Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-17
LOAN DRIVE NEEDS
ONE MILLION MORE
City's Goal Of Near Twenty
Millions for Liberty AL
most Reached.
DISTRICT STILL FAR BEHIND
Must Subscribe $31,73o,ooo Each
Day Until Drive Closes
Next Saturday.
DISTRICT STILL FAR BEHIND


fourth Liberty loan appeal by subscrib-
ink an additional si.557.20O. bringing
the city within 100000 of its quota,
tho figures at headquarters last night
showing total OF sis.s2Ga5O AL
though workers are confident OF at
Ia aiming Richmond.s required allotment
they are anxious to answer President
Wilson'S request that this loan be lib
orally oversubscribed. Efforts Will be
concentrated on this aim during the
remainder OF the campaign. which will
be definitely ended Saturday at mid
night.
Two of America's foremost Ayers
Captain Douglas CampNell of Cali
fornia, first ACE. who has dozen
credit. aud Lieutenant i. /. Menefec.
a Lynchburg hoy, treated Richmonders
Yesterday afternoon to Il rare cxhibi-
ton of aerial skill in behalf OF the
niehmonders had been promised an
aerial combat" over the Capitol
square. but at the last moment the
flyers decided that they could not stage
such show. Conditions prevented the
sham battle in. the air while tho gov
srnment: watching over It's hirdmen,
risks in exhibition dying.
AIRMEN MET At GROUNDS
BY RECEPTION COMMITTEE;
The flyers were met at tho Fair
Grounds by a reception committee:
e9mp9seI of Hsnry sGhSarssehn e and
Richmond Liberty loan committee: r.
W. Moon and the commanding officer
at the training school detachment To-
Gated on the grounds The airplanes
were obtained for the occasion through
the efforts OF Mr.. Moon.
Several hundred people gathered in
the Capitol Square to watch the eXhi-
bition. and several thousand dollars
worth of bonds were sold.
Announcement was made last night
that the Southern Railway. Company:
through its officers and employees, had
subscribed s2,O00.000 TO the fourth loan.
This amount has been divided among
the various cities covered by the rail-
Federal Reserve Bank last night
showed that Virginia had subscribed
showed a total OF si5sos0, 200. p
Referring to the subscription of $500
at a meeting of 100 patients at the Ca
tawba Sanatorium. a Virginia institu-
e!nor George j. Seay, OF the Fifth Fed
eral Reserve Bank, last night declared: ::
When loo tubercular patients sub
scribe S63 per capita, surely people
able to be about their work must do
at least equally we'll or hang their
heads in shame. But startling facts
=
!ic'al figures for the district based upon
the postcard reports received from the
banks UP to the close of their business
day of October 10.
NEARLY 9.OOO.O0O IN DISTRICT
HAVE NOT SUBSCRIBED
Though these reports are confessed
iy incomplete because, in many cases.
or reasons over which neither we nor
the banks have any control. still they
are the only official figures we have.
They reveal:
Il. That over S.sooooo people IN the
district have not Yet subscribed. OF
900 are III the District OF Columbia
..o72.O00 are in Virginia. ,201 900 are
u ~ %sst %oa y virEinia lfifth pistrict>; =
o6l 600 are in South Carolina.
2. with but four more days Count
ing Wednesday, in the campaign, only
90 Per cent of the loan has been re-
ported, Maryland has reported "a per
vent Oh her quota. the District Of Co
!uInb!a. t3 per cent: Virginia 81 per
cent; West Virginia, 3S per cent: North
per cent. though 4 telegram received
this afternoon from Edwin W. Robert
son. state chairman for South Caro-
lima: reports a tota! OF S1S.331.450 sub
scribed. which IS so.oO0,000 more than
our post reports show.
MUST AVERAGE *3i..aO.oOO
EACH DAY THIS WEEK
"S. II the goal is to be reached dur
ms these remaining IOur days, the
average daily subscriptions must total
s3l. 10000, which is nearly twice as
much as received any day thus far in
the campaign.
Il. The 352. 900 subscriptions thus far
reported have taken an average OF S435
OF bonds apiece.
"a. Based upon the population, the
per. capita subscription that must be
made 20 insure attaining our quotas
and the per capita subscription re-
ported are as follows: District $50
average thus far slT reported; Marv,
land lane, SIS. thus far sag: Virginia $50.
thus far SIS: West Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina, with s2s
SlI and $50 needed respectively report
$40 per capita subscriptions each
In the words OF the President: The
time is critical and tie response must
be complete"
Spartanburg County. s. c.. whose
quota is S?.000.000. wired yesterday
that 5000, 900 had been subscribed, but
that efforts were being made to in
crease the total subscription 10 So
100000. with confident expectations OF
success. Alamance County. y. c.; also
went over the top" with subscrip.
tions of $605.000. Chairman Craddock
wires: "Lynchburs. including Camp
ss.S2O; 900" This PUTS Lynchburg and
CamnoeIl County over tho top by
nearly 100000 Raleigh County, W.
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