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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07

a candidate for reelection. Messrs.
Lifey, Habberley, and Cornell will
get their forces in line. And 1 think
that's all"
Not quite. MI. Haldane," said Lif-
fey.
What elser'
You'll git the barrel open for the
necessary expenses of the cam
paign?"
Quite So" said Haldane, dryly.
you may depend upon us to do what
is proper; eh, gentlemen"
Van Slyke and Mcdonald nodded.
II think we've done a pretty good
nights work." said the district attor-
ney, rising to his feet.
Don't go yet" said Haldane. "We
must fix. up the slate first, and that
will be ALL"
It was a half-hour later when the
last n departed from the. house.
Haldane was quite aware on the con-
ditions under which his fortune was
being increased and his power extend
ed. He had been brought in contact
with the naked reality of the situa-
ton a great many times; but it
seemed to him hat never before had
it presented itself in so hideous and
unattractive a guise as on that night.
The financier vas hardened. His con-
science, while keenly alive in other
directions, in matters concerning poll
tics and the people was scared and
indurated. But what had been said
and what he had discussed that night
had sickened him.
Haldane felt quite lonely. quite old.
as he sat there in the small hours of
the morning, his cigar gone out.
musing over the situation. He pulled
| himself together at last. The battle
| was not lost. The enemy had not won,
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fully inquired into and catalogued. In
the forest rangers cabin, which Is the
real fire department headquarters Of
many men he can get at Smiths
camp. how soon he can get them. how
far they will go. and how much they
will be paid e day.
Today the forests are as carefully
studied as any field of battle. When
the report comes of a fire In a certain
distant region there is no time lost In
getting supplies or men, in figuring
out the way to approach 1t, or in go
ing owe lost ground to gather up .
fighting force.
Over "a government fre-1ghters
were killed in the big fires in Idaho
last year, mainly because they were
not carefully trained. Scores Of miles
OF trail had to be cut to get fire crews
into the heart Of some Of the fires,
and ono there they had little chance
to escape or to get reinforcements.
Forester Graves estimates that the
government will have to spend 8 ,OOO,-
900 before the forests are completely
under control. Forest trails that would
stretch ten times across the continent.
$4,000 miles, will have to be built be-
fore all portions Of the great woods
are accessible to fire-fghters. The
fire lines" those bands Of safety that
surround the more dangerous dis
tricts and often enectually stop the
spread of a ground or surface fire.
must be increased by 10000 miles;
10000 miles of new telephone line
must be strung to lookout points and
along the trails, and $500 miles Of
heavy wagon road built.
When all this Is accomplished, in
six or eight years; when supplies OF
tools are ready at every point, and
the force of summer firemen Is in
creased to the necessary number, II
will be almost impossible for a forest
fire to get such a start as did those OF
last year.
The sources Of fire in the forests
are o we'll known. Last year there
were nearly 5000 fires, but less than
Is per cent. Of these did any great
damage. Out of 1856 Of the fires care
fully studied, 1868 were set by rail
road engines, 787 by lightning, 451 by
campers, 284 by brush burning, 2S6
were incendiary in character and II
were set by sawmills. The causes of
over 1000 were not known.
Against the campers a rigid cam
paign has been made. Signs have
been posted all through the forest,
printed in many languages, cautioning
against carelessness and notifying
men where fires can be quickly re-
ported to the rangers.
The fighting Of the big fires in the
northwest last year cost the govern
ment owe $ 1000, 900 in actual ex-
penses; the lives of over 70 volunteer
fremen. and destroyed government
timber worth $25, 00O. 900. Private and
state losses were much greater than
this.
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every direction. Before the enemy
realized It, ample time had been se
cured in every possible assembly
room and there were nightly meetings
all over the city.
In the Gormly store itself was q
great auditorium in which free con-
certs, lectures, and entertainments
had been given for the employees and
patrons of the store. This auditorium
had outside entrances and could be
completely cut of from the other
business. Every afternoon he assem-
bled in the auditorium the workers
and speakers, and every afternoon
there was the freest possible discus
sion of the issues, Of what was to be
said in the speeches Of the night. Of
the places to be covered. The man
showed a genius for leadership and
direction that was amazing. He de-
veloped a power Of ~succinctly pre-
senting the facts, which in large
he was able to communicate
to his followers.
Livingstone Haldane's example had
been followed by not a few young men
of fortune and position. It became in
a certain among a certain set
the fashion to campaign for Gormly.
