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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
DRUNKEN DRIVERS

Most of us look back to other days
in Belington when it was possible
for a man with few drinks of liquor
under his belt to steer the faithful
old family horse to and from town
without endangering to any great ex-
tent his own life or the, lives of other.
But it is different now, thogh we re-
greet to say there are still few who
appear not to have realized it.
We may differ on the merits of the
Eighteenth Amendment, we may IA
vor it or oppose it. But on one point
we are all agreed, and that is that
the Tightening up on liquor drinking
came at an opportune time so far as
human life is concerned. If there
had been as many autoes back in the
days when whiskey drinking was at
its height in this country there too
wouldn't have been cemeteries enough
to hold the dead. For is here are
two things that won't mix, those two
things are booze and gasoline. Driv-
ing a horse while intoxicated is no
great feat, because horse has a
measure of intelligence. But the
man isn't living who can operate an
automobile as carefully when drunk
as when sober.
Our courts all over the country are
making it plain that the public de-
MAIDS protection from drunken auto
drivers, and they are showing no mer-
cy to the drivers who display signs
of intoxication when arrested usually
after they have damaged other ma
chimes or injured innocent people on
the streets or highways. And it's a
good thing. We have no desire to
argue the prohibition question here,
but we do join with every good citi-
zen in this land in demanding that If
a man must drink that he stay away
from steering wheel while he is do
ing it.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
OUR BoUNDBN DUTY.


This newspaper must first OF all
be clean, and without malice IN ITS
opinions and expressions and it must,
at all times. devote itself unflinchiug-
" and fearlessly to the public service
in the interests of the masses OF the
people.
1t must always combat evH and IN
justice.
It must always fight for progress
and reform.
1t must never tolerate corruptions
1t must be in sympathy with the
peor and unfortunate.
For Belington it must always
stand with the unselish devotion, for
the achievement of the finest ideals,
of every high purpose, of every en-
terprise, of every step in the march
of progress.
1t must stand for good govern
ment, freedom, equality, the public
welfare, civic and true patriotism
and undying love OF country.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS

January /, 1924, marks the begin
ming of the period for filing income
tax returns for the year 1928. The
period ends at midnight of March Is
1924. Heavy penalties are provided
by the revenue act for failure or will
full refusal to make return and pay
the tax on time.
Form 1040A, heretofore used for
reporting net income of $4,000 and
less, from whatever source derived,
has been revised in the interests of
the largest class of taxpayers-wage
earners and salaried persons. Re
duced from six pages to a single
sheet, Form 104OA is to be used for
reporting net income of $4,000 and
less derived chiefly from salaries and
wages. Persons any part Of whose
income is derived from a business
or profession, farming, sale Of pro-
perty or rent, though the amount is
use the larger form, 1040. The use
$4,000 or less, will be required to
of Form 1O40 is required also in all
cases where the net income was in
excess of $4,000, regardless of
whether from salary, business, pro-
fession, or other taxable sources.
1t being impossible to determine at
this time which form is desired,
copies of both forms will be sent tax
payers who filed individual returns
for the year 1922, and may be OBJ
tanned also at the offices of collectors
of internal revenue and branch Of
fices upon written request.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
Is i XEs

Down in Taxes they are discuss'n
the next Gubernatorial campaign,
of course. tx cn / e c il ise1e
One of the aspirants for tae Governo !
ship very fran " en1 ees tie opin-
ion, that the cost Of state governmei
must lie IA ather tn | IS. and
mentions ten sourc Of possible adj
ditional revenua. in which he does not
include any additional tax on farm
He remarks that tn flrmers cannot
stand any additional burden.
The trouble with this aspirant for
the Taxes Governorship, like aspirant
for office in general, is that he does
not understand the ultimate effect
of every tax, whatever it's immediate
effect. He proposes, for it immediate
increase in all franchise taxes, on the
assumption that the holder of the fran
chise will pay the tax. He is undoub-
tedly right in assuming that the hold
er of the franchise will pay the tax in
the first instance, but he dsceives his
people when he fails to tell them that
the holder of the franchise will pass
that tax on to the patron of the con-
Germ which exercises the franchise.
Some time ago there was hot cam
paign in Oregon with taxation the
chief issue. The Democratic candid
ate went about the state dramatically
tearing tax receipt in half, as a de-
monstration of what he promised to
accomplish if. elected Governor. He
has now been in office nearly two
years, taxes have not come down but
new taxes have been imposed, osten-
sibly on the theory that the farm will
not have to pay them. Experience
will show that in one way or another
the new taxes will be shifted to the
back of producer.
The only way to avoid taxation is
to repeal the tax or reduce taxation
is to reduces expences.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
THURSDAY JAN. 3, 1924
THE DRUNKEN DRIVER
A CRIMINAL

