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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

MORE PEACE PROBLEMS.
Getting rid Of surplus TINT.
Finding something new for statesmen to roar about.
Spring blowing in steelinfested soil of France.
Finding a use for 5000, 900 wrist watches.
What to do with old uniforms.
Those haf-competed wooden ships.
Getting Jobs for war experts.
Unwinding the leggings.
Keeping soldiers awake after 9 O'Clock. -
Learning to eat meat again.
Fifty thousand submarine chasers.
Homework for ladies.
Tanning the butcher.
A wag states that in order to really scare the Bdsheviki, the Ger
mans should load their cannon with soap.
SNIDE TALKS WITH GIRLS.
If you want to marry a man who can make beds, cook and obey
orders, marry a private. If you want to be bossed around, marry an
officer. Don't ever say we haven't warned you.
Headline in New York Times:
Bars All Trading in War Stamps"
Why begin five months ahead to cut out the liquor?
Or is the "stick" in the stamps a gradual tapering off?-E. Fl. A.
CAN THIS BE SLAVERY?
A house with two families for sale. Modern improvenents-Adv.
in New York World.
Shades Of John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and Garrison! Are we
reverting to type and reconstructing the world on the basis Of human
slavery? The idea Of selling families like that! IT'S time to cali the
president back from France to prevent this james R. schulman.
tenants working for buck prvates when they all get settled again in
the U. S. A."
An cutlery from a South Carolina poet that gets by with a whoop:
II was talking" fumed on the phone, ito Schnectady!"
"Oh, I see" said Long Distance, "Too bad! Disconnect, did he?"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

President Wilson has submitted to the peace conference the
unanimous report from the representatives OF IA nations, and
through the conference has submitted the report to the nations
OF the world.
There is nothing in the report that has not been discussed
and advocated as the best means of preventing future wars.
No one has ever maintained that war is a thing of the past,
for the war is not yet over, and human nature In the future will
not be changed by legislation.
The report is the result Of the labor OF the enlightened rep-
resentatives of the leading nations of the world.
To criticize the report does not magnify the critic, nor does
1t minimize the document that these statesmen have proposed for
ratification.
The covenant is filled with teeth. 1t would not have been
considered ten years ago, and it might not be considered ten
years hence, but fortunately it comes at a time when the world
has no stomach for war.
1t is a hopeful sign that the great nations of the world are
able to come together with a single mind on a problem that has
vexed the world from the beginning, and one that will arise
occasionally so long as the world shall stand.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

sion. pure Louis XIV, 1t had once been
the palace of a bishop. From the win
dow OF the salon / looked down on that
spot where once stood the pensionnat
HeRer, with its memories of Charlotte
Bronte. In her day 1t was reached by
the stairs that ascend behind the statue
Of Cofnte Belliard, but II Is all gone
row, to make place for the great CEN
trail railway station that was a part
of the vast design Leopold II. had for
identifying Brussels.
And gazing down there, thinking of
Charlotte Bronte and Of her affection
for the master of the school, l had not
only that regret which one feels m
leaving a place where one has lived
and 10 which one has grown attached,
but the regret Of not having hunted out
All the literary landmarks of Brussels;
on that very SPOT before my eyes the
unreasonable Irish girl had lived and
suffered; beneath the slender, delicate
spire Of the Hotel de Vile, hung like a
scarf OF lovely lace in the pale spring
sky, there on the Grand place was the
house where Victor Hugo had lived
while he was making his studies for the
battle OF Waterloo: JUST across the park
was the home where Byron once stayed:
not far away was the building where
there had been
1.-THE sound OF revelry by night"
whence George Selby had gone forth
to battle on whose field he was found
the next morning. as Thackeray has put
II In n OF, those rare dramatic mo-
ments In fiction that make one gasp:
Lying on his face dead"
Baudeelaire. rolling his ~splenetic eye
on the crowds OF that humanity which
he hated In his sick heart. had roamed
those very streets and lived under those
huddled roofs, and Motley, secretary Of
the American legation long ago, had
| delved here for his great history Of
William the Silent. | had intended to
hunt all this out and to write it down,
and now II was too late; the task
could only be added to that great mass
OF unfulfilled intentionsc and now never
to be realized, the mass that grows
so great and intensifies Its reproach as
&e grow 6ld2sneverInorsl nAvermorel
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15
TwiceToldTa
10 Years Ago Today In Memphis.
FEBRUARY is, 1909.

