The Breckenridge news., 1905-03-22
TOBACCO GROWERS
MUCH ENCOURAGED.
Not SO Many AS Expected Need
A Warehouse Plan Prospects
Favorable For Those Who Do.


of tobacco growers of HaucocK and
BrecKenridge counties, held at the
city hall Saturday afternoon, that more
meulbers of some local unions OF the
American Society of Equity will be
able to hold their tobacco at home and
without warehouse plan than was at
| first expected. A committee appointed
by the. convention to put warehouse
plan on foot are at work this week and
have reported that prospects are tav
oraDle that warehouse and an exper-
fenced man to manage 1t can be secur-
ed here, though the financial part of
transaction has not been settled yet.
The convention met tor the express
purpose of forming some warehouse
plan to help only growers who are not
in a position to hold their tobacco at
home, because of Indifferent barns or
lack of money. Fifteen local unions in
sections of the two counties nearest
to Cloverport were represented. On
next Saturday they will be represented
again, when the committee will make
its report to the delegates. and the
delegates will make reports to the
committee on the number of men in
each local union who want their tc-
bacco rehsndled and want an advance
on 1t and those who want their to-
bacco rehandled and do not want an
advance.
The local unions were represented as
follows:
Tarfork No Wash Robbins,
Chas. Goff
Duke No. 1-Robt. and Thos. Nc
Gsvock.
Cloverport No. Twill Pumphrey.
John Knight.
Mattingly No. 3-Owen Duncan,
Malcolm o OBrien.
Mattingly No. 2-W. N. Pate, Isaac
Blair.
Hardlnspurg No. 3-Abe Meador.
Mattlngly No. 1-Thos. NJ. Bates,
A. B. Drum.
Patesville No. 81 T. Slnnett,
Perry Tally, Bert Adkins.
Hardinsburg No sc NJ. Bssham.
Cloverport No. 2-Jno. Warfield.
McQuady No. 1-Will Lyons.
Hardlnsburg No. 1-Silss Miller.
Cloverport No. 4-Jno. Furrow
Victoria No. 2-Wm. Snyder.
Victoria No. III. 7. McGovern.
The convention was presided over
by Henry Waggoner The object CT the
meeting was explained by E. B, Oglesby
who suggested the adoption of the
Daviess county Equity warehouse
plan, a synopsis of which was pub
lished in the N ews last week, prInci-
pally on the grounds that the plan
had been accepted by the growers of
that county after long consideration.
Robt McGavock, alter outlining a
plan for local warehouse, NOV ed hat
committee wait on the local ba nKs
and see il they would finance local
warehouse plan. This motion carried
and the chair appointed Robt. Nc
Gsvock and W. B. Tsul on the COM
NIT tee.
During the. .absenae of the committee
there were many short talks made,
the consensus of opinion being that
tobacco should be held at home if by
any means possible and, il not pos
sible, because of poor storage facili-
ties and lack of money, at an Equity
warehouse in Cloverport. That which
was mentioned IN the opening sem
teuce developed, some deleg ates stating
that they were strong almost to a
man and believed in the local uni ou
helping its members to hold. And one
at least, Cloverport No. 3, don't want
to have any hing to do with ware
house, because they can help themsel-
yes.
Among those who made short talRs
were the following: T. M. Bates,
Chas. Gotf, VIM. Snyder. Henry Wsg-
goner, Oscar McGavock, Thos. Nc
Gavock, Albert Drum, E. B. Oglesby,
Will Pumphrey, Joseph Mullen, W. B.
Taul Malcolm O'Bren. From notes
at hand valuable suggestions from
eacn of these could b given, but space
for them in this issue cannot be
spared
After most of the talks had been
made, the committee that waited on
the banks made their report. They
said that the report from the cashier
of the Breckinri dge Bank was favor
able but that he would have to confer
with mis- associates this week before
giving definite answer. The cashier
OF the Bank of Cloverport told the
oop,paittaa fhat tho ipcfitufi0n w0nld