" A.: YAGS TWO. TUB GAJSTONIA , GAZETTE. V: Vv V TUESDAV, FEBRUARY, 1, fl10, ', ' T i V The Fourth Estate SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I. Judith Bartelmy, society woman, goes to the office of the Dally Advance to protest against m story which had severely criticised Irar father, a judge of the United (Rates court. She discovers that the author of the article was Wheeler Brand, a brilliant young writer whom she had promised to marry. Ha refuses to cease attacking her father. II Judith discards her en gagement ring. Dupuy, a lawyer, representing big advertisers, calls and demands Brand's discharge, as Ilia clients are friends of Judge Bar telmy. Ill Brand Is dicharged by the managing editor, for the paper, longed owned by an Insurance com pany, had been friendly to corpora tions. Michael Nolan, who buys the paper, comes in the office and finds Dupuy to be an old enemy of his IV ffolna calls for Brand and makes him managing editor. V Brand tolls Nolan and his socially ambit loos family that the dishonest judge, Bartelmy, and his unsuspecting daughter have taken them up social ly so as to try to Induce Nolan not to attack the judge In his newspaptr. VI. Dupuy aids Bartelmy In en deavoring to have Brand and the "lid vance avoid attacking the judge regarding a tricky opinion be has rendered in the Lansing Iron case. "Every man has his price, even Brand." says Dupuy. VII Nolan says If Brand will trap Bartelmy In the act of offering him a bribe to keep silent that the Advance will print the story In full. VIII Bar telmy agrees to pay Brand $10,000 to keep quiet about the Lansing Iron case. IX Brand lays the trap tor Bartelmy. X Bartelmy arrives at the Advance office to pay Brand the 110,000. "Let os get to business." ht said. The Judge went oa talking about bis daughter. -She displays sn unusual. I should say an eitraordlnary, curtasityas to my mission here," be said. "My daugh ter would have made a great cross ex aminer If she bad been a man." "We're wasting time. Judge." Now It was Brand who was becoming im patient. "Am I to understand that the pay ment of this sum" Bartelmy began. Brand raised his voice to a high pitch. "Ten thousand dollars." be said. "Yes," agreed Bartelmy cautiously. "Am I to understand that It an wipes out of your recollection not only the incident of which you were speak ing, but also as to" He paused. Brand helped the would be briber to complete his sentence. "You mean your secret interview last night with Dupuy and the attorney for the Lanslng"- Tbe visitor raised his band warnlng- ly at Brand's loud tones, as though to counsel caution, "Yes. yes." "Lansing Iron corporation T" contin ued Brand, bending close to the tele phone. "Yea. Will this sum. paid in bend. Induce you to forget ah not only that incident, but also CHAPTER XI. lARTELMY. now that he had takeu the deal and extremely distasteful plunge and bad come to the office of the Ad- "Vance, waited for Braud to make the Opening remarks about the particular abject of bis visit. Brand was waiting for the judge to do the same, it was the newspaper man who spoke first, after the two had seated themselves. He was anx ious to get the matter over wltb as quickly as possible, for be well knew that, in spite of all his precautions, af fairs in a newspaper office are so un certain that an interruption of an un expected nature might occur to ruin the entire plan. "Mr. Dupuy was here a short time ago," he ventured. Judge Bartelmy proceeded to ex plain the appearance of the lawyer lob byist in the affair. While it was plain to Brand that the Judge bad sent Du puy as a go-between so that it would be impossible to connect Bartelmy with the payment of any money as a bribe, the jurist did not propose to ac knowledge that such bad been his laud able purpose. He gave an entirely dif ferent reason. "Yes, 1 know." he said. "He found xne at the opera with my daughter. I hoped, Mr. Brand, that by allowing me to act through talru you would spare xne this last humiliation." "Would It not be safer for you if no third party knew of your transaction .With me?" suggested Brand. The Judge pitied the colossal igno rance of this amateur In trickery. Did not he know tuat in the superior spheres of crooked practices It became necessary to employ third persons on many occasions to put through mat ters of this sort? And he was a news paper man of years of experience too. JNo, this peculiar young man would never nuish supplying the judge with surprises; of that Bartelmy was posi tive. Perhaps it might be In order to observe at this point that, while Brand of course could not know that