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Smyrna times., 1920-10-13
THURSDAY. OCTOBER q, 1920
TEN l1Ol O'CLOCK al. M.

TEN G0) O'CLOCK A. NJ.
The following described Real Estate to wit
All that certain lot, piece and parcel of
land and premises. situated in North Murder
kill Hundred, Kent County. Delaware, and ly-
ing on the south side of the Public Road or
Street in the Village of Willow Grove, that
leads from Camden, Delaware. to the Mary
land line, and contains l acre and 13 square
perches of land, be the same more or less.
The improvements thereon are two and one
half story frame dwelling house. in good con-
dition. having been newly painted and paper
ed. This house has rooms and a nice pan.
try and is equipped with gas lights. has three
porehes attached. has new wood shed. 2 hen
Smyrna times., 1920-10-13
Public Sale
m VATJTAPTE

OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE & PERSONAL PROPERTY
The undersigned. Executrix of John C. Dill.
deceased. will sell at Public Sale at his late
residence. in the town of Willow Grove North
Murderkil Hundred, Kent County and State
of Delaware. on
Smyrna times., 1920-10-13

The undersigned managers of CAMDEN
CAMPAIGNING GROUND. on account OF
the lack of interest manifested by the general
public, will sell at Public Sale on the prem
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
JUDGMENT
(E. d. Koontz.)

If you live in house that is made
of glass,
Better not cast rocks at those who
pass.
Oftimes your judgment of the other
fellow,
Reveals to him your streak of yellow.
If your cloak of Deception will hide
your sin,
Let it be big enough also to cover
him.
His fault may be seen, and yours
may not,
But in spite of that; spot is a spot.
Do not pin your faith to the foolish
thot
That the only criminals are those
who're caught,
The word of God does not prove
this true,
For each sin that is yours is charged
to you.
"Pluck out the mote that is in your
eye"
Ere you look for the faults of the
other guy"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
The Belington Progressive
America First Justice To All
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rs rrorIco Af NN q q
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 unfiinchingly and
fearlessIy 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
poor and unfortunate.
For BeIingtOn it must always stand
with unselfsh 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, 1920-01-01
NO MORE RATS

mice, after you use RAT SNAP.
is a sure rodent killer Try Pkg.
and prove it. Rats killed with RAT
SNAP leave no smell. Cats or dogs
won't touch it. Guaranteed.
Csc. size q cake) enough for Pan
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
SOC. size e cakes) for Chicken
House, coops or small buildings.
IS $1.00 size 6 cakes) enough for all
farm and eut-buildings, storage
buildings. or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by I
GRANT GRAHAM,
GEO. B. SKIDMORE
SCRIMGEOUR BROS.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
UPSHUR COUNTY SELECTED.

Word comes from Charleston that
Upshur County has been selected for
the first intensive keeping Fit" cam
paign.
We have always considered Upshur
lucky in having so many good people
living in it, but now it seems that
they are to be made better still, or at
least have the advantage of State and
Federal aid in that direction.
We have a notion that Upshur
County hardly realizes the great OPP
portunity that is being offered her in
this the very newest of the Public
Health activities. Every young man
and woman and every child in the
county will have an opportunity to
have their eyes, teeth and body ex-
amined by public health officials with
out charge, and will receive such ad-
vice as will aid them in getting and
maintaining the best possible physical
condition.
Every home and every landowner
will have a chance to be reliably in
formed as to the sanitary condition
of his surroundings, and whether or
not he is in danger from his own or
his neighbors ignorance or careless
ness.
Every mother may have Der baby
examined for physical defects, weigh
ed, measured and graded, and if it is
not up to the standard she will be told
where the fault lies and instructed
how to remedy it.
Those predisposed to tuberculosis
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
ARE YOU WORKING
IN THIS SPIRIT?
Manufacturers Record

The world is short of food and mil
lions will starve; it is short of fuel.
and millions will freeze; it is short of
many products, and the shortage
forces prices to ever higher figures.
The world is short on work, and
millions are idle when every idle hour
increases starvation, increases the
number who will freeze to death, will
add to the cost of living and endanger
all governments and all civilization.
Willing idleness today, by rich or
poor, is criminality.
Workers are needed as never before
and the work shirker is Stacker. a
criminal, a co-operator with the forces
of starvation and freezing.
Every man who fails to work to his
utmost IN this crucial hour of world
agony and threatened revolution is
helping thereby to starye and freeze
millions of helpless women and child
.ren, helping in his inaction when
action is needed to prevent chaos from
engulfing the world re F.
Before the Judgment seat of a lust
God every soul shall some day stand
and the light of eternity shall illumi-
nate the record of everyone. On that
day shall the women and babies who
died for lack of food and fuel point
an accusing finger at you and say,
Had you worked and inspired others
to work, we would not have died of
hunger and cold?"
How will you answer them. coal
miner, food producer, merchant. man
ufacturer, teacher, preacher, day la
borer, clerk or banker? Are YOU
dong your utmost to relieve the world
by work, work of brain and Drawn,
work to which you can look back with
satisfaction on that great final day
when some shall hear, "WeH done.
good and faithful servant" and others
shall hear the just condemnation of a
just and righteous God?
Work, and more work, work to the
last ounce of strength and to the
highest degree of efficiency; work, be-
cause upon every mans work will rest
in part the death or the life of some
poor innocent sufferer-this must be
the inspiring thought in every mans
life just now
Profits and wages are not today the
supreme issue. Both are important,
vital in their way, but they sink into
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
MR.. PALMER STEPS TO THE
FRONT