FEBRUARY 15, 1903.
Miss r. Lucille Howard. 6Ss East
McLemore avenue, was the recipient OF
a delightful Aurprise party at her home
in honor of her birthday.
The presiding elder of the Memphis
district of the ME-. church announced
that the conference would be held at
Bartlett, Tenn, May 1915.
Italian hall was being decorated and
prepared for the meeting of the Wom-
ems Label league that was to hold a
social and euchre party.
The attraction at the Lyric theater
was when knights Are Bold"
A delegation of Memphis bankers
were preparing to attend the meeting
Of the West Tennessee Bankers assoc
citation that was to meet at jackson
the next day. The meeting was called
to oppose the proposed bank
law.
John II. Grain announced that ha
would remain in the race for election
commissioner from West Tennessee.
Whooping cough was aging among
the children of Memphis and nlayinS
havoc with the little ones.
Charged with violating the Sunday
closing ordinance, Manager MAY IA.
bish and five attaches of the Orpheum
theater and seven vaudeville actora
were. arrested by sergt. John Couch
for having served at a perform ancs
the day before,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

AT A house.
WHERE / was a guest.
FOR TWO or three days.
THERE WAS a woman.
AND THEY called her Auntis.
AND THEY all liked her.
AND l liked her.
IN SPITE Of the fact.
THAT IN three days,
THERE WERE many times.
WHEN I wanted to slap her
OR THROW a book at her.
OR PUT her outside.
BUT I couldn't do it.
BECAUSE I'd Just met her.
AND DIDN'T know her very well.
AND I was a guest.
AND YOU'LL understand.
WHEN I tell you,
THAT THE first morning.
WHEN I came downstairs.
"TRIP Sr, uEpINC noorlv
IN A strange bed.
AND IF "a been home
I'D NAVE had a Crouch.
SHE WAS there.
IN A dining room window,
IN A rocking chair.
AND SHE said good morning.
AND I replied;
AND SAT down at the table.
AND THE maid same in'
AND WHILE I ate.
1 LOOKED at Auntie.
AND SHE was sitting there.
IN HER rocking chair.
SORT OF all bumped up.
WITH HER stomach in,
AND HER shoulders UP.
AND HER head sunk down.
AND HER eyes sticking out.
AND LOOKING at nothing.
AND l didn't mind that.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15
SOME DIFFERENCE

want to know said the rr,m-
laced woman, how much money nv
husband drew out of the bank last
car, not give you that information.
madam, answered the man In the cake..
your ~ @oAs
Eyes. butsE1n not, t~Aeaseuing savmrs
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

Many of the smaller countries that are clanoring for self
government are not ready for it, and the palingenesis or meta
m~orphosis cannot come about by magic in a day. No people can
leave the ~chrysahs state and become butterflies in an hour.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15
The Public Be SerUed
BY K.c.B.


BUT ALL the time.
SHE KEPT picking away,
AT THE point of her chin.
AND SHE had 1t all red.
AND FOR three days.
IT RAINED outside.
AND WE all stayed in.
AND FOR three days.
AUNTIE SAT around.
WHEREVER WE were.
AND PICKED at her chin.
AND WHAT with the rain.
AND THE rotten weather.
AND STAYING indoors.
SHE GOT me so nervous,
I'D JUST sit there.
AND STARE at her.
AND I couldn't help it.
AND BEFORE I left.
I ASKED her niece.
WHY AUNTIE did it.
AND HER niece said.
THAT FOR thirty years.
sHE'D BEEN picking hairs.
FROM OUT Of her chin.
AND HER niece's boy said.
IF SHE hadn't did 1t.
SHE'D BEEN a bearded lady"
AND AUNTIE heard them.
AND LAUGHED a little.
AND WENT right on picking.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

Countries that are not capable of self-eovernment and that
of democracy. ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

