The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-20
To Establish Headquar-
ters at sos East Main
Street
DR.. J. w. DURHAM
CITY ORGANIZER
Reports From Over State
Show Complete Success
! Of Campaign for Law
Enfwcemea1t

Ci4y AsaA1uarters az the Anti-salecn
fnn3ue campaign will be opened Mon
81 morning at sos East Main street.
n ]. ". Durham, city organizer. has
hnnn a the look -out for suitable guar r
twS a1naoe his appointment and his
4unOles WERE solved yesterday when
- 10asee OF thu bv1l ding formerly nc-
Swpied hy the G.. II. Kinney Shoe Com
p9ny Acnat ted the usn cf the entire
6vsr f4oar.
Or. Durham. With Mrs Durham and
= corpv cf asststants, viii be Installed
u the once tomorrow. Several addt-
s2ena, precinct captains were appointed
- DR.. Durham yesterday and the
N5chmond committee Is rapidly assum-
hx definite sAspe Mr.. Durham is or
snnntxer fov the Richmond district. en-
3P1eins five adjacent counties Incl
Aersaliy. she was the first of eighteen
dfxtrict organizers ~ com niete her or
9anirstion the other seventeen being
mer.
RESPONSIVE CHORD
Tas fsyrpaiGu for tbs enforce -reyft
cf isw and the extension Of pro-
hfhii ION seems 70 have struck s re-.
Spcreive chord In every community
Ia the state Great care was taken IN
seiec,snS the men and women who
are to help put tho idea across and the
-nrst week ~ work produced no innrne-
dtata results Since that time. how
ever leading eitixrrs In every city and
sourty have investigated the project
ana hundreds 81 both ssxes arc flock
Il ing 10 the standard daily.
StsEe Director GEarrtngton IL On q
(sscgr ~ inspection which viii carry
hir, to every important city in the
state. IN Ills absence. pr. l.. a. Cooper
I IN directing the star Of workers ut the
tnlrs n Mrrrhy's annex, Reports
from district ard county chairrnen ar
rfve bv every matt rejecting the high
~ enthusiasm In every section A
uoxen teiegrams wcre received yester-
las telling OF the appointment OF coun-
" citsirmer.
The nunspe- OF fnfy organized
ocuntins Is nov rapidly approaching
- hatf hundred mark. When coun-
a. il reported t'orHa niZed" 1t tnea MS
that some man Of prominence aud
|uAtifty has agreed TO serve as chair
man and that every nagistsi7al and
Arhro, district has a force of workers
aekfvely AZ work In the interests Of law
"a order and prohibition,
Evcxr care Is being exercised in
ohoosarg the personnel OF the school
fntrtct organizations. Those workers
IL later be known As the canvass
- couxnfs.ees and their work viii be
~ ACTUAL SQHCasAIVfl Oh taHNs NfAfSbs
IN take place In January. No doubt
q felt n to the immediate success OF
she csznpaign-
REORGANIZATION
Organizers who have approached
O. biggest and busiest -aen Of each
annmnaurity md that very Few fail to
aupreas cornplcte sympathy with both
/ nnSascs OF the work The law -enforee-
Uont program, with its efficient ma
0nfnery for the Amcricafixa ton OF tho
h6ngarous foreign element, appeals TO
| - imagination AZ we'll az the horse
nGnGe of every man or woman who has
Deoperty which Ia in danger as long
= this great mass Of people are icf' in
- Reds and l. w. VS. who well
1puae the opportunity OF spreading
Eheir tnsidious propaganda.
No less virile In It's appeal is the de-
A01nination OF the league TO assis; the
Anr-Ttdden nations OF Europe and the
Snak countries OF other continents In
AR struggle against alcohol. sur
~ Of tina facts shows that America Is
n no sense 'sbutting in but that she
- "a the contrary answering direct
TIL from each OF these countries.
Success Of the campaign in Virginia
r prcsaged by several voluntary con-
Nfbutions. Thinning high into the
Thousands OF dollars. The gentlemen
Who asked that their gifts be received
~ this time have requested that their
nnsnes be Withheld from publication
114il tho actual solicitation OF funds
- launched.