The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-06
'F5JR MINUTE MH
nEI INCREASE Fold
SEEKERS on War Issues to
Help Uncle Sam, Coasid.
"a ermR Such ActI0n. =

III ering Such Acton. -
9 Email p8aIs Tor next Sunday nights
!, nafr&4ic meetings to be held IN the
5cSnYeSSk OF Fairmoot under tine aue-
q sasS ofS The. -Four Minute Men we're
Ia7de< TeStefday Afternoon when seS1
$50. OF the oIsaaiza4on took .place. E
the rooms. Of .the Chamber OF COM
Msree. Attorney Albert J. KEN, sec:
sFFe5sfy, vas IN the. chair m the- absence
oESAtsorney Frank C. HSymond, the
c4iaifmSa. rrs- 49, , XIX - = -
[Tfe question Of whether the number
sof {FoHrs Minute zen should DO m
IEcfeaSed In nnmerfcsl strength vas d1s7s
61Ssed. It was DECIDED to. aRPeSlns a
Committee composed; Of AttornsgB A
j. Kern. Hon3E. n Showalter .aae II:
:S:zLiFe1y to. take mp the matter Hon-
sE= N. Showaiter stated that:ta y toa9
Ainute Men as an :organt5atton 3nS1S.
SToEn from a fewsthousaNs1s tosmore
f5sn a .OoO N the United! Estates. Ea
ibid not think that. there were any spe-
cfalsrnles to govern the GrganiSa ton
Atsornev Harry Shaw. believed that
arery- LAWYER at the Marion County
Bar should be regularly called upon
I and they no doubt would respond Il
their services we're requested C. w
Evans belie-ed that there was no man
bette. fitted for this kind OF work
than the lawyer. Attorney Harry ;.
EfyeIT believed that every man should
%res5ond regardless OK whether It
sIiited him or net He said taat he
though that 1t was patriotic duty
so to do
Some OF the speakers thought that
the proficiency ir limiting speecn
to four minutes came With frequencE
In other words the pith could be Civ
! en- in that time only after some cxpeT-
fence had been had secured along those
| lines.
been one of the most enthusiastic and
! Invest organizations ever started IN
| Fairnaont. Acting Chairman Kern
outlined the next campaign, which be
| gins next Monday and is on. Il he
/ Income Tax. Effort will be made By
! The speakers to show that the war is
not capitals war. but one OF the peo-
Acting Kern believed that the Four
! Minute Men were doing great work
! and he stated that he was fully per
suaded that it was movement in the
/ right direction. II was reported that
! generally the eIIOEIS OI l1AS
! SPEAKER weSe rouadiy appiauded Ro-
ports we've made that one Of the speak
: crs did NOT talk long enough, while
anotner was to the effect that one OF
The orators had over-step0ed the four
/ minute limit. The presiding officer
urged all Of the men 10 keep within
! the bounds.
All of the speakers were pleased
! with the manner in which the theatre
( owners had been receiving them. the
| speakers generally admitted that their
slides ara sprung on them rather sud
denIv and were figuring out II any i'm
! proTement could be made IN this dL-
rection. Another speaker wanted to
know how to tell when the four MIN
utes we're up and it was suggested
that the drummer give the cymbals
! slight stroke
| It was announced that the advance
| literature on the Income Tax" had
arrived. It was decided that the next
meeting should be at the call or the
! chairman. Light luncheons at loc2t
! hotels were generally approved OF.
| The following we're present at yes
terday's meeting Hon anthony Bow
! en- Attorneys A. L. Lehman, Harry
! shaw. NJ. Earl Morgan. Ira L Smith.
! Albert J. Kern. E. Carl Frame and
! Henry S. Lively, n. H. Rose. e. w
! Evans. Joseph B. Lehman. Prof. 10
! seph Roster and [. H. Dunlap