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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
BUNKER HILL.

Rev. Farmhouse preached quite an
able sermon at Trinity last Sunday.
Greed Day is very i'll with com
plication Of diseases at this writing.
d. c. Carpenter who has been sick
is much better
A Mr. Garious has moved in this
community We are glad to have
him with US.
Albert Goode was at Junior Mon
day.
G. C. Corley one of our aged cit
izesn is visiting friends and rela-
tives in this community.
Rev. P. S. Exline, wife and son,
Orion were visiting Mrs Exline's
parents Sunday last.
Mr.. H. B. England was visiting
the sick Sunday last.
Mrs Jarvis was shopping at Jun
ior the first of the week.
Jack Coontz has purchased new
Overland car.
Mr. Enoch Ware and wife atten-
ded preaching at Trinity Sunday
Jesse and Roy Rucker who have
recently returned from France are
shaking hands with friends in this
community. We are glad to have
them with US again.
Mrs. Brooks Day of Harding, is
visiting Mr.. Days father who is sick
Mr. VIII Griffith has spent the win
ter with his father n-law, caring for
the sick
Mr. John Swiek will move to jun
ior in the near future, John is going
iEto the merchantile business.
jesse anr Ray Rucker were pleas
ant callers at S. L. Days Monday
eve.
We were sorry to hear of the
death Of Mrs. Maud Haltermar
Campbell who departed this life Mar
1st at her home in Grafton. Maud
was well known in this community
during her girlhood days. She was
converted at Trinity and joined the
same church before her marriage
1t was often said when speaking Of
her. There is no better girl thar
Maud. We mourn for her now but
we shall meet her
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

Of all places, praise should be
most lawishly used in the family cir
Gle. How many Of US keep all our
words of kindness for strangers, for
those in whom we have not one
spark of vital interest; and to the
hearts dependent upon US for SYM
pathy and appreciation, have scar
cely one cherry word.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
our Own er

i Our Own ger
We ahaH continue to publish PAPER
devoted % the best intresla ~ orr
eonmunitg Eacsi iseae q -
with che town, county and state news
With special enphaeia given % schaol,
chpteh and local society news ard In
terests. Il deals primarily with our
own county business houses, farming
and community life.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
HOW TO STOP THE FLU"

This inexpensive Remedy is highly
recommended as a preventative, obtain
from your nearest Druggist small
bottle of Deth-O-Lene Destroys
Germs) Put two or three drops Of
this antiseptic liquid on sugar, let
ting it dissolve in the mouth, this
simple
Home Remedy is Endorsed by
Eminent Physicians
and has been used for years in re
leiving GROUP AND PNEUMONIA
Accept no substitute, Distributed by
VALLEY CHEMICAL co.
Elkins, West Va.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

Make every home where there are
boys, cheerful, comfortable and en-
joyable. Remember the good ex-
ample, taught us by the best of books
let us kill the "fatted calf" for the
prodigals. The they will not fire.
quent billiard and drinking saloons,
but will love and enjoy the friend
ship of the fireside
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

Girl Makes sos from Nine Hatches.
A little girl in Orange County. Va,
borrowed money from her father to
buy nine settings of eggs, so she
might belong to a poultry club or
gained by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and the
State Agricultural College. One set
ting would have entitled her to a
membership, but she is no believer
in halfway masures. On this ven
ture her first years work netted a
profit of $s8, and she has three roost-
ers left
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

w never knew a man who was
faithful to his early and adopted
home who was given over at the
same time to any gross form of
wickedness. 1t you find more enjoy
ment in the club room, in the lit
erary society, in the art salon, than
you do in these unpretending home
pleasures, you are on the road to
ruin.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
CUT PRICES LOOK

5 boxes black draught 80 cts, Car
dui $500 now rs cts. LIE Gears stock
poultry powder 25 ct size 20 cts. lie
Gear Medicine is low and 20 per cent
off on the dollar. Come and buy as
long as stock lasts. Don't know how
lorg this offer win last.
t. B. LANTZ
Philippi, r. F. D. No. 8
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
A Timely Suggestion.

