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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-06-24
UNCLE TED's BEDTIME STORIES

Jack and Ruth Learn About Senator
Warren G. Harding, Our Next Pres
dent, Real Man.
"Well, kiddies," began Uncle Ted,
"the big show is over and every
American citizen should feel very
happy because our next President
will be a real man"
What do you mean, Uncle Ted ?"
asked Ruth
Il mean, Ruth, that the great Re-
publican Convention has closed after
naming as the candidate for Presi-
dent, Senator Warren G. Harding, of
Ohio. And everybody is pleased ex-
cept the Democrats, because they
must realize that the kind of govern
ment that the Republican party and
its nominee, Senator Harding, stand
for is the kind of government every
American citizen is longing to re
turn to, the sooner the better The
next time ! tell you a story, am 60
ing to tell you all about the history
of the life of Senator Harding. To-
night ! want to give you little idea
of what this he mans nomination
means to the country.
Senator Harding is an old fashion
ed Republican. He looks, acts, and
thinks like the great Republican Pres
ident, William Mckinley, who was
killed by bad man many years ago.
He comes from the same State, and
is the same kind of friendly, kindly,
fair, and square gentleman. Unlike
Woodrow Wilson, Senator Harding is
a common-sense American who be-
lieves in the Constitution of the Unit
ed States and everything for which
our popular from of government
stands. He will not close the doors
of the White House and refuse to his
ten to the advice of big, brainy men.
He will not select as members of his
cabinet, men who know nothing about
the various departments of the gov
eminent. Senator Harding will Sc
lect and surround himself with the
brainiest cabinet we have had for
many, many years, men whose judg-
nent he believes in and men to whom
he will go for advice.
when the delegates from all over
the United States met in Chicago,
they had many serious problems to
solve. There were groups of dele
gates with varying ideas as to prin-
ciples and divergent preferences as to
candidates. Fortunately, the CONT
tee of delegates who were chosen to
write what is called platform were
able to draw up a declaration of
principles which met the approval of
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LIVER DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says IS year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved
Alter Few Doses of BlackDraught.

Msadorsvflls, Ky.--Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham. of this own. says: AT
my age. which is 65. the liver does
not act % we'll Al when young. A few
years ago. my stomach was all out Of
fix was constipated, my liver
didn't aet My digestion was bad. and
It took 70 little to upset me. My ap-
petit3 was gone. I was very weak.
decided would give Black
Draught thorough trial as / knew It
was highly recommended for this
trouble. began taking It. felt
better after a few doses. My appetite
improved and I became stronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon righted with . few
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County Directory.

CIRCUIT COURT
Warren B. Kittle, Judge
w. Bruce Talbot, Prosecuting ATTY:
W. D. Corder, Clerk.
COUNTY COURT
Ishmael Haddox, President
o. C. wilkins, Commissioner.
S. F. Hoffman, Clerk
Country Court Convenes
Second Monday in January,
First Monday in April,
Second Monday in June,
First Monday in October
e. w. S. Kennedy, Sheriff.
E. A. Barte, Deputy Sheriff.
w. Scott Simon, Assessor.
Cleo. Swecker, County Engineer.
Isaiah Johnson, County Surveyor.
E. A. Hunt, Supt. Free Schools.
COURT HOUSE Philippi, w. Va
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es Of Black Drausht."

