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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11
GOOD ADVICE

The following was written by a
grandmother who highly appreciates
our Home Circle Department. Her
advice is certainly good and we glad
ly give it space.-(Ed)
As / am verging on the land of
dotage and much of child myself,
if the children will follow me into my
cool, roomy kitchen, we will have a
social chat this lovely morning, and
as boys have talent for combining
pleasure with business, they will ex-
cuse me if / air few of my opin-
ions while I string my beans for din
ner and mould my butter for market.
You know, boys, when sent to the
spring for a pitcher of water, the
reason you stay so long is you stop
to poke the frog on the stone, yoke
the lizards and chink the saucy SPUR
rels etc.
All children, from the tiny prattler
to the blooming maiden and happy
frolicsome young man, have a tender
place in my heart. | have a great
many friends among them. They are
to me what the sun is to the flower
and what the flower is to the bee;
land without them life would be as
blank as snow capped mountain:
would love to take each one of you
by the hand and tell you how much
love you; but my pen will record the
feeling of my heart.
Dear children, hope you all real
ize what treasure you have in the
mother love that cares for you sc
tenderly So many miss the deep
speechless love on which their lives
have been nourished and hunger ant
thirst for it.
| Father is tender in his solicitude
but there is not love like mother. /
angels walk the earth and keep spec
ial eyes on little children, they mus
be sad when so many little ones cal
in vain for mamma.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11
THE WHITING BOY

Uncle Bob may talk of the whit
ling boy
And call him worthless lad
Perhaps when he whites he's making.
toy
Then why should we call him bad-
l pity the boy who GOWNS no knife
Whose fingers bear no scars.
A knife is the badge of boys real
life
AS he fashions his weapons of war.
Or how could he ring the sourgusn
cane
In the spring when the sap runs
high?
Without his knife he would work in
| vain
His kites would never fly.
Without his knife the whistle is still
That he carves from the chestnut
sprout
He never could build his fiutter
mill,
Or weave the crack whips stout
He'd never cut his name on tree
Or white a spool for top
The cornstalk fiddle could never be
If the boys knives would stop.
At humble peg he could never play
J Or Indian with arrow and bow.
! Without knife its long old day
To the boy with wounded toe.
/ |, | admire the whiting boy
Put the kickers upon the shelf
Let the boys whittle what they eu-
J joy %
was whiting boy myself.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11
REGER ROBs THE GRAVEYARD

Poor old John Thomas Roger is in
his dotage and is the modern example
Of the Irish Engineer, off agin, on
agin, gone agin, Finnegin" About a
month. ago John announced in the
Barbour Countian that he was going
to Grafton to take charge of the
/ Leader and would abandon the Coun-
tan after four short months of swad-
ding clothes. This paper poked some
fun at John about it, as he had made
arrangements a time or two before
when at Parsons to tackle the Lead
er proposition. There was so much
truth in what we said that Roger cot
peeved about it and after three weeks
suspension digs up the Countian again
and announces his intention to live
and die in his native heath. In the
mean time the Farewell Address"
will be kept on the Standing Galley"
Bro. Roger makes the mistake of try
ing to measure others by his OWE
short weight measure. Because he
has been a jumping jack in the bust.
ness himself, he Historically accuses
us of the same skittishness, knowing
very well that in the thirty years we
have been in the business we have
had but two papers and two locations,
Is years as editor and owner of the
Of the Kingwood Argus and five years
as editor of the Enterprise. We
would like to say something nice
about Bro. Roger, but as he has al
ways made a mess of everything he
undertook, decent regard for the
truth compels us to consign him to
the dead hook" as he Isl not even a
has been" Randolph Enterprise.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11
The Belington Progressive
America First Justice To All
ga, q
IS PEOPLES PAPER IA
ouR BOUNDEN DUTY

This newspaper must first of all be
clean, it must be fair, it must he hon
est and without malice in its opinions
and expressions, and it must, at all
times. devote itself unfiinchingly 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 eorruptiOns
1t must be in sympathy with the
poor and the unfortunate.
For Belington it must always stand
with unselfish 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 undyine
love of country.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11
A HERO, AFTER ALL
By S. E. Kiser

