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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
BETTER TO BUILD UP CHEAP
ROADS BY CONSTANT CARE

1t is better to build a cheap
road and keep it in good condit-
ion by adequate maintenance
than to build the most expensive
riorate for want of care, say Of
highway and premit it to dete-
ficials of the Bureau Of Public
Roads of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
Maryland, which has one of
the finest systems of improved
highways in the United States,
if not the best, has consistently
followed this practice. The
originally improved roads in
Maryland were comparatively in
expensive, costing only what the
taxpayers were willing to pay
for. The first few years the av-
erage cost was less than $4,000
a mile. In some cases the work
entailed considerable grading
and drainage, but in others it
amounted simply to resurfacing
the old turnpikes, which had al
rady been graded and drained.
Generally the roads built at
that time were macadam, IL feet
wide and 6 inches thick. Soon
the width was increased to IA
feet. Later many were widen
ed still farther, some very sue
cessfully, by adding concrete
shoulders on each side of the ex-
listing macadam. This method
of improving roads makes it pos
! sible for traffic to continue UNI
impeded on the road while the
work is going on.
The macadam roads in Mary
land have given very good sat
isfaction, but continuous care
has been largely responsible for
patrolled and no hole of any size
is allowed to go unrepaired,
Materials for patching is kept
at convenient points along the
road for the use of the patrol
man. From a relatively small
investment in admittedly low
type road it builds up a better
one from var to year, always
conserving the bulk of the pre-
viouS investment.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
PERCHED ON
A HIGH STOOL
IN AN OFFICE
Many a Brain Is Trying to Work
With Weak, Thin Blood
MORE RICH, RED
BLOOD NEEDED
Pepto-Mangan Gives You the
Health To Tackle Your Daily
Work With Vigor

If you set at a desk all day in
an office whether you are perch
ed on a high stool or seated in an
upholstered chair, your body is
inactive. You can't get much
fresh air and outdoor exercise.
Your blood becomes poor. You
look pale and feel weak.
The great tonic, Pepto-Man-
agn, is what you need for awhile.
It makes rich, red blood. 1t re-
stores your vital energy. Your
color comes black.
When your blood is good, full
of red corpuscles, you are better
able to resist disease. You GO
about your daily work with the
optimism of good health.
Try Pepto-Mangan and notice
how improve.
Pepto-Mangan is sold in both
liquid and tablet form. Take
either kind YOU prefer. Both
have the same medicinal value
But he sure you get the genuine
neutrality-suspicious." The
| full name, Z GUIDES Pepto-Man-
gan" should ne on the package
Advertisement.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25

food. simple pleasures and simple
clothes. If we all pull together we
may hope to help conditions. The
consumer must help to see that the
farmer gets reasonable prices for his
products and he must endeavor to help
the government to protect the con-
sumner from the extortion of unscrupu-
lous Spectators The great hue and
cry OF the people that the farmer is
profiteering would cease If those who
make II understood the real fact that
the farmer Is the poorest paid worker
In this country; he averages ii cents
an hour. When the farmer strikes
and refuses to sell or produce except
for his own use we may appreciate
something of the burden he has borne.
Food carefully served. nicely pre-
pared and garnished is much more ap-
petizing than carelessly prepared food
and thus there is less waste. Sauces,
seasonings and various garnishes are
important food adjuncts.
One need not be niggardly or par.
simonious in serving food. The chill
dren should have plenty of plain food
and a growing boy or girl needs as
much as an adult. The following sug-
gestions were given us during the war,
but they are as necessary now with
nearly everything higher in price than
two years ago:
Pack eggs before the fall prices
make such packing too expensive. The
sterile egg. keeps much better than the
fertile. Tn some states the splendid
custom of having a cockerel day and
killing off all surplus stock is one to
be recommended to every state in the
Union. Eggs packed in one part of
water-glass to ten parts of water will
keep indefinitely. Boil the water, cool
it, add the watergass. Thirty or forty
cents worth will cover "a dozen eggs
Don't order more perishable foods
than can be wisely used Plan meals
ahead to avoid waste and by order
ing ahead it helps you, the butcher
and the groceryman.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
old TALE RETOLD
Origin of the American Thanks
giving Day.
Will Bear Repetition Annually az
Something of Which Every
Citizen May Be Proud.

