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Established in 1891. ! POLLOCK AD WES ' ABRHNOJEW IDEA PRACTICALLY DISFRANCHISE ALL OF DOUBTFUL PARENTAGE TO THIRD GENERATION. WOMEN TO BE GIVEN BALLOT 8?lleve? That Cotton Will 8ell at, or Around Thirty-five Cents in the Immediate Future. Columbia. W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, former tJnited States Senator, spent the night in Columbia, having come to the state capital to deliver an address at the commencement exercises of Chicora College. Mr. Pollock is keenly interested in various questions now pressing for solution, particularly that of vrotnan suffrage and that of a possible drive on the part of the negro for political recogntllon. Should Mr. Pollock be a member of the next state Democratic convention he will ask the party to grant the white women of the State the right to participate in the primaries. The state owes this to the women, not only as a right, he says, but as a proper recognition of their patriotic I service during the Great War, which could never have been won so early without their unflagging real and enthusiasm. Mr. Pollock advances a new idea to . wstrlct the negro's participation in politics. He would base registration on legitimacy of birth, extending back three generations. Concerning the proposed constitutional amendment, Mr. Pollock said: "IX such an amendment to the constitution of the several Southern States were adopted, the race ques. v tion. wculd be practically solved. No one should object to such a provision, as It would not only solve this vital question, but it would place a ban on illegitimacy and would encourage marriage and the keeping of the family relation sacred. The former senator believes cotton will be selling from 33 1-3 to 35 cents within the Immediate future. Not only does he expect this crop to sell above figures now obtaining but aleo the next. Cotton Crops About Rulnod. J. 6. Wannamaker. president of the American Cotton Association, issued a statement declaring that the excessive rains of the past 10 days have practically ruined the South Carolina cotton crop. "In South Carolina it Is going to be necessary to replant a very great portion of the crop," said Mr. Wannamaker. "Much of the crop in this state is rotting and grass is taking the remainder of it. Not Selling Cotton. W. G. Smith, state warehouse com miasioner, said there was little inclination among the farmers to sell cotton stored In -warehouse under the state warehouse system. When the advance began several weeks ago and moved up to 25 and 26 cents, timid ones began to turn loose a amall portion of the reserve. Soon the fear was dissipated, and now all are Inclined to wait for 35 cents. Wants New Companies Formed. W. W. Moore, adjutant general, directed letters to a number of places in the state, urging that military companies be organized with dispatch for Induction Into the state National Cluard, two battalions of which are to <be reorganized Immediately. The minimum strength Is to be 65 men. and General Moore la urging that as many as 75 men be recruited. Gov. and Mrs. Manning Arrive, New York (Special).?Wearing five stars, one of gold, for sous In the service, ex-Governor Richard I. Manning of South Carolina, arrived here from France. where he went with Mr?i (Manning to visit the grave of their son. MaJ. William Manning, of the S16th infantry, killed in action during: tlio Argonne drive. . . I ' . j Presides for Halg Hour. Washington (Spocial.) ? Senator "Dial was called to preside over the senate after being a member of that *>ody for Just a week. While the wognan suffrage amendment was at its hottest point, the president of the senate called the new South Carolina ^ .senator to the desk and the latter (took the chair. There was a filibuster on at the time and if he was not up to i?H the senate rules and mystifying parliamentary customs and usages no one found It out. He was in the chair jfor about half an hour. ^Important Ruling Made. : Judge Townssnd rendered an imjportant decision in the criminal oourt. * (He ruled that a policeman In order jto make a legal arrest on a trolley oar must see the offender violate some paw or secure a warrant. John Castter, negro, was on trial on the charge of assaulting Officer Lee after the patrolman told the man to come with jhlm. Caster's attorney made a motion 'for a verdict of not guilty and after reviewing the evidence Judge Tov/nsend directed a verdict of not guilty. The ruck* for State Roacf*. a. nu? ? cuueii, auiur ighwa* eng: 2?er. *as advised from Washington that the first allotment of truck* to l>e used In ouilding federal aided p*rnanerit highways in South Carolina were ready for shipment In this Initial lot there are 79 trucks of the following capacity and make: Two two ton Internationals and 11 three-ton Gramm-Bernsteins, Atlanta; 14 threeton Aviation. Baltimore, and 