The next time you have cough OF
cold try Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, It is pleasant to take and you
are sure to be pleased with the re-
lief which it affords. This remedy
has a wide reputation for its eures
Of coughs and colds.
Sold by all dealers lady
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

A work that requires no sacrifice
does not count for much in fulfilling
Gods plans. But what is commonly
called sacrifice is the best, happiest
use of ones self and ones. resources
the best investment of time, strength,
and means. He who makes no such
sacrifice is most to be pitied. He is g
heather because he knows nothing OF
God.-Samuel Chapman Armstrong.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

We have heard men speak of
Reading, Pennsylvania, Macon Geo
rgia and Wheeling, West Virginia,
but here is new one Widen West
Virginia. To widen West Virginia
is just about as big jobsas wheeling
West Virginia.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

The woman is the heart of the
home If she is cross, miserable and
dispirited, there will be little life and
true happiness within. Let her do
her part, but let her refuse to labor
beyond her strength. A wise, tender
mother is of more Importance than
anything else in the world to young
children. Let every mother train
herself to wise neglect of unimpor-
tant things that she may be to her
own the embodiment of sympathy,
hope, gentleness, charity, wisdom,
and love.
BY operating On mule scientists
have succeeded in making him voice
iess.-News Item
Very wen, 50 improve conditions
by making him kiekless, but save
the mule
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
THE TRUTH.
e. ID. Koontz

"All is not gold that glitters"
The poet truly said,
For in a Christian path
A rascal often treads.
Behind the loudest prayers
Oft hides a williams heart.
The foremost pews in churches
Oft the hypocrites retreat.
The har lot hides her shame
Meath glittering lace and gold,
While many a noble virtue
Lives meath ragged garments old.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
CHILD WELFARE

Miss JULIA Lathrop, chief Of the fed
eral children's bureau, in recent adj
dress at child welfare conference
said:
"We have been told times without
number that the children of today
are the citizens of tomorrow, and
that unless we care for today's child
rem we shall have citizenship to-
morrow that is not trained and e
quipped to meet the duties and res
possibilities of citizenship. What
we need now is to materialize this
ancient and overworked statement
into action"
One Of our able exchanges most
truthfully says that one of the best
editorials on child welfare was spok-
en- by ragged younth in Chicago a
few days ago.
A welfare. worker making an in
spection tour of one of the thickly
settled districts She found one lad
in the street and walked up to him.
His clothes were in tatters. His face
was covered with dirt His shoes
were worn out.
Whose boy are you asked2" asked
the welfare worker.
/ And the youth replied laconically,
"Nobody's."
1t is "Nobody's boy that makes
the real problem for the child well
fare workers.
There are some youth who belong
to the "Nobody's boy" group who
have parents and who stay at their
+ parents home-but perhaps these
parents do not take an active interest
in the boys. In that case the boy
4 is little or no better off than the
4 youth who has no father or mother.
Home, in order to be home, must
be some thing more than shelter
from rain and place where meals
/ are served. 1t must be home
where people live, where boys
and girls may enjoy themselves,
4 where lives are trained,
where courses are shaped, where am
billions are fired, where troubles are
shared by older people, and where a
mothers arm can help out in hun
bred and one ways.
"Nobody's boy" is real problem
and it is just as much problem
in places where there are parents
who take no vital and genuine in
terest in their children as it is in a
place where there is no father or
mother at all.
Nobody's-that is the poor child's
answer to the question, Whose boy
are your"
Organized child welfare bodies
wen directed community clubs, neigh
borhood houses-these and other IN
stitutios have the great sponsibility
Of taking "Nobody's boy and making
I Somebody's boy" out Of him.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
Thy Friend

Make MOI thA NJ ~"
thee nu ihs self ~ II, iri#
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
BABY'S NOSE IS
 KEY ID LUNGS
It Should Be Carefully Guarded

