The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-02

fhIlHl'ltht nliTluS lIlS lnAIeH IflS-
l"rs are I" /" placed in All III" stores
and Offices hammers on automobiles. wo.
mrns r'"-"p"rntinE committees. through
tn" newspapers. ministers. frAurrual or
ganiznIInus. school tcarhers and every
her means puS&inlr iir spoke Of tn
potency of newspaper :.dv"rt iSinS and
urged Ill merchants u"inE III" columns
Of tn" daily papers Ia CiI" n portion Of
their space IN n mention Of :hr Liberty
Loan. There is nn MGR" Iatrintic ~
generous thing that Ia"rc%iHt can d"
than To us" n part Of his newspaper
space for Liberty Loan puhiriiy.' nm
ishrd Mr.. Morris.
Local Hen Ectlu1c-.
Chairmun Dickcy then ,a;.rd on rep
! resenta,lvcs of IN" six counties in the
district, the frs, being il. ". Peterson.
! CO shier Of Wicrtnn. In Hancock county.
Mr.. Peterson spoke briefly, The Gtst of
| his remarks being that hr WIS certain
! that tho allotment for his county would
be oyerSuh.;cribCd
| William Rnnfield. c;*hi"r nf the Fnnk
Of FollanSbcc, representing brooke
. county, gave assurance that irc"kc
! county would go over the top.
T Rev. DR. w. t. Taylor. Of Wrllsburg.
! president Of thr Farmers bank MILL
lister and former professor Of Bethany
: college, said that when the Inn" came
: tina, no could not serve his country h"
: wanted to br taken out and shot. II"
suggested thar L strenuous oiI""t D.
! made to get som" "f tn" money nut 81
: hiding sn that there will not bc a drain
on the banks.
! Get on, and sell Liberty bonds re-
/ cardlcSs ui any other business and make
/ an rfCor: 10 reach IN" srlall Investor
| who can take $40 90 md SLOGAN worth.
was the crisp talk md" hy ". Dav19
) AIcxnndrr president nf tho Mercantile
! bank uud trust company Of Mounds
! ville.
That he would do every thing possible
10 reach tho employees in his plant ana
Z that he was sure the amount desired
hvo the government would be rcacheu
and topped without difficulty. was the
opinion expressed hy James Saunders
general manager Of the United states
STAMPING company At MoundSvilIe.
! II rirnnrz Of New MartINs"iIic. said
/ said that Wrtxel county being an ngri-
cultural district. and tho farmer being
: really the backbone Of the county lie
! thought that there is rot d"""; nut
that Wrtzcl county will more than do
! its share.
! Rev. jackson. of New Martins
! VILE. started Off hy saying that David
F., was magnificent sinner. bat Won
dcrful repeater. and that while Ncizcl
! county fell short at its allotment on
! the first loan, unlike David it would not
! repeat.
Mr. Ha1l's Talk.
An interesting talk was made by
, Bruce Hall. an attorney Mt New Martins
/ vile. who stated that the two sad
dnst events IN his !ifc wc"" the death
Of his daughter and the entry Or tn"
! United States Into ;hr var. He opposed
this country taking part but when war
was declared he said that h. about ia
cd and stoCd ready To help Ia win with
his dollars or his lie. lie told NJ
having h"sn urged 10 speak IL quota
of boys who were leaving for their train
ing camp and how the chairman ar the
committee seeing them Of: suggested
that he jolly th"nl. he said that h.
told tho chairman that hc could not do
that bcralisr If h" did il" would lie
! like hell" Mr.. Hall has on" son no"
; In the service and the other has he"n
rejected. but still has hopes of being
! passed.
! \. {. Jackson. cashier OF tho Tyler
, County bank and !. L. Fish. also from
| Tyler county. both declared cmphati"allF
! Tint they were certain thnt th"ir county
would uvcrr, ach III" sum it has been
/ called urHn In raise.
Hero ono Of the most impressive
! events of tho evening occurred when W.
r. Irvine president of the National
Bank of West Virginia. during the
course Of his remarks mentioned TN"
name Of the lat" Il. &. Dalzrll. who
worked SO hard to assist in raising the
first Liberty l.OaN and ut til" sug:;"s-
tinn of Chairman Diri:"E ever man in
tho room arose In Iii" feet. stood silent
. for moment and drank n silent toast.
Ready t. Do IItG B!t
e. \. Walden. l,ri:" ri manager Of tho
Prudential InSurauc" company. said that
ne was rrarl?. I" do his hit ard asked
that an?. who desired Ia solicit during
tho campaign with INC insurance men
report IN him.
The mex; speaker was George G.
! Crook. MS" 81 tho Prudential Insurance
company. and %Ir. Er"nl: snoi" nj the
! work accomplished hT tho 81 solicitors
! in his service who assisted in the last
. campni gn md sHid that ltc could speak
for tlrin fer h" knew that every man
was ready I" gn uu: and do his share
again.
". T. Store and Percy Norton made
brief adircS:;oa and !. ". Scott. prcsi-
, dent az iir Wheeling S;."l Il iron com
pany. followed. Mr.. Scott said that
: lwc"n Sl50.nGh ard SiGn:nnA Ind hccn
subscribed hy employees uf his nlnnt hur
that he was sure that greater SIM
. could h,. raised for this loan if some
special cflor; wa$ mad" tn reach the
large number of foreigners employed IL
the works. He expressed the opinion
! that all foreign newspapers! should he
! suppressed during the period Of the
war for they w'r" spreading discomfort
by publishing i!silinus nrL misleading
statements. Mr.. Scott rnnc:,lLled by
/ stn'inE !hat the manufacturers would
NOR" than do their hit.
III. Peterson.
short talks by j. ". Peterson. presi
dent Of tho Dollar Saving AMI Trust
Company: $. w. Harper Of the National
Telephone company. and Archie Paul.
president Of the Wheeling Stamping
company. wore IA line with the. previous
speakers. all assuring tho committee
TINT they would do their share and
would work IS hard as anyone.
Andrew Il. Fisher. Il member Of thr
: Wheeling draft board. said that hr
would urge thai greater effort H.
mad" 10 reach Iht working classes. for
many "f them have money stored away.
especially anon; the foreign classes.
nni h" stated lha: large part Of tn"
loan could h. raised if hi" We" done.
10y Mayor. former secretary mf the
hnnrh NJ ira1r. spoke briefly.
Johnson Mck:Gley. president OF tho
! EIrhland Coal company. said That II"
WAS in business that is Ilurh abused
; and yet /. WIS ne second In tn" rnun-
! try 10 gn Ia the rid of the prcsidrn:
when. war WIS declared. He urged that
u strong effort bc made among the
wNrminG men ~" subscriptions.
Attorney Melissa Hubbard pleaded thu:
II hUu%" /" huu$'' canvass "" made. anil
Snih that IL when th' solicitor went 10
\ house II" had :, fixed auou"t IN mind