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VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 99
BETTER LIBRARY
FACILITIES GOAL
OF SCHOOL HERE
If Interest Continues Pri
mary Grades Will Have
Quota by End of Term
ASK BOOK DONATIONS
High School Library Work Also Pro
gressing Nicely; Grammar Grade*
Need Attention Most
If the present degree of interest
coninues to hold, the local primary
school will have adequate library fa
cilties and conveniences by the end of
the present school term. During th*.
next month or two, children who have
books at home or who want to give
a book from the book store are going
to start their own library by donating
a book to their grade. In this way it
is hoped by school officials that a
large number of books will And their
way into the school. After this cam
, paign ends the number in -each grade
is to be supplemented out of the fund
provided jointly by the school, county,
and state. This will bring the goal of
fifty books in each of the nix rooms
up to the standard.
All donors of books to either of the
school libraries will have their names
writen on specially prepared name
plates and pasted in the back of the
books given. Several students as well
as a few towns people have books to
their credit in the high school library.
Others are invited to add their names
to these, the school's friends.
Each of the six primary rooms
have been equipped with two reading
tables and twenty chairs. Thes chairs
and tables are suited to the children
in the rooms. The heighf of both
range from ten to fourteen inches
Around these tables, twenty children
can ait and either read at will or be
directed in their work by the teacher.
The tables are wide enough to have a
row of books stacked lengthwise.
Book* with beautiful bindings and
proftue illustrations are being placed
in theae stacks.
In the high school the one objective
towards which the students are strive
ing this year is to build up a credi
table library. This work was started
a year or so ago and considerable
progress was made last year in add
ing new books and cataloging the en
tire library. More than one dozen and
a half current magazines with two J
daily papers come regularly to the .
reading room. The best and latent
news may be found in the local school
library. All fields are covered by the i
periodicals subscribed to, from science
to flower growing, and from invention
to transoceanic flying. Pugilists, base
ball players, prospective presidential
candidates, and Will Rogers are read
about and followed closely by great
numbers of high school students. The
reading room is kept open all except
two periods during the day. During |
this time, the various student-librar- i
ians, who are in charge of this work 
under the supervision of some faculty I
member, never spend a moment alone, i
Their company is constant as well as
numerous.
To the greater part of this, the i
grammar grades have vefry little ac
cess, especially the lower grades, and
it is just here that those in authority
arc concentrating attention at present. •'
Car Found Here Is
Believed Stolen i
A comparatively new Chevrolet {
coupe was found near the fair grounds
here last Sunday by Policeman Alls
brooks. The car had been there several
hours and Allsbrooks seems to think
it was left there by a man who he
saw walking through the streets here
lata the night before.
Tlie gas had run out, and the driver
made no attempts to refill the tank.
The car was brought here and is be
ing held by the police department un
til the owner can be learned.
STRANFV
THEATRE! J
WEDNESDAY
JACK PADJAN
in
"CRASHING THRU"
Also
2 - REEL COMEDY
And Serial
"Heroes of the Wild"
and
FREE TICKET
FOR SHOW FRIDAY
Theatre Well Heated
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THE ENTERPRISE
BUY BEST SWINE
BREEDING STOCK
Martin County Men Return
After Extensive Tour
To Buy Hogs
If present plans materialize, the
Triple Stock Farm will put ono of
its largest swine exhibits on the load
next fall. Beginning about the Erst
of August, managers of the farm vnll
.go on the road with its four breeds,
Berkshire, Chesterwhites, Duroc Jer
sey and Hampshire hogs and show at
fairs in practically all the Southern
States.
Messrs. Dave and Mack Roberson
returned late yesterday from a trip
to Western North Carolina and Soutli
Carolina where they went to buy hoßs
to complete their show herds. They
went to Elkin, Concord, Charlotte,
Pinehurst and Clemson College. At
the college they found one of the
finest breeds of Duroc Jerseys in the
country with prices ranging as high
as S4OO. Mr. Roberson stated that
they were out for the best and that
they wuold likely buy breeding stock
from the college at Clemson.
By the first of August, they plan
to have one of the best swine exhibits
in the South ready and from that
time until the first or middle of No
vember they expect to successfullv
compete with the champion breeders
in the country.
