The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-10
LARGE sum RAISED
IN LIBERTY BOND
SALE WEDNESDAY
Nearly Half Million Is
Taken at Meeting of
Business Men.
INDIVIDUAL w O r K
w O m en- Do Woman
Work In Securing Sub
scriptions at Booths
Throughout City.
INDIVIDUAL w O r K

Richmond attempted to respond yes
terday to the urgent appeal of bank
ers for greater subscriptions to the
lighting fourth" liberty loan cam
psign. but the effort failed to measure
UP to the expectations of bankers.
Business men In volume attended
conference at o'clock at the Bust
$3.50, coo was raised, while reports from
the various banks showed that indt-
vidual subscriptions gained slightly
over those reported for Tuesday. How
ever. the response WAS rather weak,
in the opinion of downtown bankers,
and not sufficient to overcome the in
action which developed with the spread
OF Influenza
More than ssno zoo must he raised
every day for the remainder OF the
campaign IL Richmond is to raise her
quota. but bankers from the very be-
ginning. knowing full well the great
resources Of the city. were confident
that the loan would be oversuhscribed
Just as Richmond oversubscribed the
thrse preceding issues.
Financial men will not realize their
hopes unless there ir a far greater re-
spouse on the part OF the people. This
is true both OF business concerns and
individuals
The conference of business men yes
terday afternoon was largely attended
and resulted in heavy subscr ipttons,
but many Of the men to whom inv!-
txsisT# rad aaen-extended by hank ers
did not arsenA the conference. Their
names were published In the morning
newspapers but for some reason they
were not present which caused crtt-
eism from the bankers. who believed
that from a business view point there
II nothing OF greater Importance than
the proper floating OF Richmonds quota
OF the victory loan" Those who
were not in attendance will be invited
a second time, it was said.
Double Their Subscriptions.
Many business men doubled their
previous subscriptions for both them
selves and their Arms. others placed
large subscriptions. and number
bought additional small amounts Of
bonds under the spirit OF the meeting,
The total ran up rapidly and II was
staged in the downtown section in
some time Colonel Thomas r. Nc
Adams and John NJ Miller. Jr,, pre-
scented the liberty loan proposition to
the business men. while several we'll
known bank presidents distributed the
pledge cards and collected the sub
scriptions.
Shortly before noon unofficial re-
ports showed that Richmond had
climbed past sl2.15o.hoo and that she
was struggling forward. The call
which had been sounded by the bank
ers and members OF the executive com =
mittee was being answered. but not
like the Americans In France are an
swering the call to battle. Bankers
declared Richmond people should show
their gratitude to the boys over there"
by buying their bonds promptly.
Another meeting of business men
will be held at l o'clock this after
noon at the Business Mems club. to
which a number of prominent men
have been invited Those to whom
Invitations have been extended are as
follows:
Firms to Meet.
r. w. Elicit. Maurice Block. Duke A.
putney. John Moyler. Nathan Simon, A.
lock J. r. Gordon. r. o. Bell j. r,
Barker. w. w. Foster, George w.
Hunter. C. ". Meredith. George J.
Freddy. Judge William A, Moncure. r.
n. Johnson. John NJ Taylor. w. l.
Hazel. r. f, Anderson. General 10
Lane stern. Thomas Gresham, Charles
r. Guy. L. sutherland. r, y. Harlow
W. n. Moses and company. W. A.
Cheatwood, j. w. Newton. L. NJ. Will
liams, Thomas $. Winn. Leon Waller
stein, Paul WE'LL II. Seldom Taylor. S
r. padgett, Dreyfus and company. w
l.. waring. Richard Vented. The A'ca-
traz company. Thomas A. Arruitage, s
r Beveridge and company, o. II
Charley, Major Ja-rcr n. Doofey. Fiske
Tire comnany A. H. Harris, Levinson
BROTHERS, Larus Brothers company, Old
Buck Guano company. Thomas w. Pur-
cell. James +. sorg. w, Brydon Ten
nant, r, Il. Tragic. u. H. sWallerstein
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