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The News and Oblerver. I : . ' ' BY' ' 'Pr f: "!".'". - ' ' ri:' I Tfci Kiwi cad Ctxcrrer "jPtiaL Co. . joscpnus zIamiiI i President.. ' l Office i Xewa and Obserrev 9al342n& Martin ii I - THE OXLT PAPER PUBLISHED AT TXU3 STATE CA1TTAL Full Associated Press incnsrl. ' stoscrxption nuci'j I ForTr.. pjf..0 Six Month ? Eatered at the postofflce atfflaletfh, C aa second-class mall rjeatter. FRIDAY October- 18; 1907 (William Walker Atkinson.) No man ever rained Success by lift ing himself up by bis own bootstraps. Catch hold of something" ajd I pull yourself up to It i I . NO "QUITTINO FOR "MARSE HENRY." In a recent Issue of the New jTork World, Henry VWatterson Is quoted aa declaring;: Tfsi "If Roosevelt Is to be keptiin; the White House, by all means let jibe for life. Make him king. Do morti, make him Emperor. .- . "I have quit politics forever, I wouldn't go to a convention. iJState or national. I have been puaaclous. Heaven knows, but I'm throvab With that. I shall become, or try. tobecome an essayist, dealing- with the "simpli cities or life the beatitudes, Hf you like. No more politics for mmX U am sick and dlsgneeted with the people of my State." i. ' it The above discloses a petulehce, hints a discouragement that'.iaiforelgn to the mIDtant character of' th"e man who uttered it. The words itre ;the words of a -quitter," but the.fvbiee la that of Watterson. At . the sam-tinae. they do not apeak the Watterson that the coup try. has followed f$ "the splendid spirit that was his; -fbr jthe spirited attacks that he knew 1 30 well how to lead; for the acid phif&sophy with which he was accustomed -io burn up the elaborate sophistries f oVfitedf on an unsuspecting country. TV,4 time "was when, in a moment when -all else was uncertain, when new men were push Ins; to the fore and ne issues claiming a! transient public attention, the people came back wljth a Msnsetof relief of Watterson. preaching and speaking and damning; and defending .with a consistency that gave tJUn'al most a solitary grandeur ainfd the rabble of cross-purpose : and'-wealc-kneed doubt. As years went et he be came to the great section of great party in a sense the "Sir Orai?e" pt opinion and political wisdom. Jls aid- vice has been soucht.xhLs favour court-' ed. His eloquence has swayed thous ands, and his reason has convinced more than his oratory hag charmed. His satire has been a familiar riehd of all America and his humor .Cthijie: at which the hearts of multitude have been warmed! i And new. wearing; his whiter head as a distinction, still strong- in ;brain and trenchant pen, Watterson &ka of tepplngaside and letting- the current run around his legs while he meditates upon the lily pads hunting fornlri nows! Tne 'man who has breasteb tbie stream po long- and so valiantly. talk's not of drifting with the flow, .but Qf standing aside and watching ;lt'flovy on without his protest! This forceful and graceful man, this hero" Bof a hundred battles, retires Into hfiften and talku of casting aside theiSWord for the brush. He "will become an essayist." forsooth, who was bwe it the front of action! He" is "dtej&sted with tho people" of his StatejTwhO once wai unfatigued In earnlngpjthelir idolatry. "No more politics forlm.? whose word conventions- waited Instead, and hopeless of attainnWht t such a iwul of vigorous context thf simplicities" and the beatitues.7 It is not as thoush Watte old and white, should retire frdw poli itlcs after having struggled the final attainment of his end. It jt not the withdrawal of a phllosopheconi tent to have taught and hopeful oi pfterity It is not the well-e-ned! rest after work accomplished, Juit & disheartened surrender In the s3mls4 sion of defeat. Bitterness andfxasi Deration and petulence Ul-becom the !genlus or Watterson. There is ii, hi jwords. for all their brave fllpincy,! touch of desperaUoh; In allhelr? .affecUUon of disgust, a hint of Uart4 ache. ' I j' One hears much of the "demtvills Jng character of politics." One is .it tq hear on' all ldes the trite observation tbat "politics" will ruin any man3perJ jtalnly it ix true that a brand of pitlcs s fatal to any man's best expression; f himself The trouble, however lies n the mistaken notion as to f what; ('politics" is. Consider it a gamskndj pus rate of all who play games 1 -certain. New players come to the board.; Cew tricks sufflce to baffle thrfold land. Treachery in the ranks vpolls nany a ccup.. The end Is dlsapilnt nent. and bitterness, and regret.But politics" In the better sense. Tl the misnomer for purpose. 