The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-05-22
OHIO COUNTY
Steers CLEAR
Of the New Alleged Tobacco
Growers Association.
Resolution Adopted Permitting
all Tobacco Growers to
Pool Tobacco.

The Ohio County Union of the Amer
lean Society of Equity met at the
old Masonic Hall in Hartford We'd
nesday May 20, 1908 under the follow
ing call. The Ohio County Union of
the A. S. of Z. is hereby called to
meet in special session at the Court
House in Hartford, Wednesday, May
20, 1908, for the purpose of receiving
pooling pledges and attending to other
important business that may come UP
for consideration.
This May II, 1908.
] S. l.. STEVENS,
President.
the meeting was called to or
der by President 81. Stevens
who after brief statement
of the purpose OF the meet
ing appointed the following as COM
mittee on resolutions. David More
land, j. r. Weller, Jack Miller +.
w. Jackson. and T. Tanner who
retired TO consider the resolution. A
roll call showed twenty-one locals re-
presented. After hearing reports
from locals regarding the acreage and
pooling pledges a motion was made and
seconded that the time for securing
signers to the pledge be extended to
the regular meeting of the county
union in July 1908. The motion was
carried unanimously. At this juncture
motion to adjourn until l o'clock
p. m. prevailed.
AT one O'Clock the meeting was call
ed to order by President Stevens. At
the request of Mr.. John p. Foster the
call for the meeting and notice con-
corning same published in the Hart
ford Republican were read by the Sec
rotary. The report of the special COM
mictee 70 notify President Cantrill
of his selection TO deliver an address
at Hartford June 20 was received and
ON motion the committee was con-
tlnued as reception committee. The
committee on resolutions reported as
follows: y
We, the committee Oh resolutions
of OHIO county union A. S. of +. beg
leave 20 report as follows:
|. We endorse the call of the coun-
ty union for May 20, 1908.
2. We reaffirm our allegiance to
the American Society of Equity and
refuse to endorse the new organization
known as the Green River District
Tobacco Growers Association, believ-
ing that it is detrimental to the in
terest of the A. S. of E.
3. Resolved, That We favor the
handling of our tobacco through the ii
nance committee of Ohio county on
a plan similar TO that of 1907, (from
wagon and We invite all Equity peo-
pie 10 cooperate with us.
4. We earnestly entreat any of the
Equity people who have or may affil-
late with the new organization to sub
init to the majority of their county
and return TO the A. S. of E., or they
will be brought to trial at the next
county union.
.. 1t is further resolved, That the !
successors of our present finance COM |
mittee be elected at our October meet
ing of county union, to handle the
1908 crop.
6. Resolved, That we call on our
finance committee for 1906 to have
published a statement of the amount |
and price of the 1906 crop of tobac-
co. David Moreland Chm'n.
T. F. Tanner, Secretary.
On motion il was ordered that the
resolutions be considered by sections.
Section one, two, three and four were
adopted by practically unanimous
vote
Bro. NJ. F. Sharp offered as a sub
stitute for Section five, that the fl
nance committee be composed of one
from each Magisterial dis
trict union, to be selected by said dis
tricts previous 10 and ratified by the
July meeting of the County Union.
A vote being taken resulted in its
adoption. Section six was adopted
after some discussion
Moved by David Moreland and Sec
onded by w. S. Carter that we en-
dorse the action of the last County
Union in restricting the acreage to TO-
300 hills to the hand and the usual of
acreage pledge and pooling pledge