We thought so! South Dakota
Democrats will name solid delega-
ton for Attorney General Palmer's
Presidential BOOM No wonder he
stages so many grand-stand scenes.
No better man could be nominated by
the Democrats, so far as the Repub-.
licans are concerned. His consistent
record of inability, inactivity and pre-
crastination will kill him from the
start. A Presidential aspirant can't
carry water on both shoulders. In
these days a man is either against or
for the profteers; he is either against
or for the "Reds" and he is either for
or against law, order and justice. In
the same dispatch that tells of the
South Dakota Democratic activities it
is stated that Senator Poindexter will
appear here in person at the Repub-
lican convention. Poindexter has set
the pace. He has named his plat
form and the country knows where
he stands. His method of announce
ment was unusual. His follow-up
methods are unusual but these are
unusual times. The Democrats have
failed to discover this fact, up to date,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01

will be told how to avoid the disease
and even how it may be cured in its
incipiency.
The social disease will not escape
in this campaign for physical fitness.
For it is one of the principles of the
Public Health service that Moral,
Mental and Physical fitness are the
three legs to the tripod of life; that
mental and moral fitness depends
largely on physical fitness. The rot
tenness of the moral fabric as shown
by venereal disease reports will be
shown up and discussed.
That wonderful moving picture
"The End of the Road" will be used,
as we'll as other motion pictures and
stereoptican slides.
While Upshur is the first county in
which this intensive campaign is to
be carried on, it is by no means the
only one.
The work will be extended to every
county in West Virginia in which the
local officials and organizations will
cooperate.
This Keeping Fit" movement is
the first "Voice Crying in the Wild
erness."
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
A Prayer.

Almighty and living God. we be-
seech thee to look with love and mercy
on US. Keep us in thy faith and fear.
Give US grace to resist the devil, and
to renounce all his works and tempta-
tons. Guard us from the lusts and
sins Of the flesh. Shield us from the
corruption of the world. Make us dill
gent and faithful in our appointed
work. Keep US patient unaer trial. In
anxiety and worry, help us to find
trust and peace in thee. All of which
we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord
and Savior. Amen. sfs
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01

Good Health:
Suggestion No. 1. Chew your food
well. The biggest waste of food in
this country grows out of hasty eat
ing. Half-chewed food is half digest
ed. The other half is wasted The
people of the United States waste
enough food, by neglecting to chew,
to feed France and Belgium
Suggestion No. 2. Chew your food
thoroughly. If you bolt your food,
you swallow twice as much as you
need before your body's food dictator
finds out what you've done. Every
body has "Mr Hoover" in the back
of his tongue-an entire force of food
dictators-about forty of them, the
papillae circumvallate (put your
tongue far out and you can see these
wart-like papillae.)
Every papilla is a food inspector, a
professional faster AMI food dictator,
an expert in food economy that will
infallibly tell you when you have
eaten enough, if given fair chance
to perform its function.
If you fir 1.-THE mouth hopper so fast
that the food morsels have to be
swallowed like after-dinner pills, the
food slips by the inspector unobserved
and the dictator dosen't have time to
get out an injunction"
If you will eat considerable dry,
hard food and take care to avoid hur-
ry and will chew each morsel of food
thoroughly, your food dictotor will
work automatically and will shut the
appetite gate at just the right time
-when you have eaten all you need.
Suggestion No. 3. Chew, and chew
as long as there is any taste in the
food. That's one thing we chew for
to crush and soften the food so
that we can detect and enjoy it's fla
vor.
Food hurriedly eaten is only half
appreciated. The flavor is carried
off before the taste buds" have felt
the tang and the thrill of it. There
are no taste buds in the stomach.
The Talmud tells of man of glut-
tonous disposition who wished that he
had neck like a crane mile long,
and that he could taste his food all
the way down.
One dosen't need a longer throat,
nor more taste buds. If we chew our
food until all the taste is extracted,
we've gotten all the satisfaction pos
sible out of it, and it takes only about
half as much food to produce the
sense of safety that says, "Enough!"
In recent years Horace Fletcher,
who pioneered Renaissance of chew
ing, has proved that man can live
on half as much food if he chews
well and will enjoy his food immen-
sly more than when he gulps it down
without half tasting it.
So don't have any fear of a food
famine. Just chew, and get every
body else to chew, and there will be
a surplus of food.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
The Best Cough Medicine.

