Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-20

Church 10000
Womans auxiliary committee,
Mrs. Margaret Kuyk. chair
man ................, 1850
+. W. HessberE ............. $500
Bedford Pulp and Paper Co -. 200. 90
Mrs. Malvern G. Patterson's
team .................... 1900
Mt. LauEhtons team. ........ 205.
I w Z. Noiand's team. ...... 7600
| independent workers ......... 332 90
VI. X. Murphy ........... 5000
Simon sycle and Mrs. B. "
Sycle Observation-Disclosures. 10000
| Prot w. r. Rudds team. $500
DIR. Paul w. Howle's team, in
Guiding DR.. Grinnan's team. $4,000
friend 500
i Or. "A. Murat WllltS's team. -. $50 90
Jones BroS. Co. ....... so
". c. Cottrelrs team. . 2I5oo
TOBACCO FACTORY
EMPLOYEES GIVE $50
At the luncheon yesterday it was
announced by General Chairman
Thomas L. Moore that a letter had been
! received from the LiEgett & Myers To-
bacco Company saying that subscrp-
tions had been taken among the en-
| ployees on Saturday and that s150 had
been raised. Another collection. II was
| said. will be taken, and the whole
amount will be turned in on Saturday.
| The colored employees in this fac
tory are few In number. yet. the lot
! ter stated. they contributed from their
weeks wages. S25.
Other tobacco factories. machine and
railroad shops and other places OF
| general industry will he solicited and
. to every one An opportunity to give
will be offered.
There is only one thing lacking"
/ said w. T. Dabney. business manager
of the Chamber Of Commerce. we
are not soliciting all those who ought
/ 70 .rtt Il
! privilege to make donation. The
fault does not lie with you. You are
| working with all your vim and
strength. and ! congratulate you on
your success so far. But if You Know
others who may be interested in this
great movement. hut who are less ac-
tive because the need has not been
! brought home 10 them. tap them on the
shoulders and suc Ast TO them what
great opportunity they have. Tell
them that YOU meeting with sue
cess. and urge them to help in one OF
the greatest efforts Richmond has ever
put forth. Fear no man. Tell every
| one that YOU ARE not asking favor
| but that you are giving him an op-
| portunity {" contribute toward dire
and vital need. So Will YOU succeed.
and bid you God speed in your labor
! to help those who need your aid"
The talk was inspirational, and the
workers gathered together afterward
and made individual and collective
promise that their effort would be un-
! ccasinE until the 100000 had been
| collected.
NEGROES GIVE CONCERT
! TO HELP CAMPAIGN
! Mrs. Margaret Kuyk. chairman OF
the womans auxiliary committee. asks
that other women volunteer to work in
: their own neighborhoods, so that none
t VIII" may tie willing to give will have
/ her heart unlocked and her purse
strings united. The womans auxiliary
has don" and is doing big work Mrs
Stuart MichauX spent the morfiirG
working on Church Hill. where she
said she was welcomed and courteously
| received. Shc-brouGht in $3.50 rs a
result OF the mornings work. Mrs.
! y. HauEhn. reporting for Mrs. Malvern
! c. Patterson. announced that Mrs. Pat
| tcrson's team had collected 1920 maxi
| ing a total for the auxiliary of more
than s300.
Mrs. Norman V. Randolph. who goes
every day Ia Johnson's Hall. 10 West
Leigh street. TO work among the ne
sroes. reported collection OF S25 from
the Patterson Tobacco Company and
- from the Janitor OF the Medical Col
leg" of Virginia. Mrs. Randolph said
that all The negroes had become vastly
interested in the movement and that
they are working heart and soul to aid
In building greater hospital She
asked that solicitors be sent among the
negroes in the tobacco factories. ara
she was assured by w. T. Reed that
the factory doors would he open,
though he suggested that the subscrip-
| lions he taken mp by the foremen in
the various departments
! The colored people, Mrs. Randolph
announced. VIII give n concert in the
True Reformcrs' Hall on Thursday
night 10 aid In the effort. Seats will
i be reserved for the white people. and
Mrs. Randolph urged that they come
so that the negroes might witness evil
dence OF the white peoples desire to
build hospital which would serve
both races. The negroes are syste-
matizing their work. and they are cal
culating upon their own people In every
part of the state to help. Hundreds
to he addressed TO Mrs. Waldorf Astor
In England who Mrs Randolph knows
to he interested in the welfare of the
negro race. Solicitation among the COL
ored people will be carried on through
the summer, for they want to do their
part.
note of announcement was sound
ed by Coleman WORKMAN, president OF
the Chamber of Commerce. by W. r..
Reed. by w T. DabNey and by others
/ who have become Interested Every
| worker WAS urged to ccdouble his eff
fort and to have others join In the
movement.
The campaign ends on Saturday.
More than half the amount was raised
in the first Heek of the wNirlwind
canvassing. and the committees are
confident that the tremendous effort