Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-06

I'VE minutes The Virginia hallway
ana l'ower Company Will stop it's ears
OF All lines 10: three minutes at noon.
"hiie AL Industrial whistles in the
! ci'y vii! be blown for short period.
FORTI-oNE: WOMEN.s
ORGANIZATIONS ENLISTED
Probably tho greatest activity IN
Richmond to-day Will be tho work of
( the fori%-onc wornen's organizations
Several hundred women have entered
into tho campaign. under the direction
OF Mrs. George j. Scay and Mrs. join.
Kerr Branch. and about fifteen booths
will bc opened promptly at 70 o'clock
this morning.
The women are determined Ia make
a brilliant drive and surpass their CT
forts OF last autumn. when the sale
OF bonds by womcns organizations TO-
tailed $4,000. Mrs. Scay was notified
yesterday that the coiored women's
organization under the direction Of
Maggie l.. Walker prcsdcn; of 81.
Luke'3 i'"nny Savings Bank OF Rich
mond wished 10 cooperate in the Lib
ert;- loan ca'nnaisn. and :, is expected
that these organizations viii accom-
plIsh the.' usual good results.
In this city III. Ginter Park woman'a
Club will uncn the Miller & Ehoads
booth this nnrminr. y, j. r. Moaby
& Co. the Colonial Danes arc in charge
Of the no",h FOR the day At Thai
miners the Equal, Suffrage League OF
Richmond: AT Fourqurcan. Temple &
Co. tho Wonians Club OF Richmond
and at tohcn's the Ciodmothcrs' League
opens the drive. The Catholic Wcmau's
Club opens the booth at Murphy's IIo-
tel. The Association Opposed TO
Woman's Suffrage at tho post Office
and group Of Young girls, under the
direction of Miss Ella NJ Cooke. has
charge of the jefferson Hotel booth
for the day. Several Of the hanks have
already built and decorated booths
which VIII bc opened when the banks
open this morning. One feminine touch
Will be absent from tho Third Liberty
loan drive Tcere will nc no knitting
allowed - any OF the booths mt any
sine. by special request o. the chair
men of these booths.
Tho womcn's organization making
the largest number OF sales Tor !, single
daT At tho booth located in the store
OF j. II. MoShy & Co. will lie given
$3.50 in Liberty bonds, it was announc-
cd last night. The bonds will be do
mated by the company and presented
by Mrs. George !. Seay. chairman of
the women's committees o. the Fifth
District. During the campaign four
teen Or fifteen organizations will have
charge of the booth in the store, and
considerable rivalry between the vari-
Gus associations is expected
CAMPAIGN N RURAL
The campaign in rural sections Ct
Virginia will he opened with yrca,
enthusiasm to-day Under direction oe
the State committee, many demonatra
tons Will be staged. with prominent
speakers supplied by the committees
Rev. w. l.. Thompson. -. d.. pastor of
Park Place Methodist Church, and Col
enel Eugene G.. Massie addressed 81
meeting Yesterday in Milford. MANY
other meetings are being planned. The
State committee has more than thirty
spea Ncrs on it's list. aud they will adj
dress gatherings in all sections of yir-
ginia.
The central committee YESTERDAY
wired Frank +. Wilson. director NJ
publicity for the third loan tina, tho
workers OF the Fifth District were
ready for the opening OF the campaign
This committee has also requested
every wholesale house in The district
to have its statesmen carry the Liberty
! loan gospel into every nook and
corner OF the territory.
The initial meeting OF The R,chr,o,d
committee will be held at noon to-day
in the assembly room OF the Chamber
OF Commerce. at which time plans for
VIGOROUS campaign to maintain this
c!ty's record will be outlined.
McAD0O TO ARRIVE IN
RICHMOND MONDAY AFTERNOON
II was announced last night that
Secretary NcAdoo would arrive in
Richmond at o'clock Monday after
noon. He will! be met a, tho Main
Street station by The reception com,
mittec. and will then call on Gov.
crnor Westmoreland na9i5. shortly
thereafter he viii address the women
workers of the city. and later Will
lunch with the Ri hmond workers at
the jefferson Hotel.
The meeting at the City Auditorium
! will he opened at s o'clock. There Will
be no tickets. and the gallery will bo
reserved for colored people. The Ma
r!ne Band will arrive here at $40
o'clock, and will give concert at 7:15
o'clock at the Auditorium.
In the third campaign tho county IN s
been made the unit Of organization
and subscriptions Will be tabulated by
counties. compiled from tho reports
which the banks IN each county vii
make to tho Federal Reserve Bank OF
Richmond. A record will be kept Of