The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-09-02
MORGANTowN, WEDNESDAY,
ABOUT KNOCKERS.
Citizen Makes Some Prioited
Remarks About Them.
Nuisances Would Not be Dangerous If
Decent People Refused 10 Quote
Their yaporings-Some Instances in
Point-well Timed Communication.

Decent People Refused 10 Quote
Their yaporings-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, Il 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 tight" to invest their
money, but do nothing but sit around
and point ont 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 busiSes people will fail.
Every body knows that this is
not SO. But such people as that
give Morgantown a 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
knock the knockers Let even
one "hide his hammer" lose it and
see how much better you feel.
Whenever you see stranger jolly
him aud tell him this is the greatest
town OF earth. And it is. Don't
discourage him by knocking on your
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
every body else will stop.
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 DO und
to go forward But the writer wants
this knocking stopped.
| stood on the corner OF Walnut
and High streets the other dav and
beard one Of our street loafers, who
always has his mouth in every
body's business make remarks to
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
surprise heard the same we'll to do
citizen repeat the same language in
ten minutes to several people. but
did not say where be 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 we'll to do citizen makes others
repeat and consequently it goes from
lip to lip and this is what call
knocking.
Let every one have respect enough
for himself and friends not to listen
to such trash from street knockers.
If such we'll 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 car company would
be broken up and in other woids.t
street car company Tor Union Ut Utility
twas all in" was N G.
etc.
| will say this much for the Union
Utility company, that they deserve
lots of credit and only wish the
town was full of Union Utility Cos.
1t is big company and is taking
big chances and needs people to
''boost" for them instead of knock
ing. Look who belong to the Union
Utility company and you will see
men who have ''hoosted" and been
in for the growth of Morgantown for
the last ten years, and most or at
least part OF them are the very gen.
tlemen who started Morgantown up
the ladder aud took it out of the
woods. And l say ''boost'' don't
'sknock" the Union Utility company,
or any one else who has Morgan
towns interest at heart, and their
friends at heart.
Yours very respectfully,