Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-03-04
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try and establish them in the South.
The organization behind this repre-
SCENTS the Southern railroads, State
and local boards and commercial bod
les, and one Of its representatives is
in London nov arranging for the first
shipload to be brought over Now,
we think this is dirty outrage and
a measly shame. People that shut
their eyes to poverty in their own
yard, and want to bring in strangers
FIVE thousand miles from home are
bug house. This going out of our way
to befriend people who took the for
tunes of war with full realization Of
it's copsequences-while thousands of
our own neighbors go in beggary and
want, is an Internal shame and dis
grace. Who has offered any such in
dueements to our own hungry and
suffering people? and we have sew
Seral millions of them right here in
our own country. For instance New
York City has over 100000 men and
women out of work, which means
starvation of Americans by the
wholesale at our own door. These
Southern railroads are ready enough
to set up the wall of poverty when
they have dissipated their legitimate
earnings in fabulous salaries for
,chair-warming officials, and our peo-
pie are good enough to raise fares
and increase freight rates. But if
the railroads ever offered blooming
blessed thing for the individual farm
or at home except to send some wall
eyed bully around to scare him into
accepting fourth value on his COW
when they've hit it with a freight
train, we've never heard of it. How
many of these railroads are willing
to haul an American citizen free, or
1T reduced rates, who ;s ont of job
and hunting for work? How comes it
that our corporations are so ready to
favor these foreign sufferers, when
they wouldn't give a peer fellow at
home a chance to go into their hack
yards and gnaw off the tall grass !?
1t is simply a dirty shame and a
black-hearted outrage to bring those
foreigners to this country, where so
many of our men and women are
out of work and starving.
Mrs. Alice Cover and Miss Del
\phia Runner of Parsons were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Zion Wilfong
Monday night They left Tuesday
horning for visit to Mrs. Cora
feats at Hall, in Upshur-co., accom-
panied by Mrs. Wilfong. They re-
turned Thursday night and Friday
Mrs. Covers and Miss Runner re-
turned to their home at Parsons.
Granville Goodwin of Glade passed
thru our town one day last week.
Dallas Wilfong of Tucker-co- was
visiting at Zion Wilfong's few days
last week.
w. A. Street, Principal of the
Weaver school was in our town few
hours Monday morning.
Jasper Jones was a visitor at jun
ior Wednesday last
Lafayette Right and wife were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Ramsey
of Flora Saturday and Sunday. Mr.
Right also attended the K. S. F.
lodge Saturday night.
Harl Wilfong came over from Elk
ms Saturday evening. He says he
can't stay away from the old woman
more than a week at time.
Miss Lizzie Fitzwater of Being
ton was the guest of Miss Tacy Ball
a few days last week.
I Lee England and Earl Right at
tended the X. S. p. Lodge Saturday
night. This order was organized a.
bout eight months ago, and now has
membership of about seventy-five. We
notice than one of the correspondents
of the Progressive spoke very slight
ingly about the new hall the lodge
is building at L. J. Booths store.
Now, while / am not a member OF
this Society, certainly believe in
pushing it along. All orders started
juss like this one, and today the Sc
crely Aycieties of this country are a
boon ITO the nation, and we don't
think that the K. S. P. deserves such
sighting remarks as has come from
q e pen Of one of our correspondents.
Think about it, brother.
Chesley England was the guest Of
T. w. Goodwin and wife Saturday
night.
Lee England, the sport boss Of this
town, suddenly got an idea into his
th;nl boz that Re Ty7e-te3 2 girl 50
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