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The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14
WRITER PORTRAYs
WOMAN OF FUTURE
Thinks Feminine Destiny is Along
Lines Of Worlds Housekeeper.'
Deplores Tendency Of Wives to
Crown Girls out Of Positions.

The Woman of Tomorrow-What
Will She Be?" 1t is a problem for
the prophets and many Of them are
busy over it. Some declare it is the
unmarried women who will consti-
tute the "aristocracy Of the future"
Some see women wives indeed, but
telling side by side with their hus-
bands in shop and office, having
turned over their former home du-
ties to the cooperative kitchen and
the cooperative nursery. And to
some pessimists the future woman
out-parasites the dependent doodle
wit" of today.
But still another forecast is pre-
sented by William Hard in his book,
Just published, which treats of five
factors in modern development of
women-the postponement of mar
riage, the preliminary period Of self
support, the new training for moth
erhood, the problem of leisure, the
opportunity for civic servfce-and
yesterday he summed up this de-
velopment in single sentence:
Il believe the woman Of tomorrow
will add to the eternal feminine, the
universal feminine
, World housekeeper" is Mr..
Hard's favorite descriptive epithet
for this future woman.
"The woman of tomorrow ouyht
not, speaking generally, to continue
her wage earning work after mar
riage," he declared. @She will not
get us any further by doing that. Her
particular provinces will be the
thousand and one unrenunerative
jobs of civilization. The married
woman is from choice filling a po-
sition which some unmarried girl
seeks from dire necessity"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

No student of the question doubts
the truth of the statement made by
that peerless orator, Hon. Seaborn
Wright, that "the rer-broadening
and deepening stream of drunken
ness is not due to the passion of men
for drink, but to the greed and ava
rice of the whiskey trust and brew
cry combine, with millions of invest
ed capital relentlessly pushing their
trade" The failure of many of these
so-called substitutes for the sa-
loon proves that men do not prima-
rily seek it for sociability or for HUI
man companionship. The saloon with
depraved appetite which makes it at
tractive to many is inherently evil.
To quote the virile words of the
Portland Express: THE only rene
dy for evil is it's utter destruction.
TO that end civilization is and should
be tending. 1t has no right to tenn
porize. Do away with evil, handle
1t without even the seeming of ten
derness. 1t is net short-sighted to
turn all the force and power of truth
to destroy the last vestige of error
The saloon deserves Punishment and
outlawry. There is no sound plea
for the continuance Of the beverage
liquor traffic. The saloon is not the
poor mans club, it is his greatest
menace; the foe to his advance
ment; that which holds him and his
family in a slavery more destructive
to manhood than any other the
world has ever known. Let us have
all the powerful engines for good
that we know how to build, let no
effort be spared to do all that can
be done for humanity, but let there
be no misunderstanding about the
nature of the liquor traffic, and let
no mercy be shown to it's symbol,
the saloon, which in effrontery tries
to create the belief that out of its
evil good may come
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14
A Good Word for Bryan.

Editorial IN Boise lIdaho) Capt.
tal-News; Boise today is welcoming
a wonderful citizen.
It matters not whether we be po-
litical friends or political foes Of his,
we must acknowledge his wonderful
power as citizen and as a construc-
tive politician.
No other man the country has ever
known could survive defeat as he has
survived it, and still be acknowledge
ed greater man in such defeat than
he was before-perhaps, a greater
man in his defeat than he would
have been in his success.
Run over the list of defeated men
for political preferment and how
many are there who have survived
to be great in their defeat?
William Jennings Bryan is a great
mana great common citizen. We
do not always agree with him: we
have believed he has been wrong
many times, but we acknowledge he
has not been wrong SO many times as
we have been, and when we can say
OF man that is oftener right than
ourselves, then we pay our highest
tribute to him.
We wish he could be little more
compromising, because we believe il
he were he could accomplish more
for the people. But in this we may
be wrong again. 1t might be that the
result would be greater accomplish
ed for himself, but less for the peo-
pie. II he sees it that way and still
holds out for the accomplishment Of
the greater good for the people, then
he is greater man than the follow
ing of our desires in this respect
would make him.
At any rate, William jennings
Bryan is model citizen, and as
such We can all afford to extend a
welcome to him to our city.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14
Seed Beans, Peas, Corn, Onion
Sets, and Seed Potatoes now on sale.
MARK RUSSELL & co
LEAVES HER BABE IN PICTURE
SHOW.

