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Omaha daily bee., 1920-05-02
Ex-Currency Comptroller, :
William RidqeIy, Dies at Home

Baltimore, Md, May William
Barrett Ridgely. comptroller Of the
currency from 1901 to 1908, died at a
hospital here last night from a sud-
den complication following an oper-
| ,<io,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-05-02
The Weather

Forecast.
Probably showers Sunday; slight
ly warmer.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-05-02

Continued on Page Two, Column Fo
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
WHY RAILROAD RATES ARE
HIGH
Manufacturers Record)

Manufacturers Record)
The Washington Post prints short
story that illustrates the woeful ex-
travagance of Government operation
of the railroads. "How would you like
to turn off a railroad switch for the
Government on your way to your reg
ular work? The time consumed is
about one second and the pay is good"
runs the story.
GIN discussion of the Railroad bill
it developed that the man who does
this gets $500 month. When he
worked for the railroad company he
blushed at accepting $40 month, as
he had to pass the switch anyway on
his way to his regular employment.
But under Government rules any man
who touches a Government switch is
an electrician and must get the reg
ulation pay. Incidentally, he got 3d.
500 back pay for his past services"
No wonder the railroad employees
do not wish to kill the goose of Gov
eminent control that is laying such
golden eggs.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
OUR TOWN
IL the place to trade.
Offers unheard Of bargain

IL the place to trade.
Offers unheard Of bargains.
Has society that is social, refined,
intelligent, good-natured and glad to
see you.
Is good place to court, to marry
and abide.
Will stock you up In dry goods for
q very little price. I'LL
Has better school facilities than
many other towns.
Has moral atmosphere that is
braeing and exhilsrating- -
Has the livest local newspaper Of
any town of its size. ~
Is place in which You can do
good. be good and dwell in perpetual
peace, is aaeas1 \ 4 "a
|, .Isa good place to market your
produce. bring in, your butter and roll
in your eggs. ~
Is a place where few temptations
will meet you or the many evils Of
life environ you.
Is a good place to establish your
home, rear your family and school
your children.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22

There is one class of laborers who
never strike and seldom complain.
They get up at five O'Clock in the
morning and never get back to bed
until ten or eleven o'clocy at night;
they work without ceasing the whole
of that time, and receive no other
emolument than food and the plain
est kind of clothing; they understand
something of every branch of econo-
my and labor, from finance to cook
ing; though harassed by a>hundred re-
sponsibilities, though driven and wor-
ried, though reproached and looked
down upon they never revolt, and they
cannot organize for their own pro-
lection. Not even sickness releases
them from their posts No sacrifice
is deemed too great for them to make
and no incompetency in any branch of
their work is excused. No essays,
books or. poems are written in tribute
to their steadfastness. They die in
the harness and are supplanted as
quickly as may be. These are the
housekeeping wives of the laboring
men.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
A SURE WAY TO KEEP THE
PRICE OF SUGAR HIGH
{ manufacturers Record)


The omnipotence of government is
a fiction commanding wide credenee
until government attempts to be ON
nipotent. Price fixing is not a new
thing. 1t was tried in the days of
Justinian, when back of the DEGREES
was an autocratic government, able
and willing to make death the penalty
of disobedience. But it failed, Just as
any attempt of the kind must always
fail.
It is pity that Congress, in de-
fiance of it's better judgment, permit
ted the sugar panic to be stampeded
into enactment Of a law extending the
life Of the Sugar Equalization Board.
The Board, itself, we understand, is
dubious Of its ability to accomplish
anything Of value. 70 keep it func-
tioning is merely to invite a second
'panic' next summer, on the second
eve Of tie Boards dissolution. it
does no good to postpone The inevi-
table Interference with the law of
supply and demand may accomplish
some apparent good in the beginning.
but the day Of reckoning always comes
and in the end the cost to the public
is heavier.
There is world sugar shortage.
There will be such a shortage next
year,eand the var after, and forever,
unless the price Of sugar is attractive
to capital and induces additional pro-
duction. When production begins to
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
EXTRAVAGANCE!.