The ancient Thanksgiving did not
as some have fancled, skip down the
ages to find its home In America. In
one way or another 1t seems to have
always been observed. Throughout
Europe, before the Reformation, special
days were set apart as days of re,
ligious thanksgiving. The American
Thanksgiving day is traced back to the
Pilgrims.
Shortly after the landing of the Pill
grims, while searching for a suitable
place in which to build their homes.
they one day came upon some deserted
Indian huts, in which they found some
baskets filled with corn. From this
supply they succeeded in saving enough
to plant their first years crop.
In the spring of 1921 the seed corn
was sown and its growing watched
anXiously by the people of the little
colony. To their great joy, the har-
vest of the following October was
bountiful one. Governor Bradford or
dered three days feast in celebration
thereof. Wild turkeys, geese, ducks
and water fowl, corn bread and vege-
tables no doubt formed the chief con-
stituents of their feast, not to speak
of the five deer brought in by tribe
of friendly Indians.
This festival is supposed to be the
first real Thanksgiving day from which
we date our celebration. This cele-
bration, although without doubt the
origin of our national Thanksgiving
day, may be looked upon as merely a
local observance, being held by the
Plymouth colony only They were the
forerunners of less local celebrations
in Massachusetts and gradually in 9th
er colonies, for in 1880 a public
I Thanksgiving day was observed in
Boston by the Bay colony, and again
in 1851.
During the next fifty years there
were as many as % public Thanks
giving days appointed in Massachu-
sets, usually in October or Novem-
Der, after the gathering in of the har-
vests, or to celebrate some public
benefit. 1t did not become regular
holiday until long time afterward.
In 1889 Washington issued the ia
NOUS Thanksgiving proclamation rec
ommending Thursday, November 26,
as national day to be devoted to
prayer and Thanksgiving. Washing
toms example was followed by other
Presidents.
! In 1868 President Lincoln appointed
the fourth Thursday in November as
the national Thanksgiving day. Since
then the day has been observed an
nually without interruption.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
THANKSGIVING AT ITS BEST
City Boys and Girls Don't Make az
Much of the Day as Do Their
Country Cousins.

The joys of Thanksgiving are not
partaken in the fullness thereof by
many city boys and girls. They sim
pry know that it is holiday, when
the pleasures and trials of school life
are temporarily laid aside, when
churches are open for those who want
to return devout thanks for the mani
fold blessings with which they may
have been showered and when the
larder fairly groans with uncommon
delicacies.
1t is in the country that the manifold
blessings of Thanksgiving day reach
their full fruition. 1t is not mere
episode there, as it is in the city, but
an event that is anxiously looked for
ward to for weeks before it dawns. In
its celebration it differs from the ways
of the city as widely as does day from
night. In the thickly populated towns
the religious aspect of the holiday has
been lost sight of to great extent.
and in its place there has grown up the
habit of feasting and making merry.
1t is time for family gatherings, for
Balls, for football, for theatricals and
he thousand and one pleasures city
life is kset with.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
FAIR FIELD - NO FAVOR

Washington, Nov. 23-(Spec-
ial correspondence In his an
nual address to the National
Grange, the head of that organ
ixation. Sherman J. Lowell, of
New York, took occasion too re-
mind the power in the Federal
Government. He mentioned no
policical party but the applicat-
ion of his remarks was clear.
He condemned the policy of i'm
porting foreign raw materials
in order to reduce cost which, of
course, had reference to the
placing of wheat, livestock, and
wool ON the free list. His men
ton of administrative attitude
toward farmers recalls many in
stances of dictatorial bureau
cracy which so frequently ham
prs the farmer in his effort to
make income cover expences.
eve desire no class regulations
or class divisions" declared Mr..
Lowell, but he intimated that
unless the farmers get square
deal they will be forced to form
organizations for the purposes
of securing a fair price for their
products.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
CIVIC LEAGUE RECEPTION

There Will be an informal re-
ception for all members of the
Civic League, on Friday, Dec.
3rd. 1920, at 8 P. M. in the High
School Auditorium. This is to
be a Get Acquainted" meeting,
and it is earnestly hoped that
every member will attend.
There will be a program of
speeches, readings and music,
followed by refreshments.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
The becinnins of almost ey

The beginning of almost ev-
cry serious disorder is eonstipa-
ton. II you want to enjoy good
health keep your bowels regu-
lar. This is best accomplished
by proper diet and exercise, but
sometimes a medicine is needed
and when that is the case yeu
will find Chamberlain's Tablets
are excellent. They are mild
and gentle in their action, easy
and pleasant to take. Give them
a trial. They only cost quar-
ter.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
HOW'S THIS?