these thoughts were passing through his Visitors mind, he at the same time would have been ready to confess that he was going to provide several more surprises for the Jurist. But there are different varieties of surprises. "Dupuy is in my confidence." the Judge pronounced with an air of fiixri- ity. "He's not in mine," responded the managing editor. "You're mistaken In hira. I know him intimately." "Oh. the pity of It." exclaimed Brand, that you should be Intimately ac quainted with such a man as Dupuy!" Bartelmy could not restraia a sarcas tic smile at the editor's sneer at Dupuy. Mr. Brand." he said quickly, "your xnoral reflections at this juueture im ; part a certain quaint humor to the sit uation." am afraid that is tu trouble with me. My humor is nearly always unin tentional." Brand sighed as though sorry for himself. The Judge began to show signs of nervousness. : "Well, shall we get on with Itr the editor asked him. Tea. I must rejoin my daughter. She's waiting for me at the opera. She was very anxious that I should not' come here tonight It was curious her persistency In the matter." Brand drew his chair closer to the 4esk closer to the telephone. various other matters to which the Advance seems to hare taken exception in the pastf Brand bank back In his chair. "You mean you want us to let up on you all around T" "Precisely." "Then that's understood." "Dupuy t in my con- "You will make Udencc a memorandum for me in writing to that effect a re ceipt, so to speak?" He pushed a pad toward the man aging editor. "All right certainly," agreed Brand, taking up a pen. The judge began to congratulate himself on the ease wltb which be was handling the young man. "This is ah more businesslike," he said. But Brand gave him another shock when be said: "Yes: I'll draw it up in duplicate. Each of os will keep a copy signed." "Jflnt thoaaand dollars." said Brand. "Ten thousand dollars,", the Judge counted, v :.. x "Is that correct T" be Queried of the editor. ' i, ; y;'"', , . i ,, r: t- . Tea thousand dollars, correct was the reply. , "That will wipe the slate clean between us." :v. ,," .h- . Brand held out bis hand te take the money. ";,: r? , . .::; The Jsdge picked up the pile of bills. compressed them wltb bis hands and extended the money a crow the desk. i I a it ib urano. ne earn. As the fa le Judge said these words snd stood wltb the money in his bands and held It out to the editor s loud ex plosion thrilled every nerve fiber In bis body. A blinding glare of light filled the room, and the sir was filled with the choking gaseous fumes of the smoke of the powder used by pho tographers in making flashlights. . A pang of terror shot through the craven heart of the would be briber. He started back In bis alarm, bis eyes almost blinded by the unexpected flood of light that bad subsided as quickly as it bad come. "My Uod! What Is tbatT be cried, rubbing the back of one of bis bauds across his eyes. Wheeler Brand, wbo bad risen In bis place at his desk when the judge had finished counting the mouey. set his face Into hard, unyielding lines as the judge besought him to speak, to ex plain. He had won. He bad com pletely at bis mercy this cold, crafty betrayer of the public trust be bad Worn to bold sacred. And It was With unmistakable triumph - In bis Tolce that be gave the reply that was to be imprinted on the brain of the false judge as long as be was to live s reply, that would bauut him: while awake and awake him when he slept "It is a picture of you Is stripes. Judge Bartelmy." be announced. The judge, realizing that be had been tricked that be bad been photo graphed in the very act of banding bribe money to the mauaging editor of the Advance displayed rare presence of mind for a man whose complete social and professional ruin bad be come suddenly Imminent. He rushed across the room at the point where the flash occurred, hoping to obtain hold of the camera and destroy the plate. Owing to the pall of smoke be had been unable to see just In what manner the camera bad been arranged. But when be reached the side of the room there was no camera to be seen, only a round hole extending through the partition into the next room and from which the camera bad been re- a band to band struggle with the young stbletlc editor for possession of tbt money. Besides, be must see No lanmust see him at once. That was the most Important matter to wblcb he should now sttend. f.1 Us walked deliberately to the closet and Secured J his hat " snd coat. C He turned the key and went out of the door leading to the outer ball. As the Judge disappeared . Wheeler Brand sank besvily Into bis chair. 