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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01

I carry a good line OF collars,
names, saddles, brides and halters.
Can furnish any kind Of harness one
would want. Also mems and boys
working clothes, at THE right prices.
D. G. THACKER
Hankey buildings, at Frgt. depot
lRelington, ". Vac SspF2ss s
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01

Entered as second-class matter
June 10, 1912, at the postoffice at
Belington, w. Va, under the aet Of
March 8, 1879.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01
Live Stock ouosatiors.

Live Stock Quotations.
CHICAGO.-HOGS- to Csc low
err; bulk 100 to 100 pound averages,
$8.O5@8.15; top, $8.15; bulk 200 To
225-pound butchers, $7.9O@8; bulk 240
to 1875 pound butchers, $7.7O@7. so i:
a ea e. s9 gssyy mostly alynt Sns@ pigs
7.s5, medium. s7.75@8; lights. 5000
CATTLE-Slow, uneven; top matur-
ed steers, $1025; best yearlings, 1915
bulk beef steers, $7.75@925: bulk de.
Sirable veal calves, $12@13.
so; clipped lambs. generally $12.366
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01

to be WELL" sN
Sunshine kills more
germs than medicine. TX
Out of "a people who re- @ED
Gently died of smallpox in Denver, 81
had never been vaccinated, and the
other had not been vaccinated In %
years. In other words, "a people
died of a disease they need never
have had.
In every glassful of impure water.
there are about 10000 germs, many
of them disease producing
One out of every cases of Insanity
Is due to syphilis.
If you have a death In your family,
file q death certificate at once with
the State Department of Health.
Swat the fly now, and you may swat
the source of case Of typhoid.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01

We will not be responsible FOR the
views of our correspondents.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01
LADY WAS IN A BAD FIX
FRci,, NERVOUS INDIGESTION

Biloxi, Miss had, for year or
more, nervous indigestion, or some form
Of stomach trouble" says Mrs. Alonzo
Ford, lll7 Clay Street, this city. 1.-THE
water | drank at that time seemed to
constipate me. ] would suffer until got
so.nervous l wanted to get down on the
floor and roll. felt like could tear
my Clothes.
Every night, and night after night, |
had to take something for laxative. and
il had to be kept up nightly. My side
would pain. looked awful. My skin
was sallow and seemed spotted. ] would
look at my hands and arms, and the flesh
looked lifeiess.
"Illappened to geta Birthday Almanac,
so told my husband ! would try the
Black-Draught, which | did. took a
few big doses. felt much better. My
liver acted well. made good, warm
teaand drank it that way. Soon found
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01

One thing left by the war appears
to be a brand new kind Of sleeping
sickness. It is not the old sleeping
sickness of Africa, planted IN the
blood of the tse-tse fly. The new
sickness, for which doctors thus far
have been able to do nothing, ap-
pears to be produced by the entrance
Of an influenza germ into the brain.
1t is not necessarily fatal. Seventy
per cent of cases recover. But If the
germ happens to attack the nerve
center that controls breathing, there
Is nothing to do but to watch the
patient die. 81
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01

The seals of the innermost cham
Der Of the spacious tomb of Tut
ankh-Amen were found to be uu-
broken and the treasures, untouched
when the excavators removed the
stones which had been firmly, set in
the mouth Of the sacred chamber.
The report indicated that these
treasures far surpass in value those
removed from the outer chambers.
Gold and precious stones dazzled the
eyes Of those who first saw them
In the light Of the electric, torches
which penetrated the darkness so
long unbropen. The sarcophagus
was covered with gold thought 1t is
sixteen feet long, twelve high and
twelve wide. 1t was studded with,
precious stones. His was costly
funeral. But there is so far no re-
port Of the finding Of what would be
worth intellectually more that all the
treasures SO far exhumed-writings
recounting the history and thoughts
Of those far-away days.-Ex. n fka
M
Reputation is not built in a day or
year. It often occurs that re-
putation fails to reflect the real
character Of a man or an institution.
Records are the only safe Guide 70
true character. ~ n IA
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01
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Belington, w. Va.
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01
DR.. J.E. GIBSON :
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01