doses Of Black Draught"
seventy years of successful use haG
made Thedford's Black-Draught q
standard. household remedy. Every
member. Of every family. at times.
need the help that Black Draught can
give In cleansing the system and -
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation. indigestion, lazy Liver,
etc. You cannot keep well unless your
stomach, liver and bowels are In good
working order. Keep them that way,
Try BIack-Draught. It acts promptly.
gently and In a natural way. II you
feel sluggish, take a dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
Csc. a packsge-Ons Ger. dose
All druggists. J. 60
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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 Pan
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
5 c. size q cakes) for Chicken
House, coops or small buildings.
81 90 size 6 cakes) enough for all
farm and out-buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by
GRANT GRAHAM,
GEO. B. SKIDMORE,
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what it does to promote and increase
the production of goods True in gem
eral, the truth of this observation de-
serves to be particularly emphasized
in the present deranged state of world
industry and world trade when produc-
ton is the crying need of the hour
everywhere.
Too rapid or too drastic deflation
would defeat the very purpose of
well regulated credit system by the
needless unsettlement of mind it
would produce and the disastrous re-
action that such unsettlement would
have upon productive industry.
Radical and drastic deflatioi is not,
therefore, in contemplation, nor is
policy of further expansion. Either
course would in the end lead only to
disaster and must not be permitted
to develop. The credit situation in the
United States is at bottom sound and
safe. Our economic and financial
position is essentially strong. There
need be no occasion for apprehension
as to our ability to effect the transi-
ton from wartime to peace-time
conditions if reasonable safeguards
against the abuse of credit are re-
spected There is, however, no need
for precipitate action or extreme mea-
sures Extremes must be avoided,
the process of adjusting the volume
of credit to normal basis should be
effected in an orderly manner, and its
rapidity must be governed by condi-
tions and circumstances as they de-
velop Much will depend upon the
cooperation of the business and gen.
eral community. Indeed without such
cooperation progress can be neither
rapid nor substantial Much will de-
pend also upon the rapidity with
which the unabsorbed portion of the
outstanding issues of war securities
passes into the hands of permanent
holders. As the national debt is thus
absorbed and as it is reduced through
the operation of the sinking fund, the
loan accounts of the banks should
be reduced correspondingly until the
proper balance between the volume of
credit and the volume of concrete
things, which credit helps to produce
and which are the normal basis of
credit, is restored. This equilibrium,
it can not be too frequently or too
emphatically stated, can be restored
only by speeding up the processes of
production, by the orderly distribu
ton of goods, by the avoidance of
wasteful consumption, and by the in
creased accumulation of savings.
These are the fundamental economic
processes upon which the proper
functioning of the Federal Reserve
Banks must depend. The Federal Re
serve System can do much to assist
these processes but it can not TO itself
and alone compel them. Efficacious
action along these lines involves the
intelligent and earnest cooperation
Of the business and general communi-
ty. While the Federal Reserve Board
will always be mindful Of the inter
dependence of credit and industry and
of the influence exerted on prices by
the general volume of credit, the
Board nevertheless can not assume to
be an arbiter of industry or prices.
Its primary duty, as the guardian of
the Nations ultimate banking re-
serve, is to see that the banks under
its supervision function effectively
and properly as reserve banks"
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Rats Pass Up All Other Food Fer
One Meal of Rat-Snap."

Their first meal of RAT-SNAP is
their last. Kills in few minutes.
Dries up the carcass. Rats killed
with RAT-SNAP leaves no odor.
RAT-SNAP comes in cake form.
Break into small pieces, leave where
rats travel. No mixing with other
feod. Cats or dogs won't touch it..
Safest, cleanest, surest rat and mice
killer Three sizes, 25c, soc $1.00.
Sold and guaranteed by
G.. B. SkIDMORE,
SCRIMGEOUR BROS,
GRANT GRAHAM.
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Treatment of Common Cold.

IF all who catch cold could be per-
suaded to remain in bed for the first
twenty-four hours Of such an attack
says well known physicians ~there
wiuld be fewer cases dragging ON
with distressing symptoms for weeks
and often ending in some moro SER
ious disease" To make sure of =
prompt recovery you should also take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Whether sick or well the bowels
should move each day.
For sale by all dealers (adv.
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"And There Wasn't the Slightest
Smell From Dead Rats"

Writes John Simpkins, farmer of
Annandale, N. J. Rats were cost
ing me hundreds yearly; tried dogs,
ferrets, poison, could not get rid of
them. Bought $1.00 pkg. of RAT
SNAP Is cakes). Used half, not a
live rat since. Dead ones aplenty. l
like RAT-SNAP because after killing
rats it dries them up-leaves no
smell" Three sizes, Csc, SOC, $100.
Sold and guaranteed by
G. b. SKIDMORE,
SCRIMGEOUR BROS,
GRANT GRAHAM.
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City Directory.

