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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-02
Sweet as the blue grass in which she used to love to lie dreaming the lazy south
dave awav

everything she loved only w%ickedness
and destruction.
But Marcella did not know this on
the day she became a bride.
Summer turned to fall, and fall TO
winter. One Of the coolest winters
the mountains Of Kentucky had ever
known. Lonely, homesick, nlisunder-
stood. Marcella counted the days
until spring should come and relieve
her OF her unhappiness, and give her
something for which 70 live. Auntle
Pete. childless, loved her as her own
daughter, but knew nothing Of her
misery.
IL was exactly a year from the
time Parson James rode 70 the Elmer
store and into Marcella's life that.
alone and frantic, she brought her
child into the world. They found
her. with the babe clutched to her
breast, her lips blue and lifeless.
Daniel had arrived too late with sac
doctor and Mrs. Pete.
An early spring electric storm tore
at the mountains that night. IL was
Is II the very elements celebrated the
birth OF the babe. Or was il an
omen?
Auntie Pete watched over the little
life for which the life Of the lovely
Marcella had been given-the little
black head nestled 20 her bosom.
IL was the next morning that they
found "the letter"-on a table with
another one addressed to Daniel
James, begging him to give the baby
TO Mr.. and Mrs. Pete, and 10 name
her Janet Mary. after Marcella's own
mother. who died when she was a
little girl.
50 seriously had the criticism Of
the staid mo~untaineers poured down
upon Dan James when they learned
that Marcella was the singing girl
from the show boat. that he was
almost without a following. So he
became an evangelist, and gladly re-
.lieved himself OF Marcella's baby.
His life, he told himself, would be
one Of a man hell-bent in search Of
sin. Only occasionally did he see bis
little daughter, and then when a
camp meeting happened to take him
near Big Greek.
Janet was only four when IL be-
came quite evident that she was to
have Marcella's beautiful voice, her
~jet-black hair and red-brown eyes.
She was five when her father mar
ried a widow from Huntington, WI.
Va, with considerable property.
Janet's eyes filled with tears as
she went over it all-and realized
fully, Just how we'll the dear old
Petes, in their good way. had carried
out their trust. She had been FOUR
teen when they took their life's saw
ings from the bark and sent her
away to . private school, fifty miles
away:
Because your ma would wan you
70 be a big lady"
The school was more like an old
a~ristocratic southern home than an
institution Of learning. There were
fifty girls, nearly all Of whom we're
from wealthy families in the south
and east.
SO easily did Janet Mary fall into
the new environment that she was
soon one OF them. She was not par
.icalarly interested in any Of her
studies except French and drsmatics
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-02

These she absorbed completely-and
begged for more
Two years after her entry. Janet
spoke French AS well - her teacher.
Among All the girls IN the school,
there were none who interested her
like Esther Sherman Of New York
City, who could hold her spellbound
for hours, telling her of life along
the Hudson.
Janet made up her mind that as
soon as her graduation she would get
To Broadway-hook o. crook she
mustl Nothing else in life seemed
worth while.
And now her school days were
over. She sat deep in thought and
dreams, and dreaded telling Auntie
and Uncle Pete, jolly, fat old dears
who loved her so, that she must
leave their mountains.
But they knew, we better than
Janet, that their world was not hers
She was like Marcella-and hadn't
Marcella been the most beautiful
creature in the world-and the mos;
talented? To them the old show boat
was a new world-and there was
nothing cheap OF sordid about the
place where they had first found
Janet's mother.
Would tomorrow never Gomez
Janet unused il the sunlight, hel
hair black as the crows that circlec
above her. Her red-brown eyes wer,
flecked with little sparkles Of fire
and her nose, small and straight
She had Marcella's r~ose-rounded lip,
and small, sharp teeth, rhat CLEANED
and shimmered like little pearls
Tire was nothing Of Daniel James
about this TAIL ALL young princess
-bout 20 embark upon q new world
Janet was aroused by Auntie Pet,
calling her to supper. She stretched
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-02

