The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-02-01

by the order OF the Congress of whicl
he was elected a member, emphasize
the attitude of the American mind to
wards the sacred VOW of matrimony
AS we have the altar vow it is that th,
husband shall love and cherish on
woman only as his wife, and that i
the teaching of God in his Holy Bool
on the subject of marriage.
Are the young men of the presen
showing as much concern about rea
mind training as did the young mer
of former times? Has not the spirit O
money making, together with the dis
position for "good tlme," as they cal
it, turned the minds OF the young men
of to-day from deep-seated desire fol
knowledge? knowledge is power" is
as true now as ever it has been, but i.
Is to be feared that too few of our young
people desire that kind of power.
It has already been realized that
lumber is getting scarce in tLis region,
and 1t is time our people were paying
more attention to the protection OF the
forests. High prices in the lumber
market have q tendency to cause the
forests more and more to be devastated
With the present rapid consumption OF
timber in certain quarters, the lumber
With which to build houses will soon
nave to be shipped from one communi-
y to another. The forests ought to be
protected, and instead of clearing them
Tor fresh agricultural lands, worn out
ands ought to be reclaimed.
Senators Pritchard and Butler have
shown themselves good and worthy
OF late. Pritchard's reso-
ution in Congress and Buffers decIa-
alton before the Popullst committee
n Raleigh breathe the same hatred to
does not make Tor their per-
,onal advantage. Politicians for wnat
here is in it is what they are proving
to be. The "gang" to
which Butler referred will prove too
trong for their resistance, and he
night as we'll turn to use as soon as
possible what he has been able to get
,ut of his recent law course.
The cotton milling interest is grow
ng faster in North Carolina than in
my other State in the Union, perhaps.
some over-cautions persons, when asked
o lend their aid in a substantial way
0 the establishing of cotton mill, ex-
,ress their fears that the business will
'e over done. But let it be set down
or good that the cotton milling busi-
less will not again flourish in the
Iorth IS it has in times past. The
Innate and other things in the South
make it possible for this particular in
ustry to flourish here more than in
be North and there is no reason to
ear that the milling business will be
yer done here.
What American poet has written
oem that will make immortal the de-
truction of the Spanish fleet at Santl-
go? Lynn Roby Meekins writes for
be Saturday Evening Post: GLOW
,any would recall to-day the charge Of
ae Light Brigade-magnificently he
bic as it was-if Tennyson had not
rltten his undying lines?" He fur
ner writes that the British have done
3me wonder ful things since the Six
hundred stormed the hills at Balak-
IVA, but nothing of 1t all Is SO fresh in
he minds OF the people of to-day as
he charge of the Light Brigade.
'erhaps the destruction of the Spanish
leet has already been made immortal
y some of our poets, but If SO we have
Iot seen 1t. And If it has not been
one The CoMMoNwEALTH calls upon
rank Stanton or some other poet to
i've the world poem on the great
ayal feat.
If You HAVE SORE THROAT Pain