BELHAVEN LOSES
TWO GAMES HERE
Williamston Boys and Girls
Win Friday Night By
Same Score, 20-14 .
In a return engagement here last
Friday night, Belhaven's girls' and
boys' basketball teams lost to the
local girls and boys 20 to 14 in both
meets. The win Friday night made it
two straight for the local boys over
Belhaven's five. The girls lost when
they played in Belhaven sometime ago
and their win last Friday came as
sweet revenge for them.
Keel for the locals scored fourteen
of his team's twenty points, Liver
man making the other four markers.
Hardison played his usual good game
at guard.
STORM'S TOLL IS
25,000 IN SWEDEN
Ravaged Whole Northern
Country; Fish Famine
Threatens
Stockholm, Feb. 12—From twenty
to twenty-five thousand lives are
known to have been taken by the
furious storm which swept in from
the British Isles yesterday and ravag
ed the whole northern country. Most
of the casualties were reported from
Soerland and Vestland, where the gale
attained its maximum velocity." Mil
lions of dead fish were swept ashore
along the coast and countless other
millions floated on the sea. Scientists
attribute the death of the fish to sul
phruetted hydrogen which came to,
the surface from the ocean bottom
when disturbed by the tremendous
force of the gale.
A fish famine threatens, since
housewives refuse to buy them, fear
ing the fish are poisoned.
Found Dead in Truck
On Side ot Road
Kins ton, Feb 13— The funeral of
W. Ormond Edwards, 28, found dead
in a motor truck at the side of a
road near Ayden yesterday, was held
at that town this afternoon. Edwards
had been missing many hours. He
was believed to have succumbed to a
heart attack. He is survived by a
family. f
Peel Motor Co. Gets
Car Load of Chevrolets
Another carload of Chevrolets ar
rived here today for the Peel Motor
Company. The shipment includes a
roadster, coupe and two coaches.
The Carolina Chevrolet Company at
Robersonville is expecting another
carload of the cars this week.
Eighty-Gallon Still
Seized in Free Union
Mr. E. H. Gaylord brought in an
eighty-gallon copper still yesterday
from the Free Union section. In the
raid Mr Gaylord stated he with Mr.
E. G. Walters, destroyed approximate
ly 3000 gallons of beer. No liquor
was found and the still was warm
after being operated the night be
fore. •
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The students in thejlocal high school
are taking the State examination to
day. The examination's filed with the
State deparMent at Raleigh where
references can be made to them when
the ease demands.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 14, 1928
FARM OUTLOOK
IS BETTER SAYS
G. C. CARDWELL
Railroad Agricultural Agent
Makes Recommendations
On Crops Of East
AGAINST EXPANSION
Say* Effort* To Balance Production
With Demand Should Continue
After Study of Conditions
According to the Bureau of Agri
cultural Econmoics of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
farmers may expect sortie improve
ment in 1928 if they avoid expansion
of production and continue-their ef
forts to balance production with de
man.
Mr. Guy C. Cardwell, agricultural
agent for the A. C. L. Railroad and
who has studied conditions in the
farming areas in this and other states
makes recommendations on crops in
whicih we are especially interested.
These recommendations were made
from a national view-point and the
conclusions must be modified to meet
local conditions, and Mr. Cardwell
makes certain comments when' his
knowledge of local conditions seems
to justify this course:
"When Amreican cotton growers
begin to market the 1928 crop, it is
probable that they will meet the rel
atively favorable condition of a small
er carryover than last year, and a
demand situation about the same as
for the 1927 crop. The danger of dam
age from boll weevil still exists in
spite of the extremely low tempera
tures in Januray and still looms as
a material factor in determining yield
per acre. Cotton growers have in their
o»vn control the determination "of the
acreage and to the extent to which
they increase their acreage over that
planted in 1927 they will tend to re
duce the total return from the 1928
crop."
Carolina farmers should not in
crease cotton acreage, but they
should strive for higher yields and
longer staple of better quality.
"The dominating influences in the
general tobacco situation are the
steady increase in consumption of
cigarettes at home and abroad, heavy
production and increasing stocks of
Hue-cured types, and decreased stocks
in most other types of tobacco. The
outlook for flue cured if acreage is
increased is decidedly unfavorable."