Automobiles of all sorts were avail
able for transporting speakers, and
classes and social distinctions were
wiped out in the greater issues in
volved. BY these methods what was
~picturesquely described in the city pa
pers as a whirlwind campaign was
inaugurated.
It must not be supposed that the
opposition was idle; by no means.
Never had it's activities been so great.
it's energies so manifestly put forth.
It had welcomed with JOY the news of
the refusal of Gormly to become the
candidate of the minority party. Lift
fey had at once decided in his own
mind that that settled the issue. Even
farther sighted men like Rutherford
were Of the same opinion. Haldane
alone, the wisest, shrewdest, and
ablest Of the group, was not con-
vinced, and under his vigorous though
secret urgings the ring redoubled its
efforts to beat the man.
At the proper time the proposition
from the party in power to make a
combination with the outs was sprung
upon the public. It was hailed on one
side as an evidence Of the fairness
of the party in power and the Sachem
society. which many people imagined
| needed no alliance Of that kind. I,
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lu6 III w dSuAASIOA IAS0O
days, waiting for news from the fire
lines. Great maps Of the national for
est adorn the walls about him, cov-
cred with patches of red and blue.
and with pins and legends telling eio-
quent stories.
Mr.. Graves follows the rain area
from day to day as It travels on the
weather map back and forth across
the. northwest, and his fear Of the tel
egraph messenger grows less as each
day passes. So long as the weather
man can attend to that section of the
country, Mr.. Graves and his forest
patrolmen and fire brigades may rest
easy; for rain is the one best ally OF
the forest guardian.
But throughout all OF the states from
North Dakota to California. where the
national forests sweep over the val
legs and mountains, the forest fire
brigade stands at attention. More
men that ever before; more ano bet
ter supplies and nre-1ghting appa-
ratus; new trails into the dense parts
of the forests; hundreds of miles OF
new telephone lines, and new lookout
stations where men are constantly
searching the horizon for signs OF
smoke or blaze, represent the work
that has been done since the disas-
trous fires Of last year to bring the
forest protection force up to the high
est possible state Of efficiency.
t. hnr h~1~ - xr4n~ ~ c,,nrnYnA nf3nrf
on the part of the forest service. and
Of the states, private owners and rail.
! roads that have been cooperating
with Forester Graves and his men,
The fire fighters are better equipped
this year than eve before. They have
been trained since last August at a
fire game" that rivals any Of the wal
games ever played on the maneuver
fields or along the Atlantic coast.
It is not hard to control the fires
that start along well-patroled railroad
tracks, or on travelled trails and roads
through the forests. The forest service
has been so well organized that none
of these fires get beyond the infant
stage. The greatest part of the damage
last year was done in the Coeu1
d'Alene forests in Idaho, the most in
accessible of all. In the eastern for
ests of Montana, where the woods hac
been broken with trails and means o.
communication had been established
the fires did little damage, although
the woods were as dry there as IL
Idaho.
The fire Is regarded as the invading
army. Plans are made to meet it a
any point, and to arrange supplies
fremen and transportation that there
may be no surprises.
Every sawmill or railroad force
every permanent cow camp; ever!
logging operation, or other business
going on in the woods. has been care
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considered as testimony to the
fact that the party in power had moth
ing to conceal, since it admitted the
outs to its councils, and that it was
sincerely DESTROYS of giving New York
a business administration in which all
factions and parties should be repre-
sented. There was truth In the con-
tention, too. The only faction or party
that would not be represented by this
alliance would be the common people.
Wiser heads, however, realized that
altruistic methods were inconsistent
entirely with the real spirit Of either
party and saw in the alliance a con-
fession of weakness. And the editorial
contingent Of the Gormly papers
seized upon this idea and made the
most Of it. In the beginning, CORN
ly's advertisements, including his po-
litical manifestos, had been printed
in every paper In the city. They were
paid for as other advertisements are
and why not? But the Sachem So
ciety had put the screws on certain
journals which owed much to its influ-
ence. and because Of this pressure
they had summarily refused any more
Of Gormly's unique proclamations.
They professed themselves entirely
ready to print his business advertise
ments at the usual rates. Gormly
retaliated, Of course, by withdrawing
all advertising Of any sort from them,
and doubling the space he purchased
In the other papers. Naturally, there.
fore, the press divided in two sec
lions; those that were controlled by
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CHAPTER Ix.-continued.

