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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-26
HUNTERSFoRK

AS haven't seen anything in
the paper for some time from
this neck of the woods, will try
to give a few locals.
The health of the community
is very good at present.
Porter Bennett was in town
Monday, having some dental
work done.
George Delauder is visiting
his uncle, Tom Delauder, of
Kalamazoo, this week.
Miss Viola Bennett was shop
ping in Belington, Monday.
Mrs. VIM. Delauder was a
caller at DR.. Pierce's office at
Belington, Monday.
E. B. Bennett and sister, Lu-
ra, passed thru here Monday on
their way home from Junior.
DR.. Trahern was calling at
Howard Rights Monday.
There will be a Children's
Day service at the Hurtersfork
u. B. Church, Sunday, Aug. 20
dinner on the ground. Every
body invited to come and spend
the day.
Sdlly.
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MoNTRosE Rotz'E NO. 1.


The health of the community
is not very good at present.
Miss Esther Bennett was Wis
iting at Wade BENEFITS, Satur-
day Sunday.
Elder P. H. Harris was visit
ing friends and relatives at
Montrose Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Hymes,
We're Kirt visitors Saturday.
Elijah Keller, of near Philippi
is visiting friends in this vicini-
ty.
E. Biller is dangerously i'll at
present.
7. w. Keller, ofRight's Knob
was visiting at N. W. Hymes's
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Harris and
Mrs. B. C. Biller have been quite
i'll for a few days.
Misses Esther and Gusta Ben
nett were calling at N. w. Hymes
Sunday evening.
l.. E. Harris, of Meadowville
was visiting at Earl Phillips
Saturday night.
B. F. Bennett was calling at
H. H. Oster' Sunday afternoon
A. j. Harris was seeing the
sick at E. Biller's, Sunday even
ing.
P. C. Harris was calling al
G. S. Hymes' Monday.
Miss Esther Bennett went to
Belington Monday to visit
friends and relatives.
saint" Schoonover passed
thru our burg Sunday evening
enroute to E. C. -Moore's.
Emery and Marvin Gainel
were in our burg Monday morn.
ing on business.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-26
PEOPLES FORUM



What is Criticism? 1t seems
that most of us understand it
to be strictly confined to censor
or fapltfnding, that there is no
such thing as favorable critis-
ism.
A critic is one who examines
closely and decides upon the
merits or dement's of an act or
object.
7 We should all criticise the
work of public officials. Con-
DENIED that which is right. But
let us not be too severe in our
condemnation. Remember that
public officials /. are human be-
ings and likely to err.
Take for example a Board of
Education of Barker District.
The present Board formed upon
taking charge of the school af-
fair of the district that we are
about 81, 800 in debt. A major
ity of the Board had nothing
to do with creating this debt,
yet they must provide for pay
ing it. Suppose the present
Board should lay a special levy
to pay off this Indebtedness
without submitting the question
to the voters some self appointed
critic would jump on them with
both feet while it is entirely OPP
tional with the Board whether
or not a vote is taken. (See sec
ton 8 of school law acts of
1850
Public officials sometimes for
get that they are public servants
and do not consult public OPP
inion.
Here is where they generally
"faH down." He that ignoreth
public opinion as an ass"
1t seems to be the trend of
legislation, to remove as far as
possible from the people the
management Of the public
school, while the people are set
ting superity by and letting a
few run the whole thing. They
seem to have adopted the old
Greektheory that the boy and
girl are the school and not the
school for the boy and girl.
Many officials seem to be en-
doned with a superabundance of
public be id spirit after
election.
The people better get busy
and take more interest in their
public affairs is the advise of
CRITIC
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COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT

believe would have died If | hadn't
taken 1t.
After began taking Cardui, ! was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re-
lieved me entirely.
fattened UP, and grew SO much
stronger in three months, | felt like an
other person altogether"
Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle
acting. Its ingredients have mild, tonic
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Cardui makes for increased strength,
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Cardui has helped more than million
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WEAVER

Born unto DR.. and Mrs. War
rem D. Miller, Monday, Aug. %,
a fine baby girl.
Miss Nera Simmons, of Jun
Tor is here visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Bruce Davis this week.
w. H. Green, of this place
went to ElSins Monday on bust
ness.
Mrs. Efie Corley has plenty
of tomatoes for sale at low
price.
Warren Corley went to FL
kins Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Booth, of
this place visited the fruit farm
at Laurel Hill, Monday.
Fishing is all the go at this
place at this writing.
Glenn Halderman was in town
Monday between trains.
Ike Price, of Belington was
in our town Tuesday.
Misses Marie and Irene Booth
were calling on Misses Wannie
and LIME Corley, Sunday.
Mrs. Talbertt Fitzwater, OF
Junior was here visiting Mrs
Everett Price the first of the
week.
James Corley went to Bel.
ington Saturday on business.
Bruce Davis is out of towr
this week.
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And For Three Summers Mrs. Vim
cent Was Unable TO Attend to
ANY Of Her Homework.

