The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-08-17
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c.. THURsDA'

VINO would love to Iiye in peace with
their neighbors and the rest Of man
kind, but some folks are possessed with
a devil nowadays just like they used to
be and there is nobody to cast him out. !
The people feed upon excitement more
than they used to do Communities
want sensations and politicians and
preachers can be found who get them
up. Governor Northern had hardly
got the Boatonlans soOthed down be-
fore that Miss Jewett gets up q counter
irritant aud wants to raise Q thousand
dollars to como to Charleston and move
the Baker iamily 70 Boston. Why, it
won't take more than q hundred. They
can be sent without her coming If they
are wiling to g. There's a niger IN
t,lat voodrile sure. She eits.er wants
to marry olse o. put $500 OF that mon
ey in her. pocket. Wonder il she
wouldn't like to come to Early county
and take away lew more orphans.
The way they DO things in Early suits
our people generally. Suppose lynch
ing does nat stop these outrages. II
rattlesnake bites a man we tiil the
snake. II q tiger carries Off a child
to the jungle the brute Is pursued and
killed. The negro bri;tes are Infinite
ly worse than snakes OF tigers and have
more sense. Suppose they are not
identified according to law, no good
negro is in danger and the bad ones
are OF no consequence. The devil gets
them a little sooner, that's all. Let
the norti, howl. They have low1ed
before. Let Thl3rber issue bis ipse
|dixlt. He has made millions out OF
the south and hope our people will
boycott him. The impudent, impe1-
ances of his don't jostle the wagon
The south is just rolling along as usu-
al. The north is having their bloody
strikes and rows and riots and we have
lyncning for every outrage, so let
the procession proceed. The difference
,s that with us no good citizen, white
or black is III danger. Life aud prop
erty at Cleveland have been wantoniy
DESTROYED and the innocent have suffer
ed more than the guilty What does
Thurber care so he can keep bis. govern
rnent contracts to furnish tha arf0y with
canned goods? Ingersoli never paint.
ed more pititul picture than the
: lniquity, the horrors and the tears O.
) that Philippine war. 1t was enough
: to convince even him that there is
obliged to be another world, Judg
$ ment to even up things. Oi course
d the professional military men are fo
war. Blood and tears are nothing VIII
9 them. Victory, fame and promotion
u are their sole ambition, and like Sataf
y in paradise Lost" they exclai N, IN
= voice is still for war;"
! We are long suffering people. an
IS other London paper has been sent t
e me called the Christian. Almost a.
J Of it Is good orthodox reading, bn- a.
} American correspondent gives ion'
IL catalogue Of our recent horrl''ie iynch
IS ;nas in the south and among them
" > negro man from Griffin for ask!n
'e for a drink of soda wafer and shit
+ Girl lynched at Hampton, &;s., 10
10 no known cause. Al EnGIishma
lc Travelled from Atlanta with one OF ou
At toynslnen aud said ssWhy, Ties
7S negur-ros seem to be quite happy an
a very we'll clad. I hear them laughln
eS nerrily around the dapos | had SUP
. posed they were very miserable, Ii
y deed. Did you eyer kill a negur- 70
ID .sNo, sir no ST. Why DO you ask n
10 that question: "Well, had suppo
O. ed that almost every man IL the sout
e had killed one or more negur-ros eyer
~ day or two"
Now there II IS. ! he man was
= earnest. Ida Wells and her sort mac
" them believe those lies and TINS ma
o' ,rhurber is backing them up II
~ ~ very paper that published bis speef
:, - and had in big head lines, sThe ms
-. ~ curlty OF Lie and Property at II
q south" ."had in the next column, nj
~ - troops for Cleveland" and the Catn
- Tic bishop says Anarchy re1gl
-. Riot prevails! Visitors lear to ent
- - our portals. Our citizens are IN da
'o ger of their l1yes," etc. Thurber car
- see that. Meyer mind we will 81
= them Early county now for chewil
:. gum.
ny During the ciyil war, as we'll as IN G
Ter late war with Spain, diarrhoea was Q
ifs of the most troublesome diseases
her army had to contend with. IN ma
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