The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-30
ZIG Drive IS on TO
SPREAD LIBERTY LOAN
An City OhiciaIs WIN Meet Tomorrow
TO Hear Plans and to Cooperate
In Every Way to Sell Bonds.
Large Number OF Leading Profession
nj and Business Men win Make Ad-
dresses Throughout City, to Empha-
e4ls Need for Corporation.

Centralizing the liberty loan cam
pafgn around the various government
tai and official bodies in the city. Rich
mond's leading citizens have begun
an intensive canvass to secure sub
scribers to the nations big gift to
the world. A large number of lead
ing business and professional men
nave been requested to speak in va
rfous parts Of the city In the interest
OF liberty bonds, and Mayor Ainslie
mas called a meeting OF all heads of
city departments, including the ad-
ministrative board and city council.
TO meet with him Thursday at 10
o'clock In the council chamber to dis
cuss ways and means for helping in
the big drive now on to secure Rich
mond's full quota OF 100000 worth
OF liberty bonds.
The mayor. in sending out the call
Tor this meeting, stated that the OBJ
ject was to give opportunity to Rich
ard H. Smith. chairman OF the CEN
trail committee. and ". T. Dabney.
executive manager. to explain the
plan of the local committee for mar
keting Richmond's pro rata share OF
the bonds and also to secure the pa
triotic support of city officials in the
campaign. with the influence they
would exert over the persons with
whom they come in personal contact.
The mayor will address the meeting,
and urge warm support of the liberty
loan by every city employe.
A Bond TO Every Man.
The local executive committee will
endeavor to place one bond in the
hands Of every money-earner In the
city. carrying out the governm emf s
plan of distributing the liberty loan
as widely as possible. With this end
In view. a committee OF colored peo-
pie, who will canvass Jackson ward
for subscribers to the loan, has been
secured, and they will meet Thursday
afternoon at Sl3A North Twenty
second street. The committee Is COM
posed as follows;
John Mitchell. Maggie Walker. Rev.
w p. johnson. Rev. j. d. Lewis, a.
u. Price. w. !. Johnson. Charles n.
Jackson. Thomas NJ. crump. r. l..
Jordon. Rev. r. Il. Jones. j. II. Brax-
ton. d. Bragg. W. T. Johnson. J. t,
Hewin, John T. Taylor. s, J. Giipin.
w. A. Jordon. Percy Wilson. Rev.
Payne. Rev. A. Binga. DIR. NJ. 3. Jones.
DIR. Albert Tenant. DIR. Hughes. Rev.
c. G. Gill and @. Bragg
Ten thousand large liberty loan
posters, prepared by some of Ameri-
cas- creates, artists, have been or
dered by Business Manager w r.
itab.tfss anu AHtE btt tAPFttcu net c
within a few DAYS. These will he dis
trtbuted throughout the City in an
effort IL arouse every citizen to q
realization OF the part he is expected
10 play in the big campaign 1ne
l's3 Scouts have planned house to-
.sUuss CANVASS TO be carried on the
!,st - The week. distributing liberty
taa circulars in every Richmond
i.puie.
Statesmen VIII Assist.
Members OF the Saicsma nship club
have volunteered their services for
"a daE 10 solicit subscriptions. and the
assistance VI insurance solicitors has
bten enlisted These solicitors will
sssar an official badge. to distinguish
tAesn from possible i.nposters. Gov
ernor Stuart Postmaster Hay r
thornton. and Internal Revenue Com
missioner Moncure will preside a,
meetings OF state and federal en-
ptuyes, urging them to make an ef-
fort TO secure one OF the bonds.
In the speakers campaign launched,
Z Colonel W. u MeAdMms, Vice press-
den, Of the Merchants National banx,
spoke Yesterday afterno Don at the Rail-
road Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, Other prominent men who will
speak from time TO time during the
next few days are:
Coleman Workman. w T. Reed, Al
vim NJ. Smith, Joseph C.. Taylor. Dr
Douglas S. Freeman. Oliver j. Sands.
Fl. w. Rountree. w. Fl. Adams. Mayor
Ainslie, w. II. Schwartzschild. John
Stewart Bryan. Colonel r. McC. Bull
IIngtou. the Rev. DR.. W. E Thomp-
SON. ]. H. Binford. II. w. Anderson.
the Rev. r. T. McFaden. Dabney
Crenshaw. e. B. Sydnor. W. Fred
Richardson. J. NJ. Miller, Jr.. E. L.
Bemiss. walker Cottrell. George J.
Seay, w. Meade Addison. John Kerr
Branch, DIR. A. c. Chandler. j. n,
Coriey, the Rev. DIR. r. ~. Caiisch,
Aubrey Fuller. w. =. Knowles. John
Hirschherg and o. A. Hawkins.
II was reported at liberty loan
headquarters yesterday that every en-
ploye of the Richmond Trust 4 Saw
ings company had purchased . liber-
" bond, and II II understood that
other institutions in the city will take
similar steps Every minister In the
city 10 urged to speak from his pull
ptt In behalf of the loan, and every
moving picture house 10 to be pro-
vided with slides. which they will
show between each performance oil
their program TO encourage subscrip-
tons. The greatest campaign In the
history Of the city II to be carried
through, IL 10 said. and there will BE-
few people In Richmond. who earn
money and who will be without ons
OF the liberty bonds. which are to be-
come the most popular investment to
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