STILL ONE UNION.
OUH LANGUAGE IS QN3L
AND OURSYMPTHISS ARB
STRONG.
Some Bamttlng Thoughts.
BY "NEMO."
(Copyrighted.)
Oar country is so vast, and it range
of products and of climatic conditions
so extraordinary, that the greatest safe
guard up to this time against a fatal
sectionalism has been the tendency oi
both early and late immigrants to move
from one place to another, subjugating
new territory, and forming new states.
Nature decrees that the material In
terests of Montana, ior instance, shall
differ from those of the sea-board states,
but the travelled condition of many
thousands of Montanians guarantees an
expression of opinion on their part re
garding public affairs, distinctly more
national than could be expected from a
population narrowed to views purely
local. For a small nation, restricted in
both space and possibilities, great pa
triotic results may come from inhabit
ants who do not choose to wander ; but
for us, not crowded by neighbors, nor
measured in any direction by less than
ten hundred miles, the best promise ot
endurance is found in increasing knowl
edge of one another's .needs and prob
We have been subjected to such a
tremendous influx of foreigners and
children of foreigners, in the past
thirty years, that we easily find another
great gain from the restlessness of our
mixed population. Notwithstanding
the fact that the inhabitants of some
European nations, have come here by
hundreds of thousands it is impossible
to place the finger on any one portion
of our country and say "Here public
questions are entirely settled by voters
who are more foreign than American
in their ideas." Regarding our country
as one great body, it is safe to assert
that no condition except this one of
mixing, would have enabled it to di
gest and safely dispose of the millions
who have come to it from every nation
under Heaven. While there is still
much to be desired in the direction of
unity, nationally, we have accomplished
a task that might well have been re
garded as impossible ; the quiet, order
ly, practically complete absorption of
over three times as many immigrants as
there were inhabitants at the birth ot
the United States. Each wanderer has
come promptly in touch with persons
who cherished the spirit of freedom
and has become so imbued himself that
we are still one Union ; inseparable for
ever, let us hope and believe.
In Yorkshire, (England), it is a com
paratively rare thing to find a man
whose sons are scattered through the
other counties ; let us say, for illustra
tion, in Kent, Cornwall, and Northum
berland ; but oi our old American fam
ilics.both rich and poor, there are thous
ands, conditioned like an editor of my
acquaintance, whose blood relations are
spread from Vermont to California, and
down to Louisiana. The unconscious
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muueuce ui sucu connections worKS up
on the imagination of the child so
situated they are legion -until -its
fervid fancy over leaps the farm fences,
the valley walls, the rolling prairies,
the beetling mountain-sides and our
country becomes "My Country !" to
him in a much wider sense than with
the child whose relations are grouped
closed around him.
But we have by no means exhausted
the advantages that have arisen from
our restless spirit. Among other things
it has aided in the maintenance of one
language in general use. The children
of immigrants in our public schools
learn the language and the deeds oi
Washington and Jefferson, oi Webster
and oi Clay. The home training in the
tongue of the foreign Fatherland is a
trifle compared with the American in
fluence of school books, and the play
ground ; ior it is hard to exaggerate the
ties of language. There have been in
stances in our history where whole
counties in the Northwest are exclusive
ly Scandinavian; but the condition
lasts only for a time, by reason of the
children's learning our general tongue.
Strange though it may sound, there are
fewer definite dialects in our whole
country than can be found in Great
Britlan a Kingdom that could be al
most packed away in one state, New
York. Yet in that small country a
Dorset man of low rank could not un
derstand a Scotchman, and a Cornish
man would be practically a foreigner
to both ; but the national life in the
most remote corner of our Texas is the
same that courses in the piney woods
of Maine, and the language is the same.
A wise and travelled Englishman who
landed in this country for the first time
a few weeks ago, stated to me that no
thing impressed him here so much as
the fact that a journey of 3,000 miles
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overland, and 8000 miles around
Dipugnt mm q uw uu luigii
wniie a juuraoj ui
continent of Europe, carried him into
entirely strange conditions.
But the extension of territory and
the forward movement of the people
will come to an end. In fact the end
already is in sight, and the tide of
population is setting back upon the
older states like the bacic-water of a
flood. A new century and new condi
tions confront us. The call is for those
who feel deeply and think broadly, to
guide our destinies as we stretch forward
to the unknown.
Now. territory alone is insufficient for
the continued greatness of any country.
A concrete example in China with a
vast area and teeming millions; all
holding together like a pile ot brick,
simply by reason of weight and not be
cause of any actual union between
them. Wealth also is no guarantee ;
for if so why are we called on to record
the almost complete decay of Spain,
though wealthy beyond heart's desire
two centuries ago? The Hindoo
princes, puppets in power, swaddled In
the lap of wealth and surrounded by
the flashing glories of gems, illustrate
again the foolishness of resting on
wealth for peipetuity. Territory is no
thing without national character.
Wealth is as much. Furthermore, they
that have relied upon the sword have
perished by it. Alexander the Great
made no permanent enlargement ot
Grecian territory ; the Hebrews under
David gained the full limits of their
territory and enjoyed it only during
one reign ; the Roman Empire crumbl
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Archbishop Leighton.
Divine grace even in the heart of the
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N. O. Times-Democrat.
Many statistics show that of 10,000
smokestacks only three are struck by
lightning during the year, while of 10,-
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windmills, 89 are struck by . lightning
annually. It has been endeavored to
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the smoke discharged from smoke
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around the building along and distri
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oi attraction for the electric spark of
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Wt
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The State of Texas, I .
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August 4th, 1891.
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TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated Nov
15, '96.
No. 23.
Daily.