1t is high time the legislative and
judicial authorities began to consider
the crime (the word is used advised
ly) of drunkenness when driving a
motor car as something infinitely
more serious than is drunkenness un-
der ordinary circumstances. Prohi-
bition is as yet too new for the world
old opinion Of the drunken man, as
one to be laughed at, pitied, perhaps,
put to bed to sober up, fine small
sum as public nuisance, to change,
at least overnight
But drunkenness which can harm
no one but the inebriated man is one
thing; drunkenness which is a menace
to all who use the streets and roads
and witch via the car, converts the
otherwise fQnocuous victim of his ap-
petite to potentially wholesale muir
derer, is entirely something else.
Sentiment is swinging over b re-
sarding the drunken driver as one
who commits more than INSIDE
meanor; but it should swing faster
ar1l go further. The man who, drunk
drives a car or truck, is mailman;
a man without sense, without reason
ability, without judgement. He puts
m jeopardy the lives of men, women,
and children. He managers property
He may cause frighful loss of life,
hideous nlamings, terrible accidents.
No maniac with gun is allowed up
on the streets; the man who deliber-
ately makes himself a maniac and
fits himself out with a car loaded
with potential death for many, should
be dealt with the utmost severity. A
few dollars fine, few days in jail,
the loss of a license, are not enough
The man who runs amuck with a gun
killing the manning, gets years be-
hind the bars. The man who runs
amuck with a car while drunk is even
more culpable.
Let judges once get it through
tkeir precedent bound legal mind that
it is not the drunkenness, but the
drunken diving which is the crime
and our already crowed hard roads
will be safer for US all; our children,
our women drivers, as well as our
sober citizens protected, as they have
right to be from, menace which
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
INCOME TAX IN NUTSHELL

WHO! Single persons who had
net income of $1,000 or more or
gross income of $4,000 or more,
and married couples who had
net income of $4,000 OF, more
or gross income of $4,000 or
more must file returns
WHEN? The filing period is
from January 1 to March Is, 49,
"a. 49, 49,
WHERE? Collector of Intervals
revenue for the district in which
the. person lives or has his prin-
cipal place Of business.
HOW? Instructions en- Form 10
40A and Form 1910; also the law
and regulations.
WHAT? -Four per cent normal
tax on the first $4,000 of net in
csNe in excess Of the personal
exemption and credits for depend
ents. Eight per cent normal
tax on balance of net income.
Surtax from ! per cent to SO per
cent on net incomes over $4,000
for the year 1923.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
HYPO-COD AL WAYS IN
THIS CLARkSBURG HOME

brought me back to health that
time and II has since kept both
my wife and in fine shape. We
are up In years end attribute our
good health to this great medicine
and the way we protect our health
by always having a hottie Of typo
Cod on han3' Here l.. ie5;en
for all who raad it 1t is simply
a case. Of taekinr the atafle up
before the ilc~sa hes hs.eg str,ca
BY following tho 81 tesf sfare
pesple-a g4e4t Teal ut il a1 IS SUI
tesaA 1 syol.'s aye i L
hcaith bui.&ef fsspc G & sa ~
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Aa js.a az G tl,.si =
4Fgpa-TnH 1f4er ~ar h4v@ il
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III e. ICES Il ret bcts!e TODAY
F. ss'iia Enthusiastically.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03

10 si-tsa ara tzsfs he ra.-a .rca Ice
~eitsss4 es es a Aa IS a.
sse N
ecasa lae ry
se rnaa as cry
est.
of the payer CT tax ase Ell OF po-
litics It's eisse Id lead
s13ngse hals and APP
grove t. cd a lght be
80 if C0ngess were not in "a staie 8
mind" about ee VOTE" and
if it's member had b sa flirk-
il in bonus pledges swapred for TIE
promise Of that vote Congress is
suffering from an american Legion
complex" and has mt discovered
that the Legion itself is not united
in favor OF the bonus.
Nevertheless, CONGRESS-, as victim
of its own deluslons, VIII SHOVE
through the bonus, detroylng all nope
OF great and pernannt tag Feducglon'
unless there IS an unmistakeaoe
manner from tie c9untry- Lett TO
itself, IL Will ingnore or mangie u
Mellon plan. It VI ca MY forget
that taxation today is taxing Slo OF
every $loo an American lays nano
on; that every twelve OF US now are
supporting some CITY, county, STATE
or feterai oIIiclai' Iuhctionary or lax
eater.
The taxpayer has no ali-tne-year
round lobby at washington. he
never has any kind OF lobby and
has but few friends at court. The
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
Clarksburg Woman Says This /.
The Way To Gut Down
Medicine Bills