Mr. Cardwell thinks this warning
fully justified as indications point to
a heavy increase in tobacco acreage
in South Georgia and an increase in
acreage in both South and North
Carolina. '
Here again the experienced grow
er who depends, to a considerable ex
tent upon tobacco for his income
should strive to increase his yield and
improve quality. His skill in his in
surance against possibly lower prices.
"Peanut growers In the Virginia-
North Carolina section should not al
low present prices to cause them to
overplant Virginia type nuts. A
maintenance this year of the 1927
acreage of Spanish and liunner types
of peanuts in the South can be ex
pected to result in prices reasonably
satisfactory to the grower."
"Overproduction of sweet potatoes
occurred in 19" 7 because of continued
heavy planting in the eastern com
mercial region accompanied by a
widespread shift from cotton to
sweet potatoes in the South. A sub
stantial reduction in acreage is needed
and such a readjustment may be ex
pected to result from much lower
price received for the 1927 sweet po
tato crop and from the higher prices
of alternative crops;"
Certin growers in North Carolina
who are prepared to properly care for
sweet potatoes after harvesting, in
storage, are finding this crop, even
at low prices; fairly profitable. Con
sumers on northern markets are slow
ly acquiring a taste for Southern
sweet potatoes of the moist variety,
such as Porto Ricos and Nancy Halls.
_We should continue to expand these
markets.
"Poultry producers have favorable
prospects for a higher level of prices
for both dressed and live poultry at
least during the first half of the year
because of lighter supplies in storage
and prospective favorable demands.
The low storage holdings of eggs and
the favorable outcome of the 1927
storage season with the number of
layers practically unchanged should
result in higher egg prices during the
coining year."
Virginia and Carolina farmers
should continue to expand farm flocks
where this can be done without hav
ing to make large investments for
housing and feed. Poultry always of
fers an opportunity for quick money.
IV. D. Ambers Installs
New Fountain Recently
W D. Ambers has recently installed
a modem soda fountain in his store
here. The fountain has a Frigidaire
unit and is made for two men to work"
at the same time.
! JAMESVILLE WINS
OVER WOODLAND
Plays Fremont Tomorrow
For Title of Group Three
Elimination Series
A win over Wooland at Woodland
last Friday night sends Jamesville\s
basketball five to Goldsboro where it
will battle with Fremont tomorrow
night for the championship of Group
Three of'the eastern eliminatioin
series of the North Carolina High
School Association.
While the odds are in favor of n
win for Jamesville. a hard fight is ex
pected from the Fremont lads. Evei
ett.s triumphed over Fremont here last
Friday night a week ago and J.imes
ville won from Everetts this season,
putting Jamesvillc in line for a win
tomorrow night.
The game will be played in., the
Community Ituilding, starting at >
o'clock, and according to a prtis-i re
port from Fremont a larg- crowd id
expected to attend.
FEDERAL AID FOR
CAROLINA ROADS
State Has Received Over
Seventeen Million Dollars
From United States
Greensboro, Feb. 13.—A total of
$17,480,662 has been apportioned for
building federal-aid highways in
North Carolina, of which there re
mained $2,114,184.48 unexpended as of
June 30, 1927, according to Coleman
W. Hoberts, vice president of the
Carolina Motor chib.
The total amount appropriated by
Congress for the federal-aid projects
throughout the country since 1921 has
reached the sum of $744,500,000 which
is only slightly more than the total
amount of taxes paid by motorists
during the past year. „ _ -l
"Of the total appropriations, there
has been sf>Boj67l ,518.76 spent thru
out the..country and the present fiscal
year began with $163,828,451.24 on
hand to continue the work," he said.
'LINDY^BACK
IN ST. LOUIS
Flies From Havana, Cuba,
to Ilony City in 15
Hours
St. Lo lis, Feb. 18.-*-Flying through
fog and rain, Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh completed a 1,200 mile
non-stop flight fjfom Havana, Cuba,
by landing safely at Lambert-St,
Louis Field at 5:01 p. m., today. He
was in the a!r fifteen hours and rix
minutes.
Since his departure from Washing
ton, December 13,* for Mexico City,
Colonel Lindbergh has covered übout
0,000 miles on a circuitous route, and
has visited nations and dependencies
in Central and South America and
the West Indies.
