The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-14

has been with him the survival OF a
| beautiful sentiment. 1t needs not to go
further with him in appeal than to know
| that the man who needs help at one
time wore the grey" Beyond the more
| practical evidences of his interest that
/ have been manifested by his champion
ship of State pensions, of his support and
| unfailing care to add to the comforts of
! the Soldiers Home" and his thousand
| Individual kidnesses of material nature,
| it is good to look at the delight that
! the man takes in the company of and in
furnishing unexpected pleasures to his
| old fellows in arms Every now and then
he passes the word and takes up a bunch
| of them and away they go to some re-
| union or meeting of their association. On
| these occasions he leaves everything be-
hind. He is in his best beloved role of
"boy having good time" again and,
aside from the inevitable pathos that
hovers about the thought of the rapid
thinning out of their ranks, there is no
happier sight than Carr and his "Old
Vets" fraternising and reminiscing in
the spirit of the resurrected camp fire.
Truly, he is comrade still.
''The farmer" is a man that is suscepti
BILE of more practical present aid as a
class. His interests are vital and imper-
atively insistent. but few men know the
scope and the necessity of those interests
as does julie Carr. He has always been
able to step down as it were from the
box-seat of the busy world and look az a
thing from the same angle and in the
same light as the man who tills the
earth. He is able to adopt and realize
the same point of view. He understands
no Ike ha
1t is not every man who can do that,
however much he may theoretically favor
the interests of the class. If he does not
know the smell of the earth, he cannot
understand" Carr does understand; he
himself once and he has never forgotten
the steam of the upturned soil. In the
latter days of his prosperity he has cho-
sen for his chief diversion the making
of one of the finest farms in the South.
"Occoneechee' has grown and blossomed
into a garden spot under the manipula-
ton of his personal supervision What
a place it is! 1t is worth the pilgrimage
of any farmer in the State to see!
This understanding of the farmer and
his needs has most powerfully shaped
Carrs business and political policy. In
ted the mans sincerity and shown his
brave demeanor as a fighter 1t showed
him fighting unselfshly against odds with
an undaunted and successful defiance that
gained for him the respect of the whole
country. When the shrewd manipulators
of the scheme whose product was the
american Tobacco Company got ready
to combine their properties and eliminate
the farmer from their equation they
found to their chagrin that the owner Of
the most important interest of them al
quixotically put some things above dol
lars. Carr was perfectly willing to remain
independent. He stated firmlythat he pre-
ferred in his business his own company
to that of the trust He was offered all
manner of inducement; he remained firm.
Gradually the thought came TO the COM
prchension of the trusts promoters that
here was a man that couldn't be bought.
Well, they would crush him then He
met that issue, too. Through long years
he maintained the integrity of his bust
ness, alone and single handed, against
opposition in the face of which weaker
man would have yielded or been de-
stroyed. What force failed to do was
afterwards accomplished by indirection;
a fake opposition, 1.-The Union Tobacco
Company" was organized to which Cavr
was induced to sell in the hope of pro-
ducing strong and healthful competition,
and under the assurance that Black
Wells Durham" should never pass I'M
der the control of the American Tobacco
Company But the people will honor him
none the less for that.
One of the unique things about Carr's
career is the fact that he has been for
years an important political factor and
has never held an office. lie has been
to his party valued and an answering
force for years. He has devoted a large
share of his time and energy to its sue
cess, has stood high in it's councils and
has contributed Of his means the "sinews
of war" that have made possible the
victories of many a campaign. He has
spoken in behalf of and advanced its
principles INCREASINGLY, yet only once be-
fore the campaign in which he has now
engaged has he ever aspred to office.
An unfortunate bitterness rendered his
nomination on that occasion impossible,
but he came out of that fight as he will
out of this one, if beaten, with his party
devotion mistaken Once enlisted in a
cause the man does not know how to
cease to serve it. "Jule" Carr would be
a success as a Senator" as he has been
in every part in life he has taken. He has
strong and faithful following and his
ability as an understanding and success
full business man, combined with his I'M
doubted patriotism, make him a logically
formidable candidate.
But as said above, this
canvass for Senator, which has
now reached a point where all can
didates stand before the people with an
interest attaching that is the vivid thing
of the moment, is a new experience for
julie Carr. He has never before asked
anything of the whole people for himself
His friends are watching him breathlessly
yet with faith. The manner of the fight
he is making is characteristic. 1t is
thorough fight. bravely conducted and
yet, withal a chivalrous one. He is
frank with the people as a candidate as
he is with them as a man. He is bring
ing to bear all the energy and the gen.
Jus that have made his material pros
perity what it is; he is playing the new
game of politics as strongly as he and
his friends know how, but he is playing
it openly and above board. There is no
place in his campaign, as there is none