West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-01

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er and croakers stories about Sis
tersville being played out, that so
many families have left our city,
that business is dull,an other sim
Iilar disastrous stories, that nearly
everybody has gotten to believing
the City has gone down instead Of
onward. 1t is true good many
people have moved away from our
city for various reasons but 1t Is
also true that many other families
have moved into our midst.
The internal GROWERS however,
never see a family move into the
city, all they ever notice Is when a
family leaves the place. Again,
they set around whiting store
boxes and telling their tale of woe
three hundred and sixty five days
In the year. They are ready and
do talk about twenty hours a day.
They talk so much, so long and
persistently that we sometimes be.
lieve it Is true. Many people
thoughtless.y believe 1t Is all true.
The facts don't bear out these
statements of the kickers.
Last Thursday when we held
Our city election we polled nearly
fifty more votes than we did In
March 1901. This shows that our
voting population has increased and
then 1t should be remembered that
of the seventy-fve or more families
that have moved into our city to
engage In the glass business, rot
o=e of them was entitled to vote
this year because they had not
lived In the State one year. Count.
Ing these gentlemen we have at
least I25 more voters or men en-
titled to vote here this spring than
we had one year ago.
Then take the new directory
published this spring. It shows
twenty-five more pages of names In
1t this year than the same directory
compiled by the same company had
In 1t two years ago. The new
Directory ofOil Men compiled and
published by the OIL City Derrick,
has In 1t The names of 425 men In
this city engaged In the oil business.
In Parkersburg appears the names
of no oil men. In other words we
have four times more oil men here
than In Parkersburg, "the OH Cen
tire" OF the Southwest, that Is, &C.
cording to the Parkersburg news.
paper liars stories.
In addition to this testimony,
which cannot be disputed, we have
the enumeration of school children
which Assessor w. B. Kern has
just made up this week. He tells
US that last year, the spring of
1901, the census showed we had In
this city at that time more children
of school age than we .have ever
had. In other words. the spring
of 1901 showed high water mark Ia
the number of school children In
this city. This Is fact no one can
dispute because the school regis
tration shows this to be true. The
census for this spring shows we
have eleven more children OF
school age in this district this year
than we had last spring when the
enumeration showed the highest
number. In plain words, instead
of our school population decreas,
ing we have held our own and
have made gain of eleven chill
dren.
Now in the future when you hear
a kicker saying his little piece
about the city going down, poke
few of these facts at him and then
punch him under the jlw few
times, knock him down good and
hard and then kick him for falling
down, after which jump on top of
him and punch him under the short
ribs seven times tor as. Kill them
off. They are no account on earth
and should be removed from off Its
face. Our city Is not growing as
fast as 1t did when the oil field was
first opened up, but we are having
a genuine, permanent and steady
growth, one that will remain with
us.
Spring is opening up with bright
prospects. We are going to get
the much talked of railroad. We
know many new, substantial busi-
ness houses and homes will be
erected this spring and Summer.
We have money In abundance and
we believe our future progress will