The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-04
NOTTOWAY RALLIES
IN NATIONS CAUSE
Liberty Loan vigorously Presented by
Senator Swanson To an Appreciatiyc
Audience at Blackstone College.


Audience at Blackstone College.
Especial to The Richmond VirginianD
Blackstone, Va, May 3.-The drive
for securing the apportionment to
Nottoway county for the third liberty
loan has been under way and pro-
crossing for several weeks
The. county chairman, Mr.. Hunter
n. Watson, and his very capable
committeeman have as their powerful
allies the county organization Of the
national woman's liberty loan com
mittee of which Mrs. T. r. Epes lis
chairman The following are the city
and township chairmcnr Blackstone
Mrs. n. r. Epson; Blackstone col
lege--Misses Lurs. Cannon and Char
lotte stoakIey; Military academy
Mrs. z. s. Lyon; High school--Misses
Frances Campbell and Agnes Ecpes;
Nottoway courthouse-Miss Cattle
rine Morse: Crewe-Mrs. J. Harding
BurkeviIle-Miss Courtney Taylor;
South Blenden-Miss Douglass Scott
WeIlviIle-Mrs. w. w. Coleman.
Under the splendid leadership OF
Mrs. D. r. Epson, ably seconded and
co-operated with by the entire Black-
stone circles OF chairmen and COM
mittee mem bers, and effectively aided
, also by Mayor Louis Epes and his
Blackstone committee most success
full program and rally were planned
last Saturday and carried out
Its chief attraction was the pres
ence of Senator Swanson. who had
/ been invited here by Mr.. r. Freeman
! Fpes at the request OF the woman's
! OF ganization. AS an immense crowd
was anticipated, the offer Of the large
auditorium of the college was &C
cepted Despite the cold and the
/ steady down pour OF rain all day the
room was fairly we'll hlled--a most
remarkable tribute under the circum-
stances to the guest thus welcomed
and honored
The senator dined with the faculty
and the students at the college. AS
he entered the immense dining-room,
! he was greeted with the college yell.
it's termination being changed 10
Swanson. Swanson" At the after
dinner period, r. beautifully worded
toast was given by Miss Hough OF the
senior class. It's main thought or
! theme was, y1rginfa-and her daugh-
| ters The senator made a fitting re-
Spouse, stressing the i'm portance or
/ their work and preparation. all OF
which had its direct bearing on their
! inspirational value and ntiuence IN
the DAYS and demands Of the swiftly
advancing future.
The feature OF the day was Mr
Swanson's address in the college audi-
forum in the afternoon. He followed
largely the lines marked out in his
great address before the Z. s. senate
or why We Are at War With Ger
many" Those familiar with that
strong marshalling and massins OF
facts and logic so convincingiy ar
rayed and presented on that occasion
EN- oyed hearing them all the more
for having alrea dy known or then
through the printed pages. 10 .ne',
fascination in cold print was added
The sway and appeal Of the speakers
presence. as with intense earnestness,
and i'm passioned utterances he voiced
Americas justification and Germany
trearherv and condemnation. the
eloquent appeal TO respond 50 the call
OF our government for means to carry
forwarf its essential way Work oS
these liberty loans found answering
sentiment in the hearts of his hearers,
and that sentiment has since CON
GREETED itself into the buying of bonds
A most remarkable proof OF the
sneakers grip upon his hearers was
seen in a group Of coiored en- ploSes
Of the college. Protected overhead
only from the cold and falling ram
they gathered outside at an upper
window ana Their 4tt%Hts'ft az 49,
tagged. nor did they leave their I'M
comfortable listening place until the
last sentence OF the address was.
reached.
Mayor Epes presided on the ooca,
sion. and the senator was presented
to the audience by Mr. Moncure era
watt OF the Nottoway bar, Mr. Grar
watt fltly referred to the great regard
OF this section for Mr.. Swanson. ana
voiced the appreciation OF the fact
that Mr.. Swa nson was the first L ;
senator to visit this part of the state
for long number of years.
Before the meeting closed County
Chairman II. Fl. Watson made an
appeal FOR Nottoway to do its tull
part in the bond allotment. On ad-
iournment Of the meeting. the county
committee held interesting sessions
and planned for both wider and more
intensive work
A very enjoyable part OF the coca
, sion was the excellent singing. Under
the leadership OF Miss Rosser large
chorus OF the college girls sang pa
triotic airs and led the audience in
two national songs. A quartet repre-
senting the military academy and the
high school assisted these young la
dies and rendered "Over There" and
"Tenting Tonight"