The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-24
500 NEW MEMBERS
IN THREE DAYS
wHIRLwIND MEMBERSHIP CAM
PAIaN WILL RE STARTED ny
SPECIAL COMMITTEE TODAY.
WINDS UP SATURDAY
RICHMOSD SPIRIT. REkINDLED BY
GREAT MEETING TUESDAY
NIGHT, PROMISES IMPETUS
To CTTY,s DEVELOPMENT.
WINDS UP SATURDAY

days"
This is the slogan adopted by the
special whiriwind membership cam
Commerce, which held meeting at
the Jefferson hotel last night and
formulated detailed plans for can
vass of Richmond.
The names OF more than thou
sand ffrms--non- members have been
secured and at the meeting last night
the seventy Ave business men who vol
unteered for the work. formed them
solves into district committees and TO
Zach was assigned a certain number
Of names. These gentlemen Will de-
vote two hours daily TO the work, and
have sworn solemn oaths that when
they report to business Manager Dab
ney Saturday night the names of the
ave hundred new members win be
ready for the secretary to enroll!
The special committee numDsrs
among its membership the most ac-
live and progressive young members
OF the chamber and they start In to-
Gdf WITH TIC 44AEu 0EAtl "
make good.
The membership Of the chamber
OF commerce now numbers $50 and II
In proposed Iii. increase this III. 1 $40
by Saturday night.
Big Dinner Live Topic.
The great chamber OF commerce
dinner was the still a town topic"
yesterday. Richmond has grown to
the point where few spontaneous
events disturb the even tenor of It's
WAY. hut those the sight of those five
hundred earnest, determined, repre-
sentative citizens. railroad officials,
manufacturers and business men In
every walk of life. pledging them
selves To a definite program for Rich
mondfa advancement with an enthas-
iasm that knew no bounds. Was a rev
citation 10 even the members Of the
chamber of commerce Themselves.
How an outsider would have viewed
the insp!rlting scene would make a
Ssarr worth reading
The work Of this organization Of
live business men, founded over forty
years ago. cannot be estimated in ma
terial values. Its struggles, unself-
ishnesS. self eriiice as an organlxa-
ton. In book form. would read iko
a commercial romance. II has
brought about civic cooperative
spirit that has moulded community
interest which has stimulated the en-
ergy of Richmond people, inspired
the confidence OF investors and en-
tirels eliminated the psssimist. To its
influence is largely ascribed Rich
mond's remarkable progress In re-
cent years and justly.
Spirit of Co-Opcration.
Not only is this spirit of &C.
operation manifest among its MEM
bers-~the representative business men
Of the COMMUNICATIVE IL is found
between the business men and the
civic authorities. The relations be-
tween the council and the chamber
have been most cordial. and the IN
fuence ana usefulness of both insti-
tutions strengthened The chamber
has developed manufacturing plants.
attracted large jobbing house to Rich
mond and facilitated the location OF
distributing houses, thus increasing
the population. enhancing realty
values and enlarging banking opera
lions. This line OF work is To con-
tinue. of course. but one of the chief
purposes of the organization. in CO.
operation with the civic authorities. Is
to take care of those who are here.
and some OF these plans were outlined
In the program j. submitted Tuesday
night.
Richmond Has the Goods.
As s. IT. Morgan. president of tho
Virginia. "a rolina Chemical company,
so Wen said Tuesday night Rich
n,ondp has tks Chamber OF Commerce..
the transportation facilities ana n
well organized press. and all that il
necessary now Is for the people 70 ge,
together and push. and Mayor Ains-
lie at the same time made the very
happy point that there was room for
Ill hands on the rope and urged
everybody to take hold of the rope
and pull for Richmond, so with tho
pull and the push. the boundless pos
sihsitics ahead and the Richmond
spirit there ia Il great future ahead
The Richmond spirit.
- Every business main VINO was pres
ent at the dinner Tuesday night was
still inbned with the fire Of the Rich
mond spirit yesterday. and II was evil
dent that the Inspiration means
something.
ITO my mins.' said representa-
TIVE business man yesterday. Mayo.
Ainslie's speech was the keynote Of
the whole affair. His ambitions har-
mnnize with the chambers plans. snd
with the cooperation Of the civic al
thorities and definite program to
work npon, there is no reason WHY we
should not put through the sane. and
reasonable program Of annexation.
new Fairgrounds and parks. better
housing for worxingmen and every
thing else. We can't get everything al
once. but tell you the Richnond
spirit is aroused and we are going 10
have 1t all and have II as saan as
physical possibilities Will permit the
fruitfon of our plans"
-s--+-4------~-
Mrs. MalIAne Richmond Woman.
Mrs. Lottie Mallane. who. accord /
fng TO reports received here, was bru-
tally assaulted in Ironton. Missouri
Is native OF Richmond. Her mother.
Mrs. Il. w. Collision, who lives on the
Lakeside car line. appeared Ut police
head quarters yesterday afternoon IL
make inquiries about her daughter.
Mrs Collision made request or the
police to wire to Ironton aud secure