1 means an enllstmentfor the war." It means, an Earnest choice and a faithful puriuit. ; t mean In the case of the pontics "x Ifi which Watterson has engagiiJ,. a i responsibility as well as a profession, r What Is the particular matter thaghas temporarily affected "Marsa Henry's" p dlgesUon wejdo not now. We kow, jiowever. that his ability, his -seal J and his brilliancy are not quashes t that ought to. be. or. will be, waited , mn "essays" and ,beaatudear ,Vat- sarson 1 a man who has faced, ife. ' MORNING TONIC, s r. its problems and dangrera. Ho has known defeat and experienced victory. He has come out of trials undaunted, tmshained and. ever, still "pugnacl vua" Whatever It Is that has twisted his point of view away from that of his record as disclosed in the quotation from the "World, we believe to be temporary, and trivial. The old Henry Watterson Is still alive: and we yet ex pect to hear him speak like the young Watterson. I .-Marse Henry's" great fight has been ,tho tariff fight. What he has labored for on a hundred fields when defeat was the outcome, is now begin ning to be recognized as the true principle, and the Inevitable result, by those with whom he fought with exul tation; by those whom he fought with fear. Even Tuft, with the vision of the White House before his eyes, is com ing into line. Even Massachusetts Re. publicans dare not adjourn without resolutions of promise. At this hour, when victory is in sight, when the country Is waiting- for such a bugle blast as only Watterson can blow, the spectacle of "Marse Henry" In a pout would be pathetic if It meant anything-. it Watterson might write a graceful book of essays, might dawdle amid the beatitudes leaving foot-steps of star dust across the pages of poetry if he had time. Perhaps, in momen tary weariness, he thought he would take the time. But the country knows better. It looks to Watterson for a man's work, done In a man's way, in open fight with, men and manly wea pons. ' J BRYAN AT TIIE FAIR. More people heard Mr. Bryan speak at the State Fair yesterday than ever before listened to a public speech in North Carolina. There may have been as many people "there when Mr. Roosevelt spoke, or there may -have been more, but more heard Mr. Bryan than heard Mr. Roosevelt, both be cause they were more desirous to hear him and because his voice could reach a larger number of people. fit was an appreciative crowd not oferly demonstrative but appreciative arid attentive and there was the most perfect sympathy between speaker and hearers from start to finish. For nearly two hours Mr. Bryan spoke aid the crowd increased Instead of diminished. He held their perfect at tention and the only regret was that not one-tenth of the people anxious ta hear him could do so. It was a 'responsive audience in the best sense. They laughed at his stories, applauded his happy hits, and let him feel that hej was talking to folks in sympathy with the principles and views he' enunciated. He had a fund of hap py and new stories that clinched the point and left nothing further to say. Not even Vance in his prime grot more applause or provoked t more mirth in a North Carolina audience than did Bryan yesterday. People . who had heard him half a dozen times before were aa pleased or more pleased than ever. ; Those who heard him for th first time felt "the thrill of his un studied eloquence ' and heartily ap plauded his every utterance. The coming- of Mr. Bryan, his wods of wisdom and statesmanship, antl the winning qualities of the man himself added to the many friends he bad already 'made in North Carolina. His! views upon moral and public questions are the came as those of the bulk of the people of North Carolina, and his Democracy Is oased upon the same faith in Jefferson's ideals and confidence that the people are capa ble; of self-sovernmert This Iden tity of belief Is the foundation upon which rests the regard North Caro linians have for Mr. Bryan, but it is "heljfhtened by his attractive and win ning' personal qualities and unself life. North Carolina gave him a great welcome the sort of