Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-12-25
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State News, General News and Newspaper
Comment.

, Comment.
One of the things which may
reasonably be expected as a de
; velopment of the near future il
the building of electric railway
lines in ell this section Of the
State. Electric power, transmit.
ted by the water powers of ou1
streams. is gradually covering all
this portion of the State. An
electric line which will connect
High Point, Thomasville, Green's
boro and Winston is now build
ing and the contract has been let
for an electric line from Ashe.
Vile to Hendersonville.
[ Gov. Glenn has written to the
Navy department urging that the
cruiser North Carolina be brought
to Cape Lookout for the ceremony
of presentation of the silver ser
vice on the part of the State. He
urges the appropriateness of this
ceremony being in North Caro-
lima waters and directs attention
to the fact that at Lookout there
Is an ample landlocked harbor
with forty feet of water secure
from storm and wind. It has
been suggested that this ceremony
take place either at Norfolk or
Charleston and it is more than
likely to be at the former place.
There is virtue in old-fashioned
methods. after all, for the small
girl who had her first spelling
lessons in embroidering a "sam-
pier" learned to hold her own in
the ordeal of ''spelling down" the
district school. And our new
tangled, phonetic spelling meth
DDS, wherein the youngster makes
noise like soda-water fountain
before venturing on "C-a-t," are
turning out mighty poor race of
spoilers. Industrial Progress.
Who read the Presidents recent
message all through? Who is in
the habit of reading such State
papers as these in their unabridged
form7 Who goes through from
choice, or for his own edifcation,
any of the annual department re-
ports or similar governmental
publications? Is is not true that
most people now depend for their
impressions of men and affairs
not upon what the principals say
in the matter, but what those who
condense, anslyze and edit their
too prolonged difuse utterances
say that they have said?-P1tts-
burg Post.
When the Good Samaritan from
the very fulness of his soul ex-
claimed with dramatic effect, as
he looked upon the wounded,
bleeding Jew by the wayside,
CATER all is he not my brother?"
he gave expression to the very
best sentiment OF the human
heart. The Jew was his enemy,
both in civil and religious rela-
tions. The two nationalities had
no dealings with each other, and
cherished q very bitter hatred.
But the touching scene penetrated
the heart of the man of Samaria,
and sympathy and love triumphed
grandly over prejudice and en-
nifty. The story, so full of sweet
and God-like sentiment. will live
on through the ages, doing more
and better missionary work than
some Jealous brethren who spend
their lives in heathen lands
| Manchester Union.
The compromise which Gov
Glenn has offered the railroads.
d cent, flat rate for State and in
ter State business, mileage books
at 2 and 21 and the railroads te
to pay all expenses of the liti
cation up to now, is good ont
and q liberal ope for the State
If the Legislature, called in extrs
session, would argree to this set
Element and the matter could be
closed for good, it would be for
tunate if the other roads woule
Join the Southern and Seaboarc
in agreeing to the settlement
But Speaker Justice, counsel fol
the State in the rate cases it gave
notice that he would oppose the
settlement and it is possible thai
he and those of his way of think