Last summer republican congress
cut the tidy sum of $1,685,0 100000
from the estimates of President Will
sons subordinates. And yet Chair
man Cummins of the democratic party
doloriously walls of the ''extrava-
gance" of that congress! If it had
followed the suggestion of the presi-
dents advisors and spent that 81 $685.
100000 just what would Cummins
have had to say, do you fancy? If
economizing on democratic estimates
is extravaganza, just what are demo-
cratic estimates TT. Wayne News.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
LANSING AGAIN HITS A
SNAC

Secretary Lansing has consented to
reversal of his policy toward Mex
leo and the substitution of one of the
Presidents own making. This is not
the first time that Mr.. Lansing has
been made to feel the displeasure of
that he will ever forget his exper-
his superior in office. 1t is not likely
fences in Paris. Whatever criticism
may be made Of Lansing's predecessor
at the head Of the State Department
it must be admitted that when Mr..
Bryan found that his policies were
not those Of his master in the White
House he had the good taste and
courage to resign. ~
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22

HE SHOOTS TO LATE. Stop the
waste" shouts a Democratic editor
out GA the Pacific Coast, and he points
particularly to the waste perpetrated
by the publicity bureaus CT the var
ious Departments under the control Of
President wilson But our Dem8crat-
ic friend shouts at the wrong time.
All through the campaign Of 1916 we
were telling you Of the waste in gen
eral and this kind Of waste in par
ticular. Then you were defending
the MASTERS and calling for the re-.
tention Of Wilson ia the White House
because he kept us out of war. But
we will stop the waste in 1920, and
do it over Democratic opposition.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22

]. Luther Wolfe, of Ripley, Jackson
county, Speaker Of the West Virginia
House of Delegates, and one of the
leading men of the Republican party
In Southern West Virginia, will be in
charge of the headquarters of Colonel
Fred Paul Grosscup, candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor.
This announcement has been. given
out from Colonel Grosscup's headquar-
tiers in Charleston, and Mr.. Wolfe Is
now in charge, with headquarters at
the Kanawha Hotel.
Speaker Wolfe had been prominent
~ mentioned as a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Attorney
General but decided to forego his per-
sonal interest at this time to contri-
butte his efforts to the nomination of
Colonel Fred Paul Grosscup for gov
ernor.
II believe that the nomination of a
business man of the caliber of Colonel
Grosscup to lead the Republican par
ty in the next campaign is the great
est service that | can render at this
time, and | propose to devote my ut
mel Grosscup in the coming campaign, 7
is the statement of Speaker Wolfe to
representatives of the press
The Grosscup organization is being
perfected now, and it is expected that
an aggressive and vigorous campaign
will be waged by the Kanawha coun-
ty candidate up until the close of the
polls on primary day. Colonel Gross
cup last week toured the southern sec
tion of the state, where he was greet
ed cordially and where he has the
earnest support of General Edward
O'Toole, of Mcdowell county; McGin-
mis- Hatfield, chairman of the Repub-
lican county committee; ex-Congress-
man Edward Cooper, of Mercer coun-
ty, and other potential Republican
leaders Colonel Grosscup, returned
from the Norfolk & Western country
greatly encouraged with the support
his candidacy is receiving.
Headquarters for the Grosscup or
ganization in the central part of the
state have been established at Parkers-
burg, in charge of Judge Thos. A.
Brown, chairman Of the Fourth district
congressional committee, and who was
manager of the Elkins forces in that
section of the state In the last sena-
torial primary. Judge Brown reports
to the central headquarters here tha.
the Grosscup sentiment in his district
is predominant and that the Kanawha
county candidate has assumed strong
read in the gubernatorial race.
The field organization in behalf of
Colonel Grosscup's interests will be
looked after by Mr. Earl Pepper, Of
Morgantown, who was prominently
connected with the Elkins campaign
of 1918, and by Captain Mack Lilly.
of Bluetield, who vas an active organ
izer in the Lilly campaign of 1916.
These two representatives of the
Grosscup organization are now assist
ing in establishing working organiza-
tons through the various counties.
The publicity campaign in behalf of
Colonel Grosscup lis being directed by
Mr.. G. A Bolden, who was formely
Identified with the Elkins senatorial
campaign of 1918 as publicity manager
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
THE DAUGHTERS LETTER

