The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-01
One THOUSAND
IN BIG P AR ABE
Business Men Enthusiastic Over
Demonstration To- Morrow
Night
ALL PULLING TOGETHER
Commercial Organizations TO
Line Up at City Hall for
March Westward.
ALL PULLING TOGETHER

More than 1000 business men will
march from the City Hall TO tho City
Auditorium tomorrow night. not like
minstrel men, but to show the people
that there IS something besides talk in
this ''GetTogethcr Movement" 20
boost Richmond In 1912. They will
begin marching at 1880 o'clock, and
after thcy reach the Auditorium there
Will be another demonstration, for
everybody is determined TO make this
thing a grand success.
Thousands of people who cannot at
tend the speech making will line Broad
Street and other streets to see the line
US IL moves along. There Will be red
fire and bands of music and cheers
galore. There will be real enthusiasm
everywhere. There will be patriotic
songs and patriotic addresses, the bur
den of all being that when the bus
mess folk Of this town pull together
they can accomplish almost anything
for the common welfare and the COM
mon good
Eversbod, Ecprcsentcd.
When the scheme WAS first suggest
cd It was warmly approved The
leaders saw tho opportunity for good
work. They wanted to get the various
organizations into closer contact, not
lave worked together heretofore In a
manner which indicated that the new
spirit is in control. So all of the bus
mess people decided to Join In when
the project was first launched by the
Advertisers Club. and Mayor Richard.
son, seeing the fine chance issued a
proclamation calling on the city OIL
GERS and employees to come in While
the Common Council is scheduled TO
meet Tomorrow night, It will prompt
ly adjourn, and tho Councilmen will
march and then applaud when the
speakers arc telling about the town
not so much about its past, but about
the present and tho future. Mayor
Richardson will march. lie will carry
flaming torch. or rather red torch,
which VIII not do anybody any harm
Tor he is In hearty accord with the
idea and the plan TO boost the city.
Along with the Advertisers Club
there VIII be big delegations from the
Chamber of Commerce, Business Mems
Club. Retail Merchants Association,
Travellers Protective Association.
United Commercial Travellers. South
Richmond Business Mems Association
and whole brigades of men who work
Ono Dig Night.
With the bands playing and the red
fire giving brilliant color, the parade
VIII move promptly from the City Hail.
everybody having been impressed with
the Importance of being at the starting
point ahead OF time. Major Werner
and squad of police will lead the
way, directly on the hccls of the band.
and all cross town traffic will halt
until the big line has passed. There
VIII DC chief marshal behind the
Mayor, who has been assigned posl-
come heads of the city dcpartments-
not In baskets, but afoot-iudgcs, n
special escort, and then the business
men grouped into delegations. with
hammers showing exactly what they
represent. IT will he a big night. The
exercises at the Auditorium will not bc
long or t!resome. but there will he
rcd iirc in the speeches lust as there
was red fire in the hands OF those who