When we are not feeling tip
OPP my wife and get out our bot
lie of Hypo-Co and take it for
a few days until we are in good
shape once again." writes J. NJ.
Queen of Clarksburg, w. Va. For
four years we have not been with,
out bottle of Hypo-Cod in our
home at, all times and we fully
believe that is ono reason Why We
nave had ne serious sick spells
since we formed this habit E'cu9
years ago I was in had shape.
lffering with nervous
ares Z wn. had no appetite ana
uid 0t rest at nj it Ffsno-Cnt
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
0hsstern Electric Go.

Automobile traffic big problem IN the internal NE ST tne
counsrys big industries. Hawthorne Works Of the western
hensve traffic system Where four Of the busiest streets
within the ZIG acre factory together new stop sno
Coz svstena in operation More than thousand cars an owned
by employees Of pass this intersection every evening 3
quitting hour. "a ssn esI.
The closeup portrait is of Stephen Przk OF the WORKS
notice force who solves problem of thousand autooDnes
and GETS their owners to and from work time.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
MAKING ENDS MEET

Regardless of whether our rural
friends around Belington are raising
wheat, corn, rye, fruit cotton or what
not, we believe they will be interest
ed in this letter which a southern
man recently urote to his hometown
newspaper, for it may offer valua-
bic suggestion to someone m this To-
cality. The southern man wrote:
Zone of the most discourging
things that comes under my oberva-
ton is to see farmers buying meat
and potatoes The average farmer
cannot succeed unless he raises
enough foodstuffs at home to feed
him and his family. am just com
mon farmer, but have raised plenty
of corn, potatoes, meat and like for
my family and will have little to
sell. I raised 200 bushels of sweet
potatoes on one and one-tenth acres
Of land. / sold $50 worth of soy bean
and have plenty left for feed. |
have other foodstuffs stored up, too,
and even through my cotton crop
wasn't very good Pm still fixed all
right to get through the winter"
There is a great deal Of common
sense in that letter. When the far
mer does not raise his winter food
stuff he loses most of the avantages
of country life. His greatest econom
ic assets are freedom from rent for q
hause and freedom from the grocery
stores except for few staples. When
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

The Annual Meeting of the stock
holders of THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF ELLINGTON will be
leld at It's banking rooms in Being
ton, w. Va. on Jan. 9Th 1924, at 2
o'clock P. NJ, for the election Of di-
-ectors for the ensuing year, and for
The transaction OF such other business
as may properly come before the
meeting.
You are requested to be present
either in person or by proxy.
Yours truly,
0. H. GALL, Cashier.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
Rev. EXLINE RECEIVES
A COOP OF CHICKENS

Rev. p S. Exline, pastor of the
Kerens charge, who held very sue
cessful meeting at Coffman's Chapel
received from the members, after
he had returned to his home in Bel
ington, coop of II chickens, with
their Christmas wishes, and the pas
tor is highly delighted.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
SMALL TOWN HUMOR
AND PHILOSOPHY
By BUCK CAMPBELL

Remember that a leaky roof
admits the rain as well as the
sunshine.
To fool all the people only a
part of the time is going to
keep you busy.
Many a msn figures on
schemes to make a million who
would oe surprised if he made
a ".
Does it pay to worry about
appendices Certainly, it
pays ii tstors who do the
opepatlhs
The f. w who slips back
ward as respldIy as ne moves
forward v;ta never understand
why he never gets anywhere.
A man Is morS likely to be
around the kitchen when there
is maid to do the work than
If his wife were doing the work
and there was a possibility of
his services being desired
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

The annual Meeting of the stock
holders of THE CITIZENS NATION
AL BANK OF Belington will be
held at it's banking rooms in Beling-
ton, W. Va. on Jan 9Th, 1924, at 2
o'clock 2. M. for the election of di-
rectors for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction Of such other business
as may properly coae before the
meeting.
You are requested to be present
either in person or by proxy.
Yours truly,
PORTER L. LovETT, Cashier
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03
Family Generally on Job.

"'TaInt no use botherin' to tell
friend his faults" said Uncle Eben.
DE chances are his family knows
more about EN- dan rnN ne an
Ss,fss, " 5ss-sss % H.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03

Entered as second-class matter,
June 13, 1912, at the post office at
Belington, W. Va, under the act of
March 8, 1879.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03

Optimistic Thought.
n reason are the differ
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03

FOR sALE:-one second hand
Ford Runabout good condition model
1921. Also one Ford runabout with
truck body. For release between
now and Jan 1st. Bargains.
Fred e. Thompson.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03

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has no excuse. legal or 50 al aez ss
Eating.
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LIFE SAVER AT 80.