Who am II What am I sometimes
called7 In what organization did !
get my start?
What country began work on the
Panama canal7
What is the capital Of Poland?
Name the United States battleship
blown up in Havana harbor which
precipitated the Spanish American
war.
"For every tree is known BY its
W fruit. For OF thOrns men do
not gather figs, nor Of a bramble
bush gather they grapes."-Where
does this passage appear IN the
Bible?
Today IL the Fast
On this date, in 1851, President
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-02
CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER I
Long before anyone else ever
dreamed that Janet Nary would te
famous-and n~otorious-on Broad
way some day, Auntie Pete felt It in
her bones.
Well, maybe she didn't Just know
how Janet would manage it-or
where. But she knew that there GER
tainly would be something big and
exciting doing around where Janet
happened 70 be. Every minute!
From the time she erawled around
the old cabin floor, with her blue
black hair shining in unruly pig-tails,
Auntie Pete Elmer used 70 say TO
Uncle Pete.
III dee-clarel II you set that
young-un PUNK down on a deserted
island she would have somethin'
started before shutdown. A r%evoloo-
ton or somethin."
And Uncle Pete would chuckle and
tell her:
Yes. an you're bragEin'."
Then they'd both laugh ard try 70
figure out how any born human
could Be SO ALFRED full Of ginger
and be a angel 70 boot
For a bit Of a saint, and a bit of
a devil, was Janet Mary. Sweet as
the blue grass in which she used 70
love 10 lie and dream the lazy south
er ndays away.
She lay Knee Deep in June"
dreaming-smiling, now and then,
pensively, up at the blue sky from
the depths Of the cool. bright grass.
There never had been such a long
week in Janet's lifel She was wait
ing for her eighteenth birthday. That
in itself II an event in the life Of any
Janet had looked forward TO ever
since she was a tiny girl.
She had known about The Letter"
since her seventh birthday. Auntie
Pete had opened the old lock-boX and
let her touch II with her very own
hands. And she had read there IN a
pretty. frilly hand.
TO my little girl, 70 be opened on
her Eighteenth birthday"
She had cried and kissed the letter
and then Auntie Pete had told her
all about how she happened TO be
her little Petsy."
Janet remembered it all, just as
though it had happened yesterday.
How one early spring day there
came down the Big Sandy river, like
a treasure ship in an old story, the
first show boat the natives Of Sandy,
Kentucky, had ever seen. A scream
ing calliope Weakened the surprised
village, and there, before their very
eyes, appeared:
"Charles Funny Kelly
and his
DIXIE SUGAR CANE BABIES
featuring
Mile. Marcells Odette
Famous European Opera Star"
When Auntie Pete got TO the place
in the story where she and Pete had
decided 10 fool the psrson and go out
and "git themselves furnished with
sin" By going TO . show, Janet =
thought ii very funny. Especially
that part where Pete shined his shoes
with goose grease and Auntie Pete
frilled her hair with a hot poker and
squeezed into tight corsets that
~choked her" Janet thought she
would have liked to see them al
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-02
o BEATTY

BELFAST. Because Miss Mary
Conlin flirted with another man,
Joseph McCune slashed her face with
a razor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-02
The Grab Bag

Garfield was shot by q. y. Guiteau,
at Washington, ID. q.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign show
much persistence and ~pertinacity re-
garding their undertakings and can
not be beaten out OF their inten-
tions. They 40 not always exercise
best judgment.
-
HwHNNMr WAMHn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-02

A Daily Thought
Sincerity is impossible, unless IL
pervade the whole being, and the
pretense of ID saps the very founda-
III y az character."-Lowell
Answers 20 Foregoing Questions
l. VIII Rogers; cowboy hunorist;
in the Ziegfeld Follies.
n. France in 1881.
q. Warsaw.
.. Maine.
3. 81. Luke, Nd, AZ.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-02
WATERMEL0NS
New York MOrldl.

II saddens as TO learn that the w%atermelons now on
sale in this great city of ours cost s. and IS apiece.
There was q time when they cost much less. In that
New Britain herald., 1928-03-03
international Newsreen
international NewsreeN

CONGRATULATIONS - Dr. Otto Peltzer, Ger man running star, con- graduates Lloyd Hahn who defeated him in feature mile race in New York. ,1D,e5D.,,on.,
 Illustrated News)
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GREATEST CHINA
 zjAPANESE CRISIS. .... IN MANY YEARS.
JAPANESE WARsHlPs DisTRlRu- TED N CHINESE WATERS;
 MORE TROOPS SENT

PEKING, May 2. (P)-Japanese warships are distributed throughout Chinese waters and additional troops are on the way to reinforce their en- battled comrades at Tsinan, as Chin ese observed, humiliation day"
 The 18th anniversary of Japan's ul- tinatum of 21 demands took on a more somber and threatening aspect tAan ever before. Annually the day has been the occasion of anti-Japan- csc demonstration.
 The massacre and fighting at Tsi- nan brought about the greatest Chino Japanese crisis since 1915. On ac- count of the demands it is feared that in Nationalist territory at least race hatred might flare and be the spark to set a train of powder off. All Japanese women have been taken aboard ships on the Yangtse river.
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FLOOD CONTROL BILL PROGRESS
 E REPORTED
WHITE HOUSE REPORTS COOL. lneE FEELS < AsREEMENT <
 WILL BE REACHED