There will be protest in this country if it is found that the
election OF a harnessnaker to the presidency Of Germany puts
up the price of leather any higher.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

What makes the South so eligible for cattle raising is the
absence of long periods of intense cold. 1t requires much less
feed. The greater part OF the food and feed consumed by man
and beast is to furnish calorics or heat for the body. When
there is no intense cold to overcome less heat is necessary.
Besides this food and feed are more abundant here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15
TOO EASY

A crowd Of anarchists who had been arrested and sent
across the continent to New York for deportation were released
by a federal judge before whom they were brought on writs Of
habeas corpus,
No doubt the Judge followed the law which these culprits
invoked when it served their purpose, after having deHed and
violated and denounced the law before they were arrested.
Federal judges usually know the law, and follow it to the
letter. Judge Knox is no exception, but the law is too easy,
too lenient and too c~onsiderate. 1t is we'll for the civil authority
to be superior to the military in times of peace, Peace has not
yet come. The temple of Janus is still. open, and the civil courts
should be closed to culprits who are assisting a foreign enemy,
whose money they are probably receiving. Deportng anarchists
is a military necessity with which the military and not the civil
authorities should deal, In England the courts would not have
interviewed or interfered with the military authorities, Neither
would they have done so in France or Italy, or any other eoun-
try. Their laws are different from ours, With them the mill
tay is the arm OF the sovereign, while with us the sovereignty
is dsparate among the people. However, IN times OF war Our
system is flexible, and can be bent to suit our purposes and
necessities. The congress can easily find a way of dealing with
these troutle-nakers. They are not fit for domicne in this
country. and should be sent out of it. The more leniency we
show them the more they will trespass on our forbearance.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

The German lawyers must have been asleep at the switch to
let a harnessmaker be elected president of the republic.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

The /. W. WIS are learning that Seattle ptides herself on
htr reputation as a point Of departure. N s.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

surance Of my sincerely devoted SEN
timents. BRAND WHITLOCK."
My own position was intolerable and
beyond definition. One day the papal
nuncio came to call on me and, sitting
there In his black ana violet, with the
vaguest OF notions Of how the whole
matter stood, ne said: .
"Vous restez done comme-chose?'
(You are staying after all as-some-
thing or other?l
Yes" l replied, "as something or
other" II was the most accurate Cnar-
aeterlsation Of my status that could
have hehn davisad
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09

Think.
Why is your income 800 a week and
that of your Office boy only So? What
makes you ten or twenty or hum
bred times as necessary to the bust
ness as he is?
Your services are valued according
tothe worth Of your ideas. are the re
suit Of your thinking.
ideas just come to me" is COM
mon fallacy. They may seem to
come in an instant; but they are the
result of hours of thought. Natures
rule is imperative--no thought, no
IDEAS. ss
Z If you want system in your bust
ness think. System is the very
framework on which your business is
built. 1t is the sole means Of getting
TIE greatest results with the least
waste.
A system not built on thought
a slipshod SYSTEMS worse than no
system, and system left unguided
will grow wild and choke itself.
System in business means success.
You can't have system without ideas
you can't have ideas without
thought.
Think!
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
WEST VIRGINIA is FIRST

West Virginia ranks first among
the United States in the percentage
of fighting men given the country,
according to chart sent to Governor
Cornwell by Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder The chart which is
autographed, contains comparative
table of the various states and the
man power representing them at the
front or in camps. 1t covers the per-
iod from June 1917, registration to
the time when the chart was com
pleid.
This state has an average of CAT
per cent of its men in the service of
the country. North Dakota ranks
second, with SAT per cent. The last
state is Connecticut whose average is
only 28.4 per cent. The record illus
trates the high type of this state, as
well as the Efficient work of the draft
boards which made the compilation
easy.
The chart, which is highly priced
by the governor, bears the following
inscription in General Crowder's
handwriting:
Presented to the governor of
West Virginia with the congratula-
lions and compliments of E. H.
Crowder, provost marshal general"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9Th, 1919.
OUR SCHOOLS.

