The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-16
]. WAR WORK DRIVE
IS HALF COMPLETED
state Nears $500, 900 Marx and Rich
mond Sucscrxbes More Than
Half OF Her Apportionment.
COLLEGES RESPOND
IN LIBERAL MANNER
-'olner OF Trench Victim Appeals for
L. NJ c. A War Work Fund-Sol-
diers and Sailors Aid Richmond
Campaign.


diers and Sailors Aid Richmond
Campaign.
by the end of tho drive today it is
sstimated that the halfway goal In
.he national Y. NJ c. A. war work
s~apaign Will have been reached. No
ouiciai estimate of the results OBJ
famed yesterday was received at head
N1arters. but basing comparison on
.he amounts turned in at the end of
each preceding day. the total sub
scriptions to date are between thir-
teen and fourteen million dollars.
one OF the most touching of ap-
pea1s for this great campaign was
received by the mother OF one of the
AEst German trench raid several days
ago: 1t was a letter from tho grave,
Mrs. h d. Hay. OF Giidden. Ia.
~Nten by her son. Marie d. Hay.
ON the day before he was killed. His
mother received 1t several days after
the sad news of the raid had reached
her.
She writes: After walking the floor
constantly and crying, "Oh, why did
~ nAvs to be my boy out of the many
thousands over there" and asking
surance from him that ''all was we'll"
and to comfort my poor breaking
0sart, on Thursday while alone at
nome and sending up my amending
Plea the answer came and It was this.
mother, tell the world what ! told
you about the Y. NJ. c. A. and what
means to us boys here In France.
And oh, was comforted and all tears
nave ceased. also his unceasing call
| ~
message and am only waiting to be
shown the way TO obey
virginin to the Front
The total for Virginia last night
was sl7S,0s3 with numerous coun~
tiss and other organizations that had
hot responded. II has been stated
that the campaign In the state had
reached the 100000 mark. and all
indications are that the subscriptions
are not far behind that estimate.
One interesting feature OF the drive
> the spontaneous and liberal manner
IN which the schools and colleges
have met the movement Up until
yesterday these educational institu-
lions had subscribed for s2S.4ss.
Following is the official report Of
the cities and counties of the state.
Bedford. 800; Caroline, sss: Din
widd!e. 1915. Essex. 1917; GLouces-
>
1874: Harry. 1855; King William.
1880; Madison, $3.50. Mecklen-
burg, 1895: Northum bertrand. 500;
Lancaster $aT5; Sottoway. $1,000.
Orange. s1.1os; Patrick. $3.50; Pittsyi-
xania. -f670.- PoMhatan.-&2-5~pE Prince
Edward, si,s50: Prince George. s3.-
400; Rockingham. s3.553; Warren.
400: Washington. si.ioo: wythe. 81 -
IT'S; Roanoke, $13,e41. Norfolk. s25.-
burg, sl7,o4i; DsnrIlle. $4,000. Clif~
ton TorEe, fi,i0o, Charlottesville
tI.6e3.
The state committee expressed it's
confidence that 90 per cent of the
counties viii reach their apportion-
.nent. and that 80 out OF the 100
VIII make some report. Those coun-
ties falling under their allotment will
be taken care OF by the oyersubscrip-
fions OF the larger cities.
In the Richmond campaign yester-
day morning committee composed
Of about thirty men completed the
canvass I'm the downtown business
returns from w|i1ich have Ben tabu+
lated. The underwriters IN the day
that they devoted to this work OBJ
tanned more than 500 subscriptions,
totaling about $500.
New Committees Formed
formed yesterday and will begin tho
work OF csnvassing the residential
section of the city today. Mrs. John
=. IAKhtfoot, member OF the Associa-
ton for the Preservation OF Virginia
Antiquities. and chairman OF the COM
lnittes In charge of jamestown Is
land. has one of these committees un-
Der her direction. and they will can
vAss the West End Assisting this
supervision of Mrs. ]. T, palmetory
Miss Bessie Carrington's committee
yesterday reported subscriptions 70
date amounting to more than 81 900
which does not Include completion OF
territory. Mrs W H. Roy, OF Church.
has organized a committee to canvass
that portion OF the city on Monday
next.
The committees report large mum
her OF residences visited In which the
occupants were out. At these homes
cards were. loft asking for the sub
scriptions to be sent in to local head
quarters OF the committee making the
pAnvass.
The official tabu,ation for the city
Of Richmond last night was $4,000
This amount does not include the sub
ecrfptions obtained by the underwrit-
ers and other organizations that have
Deen uo-hg great WoTk. ana when
these figures ARE compiled they will
undoubtedly increase the total by sew
eral thousand dollars.
The speakers at the Lyric yesterday
were: Matinee, Charles w Wallace;
1850, J. c. Fasley, and ais, Erving
May,
At each performance there were
representatives from the army and
navy. and marine headquarters. two
In number from each. and their pres
ence stimulated the subscriptions In
m appreciate manner. They dis
tributed the cards and collected the
subscriptions as the audience filed out
This program will be continued
Throughout the week, and Monday OF
the coming week, when the campaign
closes