WASHINGTON, May T. P)-AfteT a conference of more than an hour with President Coolidge and Senate and House conferees on the Mississ- ippi Flood Control Bill, it was said substantial progress toward agree ment had been made Senator Jones of Washington said there will be another meeting of con ferees. This means the conference report, heretofore made by the sub- committee of the House and Senate will probably be withdrawn so that the conferees can work out bill which will meet the Presidents sug gestionz.
 The White House reported Presi- dent Coolidge feels an agreement will be reached.
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STANDARD OIL TO DISPATCH ENGINEER
 SUPER|NTEND START

After nearly three years in con- struction, at a cost of over $1 1,000,000, the huge power plant of the Fair banks Exploration Company will be tuned up in few days for operation, according to word received Saturday by telephone from Fairbanks by Man. ager Erwin, of the local main plant of the Standard Oil Company. The power plant has been built to supply electric energy for the big dredging operations of the F. F. Oo., as well as light and power for Fairbanks and surrounding towns. It will have to- tai of about 3,5co horsepower, con- stitlting it one of the biggest power establishments of the entire North.
 As is the practice of She Standard Y - t Oil Company which furnishes the lubricating oil for the big generators, a mechanical engineer will be. dis patched to Fairbanks to superintend the starting off of the machinery and tsae gradual tuning up until the plant is ready to carry it's fuii load. gsC. w. Davies, now at the Kennecott Copper mine, out of Cordova,. will be summoned immediately for this work NIT. Erwin states. The fact that the power plant is being made ready, in- dicates that the first two dredges sent in last 6inter have been assem. bled and will soon be digging at the graveis
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MOBILE COMPLETES
 SUCCESSFUL FLEET

KINGSBAY, Spitzbergen, May q. (P-General Umerto Mobile landed the dirigible Italia here at p. m. sue cessfully completing the flight from Vadsoe, Norway.
 Bad weather was encountered after he left Vadsoe and until 8:31 last might head winds and snow fall was constant. The dirigible was in wire less communication at all times with the Citta Demilano, mothership of the dirigible.
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SKULL |S FOUND BELONGING TO BODY
 FOUND WRANCELL
SKULL FOUND NEAR WRANGELL IDENTIFIED BELONGING TO
 OLD SKELETON

WRANGELL, May 7,(P)-The head less body of Christian Scheffstad who has been missing since 1913, and which was found in the woods near here in 1922, is no longer head less, for skull has been found in the same vicinity which the Smithso- nian institutian says was the head of male about 22. Scheffstad was 54
 The skeleton wa moss covered and a rifle was laying alongside. When he disappeared his boat was found on the beach.
 Two searching parties failed at that time in their search for him and the jury found no evidence of foul play. He was the uncle of Mrs. En- nest c. Walker, whose husband was formerly head of the T. s. Biological Survey in Alaska. x
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CANDIDATES RUB SHOULDERS WHEN
 MEET AT QU|zz
EACH MADE TARGET OF GOOD NATURE REMARKS BY COM
 MlTTEE. IA! IA!

WASHINGTON, May z. (P)-Presi- dential candidates rubbed shoulders with one another aus the new Senate Campaign Funds Committee set out to develop facts concerning the fl- nancing of the 1928 political battle.
 One by one the candidates showed up in the committee room each being made the target of good natured jok- ing remarks by members of the com mittee especially when candidate happened to be member of the Sen ate Committee.
 It was proposed to make an impar- tial investigation at this time. Early arrivals were Curtis, Golf, Gilbert, Hitchcock and Norris
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B|G DREDCE: SUNK
 sIlTEN HAAl|DD;
 F(JUR MENtOsI sxlb5 sAAs &@HHMEA KAAMk k@ hM NE@ k
WORKING DIRECT IN OCEAN STEAMSHIP LAME; LINER
 CoLLlDES WITH IT

