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CANDOR.
The Wilmington Star having referred
to Col. : Roosevelt as a standpatter,
Mr. D. L. Gore, a wealthy merchant 1,
takes tt to as in tnese woras.
of being a standpatter, tne man wno
got 4 w million votes, ueany oeiovcu,
you are-nustaicen, 11 ne nau ueeu a
standpatter, the interests would not
.have sent the force out to Chicago to
put
Mr. Taft in,
a, or this .s what Mhave beenexpectet. But it
think, I know nothing
What interests us especially in Mr.
Gore's tilt with the Star is that he
says "this is what I think, I know
nothing." That is candor of the most
refreshing sort. Most persons who
essay to discuss politics "know" what
they are talking about and woe be unto
him who ventures to take a different
view.S Mr. Gore, who is a fine man no
matter if he is as we think (we know
nothing), a trine erratic in his politics,
frankly admits that there is a possibility
that he is mistaken.
CALIFORNIA FOR T. R.
; Talking about a neck and neck race,
but Wilson and Roosevelt had it in
California. In a vote of over half a
million the final and official count
t,vina hM.nir.ade. Roosevelt is found to
have received 66 more votes than Wilson,
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tKo alprfinn rftrarHor! as a sure thine
Roosevelt State, Governor Wilson can
feel very well satisfied with the out-
come even in California.
SCHEMES.
Says the Charlotte Observer:
"We. can't Fay thtt we feel much
sympathy for the dozt n or more Wil
' mington people who dropped money
in, a wire tapping game.. They were
not innocent, though they were too
confiding,, victims of the scheme. They
were out with crooks to "do" the pub
lic, merely failing to 1 1 derstand that
they themselves were the victims de
signed. They got double-crossed, like
practically all people who bite at such
schemes. In fact, at least nine out
. of ten confidence games as distin
guished from ordinary swindles by
faUe pretence depend upon watching
the victim through some appeal to
get-rich-quick impulse get-rich-quick
at somebody else's expense, of course
on his part. Never a "green-goods"
or gold-brick or a wire-tapping gang
who could have done any business,
unless' with idiots, otherwise. The
man who plays a crooked game with
professionals as his supposed partners
need expect no other outcome than
just this."
Wonder why it is that so many peo
ple allow themselves to be taken in?
Wonder why it is that folks don't
.realize that there is no easy money
except for those who have plenty of
it and don't specially need it any way
We suspect that a weak will is at the
bottom of most of the trouble. The
solicitor is allowed to have his way.
His stronger will . dominates that of
the solicited one. So there we are
right back to that old virtue, hoary
with age, namely , the courage to say
"no". ' There are so many plausible
gentlemen around with schemes these
days that a man has got to be on hi
guard or be will soon have made enough
bad investments to keep him on the
anxious seat the balance of his natural
life. Stock of all sorts, real estate at
remote points where the butyer ' will
never see St for himself and in fact all
sorts of pigs, in a poke are hawked
around with such skill and plausibility
that it u well nigh impossible to keep
from signing up for some of them. The
safe thing to do is to patronize the home
market for investments. If you have
some money to Invest put it in New
Bern or Craven county real estateor
in a local enterprise, where you can
keep an eye on it and watch it grow.
Let other sections develop their own
real .estate and ' finance their own
schemes.
PRISON LIFE HEALTHFUL
The young Greensboro ma n who
It '.lied his eiQployer some time ago' be-
cause he discharged him finds prison
life conducive to health. He has
p. lined considerably in weight, the
immediate cause of the gain being
1 ''eved to be the fact that he has not
: n allowed to smoke cigarettes. No
(' . I t t lie cure of a lot of ailments to
'-iih man is supposed to be hrir lies
n ! t itive rather than positive treat-
1 -lit. l eaving off some bad and
I fill indulgences is very -often' all to win out in an argument, but some
1' t an aiJIng person needs to put him, thing Viler and more dignified HirMy
I Ci-ii dition. could bu expected from a world figure
THE THREE, BI(J PARTIES,
.Tuft fys -.jtajte A; ,10
rehabilitate; the ReuuWipaB party &oJ
Theodore Roosevelt says the:. Pro
gressive party is here to stay. Th
prognosticators say ;h?i this means
that there will be another three
cornered fight for the Presidency four
years from now.
Such an arrangement, wou d be em
inently satisfactory to the Democrat
but it is too much to hope lor. The
Progressives wilt swallow the old line
Republican party in 1916 or thecld line
Republicans will absorb the Progressives
before that. time. . , ,
Which . pnjeess results - will depend
snmrwhat 00 thr Democrats in . the
meantime. If thev show themselves truly
nrjiifTMciiiwB ttlftr. .will hp nrt nppfl .for
Roosevelt's party. It they turn con
servative and decide to follow a let-
well-enonghrUonc policy, there will be
no need for Taft's party.