Girl Mother Pins Pathetic Note or
Child's Dress and Disappears. Il
A note, a baby's cry and a missing
mother-thes added chapter tc
an old story.
| am leaving my baby, not be-
cause | want to get rid of her. God
knows | love her and would keep her
# | could. But am destitute, and
must make a living for myself. ]
cannot do this and look after baby
too. tried to get her a home, but
she was too young So, as a last
resort, | leave her with you, hoping
and praying that, if you cannot keep
her, you win find a home for her.
1T is nearly killing me to part
with my baby God knows how she
may be taken care of. She is not
OF low birth. She is simply the baby
Of an unfortunate girl. | do not
live in your city, but brought her
here because I knew If I left her in
my home town l would be bound to
see her. | am compelled to give up
LILY udIIlUS DdDy.
Perhaps some day / may come t.
see her or find out her whereabouts.
AS sure as there is God in heaven,
you will be rewarded Hoping you
will keep this quiet as possible, I
am. broken hearted mother"
This letter was found pinned to
the dress of a four-week-old baby
left at moving picture theatre in
S. High Street, Columbus. Ohio. A
girl mother, evidently not over 18
years old, carried the baby into the
picture theatre. She laid it down on
a little cot in the women's retiring
room and told the attendant she
wanted to leave it there while she
saw the pictures.
An hour later the girl returned,
and, bending over the cot where the
sleeping child lay, kissed it long and
tenderly. Excusing herself on an
other pretense, the young woman
left and was not seen again. The
child was turned over to the city
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14
CH|NA'S PRESIDENT.
PLOTTED Is YEARS.
Sun Yet Sen Planned Overthrow
Of Dynasty Long. Long Ago.
Rewards Agsregating Half a Million
Dollars Are Offered

81 Sun Vat Sen, reyolutionist in the
most conservative land under hea-
ven, fugitive for fifteen years from
the keenest and most relentless trail
ers of men, hidden spirit of strange,
secret societies whose ramifications
have made mole tracks through ev-
cry land where Cinnamon are, this
man is now president of the republic
OF China by decree of the provision
al military assembly at Nankin.
! Out of the underground passages
of plot and intrigue, the nature of
which no occidental could hope to
understand, and through which this
wiry little man has been wriggling
and back tracking for more than a
dozen years, new national figure
suddenly jumps to command the at
tention of the world. During years
past, the world has occasionally
caught glimpses of the round black
head and narrow ascetic features of
this DR.. Sun. now in Singapore, now
in London, now in San Francisco
There had been little paragraphs
in the worlds news about an agita-
seemed to be fitting with straws at
the impregnable citadel of the Man
chu clan in Peking. rhe revolution
began in China, and even then, when
the name of Sun Vat sen was cou-
pied with it people outside of China
cracked jokes about faker, a char
latan, who was trying to capitalize
the upheaval home to his own bene-
fits
Then, overnight things happened
in China The next morning the
world learned at it's breakfast table
that out of the welter and uproar of
revolution in old China leader had
arisen to grid an ancient land under
new harness Of government And it
also hecame manifest that the revo-
luton winch mad started by con-
certed movements in the heart of
China and spread with the rapidity
of powder train and the little man
who had been lodging and twisting
through the world for so many years
were one and the same.
Sun Vat Sen started many revo-.
lutions. Each was stronger than the
last; each achieved little more.
The final one, striyen for and plotted
through channels not yet known,
has succeeded. Sun Vat Sen is the
man of the hour in China.
An odd circumstance that brings
an added thrill of romance into the
story of his life is that as president
of United China he still bears upon
his head a price totaling about 700,-H
900 taels, or 100000. The rewards
for his head, offered by provincial
governments and the central author
tiles in Picking during the last fif-
teen years, have not been recalled,
SO far as the news from the capital
shows even though payment upon
delivery might be doubtful
Yet, the fact that his head was
worth hundreds of shoes. of silver
during al the latter years of his ac-
tivity has been one of the lightest
burdens that Dr. Sun has carried
about on his narrow shoulders. He
took long chances, apparently he suf-
fered many close calls from death,
but he persisted.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14
Base Ball ana the Drink Habit.

