The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-11-08
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
Now LET'S GET Down TO BUSINESS AND
RETURN TO THE EVEN TENOR OF
OUR WAYS.

OUR WAYS.
Correspondence to The Commonwealth
RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. Dwell, the
cam paign is ended and with the setting
of tommorrowis sun the election will
be Overland Bryan or Mckinley will
be president for the next tour years
and Simmons or Carr our next senator.
This has probably been the most
eventful year politically in the history
of our State, and believe all our peo-
pie will now welcome the surcease OF
political strife that is to follow, tor
eighteen months at least.
Let us al return to the even tenor OF
our way and look more industriously
and intently to the building up of our
State and respective communities, NOR
ally educatlonally, industriously, and
1eligiously. And let Democrats especi-
ally harbor no ill feeling toward each
other on account of the warm senate
rial controversy between ourselves;
permit not one of the unkind express
slons, which should meyer haye been
uttered, to be remembered let us be
brethren still, not forgetting that each
has need of the other and that the
party OF good government has need OF
us all.
REFoRMAToRY FoR YOUNG DEaENE-
RATES.
The Legislature (Which meets two
months hence) will be the next thing
to claim general attention. 1t will be
a most important session., for number
of questions of great importance will
come before it for settlement.
One Of the most important OF these
will be the demand for the establish
ment of Stat6 Reformatory for young
degenerates an institution for which
this writer has been working, and US
ing every legitimate avenue at his COM
mand to secure, for number of years.
Public sentiment now seems
to be ripe to force the matter upon the
attention and favorable consideration
of out law makers. The adoption OF
resolution in it's favor by the State
Press Association at it's Last meeting
and the enlistment of the support OF
the weekly press of the State practical
ly assured the accomplishment of the
end so many newspaper men are strlv-
ing for-for no class of people(not even
the pastors of churches, who are all now
heartily favoring the movement) is SO
competent to Judge of its desirability,
not to say necessity, and I trust every
"country" newspaper in North Carroll.
ma (the moulders of thought and pub
lie sentiment in their respective COM
munities) will do their part in helping
this righteous cause along.
If you and your readers could talk
with Mayor Powell and the trial mag
isrates OF this city and those of the 9th
er large towns, for five minutes even
your heart would sicken at the tale OF
Ijuyenile depravity that would be I'M
folded and you would not be conscien
tiously content until you see the Re-
formatory authorized by Legislative
enactment and put in active operation
GROWTH OF SOUTHERN AND N. G. RUsI
NESS.
It certainly should be gratifying tt
} every true North Carolinian to observe
, the rapid strides which the South and
North Carolina especially is making IL
the industrial and business world. M,
attention has just been attracted to I
noteworthy illustration of this pleasing
} fact, viz, the beginning OF business il
this State by the South Atlantic Lift
Insurance Company, Virginia
North Carolina Company, the only lift
insurance company in this section, an,
} duly incorporated In North Carolina
, The officers and directors and stock
: holders are nearly or quite all Nortl
l Carolina, South Carolina and Virgins
. business men who have achieved for
tune and fame by their ability and sue
cess in the business world-such mel
J, as Beverly B. Munford, the president
/ and Julian S. Carr, Virginius Newtol
( and R. L. Foreman, the vice-presidenst
3 Among the directorate we find til
r names OF Charles w. Worth of vii
7 mington, Samuel L. Morgan, J. W
Perry, N. Beaman and w. B. Chisho ln
Q known all over the three States men
J, toned for their business sagacity AM
t integrity.
t Messrs Charles S. Aston and r
. Spencer Plummer have been appoints
special agents of this company i
North Carolina, and local agents wi
be appointed in all the principal town
and villages. The company is onl
E SIX months old, but In that short tim
has done very large business. Or
man alone, Mr.. B. F. johnson, th
y head of the Richmond publishin
house bearing his name, has take