Pleasant Hill, N CD suffered for
three summers" writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, OF this town, land the third and
last time, was my worst.
| had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able TO
walk about. Could not do any Of my
homework.
also had dreadful. pains in my back
and sides and when one OF those weak,
sinking spells would come on me,
would have to give uo and lie down
until it wore off.
was certainly in dreadful state o
health, when finally decided to try
Cardui. the woman's tonic. and ] firmI,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-26
MEADOwvILLE

MEADON WILLIE
Dewey Delauder and Miss Eel
la Moore were married last Sat
urday night, Rev. A. B. Moore,
officiating.
Mrs. Andy Stalnaker and
daughter, Miss Adrie, left last
week for a visit at Parsons and
Elkins. They expected to at
tend the Parsons Reunion at
Holly Meadows last Saturday.
Mrs. j. B. Elliott was the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Stu
art Johnson, of Kirt, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lando Phillips
and daughter, Miss Bessie, were
visiting at Bud Gamers, Satur-
day night and Sunday.
Only a few attended preach
ing service at Central, Sunday
morning, on account of the
rainy weather.
Mrs. Eta Rosenburger, who
was visiting relatives in this
community returned to her
home, at Belington, last week.
/ Marcine Elliott was in Balti-
more a few days attending to
business.
An infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Hedrick, of Davis,
was buried at the Central Chap
ell cemetery one day last week.
Devotional services were held
at the home Of j. B. Elliott, Sun
day evening, for the benefit of
Mr.. Elliott, whose health has
been delicate so long, rendering
him unable to attend services
elsewhere.
4 Thomas Barrett and d. F.
Beckner are doing some carpen-
ter work for a Mr.. Curtis, near
/ Montrose.
Mrs. Levi Johnson, of Kirt, is
at Davis with her daughter
Mrs. Wesley Hedrick, who is in
the hospital at that place.
The ladies' committee for the
farmers institute, met with
Mrs. Mareine Elliott Saturday
afternoon, to arrange a program
for the ladies' sessions of the
institute which is to be held here
Sept. 1914.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Delau-
der spent Sunday and Monday al
the home of his brother, Thomas
Delauder, of near here.
i d. T. Elliott and his niece
Miss Lena Elliott expect to leave
this evening Thursday fol
Fairmont and Boothsville, where
they will spend some time visit
ing. They expect also to attend
the Fairmont Fair.
The Central choir had intend
ed going to Nestorville, Sunday
afternoon, to sing with A. G
Wilson's choir, but did not go
on account of the Indictment
weather.
Miss Maude Miller has beer
clerking in the Elliott store al
Kalamazoo, since the discontinue
ance of the former clerk, Ray.
burn Elliott.
w. B. Gall, travelling sales.
man for Kane & Keyser Hdwe
Co., Belington was through here
on Monday.
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WOLF RUN

