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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-07-03
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Have you ever noticed that when
a fellow takes his wife's advice she
always asks him later why he wasn't
man enough to make up his own mind ?
There are lot of poor devils now
living around Belington who will
get to heaven when they die because
if they were sent to the other place
lit would seem too much like home.
Plumbers and carpenters seem to
be pretty busy at times, but you can
always get a lawyer. 4
The chief trouble with being man
is that shaving takes longer than
Ismcaring on little powder.
lou may have noticed that men
who are SO stingy they'd save match
stubs for kindling are never much
better off than the rest Of. US when
they die.
How does it come that crooked
politician always wants the people
to cast straight vote?
To many fellows who are preach
ing the Brotherhood of Man. SEEM to
keep their eyes on the Sisterhood. all
the lime. ~
Thirty years ago Belington Women
never thought Of doing the things
they do today. Maybe that's the
reason they never. did them.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-07-03

themselves unable to eat meat of any
kind can still live and flourish on milk
1t can be produced in larger quanti-
ties than meat on the same number
Of acres and, therefore, dairying be-
comes more and more important as
population incaeases. And when
cost sare figured in there is no cheap
er food in all America.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-07-03
The Joint Snake.

The joint, or glass, snake is limb
less lizard of the southern United
states, specifically resembling a
snake It is so called because Of its
fragility, It's tail easily breaking in
70 smaii pieces. The name also Is APP
piled 10 similar species found In the
old world.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-07-03
The Grace Of God

Tho grace of God Is not the back
sliding kind-The Living Word.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-07-03
Our Needs

The needs for the present are more
important 70 most people than the
need and p eparation for eternity
The Living Word.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-07-03

Entered as second-class matter,
June IS, 1912, at the post office at
Belington, W. Va, under the act of
March 8, 1879.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-07-03

Reports Governor Morgan indicate that
Relief
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No Worth With God

Works Of the flesh are of no wortf,
with God. because the flesh profit
eth nothing. The Living Word.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-07-03
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THE BIRTH OF JESUS

LESSON TExT-Luke 2:7-20.
GOLDEN TEXT-.For unto you is
born this day in the city of David a
Savior which is Christ the Lord
Luke 2:11
PRIMARY ToPIc-The' Baby Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC What the Shepherds
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GOVERNOR ASKS WEST VIRGINIANS
TO HELP PREVENT HUNGER DEATHS
January IS, 1924.

o1m77pee ~ wren ,4pc4,r. - u
The people OF Virginia have al
been responsive eed from tha
outside OF State. This prompts at TING
again Gala to the attention Of
GALLANT " that they can help avert.
After complete route Of the Christian
people from Anatolia
principally Relief, In
saving the lives Of million In va.
1000 orphaned children
The people of Virginia Responded
cord1aliy sixteen months called to
from death those
The Near has been
these children giving day
In the week. and all the months since
are exhausted She has had the extre
or borrowing rather out the
who have nowhere to nd star
Unless at once.
there Will be 25S four or all
Will have to be death
pronounced them This Is q ami ty j
avsrt BY quick that
hearted people Of Virginia
aa4. Building ohsrisstons
west Virginia. - -s
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22

! game laws, money being proceeds
from state hunting licenses and fur
tags.
KINGSTREE.-M ]. e. Lane.
So, dies in hospital here of acute
bloodposoning.
river, on highway between here and
Columbia, closed when heavy rains
sent water over it's approaching IS
opened against and damage is not
found ODE as bad as was expected,
COLUMBIA.-J. l.. M. Irby, of
Laurens, is elected president South
Carolina chapter of Rainbow Di-
vision Veterans association, at con-
vention here.
COLUMBIA pardon board
meets here with fifty petitions for
clemency before it, and action Oh
these is reported to governor.
COLLABORATION Fred and
George Corbin, brothers, are lodged
in state penitentiary. to serve twelve
and half years for rOhbing Enter
prise bank, at Walhalla, Oconee
county, into whose vault they bored
way with torch. Fred is 10, single.
Others are older, married. En-
terprise bank was robbed at mil
Eight. March %. and trio was ares
ed some weeks later in Alabama.
GREENWOOD-Fred Landreth
F. w. Carr, J. 7. Ellison, p. H..
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
Sumter Experiments
With Tomato Canning
To Back Up Peaches

