are not half sucl
good partizan workers.
Oh, for a day when men Will do thl
or that, when they will be this or that
e from principle solely
= It ia to be feared that the Unite
States will not win the "plaudits {
the world" In the management OF q
tairs in the island of Cuba. The n
tives of the island are said to be star
70 Ing as generally as they were undo
rs Spanish oppression. William Villa
Howard, General Manager of the G
ban Industrial Relief Fund of Ne
York, is reported as saying on his w
from Cuba to New York few da
G. ago that "the condition of Cuba il
reproach to the American people a
- a blot upon civilization"
This does not seem to comport wi
the high purpose expressed year
by the newspapers and politicians W
were so anxious to wage war on prin
pies of humanitarianism towards s
fering Cuba.
The Saturday Evening Post print
- handsome cut Of Worth Bagley a
= gives the following bit OF interest
history about his being retained in
navy:
When Bagley came up for gradual
" at the end of the four-years' course
). doctors thought they discovered an
. regular movement of tho heart, and
% commended that he be dropped. I
lev took his case to Theodore Roose,
then Assistant Secretary OF the Ma,
Roosevelt, looking at him thro
his glasses with quick, critical gla
said:
"You are Bagley, the football pls
mia are you not?"
"''' Bagley said he was.
"Well, you are to stay In the \
while am here. The service y
Va. more men just like YOU"
Then Bagley went on his two-y
.,xh cruise, and when he came back be
81 passed through without q uestion.
BEATS THE KLONDIKE.'
Mr.. A. C. Thomas, Of Marys
musi Tex, has found more valuable
Em1I9ea covery than has yet been made II
80 Klondixe, for years he suffered u
agony from consumption &C