Nowadays one finds excellent tenn
fperance lessons in the sporting pages
of the daily newspapers. Particular
ly is this true of baseball news.
Team managers are vieing with each
other in raising the standard of de
pertinent in their clubs Each man
ager expects and demands thatteach
man report fit and ready Tor service
when called into the game. Never
before, it is saids in the history of
baseball clubs have SO many con-
ditional contracts been sent out as
at the present time-contracts that
mean cutting the players salary in
case he fails to deport himself prop
erly both on and off the field and in
most of these contracts is to be
found non-drinking clause. Man
ayers declare that the low average
of some of the best clubs last year
was due to the fact that some of the
players unnecessarily out of condi-
ton, and by enforcing temperance
among their men, they are taking
decided steps TO eliminate this feat
ure of failure.
The president of the Chicago Ma
tional League club, following the
suggestion of the Pittsburgh club
that prohibition clause be put in
he would like to see the big leagues
ball players contracts, asserted that
prevented from engaging in the sa-
loon business. He promises to in
troduce at the next National Leagne
meeting rule which will prohibit
ball players from purchasing or hold
ing interests in Bullets o.. establish
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

Now that the petition for the sub
mission of prohibitory amendment
to the constitution has been flied.
Colorado is fairly launched on its
campaign for white state.
The absorbing theme among the
women of Kansas, Oregon and Wis
consin during the months interven-
ing from now until election time. is
Votes for Women To jl.lge by
lie notable men and women who
are espousing the cause, there is
reason to expect favorable verdict
at the hands Of the voters.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14
w. q. t. q. COLUMN.
The FalIacy Of the Substitute

HC HIIHCy OF Ute oUUStIIUtt IUtf
The theory that the furnishing OF
substitute for the saloon will put
an end to its existence is accepted by
many people of intelligence who
have given the matter no serious
thought. They overlook the fact
that the real reason for the exist
ence of the thousands of saloons in
our, cities is the greed of the men
who own and control the business,
and who not only pander to the evil
appetites of the men who drink, but
make it their business, as individuals
and as corporations, to manufacture
such appetites in the youth of their
communities.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

Pay as little attention to discour-
agements as possible Pl>~r ahead as
a steamer does, rough or smotth,
rain or shine. To carry your car
GO and to make your port is the
point Babcock
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14
MRS. STONEWALL JACKSON,S
PENSION.
MRS.
Senator Watson Will Endeayor ia


Senator Watson Will Endeayor to
Increase 1t.
Senator Watson will introduce a
bill increasing from $40 to SIS a
month the pension now paid to the
widow of General Stonewall Jackson,
,whQelives in West Virginia. Stone
wall Jackson while one of the leaders
of the Confederate army was also
soldier of the Mexican War and as
such his widow has been granted a
pension by the go eminent. Senator
Watson believes that if she is emit
tied to any pension at all she should
receive more than $40 month and
will endeavor to push his bill
through.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14
They Eliminate Each Other.

