The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-09-20
WAR
CONVENTION
WORKERS FROM ALL
OVER STATE
ABLE SPEECHES BY GREAT MEN
Plans and Sussestiess ~ to How
Best to Aid the Country in
Winnisg Of the War.
ABLE SPEECHES BY GREAT MEN

Cfihni.r-NAVN. W. Va, sept. N
The fifst State Wide War Convention
held in West Virginis attracted promi-
nent war-~orkers from all part. OF the
STATE and wss comp,~~d of member Of
the State Council Of Defense, member
of the Advisory COMMITTEES OF that body.
Chairm~n OF County Council Of D~fense.
chsirmen OF the Fourth Liberty Loan
county organizations. chsirn-n Of -Four
Minute Men county organizations. m~m-
t'ers OF the Executive tIn.I.r~ Commit
| Tee oi War Cam, Community S~rylr~ H.
W'-t Nirginl. and7oth-rs prominent in
wsr-work Gtsvitl~s. Former Go,ernor
William A. McCorkls presided over th.
deliberations.
The Convention attracted rrl r.'s-nta-
tive~ al national organizations ol . simi-
ar character and the COMMITTEES ON Pub
&c Information sent Lieutenant ti@orx.
Ssuvage, = French soldier To give an idea
q conditions nov existing In France and
tn. present relations of the allied people
T'.e Convention w.s held IA the court
ooIn "f the Federal building and two oi
lac principal address,. were made b,
Governor john }. Co.n~-li and Ex
Governor w. A MeCorkIe. Chairman oi
tile STATE Liberty Loan COMMITTEES.
The hrst War Convention wss held o.
perfect arrangements for the fonrth
Liberty Loan campaign. September 18th
90 Octoter l9th and the War Reli-l
Work campaign of November IIth 4
18th when something like $7,O,UD will
be sssignei as = quot. for West Virginia
tor the \. NJ. q. A.. National Cstholir
War Coaneil, Jewish Welfare Board,
salvation Army. War O.mp Community
~ervice and the American Library Asso
.i.tIon.
Tie women of the state are to t,e again
tive Ina Liberty Loan work and Mrs
i.isia y fofi-nbaryer is once more iB
General charge over tile STAT. The W.
nen exIsrt To- surpsss tie showing ma<ir
IA the Third Liberty Loan which will be
q mighty accomplishment.
M~n ~ and ~ y-zrs old sud 81 10 ~
y-sr- old inclusive will te 6rst called a.
he colors under the new draft of S~pt~m-
,er IL. The vanguard 10 tile new grou,
nay reach training camps late nex,
month. when this group t~yins - AZ
'rOsrh exhaustion, the Government vii
all the military duty men from 81 10 ~
years Oid inclusive and boys of Is III.
drst call Tor this deferred group can hard
w br expect-d before early ia 1919 o.
L. thought that > VD,vsD m-n 81 the new
trait will be ~all-d u tile c"l"rs 10y n~x'
Iune. classification of ~ :sj men ~il
l- cornplet-d in West Virgins 10y Nov.
], according ~ plans outlined as qnss
uonnal'es ~ out al once. The men OF
the ~ year old class aud 81 a. elias. will
not receive qur~tionnsire~ or be elas-i
d'-i until the work OF classifying the ~
sj class - completed nor will any ol
hs'-e two classes IL c.llrd until the sup
py of ~ .1 m-u hs- be~n exhausted
The - ~ youths will IT, permitted " ".
tD college u tram ~ student .oldisrs at
he West Virgins University. Davis Fix
ns. Wesleyan and other ~rhool-
j. Walter Barnes. Federal Fuel Ad-
nini-tr.tor for Vest Virgins Who ws-
'err for the Var Convention, bsing
chairman Of tie Council OF Defense 81
Marion county, 10 veil ple.-sd With the
ssy the requ--t for sutole--,suBd.ys 10
~ing her'ied In we-t Virgini. snd ls
confident that offenders oil le even f-~si
Tor tn rernsins ~usisy- that such cDD
servstiOn ls necs--ary than in the thrr.
sundays past.