The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-03
Huge Meeting for Pro-
motion Of Co-opera-
tive Spirit.
CITIZEN STARTS
LIBRARY FUND
Sum of $4,000 Anonymously
Pledged--Simpler Government
Referred To as Splendid Gift
for New Year-Civic Eff
fort Receives Trcmen-
dous Boost.

Five thousand people stood up in tho
City Auditorium last night and voted
for this resolution: "Rcsolved. That
every person in this meeting VIII
hcnceforth do ali no can for Richmond
work for 1t, talk for i, and fight for
it,"
This is the most magnificent civic
moment l have ever Witnessed" said
DR.. Edward y. Calisch at the outset
of his address. So felt every man
and woman and child in tho vast Aud
torium. Richmond spirit was in tho
air; II was In the songs, in the speech.
es. In the waving banners and in the
nandclapping. 1t was an audience as
scmoled not only to hear what the city
mas done. but an evidence of that CO.
operation and that brotherhood and
that determination without which no
city can live and grow and fulfil Its
measure of usefulness and its place
in tho universe.
again quoting from DR.. Calisoh's re-
marks, tide set in with yhis New
Year which will come to Its flood I'm
the important duties of the near future,
when the opportunity will be here to
have It lead on to the civic fortune oe
finer. greater, better and more Beau,
tiful city.
Promises of To-oIorrow.
In order that the people who tyero
there might not think only OF tho
things that were and the things that
arc. they were told by Business Man
aGer w I, Dabney. of the Chamber or
Commerce, Of things that shall be,
They heard of some things which have
been heretofore revealed and OF some
tlinss 'wAich were little known or not
known at all. 1t was wonderful box
OF good fortune which Mr. Dabney
ShOwCTnd
crs. even as the Father Byrd rhymes'
were showered from the baskets ooened
nigh up in the roof of tho City Audi.
torium. He told them OF tho manufao-
Jurors exhibit. OF the public wharf, OF
his belief in city ownership of the
Richmond Dock, OF the Northern Neck
failroad. of the Richmond, Urhanna
and Peninsula Railroad. of tho usage
OF coal dust, Of the automobile plant,
of the silk ribbon mill
Then he told them that instead ot !,
decrease In operations In this CITY as
result of the dissolution OF the Amer
lean Tobacco Company. there will ba
IN TACT an Increase In tho factories
ana tEcfr output. And he told them
now the Richmond Branch OF the Amer
lean Locomotive Works has increased
| its capacity from thirty to fifty engines
month, and now has under consider
alton plans for turning out seventy
each Inonth-two and one-half locomo,
inond.
Perhaps tho most Significant single
event OF the meeting was the an.
houacement made by Mayor Richard,
SON. the presiding officer. that a citizen
mas promised the sum Of $4,000 az the
nucleus for the establishment in Rich
mond OF free and modern public
library. And any person desiring IN
correspond with me on this subject.
aaued the Mayor, is informed that my
auoress NJ present Is tha City Hail..
Overflow OF Civic Spirit.
UNIQUE in conception faultlcss IN az.
ecution. the Meeting FOR the prono.
lon OF the Spirit OF Co-opera ZION in
'?l2 Will achieve Its object II anv-
thihs OF the sort could DO succe AruI,
IL brought the philosophical peopIa
OF R!chmond together out of pure love
Tor snd interest in the municipaiTIy.
its prosperity and its growth. 1t
brought out tho best expressions nnd
tue most Inspiring thoughts Of some or
ner most distinguished citizens Thu
mere einow touch OF such gathering
Tor Richmond in 1912 would have bse,,
sufficient to arouse tho smolderlnr fres
OF civic pride and OF civic patriotism
IL ala more; 1t produced detcrmin,
ton TO do things
All hope OF getting into the balcony
at the city Auditorium had long ara
been abandoned by hundreds when N,
parade reached the building. The on.
tire lower iioor had been reserved ior
INC marching columns and was Eepr
empty On the stage were gathered
900 High school children ana the Rich.
mond philharmonic Orchestra.
mad his hands fun IN Keeping tho
young idea in their seats At the rear
OF the stage there was draped what
was once proposed for the nag or
iichmond, and II covered ii banner.
afterwards unveiled. with the familiar
device: "lot2--Evcrybody Boost RIch
mond. over the partition at the north
wing was huge canvas with The
nGurcs | and .. lcttcred with .'We can
and We WIN" and "Richmond sost
By Test" while on the opposite s,de
was IT'S complement with ana ?, max
Ing II 1912, with the wording The
Best Is Yet to Come ana "Ali TO.
sether IN 1919 for Richmond
Had Good Music.
The John Marshall High school
chorus did most OF The singing, al,
though the audience Joined In with
VIII. All the songs were written ca.
pec!ally for the occasion. AMI ,ne5chil..a
dren had Been drilled In them Queen J
of the sunny South" Richmond b
Rooster song" DO 1t Now" ..Rich-y
mond," and Get Togcthor,r were si,c-s f
cessively rendered during the meeting.