that nervous, tight feeling was going, as
was the pain in my side. found did not
have to take it every night. Soon after
a few weeks, could leave it off for a
week or so. and did not suffer with
constipation. | gained flesh. have
good color, and believe 1t was stubborn
liver, and that Black Draught did the
work.
81 went to my mothers (Mrs. Deeters)
one day, and she wasn't well at all.
told her we'd try Black Draught. We
did, and now she keeps it to take after
eating. II certainly helped her, and we
neither will be without it in our homes.
1t is so simple, and the dose can be
regulated as the case may be. We use
small doses after meals for indigestion,
and larger doses for headache or bad
liver"
Thedford's Black Draught liver med
icine is for sale everywhere. ia
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01

anssf y Soreness
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-03-01
Caylngs Of !
Canitary SAM

"Life is not to live, but
to be Weli.n
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-21

The pendulum and
dial are bere repro
dnced in their exact
size. The thread by
qUbicb the 1Oeigbt is
suspended is about
t4Uelve inches in
length. The zUeigbt
is about as large as
a rather beavy sink
er such as is used in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-21
ALWAYS 'TUNE7IN" BEFORE OPERATING
piALl
(ALPHAsEricAL dali

will change its motion and begin to swing from
right to left, following the line upon which you
have fixed your thoughts. This is the tuning
in process.
Now try harder test. Think of some per-
sons name. Concentrate on it, and you will
find that the pendulum will swing from one
letter to another and spell out the name in full
from the letters around the dial.
Think of telephone number you have for
gotten. You may be surprised to find that
your subconscious mind retains the things
your conscious mind cannot remember.
In locating article you have lost, con-
centrate on the article and think of the last
use you made of it. See what happens. If
you are able to concentrate with sufficient in
tensity, it is possible that out of nowhere the
answer will come.
The little game-for it is yet only
game-may be put to any number of fascinat-
ing tests like these. 1t is simple and anus
ing way to gain practical understanding of
that powerful subconscious mind which is to-
day engrossing the worlds greatest scientists.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-21

VIZ ILL Coue's famous doctrine of auto
" suggestion some day be used by the
law to separate the guilty from the
innocents The strange device pic
tured here has been tried out by the police
departments of number of cities. In each
case those unknown forces of the unconscious
made known what the truth was-at least to
The satisfaction of the officials who made the
test.
1t is simple little device, and yet it has
NO official standing, but it will, if used prop
erly, give you an idea of those strange mental
powers within yourself of which you are prob
ably not aware at all.
To try it out on yourself hold pendulum
"a rod like the one in the illustration with
weight suspended by thread-oyer the
centre of the dial. Then concentrate on the
eolored circle. Hold the pendulum as
Honless possible and gradually you will
find the weight will begin to move round and
round in a circle. Next concentrate on the
horizontal line below the dial. The pendulum
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06

Hereafter" says the Rockford Re
public, when babies are born at
Rockford hospital each baby will get
a birth present before it leaves that
institution in the form Of a birth
certificate and footprint record"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
MOTHER JONES,
ONE OF AMERICAS
GRAND OLD WOMEN

when we turn the pages of his.
tory We read Of warriors, scientists,
statesmen and sages. Frequently We
see the words: Grand old man.. ap-
piled TO some enc of note or LromiA-
enee in some particular line of en-
deavor. | know a case wherein the
term Grand old woman, may most
fittingly and appropriately be APP.
piled. Not because she has excelled
In the arts, sciences, war or political
but in that broader field where human
rights are contended for, where the
care and education of children of toll
should receive first consideration.
In view of her heroic struggle for
the betterment of the toiler, particu-
larly the miner | would confer the
title Grand old woman on one who
has worked long and successfully for
the establishment Of the rule of JUS
tiee among men. Our Grand Old
Woman,- Mother Jones"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
Sll a Week Is Wage.