'He ' r r 1 . w "IT IS A PICTURE OF YOU IN STRIPES. JDDGE BARTELMY." "Kon count the money. Judge." spread bis arms on bis desk and bow ed his bead between them, until his cheek rested on the cool polished sur face. "Judith. Judith!" he sobbed, and his body shook uncentrolledly as be wept for the girl be loved. To Be Continued. THE TRANS-COXTIXENTAL. Col. S. A. Jones Recounts Some of the Benefits That Will Accrue to North Carolina from the Proposed New Railroad With a Seaport Outlet at Southport Rates Would be Properly Adjusted. To the Editor of The Gazette: Kindly allow me space in your valuable paper for a little communi cation about the South Atlantic Trans-Continental Railroad, aa the time is approaching for the people to vote on the Toad. Many people are asking what dif ference there will be when it is con structed, from it and other roads In the State. First. Its purpose is to stop dis crimination in freight rates against Western North Carolina, excessive rates, known of all men to be charg ed by the one road monopolizing the commerce of Western Carolina; and we are sometimes made to feel our friends in Eastern Carolina hardly realize that these remote mountain counties are an integral part of the State. Second. Its purpose is to estab lish a rate 'basing port at Southpori, C, that will meet the require- Carollna, and they will bund this road If these easterns counties will join Tennessee and the western, coun ties when K has, been clearly shown to them, that Itidoesnt cost a coun ty through which the line will pass, one penny of , increased tax,;.-but brings a surplus, Into "the county treasury every year f above , every penny that the county Is asked to vote to rid this State of unjust dis crimination and free the Stats from transportation monopoly by land and by sea. -" Sixth. Every ' western county through which It is to pass has vo ted solid for the bonds. , None of the eastern counties have yet voted, and the call for these ten counties were signed by nearly one thousand of the leading business men of those coun ties, and the calls will be made and the elections held, beginning In Feb ruary or March. And we. have a standing offer of one hundred and fifty dollars for any man that will publish a Just, a right and a sound public reason why any county should not vote for the bonds, that reason to be determined as sound by three men that have served this State as state omcers. we will name one, the other party one, and those two the third. We have furnished books to every voter, and hope they are reading them, and will name their opposition if they have any, and name a committee to pass on it The Raleigh Observer has labored, perhaps, as no other paper In this Stats has labored, to stop dlscrimin ation and the unjust monopoly of our commerce. A thing that Is known to have been going on every since Interstate Commerce Law was put in practice. A discrimination of a character so open and publically evident that the law machinery of this State and its Legislatures have been in a turmoil and still in a turmoil over this un Just discrimination, maintained un der the discrimination of the Inter state Commerce Law, which has been fought in the lower courts of the State and in the higher courts, and before the Interstate Commerce Commission itself, and before the United States Supreme court, and the State has lost in every count. Every State paper knows that this Injustice that is being done to North Carolina is not being done against any other State in this Southland, and that it Is being done under the legal provisions of the Interstate Commerce Law,, because this State "Ah-ha-ha!" The Jurist leaned back and laughed. "You're a clever lad. Brand. Well, well; youth will be served."' He punned the pad away. Brand glanced at the clock fixed in the wall opposite him. "It's getting late, judge," he warned. Bartelmy reached into the inside pocket of his evening dress coat and extracted an oblong package. Slipping off a rubber band that encircled It. he unwrapped the yellow paper and laid before him on the managing editor's desk a neat stack of crisp new bank tills, all of the $500 denomination. Bartelmy started to count the money, but he desisted and pushed the bills over toward ISrand. "Count It." he said.' , "You couut it." . The judge leaned forward and began the task. Ills head was within four or five inches of the mouthpiece of the telephone. He picked up the bills, one at a time, and as he counted them he laid them in another vile. "Five hundred." be said "one thou sand, fifteen two thousand, twenty five three thousand, thirty-five four