hearty and gen erous welcome It reserves only for those who stand for the principles of justice and fairness. Just suppose all the people wia heard Bryan in North Carolina could have been gathered in one place! He had' large crowds at Charlotte and Fayetteville, Immense crowds- at Greensboro and Raleigh, probably an hundred thousand In all. How many folks In Ralelgh yester day? The estimate varied from thirty to sixty thousand. It was a great crowd of happy, patriotic, sober and wel behaved people, reflecting credit upon the State. Bryan has lost none of his charm while he has grown in ability since he first won North Carolina. , Bryan is the first and the best, and Is stronger In North Carolina today than ever. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS Henry Clews .Sees and Talks Clearly. Norfolk Landmark. For a long time The Landmark has admired the weekly "bulletin" which Henry Clews, the famous banker and broker, publishes from his office in WaH Street for the benefit of the In vesting public. Mr. Clews has done business SMressfully In -Wall Street for at least half a century, and has two sons now In the same firm. Hist name has never been connected with any discreditable transaction. Of course, there are numbers of othef honest and punctilious brokers. It must not be presumed that because some financiers of previous good re pute have been caught in gigantic looting schemes, all of Wall Street is of the same timber.' There are plenty of men in financial and industrial life In every part of the country who have never knowingly taken a dishonest dollar Of these, Henry Clews is a dl41a"Tfhed and a1m'rhl tyne. and In honoring htm we honor all the .rest .who have shunned questionable ways of getting rich in the fertile soil of American development during the past feneration. In his last weekly review of the fi nancial situation in the country, Mr. Clews strikes out straight from the shoulder. We may say that he talks just as a conscientious. Independent editor would talk, and a a many of them are talking- In all sections of the nation . today-. , This is - what Mr. Clews tells his clients and the nubile and :WaJ! Street about the ; necessity g ! Arrow CLOPCCO SHRUNK COLLAR Quarter Sises, 15c eaca, for elWCTT, PCASOOV CO. km mf duett M MtankRkirtt. for reform in the management of cor porations: "Confidence has received another rude shock through the amazing expo sures resulting- from the Metropolitan Securities investigation. It is now over two years since ouiU-- disclosure of breach of trust in high financial cir cles began, loilowed u the c jiiapse of the copper manipulation, and finally these later scandals connected with the local traction situation. Hence no wonder confidence is seriously disturb ed! And who is responsible? Messrs. Roosevelt and Hughes, who have been the instruments of exposure or the individuals who conceived and con ducted these operations and abused the trust-; placed in their charge? Of course, the guilty protes against fi nancial house-cleaning. Of course, they endtavor to ward off official in vestigations on the plea that . they disturb confidence. But responsibility for the latter should be placed dis tinctly where it belongs, upon the per petrators of misdeeds- and not upon those who are the means ot turning on the light and preventing future operations of this ort. Those who have trifled contemptuously with public interest and displayed a blind disregard of stockholders' rights are the real culprits It becomes dailv more evident that when our corpora tions are honestly managed, the pub lic and stockholders will get their dues, values will become more stable, and American credit. "which is now at such a lew ebb. in all the gTeat finan cial centres of "the world, will be re stored to its rightful status. Through out all these disclosures there is one .gleam of encouragement; and that is that public opinion, is aroused and will insis-l upon clean, as well as ca pable management. Eventually, these disclosures will result in the raising of the standard of corporate manage ment, but meanwhile the 1. .:' dazed by these scandalous revelations ! and wonders what next financial 111- iquity will be brought to light." j Confidence has been badly shatter- I ed. It can be restorea yua wnt be j restored. It can be rrtnrd by tne voluntary action, which