52 twoton Naah quadruple drive, Indianapolis. Immediately upon receipt of the telegram. Captain Pennell made the distribution among the counties, where federal aid is being met for permanent highways, and instructed the department of agriculture where to have the trucks shipped at once. The trucks should be delivered immediately. The highway department has received assurance that 296 trucks to help in highway construction in this State are to be made available as soon as possible. Nine counties do not receive any of the present shipment of trucks, as some of theee counties hfive made no provision to meet federal aid. Several others are not yet ready for the trucks. The counties not Included In the first allotment are: Abbeville, Ander?on, Barnwell. Berkeley, Clarendon, Darlington, Dorchester, Jasper and Marlboro. Daniels May Be Present. J. L. Mima, president of the South Carolina Press Association, announced that he had Invited Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, to deliver an address on Monday night. June 30, before the press association at its annual meeting In Greenville. The meeting of the association will be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 30, July 1 and 2. These dates were determined upon at a conference in Greenville between President Mims and Greenville newspaper men. Plans for the entertainment of the association call for a barbecue in the mountains and a trip to Asheville by automobile, returning to Greenville that night. A banquet will be tendered the association on Wednesday night at the Imperial Hotel. This hotel has been chosen as headquarters for the meeting. The members of the association will also have the opportunity of seeing some fast ball, as Greenville and Augusta will play in Greenville on the three days of the association meeting. Other delightful events are being planned by the Greenville people, who are enthusiastic over the coming of the newspaper men to Greenville for their annual meeting, says President Mims. Col. R. L. Foster of the New York World has been invited to deliver an address at the meeting and in a letter to a friend he states that he hopes to be able to accept the invitation. Indications are that the meeting this year will he the most largely attended in the history of the associa uvu, Greenville 6ecures Reunion. Oreenv'lle, where the "Old Hickory" Division trained before going overseas, was chosen from a list of seven cities b'dding for the first annual reunion and organization meeting of the Thirtieth Division Association to be held September 28-29, and the boys who Btnashed the Hindenburg line will mobilize there. The selection came after Raleigh, Memphis, Columbia. Chattanooga, Knoxville and Ashe ville had all presented strong cases, but geographical location and the striking enthusiasm of the Greenville delegation to entertain again the boys of Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina, conspired in bringing victory to the Piedmont city. General Tyson, in an ex-ofTicio capacity, ably presented the claim of each of the Tennessee cities. He said that Memphis was best equipped of any of the cities bidding t*> entertain the convention. For Knoxville, he argued keen interest in the Thirtieth and for Chattanooga Its beautiful scenery. Columbia ofTered big inducements in the way of entertainments and Raleigh presented what the committee declared was a most impelling contention that the first reunion should come here. The contest, however, was in such splendid spirit that the other towns have pledged to do everything possible to make the organization meeting of the association a big success and bide their turn in cutertaining the veterans. Taw .Qui# A KnrvHrtPeH S. M. Wolfe, attorney perioral, re- | turned from a trip into the Piedmont section of tho state, where he went on business relative to suits which have been brought in protest against the state tax commission. Mr. Wolfe succeeded in getting the Carolina. Clinchfleld & Ohio Railroad to abandon its suit, which involved 5311.50, which the company alleged had been assessed as excess taxes various other parties have brought suits, most of which have been abandoned. Truant Officer* Appointed. John S. Swearingen. State superintendent of education, has been notified of the appointment by 42 coun Ilea of the attendance officers under the compulaory education law. The State board of education directed the appointment of 55 of these officers, 37 counties receiving one each and nine oountlee two each. All appointments were to be made and reported to the State superintendence office by May 15. In one of the counties at least the appointee baa declined to serve. ? i mm \ ! Fori POET MIL ALEXANDRE MILLERAND h W ^ President Poincare of France at a nesting of the cabinet recently signed t i decree appointing Alexandre Miller- r md, former minister of war, governor p if