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The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-23
SCRIP REGISTERING
 PLAN IS FAVORED
WOULD HELP FAULKNER
Citizens See in it Means of Giving Stable and Fixed Value to Scrip,
 Preventing Speculation.

Learning that Representative H. B. Hardy had offered an amendment exempting Faulkner county from the
 provisions of bill providing for the registration of county warrants and the payment of them in the order of their issuance, number of citi-
 zens have become interested in the
 matter and will ask Dr. Hardy to
 withdraw the amendment. As they see it the law would be of great l financial benefit to Faulkner county in extinguishing the outstanding in-
 debtedness and would give all float ing warrants a fixed and definite
 value, as the time of their maturity
 could be determined with reasonable
 accuracy and fair rate of discount calculated.
 The present debt of Faulkner coun- | ty is equal to about two years rev
 enue on the basis of the present as sessment. County Judge k. L. Smith states that he expects during the present year to cancel about $8,000 more warrants than he issues, thus reducing the debt nearly 20 per cent. But under the present system war rant issued today is worth as much
 as one issued 20 years ago, the lat ter having no priority as to pay
 ment and both being equally re- ceivable for taxes and fines.
 Cashier V. D. Hill of the Faulk-
 ner County Bank said today that if
 the system of registration of war
 rants were in effect here, the most
 recent warrants would be worth 80 cents on the dollar and the value of others would range from that figure up to almost par. His bank, he stated, would be willing to cash war rants on a discount of eight per cent interest. Thus a warrant which
 would be payable out of the revenues of 1919, available two and half years hence, would be worth 80 cents
 on the dollar. Scrip prices during the past several months have ranged from 50 cents to 75 cents on the dol lar. There is no fixed market value,
 the price depending upon offers by those in need of warrants. At tax paying time prices are usually con
 sidered higher than after the tax books close.
 It is thought probable that Dr.
 Hardy will be requested to have Faulkner county included in the pro-
 visions of the bill and that he will accede to the request, as he is said to have stated his only reason for exempting the county was that he had not studied it's possible effect and preferred to leave conditions as they are unless there was some de- mand for a change.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-23
FISH TRIAL POSTPONED.

The preliminary examination of Tahn Eish ohaeoal uIith atissals ;3sSs.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-23
NEGROES FORM FARM
 LOAN ASSOCIATION

A company of 27 negroes will probably have the distinction of forming the first association in Faulkner county under the provis- ions of the federal farm loan act, Attorneys William H, Prince and J. H. Dunn have just completed the work of drafting articles of incor- poration and are perfecting the or ganization of the local association. J. D. Pitts is president and R. l.. Madden vice president, the secretary treasurer not having yet been select ed. The directors are G. w. Adkis- son, A. K. Pearson, H. J. Jones, John B. Sherin and R. B. Thorpe. The appraisement committee is composed of S. H. Aston, H. B. Brown and John Hawkins.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-23

J. W. (Doc) Harrington Tuesday with an ax and seriously wounding him, which was set for today, was postponed until March 1 by Justice G. M. Easterwood on account of the inability of Harrington to be pres ent. Dr. l. N. McCollum, who is at tending Harrington, stated that the injured man is in serious condi- tion.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-23
COUPLE RELEASED FROM JAIL

MT. and Mrs. John L. Gill, convict ed Wednesday in the court of Justice c. M. Easterwood on charges of beat ing board bill and fined $10 each, were released from the county jail this morning when they paid their fines
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-23
MRS. REBECCA PAUL.

Mrs. Rebecca Paul, aged 75 years, died from pneumonia at her home four miles east of Conway at 2 o'clock this morning. Funeral services were to be held at o'clock this afternoon, burial to be in New Liberty cemetery. She is survived by several sons and daughters.
The log cabin Democrat., 1917-02-23
ANOTHER ARREST MADE.

