The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-25
Gel. N'AOAhS HEADS
VIRGINIA Ch MPAIGA Of
NEW WAR STAMP
Government to Raise 1000, 900 900,
and Quota for State Is s45 900 900.
Drive opens December 1.
MEN ON
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Richmond Expected TO Raise $4,000
600, or $50 Per Capita--Meeting of
Executive Committee Tuesday AZ
tcrnoon in Posioffice Building.

Preparations for the opening OF the
war savings stamp and certificate
campaign in December are rapidly
fnaterla lizing under the direction or
Colonel Thomqs h. McAdams, ap
pointed "a director for Virginia. One
year has been set apart by the federal
government in which to raese $1,000
100000 In the United States and OF
his amount Virginia will be expected
{ O give Sac. 900, geo.
+ or many weeks Colonel McAdams
has been engaged In getting the ma
hlaery OF the state in order for the
great rfFfve. wr1fCt = TX I-Ify h r'T--r o.
Fhe administrators program 20 help
heat the Hun.
IN every city and county in Viz
g!aia Colonel McAdams has appointed
prominent men to aid him IN this
undertaking, Frederick E. Noting
mas been named as assistant director
And Claude r. Davenport has been
appointed executive secretary. The
eamp aign headquarters will he estab-
s.Ahed and maintained on the fourth
floor Of the Postoffice building and VIII
pe In charge OF Mr., Davenport. The
pubiicity work will be under the di-
rection Of W >, Fawcett.
Director McAe ans Will depend
upon MS executive committee for the
support and cooperation necessary to
insure the campaigns success.
Is9s Men ots Executive tols1Enittre.,
The executive committee is COM
posed CT the following members.
headed by the governor OF Virginia;
EeaEy Carter stuart. governor Of
Virginia; estmoreland Davis, gov
ernor elect; II. C.. Stearnea superin-
tendent OF public instruction; W. NJ.
Addison. president OF the Virginia
( Bankers association: William J.
Burke, Richmond, Richard Evelyn
Byrd. Virginia council OF defense
| Colonel Warren y. Taylor. trafflc man
ager OF the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad; 1t. Rev. Den
mis- J. O'Connell. bishop OF the diocese
+ Of Virginia L. c. Laird. Southern
! Manufacturing company; II. /. Har-
wood. secretary OF the Travellers Pro-
tectiye Association OF Virginia: r. Z.
/ L Hickman, Roanoke, ex-president
OF the Virginia Federation OF Labor;
-, William I. Dabney. business manager
I Of the chamber OF commerce, Rev
Frank r McFaden. .. d. pastor OF
The First Presbyterian church. Jam es
/ II. Price. Richmond; Frank S. Lyon,
Newport News; Walker Scott, vice
president OF the Virginia Trust com
/ pany; Fred W. Harper. Lynchburg.
! grand exalted ruler Benevolent and
Protective Order OF Elks; George w.
i ko!ner, secretary OF agriculture: c.
G.. Barksdale. chief state bank exam
! iner; Mrs. 3. b. Munford, womans
| committe, Virginia council OF defense
William J, Fawcett, Richmond; Rev.
| Edward y. Calisch. Phi. D., rabbi Beth
! Ahabah temple; Walter E. Hathaway,
! president OF the Farmers institute;
NJ Tr-,v@ 4~uz
commissioner: DR.. J. d. Eggieston. Jr.,
| president OF the Virginia Polytechnic
institute: /. J. Marcuse. American Can
company: Mrs. John Hagan. Danville:
A. b. Thornffili. president of the
! Farmers union; B. Morgan Shepherd,
4 southern Planter: John Stewart
Bryan. editor OF the News Leader;
Charles l. Weaver. Richmond coun-
ell. Boy Scouts of America; Ernest /.
Cunningham. Newport News. grand
master Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons; Robert H. ANGEL. Roanoke;
and Joseph p. Brady, clerk OF the
! United States district court
meeting OF the executive commit.
tee will be held at $3.50 o'clock Tues
day afternoon in the Postoffice build
ing, while a meeting of the state and
county directors will be held at the
! Same place at 10 o'clock on wednes-
day morning.
4 Richmond's Share $40 Per Capita.
/ Of Nirginia's allotment of $4,000.
600 Richmond win be expected to
raise 100000. or about sac per
capita OF population. This means, tc
insure the success OF the movement q
saving of about s1.7s per month on
The part OF every man. woman and
/ child, both white and colored
While the raising of this vast sum
nj money will be OF inestimable value
to the government of the United
States. and every cent SO raised will
be spent by the government in con.
nection with it's financing of the greal
s. war In which we are now engaged. !"
said Colonel McAdams last night. .the
lessons Of thrift and economy which
will be taught during the campaign
will produce an even more far-reach-
ring effect among our people.
Our nation has Always heen class
ed as a nation of .spendcrs, rathe
than savers" continued the virgini,
director, ''and especially Is this tru,
or a large part of the population O.