Alsace-Lorraine. His headquartera s vIM be at Strassburg. ,] TEMPORARY NAVY DF 250.000 f t d Between Now and End of War Department Will Have Time to Care- 1 fully Consider Situation. ^ ii Washington.?Although the navy ^ department has placed itself on rec- s ord as being opposed to launching ti new builing programs which would r give the United States a navy "second ^ to none in the world," it is in favor v of rushing to completion all capital c ships already authorized and of main- t taining temporarily at least, a force 1 of men capable ofhandling "any emergency which might arise." . h Secretary Daniels, continuing his ^ testimony before the house naval af- ? fairs committee, read a communication fromthe general board which rec- h ommended that the 10 battleships and 8 six battle cruisers authorized in the v 191G program should be completed us soon as possible. ^ Recommendation was made by the secretary that provision be made in the 1920 appropriation bill for a navy of 250,000 men, only 23,000 less than are now in the service. He asserted * that unless this number was author- 1 ized, the navy would be unable to aid J materially in bringing American i iriwjps nome irom Europe ana in addition would be "dangerously weakened." * s Mr. Daniels emphasized that the j navy department did not intend to ask j Congress at this time tor a permanent navy of 250.000 men but only for a temporary force large enough to take 8 care of the work arising in the tran- ' sition period between war and peace. * Between now and the end of the war, 8 the secretary said, the department " wolud have time to study carefully * the situation and arrive at a definite e conclusion as to the country's needs. * LYNCH IS LYNCHED BY AN J ANGRY MOB AT LAMA, MO. Springfield, Mo.?Jay Lynch, slayer i of Sheriff John Harlow and Harlow's s son March 3. was hanged by a mob e at Lama, Mo. c Lynch, who was captured in Colo- t rado a few weeks ago, was being ar- t raigned in the Barton county courthouse. A moh quickly assembled and. taking the prisoner from the officers, t hanged him in the courthouse yard. a Lynch was mobbed while seated in t the courtroom. Men held the officers j and seizing the prisoner, dragged him t down the steps of the cotirthouse to an elm tree about 25 feet from the g entrance. Lynch had entered a plea of "guilty" to the charge of murder- a ing Sheriff Harlow and his son and r had been given a li^ sentence. i GERMAN PRESS COMMENTS > ON COUNTER-PROPOSALS Berlin.?The newspapers comment at great length on the German countor proposals. Theodor Wolff In The Tafteblatt says that the whole count- jc er draft corresponds to the Demo-, c cratic Ideals of right, and In no wag a to military nationalist conceptions. 0 Tho demand that the occupation ii troops shall return home In six months at the latest might also be c reckoned as meant to effect the pres-1 a ervation of German sovereignty. s BOLSHEVIK'S INTERNAL IS TROUBLES INCREASING Ix>ndon.?The bolshevik! are faced by further internal troubles and the J official statement received here by A wireless from Moscow refers to the ii "internal front" where "an advance * against Vinnista has been, stopped." According to a t el gram received I here from Kern, the bolshevik com-, " missioners in the Shuiga district were 1 r killed and the red guards dispersed., <1 Confirmation of this report is contain*! r id In the Russian wireless statement ? r ME * li, S. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE LAST THROES OF HUN RESISTANCE (AY THEIR PLANS OF LEAGUE OF NATION8 ARE 8UPERIOR TO THOSE OF WILSON. STILL PLEADIN6 INABILITY rlemenceau, Speaking of Germane In Speech Said, "You Must Sign Either at Versailles or Berlin. Berlin.?Germany is willing to agree o the proposed stipulations regardng her military, aerial and naval orces contained in the draft of the eace treaty, provided that she is permitted to enter the league of nations >n an equal footing immediately upon he signing of peace and particularly nat she be permitted to share in the j tnnpieie equality and reciprocity ot ill nations in the economic domain. This declaration ?s contained tn he second section of the German nemorandum embodying the counter iroposals to the peace terms. At the anie time, it is declared, the German lelegation holds to its idea of the anteriority of its own draft of proposals or a league of nations. "The covering note," presented to he peace conference by the German lelegation says: "We came to Versailles expecting o receive a peace proposal framed ccording to the agreed basis. Wo lad a firm resolve to do everything n our power to fulfill the heavy oblivions assumed by us. We were hocked when we read in that docuuent the demands which the victoious might of our opponents had set orth. The more we studied the pirit of the treaty, the moro we irere convinced of the impossibility if carrying it out. The