The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-24
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re.,e6 AZ tho meeting that the city
new fxe~ It's own Tuinim UNI. ana ne
rIaced the figures AT $4,000 600.
.sIf we Get that he sad. an
there is any time lcft over In the az
icrted period. we can grt more. /
~ant 10 see ire totrl soar W 10 the
$4,000 900 roIr7 a. least. ard We can
reach that II every man and women
p,rts their shoulders 10 the wheel
Richmond achievement VIII TO-DAY
nc heralde6 broadcast The ooyS
over there Will hear Of II. ana 1heH
win feel brighter and more ~ 70 60
after the Hun
Tne chaze viii go uerri'v on All
the i've wires in The city are NnoopinT
tha SAL .7,p. and now that there Is no
x,,rh word IS fala. IL was said around
nea6ouarxeYx. the sum fixed upon as
Richrnond's minimum - S,e"F'"o'
viii be fortaccn7 ing long before the
hugIe sounds taps or the f'Itse''t
drive -.
Patriotic srecches were made YES
tery5ay h.v clarion ruiCCd men. NJ"
Drescrtea the cause 10 crowds ar ih@
srsateF,s and al large plants and stores
Richard Evelyn Eyra told nc his
rro,zrd a. 4he Academy last night az
about It, and he was received WIN |
as much applause as was gwen tH@
n,as& v-rsaflers. At mo Lyric yester-
HAS 2fTEFT GI1Ft incur a. % 80
ir1y,rwsz-cd q large audience, and many
hordE were subscribed for on tho spot
Senator 1a117 es Cannon inspired the
audience AZ the night Performance.
ALVIN smith sings.
Alvin NJ. Smith, who has ann o9'
srr-,s himself hoarse. IS having copies
~ his patriotic song printed. when
rns1- be- had for the asking by any
rxne who wishes to Use 1t either 70
~snr. or recite. The story Is a gem
Of It's kind, and VIII doubtless Re
w4ststled and sung by all Richmond
before the wreck is over.
pr. s r. Anderson spoke before the
ssurfoxes Of the SpotleSs company at
neon. and Battle White addressed the
men 81 the Strickland Mach'he CON
nanw,s plant. securing subscriptions
frorn every one bat one who tS *
perspd 20 come across later m inc
wreck.
Senator Julien Gum addressed an
~rty,us4sxt5r crowd At Highland
SrYinrx, and figures thai the result
viii show Severra! thoueano a"iiaTs
added to Hsnricos apportloh trent OF
xf00 goo Every orc ~ Heurlco
,-cyxrssouse is enthusiastic over the
yfvSv,A C3erk vaddiIi has infused en-
tnusiasrn all along the hne, ana II
In sszsi that hv the close Of the wee"
ea~ry man in HsnrSco county VIII pc
wearing button
II was announced yesterday tbat the
chesapeake and ohio RasI"ay CON or
vvxryy had subscribed for s2oo,o0o
woryh OF bonds and that the Wash
ington Southern had taken $1o0.oVo
vrnrth The other roads are expect
"a TO follow this lead
Governor Davis T'rociair1s-
Governor West m oreland Davis has
issued a liberty bond proclamation
in which he says:
cali thai Christianity holds sacwed
In seserrated and destroyed wherever
the Hunnizh German hosts force their
wmy In the wake of the German
armies r1Ayjshed wunfanhood neS
stark in CHASTITY mutation, amid the
ruin and devastation that has cast lts
blight over the whole earth, and under
which civilization itself IS fast wlther-
ing, German autocracy, in ITS despo
tic might. is attempting to crush
American dem ocracy and destroy our
lnstitutjons OF national and individual
freedom.
.TTnIesss ye defeat its harbarous ie-
c3nus. IT win onsfave oil the free peo-
uSes of the world on the blood
soaked fields OF France the flower o.
American manhood rs fighting shout
der to shoulder with the gallant sons
of France and Britain, that right, ana
TfF4 the T41&ffN OF aukptiebTS 7AA<%'t u 81
the world II our cause is to triumph
America must give Of her treasure
rs our sons VINO are hghtinE III
France have given of themselves
'~Those OF US who are denied the
privilege of fighting must save ana
give OF our means The man o'
woman who does not save nor give
IN This hour OF national peril rs ma
terially aiding the enemy. ]. there
fowc. call upon the peocAe OF virgins
to show their patriotism and reE1ste
the intensity of our desire TO win TIM
war by oversu describing our state al
lo4ment OF the third liberty loan. An
70 this end + most earnestly uTg
every loyal man and woman tn Nir
rtr,ia to buy now a liberty bond.
Subscriptions on Increase.
washington. April z3.-The oes
record of the third liberty loan cam
paisn for twenty-four hours was ~
portex1 today BY the treasury depart
meat. with a total Increase Of fle2
113.soe and one entire federal reserV
District Dallas, missing,
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