John Crawley, negro, was arrest ed last night by Constable E. L. King charged with being an acces- sorry to the theft of two head of cat tie by Jim Harrell, another negro.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
ENGLISH CALL FOR
AERIAL REPRISALS
UPON THE GERMANS

LONDON, July S.--An intensified
demand for reprisals has followed the
air raid Of yesterday. All the Sunday
newspapers declare the people of Lon
don are furious at the inadequacy of
the city's defense as 1t was revealed
yesterday.
The Sunday Times says the crying
need Of 1917 is for airplancs. Is it Was
for shells in 1915. and declares the
government must be compelled 10 real
lie that the airplanc will be the ult:'
mate and deciding factor Of the war.
II insists that thousands must hr
built, with the assistance OF America,
to carry the war into the enemy Ter
ritory. An aviation expert says in an
article In the Times: There is IL
huge output 10 be had from America
if our new ally will consent 10 accept
ready-madc designs from Europe ana
not insist on wanting 10 do her own
experimenting
Lloyd's, now also demanding great
er airplane protection, says; "Thc
raiders yesterday came al their lHis-
ure and bombed at their leisure.
Their flight over London was so slow
that it looked like a parade. They
seemed to despise our defenseS."
The Observer asserts that the most
Of the enemy machines were Cnnpar-
atively slow biplanes. and that the
fast British machines made rings
around them. II is held the low alti-
tude maintained by the Germans
showed their contempt for the cfty's
denfenses.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09

Special Dispatch to tho lntellEeuees.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, July s.
Provide West Virginia officers for
West Virginia solliers. That is the
demand OF the military authorities OF
me state who ere familiar with the
sentiment that exists among the sol
diers 20 have tne'c Officers selected
from among hei~ own people.
Unless applications forthcoming.
however, from Wes. Virginia men. cor
the second officers training camp be-
fore next Surdav. tulr Is. IN all prob
ability the boys from West Virginia
who become 4 part OF uncle Sans 6lS
army, drafted into the service TO crush
Prussianism, will be commanded by
officers from other states. Applica'
tions for this second camp. which will
open on August 81. must be presented
to Major William Wallace. U. S. A.
at Charleston before July Is.
A West Virginia soldier prefers to
be commanded by West Virginia Of
fcer. say those who are familiar with
the military service. The men who are
subject TO draft think and feel the
same way as the National Guardsmen
on this subject, and considerable anx-
ietv is felt that an insufficient number
of West Virginia men will lgo into
training at Fort Benjamin Harrison on
August n. The state Is entitled 70
31e men.
In the second officers training camp
the government is seeking men De-
tween 25 and "a years OF age. and pre-
fers men who have haG experience In
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
MORE WEST v|RG|N|ANS MUST
CONE FORWARD AS OFFICERS

an executive capacity. men who know
how to lead men. for the reason that
the commissions that will be issued
from the second camp viii be OF the
higher graIr. commissions as cap.
tainS, majors. etc.
we have in west Virginia." said a
local military authority, men who
have been employed around the mines
as superintendents, mine foremen.
boss haulers and as foremeu in mills.
who would make ideal officers. They
know how 10 lead men. and while it
would be preferable if they had pre-
yious military experience. only 2 few
Of them can qualify in that rcsrect.
That Is what tie training camps. aio
for-to give men military experience,
and if man has the essentials OF
leadership h, will quickly respond to
military training. If this class Of men
make application during the pres cnt
week the West Virginia soldiers will
be assured of being commanded by
West Virginia officers. and that Is
what they want"
In the present training camps West
Virginia is we'll represented. many Of
those seeking commissions being
Young men in the early twenties. In
the second series Of camps more ma
tured men are needed. and the govern
ment is eeking the eniltment OF citi-
zens between o5 and A years. II
though younger men will not be dis
eliminated against when they possess
qualities Of leadership which are de-
sirable
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
GERMAN GROWN PRINCE AGAIN
BEATEN BACK BY THE FRENCH
RUSSIAN ATTACK IS
OVER 3O-MILE FRONT
German Attempts to Regain
GroundLost to Muscovltes
IS Unsuccessful.