What does it Govern" asked the
mayor.
TT covers pretty much every avail
able route by which we al connect
the ends of the traction company"
How much territory"
"Oh, a mile or a mile and a half, I
should say; but every possible right Of
way is included in the franchise"
And If we don't get it,"
Somebody else will get it, Of
course. He will build the connections,
and hold us up for anything that he
wants"
But it will be no good to anybody
else without what we've got" suggest
ed Van Slyke.
"True; but we have got several hun
dred millions involved and can't adopt
a do-nothing policy. Probably ten
millions or even less win cover the
expenses required by rebuilding un-
der the old or new franchise, and that
ten million has us by the throat"
1T should be easy for five hundred
millions to freeze out ten," said
Rutherford.
Under other circumstances it would
not be at all difficult" answered Hal
dane; "but the people are to be con-
sidered In this case. This road was
built az a public convenience and,
gentlemen, 1t has to be run"
This is a hell Of a fix for men as
smart Is you to git yourselves in!"
said Liffey. "As | take it, we can
secure the franchise or we can make
it's future grant the issue Of the cam
paign; and II we win, pass it then:
md If we fail, take our medicine"
you've stated It exactly"
For myself, I'm in favor Of grab
bling the franchise now" said the
boss. 1T means money. Moneys
what we're here for. The object Of
politics is money for the crowd that's
In. The aim Of the crowd that's put
is to git in SO they can git the
money. With money we a buy
votes; with votes we can get Office;
with Office and money we can get
immunity from the consequences.
Even If we're beaten by the mayor.
wen still have the district attorney,
we'll still have the police force. I'll
still be here; so will you, Mr.. Hal
dane. And therefore, rather'n take
any risk, I move that the franchise be
renewed as soon IS 1t expires. and
that the grant be made to the Gotham
Freight Traction company. I'd rather
have something substantial than play
fnN 4honn0 0nY time -
wouldn't suffer any therefore, no mat
Ter what happened. Besides, all it'd
mean would be a wait for four years.
These reform movements always get
1red Of themselves, and then one or
:he other Of the old parties comes in.
Well be the one" ).
II am inclined to believe that much
Of Mr.. Lifey's contention is sound. /"
valid Van Slyke at last.
We'll, gentlemen" said Haldane.
what do you all think about it?"
Lets get what we can" said the
mayor.
And keep all we've got" added
Connell.
Very well then," said Haldane, sc
be it. We are united upon a non.
partisan ticket which we can select
presently, with Warren at the head
Of it. Mr.. Liffey will see Mr.. Benson
and induce his cooperation. Mr.. Con
nell will investigate Mr.. Gormly's
career. Mr.. Rutherford will arrange
to have the franchise renewed as soor
as it is possible to do so. MI. War
rem will at once announce himself al
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and before that came about there
would be a struggle which would beg
gar description. The cards seemed to
be in his hands. or in the hands of the
ring Of which he was chief. No more
experienced players ever sat at a
game than those associated with him.
They ought to win: but would they7
Haldane was by no means certain.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Riches and Honor.

It is an honorable thing to be rich.
It is not dishonorable nor discredit.
able in any sense, 80 long as he Who
acquires it has remembered and has
practised the golden rule.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07
Labor and Drudqerx.