Washington.-The weekly wage in
1921 for employees in the cloth and
mitten industry averaged Sll week,
according to the United States bureau
of the census
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
ILLINOIS TRACTION
AND STUDEBAkER
INTERESTS JOIN

TIE formal completion ef ne aeal
whereby re Illinois Traction SIS
TEN With is affiliated utilities aad
the group known as TIRE Steaeeaker
utilities under she name Of the Nerth
American Light and Power e. afe
70 BE consolidated under the name eI
the Illinois Power and Light :, Was
announced from Portland. Ne, last
week.
Seaater Mckinley, president e he
Illinois rfaetion System, Vas net
present st he meeting, as he has been
IN TIE vest curing the last week.
TIE general heaaouarieFs vi y
in Chieago from whee the affairs q
the ninety public utilities ia TIE Ger.
solidaaon vii be directed.
Ii is not expected the deal vii re-
suit in any changes in management.
There are those among the employees,
however. who are inclined % believe
the consolidation will hring eut bel.
ter working conditions, While the
more skensieal ones are foreeasting
trouble al the lime the present. wage
eSptres.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
OUTPUT OF
GASOLINE HITS
NEW RECORD

Mashington.-G Gasoline production
in the United States attained new
high record in January, when 62s.
s23,SSf gallons were produced, tie
Interior department announced this
afternoon.
Reserve stocks on February | IN
sol fehneries We're estimated at :
W2, S5i.272 gallons. an increase a
ll9,00o,00o gallons over January |.
The January production was SIX per
cent higher than that in December
1922.
Notwithstanding this, gasoline has
gone up one cent a gallon during the
time specified above, the ten Standard
oil companies have declared stock
dividends ranging from 100 per cent
10 500 per cent, and John d.. Jr., who
holds stock in the ten companies, is
reputed by the daily press 10 be
raking in more than 100000 day.
Gas sells for about $50 per cent
more now than it sold for in 1915.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
STRIKERS ARE
BARRED By STATE
LEGISLATURE

Boston.-The house q representa-
uVes has rejeeted a h.ll which would
have FeinStaied on tie police force
one OF the policemen Who went on
strike here in 1919. After TIE long.
est debate in the resent history of the
house. the vote w2s . = ia6 against
acceptance of 3 committee ssfasorable
report on the reinstatement Of James
+. Allen, who lad been severely
wounded, prior te the strike. IA a bat
tie With bandits.
A substitute hill. which would have
authorised the police commissioner e
teinstate any former members Of the
force whom he might deem az. was
defeated by viva veee vote.
Many Of these policemen fought in
Fganee fer democracy. They have al
ways insisted that Il they were &C
corded even portion Of the atten-
ten that has since been 9ivsA strike
breakers, there would be ne strike.
The misrepresentation Of tie police
mems cause. and their repeated re-
OUTS has blinded the popular mind 70
fair estimate Of this situation.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06

Dallas, Texas.--The twenty-sixth
annual convention Of the Texas state
federation of labor will be held in this
city beginning Monday, May 81.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
State Unions 10 Meet.

SUPERIOR, Wis.--The annual conven-
ton Of the Wisconsin state federation
of labor will be held in this city the
week Of July IL.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
MUFFINS
Observation-Disclosures,