THE DAUGHTERS LETTER
Mr.. Fred. Thompson,
Editor of Progressive
City.
Editor Of Progressive
If you had any self-respect, you
would show some respect for the
PRESIDENT of the United States, re-
CARELESS of party; Considering you
are an American Citizen.
THE DAUGHTER OF "A
REPUBLICAN
Dear Daughter"
Your anonymous postal received
Monday. Am sorry that your father
is not aware of your waywardness, for
if he is Republican he will be great
ly grleyed to see this letter of his
only daughter" in print.
Inc President OF the u. S. A. is held
in regard by US above all rulers and
official heads. Your political biasness
is without doubt the cause OF your
expression, in the face of facts ex-
pounded by The Progressive for many
months.
Did you or do you want us to agree
with everything that President viii
son says or does?
Do you think we should have agreed
to have yielded to the British Empire
in charging American merchant
ships for going thru our own Panama
Canal?
DO you think we should have stray
ed from the policies, and have turned
a deaf ear to the warnings of our
forefathers and meddled in the at
fairs of the Old World?
Do you think we should surrender
the sovereignty of our country and
ally ourselves with foreign countries
for nothing?
Do you think we should be. party
to contract that throws away the
balance of power of Europe and jeop-
ardizes our own country for all time?
Do you think the safety valves of
free speech and free press should be
extinguished and smashed, and that
the supreme law of the land should
become scrap OF paper" for the
sake of few pet nations or ideals"
OF any one man, or group of men
whose interests would be foreign to
our own country3
We have hope that your father will
kill the fatted calf when he sees his
only daughter coming home," and
like ourselves, will forgive all that |
you have said or done.
THE EDITOR.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22

Beginning now and lasting well into
March the probability is the mail car
rier will earn all the money he will
receive for making his six rounds a
week. He will appreciate all the help
ing the roads more passable. If ev-
cry farmer would break out the road
we can give him in the way Of maxi
alongside his farm after every snow,
the rounds of the mail carrier would
be more easily made.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
The Best Cough Medicine.

When druggist finds that his Gus
toners all speak well Of a certain
preparatior be forms a spod opinion
Of it and when in need Of such med
icine is almost certain to use it him
self and il his family That is why
SO many druggists use and recommend
Chanlberlain's Cough Remedy j. B.
Jones, 2 well known druggist Of Cub
run, Ky, says, 81 have used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in my family
for the past seven years, and have
found it to be the best cough med
icine have ever known"
Sold by all dealers (adv)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
Why Is A Headache?
Various Causes for this Common
Affection
-Anemia or Bloodlessness a v~
Common Cause
Pepto- Mangan 0vercomee AHsz6n
and Tends to Prevent
Headaches

When one has an occasional HOS
ache it is usually due to some tsns-
silent or passing cause, such An naa-
|gestion, eyestrain, over-tiredness, -.
When however, one suffers from -
quent periodic headaches there 10 -
ways some special reason for u.
Among the most common Of spch rm-
sons is Anemia or Bloodfessnxss
This condition. is especially frequsis
among girls and young women -
those whose occupations or habits 81
life keep them too much indoors. TIE
one important necessity in. such cas1s
is to build up the quantity and qualf6
of the weak and watery blood. GUIDES
Pepto- Mangan is 3 exceptionally vaz-
liable for this purpose. It increases
the number and improves the quality
of the red blood cells, those vital little
bodies which carry nutrition to all
parts of the body. 1t improves the
appetite, imparts color to the face,
and restores health and strength to
the body generally After a short
course of Pepto- Mangan the head
aches decrease in frequency and se-
verify, and nally disappear, if they
are due to Anemia Pepto- Mangan
may be had either in liquid or tablet
form. as preferred. When buying
Pepto-Mangan be sure the name
Guides" is on the package. With
out Guides" it is not Pepto-Mangan.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
PRExY'S, PILL-DISPENSER GETS
CROSS

Read Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
private pill-dispenser to the President
has been awarded the navy cross
along with several score Of others who
really fought for their country. Gray
son probably received his for putting
on the Presidents over-shoes and ov-
er-coat in Paris. While the action or
yre under which Grayson worked is
not mentioned, the bombardment was
undoubtedly that of hot-air from the
Peace Conference, said to have been
more deadly than the most dangerous
mustard gas.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
MUSTARD GAS
TO BE USED
ON SAVAGES