Mr.. Roosevelt says that Mr.. Taft
ought not to be president again and
Mr.. Taft thinks that Mr.. Roosevelt
ought not to be president again, and
democrats believe that they are both
right in this respect and will try to
prevent others re-election.-M Mr..
Bryan in the Commoner.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

II is most gratifying to note the
prominent men of West Virginia who
are lining up for statewide constitu-
t!onal prohibition. There is little III
the present situation to give pleas
IRE to the liquor interests.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

Talcott Williams edrto Of the
Philadelphia Press, has been APP
pointed director of the 5elool Of
journalism at Columbia Ugiyers6g,
ger
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

The happiest thing that Fan befall
MS is to have work given us that re-
quires us to be true to ourselves and
chat will count in larger benefactions
to others.-Lucy Larcuna
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

The fight between the temperance
advocates and the frie IDS - license
is stil! being waged ir the constitu-
tional convention of Ohio. The pros
-pect for equal suffrage is hopeful.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

Seeds! Seeds. We sell in bulk 8
times as much for your money. If
you cannot call, write for our cata-
logue and price list.
MARK RUSSELL & co
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

Gears Garden and Field Seeds all
kinds. No need to send off, we have
the goods you want and guarantee
the price to be as low.
MARK RUSSELL & CO.
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ments of a like nature.
On the Firing Line

The Enabling Act has passed the
Virginia House by a vote Of 50 to
80, and now goes to the Sena-e
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

Our place is at the same old stand
opposite freight depot.
MARK RUSSELL & CO.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14

WILLIAMSON, WEST VA.

Population $500, o
the word-ye
WILLIAMSON is the
OF and yearly.
5
The wealth this
fields
making
Five rail road bridges River connecting Mingo
Pike Counties, this
Already establishing branch offices
houses y
The deposits of the Williamson banks million dollars and
they a million mo-
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For the news read this journal.
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24
His Orders

Murphy was a new cavalry re-
cruit and was given one Of the
worst horses in the troop Re
member" said the sergeant, mo
one Is allowed to dismount without
orders"
Murphy was no sooner in the
saddle than the horse kicked and
Murphy went over his head,
Murphy" yelled the sergeant
when he discovered him lying
breathlesss on the ground, you dis
mounted"
II did,"
Did you have orderSY"
II did"
From headquartersY"
No sor; from headquarters, ,"-La-
dies Home Journal,
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24
PROSPECT RIDGE-DAVlDSOl TOWNSHIP.

w. G. Birchfeld, who has been
very low with abcess Of the stom-
ach, is improving
The people Of Liberty Hill settle
ment are preparing for children's
days services some time in June
When you see a fellow these days
carrying Jumps and bumps as large
as goose eggs don't think he is TAX
ine q beauty cure. The bees have
swarmed, that's ALL
The tinkle of bells, the low OF the
cattle, the chick-cluck of the moth
er hens, and the cheerful Gee and
haw is the music of the day--and
drat those dogs by night.
Strawberries are ripe and the
boys had better be saving their
nickles and dimes and the girls had
better be getting their fancy toys
ready, for there's going to be straw
berry socials soon,
A singing class has been started
by Mrs. Miller, who lives on the
George Munger old farm, which
meets each Sunday night. The
young people are much Interested
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller are both music
loving people.
Some time ago report was IN
the Hardy Herald that Uncle jack
ie" Nicholson was having a well
drilled and that ore of some kind
had been struck therein, Dear old
Uncle jackie" We know his
body died four years ago, but his
memory 10 yet living, The mistake
was small, however, The well was
drilled on u farm Uncle jackie
once owned, but which Is now own
ed by A. j. Millner. As for the
mineral, we will tell you later, al
no report Of the analysis has YET
been received,
The Record asks why our mer
folks should be 80 anxious to give
the ballot to women when the Wom'
en- folks don't care to vote, Per-
jhapS lis because they arc crazy ol
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24

perhaps they have some measures
they can't get through without they
sell their wives and mothers and
daughters. Woman suffrage is the
city mans agitation, not engaged in
by the country man. Those who
honor their women folks need to
use their fists on some Of these Pc
tition peddlers. They are simply
looking for a good easy place to
rest in, and can't get it except by
the good looks and crazy actions of
their women.
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24
A FEW THOUGHTS AS WE PASS