AMERICUS, July 10 While
peaches are either rotting in the
fields or are being fed to hogs and
dumped into creeks here, Sumter
county tomato growers who went
into this industry in a cautious man
ner for the first time this summer
are receiving good returns upon
their enterprise. Four solid cars of
tomatoes have been forwarded from
Americas. with the last bringing SO
a crate net f. o. b. Americas, for the
best grades. This price represents Il
substantial profit to the producers,
and indications now are that this
crop will be largely increased here
next year.
In addition to shipping tomatoes in
car lots and express shipments, an
experiment is being conducted here
to determine the commercial canning
value of Sumter county tomatoes. A
large canning concern. with national
selling agencies, has agreed to can
q few bushels Of the product this
summer. If these be found sufficient
to justify the expenditure involved.
it is planned to can a considera bic
quantity of the tomatoes here next
year, thus caring for all culls. Peach
growers who have sustained a ter
rifle loss this season through glutte1
markets, and improper distribution
of their product, are also figuring on
establishing = number of Small can
neries here, with the purpose of saw
ing all surplus fruit during succeed
ing years. The loss sustained by
peach growers because of, existing
conditions in this county alone since
the opening of the peach season is
conservatively estimated at more
than 100000.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22

Bailey and f.. l.. Thompson, en-
ployees OF cotton mill here, are
bound over to circuit court for kill
ing of John N. Lipscomb 50, prom.
inent citizen of Ninety Six, who was
run down by automobile in which
young men were riding. Bond for
Lambeth who was driving, is fixed
at $4,000, that Of others at 1000
each.
SUMTER. - Dr. w. X. Lewis, of
Columbia. state veterinarian, is
principal speaker before annual CON
Vention of veterinarians held here.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Harri-
visits city to inspect property on
which road is to build $4,000
shops.
SPARTANBURG. - Francis Fus.
sell. five-year-old son of B. M. Fus.
sell, contractor of Mount Vernon,
Ga, who is handling large school con
tract here, is taken away from
father by Sheriff Sam X. Miller, un.
der habeas corpus granted Mrs. Fus
sell, who claims Russell kidnapped
boy. Hearing is set for July 81.
WOODRUFF. - Dir. l.. Fl. Irby,
one of foremost physicians and farm.
ers Of Spartanburg county, dies sud
denly at home, and is buried in
churchyard here.
DUNCAN. - J. r. Moore. police
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
Big Elevator Merger
Is Branded Attempt
To Fool the Farmers

OKLAHOMA CITY, July ia
statement declaring that the $4,000,
600 farmers grain and elevator cor
poration, with headquarters in Chi
cago, which was recently incorpor-
ated in New Jersey is a gigantic
attempt to fool the farmers" was
issued here tonight by Carl Will
liams, vice president of the Ma
tional Council of Farmers Co-opera-
tive Marketing associations.
The project is widely heralded as
tremendous step in cooperative
marketing of grain by farmers. Ac-
tually, however, it has all the ear
marks of a situation in which un-
profitable private elevator prop
critics may be disposed of at a
profit Williams said.
1T is common knowledge that
terminal elevator warehouses in
Chicago have not been profita Die
to their owners for a cOnsidera ble
number of years | have informa-
ton that leads me to believe that
one of the private companies alb
sorbed in the sO-called farmers
merger turned in elevator properties
worth approximately $2,000.000 at
an inventory value several times in
excess of that and there is good
reason TO DelleNe that the new cor
poration has agreed to pay for all
its terminal facilities three or foJr
times their actual value.
Beyond all this, Williams as
serted, the plan of the new cor.
poration itself as TO handling grain
is nothing more than a commission
sales agency, which experience has
demonstrated is not cooperative
marketing and does not add in any
degree to the price which farmers
micht receiNe.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
Seven Million-Dollar
Bright Leaf Crop Seen
For Southern Georgia