Approximately seven hundred per
sons, including the Thirty-First Di
vision Air Corps, of which Lindbergh
is a member, viewed the landing of
the good-will amhassodur who is to
be the guest of all St louis in an
aeriijd exhibition on the Mississippi
River front tomorrow afternoon.
Besieged with inquiries übout his
plans for the future, Lindbergh re
plied:
"I have no plans beyond flying the
mail next Monday."
"Are you tired?" asked a reporter.
"No," said the flyer, with a laugh.
Mechanic Returns
From Ford Plant
W. B. Peel, mechanic for the Wil
liamston Motor Company, returned
last Friday from Norfolk where he
received a week's instruction in the
Ford assembly plant there. During his
stay there he assisted in painting
bodies and arranging the material for
tfie assembly line. According to in
direct information, Mr. Peel stated
that the plant will start assembling
cars next Monday. The material on
hand in the plant there at this time
will turn out five hundred cars or
more.
Deliveries are being made to cus
tomers in many place■ijJyjirtt is going
on gradually.
Names ol Plant
Foods Changed
Nitrogen instead of ammonia, and
superphosphate, with acid phosphate
in parentheals, instead of merely acid
phosphate, cere terms tentatively
adopted by the Committee on Defini
tions of Terms and Interpretations of
Results on Fertilizers of the Associa
tion of OfHcial Agricultural Chemists
recently, according to word received
here by T. B. Brandon, Cdunty Agent.
This action is in accordance with
recommendations made by a recent
conference of experiment station agro
nomists, farm journal editors, and fer
tilizer manufacturers.
SHALLOW WATER
AT RIVER MOUTH
DELAYS SHIPPING;
* I
Several Barges of Standard
'Fertilizer Company Go
Aground
DREDGING IS NEEDED
One Barge Load of Fertiliser Materials
Now Aground Will Have to Stay ,
Until March or April
.. Fertilizer shipments from Baltimore
to, the Standard Fertilizer Company
here have been detained days at a
time when their burges would stick in
the sands at the mouth of Roanoke
river. One of the barges of the com
j puny is stuck'fast in the river's mouth
| at this time, an dthe captain of the
j tug boat stated that it would probably
j bo the latter part of March or early
| April before it could be moved, and
then there would have to be a strong
wind from the east before the barge
cofild be towed into the river.
| After a stay lasting over a week
in the mouth of the river, the Bennett
was pulled into the river and tied up
at the wharf of the fertilizer company
here last Friday.,
Boatmen who are acquainted with
the depths of the nver say it is a
damn shame that the condition of the
mouth of the river is allowed to re
main untouched except by bottoms of
burges and boats. Once in the river,
most any kind of boat can move, but
all the deep water in the river is of
no use to boats of eight foot draw be
cause they cannot enter.
Where the Norfolk, Baltimore and
Carolina line is running small boats
up the river, it would be using larger
ones if it were not for the shallow
water at the river's mouth. Captain
Wii«» of that company states that
every now and then government engi
neers* spend a short vacation cruising
around at the river's mouth to find
out how deep the water is. "I can tell
them exactly how deep the water is,
and as Ipng as they spend time and
nil the appropriation measuring, the.
water will pet so after a while you
can't float a canoe in and out of the
river" the captain stated.
Mr. C. G, Crockett stated that the
shallow water ut the mouth of the
river is ceusing his company muc't
expense and that something should be
done to relieve situation there.
SUPERIOR COURT
CLOSED FRIDAY
About 50 Cases Disposed of
In Special Two Weeks'
Term of Court
f
j The two-weeks' special term of
j Martin County Superior court, held
for the trial of civil cases only,
closed last Friday. During the term,
around fifty-cases were cleared from
the court's docket, that many having
Been compromised or settled by the
jury. Seventy-one cases wero on the
scheduel for the two-weeks' term, but
around twenty were carried ove*
leaving the total number of cases on
the civil docket at this time at around
one hundrd and fifty-five.
Last Thursday, he jury Htated in
the suit Of O. L. Harrell against the
Kelford Bottling company that plain
tiff was not injured by the negligence
of the defendant as alleged in the
complaint and it was decreed that
plaintiff take nothing by his suit and
take nothing of defendant. Harrell
brought the suit after drinking part
of a coca cola that hud a stocking in
the bottle.
