The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-01

Yesterday. 1t is generally recognized that
| Captain r. S. Tuck, of team No. =, made
special efforts to do well and was so
! firm i'll his convictions throughout the
| campaign that the $4,000 would he rails
ed that he gained the name of Tuck the
! Optimistic" Captain bllups. team No.
/, |, and his followers, started off the first
day with q good lead and remained at
| the head of the teams until the last
| day. Usually the report of this team
| was the highest. II was not because
there We're men on the team who could
| afford to put up large sums or because
| they had wealthy friends, but on ac-
| count of sheer hard work. Some days
| this team would report more subscrip-
| tons than any other team. Mr.. Jas. w.
| Gordon was captain of team No. 10 for
| the first part of the campaign, but court
| duties compelled him to resign in favor
| Of Mr.. ID. r. Midyette, after leaving his
| team in Il good position, which Captain
! Midyette will upheld.
| Captain Wiley and his coworkcrs hovercd
I, around the first position during the last
two weeks of the campaign, and every
| member worked hard 1t was this team
| that sought out the employees of several
! of the large corpora lions. and enlisted
the sympathy. as well as the financial
support of men and women. boys ana
girls. Hundreds of these employees gave
tutIi siidIitS lDl piit VI SeNcisll tclSS.
Captain Meek. Captain Newman, Captain
Powell, Captain Duke and Captain Bahlkc
nll made heroic efforts to do their share
of the work, and the majority of their
men responded noby.
Mr.. N, ID Sils general chairman Of
, this committee, proved an excellent choice
for such II responsible position, He was
largely instrumental in the choosing Of
the ten captains, and assisted them in
,, turn In selecting their men. Nh Stlls was
devoted to the campaign from tho day
that he started active duty us chairman,
and was always ready 10 cheer the men
on when there was n note of discourage
ment If small reports We're made Mr..
Stills Is popular with all the members Of
the committee, rs was evidenced from
time TO time during the campaign, and
made many sacrifices TO insure the pass
ing of the 100000 mark Tho only Ia
! sret expressed is that he did not take
advantage Of a splendid way of helping
| both the Young Mems Christian Associa
ton and himself as suggested by local
divine by submitting to the alltlrins
charms Of a Richmond girl before jan
uary 31st
The membership committee also did re-
markaby well, with Mr.. J, d, Lecky MS
general chairman, Captain T, r, Bryar
retained the lead from the first day that
this committee started In the campaign,
The committee secured total OF over
$4,000 N.ie other captains We're II. w.
Llsconb. y, A., Wells, l. carp, George
b. White aud w, ID, Crenshaw.
The boys hustled for money also, under
the leadership of Ramon Fisher. and
turned a splendid total a unique feature
Of tbs campaign here was tho work of the
ladies associated with the Young Mems
Christian Associations They did more
than their share,
The Last Day.
The last day OF the campaign was re-
pletc with incidents equally interesting
and productive
! While MIR. Hawkins was standinG at