Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
WILL SOON. Be ON SALE
Thrift Campaign 10 Raise SAG. .ooo,-
600 in Virginia Opens on
December 8.
McADAMs DIRECTS EFFORT
Executive Committee Is Headed by
Governor Stuart-Oners Opportun-
ity for People of Moderate Means
to Aid U. s. in Prosecution Of War.

Under the direction Of Colonel
Thomas 3. McAdams. director for vir-
Einia. the stage is being set for the
Inauguration OF War Suvingss Stamp
Certificate Campaign on December 3.
and of tho $1,000. 100000 to be raised
By the Federal government in this
manner. the Old Dominion will be
called upon to raise s45.ooo,ooo. Ono
year has been set apart for the work.
Because Of tho HerculSAn lt&skyhsf
foreAiim: Colonel McAdatns, sGnos Esf$ss
without any financial reward. has, been
'attw6rk for weeks In the pfeRS.ftiS
OF his plans to insure Virginia otfper-
manency in the front ranks ofIthe
States which stand squarely behind
President Wilson and the country in
the battle against Kaiserism.
Colonel McAdams has surrounded
himself with able men from Rich
M ond and every city and county in
the COMMONWEALTH. Frederick E.
Noting has been named as assistant
director, and Claude r. Davenport haS
been appointed executive seecretary.
Headquarters for the great campaign
Will bs established end maintained on
the fourth floor of the postoffice build
ing. and will be in charge of Mr..
Davenport. The publicity features in
cident to the two-bilion-dollar drive
will be directed by W. j. Fawcett.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HEADED
DI GOVERNOR STUART
Upon the executive committee will
Director McA6ams rely for no small
amount OF the support and co-opera-
tion which will be needed to assure
the success OF tho movement.
The committee. heaeed by. the Gov
crnor OF Virginia, is composed of the
following members:
Henry Carter Stuart, Governor OF
Virginia; wcstmoreland Davis. Cover
nor-eiect: r. c. Stearncs, Superintcn-
dent Of Public instructions; W. NJ, ,Addi-
son. president of the Virginia Bankers
Association; William ]. BURKE, Rich
mond; Richard Evelyn Byrd, Virginia
Council of Defense; Colonel Warren z.
Taylor, traffic manager Of the Rich.
mond, Fredericllsburg and Potomac C
Reilroad Ri. Rev.. Denis j. O'Conncll,
Bishop OF the Diocese of Virginia;
Edwin C. Laird. president Southern
Manufacturing Company: Fl; T.. .IIar-
wood, secretary OF the Travellers Pro-
3 l, ~. fL. \,
Hickman, Roanoke. ox-president OF
the Virginia Federation OF La bor; viii
liam It. Dabney, business manager of
the Chamber of Comme cree; Rev. Fra nix
T. McFnden. D. D., pastor Of the First
Presbyterian Church; James Fl. Price.
Richmond; Frank S. Lyons, Newport
News; Walker Scott. viee-president Of
the Virginia Trust Company; Fred ".
Harper, IAynchburg. grand exalted
ruler, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks; George w. Koiner, Secretary
OF Agriculture; G. c. Earksdale, chief
State bank examiner; MRS. b. T. Mum
ford, Woman'a Committee, Virginia
Council Of Defense: William ]. Faw-
cctt Richmond; Rev. Edward N.
Caiisch, PHI. D., rabbi Beth Ahabah
Temple; Walter T.. Hathaway, pfesi-
dent Of the State Farmers Institute:
DIR. Ennion G.. Williams, State Health
Commissioner; Dr., j. ID. Eggleston.
president of tho Virginia Polytechnic
Institute; l.. j. Marcuse, American Can
Company; Mrs John Hagan, Danville; /;
a. B. Thornhill, president of the Farm
crs' Union; B. Morgan Shepherd. South
ern Planter; John Stewart Bryan. edi-
tor the News Leader; Charles l.,
weaver Richmond Council, Boy Scouts
OF America; Ernest l.. Cunningham,
Newport News. grand master, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons; Robert III.
Angetl, Roanoke, and Joseph p. Brady.
clerk Of the United States District
Court.
EXECUTIVE Committee MEETS
ON AY.AFTERNOoN
A meeting of the executive Com
mittee will be hold at $3.50 o'clock
tuesday afternoon in the post-oftice
building while q meeting OF the State
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