The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-10-18
TIE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS
Points and Paragraphs Of Thinqa
Present, Past and Future.

! Affairs in China are still an un
known quantity. There had been q
little hope that matters could be some
how adjusted soon; but the news
that South China is soon to engage il
a general uprising, causes one to lose
hope of any speedy settlement of tbt
troubles. It has been in the prints
that the month of November will wit
ness perhaps even greater disturbances
there than We have known at all. BIZ
let us hope that it will not be SO.
The estimate that the cotton Gro.
will be 25O,OOO bales less than the nee.
cessary amount to supply the worlds
demand, is indeed significant. Thl:
means that even large crop nex1
year could not reduce the price to 4,
or 6 cents which was the price few
Iyears ago. It means that the farmers
OF the South have a chance to place
themselves on solid basis of independ
ence. 1t takes only half as much
cotton now to pay "an old debt" as il
did five years ago; and with good
prospect for this state of affairs to con-
tinue at least one or two years longer
| the farmers ought to be able to "get
straight" again.
It is simply a wonder how mnch in
formation the world gets out of news
papers. Whoever reads even ono good
newspaper regularly and carefully
finds enough information to give him
fairly good education in two decades
Ito be sure, one does not learn the
principles of mathematics and the like
in a technical way, but the genera
fund of information gathered is really
SURPRISING "h- f-+ that newspapers
tel so "eor'a
do not .Ay otne,
source, ought to cause those who pub
il.z. paper; to - cir,.'ll what tI:-
print.
The world has never yet come tt
realize what its newspapers are worth
Perhaps with the coming of the new
century, when people expect to make
20 many Improvements and do SO muct
more and learn so much more, the
real value of newspapers will be appre
ciated.
Four years ago William Jennir 81
BRYAN astonished the world by BIZ
physical endurance, to say nothing o
his wonderful intellectual grasp
His campaign Of 1896 was the mos
remarkable eyer known in this country
or perhaps in any country. His pres
ent campaign is regarded as even more
remarkable than that OF 1896. TIT
Memphis Commercial Appeal says:
"Mr. Bryan is now making the most
remarkable campaign witnessed in the
history of American politics. Fou
Years ago he canyassed the country
and astonished the people by the mum
her of speeches he made. Merely as
Test of physical endurance that cam
pa,gn was remarkable but though hi
varied his speeches somewhat to sui
local conditions, he had central them
(which he emphasized everywhere
/. Naturally this gave sameness to hi
speeches and tooK away the keennes
and interest. We do not mean in any
! nav to belittle his achievements tou
wears ago, but simply to call attention
to the fact that his campaign this yea
outclasses his campaign OF 1886.
"What has particularly impressed u
ia the readiness he has shown in meet
ing every issue. Some OF the oes
sneeches he has made have been In ar
swer to questions propounded to hlr
from the audience. It has been SUP
!. noaed that Bourke Cochran was un
lrivaled in this line, but Mr.. Bryan na
shown himself even apter and qucke
at countering upon querist tnan u
faoous New York orator. Every &C
dress that he has made is fui Oh no
ideas and arguments, and goes TO prov
= that he is not only the most eloquol
but the readiest orator now before -
A' American people"
nonot get scared If your hes
b,es - E Won. Nest likely you sun
rom Indigestion. koool Dy; ~ CIV