NEW YORK, May '. tP)-The 2,ooo ton Government dredge Navesink with a crew of 47 men sank off Cliff, ton, Staten Island, after collidins with the Lamport and Hold Line S. & Swinburne.
 Four men are reported missing; g have been taken to the Marine hos. pital: IS swam ashore.
 The dredge was working in a dou. ble channel directly in the ocean steamship lane. She foundered in 4s feet of water.
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TABLE ROCK DA|N EXPECTED n H0|LD
 SAYS ENGINEERS
PRESSURE GRADUALLY LESSEN. ING; VALLEY. POPULATION
 HAVE MOVED OUT

TABLE ROCK, s. C., May 7. (P- Hopes of preventing the Table Rocs Dam from pouring it's 5,Ooo,o0O gal Ions of water in the Saluda river val ley mounted as the earthen structurs held thru 8 leak at the base of the second opening made by engineers.
 Pressure is being gradually reliev. ed. The farm population of the valley moved out of danger and much house hold furnishings and livestock taken to high ground.
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AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
 TURNS DOWN OFFER TO
 BUILD LONC-HOP PLANES

DETROIT, May ', P-The Stin- son Aircraft Corporation has turned down an order for an airplane for a transatlantic flight, from Thea Rasche, German aviatrix. The check for s3,706 that she deposited on a Stinson Detroiter was returned. Of ficials of the company announced that the order and deposit were re- fused in line with the policy of the company which is not building air. planes for ocean hops.
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FLEE FOR LIVES

GREENvILLE, s. C., May z, R)- Several thousand persons, residents of the South Saluda river valley, along a 50-mile stretch, fled for their lives as some five-billion gallons of water, breaking thru the new earth dam at the Greenville water system, threat ening their homes and lives.
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ORIENT |s WONDERING
 WHAT JAPAN WILL DO

PEKING, May z. (P-Rifles at Tsi- nan were silent and the whole Orient is wondering what Japan will do.
 The Japanese Diet, in extraordinary session at Tokyo, is considering its relations with China. The Japanese Consul at Tsinan sent word of fl cruel deaths and that mutilated bod ies of women are being found. It is believed 100 Japanese citizens were killed in the recent incident.
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.OLDT|MER IF ALASKA
 \. MARQUTH, D|Es

PETERSBURG, May z. R-Harry Marquith, 71, was found near Port Beauclaire, dead from heart failure. The body was brought here and bur jed today. He was born in Holland and had lived in Alaska 35 years. He operated boat service to Dyea dur ing the Klondike gold rush days.
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GIG CAUSE OF DEATH

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, P)- A pre-breakfast smoke in which Ter ry Briley indulged while lying in bed, cost him his life. Briley dozed while smoking and the cigarett, ig- nited his mattress. He died of suf- location in the dense smoke.
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TANANA |CE GOES OUT FAIRBANKS AND
 LATOUCHE MN POOI

FAIRBANKS, May, 7. P-The breakup of the Tanana river at Nena- na occurred at 4:25 yesterday after noon. The ice pool sweepstakes, over $50, 900, the largest in its history, will be divided among l. B. Wickstrom of Fairbanks, Mrs. K. Lasher and V. Borg or Berg, both of Latouche.
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SEATTLE PLANE DIVES
 INTO DUWAM|sH RIVER

SEATTLE, May z. (P)-Blown into a tail spin by the backwash of lead ing plane, a commercial plane dived into the Duwamish river critically injuring Edwin Kinsey and w. M. Coleman. Tn spite of broken ankle Lon Brennon, pilot, heroically assist ed in the rescue of passengers from drowning.
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4 BRUTAL ATTACK

SEATTLE, May 7. (P)-Accused of a brutal attack on Mrs. Paul Lucka- bee, pretty widow who asserts she was trapped in his room by a ruse, R. A. Moore, realtor was arrested in his fashionable apartment.
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SPEEDY SETTLEMENT

WASHINGTON, May 7. R-A speedy settlement of difficulties of the McNary-Haugen Bills, as passed by the Senate and House, is expected and the measure will soon go to the President.
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TO SUPPORT HOOVER

YAKIMA, Wash, May ', (P-Her- bert Hoover obtained the support of Washington's IF delegates when the State Convention approved him and instructed the delegation.
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HOOVER FAVORlTE

DALLAS, Texas, May 7, R- Prechct conventions voted over whelmingly for Herbert Hoover. The reports showed 26 delegates; every one to man, was for Hoover.
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BASEBALL GAMES

