Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1915-01-14
WOLF RUN


are ten voters in this little village,
but up to the present time, am the
only one that takes the Progressive.
/ have argued, coaxed, pleaded and
tried every way | know how, to get
some of the citizens to subscribe, but
all in vain. Instead of helping along
their home paper and subscribing for
same at s1.00 per year, they, or some
of them, have subscribed for papers
at Parkersburg and Dayton, Ohio, at
$1.25 and $3.50 per year. Some are
also taking farm papers and maya
znes from the Western and Eastern
States. 1t is all right to take papers
from all over the country, be they
religious, political or farm papers,
but first of all subscribe for the home
paper, regardless of the party it sup
ports 1t doesn't matter what your
politics are, be they Democratic, Re-
publican, Prohibition, or Socialist.
Your first duty is to subscribe for
your home paper. Some say, whats
the use of subscribing, when we can
borrow our neighbours paper 2" That
is a very poor rule. once knew a
man who was too stingy to take the
newspaper lin his home town, and
always went over to borrow his
neighbours paper. One evening he
sent his son over to borrow the paper,
and while on the way he ran into a
hive of bees, and in a few minutes
his face looked like bad case of
small pox. Hearing the agonized
cries of his son the father ran to his
assistance, and in doing so, ran into
a barbed wire fence, cutting hand
full of flesh from his anatomy, and
running four dollar pair of pants.
The old COW took advantage of the
hole in the fence, got into the corn
field, and killed herself eating green
corn. Hearing the racket the stingy
mans wife ran out of the house, up
setting a four gallon churn full of
cream into a basket of kittens,
drowning the whole flock. She
slipped on the cream and fell down
stairs, breaking her leg and a $40
set of false teeth. The baby, left a.
lone, crawled thru the spilled cream
into the parlor and ruined $40 par
lor carpet. During the excitement,
the daughter eloped with the hired
man, taking the family savings bank
nelong with them. The moral is that
4 every man should be a subscriber to
his home newspaper.
Mrs. Grace Wilfong was visiting
at J. B. Wills Monday last. Mrs.
Will is very sick at this writing.
Isaac Price, ST., of Belington, was
visiting at Zion Wilfong's last Thurs
day night.
Lee England and Earl Right have
been attending the meetings at Be-
lington for the past few nights.
1t is strange that those who pro-
fit by war don't fight, and those who
profit by industry don't work,-and
those who profit by Government don't
obey the law.
If they would only heat all war
implements into farm machinery,
there would be enough to go around,
and let every farmer ride while at
work.
Raymon Moore attended revival
services at the Hunters Fork Church
last Tuesday night.
German England of Belington was
: in our town a few hours last Tues
kday. German said he was tired OF
city life and was going to move to
his father-in-la farm on Rt. 3
next week. Good for German. He is
wise, there ought to be more IN the
sod-bursting gang.
We read the other day where
Judge imposed SIS fine On man
for leaving a mule unsheltered and
out in the cold over night. No one
has ever heard OF a me peihs iii
posed for the thousands of human be-
ings who are left out in the cold over
night.
Truman Goodwin and wife of Sweet
Water we're visiting friends on Wolf
Run Sund1.
j, j. GLAND and Greed Wilson
wee in Ellington on Business satur-
day. rs
A general, all-around, old fashion
ed debate took place Sunday after
noon, around the cheerful fireslde, at
j. j. England's. The subject OF the
debate was: "Has man as much
right to clean his pipe with his wife's
hat-pins as she has to trim her corns
with his razor?" ]. J England, La
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