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CHAPTER III.
Trouble at Scratch Hill.

Captain Murrell had established
himself at Balaam's Cross Roads. He
was supposed to be interested in the
purchase of plantation, and in com
pany with Crenshaw visited the mum
erous tracts of land which the march,
ant owned; but though he professed
delight with the country, he was plain
" in no haste to become committed
to any one of the propositions Cren-
shaw was eager to submit.
"The Barony would have suited
me-" he told Bladen one day. They
had just returned from an excursion
into the country and were seated in
the lawyers office.
"You say your father was a friend
of the old general's?" said Bladen.
Years ago, in the north-yes,' an
swered Murrell.
MurreIl regarded the lawyer in 81
lence for moment out Of his deeply
sunk eyes.
TOO bad about the boy" he said
at length slowly.
How do you mean, Captain?" ask
ed Baden.
Il mean it's a pity he has no one
except Yancy to look after him. said
Murrell; but Bladen showed no inter
est and Murrell went on. Has Yancy
any legal claim to the boy?"
mo, certainly not; the boy was
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CHAPTER |.

The Boy at the BarOny.
uHE Quintards had not prosper
ed on the barren lands OF the
pine woods whittier they had
amiqrated to ESCAPE the mala-
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CHAPTER w.

Law at eaaam's Cross Roads.
But Mr.. Yancy was only at the be-
ginning of his trouble. Three days
later there appeared on the borders
of Scratch Hill a gentleman armed
with rife. 1t was Charley Balaam,
old squire Ba!aam's nephew.
Can | see you friendly, Bob Yam
cy?" BaIaam demanded with the lungs
of stentor, sheltering himself be-
mind the thick bole of sweetgum,
for he observed that Yancy held his
rife in the crook of his arm.
81 reckon you can, Charley Ba'aam,
if you are friendly" said iancy.
I'm agoing to trust you. Bob said
Balaam. And forsakinG the shelter of
the sweetgum he shuifled up the
slope.
How are you, Charley" asked Yam
cy. as they shook hands.
Only just tolerable, Bob. You've
been warranted-Dave Blount Swore
hit on to you" He displayed a sheet
Of paper covered with much writing
and decorated with large seal.
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Now and then you meet real
homely person who appears much
better looking after you get better
acquainted with him.
The oasis., 1911-05-13

claims for all the Randolph lines in both Arizona and Mexico, the duties of which post he assumed on Wednesday Of The present week: Mr. Sanders headquarters will be in the offices of the Randolph lines in Tucson, and he will make his home in that city. Mrs. Sanders is visiting her own people in Cal ifornia, where she vii remain un- til September, when she will return to Arizona, and establish their home in "ye old pueblo" Many fri ufs of Mir. Sanders in Nogales and Cananea, in both of which places he represented the Southern Pacific, will be pleased to learn of his advancement.
The oasis., 1911-05-13
e.
Saturday, May B 1911
Slow Travel

Thursday morning there was al Nogales en route to Los Angeles, |, Dir. Rodolfo Vasquez, who came mp from Mazatlau, having exper. fenced considerable difficulty in getting out of the country. On the 27th. ult. Mir. Va,qurz was al; Culiacan with the Southern Paci. fie cut in both directions. He went to Altata and took the steamer Jn4rez to Mazallan, reaching that city the night of the 27th. tie had tO remain there until the 6 h. inst. and was there when the fight came off on the 29 h. ult On the 6 h. inst. he got out of MazltIan by he steamer Hprreras-the first one out which landed him in Guavmas on the 9th. in time to take the train which was held all day lhe 10th. at LlanO and all night at Slnta Ana, awaiting replacement of bridges destroyed by inSurrectOs. and arriv- ed in Nng4IrS on he morning of the 1lth, Mir. Vasquez reported bat at Mazatlan are many Americans who anti ipa'e goingrto San Franci-co by the Curacua next week. Bu
 they will be disappointed, for the Curacao has been taken off the route. i'".
The oasis., 1911-05-13
Promoted

MT. c. NJ. Sanders, who was agent at Nogales for the Southern Pacific Company, and was succeed
 ed by Mir. C. N. White eatlv in March has'Feturned from his vi>itat hls former home in Georgia, and re
 ported for duty in d much more important station to which he has been promoted He has been ap. pointed. travelling investigator of
The oasis., 1911-05-13
Won First Rtlze.

