The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-10-25
Army OF PEACE
AT OWENSB0RO.
Organize and are Now Visit
ing Tobacco Growers
In an Effort to Prevent Them
From Dumping the 1907
Crop on Market.

The delegation from the Green
River Tobacco Growers Association
of the A. S. of E., which was herald
ed Monday night, arrived in Owens
boro Tuesday morning, nearly 200
strong, and spent the day in organi-
zing and calling on tobacco mer-
chants OF OwensborO.
They did not disband when this
was completed, but remained intact
and went into camp for the night.
Wednesday morning the army divided
into four detachments, each under the
command of a captain and with a
definite line of march mapped out start
ed to the country in an effort to
prevent the sale or delivery of any
tobacco of the 1907 crop. The sole OBJ
ject of the crusade is to prevent the
1907 crop of tobacco being placed
on the market while tobacco of the
1905 and 1906 crops pooled by mem
bers of the A. S. of E., is unsoid, and
4 the aim is not to disband until a
thorough canvass has been made of
the five counties comprising the Green
River district.
Very rarely in the history of Ow-
ensboro have an equal number OF
rmen deported themselves so quietly.
Not only were there no limitations
of violence, no threats, no unseem-
ly behavior, but there was nothing
of frivolty, of levity that usually ex-
lists where large numbers of men
congregate together.
Not a single man of the 157 in
line was under he Influence of liquor
in the slightest degree. They were
unarmed, so far AS could be ascer-
tanned, and it is certain that very
few, if any of them carried weapons
concealed.
In their march from the court
house 10 the Imperial, thence 10
the American, thence 10 the Gala
her, limited, thence TO Frank Birks,
thence to ]. NJ. Vaughn's, thence to
O'Flynn's, and then 10 S. L. Nc
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act was committed or a word spoken
that could have been offensive 10
anyone.
A committee of two men waited
on the proprietors and agents and
at none of the factories visited was
the interview otherwise than cour-
teous and considerable on both sides.
Those of the tobacco merchants who
were seen received the request of
the committee kindly, asked for time
to consider it and promised to give
their answer promptly. No one of
them either granted or refused the
request.
The 157 men who formed the del
egation came from the counties OF
Hancock, Ohio, Mclean and Daviess,
: the four counties being about equal
" represented. When the enterprise
was planned, it was intended to
have only fifty men in line, but
the number was unavoidably three
times as large and, had 1t been gen
orally known that such a move
ment was on foot, there would I'M
doubtedly have been at least 1000
tobacco growers in the line.
Just when and how and by whom
the movement was planned and per-
fected has not been explained. 1t
I was the outgrowth of the feeling
= pretty general among organized to-
/ bacco growers, that II the price OF
, tobacco Is forced down by the dump
t, ing of the 1907 crop, bankruptcy
and suffering will be widespread
5 among those growers who already
l have two crops in pool and another
= In their barns which they expect to
t pool.
I Some time during the latter days
of last week, written notices or in
structions were delivered to trusted
men in various localities Of the
y Green River district. They were UNI
signed and 1t Is not known whence
they eminated, whether from district
state or national headquarters. III
appears most likely, however, that
they were prepared by members OF
the district organization. The in
structions in full follow:
Start so as to reach the Owensboro
court house at 10 o'clock. Endeavoi
5 to have your squad number twenty
five. Let the men all be the most dis
Greet in your local. Have no strag-
glers along. Do not allow them to
carry any deadly weapons. Permit
none to have or to use Intoxicating
liquors. Allow none to use profanity