Mothers and nurses warned against neglecting the care of baby's nose. especially when suffering from bad cold As infants do not know how to blow the nose, the se- cretions accumulate. become, unsanitary. ir- ritating and germ infested. The germs have a tendency to spread to the throat inter- nal ear tubes and the lungs and may cause earache, deafness, adenoids. enlarged tonsils and may even favor pneumonia and tubercu- losis.
 Serious complica cations and surgical opera tions may often be avoided if the mother will keep her childs and throat clean, sanitary and germ free. For this purpose the best thing is a very mild salve containing the correct proportions of the soothing cleans ing and antiseptic oils of eucalyptus winter green menthol and pinus sylvestris with camphor and refined petrolatum. All drug stores now sell this mild salve under the name of Eucapne Salve. It is especially pre- pared for the mothers with her ehil- dren and sells for soc for large family jar.
 The little tots enjoy Eucapine Salve and soon learn to call for it by name and doc tor themselves when they feel irritation of the nose and throat. They consider it fun and it keeps their and throats clean. san itary and free from secretions and germs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
Andrew and Lmogene
LITTLE LIFE coNFIDENCES EXPERIENCE COUPLE PHILOSOPHIC, THOUGH MARRIED
 By

And we can have Emma and Frank and Charlie and Sara and Jimmy Per kins and"
 Whoa" interrupted Andrew. Imo- gene was fixing up little party and WIS selecting the guests and scribbling them down with the enthusiasm which was so characteristic of her.
 What do you mean?' she asked, look ing up from her writing pad.
 T mean you can just scratch that last entry" said Andrew with embhasis That horse Jimmy is selling platter and he doesn't run"
 T do not understand your stable talk, !" said Imogene, severely. Please put it into the kings English"
 That fellow is ir Dutch with me in- stead of English!" said Andrew He cracks no walnuts at my table He IS bush leaguer and I won't stand for him"
 Why. what's the matter with Jimmy?- asked Imogene.
 No trouble with Jimmy at all" said Andrew. ~'The real difficulty seems to be with his tailor. He never has any pockets in his clothes.
 That guy is the original Mir. Close Tightwad It was he who invented the small coin purse for hangin on to chicken feed. If you sit down beside him on a street car you may expect to pay his fare while he makes motions up and down his vest ike something was biting him.
 "Efe is one of these buys who sit down to the table after the first round is or dered and leaves suddenly just when the buck is passed up to him.
 ''He is the man for whom this little inn itation poker chip was made on which is inscribed, Jack Pot. Who is shy?
 "I am willing to buy all day long for a guy that has no money and never say
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
TRIALS AT CALHOUN
 LARGEST IN HISTORY
By Associated Press

Montgomery. December s.-Drawings held tonight at local hotel by sports men attending the meeting of the Conti- mental Field Trials club at Calhoun, Ala, placed 46 dogs for the open all-age stake, which is to be conducted over the course Tuesday, weather permitting.
 Entries for the meeting are the largest in the history of the club, according to well-known dog handlers here. Today's event, the members stake. was not run ewing to the heavy downpour of rain, all though handlers and enthusiasts went to Calhoun to make attempt at starting E The all-age event will be followed by the derby and subscription stake, the winner in the latter to receive a purse of approximately s1400. while cups go to winners of the other events
 The meeting is the first of a series of associational trials. to be followed next week by the Southern Field Trials asso- ciation, the centennial and the national and all-American meetings. which will continue into January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09

q word In fact. I know fellows who are a little worse off than 1 am that fight with for a check. but when you sit at table with Jimmy he begins 10 study the fresco as soon as he sees It coming.
 "Jimmy's social life has just about as much sentiment in it as you will find in a hook shop on a~busy Saturday night and he would as soon face ferociqus man, woman and child eatinE-tiger as Ito stand face to face with a saddie-colored negro waiter with dinner check in ms hand.
 There are few men in the world who are more despised by their fellow crea- lures than cheap skate, and if Jimmy is not cheap skate then I do not know piece of ice from a charlotte russe.
 But Andrew" protested lmogene, T understand that Jimmy is buying an apartment house."
 "An right" said Andrew, cheerfully. .I have no objection to his doing s<., but | do not feel called on to encour- age this laudable ambition of his to the extent of paying his carefare buying hS highballs settling his lunch checks ana feeding him while he is at it.
 Invite any one you please here and will swear 1 love 'em if they are women and win shake 'em by the hand and ask em out to the sideboard If they are men but. this chap is not man.
 He has looked so long on dollar that his eyes are out of focus. Scratch him, if you please. N
 ~"All right" said Imosene, but he does the fox trot so beautifully.
 That's because he has had so much practice fox trotting it out Of the way when the check comes" replied Andrew cheerfully.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
FIRST MEETING OF
 NEW STATE HARbOR
 COMMISSION TODAY
Murray Brown and AssOci- ate Members Decide to h. terest Entire State in
 New Work

