NIOGUOKS TAKING ACTIVITY PART
Unusual Interest Aroused in Pro
posed Institution for Colored Patients?Prominent Men and Women of City and State Aiding
The campaign is to raise $250,000 for the new buildings. Memorial Hospital is now at the stage where the veterans are succeeding preparations. Committees are daily being gotten into line. As the interest in the campaign grows, more and more men are becoming active workers and supporters.
Advisory committee will include some of the most prominent men in the city and State, and its membership already has individuals whose approval of any plan practically assures its success.
Not one of the least interesting features of the campaign is the interest being shown by the negroes of the city.
REALIZING THAT THE PROJECT IS OF SPECIAL VALUE TO THE TRADE, AND ALSO FEARING THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE WHITE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THEM THIS BUILDING CALL FOR "THE VILLAGE ON THEIR PART AS WELL-KNOWN MEMBERS OF THE NEGRO RACE IN RICHMOND MEETS LAST EVENING IN THE HEADQUARTERS, AND THERE, INFORMED WITH THE CAMPAIGN, AND WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
  Who has always taken a very valuable interest in the plans were laid for an intensive campaign among the negroes by numbers of their own race. Teams will be formed, meeting held, and luncheons will be held for the colored workers. At which inspirational addresses will be offered and enthusiasm aroused. 