The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-11
RICHMOND LACKS
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reason why they should wait for a
solicitor to call on them than there
is for the soldier TO wait until guard
ia sent out for him and he is marched
to his post"
Let Home Flags Fly.
Irr line with this statement the
executive committee announced last
night that every home in Richmond
should fly the honor flag OF the fourth
Liberty loan These flags are given
with the purchase of bonds or may
be obtained from the central head
quarters at Eleventh and Bank
streets. Beginning Monday there will
be a city-wide canvass of Richmond
and a committee will wait on every
home where there is no honor flag
and learn the reason why no bonds
were purchased.
The committee also has under con-
sideration a plan for ascertaining
every man and woman employed in
the city who has not made their pur
chases OF Liberty bonds. This action
was said in banking circles 10 have
been plannd because the people of
the city had not responded adequately
to the country's call
The failure of many business men
to attend the conference at / o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Business
Mems club brought warm expressions
from bankers and members of the
executive committee. and last night
there came. an intimation that strong
tactics would be adopted if the alb
sentees. who will be invited second
time. do not attend the conference.
1t was said that the committee might
be forced to send for these men.
Urge Business Men to Attend.
Invitations are extended to them
by the banks with which they dc
business, and in addition to the letters
which are placed in the mails the
night before The meeting, the names
are also printed in the morning news
papers each day These men are in
vited by the bankers for a conference
on the loan situation, when the matter
is placed squarely before them. and
/ bankers feel it Is their duty to at
tend the conference. Many others
| have been invited to the meeting at
o'clock this afternoon.
: About seventy-five men attended
! the conference yesterday afternoon
| but there were many men who had
received invitations that were not in
attendance. As a result OF this meet
| ing approximately 100000 was sub
scribed
Announcement was made last night
that the National Surety company, OF
| New York, would subscribe 10000
| through Richmond, as a direct result
/! of Mrs. Leslie c. Burton, of the Steno-
| graphers' Association OF Richmond
| This firm Ia placing 81. 900 geo through
] the country. but never before has
made an allotment to Richmond
Members OF the Richmond commit
tee received the subscription with
much satisfaction, and expressed the
hope that other foreign corporations
/ would follow this example. The
! Stenographers' asssocia ton. il was
announced has now sold nearly
| $3.50 600 worth Of bonds
| Some Big Subscriptions.
| Among the subscriptions announced
yesterday was Smith-Courtney com
| pany, $4,000; Virginia Portland Ce-
| ment company. $1,000; employees of
Smith-Courtney company United
Paper company. 5000, and the
| United States Rubber company. of
| New York, through its Richmond
branch, the United States Tire COM
pany. $1,000.
| The second Richmond bank to re-
port its allotment obtained reported
to the central committee yesterday
| afternoon. With gain of about
| 100000 for the day. the Savings
Bank OF Richmond at O'Clock pass
ed under the wire with it's apportion-
ment or $4,000. The Merchants
and Mechanics bank also passed its
quota
The drive in the industrial plants
continues with encouraging results.