MOULTRIE, July 10. = Charles
Gregory, expert in the employ of
one Of the big tobacco concerns of
the country, who is investigating
conditions in the bright leaf tobacco
belt in south Georgia, decalres that
he believes most Of the weed to be
marketed will be of good quality.
He also voiced the opinion that
prices will be satisfactory.
Tobacco growers in Georgia this
year are very Fortunate" Mr.. Greg
DRY said" This is true" he added,
for more than one reason. | never
saw finer tobacco, take it as u whole,
anywhere, which means that the
crop should command good price
on its merit. And then another
reason-the crops in both the Caro-
linas are short The acreage this
year was greatly reduced as com
pared to 1923, and in the past few
weeks hail, wind and rain storms
have nearly ruined 80 per cent Of
the growing crop. This in Gates Il
sh~rtaee in supply and an increased
demand, which should keep prices to
the very top for every pound Of
high grade tobacco produce al ~.eor-
Gia.'
Tobacco demonstrators in MouItrie
believe that south Georgia will mar
ket at Last 25,000.000 pounds of
+ :ght leaf tob; 20 during the sell
ing season. oh opens on August
g. The crop is expected to go at an
average price of 90 cents a pound,
which would bring even million dol
lars - south Georgia. The chief to
bacco growing counties are Coffee,
Tiff. Berrien, Cook, Pierce. Lowndes,
Lanier. Colnuitt and Brooks.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
CALLS CONFERENCE
To PLAN SALE: Of
LANDS IN GEORGIA

SAVANNAH, Ga, July 19-F. M.
Oliver, vice president of the Georgia
association, in charge of immigra
ton and land settlement activities
of that organization, has issued a
call for a conference of all those
interested in the selling of farm
lands to be held at the rooms of the
Savannah Board of Trade at 10
o'clock, Friday, July %.
Delegations from the member
counties of the Georgia association,
including the directors, from every
section of Georgia are expected to
be present and in addition special
invitations have been extended to
officials of the various real estate
boards and leading real estate or
CARNATIONS in Georgia, to all cham
bers Of commerce of the state and to
representatives Of all the leading
farm loan companies doing business
in Georgia.
Vice President Oliver will present
an outline of a plan to develop and
advertise Georgia's idle farm lands
as well as industrial opportunities
in other sections and will have al
interesting report to make of sue
cessful progress already made by
the Georgia association in bringing
new farm settlers to Georgia. Mr..
Oliver expresses the view that the
time has come in Georgia for land
owners and other agencies having a
direct interest in the sale and set
Element of farm lands to get to-
gether on a broad constructive plan.
With this in mind, Mr.. Oliver eX-
presses the desire to have the bene-
fit of the counsel and advice of the
best minds in Georgia in helping to
formulate plans for organizing and
budgeting the work of the land set
Element department of the Georgia
association for the coming year.
Mr.. Oliver expects to bring before
the conference steps that have
been taken by the Georgia assocfa-
ton toward preparing exhibits for
the National Dairy show at Chicago
in December and the Southern Elk
position in New York during Janu-
airy, where opportunities will be Of
tered to give national prominence
to GeorS1a's liberal land settlement
plans and numerous opportunities
for investment in every part of the
state.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22