Well, by hlck, one thing sure
and certain, if Adam and Eve
were around to day some one
would have suitforlfbel on their
hands. A wise guy in Penn
sylvania University has "Diski-
cured" that it was not Adam and
Eve, who caused the fall of man,
but it was Noah.
Yes-sir, poor old Noah has to
hear the blame after so many
years. This stiff collar and boil
ed shirt professor has desiphered
an inscription on an old stone
tablet, and claims it is fifty thou
sands years old. Well, wonder
what next.
Rain and plenty of it around
this town.
Uncle Billy England was in
our town the other day with his
thrashing machine. Uncle Billy
says thrashing time means plen-
ty of. good eats for him, for
he says the women sure know
how to spread the table.
Benton Teter had a fine horse
badly injured in barbed wire
fence one day last week. Just
one more black mark against
barbed wire.
Coleman England, of Valley
Bend was a visitor in our city
one. day last week.
Rufford Ramsey, of Sweetwat-
err was the guest of Earl Right
Saturday night and Sunday.
Several boys Of this vicinity
rode the "Suit Case Special" to
Cumberland, Saturday, of course
they were dry.
Squire I. F. Right, of Being
ton was among us one day last
week.
Miss Route four says she don't
believe in card playing or dane
ing either in the home or abroad
guess they have no time to play
cards abroad, but they dance a
little, and it is the death dance.
Lafayette Right and ]. j. Eng
land went to Fishers Mill Fri
day with load of wheat.
Lee England was in Belington
on business Saturday night.
Dora Moore and Lummie Will
were visiting at Mr.. and Mrs.
T. w. Godwin's last week.
Raymon Moore was calling on
T. w. Keller and wife of Rights
Knob one night last week.
Some dog gon enemy thief en-
tered my private apartments the
other night and revised my pack
age Of prosperity that uncle
Woodrow had sent me. Wonder
if he'll send me another pack
age.
/ notice that some more boats
have been sunk by submarines,
well I hope none of them pesky
things show up around here, if
they do, we'll take to the tall
and uncut.
After this letter / will turn
the Wolf Run correspondence
over to another person, who hap
pens to be a young lady, and |
am sure she will keep things
going as usual. / hope the cor
respondents will welcome her in
the family. I'll be back on the
job again in few weeks. Now
everybody shout while the band
plays, and keep things moving
for our home paper.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-08-26
TACY

tomorrow, the bOaru OF
Education of Glade District and
County Supt. E. A. Hunt meet at
Tacy to decide upon a site, and
what kind of school house they
will build at or near that place,
some Of our people want a dou-
BILE house, we hope they will
agree, on some kind of house.
If only a single one, as the old
house is very much dilapidated,
and not fit for school purposes,
nor has been for years passed.
1t is rumored that there will
be an all day singing at Silent
Grove Church, the third Satur-
day in next month by all the
choirs that wish to participate,
that are near that place, or can
get there. Also singing at Mes
torville the fourth Sunday in
the afternoon commencing at
1870, by the various choirs near
by.
Martin Luther said"there was
nothing like music to drive a.
way the evil spirit" +; so it might
be well for most Of us to attend
and be profted thereby.
Owing to the rainy weather
many of our farmers are not
near done hay harvesting. The
buckwheat crop is the most
promising we have ever seen at
this time of year, although the
Katy-dids are singing and you
can lookout for an early frost,
if old signs do not fail.
The fruit crop is nothing ex-
ira in quantity or quality, while
there may be enough apples for
home use, if divided among our
people.
We are delighted to see in The
Progressive that Profs. Teter,
Streets and Jones have gone
back to the old time singing of
sacred music, using Harmony
Sacred, the book we used in our
early days, and still have a well
worn book in our possession,
that we praise very highly; most
Of the current news of the day
is of war, and rumors Of war,
we are inclined to think next will
be our own, so-called christian
nation engaged in the bloody
conflict. We look for the call of
congress, at almost any time,
and when called have we men
there that will stand for the
best interests Of the majority of
our peoples, or will they stand
by the millionaire, who is ever
elect to greed and cause thou
sands of our best young men to
fall on a bloody battlefield, not
knowing what they are fighting
for, or about while they the
money power stand back and
look on, not caring for the die
ing grones of our young men
or weeping of our mothers,
wives, and children, away with
war unless they come to our
shores to injure us.
If we are neutral nation, why
not stop the shipment of contra
bands of war to the warning fac
lions of Europe such as amuni-
ton arms, ETC., but it is moth
ing but Gold, Gold, Gold, and
some of Gold ties want to get to
heaven. We are fearful if they
are so lucky as to get there they
would tear up the Gold paved
streets of the New Jerusalem,
try to play on golden harps of
a thousand strings to the tune
of just men made perfect, not
being satisfied with this they
would trim the golden plunes
off the Angels wings.
News is scarce this week so
far.
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ssfery Valve of Memory.

He who forgets nothing learns moth
tug and becomes Bourbon BY all
means pick from the memory the
sorrow that else would take root
there. and cast II into forgetfulness-
the nnfathomable waste basket OF OBJ
lfyjon and raze out the written
troubles Of the brain Your forget
terry Is the very safety valve o. ynur
memory
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Sdlly.
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get the medal.
Those that took the advantage
of the Excursion that went to
Cumberland were G. G. Johnson,
B. w. Gamer and F. A. Phillips.
Uncle Ben
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-19

