The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-17
PATIENTS
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Al a meeting last night or one
hundred patients in the Catawbd
= sanitoriunt Virginia state insu-
tution in Roanoke county for
tuhercuIars. 81, 800 was sub
scrlbed for fourth Liberty bonds.
Is not the example of these We
4tins 'of tuberculosis already bat
tling in a war harder than that
in France. an inspiration TO all
Nirginians? asks The Superin-
tendent OF the institution, DR..
Tazewell Lamb. These people
he SAYS. ARE all poor in this
worlds goods and need serely
every dollar they can rake and
scrape, yet such is their patriotic
zeal that their subscription Is
equivalent to one bond for every
person present AT the meeting,
when one hundred tubercular pa
fients subscribe 500 per capita, surely
people able to be about their work
must do at least equally well or hang
their heads in shame" said Governor
George j. Seay. of the Federal Re
serve Bank, last night. But, con-
tinued Governor Seay, startling facts
are revealed by an analysis of the
official figures for the district based
upon the postcard reports received
from the banks up to the close OF
their business day of October 10.
Though these reports are confessedly
incomplete because, in many cases,
of reasons over which neither we nor
thu banks have any control. still they
are the only official figures we have.
They reveal:
"U) That over $500 600 peo-
pie in The district, have not yet
subscribed OF these 100000
are in Maryland: 3l4 900 are in
the District OF Columbia 2,072.-
900 are in Virginia. 1901 900 are
in West Virginia (Fifth DISTRICT;
2340, 600 are in North Carolina.
and .56l 900 are In South Caro-
lima.
"t2) With but four more days
counting Wednesday, in the cam
paign. only SO per cent of the loan
has been reported Maryland has re
ported 81 per cent OF her quota, the
District of Columbia So per cent. Viz
GINA - per cent, West Virginia. 3S
per cent. North Carolina g. per cent,
South Carolina so per cent. Through
a telegram received this afternoon
from Edwin W. Robertson. state
chairman for South Carolina. he re-
ports total Of s1s.33i,45o sub
scribed which is 100000 more
than our postcard reports show.
Average Too Low.
"f3) If the goal is to be reached
during these remaining four days the
average daily subscriptions must total
t3I.73e.oo0 which is nearly twice as
much AS received any day thus far in
the campaign 49,
80 The $500 subscribers thus
far reported have taken an average
of si35 of bonds apiece.
80 Based upon the population
tho per capita subscription that must
be made to insure attaining our
quotas aud the per capital subscrip-
tton reported, are as follows: Dis
uletr S54. average thus far ST. re-
ported Maryland $5s, thus far s32;
Virginia $3e thus far SIS; West Vir-
GINA, Nor:h Carolina and South Car
oltna with $2S, ST. and $40 needed,
resp"c lively. report $40 per capita
subscriptions each.
In the words Of the president, The
time is critical and the response must
be complete"
Spartanburg county South Caro-
lima. whose quota in $4,000. 900, wired
in Yesterday that 10000 had been
subscribed. but that efforts were be-
ing made to increase the total sub
scription to $500. 600. with confident
expectations of success Alamance
county. North Carolina. also went