The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-30

Just as the reports We're being closed
for the night yesterday, q subscription
was received from Mr.. Thomas l.. Moore
of 5000.
In the morning subscription of S2.Io
vas e1tered from a manufacturing con-
Germ which employs large number OF
men. but which preferred not to have It's
name used
Official Statement.
The board OF directors of the Y. NJ. c.
A. held meeting at the new building
Headquarters yesterday evening, and gave
out the following official statement, sign
ed by the members Of the board:
Richmond, Va, January %. 1907.
To Our Members and Contributors:
We have reached a serious situa-
ton in the campaign for s2oo,ooo for
the erection of n new building. AS
you know, we have started out to
do In Richmond what has not been
attempted in any other city Of the
United States: namely, to raise $780,
900 in fifteen days. To do 1t will
mean q glorious victory for Rich
mond To fail would be a very ser-
Gus matter. In the limited time for
organization 1t has simply been Inn
possible to reach each one personally.
Thirty-nine thousand nine hundred
dollars must be secured in pledges as
per enclosed blank, and be in our
hands on or before the night OF the
3lst. If you have not already given
please send In your pledge at once.
by mail or telephone No. 6400. II
you have given, and not given all
you can, on the two-year plan, send
in an additional pledge. If you have
given and given all you can. will you
not try to secure pledges from two
friends. gentlemen or ladies'?
Anything tina, you may do to help
win the day will be a blessing to the
association and will mean much to
the young men and boys Of the fu-
ture. Should 1t be possible for you
to give several hours to seeing other
men Wednesday and Thursday please
report at headquarters. Main and
Tenth Streets. We must not fail!
Thanking you in advance for any
thing you may do to speed the cause,
we are, Very sincerity yours.
O. A. Hawkins, w. J. Whitehurst.
c. G. Taylor, Jr., ]. B. Minor, o.
]. Sands. 7. G. Williams, Jr., T..
NJ. Williams, r. NJ. Smith. l.. II.
Christian. w. d. Duke. N. D. Stills,
r. S. Bosher, 'Tr, J. L. Anderson,
7. D.. Merrlck F. T. Sutton, James
w. Gordon, j. F. Mayer, C. ].
Fst4 JSlllutS, H. "A. tIl"uSAloI1, ". w,
Bahkle. S. *. Mckee.
Mayors Opinion.
Mayor Carleton Mccarthy issued tn
following signed statement last night:
ct sincerely hope that the fund OF
s2O0,O0n will DO complete when the
sun goes down on the 31st l am
one of those. who believe that the
foundations, Of all law and morals
are in tho church, and that the
church must first of all have the loyal
support and the labors and the affec-
tons of the people but then. and
next to that, perhaps comes the
work for young men. sincerely be-
lieye that S2OO,O0O or 100000 invested
for the preservation and the eleva-
ton OF the characters Of boys and
young men will pay better than any
| other investment outside of the church
itself"
1--WE are desperately In need OF 20 POI
funds and workers." SAID MT. elll
chairman of the young business men
I committee Everybody can help b
mailing or phoning their subscription
n headuuarters. We are at critic1
neriod. hut / believe that by desperat
hard work on tho part OF many, "
will pull through
| 1T was announced in one OF the a.
ternoon papers yesterday that $33,0(
/ was to be raised. The attention Of tt