The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-17
MCHMOND'S TOTAL
: SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW
ABOUT $S,500,000
tors WIN Decide Today on Their
Amount.
Il. NJ. CRUTCHFIELD LANDS
EQUITABLE LIFE FOR $3.50, 900
Tomorrow Statesmen OF City WIN Sally
Forth for Citywide Canvass--Wo-
men Doing Good Work I'm Retail
Center.

1
Actual subscriptions to the liberty
loan in Richmond in the present great
campaign at the close OF business yes
terday Appropriated $500. 900. with
J enough subscribed and not yet re-
ported to bring the total we'll up to
sS.500,000. Three out of nineteen
banks reported 1000 of private sub
scrfpttons. Total subscriptions for the
day exceeded s4o0,0 900
\ Richmond has by no means ex-
hausted its big subscription resources.
but IT is very desirable that the small
subscribers shall rally promptly in or
der to make certain the splendid sue
cess of the campaign.
An interesting feature of today will
DC the decision of the directors OF the
va dominion Trust company as to
the amount of that great institution 4
subscription. 1t il believed that il viii
be one that Will very appreciably in
crease the total figure liberty loan
headquarters will have to give out to-
night.
Cfutchffeld's Winning Work.
certainly one of the most inter
esting and unique subscriptions thus
far in this campaign is one secured
by General Agent r NJ Crutchfield.
OF the Equitable Life Assurance so.
ciety. OF New York. MIR. Crutchfield
cahed on his company TO make Rich
ni'ho ltperal apportionment and to
40 IT promptly. He was out To se1f
Dor ds-fishting bonds to carry on tho
war OF democracy against autocrae CIV
aho ne wanted real subscription, The
Va me qualities that make Mr. Crutch
neio Il valuable man in the Insurance
1T ie--ae determination and perseverance,
won out by large majority. and
fsteraay morning his company wired
MIN that Il had subscribed for A
quarter OF million dollars worth
o. ponds to be placed 10 the credit ~
the Richmond Office. That was potng
some for Crutct1fleld s
TOOK 500 individual Suhscrtptions
j Final reports made nv he 80,
saiesn"n of the Richmond underwent.
trs MADE Yesterday morning carried
the total of their days WORT on aynr-
Gay IN the office building OF tha e!tu
7 up 10 S0ne hundred thousand do,iars
/ I'VE hundred different appllcations
having been secured by these can.
! vassers WI
II forty men can take FIVE hundred
apphca1ions IN one day the question
comes what can the hundreds ~,
| sa iesmen do in the great citv.utda
campaign planned for THURSDAY
! The following Ia a list Of tho Nom
ners or the Richmond Life tsuder-
writer's association who devoted Mon =
Gay 10 the canvass For the sales OF
the bonds: N n. SiIs. Arthur Levy.
Is 1. Chapman, c. Is. Richardson. w.
e, freeman, r ?. Reynolds, f. p.
southward. J. G. Bristow. Oscar Swine
loro. Allen Crutchleld. w w. Keen.
j ~ -: r. Blue. Charles q. Teylor Jr.. G.
w DIGS. A Z. Wilmer, s 3. Love
t T." f. 3+eYls "a H. M4dpetse W r.
1ridlin. II. Hardaway. w GRAY
watson, F.. VI. CrutchfeId G. n
| Myers w. }. ShillinGhurg, L. D. War
rem. A. O. Swink.
Women At Work
I Anet women of r edmond are re
snonaing literally TO the appeal Of
their sisters in the liberty loan cam
paign,
The booths In Miller g. Rboaas
store in charge yesterday Of Mrs
| George }. Seay. and that a. Coben's
under the direction of Mrs. sam
Cohen. reported liberal subscriptions
a booth WIS established yesterday in
the store OF j. r. Mosby g. Conpanv
while another booth ia in active
/ operation at Thaiheimers
Yesterday members OF 81 Hiida's
Guild OF st Pauls Episcopal church
! aided in the work. while TODAY the
| ladies' or the EQUAL Suffrage league
VIII lend their efforts actively to the
campaign work For tomorrow the
I Colonial Danes are scheduled to as
sist at the booths. while on Friday
the Instructive Visiting Nurses as
ISOLATION viii help. On Saturday the
work will be cared fer by the vir-
ginia association opposed TO woman's
suffrage and by the Capitol CITY Divi
sion of the National League for wo-
mans Service
Binford Wouldn't BE Left Out.
| An interesting feature showing the
general interest of the children of the
city In the campaign developed yes
terday. when liberty loan headquar-
tiers received message from Binford
schol asking that speaker be as
signed to that school for Thursday
morning. II seems that this school
I is one of the few In the city which
/ is not provided with a suitable assem-
bly, hall and no speaker was assigned
to It on Monday. c. A. Season will
explain the patriotic duty OF the ma
ton to the Binford lads and lasstes
tomorrow morning at 3 o'clock.
! Speakers last night were. at Acad-
envy. Rev. ". e. Thompson, and at
Randolph lodge. \. f. & A. M, John
G. Wingo.
Tomorrow the great feature Will be
| the combined drive In which every
salesman in the city will join in a
city wide campaign 10 be made in one
! day.
| 1t is anticipated that every business
house will contribute literally Of it's
selling staff, from the ranks of those
who will willingly cooperate. All
who will take part will gather tomor-
row morning in the auditorium of
the Chamber of Commerce building
at $3.50 o'clock, when properly de-
veioped canyassing plans will doubt
less be found ready-made to care for
the situation.
State Chairman Richard H. Smith
lis beginning to lear from the state at
large to some extent. Reports were
received from the Marine bank, OF
Norfolk; the Farmers Bank of
Nansemond. SUFFOLK. and the Mer-
chants. and Mechanics Savings Bank
of Norfolk and others yesterday.
Governor Stuart has issued a call
to the farmers OF the state to take
part literally In this loan He calls
attention to the improved business
icondition OF the farmers renAra fJv ora