All matters were settled, in the case
of Chester Terry against Harvey
Manning and plaintiff was taxed with
the costs.
In the case of A. L. Raynor against
S. L. Grist, trading as the Farmers
Supply Company, defendant and
plaintiff agreed upon a settlement,
I plaintiff receiving SSO and paying the
costs.
APPOINTMENT IS
GIVEN HARTNESS
Statesville Man Is Named
Secretary of State by Gov
ernor Monday
James A. Hartness, of Statesville,
was appointed late Saturday night by
Governor A. W. McLean to fill the
unexpired term of Secretary of State
made vacant by the death of W. N.
Everett last week.
Mr. Hartness will take the oath of
office today, but for the present he
will maintain his residence in S&ites
vlile.
Mr. Hartness has been on'e of .the
leading citizens of the State. He be
gan to practice law in 1887, but for.
many years he gave up his work as
an attorney and served his county as
clerk of the superior, court. He is
now chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee.
BOARD OF ED
PLANS NEW BUILDING
PROGRAM FOR TO WAS
GRADE TAKES
TRIP TO RALEIGH
Seventh Grade of Jamesville
School Shown Around
I - Capital City
J Jamesville, Feb. 13.—(Special to
the Enterprise..—On February 9, the
seventh grade of the Jamesville
school, accompanied by the teacher.
Miss Julia F. •Burwell, visited the
capital city of Raleigh.
I here Vvere about thirty pupils who
went on the trip, and as they had
planned it for quite a while, they
could-hardly wait for the time- to
come when they, could see the great
capital city.
Seven o'clock was the time set for
the and lung before that
time time the crowd hud gathered at
the school building ready to go. Mr.
liufus Reason, father of one of th«
boys carried five of the children, the
others went in the school truck which
was driven by Wendell Griffin. The
truck was badly crowded, but the
boys and girls managed to find scats,
and without any trouble, made the
trip in due time, arriving in Raleigh
about one o'clock.
Colonel Fred A. Olds, who was the
guide the occasion, had planned
the sigh-seeing trip before hand in
order that. the. pupils might uue all
the places of interest to the best ad
vantage. W hen he arrived among the
little -group of boys and girls, he
gave them a warm welcome tn~the
city and they immediately found a
big place Jn_£hei r hearts'for him, and
every one declared him "the nicest
man they ever saw,"
1 hi- first thing on the program was
n visit to the V. M. C. A., where
lunch was spread. There they met
with much hospitality, as in
Charge seemed ivnxious to* make them
'it hi :ne.
•' After lunch was over, Colonel Olds
proceeded to take them to all the ed
ucational buildings, the museum being
the first. Here tl o boys ami girls, saw
many wonderful jthings, .The next
place was the "Church of the Good
•Shepherd" and the Catholic Cathedral
"Church of ( he Sacred Heart."
. liny then boarded the'street cr.r
a/id went out to the blind school.
Here they saw the inmates at their
work, some sewing, some making
baskets and brooms. The children
were amused to find that all the
students after passing the fourth
grade tm>k typewriting and it was
wonderful to ; ee them at their work
as they typed from dictation.
After hearing the blind children
sing and play the piano, they went
j to the State's Prison. Here was seen
many interesting things, especially
the electric chair, which was demon
strated by having the teacher sit and
have the straps bound to her feet
and arms, then they were shown how
the electric current was turned on.
After buying u few trinkets which
were sold by some of the prisotu*rs,
they went to the Hall of History.
For some time the seventh grade
had studied the history and geogrijphy
of the Stute, thus becoming familiar
with many of the things they saw in
the Hall of History. They were es
pecially interested in the relics of
Civil WiYr days, as that was the period
of history they were studying at the
time. As the class was particularly
interested in history and Ifiid done
quite a bit of research —work, they
found this, as a whole, the most in
teresting place they visited, especial
ly the collection of flagr,, uniforms
used in different warsjn whiiyh North
('arolin ans took part, also in war
implements used in days gone by.
As the day drew to a close all too
soon, they had to tell their friend
Colonel Olds goodbye, ijfter declaring
this the greatest day in their lives.
Every year, hundreds of scnoo] chil
dren go to Raleigh to visit Colonel
Olds, and only last year chilJren
from 192 schools from all over the
State went there.