would be the stockholders In great corporations whose methods are -under suspicion. It will be restored . either by such coluntary action, which would be the quicker way, or by the determined force of public sentiment as expressed in the making and the administration of law. It is encouraging to see that Mr. Clews, like Mr. A. D. Noyes, financial editor of the New York Evening Post. . believes that the extraordinary decline In railroad and other securi ties has been "quite s"fflcient to avert any serious panic." The turning of the light-on rottenness in hign piacea. where it exists, and the automatic drop of stocks because of the tem porary exhaustion of the buying and Investing power of the country, prob ably saved the United States from one of the worst panics in history. We were going too fast, and if the pace had not been reduced, a smasn-up would have been inevitable. The captains of industry and finance and their lieutenants had better heed the wise words of Wall Street's Nes tor. And the privates of indastry and finance had better weigh his warning that this is a time to hold what you have and not go Into debt. The coun try must have a chance to catch up with itself. , The Real Bryan. "!flfTi: Richmond Journal. " The Autocrat of the Breakfast Ta ble says that in every man there are three men. There is John as God sees him, John as men see him. and John as he sees himself. One's vle"w of himself is generally untrustworthy, or, in rare instances, the depression of melacholla depreciation. Seldom does a man weigh his own merits by scales first adjusted to the perfect standard of heavenly righteousness. It is only at rare Intervals that honest but blunt friendship holds up the mirror that we may see ourselves aja others see u?, while now and . then through life, in moments of profound introspection we catch a flashing glimpse o four unworthlness as it is written in the book of enduring rec ord. A public man is peculiarly the vlc time of misjudgments. He Is the ob ject of the exaggerated misconcep tions of adulation, a fictitious growth in the public mind by reason of ser vile flattery and fulsome compliment. He becomes to obsequious syconhants i a manufactured combination of im j possible attributes or the demon pro ! duct of the false and vain imaginings of malevolent foes. He Is Iouis the Fourteenth sceptered and crowned, weighted down with the gold stiffen ed robes of divine right, and In pri vate the shivering slave of an im perious mistress. The public man with real and abounding merit is he nlone who will wear and not fade, will en dure under the fierce Usrht that beats upon high station and stand unmoved through years of abrading hostile criticism, and, what ts more difficult to survive, enthusiastic devotion. When pvich a man is examined at close range, his metal is tried and we learn its true ring on the counter of Intl macv. The great speech delivered by Mr. Bryan at the State Fair measured full and plump ta the best traditions that have placed American statesmen In the front ranks of orators. Yet, it was In his exquisite talk at tho ban quet at night that the read personal, lovable Bryan stood forth. The robes of statellness were cast off, the hob bling constraint of hostile espionage, that ever dogs a party leader, no lon ger fettered familiar utterance. The great man was at the house of his friends and in the bosom of his poll- . I tlcal family. He took his heart out and wore it on the coat sleeve that all might see his inner nature and perceive the depth of his humanitar ian love, the pure springs of his de votion to principle. his dependence upon his ideals, bis fath in human nature, his hope of the ultimate tri umph of right after the temporary supremacy, of wrong, and, chiefly, the Bible as the fountain of all wisdom, and God as the all-sufficing stay of the pure in mind and tho clean of purpose. In modestly speaking of such suc cess as life had brought him. he de clared: "I give all the credit to my father. He did not leave me much money, but he left me a good name, a richer legacy than sold." Hi patri mony had been the sage admonition to be In the minority and right rather than go with the multitude to do evil. 