The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-07-03
SETTLE
POOLING
QUESTION
Society RenewS Contract
With Louisville TObac.
co Warehouse Co.
Mr.. SHREWSBURY ELECTED
CHAIRMAN OF SOCIETY

The regular monthly meeting of the
Society of Equity was held at Hardins-
burg last Monday. There was a good
attendance of members and tobacco
growers, The meeting was lively from
start to finish and reminded one of an
old time political convention. The alb
sorbing question was the letting of the
contract to finance, handle, store and
sell the 1907 crop of tobacco.
President Wilson called the meeting
to order and said: owe are here this
afterno IN to consider two propositions
for selling and storing the 1907 crop
of tobacco. He referred to the last
meeting, held in June in which a con,
tract was submitted by Beard q Hens
ley. This contract was not satisfactory
to all the members and to make it
satisfactory a committee was appointed
at that meeting to hunt up another con-
tract and report to this meeting The
business of this meeting is to receive
report of that committee. He advised
harmony in this meeting Those who
differ in Interviews on this matter should
be fair and considetate, be respectful,
proceed in order and harmony; protect
the organization; it is bigger than any
man and should be preserved. He
then called for report of the COM
mittse. Mr.. Shrewsbury, chairman of
the committee, reported that the COM
mittee went to Louisville and conferred
with the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse
Co. and was offered the same prop.
osition they had last year He said they
agreed to allow the society to employ
an expert bookkeeper to go over the
books and allow the Society every cent
of profit above selling fee. He said he
thought this a better contract than
Beard Il Hensley's aud advised that it
be accepted. Mr.. Silas Miller, another
member of the committee, said he was
in favor of the Louisville contract.
Mr.. Sharp. District Organizer from
Ohio county, moved that all the reg
ularly appointed delegates be seated.
Mr.. Monarch offered substitute to the
motion giving all farmers and tobacco
growers present a right to vote on the
proposition. Mr.. Miller wanted to
know if the other vote was by delegates
or by tobacco growers.
The chairman oyerruled the motion
saying 1t was out of order, that this was
not delegate vote bat a vote of the
tobacco growers. Mr.. Sharp took ex-
ceptions to this ruling and said it was
an Equity meeting and none but duly
appointed delegates should be allowed
to vote. Mr.. Monarch commended that
any tobacco grower had right to vote
on the proposition. From this on the
meeting got into regular wrangle and
some pretty hot words passed. The
chairman raped for order and after
quiet was restored the two contracts
read and vote taken which resulted
in As for the Beard g. Hensley contract
and So for the Louisville contract.
This concluded the business of the mass
convention.
The chairman then called the regular
meeting of the society to order and the
delegates took their seats Chairman
Wilson offered his resignation as Pres
ident on account of his removal to the
West. Mr.. Shrewsbury was elected to
fill his place, defeating John Monarch
by one vote.