The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-05-23
THE EDIToRs,s S LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

C6lHS, fCl pid}C kdAaSAapAi Will Il
suitable Tor 8 column of passing
events :"
ssJhe baseball craze is now on for the
season and there will be time anc
money enough thrown away in North
Carolina this year oyer this one sport
that. if well applied, wonld create sew.
erai fortunes. If every time there is 8
meeting to organize a baseball club the
purpose should be changed and a com
pany organized to pursue and push
some profitable Industry there would
be much less idleness and more thrift
and prosperity in the land"
We assure the Raleigh Post that lis
kind suggestion of Saturday was taken
in good part. n this column last
" EEK THE CoMMONwEALTH mentioned
le rather remarkable fact that lad
named Mills, who few years ago was
selling peanuts Gn the railroads lead
ing from Chicago, now controls the
peanut slot machine business and en-
ploys 800 men. We said that whoever
has genius, inventive genius, Or the
genius for hard labor, may reasonably
expect to do something, for our age is
so appreciativa o! such qualities that,
he who possesses them receives recog-
milton.
The Raleigh Post warns us that such
things as we said last week, although
every word true, will cause ns to be
''read out of the party" if we don't
mind
Now, we had no more thought OF
politics IN what we wrote than ne had
f doing violence to the American flag /;
ms We can. see how such little in
accent truth as We stated car hurt
witt those who cannot
mink outside of political lines CT who
a,n seu -noshlng except through poilti-
coa glasses.
Rf.. we stick . ,.ias2 :s.ae:. an;
perseverance" are good motto for
anyone.
The railroad. activities in North Car
clina jtlst now are quite encouraging.
I here seems to be a tendency to more
such work in the State than for some
time past. The Manufacturers Record
notes the following concerning three
different railroad interests in the State
now:
''The plan to build railroad be
.veen Washington and Plymouth, n
g., has reached a point where contracts
lave been let and the necessary fnan
;iai arrangements made. according TO a
statement OF E. A. Armstrong OF Cam.
len, N. j., who is president of the
The road will be about
thirty .fye miles in length. Among
hose associated with Mr.. Armstrong
sre w. H. Whaley and r. 5. Cohn OF
Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. r. S. Cohn, secretary Of the
also informs the hanufac
,urers' Record that the railroad will
connect at Plymouth with steamers
operating in connection with the Nor
'oIk & Southern Railroad, thus COM
oieting new route between Tidewater
North Carolina and Norfolk is ex-
pected to begin operations Immediate
y.
"The idea OF building railroad be
tween Winston and Wadesboro, N. c.,
1as been taken up by a number OF well
known business men OF Charleston,
L iorence and other cities in South Car
} ina, who have organized the Winston
& .Vadesboro Railroad Co. and applied
II a charter III North Carolina, The
company, which is capitalized at $500,
300, Includes Messrs. Z. G. Rhett and
E. Huger OF Charleston, P. A.
Wilcox OF Florence and John F.
Of Sumter. S. G. The pro-
posed route is through Anson, .stanlyr
Montgomery Davidson and Forsythe
counties. At Winston connection will
be made with the Norfolk & Western
and the Southern systems. and at
with the Atlantic Coast
Line. 4f built, the road will complete
, new route between Charleston and
Mort hwestern North Carolina.
a,fhe business men OF Danyllle, Va.
aaye become Interested in plan Ito
connect the city with several North
Carolina towns by a railroad to be built
% Madlsonvl)le.- The United States
IRON, Steel &: CoIlieries Go. owns a
arge tract of land on the route, and
Mr. r. e. Lyon, director in the com
oany, has offered to construct portion
II the line il Madisonylile and Danviile
Al. kn