The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-13
.R|CHMOkD'S RECORD
uN[QuAlltO BUT WILL
BE NO LET UP IN WORK
civ Haa Subscribed tn More Than
One-Half OF Maximum Bond
Allotment
TWO MEETINGS OF LARGE
INTER EST HELD YESTERDAY
Total subscriptions Reported TO Date
S7,s25. ooo---Montague Says People
Must Finance War If They Would
Win.

While Richmond has made a record
not equalled by any other American
city IN the great second liberty loan
campaign. Chairman John Kerr
Branch and Executive Manager W. T.
Dabney do not propose TO let up one
Minute in the work until the maxi
mum dollar arfovfed 70 Richmond
shah have been subscribed
Yesterday at i O'Clock p ~. the
esnpaign crossed the line. In other
words. oue-half OF the maximum sum
assigned to this city has been sub
scrihed with sonas thousands Of dol
lars to spare, the fofat sum rePSfsea
being s7.5as 900.
Comparing these figures with the
press reports that the country has
thus fur subscribed only per cent
Of the requisite sum. ia Byrd's people
can well congratulate themselves up
ON what has been done, but they must
not he too well satisfied as that might
threaten success on the last round.
! Finish Cp and Lend Them Leaders
II hes aenr suggested that Rich
.TsseSYsa rstglst cake a h2ech In fsa ssssats
close this thing right up and send
/ B,A7~h and Dahney TO Washington to
{ &'iT matters w III the Hh+iptida S7i"
paten. Looks like with the returns
an reported from thu country at large,
ithe "Richmond way" applied by Rich
( nnnd men would he first-olass idea.
/ Large Individual subscriptions an
/ nouncad yesterday were Sloo,eoa by
the Bank OF Commerce and Trusts; j.
b. Moshy 4 Co, $4,000: Fl. w. Roun-
! tree, s25. 600. Saunders Bros. Co. s2s,-
GOO and number OF $4,000 sub
scriptions
! Armour cement WAS made that the
! American Telephone and Telegraph
company had subscribed for $1,000
( GOO worth of the bonds, and they wifi
/ n" allotted to their various local Of
fees.
TWO important meetings were held
yesterday in the interest of the cam
paign.
/ Capitol Meeting.
I At II o'clock yesterday morning a
meeting was held in the hall OF the
house of delegates for all state of
| fetals and. employees, presided over by
Governor Henry c. Stuart. The gov
ernor, in a brief opening address de-
clared that this Is a popular war. that
money was needed more than men
a. this h,ncture. and that every sub
scrtption for bond was vote OF
confidence IL the government. He
declared that the heads OF depart
ments fthe state government were
IN close touch with the people of the
state and that. with the officers lead
ing In this work. the people were oer-
tain to rally 10 It The governor then
Introduced Congressman Andrew
jackson Montague.
After declaring that X the Ameri-
can people do not support and finance
al n,lne %<xt
hope to win the war and that 'if the
government Of America cannot and
does not pay then there 10 no private
security that Is nearly so safe" the
speaker declared that the plan and
scope of the war means the life oil
the civilization OF the western world
4 The essential needs of the situation
Is the sending OF the virile young men
of the country to France and the IN
limited financial support Of the gov
eminent by every man and woman fn
America, he urged: Mr.. Montague
made an eloquent and earnest appea'
to every man to enlist hts dollars ir
the cause for which America is night.
ing.
w. r. Dabney made an appeal foi
cordial support for the Richmond
campaign, in closing the meeting.
i At least a hundred state officials
and employees were present
john NJ Miller. Jr., at City Hall.
meeting Of equal interest and i'm
portance was held at noon In the
council ch1ulber In the City Hall
when. on the call of Mayor Ainslie
rti1e city officials and employees met &c
hear President John M. Miller. Jr.
OF the First National bank, discuss
the great needs of the situation ant
the duty of every citizen. In hrie'
| Mr. Miller said:
I I'VE are at war with foreign
power. As a citizen of this republic
yor are either patriot or traitor
There Is no middle ground. You are
loyal or you are disloyal. There !.
no such thing as a passive patriot. j
! you have the spirit of patriotism with,
in you II is bound to manifest Itself
: IN some outward form. You must b
found Ia tho fghting ranks or sup