HE'S A SPECIALIST.
Wilinn will be the first real snecialist
jBg0verpmenl l0 occupy the Presidents
chair. There is no need he say? of a
lengthy investigation to precede tsriff
reform. ''1 have been studying th
pioblem a!l my life' , he said Wednesday
in speaking of the tarirf , It's a fine
thine to have a man at the head of
,)wn doinjf some 8tudy.
;ng an(, wfco hw been k a ong
COMING ROUND NICELY
rast nf thinB9 thesi.
. . . . . ,f penerallv
. DlacM where nossiblv it would not
is. human
nature to look for room on the band
wagon, no matter if one does have to
cut sometnhig- of a ridiculous figure
in getting there. Even Senator Mar
tin, the head of the so-called conserva
tive wing of the Democracy in Vir-
gima, is out tor an extra session anu
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prompt performanre
of the party s
pledges. Says he
"In my judgment Congress should
be convened as soon as practicable
4tfc q Mar(?h j bcUeve
pledgcg of a pafty shou, be ab
solutely carried out. I xan see no
reason why the performance of the
promises of the party should be de
layed nine months. I have not the
slightest doubt nbout such harmony
and co-operation among Democrats of
the Senate as will secure the passage
through that body of
all the legis-
lation promised the people in the
Baltimore plattorm.
Woodrow vvnson says ne .s gm.s
to carry out his campaign pieces.
inat s tne oniy way .r ...... i vF
the respect ol the votf rs wnocast tneir
ballots for him on the strength of his
promises. There are many people in
this country who are making a fair
living and who probably have no di
rect cause of complaint as to existing
conditions, but who want to see for
the sa.isl'action of themselves and nil
concerned a start made on the t?nff
.eduction that has been so much d;s
cussed and so find out how the thing
id going to work out. They arc tired
of sa mu'-h lip and want to see some
thing done.
ATTEND THE MEETING.
There should be a large attendance
of members of the Chamber of Com
merce present at tonight's meeting.
New Bern is naturally and inevitably
going to grow some but its growth and
development can be greatly quickened
if its citizens get aroused and employ
themseives in promoting measures cab
culated to advance the city's interests.
Other cities are on the alert, watching
every possibility of adding to their
commercial and industrial . prestige.
The city that lags behind and expects
everything to come to it as a matter of
course, is going to fiad itself bringing
up the tail end-of the procession.
New Bern has extraordinarily good
natural advantages. With the right
sort of hustle and co-operation on the
part of its people it can be made to
make wonderful progress in the next
few years.
We for one believe that that energy
and co-operation are going to be forth
coming, also that it is going to be mani
fested in a good-sized gathering at the
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
tonight.
President Taft announces it as his
intention to nil as many offices .with
Republicans as possible before his
successor goes in, office. Even then
there will be enough offices for the new
President to fill to make him realize
that being President is no snap.
ANYTHING TO CARRY HIS
V POINT..
.We are not disposed to bear down
too heavily on a defeated candidate
claiming to have done wonderfully well
under all the circumstances and ad
ducing unfair treatment as a reason
why he did . not do - better. , Colonel
Roosevelt made a wonderful run, and
he did labor under many disadvan
tages, though most of these were of
his own making; but when he says
that he fought his fight "without much
money" and "with the channels of in
formation to the public largely choked,"
he challenges contradiction and ought
to gt-t it. Norfolk Virginian Pilot. .
One wouldn't expect a man of Mr.
Roosevelt's standing to distort the
facts in order to carry his point. That
is, you wouldn't expect it if you hadn't
been observing his tactics in political
Warfare for a number of years.
It is well enough and perhaps to be
expected for immature persons to
'claim things that arc not so in order
wopanMaaHsMii
like RppSPFf.U. ":':
The Virglrdaja. Pjlfit W(4I pptya p,ut
ttvtt the Bull Mopso pasty hud a right
good-sued roll. As to the channels
of information being choked, .that
charge is preposterous. Fact -is, the
newspapers don't dare to leave out
Roosevelt news. ; Folks are gradually
learning not. to voie for him, hut he is
such a . spectacular ' individual that
they never tire of reading about him.
DIDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN iONG
Woodrow Wilson : has announced 1
that immediately after his inauguration
as President he . will call '; an extra
session of Congress to meet .April 15
for the purpose of revising the tariff.