When a druggist finds that his Gus
toners all speak we'll of a certain
preparation, he forms a good opinion
of it and when in need of such med
icine is almost certain to use it him
self and in his family That is why
so many druggists use and recommend
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy J. B.
Jones, well knows druggist Of Cub
run, KY, says, II 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 (ady.)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01

A liar is just person with lack
of understanding.
Flying machines and scandals are
much more easily started than stop
ped.
Do you remember the good old days
when two could live cheaper than
one?
Did you ever meet real live bach
elor as liberal as those in the Christ
mas stories?
The favorite pastime of most of US
is figuring on the time when we won't
have to work.
Speaking of a child havin' tan
trum, did you ever see an old mother
dog shake her pups?
Can't you remember the time when
you used to be afraid of being run
down by horse and buggy?
Most of US fear being poor; there
is no excuse for anybody being poor,
SO there is nothing to fear.
Good buyers of materials or service
are like those with the ability to see
wise investments.
Two thirds of all the telephones in
the world are in the United States;
three-fourths are in the United States
and Canada.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
RATS DIE

so do mice, once they eat RAT-SNAP-
And they leave no odor behind
Don't take our word for it-try
package. Cats and dogs won't touch
it. Rats pass up all foods to get
RAT-SNAP. Three sizes.
25c. size q cake) enought for Pan
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
soc. size G. cakes) for Chicken
House, coops or small buildings.
$100 size 6 cakes) enough for all
farm and out-buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold aad guaranteed by 8;
sw GRANT GRAHAM, III
m GEO. B. SKIDMORE,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO


/ know dear, old-fashioned scene
Where snow drifts in the narrow
lanes
And cone-like fir trees, tall and green,
May still be singing soft refrains.
Perhaps they sing of children who
/. Have wandered far and learned to
care;
They may be singing softly, too,
Of one who ruled with kindness
there
The hickory smoke may curl above
The chimney at the gable still,
And at the spacious single Love
May hold communion with Good
Will.
There may be pictures in the glow,
Such as | fancied / could see
While sitting, dreaming, long ago,
My smooth cheek pressed against
her knee
Some other child may come to kneeI
Where | was taught my earliest
prayers;
Another may have learned to feel
His way through darkness up the
stairs;
The moaning at the ewes may cause
Another to have foolish fears
Of wandering spirits as he draws
The covers up around his ears.
So far away, so long agol
Dim paths may still wind through
the lanes
Half hidden in the drifted snow;
Perhaps the peacefulness remains
But, little as the change may be,
The name is lost that once it bore,
For One who made it "home" to me
Awaits my coming there no moret
S. E. Keiser.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
KEEPING FIT

FITNESS-physical, mental, and
moral-depends fundamentally on
health. This means not only the
avoidance of diseases and defects, but
positive, abundant health-prime con-
dition of mind and body. Every
young man in America, to be worthy
of the heritage left him by the heroes
of the battlefield, should know the
laws of physical and mental efficiency
and live up to them. Keeping fit for
Americas task in the new world is
the present obligation on every youth
of the land.
To be really physically fit it is not
enough to be free from disabling de-
Ffects. Many men were rejected from
the army simply because of poor
physique" You must be in good gen
eral condition all the time if you
want to win out.
To achieve the maximum of physi
cal and mental efficiency you must
adopt five common-sense measures:
The first of these is sufficient ex-
ercise of the right kind. Reading the
sporting page, yelling in the grand
stand, and watching the baseball
bulletin boards may be enjoyable, but
will never make a man vigorous. He
must himself take daily exercise.
Hiking, baseball, rowing and canoeing
skating in the open air, swimming,
tennis, team games, general gymnas
ium work, boxing and wrestling where
the air is fresh, are among the most
beneficial forms of exercise. Any
useful work using the big muscles
actively is as good as sports.
Your daily exercise should be vigor-
Gus enough to cause you to perspire
I freely This helps the body to throw
off certain waste products which, if
they are allowed to accumulate, will
act as poisons. After exercising take
a bath. A shower is better than
tub bath. A washbowl or any other
contrivance is better than nothing.
Warm water should be used first, then
cold The bath should be followed
by vigorous rub down with course
towel, the whole process taking no
longer than a or minutes. The bath
and rub down should produce
healthy glow of the body and a gen.
eral feeling of well-being.
Second, sleep in the fresh air, work
and exercise in the fresh air as much
as possible, and be sure to have the
indoor air kept fresh during the day.
Fresh air is almost cure-all. 1t is
usually more valuable than any guam
itiy of medicine.
In the third place, you probably
need at least eight hours sleep every
night. A man can get along on less,
but he can not keep himself in the
best possible physical and mental
condition. Do not lie in bed after
waking, but jump out, battle, and
dress Immediately. Avoid soft mat
tresses, feather beds, and too much
covering. sl.
Proper food is fourth requirement
The system needs not only the kind
of food that is rich in nourishment,
but vegetables and other coarse food
to give bulk and stimulate the bowels.
When this is not done, one becomes
constipated and is likely to have head
aches and general ill health. Regular
movements of the bowels are aided by
an abundance of exercise and by eat
ing plenty of fruit and drinking plenty
of pure water.
Finally, if you are to gain maxi
mum efficiency and retain it, it is i'm
portant that you should understand
the relationship of the reproductive
or sex organs to the development of
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
"A NEW DAY FOR THE RAIL
ROADS"
New York Commercial