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Mustard
gas and machine guns are to be used
by Captain Harry de Windt, an Eng
lish explorer, against the poisoned ar
rows of a tribe described as white
cannibals" on Tiburon Island on the
Pacific coast, he announced here to-
day. Captain de Windt said he would,
leave New York in few days to lead
an expedition of six civilians and
three score Mexican soldiers to the
island. Tiburon is said to have rich
deposits Of pitchblende from which
radiuln is made.
The island is shout 40 miles from
Guymas, Mexico, which, in turn, is
only about 48 hours by rail from
Coronado Beach, Cal. The inhabi-
tants are said to be descendants of
Dutch, Swedish and German prisoners
who escaped from Mexican prisonsN
several centuries ago. OF sixteen per-
sons known to have visited the island
liz The past few years in parties Of
5wo and three. only nine are said to
have returned alive, the others fall
ing victims to the faxen-haired, blue
eyed white Indians as the Mexican
poems call them.
-Four miles from the Mexican
coast, said Mr.. de Windt, "Iiburon is
easily accessible Yaqua Indians, who
live on the mainland call Tibouron the
Island of Death for the reason that
any person who lands On it is shot by
poisoned darts and the eaten by the
natives. The cannibals, in addition to
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
RATS DIE

SC, do mice, once they eat RAT-sNAP.
And they leave nc odor behind.
Don't take our word for try a
package. Cats and dogs won't touch
it. Rats pass Up all foods to get
RAT-sNAP. Three sizes.
25c. size Il cake9 enought for Pan
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
5oc. size G. cakes) for Chicken
House coops or small buildings.
s10o size g cakes) enough for all
farm and out-buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold AND guaranteed by
GRANT GRAHAM,
GEO. r. SKIDMORE.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
KILLS RATS

and mice-that's RAT SNAP, the old
reliable rodent destroyer. Comes in
cakes-no mixing with other food.
Your money back if it fails.
25c. size q cake) enought for PAM
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
soc. size G cakes) for Chicken
House, coops or small buildings.
S100 size 6 cakes) enough for all
farm and out-buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by
GRANT GRAHAM,
GEO. b. SKIDMORE,
SCRIMGEOUR BROS.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22

Would you not Ike to feel that your
stomach troubles are over, that you
can eat any kind Of food that you
crave? Consider then the fact that
Chamberlain's Tablets have cured
others-why not you. There are
many who have been restored to
health by taking these tablets and can
now eat any kind Of food that they
crave.
Sold by all dealers- (adv.)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
Mr.. Fred White Says, Don't Idle Be-
cause You Only See One Rat"

II did, pretty soon l found my eel
lar full They ate my potatoes. After
trying RAT-SNAP I got 5 dead rats
The rest later. They pass up the po-
tatoes to eat RAT-SNAP." If there
are rats around your place follow Mr..
Whites example. Three sizes, 25e,
soc, .$1.09. Sold and guaranteed by
GRANT GRAHAM,
SCRIMGEOUR BROS,
GEO. b. SKIDMORE.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
ANNOUNCEMENT

hereby announce myself as a cam
didate for the Office of Sheriff of Bar
bour County subject to the Republican
Primary Election to be held May rs,
1920.
II nominated and elected, / will
name as my deputies, Herman v.
Viquesney, of Belington, and George
D. Hines, of Moatsville.
Your support and influence solicit
ted.
ARTHUR F. BENNETT.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
No Great Act of Heroism Required.

Ii some great act of heroism was
necessary to protect a child from
Group, no mother would hesitate to
protect her offspring, but when it is
only necessary to keep at hand
bottle Of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy and give it as soon as the first in
dication Of Group appears, there are
n ~ who neglect it. Chamberlain's
6 sh Remedy is within the reach Of
al end is prompt and effectual.
Did by all dealers (adv)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22

meet supply, prices will begin to fall,
and not before.
The sure way to keep sugar prices
high is arbitrary for time to make
them so low that cane growers find
it more profitable to go in for pea
nuts.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22

A superstitious subscriber, who
found spider in his paper, wants, to
know if it is considered bad omen.
Nothing of the kind The spider was
just looking over the columns of the
paper to see what merchants were not
advertising so that it could spin its
web across his store door and be free
from disturbance.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
BUT. NOT WITH AMERICANS.

