West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-07-15
ONLY QUALITY ATTRACTIONS
ARE TO Be PRESENTED HERE
The Four Day Chautauqua Next
Month Promises to be Big Suc-
eess-Will Prove of Great Bene-
tit to People of the Town and the
Surrounding Country

Canary birds are placed I'm coal
mines to protect the lives of the min
ers. III tho atmosphere becomes foul,
the canary stops singing and begins to
show unmistakablo signs OF distress.
Then the miners know tho atmosphere
must be changed quickly or they must
get out
a chautauqua In TO town what n
canary Ia TO n coal mine. II tho In
telloctual and moral atmosphere OF
this town is such that n chautauuua
can't live I'm IL, then we must change
the atmosphere or get out. To get out
is not convenient and wo might find
the same conditions elsewhere. No
corporation is going to abandon a rich
mine because the atmosphere Is bad.
They Will change the atmosphere.
Cowards may pull up stakes" and
leave town because OF unfavorable
conditions. but real men and women
will simply stiffen up their backbones
and change the conditions.
Between the Potomac and tho Gulf
of Mexico there are fifteen hundred
towns like ours. Some larger, some
smaller. They include larger per-
ccntage of English-spoakin native
born Americans than any other sirni-
lar area OF the entire United States.
There is larger percentage OF church
membership and church attendance.
and there is n higher moral tone per-
vading I'm the homes OF these towns
than in any other section of this great
country. Whenever n young man or
young woman leaves one of these
towns to seek his or her fortune I'm one
of the great cities, they leave behind
them a better homo and better infiu-
enccs than they will ever find else
where
We must hold our boys and girls by
making the "old home town" the most
attractive spot on earth A dead
town" will never hold them. We have
got to give them clean, decent amuse-
ment and entertainment, and We have
got to give them n chance for as great
career at homo as they think they
can find elsewhere.
There is an abundant opportunity
right here I'm this town and in the
surrounding country for every one OF
our young men and young women to-
achieve the very greatest success. We
need them In developing our natural
resources, I'm promoting more sclenti-
Tic farming, In making better schools,
In strengthening our churches, I'm
building better roads. In promoting
manufacturing enterprises, I'm bring
ing I'm up-to-date methods of merchan-
dising, I'm improving sanitary condl-
tions. I'm beautifying our homes.
Kingwood needs an annual chautau-
qua and is going TO have It. 1t is one
OF the things that helps to make a
town better place to live I'm. 1t is a
creator of ideals and source of in
spiration. If you are good citizen,
you are going to help I'm bringing IL,
and when IL is over you are going to
be happy because you did your party.
If every good citizen OF this town
VIII respond promptly and buy a pair
OF chautauqua season tickets, success
Will be assured and there will be q
neat profit to be used i'm providing
even a greater program next year. If
our people will not respond then those
who are putting up the guarantee for
the chautauqua will pay the deficit
out Of their own pockets