L. l.. Bennett ..... Mayor.
Fred. E. Thompson -. Recorder.
Councilman:
First Ward, Floyd Ware, o. ].
Broadwater.
Second Ward J. A. Viquensey, ]. H
L. Gamer.
Third Ward, D. Harris, J. II
Terrell.
Fourth Ward, T. E. Williamson, G
j. Schumacher.
Geo. W. Price ...... Chief-of- Police
Meetings Of the city council held
every first and third Thursday eve
nings of each month.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-06-24

fII IKE a ribbon OF goid' is the ex.
l. pressive phrase that has been
used In describing Mr. Procter's re-
markable tenor voice His home IL
In Los Angeles, which city he has
made headquarters for extensive tours
in recent seasons Assisting artists In
the program to be given at the local
Chautauqua will be Irene Stolofsky.
violiniste and William Griffith Hill.
pianist both from Chicago.
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Found Seven Rats Dead ia Bin
Next Morning."

NeXt uIUfuIng.
Robert Woodruff says: my prem
Uses were infested with rats. / tried
RAT-SNAP on friends recommenda-
ton. Next morning found seven
dead rats in bin, two near feed box,
three in stall. Found large number
RAT-SNAP drys them up. Best thing
since. No smell from dead rats
I have ever used" Three sizes, 25c,
soc, $1.00. Sold and guarantees by
G. B. SKIDMORE,
SCRIMGEOUR BROS,
GRANT GRAHAM.
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WANTED-Ch Chestnut poles and
pulp wood For particulars write or
w. r. McVICKER.
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BE READY WITH YOUR QUAR-
TER FOR THE DAILY PROGRESS
SIVE-JUNE 80 TO JULY S.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
SEES DRY EUROPE SOON
Pussyfoot Johnson Insist That
Prohibition Has Made g reat
Gains in Old World.

London, April 1S.--A wave of temper
ance is sweeping over Europe according
to W. T.. Johnson, the American Pussy
foot, here to make Britain dry.
johnson bubbles over with dry en-
thusiasm every time he looks at map
He has just returned from a rest down in
the Sahara Desert, after a hazing-or
Raging rs they call it hereby wet
students that cost him an eve.
Today he went over n map of Europe
with me and pointed out the gains the
drys are making.
II have Just received cable from the
republic of Esthonia,' he said, Saying
that the people are shortly 10 have a
national election on prohibition and the
measure will probably carry.
Finland is the first European coun-
try to go dry by vote of its Parliam ent
Norway has voted for the prohibition
of all liquors containing over u per cent
spirits. In other words, it's on light
wine and beer basis.
Sweden, except in the large cities
is also dry as regards spirits.
Denmark magistrates have the power
to refuse licenses for drinking places. As
q result over POO parishes are already dry
In France the French Anti-Alcoffol
League is active and 90 members of the
Parliament are dry as to spirits Ia France
they have nicknamed me Pied de Chat
(Pussyfootl.
I'm Italy the other day Premier Nitti
astonished Parliament by announcing
his purpose to introduce a bill to limit
licensed drinking places because too
much wine was being consumed.
"In Czecho-Slovakia President Masarvk
Is dry
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
LACK Of WHEAT EXTENDS
TO THE WHOLE WORLD
Short Crop Everywhere is Wash
ington Estimate o the Com
ing Harvest.

Washington. n. c.. April 19-Indi-
cations of worldwide shortage OF
wheat this year and Worldwide M
crease i'm demand were reported yester-
day by the American Agricultural Trade
Commissioner at London, 1T beng sad
that bread was selling IN ENGLAND at
what was generally considered the nigh
est price the workingman would toler-
ate without grave disorders: With Rus-
sla still in n chaotic state, little Is to be
expccted from that country IN the way
of wheat exports, and Europe naturally
turns To the United States, Canada,
Australia. India and Argentina.
Some European countries will he
compelled 20 import much larger guam
tities of wheat than IN prc-war times,
provided they are able TO arrange salts
factory credits, the report sand. Con
fiicting reports In London from Russia
pIare wheat available for export at 3d.
oOO 600 TO l4O.0O0,000 bushels. but rail-
road eouipment Is not sufficient TO move
any large quantity. England and other
European countries will have to depend
on the United States, Canada and other
wheat-exporting nations.
The British Government has an
noiInced the maximum price Tor the
1920 crop to DC the average price OF nm
ported wheat of similar quality pro-
vidcd the price so paid the home grow
or shall not exceed $3.50 bUsbel. United
states imports. the commissioner reported,
were ranging from S3.0i to Sill, or an
average OF S3I6 bushel.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
Elderly People Have A
Daily Health Problem
Stomach muscles and digestive organs
slow to act as age advances