Mobile. Dec ember S.-(SpeciaL) )--'rhe first meeting of the newly appointed state harbo- commission will take place in the offices of the commission here tomorrcw. pursuant to a call of Murray Brown, chairman of the commission. Members of the commission are Harry T. HartwelI and Richard A. Christian of Mobile, George Gordon Crawford of Birmingham. Frank c. Blait of Tuscaloosa, w. C. Agee of Selma, Clayton Tullis of Mont gomerJ and Chairman Brown.
 One of the main subjects to be dis cussed before the meeting tomorrow will be the question oc campaign to interest the entire state il. the weel- to be under taken by the commission It is the pur- pose of the members of the commission to make the board q state wide project, and Chairman Brown, on a recent visit here, stated that he had accepted the iip- pointment only with the idea in view or performing some service that would prove of benefit to Ire entire state of Alabama, and he urged that the harbor commission be looked upoh rot as a Mobile project, but US an organization that can be or untold benefit to the entire state
 The new commission was recently ap- pointed by Gov Thomas E. kilby. Messrs. George Gordon Crawford and Frank G, Blair being the cnly two of the old board reappointed.
 J. w. Worthington of Huntsville, Ala, and we'll known in the northern part or the state, has been appointed by Murray Brown, chairman of the state haro"r com mission as delegate to represent the commission al the meeting of the na- tional rivers and harbors committee. Ses- sions ot the national committee Will De held il. Washington on December ), lt and |, and Mir Worthington has airesdy left Als bama to be in attendance on the convention.
 A total of .5 automobiles used for the purpose of transporting liquor, in Vioia tion Of the Shaw bone dry state-wlae prohibition law declared constitutional by the supreme court, have been seized III this county, according to Sheriff w. H. Holcombe, Jr., in a statement made puo- lie today Five of these ears were sold, three of them have been released anu seven cases of this kind are still pending,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
BIC SISTERS" PLAN !. PURCHASE OF HOME
Membership Campaign of Big Sisters Movement Is
 Meeting With Success

The mem bershp campaign of the~Blg Sister movement is meeting with splen- did success, and already a large number of members have been enrolled. Plans are under way for the purchase of 8 house to be used as home for young business women where they may live for a nominal sum and at the same time have a real home. A matron will be em- ployed to look after the girls and be a mother to them.
 In speaking of this plan Mrs. H. H.. She'll a member of the committee said :: The Big Sisters will provide real home for their little sisters in Birmingham and are asking the eo-operation of the public bv becoming members as we are de- pending on membership dues and volun- tary donations to buy our home. It will afford a clean and comfortable domicile for self-sustaining respectable women, insuring rest and privacy and guarantee- ing protection.
 Tt will be a place where the young woman in industry working for low salary subjected to lay-offs, often with out pay, may find shelter and assurance of friendly, interest, and who thus may be sparedNa physical breakdown or dis oouragement There are 5000 employed women and girls in Birmingham, many of them very young, and only 15o of this number can be cared for in the existing organizations at present. However many of them live at home, but hundreds of them are forced to live-in cheap room ing houses with absolutely no home life or protecting influence. The Big Sisters will take care \of the little sisters, and we are anxious for every man, woman and child to become member of this or ganization"
 Men and women can become life mem bers for s101; associate tmen). $l0 or more , sustaining women annually 8 to si5 and active women annually s1 to B Checks should be made payable to Mrs. H. E Pearce, the treasurer. and sent to Mrs J. D. Kirkpatrick, chairman of the mem- bership, at 123f Iroquois street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
No. s7. .