The seventh grade boys and girls
from Jamesville High School should
feel very proud that they had the op
portunity of this trip, for only one
other school from Martin county has
ever visited the Capital City.
The boys and girls now have a
greater interest in their school work,
and feel that there is something more
to be gained from coming to school
than Just the daily routine and grind
of lessons, and in years to come, they
will have this trip to think of as n
being one of their biggest days.
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Security Boys To Play
t Rocky Mt. Y' Friday
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Arkpther good court game 1 Is sche
duled for next Thursday night when
the Security Boys meet the Rocky
Mount Y. H. 3. K basketball team
on a local cburt.
f Advertisers Will Find Our Col
umns a Latchkey to Over 1,600
Homes of Martin County
ESTABLISHED 1898
REDUCE FORMER
ESTIMATE $20,000
New Plan Expected To Call
For Bond Issue of
$60,000
STATE MAY AID LATER
School Officials Visit Raleigh and Are
Told County May Get $25,000 *
Next Fall
iti an effort' to meet the pwatting
needs of the Kobersonville and Wil
liamston schools and to relieve thy
budly congested conditions in the two,
county school officials are busily en
gaged at this time preparing a new
school building program for the two
towns. The new program, which h.u
not taken a definite form as yet, will,
it is understood, call for around
$20,000 less than the original one
called for, and will necessitate a coun
ty bond issue of only $60,000 instead
of one for SIOO,OOO proposed by a
county commissioner here the first
Monday in this month.
I The $20,000 decrease, ft is uhder
, stood, will not affect the building,
: but it will greatly interfere with the
j equipment and furnishing'of the tw*
I new buildings. *
Last Fritlay school officials front th'-
j county visited Raleigh and attempted
' lo have the ? 50,000 toan already s**---
cuied from the State [iuilding Fund
increased. They, failed in their f
forts, but they were told it was pos
sible than an additional sum of $23,-
000 might be had next fall.
L'pon their return to the cftunty.
the school officials started to work on
a tuw program which will be uresn't
ed *o the commissioners of ihe coun
ty. u call meeting of th" count;,
body ha fyeen rumored, it has not
been officially announced that one
will be heW when the re arranged
p'aiis can be placed before rHr" com
mi-ssioners for their consideration
Should, the matter have to wait until
the first Monday in March, it is j
that the delay will greatly hamper
the progress in the county's schools
this ceiling tei'riu
School officials stated y ?sterdaj'
thit they were lfot in a position to
say what would be the outcome should
the new program fail to-met" the up
' !.i\n al of the county commissioners.
Others' who are hot connected with
the .schools in the county, but who are
dinctly interested in their progress,
seem to think that in the case this
program fails, hundreds of children
will be turned from the school doors
In this county nex tyear instead of tins
few who could not be crowded in
j this term. • -
Entertain Members
Of Christian Church
The I'hllatiiea class and Missionary
society of the Christian curhch gave
a supper to members of the church
last night at the Woman's club.
| At the meeting, officers for tile
church were elected and the budget
for the year was raised,
Parents-Teachers ■To
Meet Here Thursday
At the request of Prihcipal L. H.
Davis who was in charge of the pro
gram, the meeting of the local parent
teacher association was postponed un
til next Thursday, February 16. At
that time a splendid program will be
presented and the parents and patrons
of the school are urged to attend.
Car Load of Stars
Received This Week
A carload of the lute model Star
cars was unloaded here this week by
the Barnhill Motor Company. A ship
ment was made also to the Champion
Auto Company at Kveretts.
Several more shipments have been
ordered by the two Arms, and right
at the present time, it is a hard mat
ter to fill the orders.
Quakers Say War Is
Relic oi Barbarism
Ten thousand Quakers, residents of
North Carolina, while in conference in
their yearly meeting at Greensboro
last week declared war a relic of
barbarism and opposed to the teaching
and example of Christ.
The demand for the passage of a
big navy bill is declared to be con
trary to peaceful ends. A big navy
would be a menace to the world and
would be looked upon as a step toward
war and at the same time impose
heavy taxes.
Approval is given to the steps that
are being taken to outlaw war, and
members of Congreiik are aslcnd to
support same.