MADE PREACHER OF SUNDAY.
Rev. r. R. Lloyd of Chicago prob
ably had more to do with BILLY"
Sunday becoming an evangelist than
any other person. He met Sunday
80 years ago when he was playing
baseball with the Chicago National
League team. Sunday attended
Reverend Lloyd's mission and was
so impressed by one sermon that he
was one of the first to answer the
call for converts. From then on
Sunday and Reverend Lloyd worked
together and baseball lost star
when Sunday turned to evangelism.
Reverend Lloyd calls Sundays best
sermon, "The Three Groups in the
Garden which, he says, has con-
verted $1,000 people.
Evening star., 1924-04-04

tion was taken by the board of trus-
tees because of the many benefacA
tions of the late Mr.. Woodward, which
had made possible the successful
growth of the local Y. M. c. A.
The school has operated since 1905
as the Y. NJ. c.. A. Day School for Boys,
when it was organized as a small
summer school. In response to the
demand for a complete school for
boys, the day school was organized in
1919, and from that time on has made
steady progress.
Scholarships Awarded.
Scholarships and prizes are awarded
each year. One-half scholarships are
offered to the sons of ministers and
teachers; a limited number of full
scholarships to deserving boys who
could not otherwise enjoy the privi-
leges of the school. Gold medals are
awarded to the best all-around boy and
to the boy who has made the greatest
Improvement in the year. Prizes are
awarded to one boy from each grade
for the highest general average in the
year, and the Edward G.. Comegy's
memorial medal is offered to the boy
having the highest general average in
the high school.
The physical development of the
boy is another feature that is given
prominence, and the students have the
advantage of indoor gymnastics, basket
ball and the swimming pool; while for
outdoor exercises they have base ball,
soccer bali and foot ball. They are re-
Quired to take exercise at least three
days week, and the outdoor program
is carried on at the Ellipse and Poto-
mac Park.
Evening star., 1924-04-04
Site of Important ancient To,Un
Discovered in Central Tennessee
Consists of Large Groups of Mounds on Elk Rirer.
Discouerer Dead, But York Probably
WM Be Continued

discovered, and this indicated that
the city antedated anything yet I'M
earthed in the New World. 1t was
expected to throw important light
on the controversy now raging as to
whether North America was inhab-
tied by human beings before the In
di.nS came.
DR.. r. S. Bass1er, curator of pale
ontology in the National Museum, has
examined the site, it is announced,
and reached the conclusion that the
Indians, who were by no means pre-
historic, transported this clay from
some distance and arranged it over
the graves in fiat layers SO packed
down as to resemble geological
strata Whether this was done as a
grim joke on explorers in some dis
tame future or because of some In
dian religious ritual is unknown.
Finds Three Vases.
Among the objects picked up by
plored town were three vases orna-
mented with deathsheads: This dis
plays a unique sort of artistry, for
the tribes supposed to have inha bited
central Tennessee are believed to
have been connected with some reli-
giouS rites.
1t has not been possible to de-
termine the age of the remains. In
dians living in this section at the
time of De Soto's celebrated .expedi-
tion to the Mississippi told the white
men that their own ancestors CEN
turies before had found the same
silent, deserted remains of an un-
known people.
Evening star., 1924-04-04

Discovery OF the site of one of the
most important prehistoric towns in
the United States is revealed for the
first time in the annual exploration
report of the bureau of American
ethnology, published this week. This
consists of a large group of mounds
on Elk river, in Moore county. Tenn.
A great many mounds, plazas and
traces of ancient wigwam sites cover
the river valley, and on a tall bluff
overlooking the site is what evil
IDENTIFY was the community cemetery.
The discovery was made by DR.. W.
E. Myer, special archeologist of the
bureau, who last summer uncovered
the celebrated prehistoric city on the
Harpeth river, in eastern Tennessee
The mounds covering this unknown
town on the Elk river never have
been opened. DR.. Myer, who died
last winter, had intended to devote
the summer to exploration of the
ancient graves, which evidently were
formed long before the discovery of
America
Explains Strata Puzzle.
The bureau at the same time ex-
plains one of the most puzZling cir
cumstances attending DR.. Myers re-
searches in the Harpeth city. HUI
man bones were found under a de-
posit of blue clay similar to material
in which ice age deposits usually are