President Wilson could compromise
with Lloyd-George, with the Mikado,
with the Russian Bolshevists, with
O. rama, with the striking coal min
ers, with Mooney, with alien trouble
makers, with draft-slackers- with any
body and everybody except the mem
bers Of the United States Senate who
stand for America first.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22

It is the mother of household
whose life is chiefly threatened by
monotony. She stays at home. She
is always in the house seeing the same
things, hearing the same voices, do;ny
the same work, day after day, with
endless regularity.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22

largest coal producers in the State of
West Virginia, and head of the United
States Coal & Coke Company's plant
at Gary, Mcdowell county, has given
his unqualified endorsement to the
candidacy of Colonel Fred Paul Gross
cup, Of Charleston, for the Republican
nomination for governor. Colonel
O'Toole has written strong letter to
Mr.. Boyd farrell, editor of the Hunt
ington Herald Dispatch, in with he
advocates the nomination of Colonel
Grosscup on the ground that he not
only wants ito see the Republican
party elect the next administration.
but am greatly interested in seeing
our state developed as rapidly as is
possible in the years to come Colo
mel O'Toole expresses the opinion that
the next Governor of West Virginia
should be business man and one who
has succeeded in business. 81 feel that
this is the time that we men who have
our hearts in the development of the
state should speak up so that our
views may be KNOWN" he writes to the
editor of the Huntington newspaper.
He pays a very high tribute to the
bushes ability of Colonel Grosscup,
and declares that he has no fear but
that if he is nominationed he will give
to the state a business administration.
Colonel O'Toole's letters is as fol
lows:
January Il, 1920.
Mr.. Boyd farrell.
Herald Dispatch,
Huntington, w. Va.
My dear farrell:
For some weeks 1 have been Civ
ing careful thought as to who should
be nominated by our party for gov
ernor in the coming primary cleo
ton.
First, / think we should select a
business man one who not only has
succeeded in business, but also one
who knows West Virginia's needs by
personal experience. / believe we
have the opportunity to select the
man in the person of Colonel Fred
Paul Grosscup, of Charleston, whom
| know very well in personal, as
well as a business way, and / will
have no fear that if he be selected
by the party but that he will be able
to give to the state that kind of as
sstance that will be appreciated by
ali Of us. His experience in the EN-
ployment of labor, the putting to-
gether of raw materials into a fin
ts-led product, and marketing the
produc. in other states and countries
will go a long way toward bringing
the balance of trade to the state
during the next four years, covering
the Reconstruction Period
l personally admire the other can
didates mentioned, but am making
this decision from a business view,
and l want not only to see the Re
publican party elect the next ad-
ministration, but l am greatly inter-
ested IN seeing our state develop as
rapidly as is possible in the years
to come. l feel that this is the time
that we men who have our hearts
In the development of the state
should speak up, so that our views
may be known.
] am, with very great respect,
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Z. O'T0OLE.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
Justice To All
OUR BoUNDEN DUTY

This newspaper must first OF an ss
elssa, it must be fair. it must pc hon-
q ssg ct asd without malice in its opinions
s.. a4a expressions. and it must 1t al
sanss, devote itself aadinchingiy and
fsElassiy 10 the public service in the
ss ins1xsesta Of the masses Of the pesSie.
y wwst always cs@Aat evii aaa -
jaStssa. AN
n nsszs always sgAt Ter srsrrsss
s4aFsfssM.A ,ttsas
Dss9 n nsss acy~ tsaaaae sszrspfasas-
aLas n mat be in synpashy with -
yass anA unfortunate.
aa&s4r Ii Esrs Belingtsn ID nRst savsys steaa
via = mssl6sA devotisa. fer ths
achievement Of the Anest heab, -
.nnnas srwy high purpess, Of every aater-
"a pSase. Of every step in the march sf
kae4a progress. s4g &Mev a,s
,saatasss 1t must stand for good goveraneat.
n II freedom, equality, the public welfare,
iaHsst sivie and true patriotism and undying
as.saos lsve Of country
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-22
SPEAKER WOLFE TO MANAGE I,
COL. GROSSCUP'S CAMPAIGN

Republican, With Enviable Record In
House of Delegates, Sacrifices His Personal
Ambition to Nominate and Elect Business
Il Man Governor Of West Virginia Taken
Charge Of Headquarters at Charleston