The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-24
ROTARY WARNED
TO VOTE RIGHT
ON ELECTION DAY
Every Man Is Urged to
Safeguard the City's
Interest.
COLONEL GREASY
TALKS ON SERBIA
Club to Start at Once On
Plans For Protection
and Elevation Of Rich
monds Boys.

Colonel Greasy, medical director of
The Serbian " elfase MISUNDERSTANDING
profusely decorated uniform OF the
SERBIAN army, delivered a short ad-
d. \ before tho Rotary club last
night al its fortnightis meeting at the
Richmond hotel
He is q member Of one of the
Western Rotary Clubs, and Just
dropped in at the meeting having
learned rust a few minutes before
that the club was in session He is To
deliver lesAure before the woman's
club this afternoon on the situation
in Serbia
Colonel Greasy told of the rnagnif-
icent fight the Serbians put up. and
called attention TO the. fact that 1t
was these indomitahle people who
started the German break, when
both Bulgaria and Turkey had begun
20 sue Tor peace. while yet the
Western line was intact
Serbia started what we finished. =
he said And let me remind you
fellows that the allies accomplished
much before we got, into the great
war II they had not have done
wonders, none OF us would be able
TO sit here in this comfortable. hap
ny fashion now"
he said his mission In this country
at this time was to awaken the peo-
pie TO the great distress prevailing
IN Serbia He wants the people OF
America TO help ciothe and feed the
children Of that country. who are
starving and freezing by the thous-
ands, He suggested that clothing be
gotten together and shipped as soon
as possible to the children and wom-
en- of Serbia.
The visitor was given a rousinr re-
ception. and the sense OF the meet
ing was that help would be extended
as far as possible
s WARNS THE VOTERS : rs. &c
/, President Burlington warned the
members that the primary election is
near, and urged every member to
grid UP his Joins and see that the
proper spirit be injected in the cam
paign
Everyone OF you should get busy
said the president, ''and see that this
old city Y properly safeguarded. /
am satisfied that everyone OF YOU will
exert himself from now on and cast
his h9flct In the right direction
Reports from the Greenviiie trip
were made by Chairman Alvin NJ
Smith, Thomas B. McAdams. Ham
E'eiid Harry Cole, DIR, Street, John
Gawfhccp. john G. C,oIey and others.
all who attended the convention that
u was most inspiring occasion. The
spirit 81 Rotary prevailed from the
time the party left Broad Street sta
ton in charge Of Norman Can. until
they wandered back at Intervals, af-
ter the. week of idea-exchanging and
eihow-rubbing.
You never know man fully
said Tom McAdamx until you have
gone 10 a. convention with him, and
occupied q sleeper with him for
few days: nor until you have been
Kept awake all night by his singing
These trips get people closer to-
gether.'.
And" declared Alvin Smith. I'VE
VIII make the next convention which
IS to be hid in Norfolk. a noe hun
dred per cent affair. We can all go
down there, and we must all begin
10 prepare now
No good Rotarian can afford to ret
his business interfere with his trin To
the Rotary convention, declared
John Corley. THE men he leaves be-
hind can attend to the business all
right and sometimes better"
PRAISES HOSTS
The speakers who referred to the
trip to Gfeenvilie had nothing but
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