The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-08-10
BLOOMING AND PROSPEROUS
Is Shreve Local A. S. of E.
With 100 Members.
Secretary Lloyd Urges Tobacco
Growers to Sign
Pledge.
Shreve, KY, Aug. Z, 1906.

Editors Hartford Republican:
Shreve Local No. has over one
hundred members. we meet twice a
month now. one week, Saturday, at
Shreve school house, two weeks later,
at Trisler school house, both Locals
come under same charter. We have
some live and energetic officers.
Mr.. Jno. c. Overton, our esteemed
and honored President, has been a
President and successful Master,
untiring and ever ready to go far
and near to meetings of any kind
where there is vision of doing good
for the Equity cause and, with the
assistance of our Ex-Secretary, Mr..
Jas. n. Shreves, who is always at the
helm, with Mr.. Overton and our
worthy and efficient Vice:President,
Mr.. c. T. Whittinghill, with his
broad and willing shoulders to the
wheel. Mr.. VIM. Pierce, our pres
ent Secretary, who promptly and ac-
curately keeps the books of our or
der, is one who helps to make the
old wheel turn. All in all we have a
noble set of officials and feel proud
of them. Yes, we have Sargent at
Arms, Mr.. Thomas Lloyd, and, by
the way. he is the right man in the
right place. When he demands or
der it must come. Lookout boys,
Tom will get you, if you don't be
good when at our Locals. We all
want you with us. but as matter of
course, we are compelled to have or
der if we keep house. Yes, we have
some good solid Equity men in our
Local, who are on hand promptly at
every meeting and who are anxious
for the growth of the great Equity
cause. At our last meeting the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That any officer failing
to be at any meeting of this Local
without an acceptable excuse. should
be fined fifty cents.
Resolved, That any committeeman
or delegate failing to discharge his
duty without out an acceptable ex-
cuse should be fined fifty cents for
each offense.
1t has been very common with US
to appoint a committee to attend to
matters, and they were
careless and neglected to act. While
the fine is small sum, it may re-
mind some of their duty and cause
them to take more interest.
| hear some of our members, in
speaking of our Local, say they
should or should not do so and so.
They are trying to get me into some
thing that is not altogether to my
present or personal interest. Now,
brother. don't say They" again,
but say we" for you are one of us:
we are one body united, and as quot
ed United we stand, divided we
fall"
We are on the winning side. We
are on top and have the world by the
tail and down hill pull. So boys,
cts spit on our hands anl tighten
our grip, for if tail holds break our
bear is gone, Now is the time for
Every Equity man to get into the
harness and pull hard for the up
building of breastwork of nerve to
not let any trust agent lead him into
.uin, by his shining shekels and oily
.ongue. They will be around by and
~ and they will work many schemes
% get our tobacco, but, boys, they
will have to go to the pooling house
f they get mine. Brother, don't !
make mistake and fail to sign the
pooling pledge. The trusts will have +
'ou by the nape of the neck if you
lon't pool your tobacco. | know
We need oil the nancy to pay our
|ebts, buy machinery. our families !
iced it, but listen! DO vOu know
We are getting as much. or more,
dvanced on our tobacco when, we
'ool it than we got in all. before the
|. S. of E, began to spread her
owny wings and now we have the
privilege of getting contingent