man here, is painfully injured IN
beating administered, it is charged by
E. f. Fits and Walter Durham, and
fall from automobile, said to have
been driven by Durham.
COLUMBIA. - Swift & CO.'S fer
tilizer works opens branch office
here, with j. r. Gage, of Charlotte,
district manager. Charlotte office
of company is closed.
SPARTANBURG - DIR. IT, A.
Feemster, 26, prominent dentist,
dies here.
COLUMBIA. = w. S. Barstow &
Co., New York bankers. negotiating
for purchase of Columbia Railway,
Gas & Electric Co., properties here,
announce that Mr.. Barstow will at
tend meeting of state canal commits
sion here July %, and that company
purposes, if negotiations are complet-
ed, to invest four million dollars in
hydro electric development here right
away, with other investments to fol.
low.
COLUMBIA. - Thomas FT. Mac
Donald, chief of bureau of roads of
United States department of agri-
culture, and c. O. Hearon, of Spar
tanburg. member of state highway
commission, are to be chief speaker
at formal opening of Santee river
bridge. between Williamsburg and
Berkeley counties, it is announced.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
Nd TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS

SALUDA. - Corn crop acreage in
state is four per cent less than last
wear. but condition is good, reports
Frank O. Black, agricultural Stats
tician for u. S. department of agri-
culture, stationed here.
COLUMBIA. - Mrs. r. B. Wal
lace, prominent educator, and Mrs.
l.. r.. Lester, prominent lawyer, quail
ify as candidates for legislature.
FLORENCE. - Chamber of Com
merce Members wage campaign for
$75 900, to aid in financing new hotel
here.
SPARTANBURG. - Seven men
are shocked severely when SEEMING in
Lawson's Fork creek, near here,
high voltage wire having grounded
in water. j. il. Kelly, one of seven,
is unable to move arm for day.
KINGSTREE. - Kingstree, shut
off from outside world for several
days by high waters, is no longer
isolated, rivers having receded and
highways having become passable.
COLUMBIA. - Tornado relief
work of Red Cross in Lee and Sum
ter counties, severely hit by storm
of April go is completed relief head
quarters here announce. Miss
Catherine Woodrow and Mrs. j. L.
Mitchell, workers, are highly com
mended.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
Floyd County Weevil
Gives Alarm to Agent

ROME, Ga, July 19.-Inspection
of several cotton fields was made in
Floyd county Friday by J. c. Maness,
field agent of the state board of
entomology, who reported an alarm.
ing abundance of boil weevils.
a favorable weather condition is
the only thing thus far that has
saved the country, but it will not
prevent the final destruction unless
poison is constantly applied begin
ming at once, until the weevil is
under control, according to Mr.. Ma
ness.
Although there have been but few
weevils found, they have been in
the fields long enough to lay eggs
which will hatch into enough boil
Weevils to destroy the entire crop.
Mr.. Maness believes that every mo,
ment's delay means heavy loss to the
farmers
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
Savannah Fever Free,
Health Board Says
In Correcting Error

The Georgia state board of health
in statement Saturday said that
dispatch from Havana. Cub=. on
July y relative to the typhoid fever
situation in that city, was printed
in one city as coming from Savan-
nah, Ga.
We are quite certain that this
was by mistake said the sta to-
ment issued through DR.. 7. +. Aber-
Crombie, commissioner of health
The true situation in Savannah is
that they have less typhoid fever
than any previous year. The rec
ords of the state board of health
show that not a single case was re
ported during the month of June,
and only three cases to date for the
month of July.
For a city of 100, 900 population.
this is an exceedingly small nu-n-
Der Of cases of typhoid fever. In
fact few cities OF this size can boz It
of such A record for typhoid fever"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
POLICE USED LASH
To GET CONF ESS|O|V.
SAYS DOOMED boy