thousand, forty-fire five thousand. There is half of it." he remarked. "Yes; that's $G.oiio." assented Brand. "Six thousaud." said the judge, con--Hnulng with his task-"seven thou sand, seventy-five eight thousand." "Eight thousand dollars." agreed Brand. "Nine thousand," counted the Judge. moved. He stood aud gazed in dis may. He knew now that be was at the mercy of Brand and the Advance t a degree that he hardly dared to : estimate. j He turned around and walked back to the desk. Brand was still standing in his place, looking fixedly at the Judge. Bartelmy was not beaten yet. He knew that he would not be beaten un til the Advance appeared in the streets spreading forth to all the world the story of his shame. I Shaking from bead to foot in his rage, he pounded the desk and cried out: "You have gone to all your trouble for nothing. I am going direct to Mr. ioiau nouse. ana in less than an hour you will receive orders to kill that story that dastardly pack of lies you want to print!" Brand smiled calmly. He gathered the $10,000 in bills, wbleh lay scatter ed on the desk where Bartelmy bad thrown them when be dashed for the camera. "I'll keep these as evidence." be said. "Wbea they have served their purpose we will return them to you. or maybe we will send them to the minority tock holders in the Lansing Iron com pany. That's who the mouey probably belongs to." Bartelmy accepted the situation with Itoical composure for the time. He jaw that he would have no chance in ments of the Interstate Commerce Law, which when done, will stop discrimination in freight rates against all North Carolina points in favor of Virginia and South Caro lina points, and give cheaper rates on coal, and feed from the West, to grow and manufacture our cotton, our tobacco, our timber and mine and market our minerals. Third. The law is so drawn that it will protect the State and the counties by veto power in the hands of the Governor, the Chairman of the Corporation Commission and the Auditor of the State, to prevent this road from squandering one dollar of its income, or creating any debt af ter it is constructed, of any charac ter to absorb any of its income not approved by the State Directors. Fourth. For It is to be built in a way that every county through which It passes can subscribe for its stock, and in a way in no manner to increase their taxes one penny, but leave a surplus every year in the county treasury, and not one bond the county votes is to be delivered until the mile of road It represents Is completed and accepted by the State Directors ready for taxation. Fifth. The construction of this road secures the State a National harbor and U. S. Government coaling Nation at Southport. It insures a South American mail line from Southport. In doing this, it frees North Carolina from being the only State in the Union, fronting on the Atlantic coast, or the Gulf of Mexi co, with no seaport open doing bus iness with foreign countries, to es tablish, a port under the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Law. If the people would carefully read tbe forty-two page book, seventy thous and copies of which have been sent to the voters of the counties across the State through which it passes, they will find every, possible legal protection the State could provide, and that one of the Soundest Institu tions on the - American enninent stands ready to file the required evi dence, acceptable to the Governor and the Council of State of North has no seaport open doing an ocean commerce with a land commerce in connection therewith, that meets the requirements of a rate basing port under the provisions of the Inter state Commerce Law. This is why I have been able to command the attention and get ac tion by our State Legislature and that of other States to co-operate with us in this common sense prac tical piece of work of justice to stop the wrong, and we cant see how any man not ruled by these old lines of road that hold the ironclad monopo ly of our commerce can afford to op pose the road. The Transcontinental Railroad, under the machinery of the law un der which it is to be constructed and the method of the State control as it now stands, with the unanimous co operation or the counties clear a- cross the State will accomplish the desired end. There are no rake offs, no speculating scheme connected with the work, no pets to be taken care of, not a salary f a high officer will be paid until the State Directors determine and agree what his pay sball be. Not a single thing connct ed with It that has not had the wid est possible publicity, and Is open to the calcium light