North OF the Aisne the French
again have checked the German
crown prince in an effort to re-
gain the line Of the Chemin-Des-
Danes.
Attacking on four sectors along
a front Of seven and half miles
from north OF the Laffau1 mill 10
the Froidmont farm. the Ger.
mans were met by determined
resistance on the part OF the
French and. sustaining heavy
losses. were repulsed completely
except on the eastern end OF the
line between BoVettes and Frolo-
mont farm. Here on a front OF
nearly two miles the lighting was
desperate and the French after
several hours were able to regain
some lost elements. Later in the
day in local engagements the
French recaptured more OF the
lost trenches.
East Of Cerny, on the eastern
end Of the Aisne front. General
Petain's men in an attack were
able to enlarge the ground cap
tured on July near Alllee. On
the left bank of the Meuse. north
east OF Eerdan. the French took
the offensive and carried three
strong sailients. One was west
of LeMort Homme and the other
two southwest Of Hill 3O4. the
dominating height west OF the
Meuse and against which the Ger
man crown prince threw inenect-
nal efforts during the past week
German efforts to dislodge the
French from their newly won po-
sitions were fruitless.
The artillery and infantry night
inr in eastern Galicia is spread
ing. The Russian attacking front
now has heightened to thirty
miles and fighting Is In progress
around Halicz. the key to Lem
berg, capital Of Galicia:
German efforts to dislodge the
Russians from the positions
gained at Godiv and Koniuchy
week ago have been .repulsed by
<ros%}nnHd nn pa1e Eiu01
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09

CHARLESTON. ". Va. July S.
Coal men throughout West Virginia
are adhering strictly 10 the tentative
maximum prices established in Wash
ington recently at A conference of coal
operators and government officials. it
was announced here today.
The Central Coal Operators asso
citation of Fairmont has issued cir
cular addressed to its members, part
Of which says:
we are going through a period
when all precedents governing the
coal trade are set aside for the time
being, and evidence of bad faith on
the part Of the coal operators is BILE
TO bring down upon the head Of the
operator swift and sure punishment
IN the form OF legislation that will
permit the communicating OF your
coal mine. The federal government Is
IN no mood TO be trifled With. and all
concerned are cautioned to adhere
strictly to these prices"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09

burning fewer fires. Use wood
when you can get il.
USE THE PERlSHA5lE
FOODS-Fruits and vegetables we
have In abundance. AS nation
we eat too little green stuffs.
Double their use and improve
your health. Store potatoes and
other roots properly and they will
keep. Begin now to can or dry all
surplus garden products.
USE LOCAL SUPPllES-Pat-
ronize your local producer. Dis
tance means money. Buy perish.
able food from the neighborhood
nearest you and thus save trans
portation.
General Rules.
Buy less, serve smaller portions.
Preach the Gospel Of the Clean
Plate"
DON'T eat fourth meal.
Don't limit the plain food OF
growing children.
Watch out for the wastes In the
community.
Full garbage pals in America
mean empty dinner pals in Amer.
ica and Europe.
II the more fortunate OF our
people will avoid waste and eat no
more than they need, the high
cost Of living problem Of the less
fortunate will be solved.
HERBERT HOOVER.
United States Food Administrator.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09

How long will France fight? What
is the morale of the French people
These are the questions asked OF
me the most frequently since my re-
Turn 10 this country. The answer
lies with The men who ask the ques-
lions. Every American who asks no"
long France will fight is himself the
answer
The Germans had A famous slur on
the English at the beginning OF the
war. II was a conversation alleged
10 have taken place in Brussels be-
tween the kaiser and a Belgian
statesman.
How long will Germany fght?'
,, the Belgian asked.
Germany will fight until she mas
eaten her last dog and cat, me kaiser
replied.
And how long will England fight
the Belgian inquired. -.
ENGLAND will fight until the last
Frcnchman is dead" said the Kaiser.
No one ever found it necessary 10
ask how long France would ngh'.
Every one knew without asking tnaL
France would fight until her last man
was dead. And so she will. Wnat
was true Of France al the beginning
OF the war is just as true TO-DAY
always providing that America does
her part. and does it promptly ana
effectively. d,
entirely on America. For she canno'
| continue the struggle without AmeTl-
can help. The man power OF france
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
U, S. CONTROL or
EXPORTS NOW PUT
into OPERATION
ALL SHIPPING IS
TO BE LICENSED
Commodities Affected Include
Fuels, Food, Iron and
Steel and Arms.

