The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-20
Pennington Notes.


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y no evidently To- la9y 70 xpl4fe
tie entire moundariss 81 that
once ii 4 year has opened the eyes
OF this and surrounding towns by his
little squirt Of knowledge Of his birtn.
place and the daily working Of the
same.
We are very glad indeed to knHN
that the people outside Of our CROWNS
little town appreciate it. We have
known for long time that people liy.
! Ing in the country appreciate our town
more than some Of the high spirited
citizens who reside inside its corpor-
ate limits. This is not surprising, for
there is a. class Of people in every town
this side of the "Jungies' who like our
friend Lazy Ned, have not good word
to say for the place in which they live
and who are never satisfied with their
nelghbors. Where there is no civillza.
ton and no modern improvements, we
presume our esteemed friend would
ind himself happy and contented with
fellow men as lazy as himself.
We would ask our friend to explain
to the readers Just where the mud. on
Main street obstructs the passage Of
travellers and though he has lived
here for some time, doubt IL he has
had the activity to learn where Main
street is located, for he is misinform-
ed Il say misinformed because in my
humble opinion he has never mustered
up the muscular activity to look for it,
and common courtesy forblds me to
imply that he has wilfully prevari-
Gated when he says that the mud is SO
deep on the aforesaid street that the
only way to get to town Is to walk.
There have been many improve
ments made in our growing town since
the first day Of April, 1907, and as 1t
now appears that there will be much
more done for the betterment of con-
dltions before the season ends.
Streets have all been put in first class
condition and Main street is now in
better shape than it has been for three
years and Mill street has Just been
repaired. However, the repair work
was done Just before the last heavy
rains and 1t is true that the way from
the Collins Hotel to the West Farmlns'
ton bridge is a little muddy, but de.
fly any truthful, law.abiding citizen to
state that it has not been worked out
| in good shape and If our esteemed
friend will let the wondrous work Of
nature alon for few days till It dries
up, we will have a fine street. ! hope
he will not call upon the sun to stop
in his course for fear It would obey.
The ship Of Police" will sail on
mo fear. to breast the sea- Tolghs
from without and toughs within will
still as under our former worthy SER
geant, be dealt with according to law.
We are looking forward to many
new improvements for our town. The
Fairmont and Warrington railway
will in the course of few months be
completed and there is a good pros.
pect for new coal field developments.
The Georges Creek Coal and Iron Co.
has made several purchases in our
vicinity and It is thought that they will
make new openings within the next
year,
l, as citizen Of Pennington, am
proud Of the town and while 1t has
rot the modern improvements that our
sister towns are blessed with, we
know that we have as citizens high
minded and spirited men who do
think something of the locality in
which they live and-where they make
their honest living, and We predict a
good future for it. Lazy Ned" and
his worthy compatriots to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
To those who know a. few Of the
business interests in tibet own, claim
to know many things they do not,
and do not know what else is contain
ed therein, would say: First know
yourself, then yo1 will know whether
you are competent to teach others to
know"
Yours very truly,
HADAE1AIHT0N NTTIZEN