Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-19
FAST NEARING GOAL
IN BIG LOAN DRIVE
Richmond Now Lacks So, 100000
of Subscribing in Full to
Allotted Sum.
GETS S1,50O,0OO IN ONE DAY
Total for City Is Placed at SILL
500,00O-Figures for
Fifth District.

Gaining impetus every hour in the
day. the Liberty loan campaign Is being
waged with such aggrcssiveness on
the part of the committee, the bankers
and the womcn's committee that the
amount subscribed yesterday in Rich
mcnd amounted to approximately ST.
100000, bringing the total amount in
vested since the campaign began up
to Sll, 100000, just s2.d0o.00O below the
amount allotted TO this city. Reports
from sixteen banks yesterday were to
the effect THAI the aggregate amount
subscribed was SllG45,5o0, which
amount. when added to the subscrip-
tons secured by the women's COM
mittee and the amount secured by the
statesmen in their vigorous campaign
yesterday, approximates s1l.5o0,o0o. 1t
was a banner day in the campaign, be-
cause II was the first day in the cam
paign that such a large amount was
secured from the individuals in the
city and the business houses the other
large amounts being secured from the
financial institutions Of the city.
Optimism held sway yesterday at the
headquarters Of the committee. and 1t
was felt that the allotted amount to
this city would be reached by Saturday
night il the people responded as liber-
ally as they did yesterday. Two more
such days and the amount allotted will
be reached. and then the city will make
good it's claim TO financial supremacy
in the Fifth Federal Reserve District,
fact. the committee thinks, should
make every Richmonder feel proud.
The success of yesterdays drive must
be attributed to the earnest efforts OF
the banking institutions and to the
patriotic statesmen. more than 100 in
number. and members of the Rotary
Club, who. leaving their work. cam
vassed the city in order to help the
committee raise the allotted amount
The committee thanks every salesman
and every member of the Rotary Club
who took part in making the day sue
cessful, and hopes that their work will
be an incentive to others to respond
in such manner. And the work of the
women must not be overlooked, for
they are giving their time to the cause
and doing all in their power TO make
the campaign a success. 1t is under
stood that they have secured subscrip-
tions amounting to over 100000 in
the short time that they have en-
tered the campaign. They call upon
NNcIy WoIidH III the CITY 10 see lHeIl
at the respective booths and subscribe
10 at least one OF the Liberty bonds.
SUBSCRIPTIONS COMING IN
FROM ALL DIRECTIONS
There were several large subscr!p-
tions yesterday that deserve mention,
and one of those was secured by one
Of the statesmen as his first subscrip-
ton, and that is the subscription OF
$4,000 by T. w Wood & Sons. The
First National Bank announces Il sub
scription of $4,000 from the Pullman
Company, of Chicago, which has sub
scribed the same amount in every re-
serve district in the country in ad-
dition to sl,000,000 subscribed in Chi
cago GoYernor Seay is in receipt OF
y telegram from the chairman of the
Winston Salem Liberty loan commit
tee. stating th&t the r. ]. Reynolds
Tobacco Company had subscribed ST.
100000 to the Liberty bond issue, and
that subscription helps the amount
allotted 10 the district to be greatly
increased.
Announceme was made that the
West End Bank had oversubscribed its
allotment, having subscribed $4,000
when 1t was only allotted $4,000. Many
other banks in the city are making
strenuous efforts to exceed their al
lotments. SO that the city will have
large oversubscription when the
campaign comes to a close.
There is to be no let-up in the work
in the next few days. AS a matter
of fact. the committee intends to put
in its hardest blows in the next few
days, so that the campaign will come
to speedy close with a large over
subscription. The Boy Scouts will
again distribute circulars to all the
homes in the city, and will then make
personal canvass of the homes. an
pealinG to every individual in the city
to subscribe to the Liberty bonds.
Their campaign will begin Saturday
and continue through Thursday. and
the Scouts expect to meet with as
much success in their present cam
paign as they did when the first
campaign was waged.
Tonight at Highland Springs and
the Varina School there will be
great mass-mceting in the interest Of
the loan. Commissioner of Agricul-
ture G. w. Koiner will address the
people at the Varina School, and Sem
ator James r. Cannon will speak at
Highland Springs. The farmers in
these sections have been invited to
attend the meeting. and great results
are expected from these mass-mcet-
ings
TOTAL FOR FIFTH DISTRICT
ESTIMATED AT $43, 500 900
Last night, at the Business Mems
Club. w. Fl. Adams addressed The
Credit Mems Association and snowed
them the necessity of subscribing to
the Liberty bonds
Reports from all over tho State indi-
cate that the campaign is meeting
with more success than 1t did in the
first few days. And the same holds
true for the Fifth Federal Reserve
District. 1t is estimated that tho
amount subscribed to in the district
aggregates $As,sOo.ooO, while the quota
Is S2oo,0co,o 900, which means that there
must be more activity throughout the
district II tho Fifth is to reach at least
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