Very shortly after his election he was
pressed for something definite as to
his plans. But he said he was going
to listen a while. It didn't take much
listening to find out that there was a
big demand for tariff revision,
The folks may be- mistaken about it,
but they honestly believe .that with
the. tariff reduced the average , man will
get -along better that he will be able
to get what he consumes cheaper and
without having his wages reduced or
his Opportunity to work diminished.
He understands, that all this will
probably mean smaller profits-for .the
captains of industry and their lieuten
ants, but he also believes that they can
easily afford a slighi. reduction in their
income.
THE PROPOSED MONUMENT.
Judge Allen of Kinston intimates that
he thinks New Bern should not erect
a monument to Baron De Graffenricd.
We fear the Judge has spoken too late.
We don't see much prosepct of calling
off that monument now.
And as a matter of fact no one need
eel any regret about it any way. De
GratTenried can fairly be classed as an
explorer of note and it is to him in this
role that the memorial will be erected.
It should prove a very valuable ad
dition to the accumulating local and
physical evidences of the unusually
interesting early history of this city.
Besides, it is very possible that the
uncomplimentary rumors, wafted down
several centuries with the persistence
that rumors no matter how ill-founded
always have, were not warranted by
the facts. In an article that Judge
Allen has written on the subject he
merely says that he "concludes" that
De Graffenried was not an admirable
man. This seems to us to indicate a
different conclusion might be possible
if all the facts, and not a'jne those
unfavorable to the Barun, were ac
cessible. But as we have said, De Graffenried
was an explorer and one whose name
is inseparably connected with the
colonial history of New Bern, and as
one of the accepted ways of teaching
history is to do it with physical ob
jects the purport of which all who run
may . read, the movement for the
monument to the Swiss noble should,
it seems to us, command the hearty
support of those of our citizens who
would like to see the city of New Bern
betray through outward tokens an
intelligent interest in its own history.
JUDGE CONNOR'S VOTE.
Obsevring that some of the Carolina
papers appear to be surprised that
Judege Connor voted the Democratic
ticket, tho Norfolk Virginian" Pilot
insists that Judge Connor could not
honorably have done anything else.
Judge Connor was appointed Federal
judge by President Taft because of
his fine legal attainments, his judicial
temperament and his general, all
round suitability for the place. He
was not appointed to that high office
to gain his vote to the Republican
party or to gain his influence for that
party.
In fact, we suspect that President
Taft would think a good deal less of
Judge Connor than he does if the Judge
had gone over to the Republican
party. The President is himself a man
of stalwart partisanship, and at the
same time not too partisan to be un
willing to accord to others the right
to affiliate with whichever party they
choose.
In voting , the Democartic - ticket
Judge Connor did just what every one
who knew his reputation expected
him to do and what he was honorably
bound to do unless he had become con
vinced that the Republican party was
more entitled to his support than the
Democratic party.
All a man has to do to develop a bad
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but it can also get him put when pov
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you out of a lot of fun. ' ( t -
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WINS lil THE END
, By BELLE K. MANIATES. ;
"I wonder if I am an ex-patrlot"
soliloquized May . Hampton, as aha
looked up from the perusal of a let
ter from home, remonstrating - with
her for her prolonged absence. '
. It was two years now since she
had come to this land of sunny skies
to study music and Italian for Biz
montha. At the end of that time,1
the people with whom she had come J
returned home, but May had formed j
the acquaintance of an English fam
ily who had taken up residence In
Florence, and they offered to take
her In charge. Her parents reluctant
ly consented to a continuance of her
sojourn, and-she was now more loath
than - ever to return.. The charm of
sunny Italy had worked Its spell, and
then, too, her voice was developing
so marvelously that she began to
hare visions of grand opera. . Mem
ories ot home ties were - becoming
dimmed, and three months ago she
had broken her engagement with Tom
Rowden. She could never have done
this except by letter, for there had
been & fascination about Tom, and her
resolutions generally weakened In his
presence. -'. .,
The letter twitting her of being ex- ;
patrlated was from her father, who eo
rarely wrote to her. He had launched
Into a eulogy over the United States, j
and her duty to her family.
With a sigh Kate laid down the let
ter and began to dress "for dinner.
Her friends, the Gordons, were hav
Ing some repairs made to their house,
and in the meantime they were all
staying at a boarding place.
She was roused from her reflec
tions of the stars and stripes by the
entrance of Gwendolen Gordon. '
"There Is a countryman of yours
below. May, who has . just arrived
itralght from the states."
"ReallyT" asked May interestedly.