When Dad was well and going strong,
And never had holiday,
The bills were settled right along
He always seemed to find way.
He kicked because my shoes wore
out
And at the price of sisters hat;
But Dads a pretty good old scout,
guess we'll all agree to that.
Sometimes when we would have to
wait
And dinner would be getting cold,
Ma scolded Dad for bein' late,
M I'll tell the world that Ma can
scold.
guess she often thought he lied
When he was tryin' to explain;
One night last week he nearly died,
But now they say he's on the gain.
He's been in bed month or two,
! And, gee, the stack of bills. we've
got!
It's lucky that he's pullin~ through,
Ma used to say he had no right
To be a fool, like other men;
She always worried when he'd light
| Another stogie now and then
Because we need him here lot.
4 heard her last night, when she
spoke
To Doctor Griggs concernin' Dad;
She said he seemed to want to smoke,
| And that's sign that made her
glad.
Sis nurses him and strokes his head,
And we have all been findin' out,
,Since Dads been sick and nearly
dead,
That he's pretty good old scout.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

There is an explanation of the boys
interest in the puppy, the Indians
interest in the water faucet, the Es-
KINDS interest in gumdrops.
One magazine editor paid another
very successful newspaper editor a
large sum Of money to tell him what
interests people"
The editor who was on the receiv-
ing end of the money transaction
wrote back: "Eevry man is interesl
ted first of all in himself"
He was right.
People are interested in that which
best satisfies their self-interest-
their selfishness.
The dog interests the boy because
he can play with it. A lad of four
can see more immediate fun in play
ing with curly-haired puppy than
in turning sumersaults in cloud banks.
A nurse, on the other hand, tired of
the drab monotony of seeing that
little boys are not run over by auto
mobiles, would like to experience the
thrill of flying. Some day we all ex-
pect to fy-that is why we grownups
like to watch others fly.
The old indian knew that water is
more necessary to life than even food.
In his outdoor living he saw no need
for subways, suspension bridges, no
tells, and telephones. Not one of
them satisfied his selfshness. But
the idea of never-failing supply of
lwater-to be able to turn tap and
see the sparkling fluid gush forth
that was the answer to a lifelong
dream.
The Eskimo sees no advantage in
the possession of watch. An hour
or so makes little difference to him.
He has other means of knowing the
time of day. But the delicious sweet
ness of gumdrops filled an unsatisfed
want
In selling, the closer we can bring
our proposition and the others self
interest, the easier the sale.
On the same principle that four
year-old boy would rather play with
a dog than watch an aeroplane,
merchant is generally more interes-
ted in the proposition that contains
an answer to problem with which
he has personally battled than with
one that has never come within his
horizon.
To get our ideas or our goods over
to the other fellow we must make him
see that it is to his personal interest
to dept or buy them.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

of some I3 million dollars. Of
this sum S1O,000,000 was secured and
was automatically repaid by the sale
of the collateral pledged. The other
assets of the partnership sufficed
to pay two-thirds Of the three mil
lions due its unsecured creditors who
released all the members Of the firm
without compelling them to go thru
bankruptcy.
Undaunted by the terrific losses
which he had suffered, Mr.. Price I'M
mediately went to work again and by
the year 1904 was able to pay, and
did pay, the 2, 500 creditors of the
firm the million dollars which he felt
to be morally due them but which he
was under no legal obligation to pay
This is startling example of mans
resources under adversely.
The figures rather than the fact
challenge US however, for we all know
that in the world of business there
are thousands of men who possess Mr.,
Prices courage if not his genius
They are forging their way through
the barrage fire of i'll fortune to final
success.
"A man may be down but he's
never out" says the Salvation Army,
meaning that there's in India rubber
core in all of us.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

A reader writes US that his town
recently began campaign to obtain
subscriptions for 100000 charity
fund In three days the money was
obtained.
"Never before have our charities
asked for more than $25,000," writes
this man. "And yet we put this big
campaign through in one-third the
time of the smaller ones. What is
the explanation
Here is our answer:
In all of US are reservoirs of en-
ergy which are untapped except in
times of great emergency or stimu-
lation.
When we are enlisted in an under
taking, the character of which smacks
of the unusual, the never been done
before" we draw on this reserve
strength. We respond with our best
efforts to the stimulation of doing
something worth while" and we de-
light in its accomplishment.
Canvassers in money-raising cam
paigns have found they can obtain
subscriptions for 500 more easily
than for $40, provided the people be-
come thoroughly aroused When
they become alive to the size of the
undertaking their imaginations are
quickened and they take pride in help
ing to make it success.
The average Chamber of Commerce
in a small town amounts to little OF
nothing until president or secre-
tary comes along and proposes a real
budget and broad field of activity
Something worth while" is the
spirit that animates the members af-
ter the program has been presented
to them. Under the stimulation Of
"doing something that has never beer
done before, they will double the
membership, triple the budget, in
crease the salary of the secretary
rent larger quarters, and accomplish
ten times as much good.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

