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Feb. 16, 1917. . 
ONE oF THE Most INTERESTING Facrors in the mod- 
ern days has been the influence for peace that has come 
from the. Grand Army encampments all over America. 
_ While they have been loyal, no more loyal men are found 
in this country, they have tasted of the bitter cup of war 
and do not wish this nation precipitated into a strife that 
- would exact so many young lives. This appears to be 
_ true of the men who have felt the hardships of the 
_ trenches and who have been returned to civil life in 
_ Europe. There is nothing in war. If it comes it must be 
- forced upon this country. Barbarism and hatred and 
warfare belong to the past despite the wholesale slaughter 
_ of the battlefields of Europe. 
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_ Tue BATTLEFIELD oF BuLL Run is offered for sale 
_ to our government and it should be bought and cherished 
‘as a memorial of the gallant labors of the men of the 
_ ivil War and as a reminder to us all of the futility and 
_ terribleness of war. Futile, not because the brave soldiers 
of the North did not eventually achieve victory; futile, 
_ because the war never should have been and the fool- 
hardy policy of secession should never have been espoused 
- anywhere in this good land. The North and South have 
now forgotten their enmities and the battlefield on which 
fifty years after the blue and the gray met again to shake 
hands and to wish each other well should be preserved 
 for_all time. 
} CAREFUL STUDENTS ARE Looxinc Back over the 
past to the terrible days of the Civil War. What would 
have been the result upon the world’s history if the South 
_had won and there were two nations—one on the North 
and one on the South? What would have been the result 
_ upon either the one or the other if the one or the other 
" had entered or been forced into the strife? It was a 
_ most fortunate event in the history of this nation when 
_ eace between the North and the South was declared and 
_ ‘he two sections settled down to live together in a united 
_ nation at peace with each other and: desiring peace with 
_ the world. 
_ Former Governor Warsi, in a stirring address that 
was received with great favor bv his audience at Glou- 
' cester, on Sunday evening, came out in favor of the initia- 
_ tive and referendum with an enthusiasm that cannot be 
doubted. There have been objections presented that are 
_ puzzling honest thinkers who are seeking for light. Could 
_ not the very initiative and referendum measures be used 
_ by scheming men to force measures they desire and is not 
_ subscription to an open petition in direct violation of the 
_ principles underlying the Australian ballot system ? 
_. THe NEWSPAPER AND PeErtopicaLs from Miami, 
_ Florida, are sending out to the northern world tantalizing 
_ descriptions of the good weather in that southern city. 
- The southland doubtless has its attractions, but so does 
_ New England in the winter days. There are invigorating 
sleigh rides, toboganning on the long snow covered hills. 
coasting parties in the clear moonlight and the most at- 
_ -active sport of all—ice-boating upon the frozen sur- 
faces of the good ponds. Winter, too, has its delights 
_ that the southland may well envy. 
__ Ir Apprars Now that the coming Constitutional con- 
vention is not to be a convention of politicians and that 
_ the men who are attracted to it for service are men who 
have been quietly doing their work in the communities 
where they live with an intense interest for the good of 
the State, but not active in politics. The Constitutional 
pe srention should not be political in any way. The elec- 
_ tions are non-partisan and the fact that party lines are 
not drawn is of distinct advantage. 
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SENATOR LopcE Is A LeapER of recognized power, 
not a democrat, but a republican and in the crisis he has 
proven himself, above all, an American. The address 
which he made in the senate has the right note of patriot- 
ism and non-partisanism, ‘Under these circumstances, so 
far as I am concerned, party lines vanish, and any criti- an 
cism of the past or the present is silenced for me. When 
my country is in controversy with a foreign nation I can 
see for myself but one duty and that is to stand by and 
to support the recognized constitutional authority of the 
government in our dealings with foreign nations. There 
is one step more important than any other, if we are to 
preserve our peace under existing circumstances, and that 
is to show to the people of the country that we are with- 
out divisions at this moment; that we are thinking only 
of the United States and its representatives in all inter- 
national questions. If we exhibit divisions, we exhibit Br 
weakness, and weakness is the temptation to those intol- 
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all seek honorably to avoid.” These are noble words fit- be 
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TimotuHy Hayvrs MuRNANE, a newspaper atthority Re 
cn baseball and a well known visitor on our Shore, has ai 
passed on. He has written his last story and his invigor- Bas 
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baseball enthusiasts all over the country. He was evi- 
dently a man of strong personality that drew men to him. 
The young “cubs” taking up the art and science of base- 
ball reporting learned to depend upon him for encourage- 
ment and help, and their faith was never misplaced. The 
national sport has become the more attractive because of 
the skill of the clever men who are eyes and judges for 
those who cannot go to see for themselves. Murnane 5 
has left a name for himself with a large circle of friends. Ley 
THe GRETNA GREEN oF NEw ENGLAND is to be no "os 
more as the bill presented in the Vermont legislature is Stel 
likely to pass. Bellows Falls has been the mecca for many py: 
a couple who have sought to escape the provisions of the “he 
neighboring states requiring five days notice before a se 
marriage may be consummated. The Vermont legislature Pe 
proposes imposing a similar penalty by requiring all a 
couples marrying within the state to make a stay of at es 
least five days within the state before the marriage cere- 
“ony may be carried out according to law. This will 
end effectually the unfortunate and undesirable quick 
marriage depots maintained at Bellows Falls. 
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THosE Wuo ArE PLANNING for new cars for the 
coming season are wondering whether they will be.able 
to obtain their orders. The railroad situation has made 
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flat cars and in many cases they have found it necessary Fe 
to notify dealers within reasonable distance of their plants A 
that deliveries would be made at the factory. This has an 
made it hard for the manufacturers, the dealers and the . 
customers. It would appear that the constantly rising 
prices in steel and leather were enough for the trade to 
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In THE EveNT oF War the American nation need Ye 
not fear troops being sent. The Central powers cannot | he 
spare them and if they could be spared they could not by 
reach our shores. , 
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MAHAN Sap: “The Monroe Doctrine is only as 
strong as the United States navy.” The Wilson doctrine 
is only as strong as the Allied forces plus the aid of 
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