Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27
DEFENSE COUNCIL PLANS
TO FINANCE FARMERS
Banks Are Raising Pool Of $780,
600, to BE Loaned With
out Collateral.
Governor Stuart to Preside at Mass
Meeting Next Sunday Afternoon at
City Auditorium, When Many No
table Men Will Make Addresses.

Plans of the state Council of De-
Virginia Bankers Association and in
dividual banking institutions fund
OF S200.oeo. from which deserving
farmers may secure without collateral
loans to help carry on the years op-
erat'ons. are rapidly taking shape. and
IL is hoped to. have the plan effective
within the next few DAYS
James q. Winston who presented
the plan TO tho council. and who has
active charge OF working out the de-
tails. has returned to Richmond after
an absence OF several days in New
York and Washington. and will at
once give his attention 70 this mat
ter. Many banks already have acreed
TO the plan. Mr.. Winston will take
IL UP personally with others and will
arrange 10 put in operation in the
shortest possible time.
Letters. eXpla ming the idea and
asking for suggestions on the sub
ject, have been mailed by Colonel W
VI. Hunley. secretary of the council
TO bank officials throughout the state
Ii is expected that replies from all Of
them Will be received within tho next
few days. ln~the meantime tho coun-
ell Will go about perfeciinE plans as
best il may.
WILL. HEAR ALI LOSSES
IN PROPORTION
The central idea OF the plan is TO
have the banks pool 100000. each
institution TO put up its proportiona,e
share OF tho amount, based either upon
its capital stock. deposits or loans.
Losses also. IL there be any. will he
borne proportionatcly upon this basis
Each county will have an individual
or board To pass upon the farmers
claims 10 loan. No collateral will
be required.
The commission of Religious Forces
is husily engaged in making prepara-
tions for the mammoth mass-mccting
which will be held next SUNDAY AT the
tltS Auditorium. Practically all the
speakers have been selected. and the
military organization which will par
ticipatc in the. parade have been de-
cidcd upon. These arc the Howitzers,
tho Grays. the Signal Corps. the John
Marshall High School Cadet Corps and
the Boy Scouts. Major T. NJ. wortham.
who has charge OF the military fca-
ture OF the demonstrations. sent the
following letter yesterday To Major j.
Fulmer Bright. Captain W. NJ Myers.
Captain Edwin J.. Conquest. pr. j. 4.
c. Chandler and Scout Executive
Charles l.. Weaver:
Under the auspices of tho Council OF
Defense, on Sunday, June 3, from every
pulpit in Virginia sermons will be de-
lirered. the subject OF which is Our
Duty to Our Country. and the Obliga-
tions Resting Upon Every Good Cit
izen to DO tlis Bit for Her at This
Time
GOVERNOR STUART TO
PRESIDE AT MASS-MEETING
I'm Richmond on the Sunday after
noon OF June 3 it is proposed also to
hold mass-meeting In the City Audi
torium. Governor Henry Carter Stuart
Will preside, and addresses will be made
by Bishop O'Connell. Bishop Denny.
Rabbi Calisch. General Nichols. OF the
Virginia Military Institute; Richard
Evelyn Byrd. and others. The neces-
sity of the obliga tion TO enlist in the
National Guard, or serving somewhere.
Will be discussed. and the registration
law fully cxpla ined. the general object
Of the meeting being to inspire as much
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