Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-08-26
ABOUT KNOCKERS.
Citizen Makes Some Prioited
Remarks About Them.
Nuisances Would Not be Dangerous If
Decent People Refused 10 Quote
Their Nap0rings-Some Instances In
Point-Well Timed Communication.

Their Yap0rings-SOme Instances in
Point -Well Timed Communication
To the Editor Of the New Dominion.
If could handle the English Ian
guage as well as some people can
knock, i would write Icing article on
the knocker. This town has more
knockers to the square inch than any
other town on the globe. All you
can hear now is the calamity yell. ;"
And why: No one knows. Its a
fact that money is little tight at
present, but that is because the
Union Utility Company has borrow
ed all the loose money obtainable in
most all of our banks, but not in all.
1t is not the good, sound, substan-
tial business people who are knock
ing, but the loafers, who hang
around the corners and sit on store
boxes and talk about every BODY
they can and especially strangers.
These knockers are all too mean,
stingy and slight to invest their
money, but do nothing but sit around
and point out people who have the
means to invest and talk about them
and the town. They say the town
is gone, and this and that is gone
and in from three to six months
most all business people will fail.
Every body knows that this is
not SO. But such people as that
give Morgantown black eye. If
there is any chance to boom business
do so and don't knock. There is
but one time to knock and that is to
"knoek the knockers" Let even
one thide his hammer" lose il and
see how much better you feel.
Whenever you see stranger jolly
him and tell him this is the greatest
town or earth. And it Is. Don't
discourage him by knocking on your
neighbors.
Make HIM think lie has at last
come where white people live. Help
your own self at the same time by
not knocking, II you stop knocking
OA0AY bOul GtbG Will sup.
We have the greatest town in the
country and it is only starting. You
know that, so does evey body. No
matter what you do you can never
stop Morgantown, for we are bound
to go forward. But the writer wants
this knocking stopped.
| stood on the corner OF Walnut |
and High streets the other day and |
heard one Of our street loafers, who |
always has his mouth in every |
body's business make remarks to a |
well to do citizen about certain
people who had the nerve to invest
money in Morgantown, and also
knock about the town in general for
at least five minutes.
His remarks would not have
amounted to any thing but to my
l heard the same well to do
citizen repeat the same language in
ten minutes to several people, but
did not say where he had heard it,
for if he had no one would take any
stock in such stuff from its origina-
tor. But coming from the lips of
this well to do citizen makes Others
repeat and consequently it goes from
lip to lip and this is what l call
knocking.
Let every one have respect enough
for himself and friends not to listen
to such trash from street knockers.
If such well to do citizens would not
repeat the knockers language you
would not hear'hard times coming"
talk.
Last Sunday while riding on the
street car / heard another knocker
getting in his work He was knock
ing the town in general, also the
street car line. He said it wouldn't
pay and inside of two months no one
would be riding the street cars, and
said the street ear company would
De broken up and in other words, the
street car company or Union tllity
"was all in" was N. G..
tic.
| will say this much for the Union
Utility company, that they deserve
OTIS of credit and / only wish the
own was full of Union Utility Cos.
It is big company and is taking
big chances and needs people to
boost for them instead of knock
ng. Look who belong to the Union
Utility company and you will see
men who have boosted" and been
n for the growth of Morgantown for
he last ten years, and most or at ,,
east part of them are the very gen
lemen who started Morgantown up
he ladder aud took it out of the
woods. And | say "boost'' don't
knock the Union Utility company,
n any one else who has Morgan
owns interest at heart, and their
riends at heart.
ours very respectfully,
MoRGANTowN CITIZEN.
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