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
will do what we claim for it
cure Catarrh or Deafness caused by
Catarrh. We do not claim to cure
any other disease.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is liquid, taken internally, and
acts through the blood upon the
mucous surfaces of the system, thus
reducing the inflammation and re-
storing normal conditions.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
+. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
Therefore. Give Thanks.

Thanks to the providence Of God as
it has worked In history and to the
work of brave men who believed they
were children Of God, the petty colo
MES are now one nation. OF that ma
ton the meanest citizen, the most fool
ish, the weakest and the poorest, has
every right and privilege before the
law which belongs to the strongest, the
richest and the wisest, though he were
horn in the purple Of luxury.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25

Jess Glenn who has been indis
passed from rheumatism for
several days is able to hobble
about again.
Mr.. John Scrimgeour Sr. and
daughter, Miss Helen are here
visiting the home of the late
VIM. Scrimgeour.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
A Day Of Nature.

Thanksgiving day is our one ma
tional festival that turns ON home
life. II Is not day Of ecclesiastical
saints. 1t Is not patriotic anniver-
sary. 1t is not day celebrating q
religious event. 1t Is day of nature
1t is day OF thanksgiving for thu
years history. And it must pivot or
the household g.. Remember God q
bounty brought the year. String tho
pearls Of His goodness Give this ona
day to thanks. to Joy, to gratitude
Henry Wayi Bescher.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25

prices Tor 1000,
so the W I s 9
h o u s e W If e is
making saving,
rath err { b a n
spending, her so.
cial standard. We
must be content
ed with simple
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25

25 per cent discount on all of
my entire stock of untrimmed
hats, starting Nov. 22nd, and
continuing for Is days.
"All Pattern Hats at cost"
M. E. CLOTHIER st
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25

25 per cent discount on all of
my entire stock of untrimmed
hats, starting Nov. 22nd and
continuing for Is days.
"All Pattern Hats at cost"
M. E. CLOTHIER st
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25

Small and mean dealings in
business lead to ruin.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
The KITCHEN
CABIN |[Eaao1a
The Little Pool.
] am too small for winds to mar
NY surface, but / hold star.
SAVING SUGGESTIONS.

The outlook for the coming year is
not at all promising In regard to lower
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25
Count Your Blessings.

The last Thursday In November will
not mean much to you. unless you have
got in the way Of counting up your
blessings.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25

Congressman M. M. Nicely
of Fairmont is here visiting his
sisters, Mrs. J. E. Keyser and
Mrs. c.. H. Jones.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE MERCHANTS AND MINERS
BANK, JUNIOR, IN THE STATE OF
WEST VIRGINIA AT THE CLOSE
OF BUSINESS Nov. Is, 1920.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts l93,624-ss
Overdrafts, secured and un-
secured Aoo-o~
Stocks and Securities
(other than Government
Issuesl .... 100000
limited States Bonds 381B.9e
Furniture and fixtures 2j616.W
Due from Banks ........ 15,l69.N
Checks ard other cash items 767.sb
Lawful Money Reserve in
Bank ....... s,l5s.ss
Exnenses Paid ......... 2,22s.8o
TOTAL ...... s223610.4o
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in 2b,O0.0e
surppus fund ......... 100000
Undivided profit 1890. 7,246.8
Deposits Viz:
Subject to check 1876, 349.68
Time certificates 52,176.10 18S,b2518
Cashiers checks 49,. $3.50
Bills payable ......... 1,46sF4
TOTAL ............ $z23.olu.4o
State of West Virginia, County OF
Barbour:
l, C. w. Shomo, Cashier Of the
the above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief
C. W. SHOMO Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this % day of Nov, 1920
GOLDEN F. ROW, Notary Public
My Commission Expires July 28,
1927
A. w. WINDOW
A. K. PERRY
B. F. SHOMO
Directors.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-11-25

