West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-09

With ideal Socialist weather TO help
the matter along. the Socialists of
Denver. this county. and it's vicinity.
held their annual picnic at Shaw's
grove last Monday. This scribe-who
is not a Pharisee-was fortunate
enough to be in attendance as a visi-
tor. and with the editors kind permits
sion will give short sketch OF the
"doings"
In the first place Shaw's grove is
one of the finest spots for an outing
that Preston county affords. and in
the second place the committee. con-
sisting OF X. Spring. r. Pratt and NJ. NJ.
Miller. had made ample arrangements
Tor the big day and everything went
on smoth and swift as a ten-year-old
boy looping the loop on a creased
board. In the third place they had
selected that splendid young-old man.
L. r. Weaver, as chairman OF the day
young in years but old in exper-
ience-and no grass ever grows where
he operates He kept things moving
| moving -moving-from start to finish
Then there was the Tunnelton cornet
band that furnished inspiring music
| every so often-and IL was music. too
| The boys were also peculiarly fortu.
nate In the selection of their speakers
In the forenoon Robert +. OMalley ot
| Morgantown. talked for nearly two
hours on the general principles and
/ primary objects of International So
cialism, and his address would do Il
print Just as it came from his lips
only one criticism could be made-h,
spoke in too low tone With fv,
hundred people anxious to hear, per
haps not more than one hundred coulc
follow his words
AT II o'clock the audience was dis
missed for dinner, and there was ,
charge OF the light brigade and also O
the heavy feeders upon the good thing
the ladies had prepared for the occa
sion. That crowd of five hundred di,
eat and were filled. and there RENAME,
many baskets of fragments that wer
left.
1t had been rumored about tn
grounds that the heavy thunder woul,
be heard in the afternoon. when Hon
u II. Duthie, the Clarksburg lawyer
would address the people. Sure enough
at 1870 the rumble OF a deep has
voice-deep and high and wide-be
gan TO permeate the atmosphere an
40 things to the circumambient all
within two minutes by grandfather
CLOCK the people were packed i'm
dense mass around the speakers
stand, and for the next two hours no
sound was heard except the stentor
ian voice of the orator and echoe
from the distant ball grounds where
match game was being pulled off be
tween Denver and No 4. In languag
eloquent with feeling and charge
with the electricity of real life. I'm
speaker pictured actual conditions /
this country and the world, and point
ed out what must be done if we are I
go forward in civilization and NO
drift backward into another series G
dark ages. There is no use attemptin
to report this speech but all VIII
failed to hear it missed something on
OF their lives. After more than tw
hours the people still sat spellboun
and did not realize that the afternoo
had waned until the speaker auit-b
did not finish-and we hope he Wi
come back and resume on some swee
day in the early future.
AT the close OF Mr.. Duthie's speec
the Rev. J. h. Johnson of EvansvilI,
who had just arrived on the ground,
was introduced and made a fine closin
address. after which the picnic ad
journed, and the happy people bega
vending their way homeward.
Is Socialism growing in Presto
county? Well, should smile!
w. SCOTT GARNER.