A great Indian chief was taken
from a reservation in the west to
New York City, where he was shown
all the wonderful sights-the subway
the elevated, Brooklyn Bridge, the
imposing skyscrapers, the telephone,
the elevator, the electric lights and
the countless other improvements OF
the last generation.
The Indian had never before beer
in contact with modern civilization.
After few days of sightseeing he
was asked by member of the en-
tertainment committee to tell what
was the most wonderful thing he had
seen in New York City.
He pointed to water faucet!
The old chief-who had often cross
ed the desert with parched throat
who had seen strong mel die fol
lack of a cup of water-was mos
impressed by the ingenuity which
had made it possible for the white
man to turn faucet, and fill glass
with cool, pure water.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

AS for eating, the less you eat on
hot days the better you'll feel A
little fruit, a couple of slices OF
bread, and two or three glasses OF
cool water are enough for breakfast
Cut out the meat, eggs and cereals.
Let your lunch consist of bowl
of milk and crackers, or a salad anc
ice cream, or few vegetables. Take
glass of lemonade or iced tea in
stead of the usual hot coffee. Rest
for half hour after lunch.
Don't be in a hurry to eat wher
you get home at night. A cool bath
before dinner is refreshing and will
put you in good humor
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

1t isn't necessary for us to lie down
and pant like dogs in the summer
months.
We can do our daily tasks on hot
days as we'll as on cool days if we
exercise little common sense in our
eating, drinking, dressing and think
ing.
First of all, then, go to the clothier
and buy a few suits of the thinnest
underwear he sells. You may have
said you wouldn't be found dead in
one of those abbreviated costumes like
the high school boys wear at track
meets-but try 'em out anyway and
you'll reduce your chances of being
found dead from heat prostration.
Next, get a suit made from palm
beach cloth or alpaca. 1t will cost
you less than wooden suit and you'll
| feel so much more comfortable that
you'll do enough work in two days
to write off the cost.
Finally, get into light shirt and
low collar, and you're ready for
business.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Why don't you say Lets try to get
thru with our work and go to the
woods Saturday for a picnic ?" You
think you can't spare the time, Ell {?
When you boys get Disguised and
leave home to try city ife, then per-
haps you can see where you could
have spent many day with your fam
lily, or taken them into the city for a
day.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

some mysterious power which seems
to conduct the bank destroyers safely
through breakers which would be in
surmountabIe under ordinary circum-
stances. No one can identify this
"invisible government" on one can
trace its workings, and yet there are
many who are satisfied that it exists.
1t is best identified as the audacious
corruption of some officials or the
dabbling of politicians into business.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

What interests people? A boy of
four years stood on sidewalk, while
his nurse pointed out an aeroplane
which was soaring in the clouds.
The boy glanced at it, then lowered
his eyes and spied puppy across
the street. In an instant he was tug
ging at the nurses hand, trying to
reach the dog.
Everything was new to the boy.
He saw nothing wonderful in an
aeroplane. 1t had never occurred to
him that man should not fly. He
had seen birds flying. Why should
not men fly?
To him a puppy dog was more won
derful, more interesting than an
aeroplane.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

A gentleman in the engraving bust
ness on Broadway, New York, was
greatly annoyed by the hardness OF
one of his skilled engravers.
/ Calling him into the Office one
morning he said, "Mr. Brown, get
here at $3.50 every morning and look
over my mail; at 9 o'clock look out
the window and see Mr.. Rockefeller
on his way to the office; at $50 Mr.
u. P Morgan passes on his way to the
bank; at 10 | see Mr.. Vanderbilt GO
ing by; at 1890 Mr.. Taft passes or
the way to his office; at II you come
in. Who the are you?"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Congressman Goodykoontz says
coal is going to advance some more.
Ooh! it makes us cold to think of
it.
Governor Cornwell proclaims Sept.
18th as Constitution Day." Mighty
good to what is left Of the old Con-
stitution. It's had some mighty
hard knocks in the last two or three
years.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

1, The stockholders of the Day and
Night Bank at Charleston appear to
be indignant from newspaper reports
of their carvings on but there were
indignant people at Grafton few
years ago and the righteous indig-
nation" did not accomplish very
much. There must be an organized
effort to Dust the bank breakers
They are more dangerous than Jesse
James. They undermine the conf
dence of the people in the banking
System and this confidence is abso-
tlutely necessary at Reconstruction
period" Confidence in banks is es-
Sential at all times but there never
was time when bank failure is to
be so widely condemned as the pres
ent.
The trouble is to place the respon-
sibility when the invisible 81 govern
ment" moves in mysterious ways
that are puzzling to those not init
ated. There is always danger OF
having revenge on the wrong fellow
which is little better than what is ac.
complished by mob rule. Those who
claim that there should be no sympa-
thy for the fellow who has been slack
in his duties have strong position
but it is not unassailable. One mar
cannot pull against the current of {
power hundred times stronger thar
he can expect. One man cannot bea
not work reforms which requires tn,
OF work reforms which requires tn,
changing of system in vogue 70,
years and years. One man canno
stem a storm which has been gather
ing in strength for a century.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