The Ladies Aid of the M. E.
Church South will conduct a sale
consisting of Aprons, Fancy
work and baking at Scrimgeours
Store Dec. 4 1920 beginning at
one thirty ?. NJ.
There is community singing
at the M. E. Church South every
Sunday P. M. everybody is in
vited.
Congressman nj. M. NeelY
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
aberdeen news

Mr.. Ed Hutchinson, of Pennsylvania,
was here the first of the week, looking
for location.
Messrs. Carpenter and Lewis have
purchased the Grant Hill draying bust
ness, and are prepared to do business
for the public upon short notice.
Rev Baxter, of Warsaw, KY, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tolle and little
daughter, of Maysville, were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Fitch, Jr.
Quite a number of Maysville people
took advantage of the ideal weather,
Sunday, and came over on a sight-see-
ing trip to Aberdeen.
Next Thursday evening is the time
of the high school commencement
when seven pupils will graduate from
school
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fraley, who
moved to the country two months ago,
have returned to Aberdeen to reside.
If we cannot feel proud of the little
old snail-creeping Greendale as the
Cincinnati packet, we can be truly
thankful that its unearthly and nerve
wracking whistle has been changed
for the harmonious whistle of the
Chic.
AS Aberdeen is in such close touch
with Maysville, and always has its
should to the wheel that helps Mays
vile to move forward, it is very nat
ural that Aberdeen should always be
interested and anxious to see Mays
vile progress along all lines, for when
Maysville prospers, Aberdeen pros
pers. We are always glad to learn of
new industries coming to Maysville;
glad to hear that movement is on
foot to established public market.
a Council that would oppose such
is not for the welfare of the
glad to hear of the step
toward securing pure water. Interest
ed parties here, feel that the water
question will never be rightly solved
until the city owns the water system.
We do not mean that it shall purchase
the present system at ten times its
value, but we mean it should build
new one if necessary, with water
works above mudholes and sewer
mouths. And, just for information, we
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
SAYS VOLA-TONIC
HAS kept HER AT
HER DAILY WORK
Thirty Years of Toll as n Seamstress
Broke Down WOman's
System.

For thirty years, Mrs. Mary Eng
land, 2230 Gilbert avenue, Cincinnati,
o., worked hard as a seamstress and,
of course, the work finally hurt her
health.
MY system all over became weak
ened and run down." Mrs. England
said II got so | was very nervous: My
stomach was out of order also and |
was troubles with constipation.
81 went to the drug store to get
something that would build me up and
my druggist recommended vola-Tonic.
l got a bottle and started taking it.
81 honestly believe that if it hadn't
been for Vola-tonic l wouldn't be
working today. Vola-Tonic built up
my system and brought back my
strength and has kept me on the job
1.-THE constipation has left me al
most entirely since l started taking
Vola-Tonic and my nerves are in much
better condition also.
81 know Vola-Tonic is an excellent
medicine and, in short, l can't praise
it too highly for what it did for me-"
In thousands of cases Vola-Tonic
has brought back strength and better
health to weakened, run down men
and women. If you are feeling weak
and run down, try this medicine that
has helped so many others.
Vola-Tonic is being specially intro
duced in Maysville at ]. j. Wood G.
Sons.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
CITY MISSION REPORT
SHOWS MUCH ACTIVITY
Report Of Mission Secretary Shows
Much Work Done Among UnfOrtu.
mates During March.

The statistical report of the City
Mission for the month of March is as
follows
There were 30 visitors; So visits
made; % calls on the sick; two fami-
lies provided with food; five families
provided for by the city and two by the
county.
Material Relief Given - 107 gar
ments given out; two pairs of new
shoes and IS pairs of old shoes.
Relief from other sources-8S pieces
of clothing for children donated. Mer-
chants gave pairs of shoes, "a new
garments were made and IL garments
remodeled.
Welfare Department Boys Club
to meet on Friday evenings at z
O'Clock.
Religious services-Bible school on
Sunday from 23O to $3.50; preaching
on Tuesday night at Z o'clock. Average
attendance in Sunday school SIS.
Mrs. c. F. Jones from Lexington,
spoke. to the Mission, her subject be-
ing will We See Jesus" There we're
% guests and 81 Mission people pres
ent MINERVA N. STOCKTON, Sec'y.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16

Good values in short coats at 1885
at MerZ Bros.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16

April brides, according to an old be-
lief, are of mercurial temperament
and make good mothers but trying
wives
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
EDUCATORS CONFER.

