The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-30
Thousands of Whistles, Bells,
Automobile Horns and Blu.
giles Will Make Welkin Ring
EACH PERSON TO USE
PATRIOTIC ~SALUTATION
AT Noon Monday Everyone Is
Asked to Say to Nearest Per-
SON THE Second Sale Of
Liberty Bonds for the Free
dom of Our Country Begins
Today

With the blowing Of whistles and
bugles. the ringing of all of h church
and fire bells of the city, the sound
ing OF every street car gong, the blow
ing of every one OF the 1900 auto
mobile horns in Richmond, accom-
panied by the simultaneous saluta-
ton on the part of every man, wo-
man and child In the city who can
speak that THE SECOND SALE OF
LIBERTY BONDS FOR THE FREE
DOM OF OUR COUNTRY REG1NS
TODAY" Richnond's great drive to
place it's second allotment of liberty
bonds will begin at noon tomorrow.
Executive Manager w. T. Debney,
Of the liberty loan campaign commit
tee is determined h a the mind OF
every inhabitant Of the city of Rich
nlond shall be conferred upon this
one great effort to the end that when
October 81 shall have arrived Rich
mond will be as a ahead OF its al
lotted quota as II YVES In the first
great liberty LOAF campaign
The Noise at Noon Monday.
Chairman John Kekrr Branch, of
the Richmond committee, and Mr..
Dabney have asked the supertntend-
ents Of all OF. the manu-
I3CEH3lEE pihf1IS oA THO &tlS W AhNt
the whistles of their establishments
blow at noon for a period of five min
utes. A similar request has been
made of the railroad supertntendents,
railroad locomotives as well as rail-
road shops to ioin in the inauguration
of the campaign. The locomotives
are expected to swell the chorus with
bells as we'll as whistles. while the
fire bells and church bells will swell
the volume OF sound.
1T FIR safe H. say nxt9x faw SECONDS
efser ~ noon Monday. There. 10 no
danger that any person who II not
stone deaf win be ignorant OF the
fact that Bill Dahney hss started the
ball a-ro,1tng for a great. big, sue
| cessful earn patgn In Richmond, and
that the work has beer started the
Richmond way and with he Rich
mond spirit The way TO do a thing
~ 70 do IT.
FEATURES OF Campaagn's Opening.
Here are some of the features OF
the opening Ave minutes Of the cam
paign:
Every street car win stop for "a Pc
| rtod OF two minutes promptly at IL
and for two minutes the motorraan
on each car will sound his gong as
| II that were his sole mission in life,
! the Railway and Power company hav-
| ing readily agreed to this contrtou-
| ton to the noises OF the period.
The Boy Scouts will be located at
| every principal corner IN the city with
| bas4es in hand and will make the
rweikin ring with their blasts. The
| scouts Will from time TO time CO.
| operate IN the canvass throughout the
| twenty-seven days OF the drive as they
| did In the previous effort.
Listen for II 1000 HonkA
All automobile owners are request
| ed. and they may take this as official
| from the com rnittee on aecount OF
| the fact that It is impossible for the
| COMMITTEES to communicate with them
personally, TO sound their horns for
a period of Ave minutes. Time will
| not permit that this request be made
save through h press.
Each home or business house hMv~
ing a flag lie requested to show n
coiors ON Monday and on Monday
| morning the children In every school
In the city win sing america
A Midday Salutatton-
IN home. ONCE, factory. stores, on
| the straets-anywhere q person may
happen to be-everyone. man. wo-
man. or child. white or colored. China
man. Eindoo or Hottentot, In request
cd promptfy At the moor hour to sa-
hYte his ueaSest nefghbor with the
s1oenn. The Second Sale OF liberty
Bonds for the Freedom Of our Coun-
try Begins Today
The pastors OF an OF IN 0E
churches have been requested TO have
both their churches and the sunday
schools sing AmeCsca and. doubtless,
There viii 30 other features OF n re
ligio-patrfotic character at many OF
the church services. At noo Mon
day the bell in the tower of historic
ST. Johns church, where Patrick Hen
ry.s clarion cali to h nation to throw
OF the bondage of foreign tyranny,
will sound again the call to h PEG.
Pile that they shall Join hands and
hearts In the fight for the freedon
Lot men,
Prominent Campaign Speakers
Thus advertised the campaign for
the securing of subscriptions to the
bonds will be started. A list of sew
enty-nye of tho city's leading speak.
ers has beef made up by Mr.. Dab
ney and these men will from time 70
time. at convenient places and propi'
tious times, place the duty of a whole
hearted support of the government
squareiy up to the people OF the city
The program of the campaign VIII
doubtless include a number of mass
meetings and parades.
oniy-wfA prominent Richmond
ers and virginians address the citizens
of the city from time to time, but
men of nationwide repute will bs
heard, among them being Samuel TN
termeyer. of New York; DR.. 6. parkes
Cadman. the celebrated pulpit orator
or Brooklyn; Irwin g. Cobb. the Eau.
thor, and DR.. Newell Dwight Hill
lis.
selecting. HIS Associates
Mr.. John Kerr Branch, chairman
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