Miss Margaret Brickwood. who was in the lead in the popularity contest conducted by the Fl Paso Times, maiRtained her lead to the end. and gained the first prize of S700. The announepment was made Wednesday. Miss Brick. wood is recipient of many con gratulations.
The oasis., 1911-05-13
For Public Inform alton
AMERICAN COUNsUL,
 MORALES ARTZnNA

MORALES ARENA.
 You are authorized officially to deny through the local press and otherwise, as under instructions to do SO, all fooli-h stories of inter- vention, than which nothing could be farther from the intentions of the Government of the United States, which has the sincerest friendship fur Mexico and the Mex ican people to whom it hopes will soon return the blessings of peace, which is not concerned with Mex ico's internal political affairs and which demands nothing but the re- sppct and protet tion of Ame ican n llfe and property in the neighbor- ing republic.
 (Signed) KNOX.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10
GOVERNOR OUGHT TO
CALL EXTRA SESSION
Vermont's Interests Affected for
All Time
BY OUTCOME OF RAILWAY FIGHT
New Yorker, With Summer Home In
This State, Writes Convincing Let
ter on the B. g. NC. v. Controversy
to Montpelier Journal.

The newspapers of Vermont report a
great triumph for the Central Vermont
railway. That it is victory for that
company is hardly open to question,
though there may be doubt whether the
victory is not more apparent than real.
If. however, we are inclined to congrat-
ulate the Central Vermont railway on
the emcient work Of its friends in and
out of the Vermont legislature, can we
also congratulate the state OF Vermont
This question brings up point which
the press and the legislature seem large
ly to have lost sight of.
Each of the two contending railroad
interests had its partisan newspapers
at work, and even those papers which
protested strict impartiality permitted
no differences other than that such i'm
partially related solely to the two rail
road companies, and had no relation to
the interests of the state of Vermont or
her people. The railroad interests
themselves seemed bent on developing
and riveting attention to mere rail
road quarrel and, on the whole, 1t is
hardly to be wondered at if the, real
ests are concerned, have never really
been considered or passed upon.
Viewed from a distance it seemed as if
the members of the state legislature
through appeals to their sense of fair.
ness, had subordinated the function of
legislating for the state of Vermont to
the function of mere umpires between
two adversaries.
If we can, now that there is breath
ing spell in the controversy. dismiss
from our minds the bugaboo OF getting
into the "grip" of the Boston & Maine
or the New Haven or the Grand Trunk
system, and the hysteria against So
called railroad monopoly, and can
notorious misdeeds and inefficiency on
the part of the Central Vermont, we
can possibly determine whether it would
or would not be to the interest of the
state of Vermont if the Boston & Maine
should build and own line of track
within this state from South Vernon
to Brattleboro, and another, also within
this state, from Windsor to White Riv.
er Junction.
How should Vermont meet this situa-
ton with due regard to her own inter.
ests and with scrupulous observance of
franchises hitherto granteds
I take it that if there existed no rail-
roads over the two stretches above re.
ferred to, a franchise OF. franchises
would have been freely given to the
Boston & Maine. I think it also clear
that if such franchise or franchises had,
in previous years, been granted to the
Boston & Maine, but had not yet been
exercised, the people of Vermont could
see the advantage of having the Boston
& Maine proceed with railroad construc.
tion and operation under such fran.
chises.
The MONOPOLY thus created would
certainly be more complete than If the
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10

At the request, it is said, of President
Taft, Senator Root scrutinized the evil
dence in the Lorimer case, and his conclu-
sions were given to his colleagues in a re-
markable speech last Friday. Senator
Root disagrees with the investigating COM
mittee that exonerated Lorimer and be.
lieves that his election was fraudulent.
Vermonters who have given the case any
attention will be inclined to accept the
judgment of the senator from New York
rather than that of their own senior sena-
tor, Mr.. Dillingham;.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10

out precedent In law, although this Ia true
only u the facts are as Senator Porter as
sumes they are. instead Of as the majority
Of both senate and house railroad commit
tees say they are. Therefore, Senator Por.
ter is placed In the position Of voting
against the wishes Of his constituents UNI
der circumstances that leave him no
ground for saying fairly that those wishes
were not in accord with law or progress.
Loyalty to constituency" he aifms.
does not mean the perpetration Of an in
Justice To this the people Of Caledonia
county may well reply; Loyalty to the
interests OF one corporation does not JUS
tify the preparation Of an injustice on
the public"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10