"It's so long since I have seen any
one 'Just over.'" '
"You will doubtless meet him at'
dinner. He is tall, well-formed, good
color, bright eyes, well-tubbed. Really
he might almost pass for an English
man." And May was not yet so "expatri
ated" as not to experience a tinge of
resentment at Gwendolen's Inference
that his passing for an Englishman
was the highest compliment she could
pay an American. The description 1
reminded her of Tom, and memories 1
of Tom always brought a vague dls-.
comfort. He had merely acknowl
edged the receipt of the ring she haa
returned, and had formally regretted
her "change of heart." After the
long, friendly letter she had writ- i
ten him explaining her "career"
she had certainly looked for
more notice than that She had ,
anticipated opposition, remonstrance
or a beseeching letter from him, pos-'
sibly a visit from him. Maybe he, too,
had "changed." And there had been ,
an unaccountable silence on the part 1
of her family, who adored Tom. Her
father, whose views on "honor" and .
the keeping of a promise were so im-1
placable, had never tatxtloned or!
hinted at her action simply indited
an oration on her country.
She went down to dinner with a
thrill of anticipation at the thought of
meeting a "live man" again, for she
had secretly disdained the Italians
and the men she had met at the Gor
dons. She was doomed to disap
pointment No- stranger appeared,
though she prolonged the meal as
much as possible. ;
Later in the evening she was fritting
an the balcony of her sitting room
when , she heard the piano below.
There were a few random chordB, and
then there fell grandly on the air a
deep baritone voice rendering the
"Star Spangled Banner." v j
"Oh!" she cried ,,wlth Indrawn '
breath. By the thrill of ecstacy she
knew she was not an alien from her
native shores. , i
She hastened down to the salon
which was crowded with American
tourists drawn thence by the magic ot
the home song. At the end of the
second verse, May was suffering all
the pangs of nos'.algia. There was
something familiar in the voice, and
she worked her way nearer the piano
for a glimpse of the musician. , She
was a little faint when she recog
nised George Amsden, Tom's particu
lar friend. The sight of him brought
vivid recollections of home, home
friends and Torn;
She slipped Into an adjoining little
room to compose and adjust . her
thoughts, before . meeting him. In
rain she tried to stifle her emotions.
8he crossed the room which . was
unoccupied, and stepped out to the
balcony.
A man turned, and In the golden
rayed moonlight she saw Tom, eager
and flushed.
"May;" he cried. " -
"Tom!" she said With a little sob,
"I am homesick!"
"Your father sent me td-brtng
you home, May. Will yon go hack
with met" , .
At the underlying tenderness . la
his tone, all her footlight aspirations
dropped from her.
"Yes, Tom," she said meekly.
Three months later 1 when Gwen
dolen Gordon read the account ot
May's wedding, she commented:
"How very' American it was to
come dowa the . aisle - to martial
music!" . i 1
America la teaching Europe how to
dress Its windows. Europe Is teach
ing America how to dress Us girls In
skimpy clothing, which Is most ua
aratefuL " .
The Temperate Man.
James Thorpe, the champion of th
Olympic games, Is an Indian, and ot
-the Oceanlo, discussing the welfare of
the Indian race, he said: "Total abtU.
nence la essential to my poojilo. The
average Indian cannot drink temper
ately. Ills Idea of temperance Is
that of the country p'-ntl irmn who
said: 'I drink braniy only on tro no
oeslcns when" I have ro:it chirk.
'rr -lUincr and wbmi I 1 uv. -,'t ' "
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Yes, really cured. W4th no humiliation, no inconvenience and with no
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PLANT MISSION IS SUCCESS
Government Entomologist Wins Im
portant Concessions From England,
Belgium and Holland. - .
Washington. After several months
of a tour of diplomatic missionary
work In the Interest of American plant
lnteresss, Dr. L. O. Howard, govern
ment entomologist, has- returned to
Washington. Dr. Howard conferred
with the agriculture' officials ot Great
Britain, Germany, France, Belgium" and
Holland.
The principal result was that Eng
land, Belgium and Holland agreed to
put Into, operation a' system of gov
ernment Inspection of plants Instead
of having that Inspection performed by
their nurserymen.
The latter, It was feared, would
meet the expense of raising the prices
to the American market. The French
government la expected to adopt this
government-Inspection plan later. Ger
many has given no assurances. .
.NOTICE. .
- The Graven County Farmers' Union
is called to meet at the court house
in. NeW Beam Saturday Dec, 7th at 2
P. M. , All locals are requested to
have representation.
. D. F. WHITF0RD, -...
. President.
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