SUNDAYS G%MEo
 AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston, 0; Detroit. g. New York, 4; Chicago, ?. St. Louis, 2; Washington, s.
 NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 3 Brooklyn, 2; St. Louis, I. New York, 3; Cincinnati, 4.
 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Seattle, 5-1; Portland, C-a.@. Los Angeles, 8-3; Missions, 5.2. Oakland, 2-7; Sacramento, 5-2; sec ond game p innings. San Francisco, 80; Hollywood, Al
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Saturdays Games
 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 0, New York z Detriot 5, Philadelphia Cleveland 5, Boston 4 St. Louis 5, Washington
 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston ?, Pittsberg 6 Philadelphia 1, Chicago 5 Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 2 New York 3, Cincinnati II
 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Sacramento 10, Oakland 5 Los Angeles 6, Missions 1 San Francisco 4, Hollywood z Seattle 1, Portland 9
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-12-20
MERRY CHRISTMAS To ALL!
FOREST TAYLOR KENNEDY
PASSES AWAY.

Again we are painfully re-
minded that -
! There is a reaper whose
name is death,
And with his sickle keen.
He reaps the bearded grain
at a breath,
And the flowers that grow
between"
Only this time it is the golden
matured grain that has fallen.
Forest Taylor Kennedy depart
ed this life Friday, December IA,
1928, only 46 days short of his
eightieth birthday.
One sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Al
ly, and one brother, Rev. John
Kennedy, survive him. His wife,
Sarah Kennedy and eight of the
eleven children are left to exper-
fence the loss of a father, hus-
band and tender parent, three
children having died in early
youth.
Mr.. Kennedy was a native of
Scott County, Virginia. He was
born a few miles north of Dun
Cannon, January 20, 1849. His
grandfather, John Kennedy, was
a son of David Kennedy who
came to this country from Scot
land in about the year of 1890.
Uncle Farse", as he was fam
iliarly known, had been an active
minister in the Free Baptist, or
as it is better known in this Sec
ton of the country, the Free-Will
Baptist Church, for more than
so years. He was, by nature and
inheritance, aggressive in char
acter. Paul-like in his zeal, he
won Utterly thousands to the
Christian faith.
His was the old fashioned hos
pitaity. No stranger ever came
to his door, night or day, and
was turned away. Of the many
who came, not one was ever
charged so much as a penny.
He was a good neighbor, loyal
citizen, kind husband, tender
parent, and an unselfish friend.
1t may be truthfully said that
unselfishness was the dominant
trait in his character. No person
sacrifice was too great, if only
it brought comfort to others.
He was quick to forgive. Malice
or hatred had no place in his
heart.
He was simple in his tastes,
disposed publicity and show, but
reverenced sincerity and reality.
Such was his life.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-12-20
Attends Auto
mobile Show
THE NEW CHEVROLET

Mr.. K. w. Crabtree, of the
Cumberland Chevrolet Sales
Corporation, just returned from
Knoxville, Tennessee, where he
attended the Advance Showing
of the new Chevrolet six cylinder
car, was enthusiastic in his
praise of ChevroNt's new pro-
duct and of the public reception
showered upon it at the Knox
Vile showing.
'Thousanes attended the Knox
vile showing daily, and | had
the opportunity of noting the
most genuine demonstration OF
crowd enthusiasm it has ever
been my privilege to witness,
Mr.. Crabtree said. eff the pub
| lies preference for the new Chev
rolet is to be indexed by what i
observe dfrom the Knoxville
crowds, | feel certain that " ne
Outstanding Chevrolet Of Chew
rolet History" is destined to go
down in automotive history as
one of the most sensational
ali sales successes.
Knoxville visitors to the show
ing were outspoken IN their ad-
miration of the expensive big
car" appearance of the new mod
els. They were pleased with the
new color combinations and with
the elegance of the fittings and
upholstery. The feminine show
goers were especially enthusiast
tic over the appearance and COM
tort conveniences found In the
new Chevrolet.
"The powerful engine with It's
80 per cent increased horsepoW-
err, the product of four years IN
tensive development by Chevro-
let and General Motors, was one
of the most popular exhibits al
ne showing. Crowds mllled a.
bout the engine all day l3ng, ant
were especially interested IN
learning that, although it devel-
OPS more horsepower than It's
four cylinder predecessor, it caa
be operated with a fuel economy
averaging better than 70 miles
to the gallon"
Mr.. Cfabtree said that he viii
have the new models on display
in his show rooms January !,
when deliveries are scheduled
to begin. Fifteen huge Cheyro-
ilet factories throughout the
country are now pushing proc
uction with all the speed possible
within the limits of precision
manufacturing, Mr. Crabtree
said.