examination of ev evry Intelligent man in the State. It is known State-wide that Wil mington employed the best legal a bility that could be had and spent nearly $10,000, to try to stop this discrimination by law, it is known that the Corporation Commission has tried, and it Is known that the State Legislature directed the best legal talent possible be employed and that thousands of dollars were spent to try to stop it by law and that they all failed. And the public reason is known to all men that read the great daily pa pers, that they failed because North Carolina has no seaport open, with a great line of railroad from the great West or from anywhere else to It, with established relations for per manent ocean commerce that would entitle it to bring our State's com merce in Interstate freight rates un der the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Law. The South Atlantic Trans-Conti nental Railroad when built as now provided under State control will ac complish this end without a' shadow of a doubt as It is purely legal Jn Its nneratlnn ,... ' :.; y , j . - , . I haye been accused of being a dreamer. I may be, but this work is no piece of optlmissm or enthusiasm. It Is a plain, practical, commonsense law proposition, that is being oppos ed, and nataraily so,- snd not illegal ly by other lines! of road running north and' south clear. across . iba State. .'And by every ocean boat on; the Boutb, Atlantic coast. with a long : haul across the State's ocean front iNone of them i are Violating the , law, they svre only ; taking the : ad vantage of ao unjust law that ba" ! given them, and every " man In this C; State that ' loves money better Hhaa his State would ' do the same tbing ' with the same' kind of laws protect-. ing him, v Some of tbe roads that ' . . are engaged . In discriminations, your paper knows,? are the verjr r roads that are now in possession of''' the monoply, 'that this State built" wKh convict' labor: and public aid, that cost this State many millions of w dollars, lost because there was no ' law on the State Statute Books that protected the State against. the ma U Jorlty stockholders wrecking the road If they so desired, and no veto 1 power In the hands of the executive officers of the State to protect the '. State and the county stockholders against the majority stockholders wrecking the road to get rid of the public stock by issuing fictitious In terest drawing securities. ' This road is absolutely protected by public law in a chatter prepared by some of the ablest men of the State, from the posalbilitiy of any such thing occurlng to this road no matter who holds the majority of the stock. And we hope your good pa per will look carefully into this work and say a good word to help, for It is the people's road and the1 people's work. Here Is what men holding the highest positions In the State think about this road: Gov. Charles B. Aycock, who was governor when the fh-st steps were taken for this work says: "I be lieve it a great enterprise and will be of great benefit to the State, and I hope It will succeed." His successor, Gov. R. B. Glenn, says in his letter of Oct. 23, on page twelve in the book sent to every vo ter in tbe counties: "I have given my unqualified approval to your Tall- road and authorize you to use it." And your State Auditor, that good and noble man, Dr. Dixon, says in his letter on page 33 in the book: It is the best proposition that has ever been laid before the Legislature of North Carolina, and this State should secure every share of stock possible in the road. And I will do all in my power to aid you In this great laudable and public enter prise." On September 9, 1909, our pres ent, efficient and able governor, W. W. Kltchln, says: "In reply to your letter of September 6, 1909, I beg to say that I approve your purpose to make Southport the terminus of the South Atlantic Trans-Continental Railroad Company, believing that it will vastly magnify the importance of that port, and greatly benefit the people of North Carolina. 1 also approve your purpose of building this- road from Waynesville, or some point in Tennessee by way of Waynes ville to Southport, and while the task before you is an arduous one, I trust that your efforts will prove successful." I wired several of the members of the Council of State of North' Caro lina on November 23, 1909, asking them, "What will the Trans-Conti nental Railroad under State control, completed to Southport be worth to North Carolina?" In reply I received the following telegram from State Treasurer Hon. B. R. 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