demands of his treaty go beyond the strength of he German people." London.?Premier Lloyd George, in lis speech to the Wolsh division at tmiens. declared, according to The !outh Wales Daily News: "We say to the Germans: 'Gentlenen. you must sign. If you don't do io at Versailles, you shall do so in 3erlin. We are not going to give vay,'" IFTEEN STEAMERS TO TAKE FOOD TO HUNGRY SIBERIANS London.?Jonas Lied, whose name las long been associated with the derelopment of the Kara sea route, has ust returned from Omsk and has >een authorized by tbo Kolchak adninistration to make arrangements or the dispatch without delay of 15 iteamers of 3.500 tons each with cargo or the Siberian population to be deivered by way of the Kara sea. It is proposed that 10 of these iteamers shall start from England and | Ive from New York. Appropriate I Iritisli and American cargoes are inked for. In exchange for a wide election of manufactured goods, the (olrhak administration has authorizid the exports of hemp, flax, bides, urs, wool and other products. iENATOR OVERMAN REGRETS MAKING LEAGUE AN ISSUE Washington.?Washington and New fork newspapers made a feature of a tatement of Senator Overman to the iffect that the Democratic national ommittee made a mistake to declare hat it will accept the league of naions as a party issue. Mr. Overman is quoted as follows: 'In mv nnininn 1ao?v??? "9 ? ~ ... ..s/ vp.inuu mo ica^iiU Ul Ilcl* ions should not be made a party isue, It should be entirely nonpartisan; hose of every political party should j oin in and support it from purely pa- | riotic motives. "It is a mistake to try and limit its upport to those of one political faith. "I am somewhat surprised at the letion of the democratic national coinuittee. In any event it can have no nfluence or control over the senate." kPART FROM GERMANY "AUSTRIA IS DOOMED." Vienna.?"Austria is doomed to iconomic death if she does not join iermany," said Herr Setz. president if the Austrian republic. "Overloaded .s Austria is with this Vienna of 2,00,000 inhabitants we have not much ndustry. "The proposed Danube economic onfederation is in my opinoin imposible because neither the Czechs nor >lavs are willing for such a union." IINN FEIN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ARRESTED. Dublin.?Lawrence Ginnell, Sinn ^eln member of parliament for West leath, was arrested on charges made n connection with a speech delivered >t Athlone. . British troops broke up a forbidden necting at Athlone on May 5. Lewence Ginnell was attempting to ad- , Iress the meeting when the troops appeared. Several persons were wound also assistant chl^f of staff. General Burr was for several years at the head of the various United States arsenala and bought for the United States during the war the ordnance which this government obtained from Great Britain. He Is a native of Missouri. GREAT OBJECT ACCOMPLISHED Twentieth Century Transportation Has Reached New Pinnacle With U. S. Navy Leading the Way. Washington.?Blazing the way of the first air trail from the western to the eastern hemisphere, the United States navy seaplane NC-4, under Lieutenant Commander Albert Chusing Read, swept into the harbor at Lisbon, Portugal, the first airship of any kind to have croeeed the Atlantic ocean under its own power and through its natural element. Taking the air at Ponta Delgada, Azores, at 6:18 a. m., Washington time, on the last leg of the trans-oceanic portion of the voyage from Rock-away Beach, Long Island, to Plymouth England, the NC-4 covered the 800 miles In 9 hours and 43 minutes, maintaining an average speed of better than 80 knots an hour. The total elapsed flying time from New Pound- | lullfT tr% T .i hnn wno Oil h nn vo o n A A 1 minutes. At the first opportunity the big plane will continue to Plymouth, 775 nautical miles to the north. To tho navy department, however, it makes little difference when he completes ! the Journey. The great object of all the effort lavished on the undertaking, navigation of a seaplane across the Atlantic through the air. has been accomplished. Twentieth century transportation has reached a new pinnacle and the United States navy has led the way. Navy officials emphasized that the long delay at the Azores was due to the weather and to no weakness of the machine or its daring -crew. PEACE TERMS NOT SEVERE ENOUGH FOR POINDEXTER Washington.?Lack of severity of the peace terms imposed on Germany was criticised by Senator Poindexter, Republican, of Washington, in a Tetter written to a constituent and made public by the senator. "Foch was right," said Senator Poindexter in his letter. "The French have been fortunate enough to produce several men in this war who combined the genius of great soldiers and great statesmen Foch is one. I am very sorry that the Un'ted States ' was humiliated by having a self ap- j pointed representative, who used the | control of