The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-11

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to wafs'-s So va
for theiniro. .JansX N
Mr.. Yar6yslsT-~% y
a local insurance ages Ell
the report that no insSas,s ~ad.
be secured for association -Ad IN
untrue, and that he represented of
line companies that were stronl
enough to protect the entire district
and ready to take all the risks ap
piled for. This announcement alst
was encouraging to the farmer
present.
About Fifty Present.
About fifty farmers were presen
at the meeting. representative citi
zens OF Livingston. Marshall, Ballard
and McCracken counties, who hat
been selected by their precinct organ
lzations to attend. In addition tc
these four members of the executive
committee of the entire association
were present: Capt. w. J. Stone, OF
Lyon county, w. w. Scott, of Cheat
ham county, Tenn, w. A. Miller, OF
Marshall county, and Mr.. Yarbrough
of McCracken county. Mr.. Chapel
who is chairman Of the Livingston
county committee, but not a member
of the executive committee, because
he was elected after the AZ members
provided for by the association char'
ter had been elected, was also pres
ent.
Just as Chairman Yarbrough was
closing his opening statement Capt
w. ]. Stone, of Kuttawa. who
CHANGED to be In the city today, en-
tered the court room and responded
to a call to address the meeting
Capt. Stone spoke for about three
quarters of an hour and reviewed the
work OF the association since its or.
ganization. He told the members
present that the eyes of the whole
world were on the "black patch,
and counseled them to discourage law
lessness. THE association as an or
ganization Is powerless to enforce
laws, but you as citizens are the ones
to enforce the law, and above al
things obey the laws of the land
Capt. Stone was vehement in his de
nunciation of those, who charged the
association with being responsible
| for night riding, and said that al
though the courts, the fire marshal
and the adjutant general had been in
vestigating, not one scintilla Of evil
dence has been found that would
cause the finger of suspicion to b'
raised against the association. Hi
was sure that there are unworth,
members in the association as in al
organizations, but he did not believ'
for a moment that there was mem
Der of the association who was a re
sponsible man. that would endors'
llawlessness. He said that Governor
Wilson was in error in saying thu
peaceful armies" are unlawful, ant
the farmers have as much right Il
call on a man and endeavor to ge
him to join the association, as churcl
members to prevail on a sinner t.
come to the cross.
Capt. Stone compared the Darl
Tobacco association with the Burlel
Growers association, which. he said
was not a success. because the grow
ers refused to sell any of they to
bacco unless the buyer would take !
all. This he said was trust-like meth
DDS. The. association he represent
puts the tobacco on the market ant
so long as the buyer pays the prize
fixed, he may buy as much or as littl'
as he desires. or he may let 1t alon'
lii he wishes to.
The speaker said that every man
woman and child in Paducah and tn
|entire district had been benefited b!
the organization, and called upon hi
hearers to remain faithful and stan'
luke one, map in the fight. II the