his pleasures Or profits. A success
full farmer ought to be the happlest
man on the earth. Most men who
live in the smaller towns are max
ine a living-that's all, and, a
whole lot of public opinion to the
contrary Notwithstanding they are
working more hours a day, more
days in the week and more weeks
in the year to get their living than
are the men who live well on the
farms. There should be no craze
among the farmers to get to town.
1t would be more consistent with
good reasoning if there were a
stampede among town people to
get near to natures heart, right out
in the country on the farms The
successful farmer is living happier
easier and at far less cost today
than is the man who resides in
town if he only realized it, and ne
will find that fact out just as GER
tain as he breaks up his home in
the country and moves to town.
He will find that to live in town ne
must 90 down in his pocket for
cold cash every time he enjoys
many of the things he had on the
farm at practically no cost at all;
possibly only a little effort upon
his part that could be counted
more as pleasure than as labor
The successful man out on the farm
is living at home" every day in
the year. The man in town, in a
very large degree, is living from
the shops and stores and from
those on the farms who have to
sell. 1t costs a lot of money to
live in town, and it gets away from
you in the proverbial forty-seven
different ways, even in the smaller
towns. The successful farmer is
living easy and selling to others, but
the man ia town is living easy only
as he is able to buy from others,
We are not knocking" the towns
We wish all the towns all the pros
perity they deserve and can get
without demolishing the fortunes of
those who have unwisely gotten
the idea that they must live in
town either to be happy Or to make
money.
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24

Delinquent tax lists are adornine
the newspapers, Better look at the
list published In this paper. Your
name might be there, and we're
willing for you to lay It to q mis-
take Of the printer.
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24
Keep Good Chc.r--It Pays.

Keep your face always toward
the sunshine and the shadows will
always fall behind you,--Wilcoy
Sharp County record., 1912-05-24
TloRtb HRRansas

The Mountain Home College clos
es this week.
The electric light plant is in oper-
alton at Pocahontas again.
Recent high waters in Baxter
greatly damaged land and fencing
Hogs in Jackson county are dying
from eating cookie burrs it is re-
ported,
A mad dog scare is on in the vi
cinity of Bandy's Chapel, Jackson
county.
The Methodist protracted meet
ing at Calico Rock closed a few
days ago.
Last week heavy hail storm did
a lot Of damage in and about
Beedeville.
The Ravenden Springs Hustler
wants a canning factory located in
that town.
Will Ford escaped from the jail
at Salem lately. He was held for
selling whiskey.
A full socialist ticket will be put
in the field in Baxter county for the
September election.
Miss Kate O'Hare, an exponent
of socialism, made speeches in Bax-
ter and Marion counties recently.
County Examiner E, E. Hulen
of Lawrence county will be prlnci-
pal of the PocahontaS school next
year.
A negro named Granville Burton
was convicred of blind tiGerinG
booze at Newport lately and fined
heavily.
The residence of E. L, Ponder. at
Walnut Ridge was burned one
day lately. The origin of the fire il
unknown.
Mountain Home has a base bal
club and an ice cream supper few
| nights ago by its members nettet
SIS for the club.
Prof. j. G. Albright, who has
been teaching in the Salem schooI
two or three years, will again head
that school next year.
The annual meeting of the Wom-
ans Home Mission Society for the
White river conference was held
in Batesville this week.
The Wage Farmers Industrial
League is a new organization at
Batesville and promises to do a
great deal for the towns advance
ment.
Mrs. lIymen Tyer living several
miles from Pocahontas in Randolph
county, suffered severe injuries re-
Gently by being thrown from a
mule.
The young folks in the vicinity Of
Ingram, Randolph county, have
perfected an organization to be
known as the Champ Clark Literary
Society
Joe L. Cox of Reyno lost his barn
by fire few days ago, together
with a large quantity of contents,
Cox carried some insurance on the
property
AS a result Of careleSSly handling
a shotgun Claude Cowart, aged Is,
livipd north of Mountain Home q
few miles, Is minus a hand, the shot
taking effect In the wrist
At the republican congressional
convention held In Newport recent
Iy the republicans nominated Wal
ter Wells of Imb0den as their con-
sressional candidate in this district
win Pennington, who shot and
though not seriously wounded Ollle"
er j. u, Ard at Newport, has been
released under a $50 bond, He Is
phorbaI with ngeniilt with intent I'm