TOST people find the years
N slipping by wiihou, real
izing it, until suddenly
confronted with the fact that they
can no longer digest everything
they would like to eat. 1t then
becomes their daily task TO avoid
what they know 10 be chronic con-
stipation.
When exercise and light diet
fail it will be necessary to resort to
artificial means. Strong physics
and cathartics, however, re not
advisable for elderly people. They
act too powerfully and q feeling of
weakness results.
What is needed is a laxative
containing effective but mild
properties. This is best found in
DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
which is combination Of simple
laxative herbs with pepsin. II
acts gently and without gripping,
and used few days VIII train the
digestive organs to do their work
naturally again without other aid.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup pepsin
has been on the market since 1892
and was the private formula of
DR.. W. B. Caldwell, who is himself
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19

There are, as yet, no very potent dry
movements in Spain, Portugal, Switzer-
land, Germany, Austria, Hungary,
Greece, the Balkans or Poland.
''Russla is in a state of doubt. We don 4
know whether the Bolshcviks have kept
the country dry or not.
Scotland has a local option election
this fall and we expect to carry many
districts for the cfrv carse
There is no option election schedu led
for Ireland but my information is tina {
% out of the 26 members of Parliament
for Ulster are out-and-out drys.
"bn England there is no machinery
for voting ON the question of prohibition,
but there is a growing prohibition mo We
mcnt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
l.. \. COSTS MILLIONS DAILY.
Huge Government Expenses Likely TO
Continue 90 June 30

Washington. y G.. April l9.-It
cost S5O2S l76 900 to run the Govern
mcnt for the first nine months OF the
tscal wear. and. taking this as an aver
are. Treasury officials SAID Yesterday that
total Government expenditures for the
IL months ending June 80 would reach
approximatclv S6.750 100000, or nearly
SlSOO0. 900 day.
Further appropriation by Congress
and the soldier bonus which is estimated
viii cost the Government 1000, 100000,
aye not included. last December Sec
rctlrv Glass figured that running ex-
peuses would amount 10 S6,O91 .234 900,
but hc did not take into account the
loss in Government operation Of rmi-
roads
The principal items which 60 to make
np the ninc months expenses arc: War
Department. SIS0l .605. 600: Railroad.
Administration. S776. .5G00OO. Navy De
partmcnt 1921 .3t4 900: shipping Board,
Sl3S. 100000 interest on the Puhlic debt
S66t. .a23.O00. Congress has spent for its
ow, maintenance SI5. 100000, and the
executive offices cost So, IL .u0o.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
Ben Franklin, Sitting Most Likely
on o. Hard Stool

and bending close over a desk
indoors. wrote:
Don't spoil the ship for a
penn'orth of tar.
What ne would have writ
ten, swinging in a corner OF
couch hammock, propped up
comfortably against all the
soft cushions he wanted, can't
be definitely stated. but Il
might have been:
"Don't oUer-piiioD the ham,
mock. but remember that
undsr-piiloWinz acts as
ehee9-pp on both full comfort
and full deeoyatioe effect.
These hammock pillows
that we have, show great
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19

variety IN shapes, styles and
effects (avcrage price 81.
There are sober-eolored pill
lows and gay ones, fancy pill
lows and simple utility pill
lows, square pillows, of course.
and round ones; ruffie-edged
pillows; striped pillows and
those sprinkied with flowers;
pillows TO match, and pillows
10 contrast with, the colors Of
the hsrnnoeks themselves.
Then we have what may be
called potential pillows--the
pillows that we will make up
TO anybody's order, covered
in any desired color or design,
selected from the most varied
stock of materials 70 be found
in Philadelphia.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
,. FARMER SAVES ATRMAN.
Rescuer Burned While Cutting Pilot
Loose From Flaming Plane.