While this paper has always been
warm friend to the schools of our
town it intends to take a deeper in
tsrest in them during the ensuing
year. We believe it is the duty of ev-
cry citizen to take live interest in
cur schools. During the years that
are past, scores of diplomas have
been handed out as class after class
Of our young people have stepped out
of school life into life's school,
Would that we could in this issue Of
cur paper place before its readers
the familiar face of each and every
enc, but such is among the impossi-
bilities. for Grim Death, on his white
horse, has thinned the ranks and as
death loves shining mark" many
of the most promising fell before
reaching the noon day Of life, but we
can assist in keeping green their me-
naories. Our school homei What
words fall upon the ear with so much
music in their cadence as those which
recall the scenes of schools days now
numbered among the memories of
the past. Intervening years have not
dimmed the vivid colorings by which
memory has adorned those Joyous
days. While we all graduate in much
the same manner, how different has
the wheel of fortune turned. Some
with plaintive tongues have had to
walk in lowly wales of life's weary
way, others in loftier hymns have
sung of nothing but joy, as they have
trodden the mountain top; but no
matter how near the summit or base
OF the mountain of fame you will
meet with graduate from our
schools, you meet with one who is a
credit to society. GAS the twig is
bent, SO is the tree Inclined" and hab-
its were formed under the moulding
power of moral atmosphere which
seems to permeate the schools of our
little city which stay by one thru life.
Our schools life is indeed the golden
link that binds youth to age, and he
is still but child, however time NAV
have furrowed his cheek or siIvered
his brow who can yet recall, with a
softening heart, the happy school
days passed in this city.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09

America First Justice To All
aHa. "a
YES PEOPLES PAPER n
OUR BoUNDEN DUTY

This newspaper must first of all be
clean, it must be fair, it must be hon
est and without malice in its opinions
and expressions, and it must. at all
times, devote itself unhinchingly and
fearlessly to the public service in the
interests of the masses of the people.
1t must always combat evil and in
justice.
1t must always fight for progress
and reform.
1t must never tolerate corruptions.
1t must be in sympathy with the
peer and the unfortunate.
For Belington it must always stand
with unseIfsh devotion, for the
achievement of the finest ideals, OF
every high purpose, of every enter
prise, of every step in the march of
progress.
1t must stand for good government.
freedom, equality, the public welfare,
civic and true patriotism and undying
love of country.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09

LIVER DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says IS Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved
After Few Doses Of BlackDraught.

Meadorsvills, Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham, of this town, says: cat
my age, which is SIS. the liver does
not act SO well as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach was all out Of
fix. was constipated, my liver
didn't act. My digestion was bad, and
1t took SO little to upset me. My ap.
petite was gone. was very weak. ].
! decided would give Black
Draught thorough trial as l knew it
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking it. felt
better after few doses. My appetite
improved and became stronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon righted with few
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09

The place to take a true mans
measure is not in the market place
or in the amen corner, nor in the for
UNI of the field, but by his own FIRE
side. There he lays aside his mask
and you may learn whether he is imp
or angel, king or cur, hero or hum
bug. We care not what the world
says of him-whether they crown him
or pelt him with bad eggs; we care
not copper what his reputation or
religion may be; if his babies dread
his home coming; if his better half
swallows her heart every time she
asks hm for five dollar bill, he's a
fraud of the first water, even tho he
prays night and morn till he is black
IN the face and bowls hallelujah I'M
til he shakes the eternal hills. But if
his children rush to the front gate to
greet him, and loves sunshine illum-
mates the face of his wife you can
take it for granted that he is true
gold, for his home is a heaven and
the humbug never gets that near the
great white throne of God.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09

piped out of the state for manufac-
turing or for anything else that can
be consumed in the state. This Will
encourage manufacturers to move to
West Virginia as did the Kelley Axe
Mfg. Co., at Charleston. If the prac-
tice of waste of our natural resources
goes on as it has in the past few
years, West Virginia will become
within a few decades barren, billy.
reproductive mountainous, moon-mix-
ture, desert spot, like the worn out
countries of Europe and Asia-Pal-
estine for an example. The Canaan
Valley, was at one time "the land Of
milk and honey"-but not SO today.
Let this legislature come down
with sledge hammer force upon such
folly and conserve while we have
something to conserve. Of course
there are those outside the state,
who won't like these laws, but you
can be assured most emphatically
that they are looking after their in
terests and it would be foolish if w.
neglect ours.
Gentlemen of the Legislature, take
courage, stop the waste, conserve our
resources, those God given treasures
of the hills and valleys, and make
laws that the generations ahead will
look back and call you the wise
men of the Twentieth Century"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09

