The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-23
A DOUBLE
UNION
BY SADIE ALcoIT


she. the mother. had done herself. BIZ
when Cora had received her education
she disappointed her parents by in
siStlng on following career In journal
ism.
Much to their chagrln. she accept
cd a position on the editorial staff oi
an evening newspaper. From tina.
time forward all hope OF her living
the life of a sedate married woman
was abandoned
But not long after her initiation
Into the newspaper business her father
made loss that crippled him. and
within another year he was financially
wrecked He was too old to begin
anew. and the fortunes of the family
appeared to be desperate. Cora STEP
ped TO the front and took the 4ead.
Selling off what remained of the fam.
fly effects-furniture clocks. watches
and jewelry-she realized thousand
dollars. With this she proposed TO go
To a smaller place and start news
paper. Her father and mother were
both too broken down by their misfor-
tunes to oppose her. and the result was
the establishment of the Harvester ut
Woodland. town OF about 5000 in
/ habtants.
There was another paper In Wood
! land. HE Plowman. owned by james
! Newratl. merchant He sold goods
| during the day and got up his news
paper during the night. When he slept
no one knew. He had Il son about
twenty-seven years old who would
have liked To manage the paper. run
ming 1t on less antiquated lines and
making II something for journalist TO
he proud of. But all old Newrath
would do for his son John was to
keep him setting type at minimum
wages and give him small percentage
on what ads he could pick up.
As coon as the Fairalls started the
Harvester Newrath saw that unless he
did something to run them out the
patronage would all 20 to the new pa.
per.
1t was evident that the manager
was live wire and was disposed to
make innovations The only method OF |
saving himself that appeared to New
ruth was to put the price of advertise +
ments so low that they would all go
into the Plowman. He bad $1,000 that I
be proposed TO sink In this way.
When Cora Fairall learned that her /
competitor WAS taking ads. at prices /
which To compete with would soon use
up the few hundred dollars that re-
manned 10 her after buying the neces-
sary outfit for n start she felt consid-
cradle dependency. Though plucky.
She knew that a newspaper cannot
well be run without advertisements at
paying prices, and so long as Newrath
had some ten times her capital ii was
merely u question OF time with ner
journal.
Her competitor labored under one
weakness. His son. who was Il much
better fellow than his father. had nat
been welded TO the interests Of the
Plowman. Having met Cora at a
church sociable. he had taken fancy
to her. and II was not long before he !.
was ready to favor her at his fathers
expense Indeed. he laid bare the sit
nation. Cora was naturally grateful
for what she received. but saw no
way TO save herself, and John Newrath
was unable to help her. However. tue
Information he gave her was some
hing OF an advantage. and he knew
ust how much money Newrath had 10
link aud how fast ii was going out
The nearer the plucky girl came to a
financial collapse the more sympathetic
became the man of all work in the Of
Ice Of the Plowmnn. He said he would
Nc glad to help her, but he didn't see
low he could. His father scorned TO
e Influenced by him. and IL he asked
he old man TO let up in his efforts to
uln the Harvester be would only dou-
c them.
However, John formed a plan and
ave Cora a tip as To how she could
clip ii. One day he told his father
nat he had heard reports about the
airalls getting partner with plenty
money 10 establish their paper. This
ruck the old man with terror. Moth
Ig troubled him more than the losing
lme he had been playing. and this
ire idea of failing In his plan and be
e run out of business besides was a
Ow to him
A few days after his son communi-
ted this dlsheartening report there
as notice on the editorial page OF
e Harvester that the paper would
on appear In q new dress. What its
itor meant was undress or no dress
all. for she expected 10 suspend.
,r the first time fin his life Newrath a
Nor consulted with his son as TO the -
port and the announcement John
clined TO give an opinion as TO what =
meant. 3
After this his father asked him how z
would like to take the Plow =
IN. unite IL with the Harvester. call z
. the paper the Union. and give his )
tes on long time in payment. John Z
d that II the Fairalls had really =
/ in capital IL would be too late. But Z
father told him 10 find out.
The two papers were thus united I'M Z
the name of the Woodland Union. .
e first issue announced another pro- :
'ctive union at which Newrath SEN q
was much surprised-viz. one be-
zen John Newrath and Cora Fair z