WASHINGTON, July S.-Govern-
ment control of American exports
authorized in provision OF the
espionage act was ordered put into
operation July Is BY President Wilson
tonight in a proclamation putting un-
der license shipments to all coun-
tries of the most important export
commodities.
In statement accompanying the
proclamation the president declared
the governments policy will be first
TO give consideration TO American
needs: next. TO meet as far as posi-
BILE the requirements Of the allies,
and lastly. 10 supply the neutral coun-
tries wherever practicable. II is made
clear that every effort will be- made
TO soc that no supplies reach the cen.
tral powers.
Commodities affected.
The commodities named in the list
nut under control are coal. coke, fuel
oils. kerosene and gasoline. including
bunkers. food grains and meal, fod-
der and feeds. meats and fats; pig
iron, steel billets. shipplates and
structural shapes, scrap iron and
SCRAP steel; ferro-manGa nese: mer-
tilizers, arms, ammunition and e1plo-
sives.
The inclusion OF foodstutfs In the
proclamation lends color to the state
ment that the administration is con-
sidering the adrisab bility Of complete
embargo for. sixty days on all food
shipments 10 give the country time
TO ascertain the amount OF Its sup.
plin; and 10 give allied and neutral
countries an opportunity 10 present
full program Of their requirements.
Firm Grip On Shipping.
The president in his statement said
the government was trying first 10
amplioratr. present food conditions
and conditions that are expected to
arise between new ond the next har'
vest. Many officials alarmed At the
wheat shortage and the heavy drain
the allies and neutrals are making on
every kind of American food supplies.
arc urging an immediate embargo on
food shipments.
Through control Of coal and fuel
oiIs the government intends To take
a firm grasp on shipping. An ar
rangemeni under negotiation will give
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FRANCE LOOKS TO u. S. !.
FOR QUICK AID AT FRONT
Her Man Power is Almost Used Up, and How Long She
Will Fight Depends on Amerca-Morale OF the ::
PEOPLE and Armie Still is Strong.
By FRED e. PITNEY.
(t.opvricht 1917. by The Tribune Association.)

has been used UP to the extent that
she cannot keep up her reserves after
September. A soldier put out Of &C.
tion will then mean place left Va;
cant in the trenches. ~
Wounded and crippIes Sent Back TO-
Front
Her population has been combed "a,
the last man, including wounded men
and criples sent back to the 'front.'.
She has given one In six Of her popu-
lation 10 the armies. England has
given one in ten, Italy one In elevens
Russia one in twenty. France has no
more men TO give. -
The problem resolves itself. there.
fore, not into how long the men In
the trenches viii fight. but how long
they can fight. What America VIII
do and when she will do 1t is always
the answer. ..
American soldiers must MI the
holes in the French lines. American
soldiers must take their places IN the
trenches beside the French soldiers.
American soldiers must fill the sadly
depleted reserve camps behind the
lines.
In this the question Of time Is all
important. It is of An importance that
cannot be exaggerated that the French
army should know at once. from the
highest TO the lowest. that America
will send men TO the battle1elds OF
Europe and pour them IN without
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
RAIN or BOMBS UPON
ESSEN DAMAGED THE
GREAT KRUPP PLANTS

AMSTERDAM. July S.-A frontier
correspondent of the Handelsolad re-
ports that five persons were killed and
several houses were destroyed during
the bombardment of the Gereman city
of Essen. home OF the great krupp
works. on Friday night. 4 CORE
spondent OF. the Telegraff says bombs
were dropped on the krupp works
and that reports of damage inflicted
are conflicting. Estimates Of the num-
Der of attackers vary from htteen 10
forty.
LONDON. July S.--Royal naval air
planes carried out a raid last night on
the Ghistelles airdrome. according 10
official announcement BY the admir-.
atty today. \lthough heavily attacked
BY an enemy formation. BOMBS were
successfully dropped on detectives and
all the British machines returned
safely.
BERLIN, July S.--tVia London)-
One German airplane was lost in yes
terday's raid on London and British
plane was shot down over the city, 1t
was announced officially.
The announcement also says NO
military damage was done BY the
aerial attacks on Friday night on
German towns. The statement fol-
lows:
"On Friday night. in addition, TO
bomb dropping near the front. there
were encounters in German territory.
Enemy ariators dropped more than
100 incendiarv bombs in the West
phalian industrial region. on TreveS
and the neightorhood and also on
Mannheim. Ludwisshafeen and Roo
alben. No military damage was
caused. One enemy airplane fell into
our hands.
"On the morning of July ! one OF
our ariatiotn squadrons attacked Lon
don. At II o'clock bombs were
dropped freely on docks. harbor works
and warehouses on the Thames. Fires
and explosions were observed. One
British airplane was shot down over
London. Rombs were dropped at Mar
gate. on the east coast Of England
Our airplaneS all returned except one
which was compelled TO make de
scent 10 the sea and could not be
saved by our naval forces.
In aerial encounters at the front
and by ant.aircraft fire the enemy
Yesterday lost nine airplanes.'
(According 10 the official British
version Of the London raid. three Ger
man airplanes were. brought down a,
sea on their return trip. No mention
was made Of the loss OF British ma
chine)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09