A. M.
Lv. Weldon 11 50
Ar. Rocky Mt.12 52
Ar. Tarboro,
Lv. Tarboro, 12 12
No. 35.
Daily.
P.M.
944
10 39
No. 41.
Daily.
A. M.
Lv. Rocky Mt. 1 00
Lv Wilson 2 05
Lv Selma 2 50
Lv Fayetteville4 15
Ar Florence 6 55
10 39
11 18
107
3 14
545
No 47.
Daily.
Lv Wilson ' 2 13 .7 35
Lv Goldsboro 3 10 9 35
Lv Magnolia 4 16 8 29
Ar Wilming'n 5 45 10 00
P M AM
TRAINS GOINO NORTH.
No 78 No 32
Daily Daily
Lv Florence
Fayetteyille
Lv Salma
Ar Wilson
8 45
12 20
100
142
AM
8 35
10 33
12 22
P M
"" No 48 No 40
Daily Daily
Lv Wilmington 9 35 7 00
Lv Magnolia 10 02 8 30
Lv Selma 12 01 9 36
Ar Wilson 12 05 9 55
AM PM
No 78 No 32 No 40
Daily Daily Daily
p M P M P M
Lv Wilson 1 20 11 35 10 23
ArMoekvMt 2 17 12 11 11 05
Ar Tarboro 2 23
Lv Tarboro 1212
Lv RockyMt 2 17
Ar Weldon 3 32
12 11
101
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One Door North of Stern's, Main St.
67 ly Scotland Neck. N. C.
Subscribe to The Commonwealth.
Train on Scotland Neck Branch road
leaves Weldon 4.10 p m., Halifax 4.28
p m, arrives Scotland Neck at 5.20 p m
Greenville 6.57 p m, Kinston 7.55 p m.
Returning leaves Kinston 7.50 a m,
Greenville 8.52 a m. Arriving Halifax
at 11.20 a m., Weldon 11.40 a m,
dailv except Sunday.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington 8.20 a m, arrives at Par-
mele 8.50 a m. returning leaves r'arme-
le 9.50 a m., arrives Washington 11.25
a m. Daily except Sunday. Connects
with trains on Albemarle and Raleigh
Railroad and Scotland Neck Branch.
Train leaves Tarboro, via Albemarle
& Raleigh road Daily except Sunday,
5.30p m, Sunday 3.00 p m, arrive Wil
liamston, 7.18 p m., 4.20 p. m., Ply
mouth7.35 p m, 5.20 p m. Returning
leavea Plymouth, Daily except Sunday,
7.30, a. m. Wuhamston 7.J0 a m.
9.58 a m. Arrive Tarboro 9.50 a m
11.20 a m.
Trains on Southern Division, Wilson
and Fayetteville Branch leave Fayette-
ville Branch leave Fayetteville o.dO p
in, arrive Rowland 7.11 a m. Return
ing leave Rowland 7.35 a m, arrive at
Fayetteville 9.19 a m. Daily except
Sunday.
Train on Midland, N. C, Branch
leaves Goldsboro, daily except Sunday
6.00 a m, arrive Smithfield 7.30 a m.
Returning leaves Smithfield 8.00 a m,
arrive Goldsboro 9.30 a m.
Train on Nashville Branch leaves
Rocky Mount at 6.20 p m. arrives Nash
7.15 p m., Spring Hope 7.40 p m.
Returning leaves Spring Hope 8.00 a
m., Nashville 8.35 a m. Rocky Mount
9.15 a m., daily, except Sunday.
Train on Clinton branch leaves War
saw for Clinton daily except Sunday
at 6.20 p m., and 11.15 a m. Return
ing leaves Clinton at 8.20 a m., and 3.
10 p m connecting at Warsaw for Clin
ton, daily, except Sunday at 6.20 p m,
and 11.15 a m. Returning leaves Clin
ton at 8.20 a m., and 3.10 p m., con
at Warsaw with Nos. 41, 40, 23 and 78.
Trains No. 57 South bound and 14
North will stop only at Rocky Mt,
Wilson, Goldsboro and Magnolia.
Train No. 18 makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North daily.
All rail via Richmond,and daily except
Sunday via Bay Line, also except Sun
day, with Norfolk and all points north
via Norfolk. JOHN F. DIVINE,
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Sup't Trans. T. M. EMERSON,
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NORFOLK & CAROLINA R. R.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
Dated Sept 27, 1896.
Daily ex. San.
South Bound
Trains.
Daily ex. Sun.
North Bount
Trains.
Stations.
No. 103 No. 49
P.M. A. M.
No. 48 No. 102.
P.M. A. M
210
2 25
2 50
3 05
3 43
4 02
4 30
4 45
5 25
5 50
8 40 Lv Norfolk Ar. 6 00 10 5
9 00 Pinners Point 5 35 9 30
9 29 Drivers 5 11 9 84
44 Suffolk 4 57 8 51
10 18 . Gates 4 23 8 31
Tunis 4 05 8 15
ii w Ahoskey 3 45 9 33
11 14 Aulander ,3 31 7 58
11 57 Hobsrood 2 B4. 7 1Q
w
2 35 6 55
12 20 Ar. Tarboro
Ar. i it
5 57 1 25 Rocky Mount 2 o5 6 30
jr. m.. r. m. P f A r
NO 23 Carrifis nilTlman .
Norfolk to Rocky Mount and connects
"'"V"-- v. i.. -i rain for all points
No. 103 connects t TTnkrs n
eastern Carolina points, also at Rocky
Mrmnf. with A n t -a : a . y.
. : , ' un z ior all
points south.
No. 78
d 1 pitiiur car
JSSf to orfolk connect,
iuiuui norm.
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