600 worth of stamped paper is handed
yearly through the local Office. Then The
postal receipts each day are accounted tH
by the assistant postmaster.
Mr.. Wilcox was born in Ellingo,
Chautauqua county, N. ", Aug. IA, lS2
and came with his parents to Brattleboo
when about two years old. He never he'd
any other public office than that OF pO
tai employe. From the summer of lSStc
the spring of 1870 and from the winter o
1875 to the winter of 1878 Mr.. Wilcox
was employed as a general mailing and
distribution clerk. With the exception d
these two periods all of his work for tie
postoffice department has been done while
holding the position of assistant postInat
ter, barring the brief periods during which
he has acted as postmaster. He ATTENDED
the Brattleboro high school and afterwsrd
was clerk in store for two years. From
1870 to 1875 he was clerk in a store
and for time was engaged in newspaper
work, both on the business and writing
end Of local publication.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10

no welcomed by either Of the contend.
.p n, yoads, hut what OF IL, AZ long Nv
,hs interests OF Vermont and hef peo'
Me would thereby best be seryedi
p n a franchise under such RESTRICTIONS st.9ns
should be granted, the Boston MAINE
could 6take IL or leave IT. AM,
should take II. can there be any d 10 bs
. er benefitedi IL the, Boston
Wsine should reject II, as that railroad
might eonceivably threaten TO 40, the
II h TODAY, except that there would be
an record an evidence that the yer,
mont legislature had made real ana
united effort TO serve Vermont IN the
railroad controversy. >, O w..ano,
Feb. 4. 1911.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10
Foresight is a jewel; hindsight joke.
Small Towns and Primary Elections.

Small Towns and Primary Elections.
Editor Reformer:-
| noticed in a recent issue of The Re
former an editorial mildly criticising those
members of the legislature of 1910, from
Windham county, who voted against the
primary election bill, and as | believe
that any member who opposed one Of the
so-called progressive measures ought to
be able to give reasons, l am writing you
defending our course.
do not know who drew up the bill,
and while there were some features OF the
measure that appealed to me, on the
whole it did not seem to ring quite true,
for if such system of nominations is SO
admirable as applied to state officers, why
not include United States senator's; or did
they ask to be excused? And if county
politics would be so much purer under
such law why not apply it to town rep
resentation?
However, I am free to admit that my
main objection to the bill was based upon
the belief that if enacted into law it would
operate to the disadvantage of the small
towns, although in its final analysis there
is no issue between the rural and urban
communities and none ought to be raised,
for their interests are one and the same,
and whatever works to the injury of one,
will eventually hit the other equally hard !:
but viewed in its narrow sense the Dill
gave the small towns the hardest knock.
Under the present arrangement each
town is represented in the state and
county conventions in proportion to its
vote for governor except that every town
has at least one delegate, however small
it's vote, and I have observed that the dele
gates are invariably all present, but I'M
der a primary law, who is there that be-
lieves that the voters in the rural towns
would have as large. vote ,proportionately
ties? The large places would have q bet
ter opportunity to organize, and SO far as
the county ticket is concerned, would
therefore control the situation.
To DR.. L. w. Burbank, the representa-
tive from Cabot, is due the credit for kill
ing the bill Apparently. the only member
of the house who, on the start, had the
courage of his convictions sufficiently to
oppose the bill on the floor, it is signii.
cent fact that. although he was interro-
gated by the lawyers and leaders who
were lined up on the other side, when the
smoke of battle cleared away he was in
possession of the field, having changed
favorable vote with AZ majority, as l re.
call it, to an adverse vote Of 20, and
the change was mainly due to the force of
his arguments unanswered by the support
ers of the bill.
Considering the bill as a whole, it was
difficult for the ordinary mind to deter
mine wherein such law would be bene-
fit to our state, and in justice to my own
town, which l was trying to represent,
could not see my way clear to vote for
such a measure. Yours,
Frank A. De Witt.
Newfane, Vt, Feb. 4, 1911.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10

The Reformer hazards the guess that
the selectmen of this town will get no
great distance in their $4,000 suit for
back taxes against the Hooker, Corser &
Mitchell company. There are several rea-
sons why we feel safe in making this pre-
diction. In the first place the action looks
very much like the outgrowth of private
quarrel in which the selectmen have en-
broiled the town through misrepresentation
on their part and malicious intent on the
part of someone else. We do not believe
that the suit truthfully reflects the senti-
ment of the townspeople toward one of the
most important industrial concerns in
town. 1t seems more like reflection of
out -of.town sentiment. If this town has
any just grievance against the Hooker,
Corser & Mitchell company for lodging
taxes in the years 1904 to 1909, inclusive,
it should go after the individuals who con-
trolled the concern in those years. 1t is
pretty poor business policy for any town
to try to punish a group of its own citi-
zens for wrongs perpetrated by individ-
Oal8 VINO nave sndkeIl lVs uu6t vi eAcii
feet. As far as the present management
of the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell company
is concerned, it seems to have the town ali-
thorities in delicate situation. The suit
alleges that the company paid taxes on but
5000 in 1910, whereas the tax warrant
which the selectmen signed indicates that
the concern was taxed for $53, 400. We
do not blame the present Hooker, Corser
& Mitchell stockholders for being wrought
up over this slight error, nor do we doubt
that their demand for immediate retrac-
ton will be granted. In light of all the
circumstances surrounding this suit our
advice to the selectmen is to stide their
righteous indignation over alleged wrongs
committed in the past, rectify any wrongs
that may have been committed inadvert-
antly in their zeal to bring the alleged
wrongdoers to justice and instruct the list
ers to be on guard against any wrongs
contemplated in the future.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10
The MeddIer
~If fhs coat Iiis yos. PIT IL on