SAVE THE MlLK.-The chill
dren must have milk. Use every
drop. Use buttermllk and sour
milk for cooking and making cot
tage cheese. Use less cream.
SAVE THE FATS.-We are the
worlds greatest fat wasters. Fat
is food Butter Is essential for
the growth and health Of children.
Use butter on the table as usEHi
but not in cooking. Other fats
are as good. Redue. use Of fried
foods. Soap contains fats. DO
not waste it. Make your own
soap at home out Of the saved
fats.
Use one-third ounce less Of ahi-
NAL fat and $4,000 tons will be
saved yearly.
SAVE THE SUGAR.-Sugar Is
scarcer. We use today three
times as much per person as our
allies. So there may be enough
for all at reasonable price use less
candy and sweet drinks. Do not
stint sugar in putting up fruit
and Jams. They will save butter.-
If everyone in America saves
an ounce Of sugar daily, Il means
100000 tons for the year.
SAVE THE FUEL.-coaI comes
from a distance and our railways
are overburdened hauling war ma
terial. Help relieve them by
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9.
SWEEPING CHANGES !.
F0RECASTED IN TH6
POLICY OF GERMANY {
RADICALS FORCING THE
GOVERNMENTS HANDS.
Social. Democrats Demand,
Peace Proposals on Basis
of the Status Quo. :,

Important developments may Il
be expected from Berlin within
the next few days. AdvIees from
the German capital and neutral
countries agree that important H..
ternh political moves are brew. !:
Ina. Also Dr.. Won eethnann:
HoIIweo, the imperial chancellor,
ls expected to make an important ,
speech dealing with the question ).
Of peace, In the ReIchsta9 Mon
day or Tuesday.
BERLIN, Saturday, July 7. via Lon:
don, July S.-Unless all present lndt-
cations fail In the course of the neKt
few days, the German empire is on the
eve OF a momentous. II not historical,
parliamentary upheaval. Develop
nents under the gilded dome Of the
Reichstag building in the last 4S hours
point squarely TO significant re-
alignment of various factions In favor
Of sweeping electoral and parliament.
airy reforms. in spite OF the present
old guard.
Chancellor Absent.
Although the sessions OF the main
committee and the constitutional com.
mittee have been strictly Of an execu-
tive nature, the press comments IN this
mornings papers permit the inference
that the discussions OF vital subjects
of governmental policy frequently
reached the boiling point That they
have been Of gravely significant i'm.
port is indicated clearly by the sud-
den decision to postpone the Saturday,
plenary session, which was to have
marked the opening Of the general de.
bate and the expected speech Of Chan
cellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg. The
absence Of the chancellor from the
sessions Of the main and constitution,
al committees in the last few days has
caused general comment In parlia.
mentary circles as exceptional In view,
of the confidential character OF the;
discussions. Late Yesterday It was an.
nounced that the desire OF the chancel.;
lor 10 inform himself more thoroughly
on the nature OF the. committee confer:
ences was responsible for the delay OF
the general sessions.
Peace Demanded.
Monday will mark the inauguration
of what promises to be one OF the most
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-09
REPUBLIC
Of China is Firmly Re-estab.
lished Marking With Feng
Kuo-Chang as President.

WASHINGTON, D. c.,
July S.-Offcial dispatches
to. the Chinese legation here
tonight said the republic
had been firmly rc-estab-
IiShcd at Nanking with Fcng
Kao-Chang, the former vice
president, as president of the
new provisional government.
Republican troops are re-
ported converging toward
Peking to drive out the Man
chu forces remaining in pos
session there in the name OF
the impenaists.