The old masters taught, not be-
cause they liked teaching, nor yet from
any idea of serving the cause of art,
nor yet because they were paid by
the parents of their pupils. The par
ents probably paid no money at first.
The masters took pupils and taught
them because they had more work to
do then they could get through and
wanted some one to help them. They
sold the pupils work as their own,
just as people do now who take APP
prentices. When people can sell pu-
pills work, they will teach the pupil
all they know and will see he learns
it. This is the secret of the whole
matter.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

We sometimes envy the wealthy the
beautiful pictures that adorn their
walls, and yet what is sunset on a
wall compared with a sunet hung in
loops of fire in the heavens Without
money and without price we can all
view the royal gallery Of the noon
day heavens, the Kings gallery of
the midnight sky.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Theodore H. Price, publisher of
Commerce and Finance, tells a most
remarkable story of his personal ca
reer, which also throws some light
on this reservoir of unused energy
which is in US all.
In 1900 the brokerage firm of Price,
Mccormick & Co., of which Mr.. Price
was the head, failed with liabilities
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

W. Merle Watkins, prosecuting at
torney of Taylor County, could prob
ably testify that it is more difficult
to successfully prosecute those con-
nected with the breaking up of banks
than might me imagined. There is
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1919.

There are two great rules of life,
the one general and the other par
ticular The first is that every one
can, in the end, get what he wants if
he only tries. This is the general
rule. The particular rule is that ev-
cry individual is, more or less, an ex-
ception to the general rule.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Arrtic explorers have found that
Eskimos are very fond of gumdrops.
They will respond better to gift of
nickel's worth of gumdrops than
to seventeen-jewel watch.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Entered as second-class matter
June Is, 1912, at the Post Office at
Belington, W. Va, under the Act of
March 8, 1879.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

try to stop this; we should try to
make the sef-interest of cads little
more coincident with that of decent
people.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

/ do not like haling to try to make
myself like things: like things that
make me like them at once, and nc
trying at all.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

l imagine that life can give nothing
much better or worse than / have my
self experienced.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

The radiant face, the noble form,
the lady-like courtesy. the helping
hand, are jewels of rarer worth than
diamonds.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

If truth is not trouble-saving in the
long run, it is not truth; truth is
only that which is most largely and
permanently trouble-saving.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

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views of our correspondents.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

At least one-half of the misery
which meets US daily might be re-
moved or, at any rate, greatly allie
waited, if those who suffer by it would
think it worth their while to be at
any pains to get rid of it.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

The world will always be govern
ed by self-interest. We should not
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11
OBSERVATIONS OF SAMUEL
BUTLER

In matrimony,- to hesitate j.
sometimes to be saved.
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F. E. THOMPSON, Consulting Editor
e. d. KOONTZ, News Editor
F L.. THOMPSON Foreman
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-02-22
ANOTHER BIRTHDAY

February % is the centenary of the
birth of James Russell Lowell. called
by some Americas greatest man OF
letters. He was a poet, a writer, a
critic and diplomat.
1t is the writer's of nation that set
the written standard and records OF
its ideals, ambitions and activities
So on the national holiday for the
honoring of Washington's Birthday
let us also remember and honor this
man. James Russell Lowell.
Although Lowell does not stand as
our greatest poet or our greatest
critic, his position in the field OF
American literature is secure.
Lowell showed literary ability from
an early age. Many of his early
writings are immature but his later
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-02-22
THE GIFT

An Armenian living in Syria writ
ing to his brother in Indianapolis
says: There is nothing cheap here
but death; all my business and money
are gone. My family and friends are
dead. either killed or starved TO
deaths. The spears of grass, herbage,
foliage from the trees are stripped /;
it has been eaten by the people.
Mothers have appealed to the Turk
ish officials for food The reply was
Have you eaten the flesh of your
children? The mothers answered
mo- Then you are not starving,
said the Turk"
This story We may not want to
hear 1t horrifies us. 1t is beyond
comprehension.
We who live in luxury from day to
day, let's not grudgingly hand out a
paltry sum to help these starving
Christian people. the Armenians.
We have read of their prosecutions
for many years and had great feeling
for them. Our feeling is now put to
the test by our pocketbooks.
What will be the outcome?