Among the many laws passed a, n
last session of the legislature is one h,
covers a matter about which The Med5,|
has discoursed at frequent intervals.
pertains TO the digging up Of highway 4
towns and Incorporated villages by b
yiduals or corporations. One OF tie n
visions Of this law is that except in ~
of emergency no such excavation shall \
done without authority from the sis
men. II is also provided that in case y
highway is not repaired to the satih.
ton OF the selectmen after such exaa|
ton they shall have the right TO have d
work done over at the expense Of the u
ligent party. This law certainly ough. \
prove beneficial not only in keeping d
streets OF this village in better eondtia
but as a measure Of economy for the Ia
highway department.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10
DIRECT PRIMARIES.

Witt of Newfane in defense Of those
Windham county representatives who
voted against the direct primary bill in the
late session of the legislature. lie says
his main objection to the bill was based
ON the belief that il would work 10 the
disadvantage of the small towns although
he frankly admits that there is no issue
between them and the large towns on the
question of clean politics. The Reformer
has no doubt that Mr.. Dewitt was sincere
in this belief. AT the time the bill was
killed IL said an much with reference TO
all the Windham county members who
voted as he did. We are positive, how.
ever. that there is no truth in the asump.
ton that a primary election system would
in any WAY curtail the power Of the small.
err communities of the state, and are firm
in the belief that when the subject is thor.
oughly discussed the citizens Of these com.
munities will view il in the same light AS
we do.
Primary elections give the people direct
voice in choosing their candidates for pub.
lie Office. They provide for an expression
of the wishes of the actual majority
whether that majority is composed wholly
or in part of residents Of the small towns
Under the present system delegates pledg.
ed TO a certain candidate may be sent
from any town by a majority OF one in
the caucus vote, and a combination of
these delegates may nominate candidate
whom only a small fraction OF the people
favor. The majority of those present at
each caucus names all the delegates from
the town regardless Of whether that ma.
iority is representative of the sentiment
of the majority of the voters in the town
or not. Furthermore the minority in each
town, whether it is one.half or nine .tenths
or ninety.nine one hundredths as large as
the majority, is left without further op.
portunity to express its wishes.
Mr.. Dewitt expresses fear that a pri-
mary election system would give the large
towns in this county a better opportunity
to control the county ticket than is now
the case. and vet he must be aware that
combination of the Brattleboro and Rock
ingham delegates in the county convention
has generally enabled those two towns to
get about what they wanted even though
the combination did not represent a ma.
iority of the convention. Does he i'm.
agine that a primary election surrounded
bv sucb safeguards as the proposed bill
would afford equal oppor.
tunity for a united minority to trade away
the rights of a majority less cleverly or.
This county's total republican
vote for governor last fall was 2.S43 of
which Brattleboro and Rockingham cast
0o3 Can anybodv figure ont how less than
a thousand voters are going to be able to
outballot nearly three thousand?
We foo, that Mr.. Dewitt gives too much
credit to the member from Cabot in the
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10

1t is no argument against the decision Of
the senate in the much discussed Vermont
Valley railroad bill that as result the
Boston & Maine will build line in New
Hampshire that might otherwise have been
built in this state and paid taxes here.
The mere loss of tax does not count. To
decide in favor Of right principle is not
to be measured beside any amount Of taxes.
The state cannot afford to be wrong and
have the tax, and it can afford to be right
and do without it.-St. Adams Messenger.
The state cannot afford to be wrong I'M
der any circumstances, but when it is
wrong and as a result a large amount Of
taxable property is lost the wrong becomes
doubly prominent.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-10

BY congress Of the Canadian reciprocity
treaty which President Taft IL 20 anxious
to secure. The attitude Of the grange Is
not in opposition 10 general reduction OF
the tariff but against any action that will
take protection away from the farmers
without taking II away from the manuiaet'
uren. The organization says Il will not
object TO any legislation or treaty that
win remove the tariff on steel and iron
and manufactured articles along with
arm products. but II does not favor iecip'
rocal arrangement with a country which
exports agricultural products almost ex'
elusively. As the grange has member.
ship of something like 100000 farmers In
80 states iis opposition to the treaty is
likely TO be felt, and there Is reason in
what II says about making fish Of one in
dus,ry and flesh Of another, Its members,
however, should be cautious about hinder
ing the cause Of general tariff reduction
merely because their interests happen to
be the first TO be affected. A structure as
massive as the high.tariff wall cannot be
annihilated at one blow.