We believe that the railroads are
on the eve of great expansion. With
the increasing growth of poulation
and the immensely of commerce, the
people will demad and will get for
the railroad corporations the cash
they must have. The people have not
lost faith in the railroads; on the con-
trary, their attitude toward the, dis
advantages under which the railroads
are laboring because of Government
control is one of the evidences of
their desire that they would have the
entire system back to its normal state
that is, as private lines, so there
might be less restricted opportunity
can be advantageously carried out
for development. This will come. 1t
only by the companies themselves,
without undue interference by Govern
ment authority.
We are not so unreasonable as to
expect that the Government will re-
lease its hold entirely on the rail
roads, for we believe, as do the rail
roads themselves, in a wise super
vision, since it is protective of the
stockholders interests as we'll as of
the employees welfare. The chaos of
the last fifteen years should never
again be permitted to cast its pail
upon those wonderful institutions.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
GREETINGS

A Happy New Year, to our friends
far and near.
May the new year, Nineteen Hun
dred and Twenty, bring peace, joy and
good will to all the round world, fill
ing all dwelling places of men with
prosperity and happiness. Never was
the outlook so big or promising, but
the harvest will be what we make it,
SO all pull together for the uplift of
mankind and great shall be our re-
ward
With all good wishes for the Glad
New Year.
THE EDITOR.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
THURSDAY, JANUARY l, 1920.

''Our great extent of territory and
variety of climate, producing almost
everything that is necessary for the
wants and even comforts of man,
make us singularly independent of
the warning policy of foreign powers
and protect us against every temp
tation to 'entangling alliances"
From the First Annual Message of
President Andrew johnson, December
a, 1865.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
To the Dyspeptic.

Would you not like 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, 1920-01-01

Bear in mind that Chamberlains
Tablets not only move the bowels but
improve the appetite and strengthen
the digestion. They contain no pepsin
or other digestive ferment but
strengthen the stomach and enable it
to perform its functions naturally.
Sold by all dealers (adv.)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
How Big New York Grocery Firm
Keeps Down Rats.

Vroome & Co., Butter & Cheese
Merchants, New York City, says: eve
keep RAT-SNAP in our cellar all the
time. 1t keeps down rats. We buy
it by the gross, would not be without
it. Farmers use RAT SNAP be-
cause rats pass up all food for RAT
SNAP. Three sizes, 25c, SOC, $1.O0
Sold and guaranteed by
GRANT GRAHAM,
SCRIMGEOUR BROS,
GEO. B. SKIDMORE.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01

insignificance by the side of the
mighty issue of saving the world from
the forces of evil which fatten on the
agonies of the starving and freezing
people.
Are you working in this spirit?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
THE DEEP MYSTERY

Strange that all these startling rev.
Citations regarding Red activities
should come from other sources than
the Department of Justice
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01

May the year that is beginning
Bring you joys ne'er known before
With the gentle ap-tap-tapping
Of good fortune at your door.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01

Two wonders of the present world:
A man who will work without being
watched.
A boss who acts as if he wasn't
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01

Nationalism reigns and the seat of
government will remain in Washing
ton
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01

Entered as second-class matter June
IS, 1912, at the Post Office at Beling-
ton, W. Va, under the act of March
8, 1879.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01

Some men grow and others just
swell.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
pafnovyp UMroRH INTERNATIONAL
SUNDMSQ1OOL
LESSON
CBy REV. p. B. FITZWATER, ID. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright, 1920. Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 4
PETER breaches AT PENTEcosT

LESSON TEXT-Acts 2:1-42.
GOLDEN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
Acts 2:2
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Joel 2:2s-32;
John 16:7-15; Acts 1:1-2s.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Peter telling about
Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC-The Story of Pente-
cost
INTERMEDIARY AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Three Thousand Won in a Day.
YOUNG PEOPLES AND ADULT
TOPIC-The Permanent Meaning of Pen
tecost.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-01-01
GOOD HEALTH

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