 Tracy was on the point of following the others into the hole above the couch. when pr. Rice's voice came back to them, calling the little chauffeur's name.
 "Tracy!" he exclaimed. "Oh, Tracyr' That's me" the man answered What's the matter?"
 "The judge wants you to go out on the street and keep your eyes on the house we are going into. Don't let any one get out"
 For a moment the chamber seemed on the point of objecting to such an ar engagement, then with a nod of his head he answered: All right
 A moment later he passed out into the hall and Frances heard the slam of the front door as he left the house.
 She had no intention of being left alone in the library with James She was perfectly willing to trust the httle butler, that is, up to a certain point. put past this her mind refused to remain al peace. The events of the morning had been too sinister, too exciting and un- usual and James had taken too doubtful a part for her to place much confidence in him. The man himself had been most respectful. Indeed, Ballin had cleared him of the faintest suspicion that might still finger in Frances mind, but never theless, staying alone with him in that room was asking a little too much.
 Some such thoughts as these must have passed through Judge Cranes mind, for Br. Rice had no more than disappeared from view than he came crawling back out of the hole. He was followed-~by the judge, who turned to the girl with an expression of intenS relief in his eyes.
 Thank goodnes you didn't vanish, he exclaimed. "So many things are hap pening around here lately that I'm afraid to have you out of my sight. You didn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
NEWS OF ENSLEY

As a result of the heavy rains for the past two days and nights hundreds of telephones in the Ensley district are out of commission and the con- tinued downpour necessarily lretards the progress of repairing the phones.
 The new switchboard has been com pieted in the Ensley operating rooms of the Bell Telephone company and when more cables are put in great improvement will be noted in the serv- ice of the district
 S. A. Berry. the manager for this division, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident several weeks ago, has been removed to his apart ments and will soon be able to resume his duties as manager of the Ensley division.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
OUTSIDE THE LAW
By STUART RIVERS Co-author of "LOve Afr airs of a Lonely womans

I see anything queer while we were goneC You've only been gone a moment
 Frances smiled. But I didn't see any thing. I think that passage clears up lthe whole mystery. They must have taken Mrs. Darrow out that way. and
 suppose that's the way the woman es-
 capped, too"
 The mystery is only beginning. the judge returned.
 For moment he continued to stars
 at the girl with the same expression ot doubt in his eyes then he added
 You will have to go with us We
 can't let Ballin go down there alone. and l can't leave you here in any peace of
 mind. Are you game. Frances, to try
 that passage with us?" "Of course, she answered Don't worry, l was coming anyhow Remem- Der, l told you thatI didn't intend to be
 left out of any part of this adventure" Good" the judge said with a smile. "An right, in you go, doctor You go first and I'll follow Miss Tucker. And hurry, because Ballin is waiting for us to catch up to him"
 In obedience to the judges orders Dr. Rice re-entered the passage and very quickly disappeared from view Frances tucked her skirts about her knees and followed, crawling across the couch and, oucking her head. moved into the hoe Af~N oNNAi house.
 There was no possibility of seeing anr- thing in the inky blac<ness; she could only follow blndly after the, doctor. whom she heard up ahead of her. The floor under her knees was quite srn ooth and the walls, as she touched them with her hands from time to time were plastered. This exit to the judges house had been constructed by some one who knew his business and with care at considerable cost. It was not hap hazard job that she had expected to find,
 but a well made spassageway. All these facts were significant enough in their own way, but at. the same time they gave the adventurers no inkling of what they were crawling into, or what they might find at any moment
 Straining her eyes into the darkness, Frances could see not even the faintest gimmer of light; it was as black as tne proverbial pocket, and even in the senss of security which her companions gatS her, little tingles of excitement raced up and down the girls spine.
 "Oh, Ballin?" the judge cahed softly. after they had proceeded for possify two minutes. Are you up there?"
 A short laugh came back to them Up here somewhere" was the answer. But I'm blessed if I know where."< "Don'tsyou find anything at all?" the judge asked.
 "No; only this internal blackness. There ought to be-ah.
 Now what?" Judge Crane asked quickly. for Ballins voice had broken
 off with note of excitement. Ballin answered. q almost Nell down
 them. Come on up. I think Pm in a troom.'
 (To be continued tomorrow)