It is claimed that n~ine-tenths OF an
productive labor is drudgery. The
overwhelming percentage Of all the
effective work in every vocation Il
done by the average man and womaal
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-09-07

ENRY S. GRAVES, chief OF
the nations greatest fire de-
partment, sits in an Office on
the seventh floor ora build
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Sidelights Prom
Other Sanctum.

And the Hash Remains So With Most
Of Us.
At this season of the year the
young turk is decidedly the favorite,
particularly with the marketers.-At-
lanta Journal.
e
But the Company Won't Be So Bad.
If a retired Philadelphia banker
does not look out, he will find him
self gazetted a member of the Ana
MAS clrb.-Atlanta Georgian.
Only Like Joe and Pope-He Wants
the Jobl
There seems to be no discovered
reason why Dick Russell should run
for governor.-Thomasville Times
Enterprise.
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SOME INTERESTING POLITICAL
HISTORY.

Mr. Wharton Barker of Philadel.
phia. has added a chapter to the
Observation-Disclosures deal of 1904. He
told the senate committee on inter
state commerce yesterday that a few
weeks before the election of that year
he met zone of the most distinguished
money kings OF New York. man now
dead" who declared to him that I'VE
are going to elect Roosevelt" explain
ing that I'VE" had given up support
of Judge Parker because "we'' had
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a bargain with them,' whereby he
was to recommend to congress Iegis-
lation to cut off rebates and free
passes and to permit pooling arrange
ments.
Mr.. Parker told the money king
that he did not believe Roosevelt had
made any such arrangement, but that
actually Mr.. Roosevelt did, his an
nual message. recommend most of the
things that the money king said he
had agreed to recommend. Mr.. Bar
ker would not say who his informant
was, but he left little doubt that he
was referring to Mr.. Hartman
It has been established beyond a
doubt that there were negotiations be-
tween Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Harri-
man in the closing weeks of the cam
paign of 1904, and that Mr.. Hartman
raised large sum Of money in Wall
street to aid in Mr.. Rooseyelrs cleo
ton. Mr.. Hartman himself held that
the fund he raised had turned the
election in New York state. What
consideration he obtained from Mt.
Roosevelt is not easily determined.
That he believed he had obtained
something material may be readily
concluded, for Mr. Hartman was "a
practical man" to use Mr.. Roosevelt's
definition of the rail road magnate
and Of himself. 1t may be that Mr..
Roosevelt. did not intend to commit
himself 10 anything at all, but Mr.
Hartman evidently thought he did in
tend 10 promise a good deal, and he
thought afterward that Mr.. Roosevelt
had broken a rather solemn engage
ment In Mr.. Harriman's sphere Of
operations bargains of all sorts were
the sum Of activities, and he may
have presumed too hastily that Mr..
Roosevelt was trading in the market
in which he, Mr.. Hartman, was ac-
cpstomed to ply his business. Mr.
Roosevelt may very well claim that
such presumption was not Justified,
and probably it. was not. It may be
taken as reasonably sure that Mr..
Hartman would never have put up
the money he did put lip for Mr..
Rooseyelt's campaign fund if he had
not been persuaded that Mr.. Roose-
welt would do "the right thing, ac-
cording TO Mr. Harriman's interpreta-
ton Of the negotiations he had made
with the president,
Mr. Barker's revelation relation,
if We should have to choose a less oea
mite term-adds very little to the
story that has been current so long
about the Rooseyelt.Harriman BUSH
ness, except in one detaiH, namely, the
point of the abandonment of the Par
ker campaign by the business inter-
ests. II is wen known that there
came a sudden disaffection from Judge
Parker of the business element of New
York that was believed to be favor
able to his candidacy, this occurring
at a critical period of the campaign.
1t has been the theory that these in
-terests found that Judge Parker real
" meant what he said about enforce
ment of the laws against corporations
and other principles of administration
set forth in the platform on which he
was nominated and in his campaign
utterances. and that they then turned
from him.
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Correspondence solicited, but TO
receive attention, letters must be ac-
companied by responsible name
not for publication but as guarantee
OF good faith
Rejected communications viii be
returned IL accompanied by postage.
Remittance should be made by
postal note, check, money order or
registered letter Address.
NEWS PUBLISHING CO,
Brunswick .... .G7
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DO YcuR SHOPPING EARLY.