'I have had faith in the right," he I said, -ana have prererred to die with the right i than to - live with the wrong." x i He exalted the Idea! as the necessary precursor and foundation of A 1 It r- - - 1 i the real actualities of solid achieve- f ments. Man was more than a money:' bag: and character more precious than ' temporal success. j I What of trial and triumph the fu 9 ture holds for the great American Commoner the thick, inscrutable veil hides from our eyes, but to all who were privileged to hfar; this charm ins, tasteful, home-like and heart-to-heart talk there will ever be present the real Bryan, the cleansouled. high minded, unselfish, and catholic states man. He has ever been worthy of admiration; he has now become an object of affectionate regard. Overruling the Faculty. Richmond News-Lieader. Now the old question whether the college shall be governed by the fac ulty on the students has developed acutely at Wake Forest. N. C. Five students were suspended for hazing: and, presumably, after a fair hearing. They were punished because they vio lated laws and rules of the institution of which they were members and to which they had . been sent by their parents. The other students have ta ken It upon themselves to become a court of last resort and to overrule the faculty. We have the process, usual In such affairs, of mass-meetings and resolutions and threat of wholesale withdrawals We hope the faculty will stand its ground. We confess to having no sympathy with the attitude of boys and very young men who undertake to rise in mutiny again t their elders, men of experience and character, and to demand that discipline shall be en forced according to the student no tion. It is safe to presume almost in variably that the professors are right. Men do. not become members of col lege or university faculties until they have proved themselves ' to possess ability, learning and honesty. It Is hardly conceivable that men of that kind would go out of their way to do Injustice or to inflict underserved punishment. A facultv afraid of its students Ms likely to be lneflcient and impotent as a commander of troops afraid of his men. Instances of this kind have occurred heretofore and In every case that we recall,: where the faculties have had the nerve to face all threats of depletion of attendance and to enforce discipline rigidly, the institutions have been strengthened In public estimation and in : the confi dence of parents and patrons. One of tlie Darkest Transactions That Ever Occurred In Our Political History. Enfield Ledger. The explanation of State Senator John C. Drewry has at last been made as to the .$9,000 received by him and the Evening Times from the Southern Railway, and It must be con ceded that rhe explanation fixes him and the railroad with improper con duct. His statement is that he ap proached Col. Andrews and asked him if he would not like to see the Evening Tiroes enlarged and take all of the Associated Press dispatches so as to make a larger and more valu OUR STORE The R 11 See Our Exhibit at State Fair mm fVi iW'i 1 1111111 "v" Lj r- v 1 1 iiHi'i ji egs - CURS ,AXrX OeadacHes I to GrmcvsaYvvK2ss able paper. Col. Andrews replied that he could not take any stock, but that be would put several thousand dollars In the paper lit consideration of advertising; special notices and clip pings to b furnished i: by Col. An drews. Now if this understanding does not show on its face a corrupt purpose, then we do not know how one could be made. It Is shown that the payments were out. of proportion to the proper amount which should have been paid for advertising and special notices, that IWJO would have I oeen ampie compensation ror same and that It was many hundred times more than was paid the Washington Post and Charlotte Observer for like work, papers of? much larger circula tion than the Times. The clippings were to be furnished by Col. An drews persumeably ror the purpose of influencing public opinion In favor of the railroads. Now could their clippings be worth thousands of dollars to the railroad and were there not still other considerations not yet made public? It Is not usual for rail roads to pay thousands of dollars, for work worth hundreds., unless other considerations are behind. No sale of influence Is ever mentioned in words. To our mind this Is ' one of the darkest transactions that ever occur red In our political history and suffi cient to mantle the cheeks of every North Carolinian with j shame.' The