CHICAGO, July 19.-Bernard
Grant, not yet of age, whose hair
has turned white since he was con-
victed of the murder of q Chicago
policeman during a holfup and SEN
fenced to be hanged, is innocent and
the victim of a conspiracy. accord
ing to written statement made to-
day at the county Jail by Walter
Krauser, also awaiting death for the
Staying unless the supreme court
grants him a new trial.
Krauser in his statement said that
he implicated Grant after being
beaten by the police and later at the
advice of lawyers and relatives tried
to fasten the crime on Grant. He
declared his conscience has troubled
him of late and he wished to save
Grant from the gallows on October
II when both are sentenced to die.
Krauser's confession, however, will
not save the youth unless Governor
Len Small intervenes.
Both men were convicted Of kill
ing Ralph Souders in December,
1922, when the policeman came upon
them while they were trying to hold.
up a tea store.
In his statement krauser said he
was arrested the morning after the
Staying and was beaten by the police
but was unable to tell them the name
of his partner in the hold-up. Grant
was then brought in, he said, and
although he had never seen Grant
before, he told the police Grant was
his companion to avoid further
abuse. He said he intended later to
repudiate this statement but said he
was advised by his attorney to place
the blame on Grant, and did so on
assurance that Grant was wealthy
and would be able to fight the case
While krauSer WAS nennileSS
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
FORMER GOVERNOR HARDWICKI
SPEAKS AT HAWKINSVILLE|
Pay Income Tax
In Third District Of
Georgia, Report Says

AMERICUS, July 19.-Only 1851
persons in the entire Third Georgia
district paid income taxes to the fed
eral government during 1922, ac-
cording to authentic figures made
public here today by Representative
Charles r. Crisp. The figures were
furnished Congressman Crisp by the
department of internal revenue at
Washington There are embraced
within this district the counties of
Ben Hill, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Lee,
Macon, Quitman. Randolph, Schley,
Stewart, Sumter, Taylor, Terrell,
Turner and Webster
OF these counties, Sumter, appar
emily, is the richest, 468 residents of
this county having paid income taxes,
while Quitman is shown as le poor
est, only returns having been made
by residents of that county. OF the
1853 persons who paid this tax IN
Sumter county last year 43S paid on
incomes under $1,000" while "A
paid on incomes between 1000 and
$4,000" and only returned in
domes for taxation ranging above
$4,000. In the entire district there
were only % taxpayers whose in
comes for tXation ranging above
$4,000, and in the class returning
incomes ranging from $4,000 to $10,-
600 there were only &c, while ,473
reported their incomes for taxation
at under $4,000"
The figures show, Judge Crisp
said today, that a very large burden
has been lifted from residents of ag-
ricultural Georgia through passage
of the federal tax compromise meas
ure. whereas the Mellon bill was so
designed as to give the greatest ben
etlts from reduced federal taxation to
the wealthy industrial centers of the
mort N and CT
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
Gainesville Midland
Proposes Daily Bus
Schedule to Athens

The Gainesville Midland Railroad
company has asked the Georgia pub
lie service commission for authority
to inaugurate a line of motor buses
between Athens and Gainesville,
MAJ! ng one round trip daily as a
starter. 1T is the plan to put on
other bu-es, if the experiment pays.
and NJ result in the abandonment
Of passenger trains, the petition
stated.
The buses are to have a passenger
capacity of fifteen, and on the first
schedule , II leave Athens at a. m.
and Gainesville at 4 ;15 p. M, be-
ing allowed 70 hours and fifteen
minutes TO make the trip each way.
There will be no immediate inter-
ference with passenger schedules,
but if bus transportation proves
cheaper or more satisfactory, the
railroad will be used for freight traf-
fic only, it was said.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
Road Work Being Pushed,
Florida Board Declares

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. July -
All work undertaken by the state
road department is progressing as
rapidly as possible under existing
conditions, in spite of numerous I'M
avoidable handicaps. it was stated at
the department today with refer
ence to the next regular quarterly
meeting of the department set for
next Saturday, July 26
1t follows, therefore. it was stat.
ed, that nothing can be accomplish
ed by hearing Of delegations that
may come to the meeting for the
purpose of urging other work, be-
cause the department has adopted its
budget of work for the present year
and is engaged. in CARRYING it OUT.
and that there are no funds avail
4 bic 10 do any work other than that
contemplated in the budget