Word: kanawha
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Polital Note Kanawha...
...every schoolboy's father is conscious of the peculiar individ uality of the transmontane commonwealth. Wherefore, a joint resolu tion has been introduced into the West Virginia Legislature to change its name to Kanawha. "We need a distinctive name," editorialized one time (1911-17) U. S. Senator Chilton in the Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette. "Then the dumbbells would have to learn it as they have learned Oklahoma. . . . Who is not tired of explaining to the morons that Wheeling is not on the James River...
West Virginia is tired of having the virtues and merits of Virginia foisted upon her, and the Legislature of the State is out to put a stop to it. A joint resolution recently introduced proposes to change the name of the State to Kanawha, because, as ex-Senator William E. Chilton says. "West Virginia needs identification...
What with the vexations of coal mining and being mistakes for Virginians, the inhabitants of West Virginia have only vestiges of booster spirit left. A new baptism under the old Indian name of Kanawha will give the people an opportunity to tell all about the virtues of the State while the new name is being learned. Then they can drift along on that tide of fame, and when it subsides Senator Chilton's argument will still hold and they can have another christening, if it should be necessary...