The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-20
RICHMOND GOES OVER


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properties about forty vaudeville ns--
/. lists. many OF them well-known gave
a show which wall be remembered
~ng ny the workers al these two
plants, The entertainments Included
singing aua DANCING and Liberty loan
speeches by w T. Dabney. Norman
II Johnson. Alvin ". Smith ard Henry
chwargEcktld
RONDS ARE SOI,u
Up 70 TIL MINUTE
The show was brought back In
Richmond late In the afternoon and
was given on Broad street. the Calut
Lee band and a local orchestra fur
nishing the music for the dcmonsfra-
| tionsr
Sales on the streets Of Richmond
yesterday and last right continued
neavy. according 10 incom plete fig
ures last night. Members OF the Rich
mone police department. who have
worked since the early DAVIS of the
campaign, also reported many sub
scrlptions which materially swelled
their total. 1t was Impossible TO oh
tam complete reports last night on
the bond sales by the various organi-
cations. but these VIII be tahuIated
early this week.
Women's sales on Friday aggreea-
TED 9s6,4oo, 1t was announced YES
terday by Mrs w. NJ, Habliston. the
ieauing organizatjons being st midas
T,, sl's,ooo; l. v. n A. $4,000;
r Mdrphys hotel, Catholic Wouen's
. club $27.soo, and the Woman's Mu-
milton reserve at Seven Pines. $s0.5o0
preceded by parade from First
street to the city hall and back to
! sixth and Broad streets. there was a
q demonstration at that corner last
c night under the direction of A. ].
crafts subscriptions were received
at loan booth mounted on q motor
s truck. There was music furnished
by the band from the Richmond
n schools training detachment at the
4 FAR Grounds, while salutes were fired
N by squad of soldiers from the same
camp. Firecraekers were also used to
n help in the sale of bonds short talks
g were made by Leon Wallerstein.
e w III. Adams, Henry sehwarzsehild
q and Norman II Johnson.
Mr.. Schwarzschild staged His nnal
e show in the lobby of the Richmond
n hotel last night with the assistance OF
~ eight theatrical performers and the
n hotel orchestra, which was held over
during the Liberty loan drive
Features were staged at this booth
every night during the drive.
Large Rolls Added to Fund.
> Among the larger subscriptions an
nounced yesterday was s25e. n00
through Richmond by the Chesa-
n neake e, Chic Ea&swag suuatssssss
It which was part Of st4Ah0 hea sui,-
y '7efihed by this ratro8d The Rich.
~ mond Fredericksburg n Potomac
II Railroad company subscribed $500,
a o0o, the Seaboard Air Line. 10000
and employees of the Southern Rail
e way System subscribed s7as75t
Il through one Richmond bank
70 Additional members of Richmond.
1T 100 per cent club yesterday were the
" Richmond college general hospital
L. SydnorFump and Well company
e sydnor Pump and We'll company
B. Page & Go. and Cheek Coffee com
e pany.
" Women's organizations selling a
the various booths yesterday were
the Woman's club at the postotiiee
Equal Suffrage league at Mosby =
Ginter Park Woman's club at Cohen $
Girl Scouts at Thalhimer's, a specia
committee, with Mrs. II. r. Young
chairman. at Miller & Rhoads. ans
the Leigh Street Baptist Aid societ,
at Twenty-fifth and Broad streets
Those Who Stecrrd the ship.
Gr~at credit for Richmond's sue
1
cicnt organization which worked un
der the direction OF John Kerr
Branch, chairman, and William T
| DahHey, executive manager Thi!
force while small worked hard ane
faithfully and directed the work OF
| the numerous organizations that vol
unteered their services for the loan
and which were largely instrumental
in obtaining such a large organization
l atsta a-}tyt,
A. n, Jackson w. A. Clarke. Jr.; anc
"A. l.. HARDWOOD figured prominently il
the work. 1t was practically under
their direction that all -+ha-eipie- or
| CARNATIONS of the city, including tho
! Richmond Rotary club, Richmond
Advertisers club Post "a" Travellers
Protective association, Richmond Life
and Fire Underwriters. and the United
Commercial Travellers. conducted Wig
| orous drives.
/ Tire Richmond committee last night
extended TO every member Of these
organizations grateful appreciation
for their work
Miss Lottie NJ Anderson. secretary
10 Mr. Dahney. and well known in thc
business life of Richmond, was "
charge OF loan headquarters and
directed the staff OF young ladies
ltthere
| In the fourth Dive was handled by
II Private Fart s. Sewers, t. ). form
erlv assistant city editor of the Rich
nond Times Dispatch. now news
editor Of The Bayonct. the Camp Lee
newspaper. .His services We're espe-
| cially obtained by the Richmond com
nittee for this WORK Brigadier Gene
rat Charles A Hedekin, commander
OF Camp Lee, kindly granting Private
Sewers a furlough during the loan
| drive al the request of IN committee
Notes From tho Front
Chairman Eckridge wires from
Shelby. ~. c.. Cleveland county has
passed allotment mark OF $50, 1000. No
underwriting This county's quota
was based upon $50 per capita
Pasquotank county, ~ C., with a
quota Of s45120o reports lover the
| top" and "stll afte~ them"
Chairman Biggs OF Raleigh. y. C,