The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-16
LIBERTY BOND FUNDS
COMING IN MERELY
Reports From Every Section OF Dis
trict Indicate Apportionmcnt VIII
BE Far More Than Taken.
LOCAL DRIVE ON APACE
Machine Guu section to BE Attraction
for THOUSANDS i'm Capitol Square
Tomorrow Aftcrnoon--Crater-s Get
BUSY

Every man, woman and child, abls
10 toddie around, viii have the op-
porfuuity OF seing a real machine gun
section at work tomorrow afternoon
in Capitol square. The section. con-
sisting OF tvenp-one men. will reach
the city from Camp Lee carly in the
afternoon. and will be taken in charge
by Director-General w. T. Dabney,
at liberty bond headquarters Eleventh
and Bank streets
II is quite likely that the section
will march through the principal
streets. headed by a band. and every
one given a chance to see the men
and the machine that is expected 10
help Quell the disturbance now going
on in France and Belgium. After the
march the company will locate itself
in Capitol square. where q demon
stration OF the machine gun will he
given.
The entire afternoon will be taken
up by the machine men. and plenty
OF time will be given all citizens
TO see them.
Liberty bonds were sold lavishly
yesterday Interest IS awakened to
the highest pitch, and men who had
rather keep their money in an old
pewter pot under the house are get
ing i1fp int spirit pl inc tnlnk ana
are really beginning to realize how
foolish il is 10 hold money which may
he loaned to the government at
high rate OF interest. and do good in
every way.
Orators Are Busy.
The spell binders got busy yester-
day. Every theater in the city had
IFS orators. and during lulls in the
screen movements. the orators put in
some good Hicks for the bonds Four
minutes has been fixed as the limit
for the speakers but few OF them
hold within that. none going too far
to grow tiresome.
at takes about seven minutes for
me to tell them about the bonds"
said Orator Edgar b. English. who
has spoken at the Academy and the
Bitou. and who is scheduled to APP
pear AT the Lyric tonight And. say.
they get ON TO our line OF talk right
a way, and believe il pledges were
taken at the time all the speeches are
made. the general fund would be
helped considerable"
The local telephone employees as
sembled yesterday at noon in the
auditorium at the chamber of com
merce. short address was made by
President w. III. Adams. of the board
of eldermen, ana committees for the
drive were selected. The employees
expect to turn in a record report
From every section OF the state
come encouraging reports, and from
all parts OF the Fifth federal reserve
district enthusiastic messages are be-
ing received.
Many Meetings Held.
Public meetings and celebrations
are being held everywhere, even in
the remote rural districts. ami the
farmer. it is reported at headquarters.
has awakened as he has never done
before.
Governor George J. Seay yesterday
announced the appointments OF the
various banks in the district outside
of Richmond and Virginia. This lat
ter was printed last week, Here is
a summary of the list for the other
sections of the district:
Baltimore Merchants Mocha MICS
First National, $3.4S1 900: Savings
Bank of Baltimore, s2.7o2,50o: Eutaw
Savings bank, $2.04S,70o; Fidelity
Trust company, $1,1sS,300; Mercantile
Trust and Deposit, s1.536.60o: Nation
al Bank of Commerce $1.125.s00; Ma
Exchange bank, $1.003.soo: Bal.i-
more Trust, sl,113,1o0, and the Citi-
zens National. s1,770.2o0.
Neutrality-suspicious. National,
$1.769,l0o. Riggs National, STATS
600; American Security and Trust,
sl.l9a.4o0. In North Carolina the
Murchison National bank. OF VIII
mington. was given the largest ap-
for the state. $1,o6s.7e0.
In Raleigh. S36s.000 to the Mer-
chants National and 1850. zoe to the
National were the largest
allotments. Others were $363,S00 to
the Wachovia National of Winston
$55.50o to the Fidelity Bank