Prof. George f. Colvin, State Super
intendent of Public Instruction, while
in the city today en- route to Toles-
boro, held conferences with Prof.
George II. Turnipseed, County School
Superintendent, and Prof w. j. Cap
linger, City Superintendent of schools.
should like to know if there is an
other city the size of Maysville that
does not own its waterworks? If So
how do cities of company, and munich
pally owner waterworks compare as to
giving satisfaction to patrons.
Although we have had more freezing
weather it is still hoped that the apple
crop is not killed, as the blossoms are
not yet out.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
WORLDS GREATEST
TELEPHONE MAN DEAD.

Baltimore, Md, April 16.-Theodore
N. Vail, former president of the Amer
lean Telegraph and Telephone Co. and
the Western Union Telegraph Co., died
at Johns Hopkins Hospital here today.
Heart disease caused his death.
Vail was born in Carroll, O., in 1916.
He studied medicine for two years, but
entered the railway mail service in
1873. He became interested in the tele-
phone business in 1887.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16

Eagle" all silk shirts at $685. al
Merz Bros.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
DAMAGE SUIT BEING TRIED.

The case of Gates vs. the c. g. o..
Railroad Company is being tried in the
Mason Circuit Court today. This case
grew out of an accident on the c. G. o.
railroad near Vanceburg in 1914 in
which Charles Gates lost both of his
legs. The case was sent back here for
trial from the Court of Appeals.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
POCKET PICKED AT
BASEBALL GAME.

Mr. William Wells, well known local
horse man, was in Cincinnati yester-
day and when leaving the ball park
after witnessing the game between the
Reds and the Chicago Cubs, some
smooth individual removed a pocket
book from his left hip pocket which
contained 500 in money.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
POLICE HAVE NOT LOCATED
DRIVER OF AUTOMOBILE.

The local police have as yet been
unsuccessful in their attempt to locate
Henry Harvey, driver of the automo-
bile which struck and injured Mr.
William Schlitz. 1t has been reported
that the young man was seen Thurs
day in Augusta and Germantown. The
warrant against young Harvey only
charges him with exceeding the speed
limit.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
CINCINNATI MARKETS
Friday, April 1

Friday, April 16.
Cattle-157, strong; Bulls, steady;
Calves, SIS.
Hogs-657, strong, so cents higher;
Heavy, $16@17; Mixed, $17 so; Light,
SIG; Pigs, $1S; Roughs, $3.50 Stays,
$S.5O@9
Sheep-None.
Rail situation somewhate improved,
few loads shipped East
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
NOTICE
WANTED

Yard and House Man, colored. Must
be experienced, furnish recommended
tons. Good wages to right party.
Phone, call or write GUS SUN, N.
Fountain Avenue, Springfield, Ohio.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
NOTICE X. OLE Z.

All members of Limestone Lodge,
No SO, are urged to be present at reg
ular meeting Friday evening at Z
o'clock. PICKETT HELMER, c. c.
B. H. GREENLEE, K. R. G S.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16

Miss Jessie o. Yancey, of the Ken
lucky Anti-Tuberculosis Association,
Louisville, is in, Maysville shaking
hands with her many friends and on
business.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
FoR SALE II

FOR SALE Ford Touring Car, In
good condition. Electric starter. A,
II. Quigley. A14-3t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16

On account of the program of the
Interchurch Movement at the Preby-
terrain church there will be no prayer
service at the Christian Church to-
night.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-04-16
COLORED CITIZENS.

Rev. Joseph Small and wife, who
have been visiting Mrs. Maria Green
of East Fifth street, left this morning
for North Middletown, where he has
been stationed as Methodist minister.