~ARL HAMILTON, the crack south
paw Of the St Louis Browns, who
~ was badly injured in an auto
mobile accident shortly after last seas
on closed, was regarded as one Of the
greatest pitchers in the business II
Hamilton is through as pitcher. as
the reports have IL, the St Louis team
viii have suffered a decidedly severe
blow TO its pitching staff Though not
a big fellow, Hamilton had world
OF speed for sOuthpaw, snappy
curve. and q wonderful slow ball which
fIoated UP 10 the plate so lazily that
one could almost count the stitches IN
Made Fast Progress.
When he Joined the St Louis club,
he looked like mighty fine prospect
He made good all TIE nice things pre-
dicted for him by making rapid strides
in every department OF the game Dur
ing his short career as big Lacquer,
he has come forward with number
of sweet exhibitions Of pitching In
1913 he put over two games which Just
fen short Of being nO-hit affairs The
New York club was the victim on each
occasion On May u. 1913, he shut out
the Yankees 8 TO o, allowing only one
hit With one out IN the elsntn, cree
singled. but was caught mapping a
moment later. On July Is, 1913, he beat
the Yankees 8 TO 0. shortstop Peckin-
paugn being the only member Of the
New York team 20 hit safely
Joined No Hit Tyyirlers-
II was on August 80. 1913. however.
that Hamilton came through with
magnificent exhibition Of pitching
which secured for him a place in the
charmed circle Of no-hit twirlers. Pit
ted against the hard hitting Detroit
team. Hamilton held the Tigers in the
hollow OF his hand, not single player
reaching the initial sack on a safe
drive. Despite his great work in not
allowing a hit. he was unable TO score
q shut-out. the game ending to 1
in favor Of the Browns
AS would be expected. Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb was the individual who
kept Hamilton from making his nO-hir
game all the more Impressive by re-
cOrding a shutouL In the fourth inn
ing Cobb reached first base on a pass.
Hamilton losing his control moment
arily. On the hit and run. Crawford
drove a hard one at second baseman
Pratt, who fumbled the ball Taking
in the situation at a glance, Cobb head
ed for third Pratt's throw TO get him
at third arrived too late for Austin
TO make a play. Austin. noticing Craw-
ford trying for second. shot the ball
back TO Pratt Immediately, Cobb set
sail for home. and with one OF his
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-19

PEACE was effected between the
American Automobile association
and the outlaws" when the A. A. A.
sanctioned The formation Of a South
eTn California racing board, with
headquarters at Los Angeles. There
was a fuss over the postponement
Of the Vanderbilt cup race at San
Francisco, recently, as It threatened
to clash with the Venice race. As d
result Of the Tumpus, the A A A.
abolished the Los Angeles board.
Now the Les Angeles Auto club,
the strongest IN America, has
dropped out Of the A. A. A., and the
auto racing war IS likely to open
again.
DECATUR, H., plans something
new in baseball All its home
games in the Three-I league viii be
free. But double price will be
charged for the holiday games. The
club hopes to help baseball and also
to make money by this move. But
Just suppose it should rain on all
the holidays
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-19
Fl LOOKS as though there viii

IT LOOKS as though there will be a
mad scramble for penuant hOnors
Il in the American league this sea
son At least four teams can be con-
sidered certain battlers for the bunt-
ing, while two others look like dark
horses And as for those other two
well, you never can tell Remember
the Braves.
The best part Of the American league
outlook is that the eight teams seem
more evenly matched tnan for many
years No one team has big bulge on
the others, as the athletics had in 9TH
er years No one team is hopelessly
outclassed, as was the case Of the
Yankees and Maps last year.
There is a difference between the
teams figured for the first division
Red Sox, Senators, Athletics and White
Sox-and the other four that are fig
ured for the second division But the
difference isn't so great
Team Seem punched.
In other years from $50 TO $50 points
separated the first and last place teams
in the American league, but this year
the difference may be only about 15O
points, a fact that would make the
race a thriller all the way down the
stretch.
The Red Sox are being touted con-
siderably. There is no ducking the fact
that they look most powerfully good.
But that doesn't mean that they viii
have an easy job Of it
The White SOX, aided and abetted
by Eddie Collins, bunch OF pitchers
that have but few. peers in baseball, a
brace Of good catchers, and some like
" looking outfielders have created
pennant dreams in Chicago. The SOX,
on the preseason dope, surely look as
though they are able TO put up a great
enduring battle
Senators Have "A Chance.
Johnson. can be figured as having a
chance for the flag The Senators have
not lost any Of the old strength since
The Senators, nov that they have
recovered their star high jumper, Walt
the 1914 season closed, and some Of the