finance and of food of this | great nation to ameliorate the terms , to bo impound upon Germany. There j are times when softness is not in the ' interest of humanity and civilization and this was one of those times." GERMANS WANT EQUAL VOTE IN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Berlin.?The question whether Germany will sign the peace treety or not. it was believed here tonight, depends altogether on whether the allied and associated powers will agree to a plebiscite in all disputed territories and the reception of Germany into the longue of nations as a member with an equal vote. Both these issues are made the cardinal features of the German reply which has been approved by the cabinet. AMERICAN FLIES FROM COPENHAGEN TO STOCKHOLM Stockholm.?Captain Batt, an American naval aviator, arrived here at 10 o'clock on his flight from Copenhagen. After leaving Nyeshamm. about 60 miles south of Stockholm Captain Batt lost his direction in the darkness and was forced to descend at Furusund, west of Stockholm. The captain expects to continue his Journey to Helslngfors, capital of Pinlaud. in a f?>w days LL t ~ _ "T 5, 1919 BRIG. GEN. GEORGE W. BURR Brig. Gen. George W. Burr has aucceeded Maj. Gen. George W. Goethala aa director of purchaae, atorage and traffic of tha war department. He la [MES MEXICAN MATTERS 1 GROWINGSERIQUS VILLA FORCES HAVE ELECTED GENERAL FELIPE ANGELES PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT. VILLA IS SECRETARY OF WAR Carranza Government Asks Permission to Move Troops Through Texas New Mexico and Arizona. Washington.?Villa forces have proclaimed General Fel'pe Angeles provisional president of Mexico and Villa himself, secretary of war. The move, coming at the climax of military operations considered by the Carranza government so serious that it has asked the United States for nemiissinn tn movo trnnne thi-nnirti Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, is regarded here as reflecting a situation more serious in Mexico than any since the triumph of Carranza forces over Villa three years ago. Viewed in connection with activities of the Felicista forces in southern Mexico the situation is regarded as full of possibilities. Angeles' reported first proclamation announcing that Americans in Mexico would be protected is particularly interesting to officials here, coming as it does on the heels of the refusal of the state department to grant Carranza's request that he be allowed to move troops through American territory for the purpose of protecting Americans in Chihuahua. Acting Secretary Polk announced that he had notified the Mexican government he could not grant the request made unless assurances could be given that Americans would be afforded protection while the troops were in transit. That this could not be done had been admitted previously by the Mexican authorities. Governor Hobby, of Texas, declined to authorize the passage of Mexican troops through Texas without guarantees of protection to Americans and so notified the state department. SERGEANT YORK, OF ARGONNE, RECEIVES HIS DISCHARGE Chattanooga, Tenn.?Sergeant Alvin C. York, Tennessee mountaineer and hero of the battle of the Argonne, who arrived here en route to Port Oglethorpe, received his discharge from the army and will leave for his home at Pall Mall, Fentress county. Sergeant York arrived at the fort and 30 minutes later had received his physical examination and discharge from the service, all the pa pers having been prepared in advance. Sergeant York wired Senator Kenneth D. McKellar asking him to introduce the necessary legislation allowing the return of the revolver?number 24,048 ?with which he killed the Germans at the time of his Argonne exploit. The revolver was turned over to the army quartermaster at Retz, France. York was made an honorary member of the Chattanooga Rotary Club and elected a delegate to the Salt Lake convention by the Rotarians. REVISED LEAGUE COVENANT ENDORSED BY CLUB WOMEN Asheville. N. C.? By unanimous vote, at a public meeting at the City Auditorium, the mid-biennial council of the General Federation of Women s Clubs of America decided to adopt the revised covenant of the league of nations. President Wilson was cabled of this act and the foreign relations committee will be wired. Kach woman present, over .100, pledged herself to write to her state senator telling him of the stand taken b> the council and asking his support in the matter. Unanimously adopting the 10 plans presented by Mrs. J. D. Sherman, of Chicago, for the Americanization which is planned by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, took the first definite step townrd that end. SALVATION ARMY DRIVE B1LIEVF.D BEYOND GOAL New York?While complete figures are lacking, there is every Indication that the Solvation army passed the $13,000,000 goal in its home service campaign by approximately $3,000 000. Thanking the publoc for its support, Mr, Whitman asserted that "the record made by the army in Prance and in earlier years at home guarantees that its work of the future will be well done." SEES LITTLE PROSPECT OF REDUCTION IN PRICES Washington.?Belief thet the conntry's street railway systems will have to seek relief in directions other than a reduction in cost of labor and materials was expressed hv T. S. Holden, of the department of labor. Mr. Holden declared that building materials were the cheapest commodities on the market by reason of a less advance in prices of building materials tbaq the prices of r 3- vSM SL25 Per Year. . people seem ire niMniiFi ifiFn 1 HUN NEWSBOYS VENDING FULL TEXT OF THE TREATY m ON STREETS. BIG THREE MADE RIDICULOUS _______ The Cry of "Beware, Thie Translation Is German Made," Does Not Leason Humor of the Situation. London.?While President Wilson and Premiers Lloyd George and Cleruenceau imagined that they were keeping from the world the exact text of the peace treaty. Germany stole a march, tor they have put it out in a pamphlet form, selling it upon the streets oftheir cities. Those who have eeen parts of the original peace treaty in Paris say that the official press summary was rigge<t with special sharp teeth for political effect in France and England. The clauses upon reparations arc as one instance, the clauses being less severe in The Times forecast published the day before the Germans got the treaty than in the c fTicial digest arranged for the press at Paris. The pity is that the Rig Three let the Germans come along first with the full text of the treaty. They are now crying "beware, this translation 1 is German made." It does not leesen the rather ridiculous plight the Rig Three may now find themselves in, in consequence of trying to make the people at home think that the terms are more severe than they really were. Nor does the attempt to cover the hiatus between the press .. summary anil the first draft with the explanation that constant changes are necessary before the final draft will be reached smother the humor of the situation that the Germans have apparently created. IN FIFTY MINUTE FIGHT THE ANARCHIST FLEET IS ROUTED Helsingfors.?A fifty-minute fight occurred between a bolshevik fleet comprising the battleship Petropavlosk (2.1,703 tons) and hat flesh ips which had been bombarding the coast west of Krasnaia Gorka (15 miles west of Kronstadt) and seven British warships. The Russians eventually fled to Kronstadt. Tho encounter, which took place In the gulf of Finland, was the second the British have had recently with bolshevik naval forces which are trying to harry the Esthonian army approaching Petrograd from the west. | On May 18 a thirty-five minute naval j fight occurred not far from the locality of the one now reported. It had a similar result, the bolshevik fleet retiring to Kronstadt. LONDON POLICE STRIKE IS POSTPONED OR ABANDONED j Ix>ndon.?London's threatened police strike, for which the members ol the force voted by a big majority, has been called off for the present. At the demonstration in Hyde park which had been arranged b/ tho police It a was announced that the executive " committee o ftheir organisation had decided to postpone the strike until after peace was signed. The announcement also was made at the Hyde park meeting that the official ballot of the policemen on the question of a strike was 44,549 In r\f arwl A 10 A orroln^l a II ? Secretary Hays, of the police union <n giving out the figures, explained that the strike committee wag not anxious to call a walkout If It could have the men's grievances redressed in any other way. ANGELES "WISES" WASHINGTON AS TO MEXICAN REVOLUTION Washington.?General Felipe An geles, recently proclaimed hv Villa's forces as proviirionnl president ol Mexico, has sent a communication to Washington for presentation to the state department, setting forth his objects in leading the revolution now in progress in northern Mexico. GEN. FAISON TO ADDRESS STATE BANKERS' MEETING ' Winston-Salem.?President Jas. A . Oray. of the North Carolina Banker*' Association, announces that the annual meeting of financiers will he h?*ld in Winston-Salem, August 20-22. Thi meeting Is expected to he most ln; ^ t terestlng and valuable. Announce y'~~~ mont Is made of the coming of several speakers of national reputation. These Include General S. L. Falson, com mander of the famous Thirtieth dl vision. WANT "PEOPLES BANK" ORGANIZED IN ALL STATE! New York.?A campaign to bring 1 about organization In every state oi ^ Jfl "peoples banks," designed to meet tb? needs of laborers, salaried men, small business men and farmers, was planned at a meeting of representative business men. . A committee was ap } pointed to work for adoption by Con press of & federal law authorizing th? hanks. Members include Govern? Blckett, Carolina.