Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-08
LOAN WORKERS HAVE
PATRIOTIC RESPONSE
Bond Sales Mount to Sl,7O1,oOO
in Single Day of
Effort.
COVETED GOAL DRAWS NEAR
Belief of Committee That Quota
Will Be Realized in Record
Time Strengthens.
COVETED GOAL DRAWS NEAR


ers in behalf OF the Victory Liberty
Loan were rewarded with subscrip-
tons Of Sl.7"l,ooo. which strengthens
the nc!te- tnat Richmond viii! reach her
quota II this campaign long before
III: curtain - rmng down Saturday
night
i" make this hopc A realization, the
coiAnii'"e issues an urgent appeal to
Tie public /" do its very best during
Thursday and Friday. The goal bv
saturday IS sure. but il is the wish
of those who have worked hard to
make Richmond compare more than
| savoran n!S win communities OF like
SIZE 10 run the race in record time
Meeting Nets sI,4OO.O0O.
Total subscriptions now amount to
S,':,, Up 5,o5c. with slightly moro than
sS.2cooo yet to go. One meeting on
BnsinsssS BnsihsaaS Mnes ned in n the rooms q the
me principal az this gathering was
Lieutenant Stillman.. a Veteran Of Ave
first serving with the BRITISH and
then with the American EiEhtieth Di-
Three additional banks. the Plant
ers' National. West End and south
Richmond. announced on Thursday that
she;r grand qdota ta,a vas t ra5ed This makes
over the top in this drive.
State Still Leads.
virginia continues TO lead by sub
siantial figure. her nearest competitor.
lied from the loan. She has soas3o
80 TO her credit, while Maryland has
S3.;t3o.s5o. In. the number Of sub
ssIioers; she has lead Of more
Chairman Herbert w. Jackson an
nounGed nouns that hat, no further conferences
call for great meeting OF business
inen, % he held! in. the auditorium of
he Chamber OF Commerce at noon
loan He issued an appeal last night
"a; 70 an w2.sers b. to put forth every et
ton. that the city may reach its ap-
pnst!onment without delay.
eral committee was held at noon in
loan headquarters. when reports as 10
the progress that was being made in
/ the campaign were discussed. Plans
during the remaining three ldavs of
the campaign. ~
Girls Make Record.
The girls employed at Miller
Rhoads store made an unusually good
by Mrs. Robert G. Cabeil. chairman
OF the women,s committee. their sales
a total or l3I sales
Ninety.five per cent of the employees
depot have subscribed to the loan, TAX
ing s45.650 worth of the bonds, and Of
dss,lsd deials are re hs hopeful ,ha. the much;
before sundown Saturday night. Re-
ports also showed that employees OF
the Seaboard Air Line Railway Com
total is expected to reach the $4,000
mark. a number of departments have
heached @ the % per cent mark and have
the division freight agents office has
leo per cent Another 100 per cent
obtained by women workers.
The Life Insurance Company of Vir-
Eina in ar announces :SIo ed that Of its subscrip
allotted $4,000. The Mount Calvary
Cemetery Association subscribed SIS
600. Numerous subscriptions were
shops after talk by Norman Johnson.
Momen's sales on Tuesday aggre-
s,,bedr,Sny sabed ,fiSs5oo; and were made TO 2a9
The leading organizations We're the
Moman's W ASSOCIATION of Richmond
s4;23S; Home for Incurables. .s52.o5o
ana the Colonial Danes, s27,33o.
Music Draws Crowd.
Wright's Saxaphone Orchestra fur
nished the music for a good meeting
IN front of the post-office at noon.
Una when sales of slightly more than S.
O00 were made.
subscriptions placed at the meeting
of business men were as follows:
s,Go Geopse oGse J. Seay: $4,000: ANONYMOUS.
MSSufs M:;i stsTlne Co. 5000: cvo' Arroy Sras
I. Hodges. $1,000: anonymous. 5000 900:
parkdale Mills, $1,000; Flint Mills, s5..
$lSe,ooo; Rhodhss Misunderstanding Co,
$4,000; Thrift Manufacturing Co,
Soo,o9o; sinking Fund Of City OF Rich
Der Company. $4,000; j. p. Taylor $40
900; Eppa Hunton. Jr $4,000; Albert
r. Bellwood, $1,000.
Sitterding -Carneal- Davis Co. 5I0,-
e%S "a p siSsoo S9r5 $500 j. j. ,hisS1 eanssg f1g
\; F; Pendleton. 81 900; l. Rosenfeid.
Sy,HGe; WsMe = 5Gssph SSa ~ Button $1,000; Jake
900: w. S. Forbes. $4,000: Vaughan
Robertson Drug Company, $40 900; Hof-
hemer Brothers. $4,000; Fl. NJ. Smith,
ca.i cahof; ffI'oeo' 20 say w. 6. Neal $1,000; r.; p
S,anard Boiling, 5000: Hollywood
Cemetery Association. $4,000.
Fitzgerald Paper Company. $4,000;
$4,000: Whitaker Co. $4,000: Taiman
nH.o h,inGsS supply se SOo: Company $4,000: J. j.
oo g j. ssaDS SANDS hSadSef q t. farFsb e
$1,000: John Miller, Jr.. IS, 900; n. Lat
liner Gordon, $4,000; ]. r Palmatary
$40. $4,000; Atlantic Bithulthic Co.: $40
FitzGerald, $4,000: five cotton mills
at Gastonia, n. c., $4,000; S. T. Nor
gan, Jr.. $4,000; Charles X willis. ;5.-
900: Thomas e. McAdams 5000;
Thomas Branch & Co.. $4,000
The subscriptions OF T.. A. Smith
manufacturing Co. he Rhodhiss Manu-
featuring Co, and Thrift Manufacture
ing Co.. aggregated seo0.000. and
like amount was placed in Charlotte
y. c.. there their general Offices are
located.
Announces Women's Booth.
Mrs. Cahc!' announced that womcns
organizations selling bonds in the
oeoths today would be as follows:
st. Johns Circle of Kings Daughters,
Mrs. o. f.. Parrish. chairman. at Miller
ard Rhoads; Home Club for Girls. Mrs
S.,r,.: E, ,Sa:ugnanIi Ghairman at Talhimer's;