Bellcfonte. Pa, April l9--J. T. Murphy.
who came here from Cleveland several
davs ago to pilot an airplane over the
aerial mail route, was seriously injured
Yesterday when his machine went into
4 tail spin and fell a distance Of 400 feet.
As the machine struck the ground the
gas tank exploded and burst into flames.
The aviator was saved from being burned
to death by Boyd Sampsel, farmer,
who cut the straps holding Murphy and
pulled him ont of the burning machine.
Sampsel was also painfully burned.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
LiUe More Outdoors

DERHAPS could say truly, live longer, well
i live more, as result of constant contact with
the open and healtfful influences of breeze
and sun, for this would certainly conduce
longevity
But without getting into territory reserved for
tis,icans and santarans. insist that people living
much outdoors do MORE living than do the pale
housed-up folks.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19

past so years Of age and still active
in his profession. Ii can be bought
at any drug store and one bottle
is enough TO last even n large
family many months. 1t is a
trustworthy preparation.
In spite Of the fast that Dr.. Cald-
,pelPs Syrup Pepsin Is the largest selling
liquid laxative in The uorld. there
being o,er 8 million bottles sold each
sedT, many soho need its benefits have
nor yet ,ssed IL. If you haze not. send
,olT name and address for a free tridl
bosic 10 Dr.. w. 3. Calduel. 5Ir
Washington ST., Monticello. Illinois
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19

couches have not only three
piece mattresses, but uphol-
stored loose cushioned
backs in three pieces, thus
coming with six pieces al
together.
You can jump into one
of these, or sink with Ian
guild grace into its depths.
close your eyes to all that
surrounds you, and mag
inc that:
My souI today
Is far alCoy,
Sailing the Vesucian Bay.
w HAT a famous dls-
comfortable couch ham
mock!
What a wonderful place
TO lie and dream, or de-
YOUR a Wanamaker adver-
tisenaent in your favorite
newspaper
It's the duty of a great
Store to sell no end of
things, from hammers to
carpet-beaters, that rep
resent the dispensing of
energy; but here, in this
enticing spot on the Sew
enth Floor. is just the
place to come, to find
things that conserve
energy.
Nobody ever grew old or
wrinkled swinging in ham
mock.
For the busy woman who
does her own work, these abso-
Iutely should be a springy, cush-
iony couch hammock on the
back or side porch, into which
she can drop restfully during
the interims of waiting for the
kettle to boil, or the postman
to come and take a letter from
her, or the Man OF Wrath to
return from the golf links.
Fine, too. are they for chill
dren to tumble about in. Moth
ers sometimes worry because
the children play too hard" on
hot days.
They're less likely to do it if
there's a tempting porch ham
mock, hung at convenient height
for scrambling into: while the
driving energy natural to
healthy little bodies will keep
them from resting too hard.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19

AXE all the time you choose
mere, for picking your own
particular preference in types OF
hammocks, for there are 50
varieties, priced all the way
from S12 70 Silt.
The latter price represents an
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19

upholstered davenport style
hammock, in handsome cretonne,
with French pillows, and hay-
ing also stand and canopy.
There are hammocks made 20
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-19
Laicn CanOpies Encourage LiUing

OF this sort, and we have a
new and most delightful as
sortment Of them included
with the display of porch and
lawn hammoeks.
Great, spreading. beneheent-
looking things, they. will look
twice as handsome when riS-
ing from the lawn. like rescu-
ing sails on a sea of emerald;
or perhaps like giant mush-
rooms. dispensing shade and
coolness, and providing a
refuge on even the sultriest
days.
Some have tassels, others
fringes or deep seallops 20 cap
ture the dailying breeses. The
colors arc of soothing coo.-
ness or Summary brightness
plain white, green-and-white
stripes, canary with green
trimmings, and red-and-white
stripes. Prices $3.50 to $40.