Golfers Weekly - yes, Golfers,
which calls itself the National Week
ly--is sending broadcast copy of an
article from its March 3lst issue en-
titled, "The Case of Industrial Demo-
eracy Goes to the jury"
The title might indicate a strong
plea for trade unions and collective
bargaining.
But that is not the case. All, no,
Cicero.
This article, written by Benjamin
Baker, is plea for the anti-union ar
rangement forced onto the Pennsyl-
vania railroad by Geenral Atterbury!
According to this article the After
bury company union scheme is the
cats ankle, the real article in the
line of industrial democracy.
Well, anyhow, we now know some
thing more about Golfers.
Golfers has habit of sending its
articles out to labor papers, hoping
that labor papers will reprint the
stuff, thus adding to the reputation OF
Golfers.
Golfers wants to look like a pro-
gressive publication, evidently.
But Lincoln said something when
he remarked that all the people
couldn't be fooled all the time.
Not long ago Charles w. Wood,
who, by the way, has long trail OF
socialist associations, wrote an ar
ticle of which Golfers seemed quite
proud.
In his Golfers article, Charley
Wood praised the "Mitten, Men and
Management" scheme in Philadelphia
Just about as Baker now praises the
Atterbury protectorate.
The Mitten scheme is another COM
pany union affair on the Philadelphia
rapid transit system. No union need
apply-no real union, that is.
Another favorite stunt of Golfers
is making industrial platforms" 1t
has made a couple of these. 1t has
tried with great energy to get trade
union sanction for its proceedings,
but without any great success.
Throwing a bluff about being for
labor doesn't fit well with such artl-
cles as those about Mitten and After
bury.
"Saddle the cat and I'll get on" is
a line from an old memorizing jingle.
But when they start to saddle up
the goat we hunt for some other
place.
Mr.. Samuel Untermyer is having
hard luck in his struggle to weave a
net of restrictive laws about the trade
unions of New York state. The cele-
brated lawyer was all set to put a
batch OF laws through the state legls-
lature. He had the bills neatly writ
ten out and all the legislature had o
do was TO pass them. But, 10 and be-
hold, the legislature refused. Now
Mr.. Untermyer, what do you know
about that?
Among other things, Hoover saws
this about Russia:
as standards of living are
still the lowest in the civilized world,
disease is rife and mortality is nigh.
The dictatorship over the proleta-
riat is great stuff!
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
Uuga Oil profits

New York.--The Tdewater oil COM
pany reports last years profits to-
tailed S4,923,317 after charges for de-
probation and depletion were made.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
Building and General
LabOrers' Information
al Protective Union of
America, No. Fourteen
OFFICERS

President, Charles Paul, Res.
1902 w. Park St., Urbana.
Tel. 7-10s3.
Fin. Sec, /. II. Garman, Res.
COL n. Lincoln Ave, Urbana,
Tel. 1852.
Treasurer, A. c. Moss, Res.
2O3 T.. Washington ST., Cham
paign, Tel. Main 25lS
Rec. Sec, ]. L. Buekner, Res.
405 +. Eureka St. Tel Main
2214
Business Agent. Oscar Weeks,
Res. 203h +. Park Ave
Champaign, Tel. Main PASS.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
DIAMOND LODGE No. Alt

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen.
Meet In Labor Hall the First and
Third Thursday evenings and Second
and Fourth Thursday afternoons at
1880 o'clock and 200 o'clock. Don't
forget the day and hour.
ID. I. Y0UNGLOYE, Pres, EOS w.
Vine ST.
r. ii. MOORE, Rec. and Fin. Secs sos
Locust st.
n. A. MARSHALL. Local Chairman,
s. T. Healey st.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-04-06
FOOD PRICES GOING UP

: Atlanta.-The nations pros :
: perity is endangered because Of :
: the rising prices in food, ae- :
/. cording to Francis L. Hamper, :
: president of the national asSo- .
: citation of retail groeers. :
: Rising food prices are unfor- .
: tunate at this time he said. T.
: I'VE are drifting into an in .
: fationary period which will be .
: followed by depression Of cor .
: responding intensity. This in .
/. hation must be checked If pros .
. perity is to continue .
Observation-Disclosures
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-06-27

There Is No Such Thing as an international
Banker in America
By OTTO H. KAHN, New York Banker.