No matter where you go, you will
always find those who obstruct your
pathway, always find those who be-
little your endeavors, those who ridi-
cule your honest efforts to success;
those who prove great stumbling
blocks to your progress; those who
are continually predicting your fail
ure; those who magnify your indis-
erection; those who lie about you,
those who "put up jobs" on you,
those who discourage very effort you
make; those who rejoice at your fail
ure; those who predict your inability
to prosper; those who are envious,
jealous and cruel. You cannot es-
cape these people; they Turk in every
town and city-ln every community
and, knowing this, there is then but
one way to thrive, and that is to hus-
tie. If you find not that which is to
seek in one spot, seek elsewhere II
clouds hang low and black, wait for
them to roll by and for the shining
of the beautiful sun that is behind
If your plans miscarry, try again.
do not be discouraged-h
There are SO many places of cheap
amusement, and we may say so>many
cheap companies, so many dangers in
the little town the same as the cities,
that we must avoid by making the
evenings at home so pleasant, that
our young people will be content to
spend their evenings at home, and
find their recreation in the entertain
ment arranged for their diversion.
The rarest things of the season.
sensible lovers, good cooks ind truth
fVl politicians.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
Cured at a Cost of rs Cents.

Eight years ago when we first
moved to Nation, was a great suf-
ferer from indigestion and constipa-
tion," writes Mrs. Robert Allison
Nation, LII. Il had frequent head
aches and dizzy spells, and there was
a feeling like heavy weight press
ing on my stomach and chest all the
time. ! felt miserable. Every NOR
sci of food distressed me. l could
not rest at night and felt tired and
worn out all the time. One bottle
of Chamberlain's Tablets cured me
and ! have since felt like different
person."
Sold by all dealers lady.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
The Human Heart.

The human heart is so constituted
that it is only filed by the richness
which flows from it-not by the rich-
ness which flows into it.-Agnes Ed
wards.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
doses of Black Draught."

doses of Black Draught."
Seventy years of successful use hAs
made Thedford's Black-Draught q
standard, household remedy. Every
member, of every family, at times.
need the help that Black Draught can
give in cleansing the system and re-
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation. indigestion, lazy liver
etc. You cannot keep well unless your
stomach, liver and bowels are in good
working order. Keep them that way.
Try Black-Draught. 1t acts promptly,
gently and in a natural way. If you
feel sluggish, take a dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
25c. package-One cent a dose
All druggists. J. GO
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
Our Sadness.

We ask God to forgive us for our
evil thoughts and evil temper, but
rarely, If ever, ask him to forgive us
for our sadness. Joy is regarded as a
happy accident Of the Christian life,
an ornament and luxury rather than
a duty.-R. w. Dale.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
FOR SALE

In City of Belington, One 9 Room
House on corner, Cellar and Bath
Good Barn, 2 extra lots adjoining
8 minutes Walk from Depot or
Psst Office. Good Terms.
Mrs. Margaret E. Scott
Box No. 295.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09

Advertising Rates On Application
No charges will be made for News
and Notices of Churches, Sunday
Schools, Public Schools and Societies.
Cards Of Thanks free to paid-up sub
seribers only.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
STOP WASTE OF NATURAL GAS

Drastic laws should be enacted at
this session of the West Virginia
Legislature on the saving of natural
gas.
In the first place no gas should be
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09
vi ~ .nfrasi

Bill-"What's the idea, Algy, stand.
ing there on one foot like that?" Lord
Really, old chawp, was go
ing some Place, but l bally well for
got where was"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-01-09

Entered as second-class matter
June Is, 1912, at the Post Office at
Belington, w. Va, under the Act Of
March 8, 1879.