Every year the newspapers take up
the cry of shop early" It's no idle
habit with them; it's no empty thing
that each December the press of the
country beseeches the shoppers to do
their W.. TX early. There is eyav
reason Why this injunction ought 70
be met with a hearty response. The
shopper gets the advantage of the
best selections and an army of tired
clerks, mail carriers, deliYerymen, onj
others, is relieved OF the usual jam Of
the last few days. It's an humane
proposition and it ought to appeal to
the people generally. Brunswick me7
chants have their Christmas stocks
on display now; they have made large
purchases and they have made them
in advance Of the season in order &c
avoid the rush and the crash Of the
last days. Aid them and make your
selections as early as possible.
The following from the esteemed
Rome Tribune-Herald is appropriate
and applicable here in Brunswick as
It is in every other city in the couu-
try:
The early Christmas shopping ecy
has real basis in sound common
sense. The time has arrived when
those who propose to shop early had
better get to work. Many adv IN
tages are to be gained by making
purchases for Christmas two or three
weeks in advance Of the holidays.
In the first place those who shop
early have larger opportunities for
selection. The Christmas goods
haven't all been picked over by nut
merous would be buyers. The best
bargains are to be obtained now,
and a greater variety from which
to select is offered. There is never
any reduction in price by waiting
until the last moment. Goods are
sold at the same price right now
that they viii be the day before
Christmas.
Then there is the eternal rush
that always exists in the few days
just preceding the holidays, The
clerks and especially the shop girls
are worn to FRAGILE because a ma
jority of the Christmas shoppers
wait until the last minute to make
their purchases. 1t would be real
favor to the clerks If people would
begin their shopping now. It ought
to be remembered that the clerks
and saleswomen have an eye to en-
joyment during the Christmas holt
days as well as other people. They
are just as capable of enjoyment if
furnished the proper opportunity for
doing so. Some consideration ought
to be had for them, If nothing else,
moves the shopper to begin early.
There is really no good reason or
dinarily for people to delay their
Christmas shopping until the last
week before Christmas. Occasional
ly some exigency that makes a post
ponement necessary but this is the
exception, not the rule. With a large
majority of the people it Is just as
easy and just as convenient to do
their shopping now as 1t will be two
or three weeks hence. They should
take notice of the fact and govern
themselves accordingly Christmas
is just a little more than three weeks
away, and it would be very well for
those contemplating early purchases
to begin right now.
! Shop early, and shop in your home
L.
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This is the season of the year when
the busy, thoughtful merchant should
turn largely to printers ink. Tell the
people what you have for Christmas
shoppers. Phone The News business
Office No. 1SS and let an advertising
man come and discuss the subject
with you. 1t will mean larger Christ
mas business.
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Il had been troubled with consti-
patton for two years and tried all Of
the best physicians in Bristol. Tenn,
and they could do nothing for me-"
writes Thos q. Williams, Middleboro,
Ky. Two packages of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets cured me- -
For sale by all dealers.
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So after all the wheels that have
been working in Savannah's head for
the past three years, she has come to
the conclusion that the auto race en-
terprise is very expensive luxury
and will have no more of them.
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1t is now stated that the United
States, England and Japan will do the
mediation stunt in China. They had
better get move on them, If they
want to save anything to fight over.
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WhatAa joke some men make OF
serious missions. 1t is stated with
come degree OF authenticity in Wash
ington that the tariff board is soon
70 make its report and that 1t will
oneGiy lqv Ito .sL cos. of living 20
the retailersi
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Governor Blease has again failed
to land Tom Fielder. Blease will find
out one of these days that it's an aw-
fully hard job to down the average
Georgia lawyer.
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A Terrible Biunder

to neglect liver trouble. Never do it.
Take Dr.. Kings New Life Pills on the
first sign Of constipation, bilieusness
or inactive bowels. and prevent yiru-
lent Indigestion, jaundiee or gall
stones. They regulate liver, stom-
ach and bowels and build up your
health. Only Use at Roses drug store.