TFJIERE is no such thing as a international banker in America,
as the meaning of the term is generally understood. You might as
well speak of the international farmer because the farmer sells a
- certain percentage of his crops to Europe, or of the international
manufacturer because some of his products are exported to Europe and
some American manufacturers maintain branch establishments or agents
in Europe, or of the international merchant because he imports from
Europe.
The banker maintains and can maintain international contact and
transact international business only to the extent that American industry,
commerce and agriculture ire international.
The American bankers market is the home market His success is
conditioned upon the capacity and willingness of the American investor
to absorb the securities which he offers. His very existence depends on
the confidence and cooperation of the public and his fellow bankers
and any banker whose activities would justly create the impression that
he was actuated by cosmopolitan rather than by American interests would
very soon lose that confidence and following.
The American bankers principal functions in relation to Europe are
to provide the requisite banking facilities for export and import and for
travellers.
That part of his functions which consists in financing loans of for
eign governments or industries has hitherto been with sporadic excep-
tions) of relatively in%considcrabe proportions as compared to the vastness
of the volume of his transactions in financing American industry, COM
meree, and enterprise.
In saying this l do not mean to imply that there is anything that
calls for apology in the floating of foreign loans in America and in the
loaning of American funds to Europe, provided that such loans are con-
sidered sound as to security and are made for legitimate, constructive
purposes. 1t is both the duty and the advantage of a creditor nation,
such as this country has become, to place part of its available funds in
foreign countries.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-06-27
GOOD OLD WATCH WAS RIGHT
1t Than Have Put Faith in
New Alarm Clock.

The wrist watch which Smivers
wears is Il relic of his days as a sec
ond looey overseas. He has a senti-
mental attachment for it and will not
discard it, although its usefulness rs
a timepiece has long since departed.
Smivers recently received a tele-
phone call from a wealthy uncle.
Smivers has hopes that some day
and 81 when uncle made an appoint
ment with him for the following morn
ing Smivers, pocketiug his pride in
his watch, and being determined to be
on time. bought a new alarm clock.
The next day he vas awakened by
the new clock. It's hands said eight.
The old unreliable watch said eight
thirty. Smivers was late for his APP
pointment and uncle won't speak to
him any more. For once the wrist
watch was correct. The new alarm
had lost half an hour in the night
New York Sun.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-06-27
Why Do the Editorial Pages Pretend So Fiercely
to Omniscience?
By MRS. MINNIE MADDERN FIsKE, Actress.

To be asked, even in a mock trial, to lodge a complaint against the
American. newspaper is like being forced to turn district attorney when
an old and generous friend is in the prisoners dock.
But, if needs must, may I make my complaint an inquiry Is to why
the editorial pages pretend so fercely and st uneonvineingly to omnis-
cienee?
Men who, at home, are delightfully."- aware how short and spoty is
all our knowledge no sooner take up the editorial pen than they feel forced
by tradition to give forth the impression of believing that wisdom will die
with them.
10 editorial ever confesses cheerfuly to such fraites as ignorance,
fear, or doubt. They are written by men who, on hearing the Pilates of
today asking what is truth, would not be bafled. Not they. They would
dictate an answer before going to lunch.
Faced by some complex international problem, the President of the
United States may toss all night wondering, and wondering, and wonder
inc, but he rises in the morning to find that every newspaper writer knows
just what he should do.
I am sure this must bewilder him and even breed within his bosom
a faint skeptcism as to whether they always know what they are talking
about. His faith might be restored if, some fine, astonishing morning,
the leader in the Gazette should begin like this:
"The French movement in the Ruhr reaches back to springs of motive
so invisible to American eyes that Their. is not a sage in all the Gazette
office who knows what America ought to do, and probably there is not one
in the State department either
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-06-27
Is in Favor of Private Management of Railways
as More Efficient


The farmer must pay for labor and buy food and clothing, fuel,
machinery, lumber, feed, and live stock in order to produce. Not until
after these operating costs and fixed charges are met and surplus earnings
in excess of them are IN sight does it matter to the farmer or any one
else whether his land is worth a dollar an acre o a thousand dollars.
The same principle which applies to the farmer applies to the
railway. 1t is not until the fixed charges and operating costs are taken
from the freight-payers' dollar that the valuation of the railroad really
enters into the problem Of rate making.
I am in favor of private management of railways, because it is more
e9fcent than government. 1 am in favor of letting the railways earn a
fair return upon a fair valuation to enable them to expand, which is
necessary if l prosper on my farm.
know they wall not be getting a square deal until the prices they receive
for the things they produce are relatively as high a the prices they
have to nav for things they have to buy.