Richmond Times-Dispatch condemns the transaction in unmeasured terms saying no paper has a right to mas querade as a people's paper while really in the service ot the railroad, and the Charlotte Observer says. "The affair is lamentable. It is a tragedy." Bryan the Choice. Richmond Journal. If anything: were needed to confirm the opinion that Mr. Bryan is the choice of the overwhelming majority of the rank, and file of Southern Dem ocrats as the next Presidential candi date, it is furnished by: the eagerness of Republican Journals and pseudo Democratic organs to belittle him. and to throw doubt upon his popularity. The prominent "leaders' who oppose him would disclose the real Inspiration of their course, did they lift the hat and show the selfish and vain buzzlns mm IS THE MECCA to SI the rim is Over md Wm Can. BMyMom fflf 1 - lini vThuTnT) AT bee. The organs, cited as inimical to the Nebraakan are either thinly veneered with advanced vtewa'or have ever been his" pronounced' ' enemies. The masses of the people who do the voting; and will also force their will upon "the leaders' are as staunch and unswerving in deration as ever, and ''the leaders' will keep step with the music in the Rind wagon, even if they are not the first to exhibit their agility by leaping- in. - The New Orleans States tells of the antics of one Roberts, of New York, who has been itinerating through the South, presumably in the lnteresta of young Mr. Chandler, and who de lights the soul of that pretended friend, but hearty arch enemy of true democratic principles the - New York World, with the assurance that Bryan is admired only by the ragtag and bobtail of the party and by no one else. He declares we want & new man, one not "tinctured with a so cialistic propaganda. and proves the keenness of his insight into the views of Southern Democrats by asserting: that there was more sentiment for Lieutenant Governor Chandler than for any other candidate. Does not this touch the ne plus ultra of silli ness? In speaking of the 'prominent Democrats" this wise man interview ed, the States rightly remarks that If their backs "were to be scratch we should probably find them Republi cans or the embittered relics of the Palmer-Buckner fake. THE NEW DRY Lf ladies nucnznizzD ciuz goatg OUR FIRST SHOWING OF THIS POPTJIAH OARMEST BLACK AND AJ5SORTED COLORS PRICES 8120 TO NEWEST MODELS LAD IE S SUITS. NEWEST MODELS -LADIES' COATS AND SKIRT S WAISTS AND PETTICOATS. TAFFETA SELK BEAUTIF - A GiUt WATirJtzd FOR A HUSTLE SALE, WE OFFER A $1.23 BLACK4 TAFFETA SILK BEAUTTFU LLY FINISHED S3 rNCIDZS WIDE FAIR WEEK PRICE, 8C SEE THIS OR WRITE FOR SAMPLE. , . ' . - . : . HANDitHnCHIHFG WE MAKE IIANDKERCHI EFS IIPORTANT. , SHOWINO THE BEST VALUES FR03I THE 5c VARIETIES UP TO THE ELEGANT LINEN- CAM BRIC PBXNCESS'V NOVEL TEES. PRICES, 1.75 EACH TO 5c. . ' (OS. ladies' Furnishings and Novelties rqyottovlllo Otroqt t?AE.OIGHr tJ. 1ST ...IE (.)..! FOR HO mfage! I ' . . ' m ? rat hj m 107 Cr, Burnt Child Dreads tho Fire. Norfolk Virginia-Pilot. . Our courteous contemporary. ' the Greensboro Industrial Newa does not understand why people in North Car olina, not altogether satisfied- with rule, should hesitate to throw their I votes and influence to the Republican ' I party of that State, and to seek re- J fornu To our .view and explanation is very simple, and may be very briefly stated; , the burnt child dread-"7 the fire, . . g' . ' 1 : . - -v Bold .and Valiant Cbanfpion of tlie'v Rights of the People - J Charity and Children. The News and Observer Is a bold and valiant champion of the rights of the people. , It " is discredited and abused in certain quarters, but Its In fluence and power are steadily grow Ing, because it stands with the folks, rather than tha corporations, jit strenuosly opposed ; tho election - of Mr. Drewry . to the Senate last year and many "prominent citizens were Indignant at its course; now the pa per is up and the prominent citizens -are down. North Carolina-needs the ; Newa and Observer In Its business.! More than one thousand workmen are now employed on the construction of the power plant of the Rockingham Power Company at the Blewett Falls, in Anson county Troy Mentgomerian. GOODS STORE TTTh 11 ' 1 0 ri if ff rs -. . - t ir 4 J i l I . -I . f X i 0 ' ' 4 -
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