The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-07-10
EQUITY PRINCIPLES
Will PREVAIL.
Echoes From the Meeting of
County Union.
Resolutions BeSeech Members to
Stay out of New Or
ganizati0n.

The Ohio county Union of the A. 9
of Il. met in regular session at the
Courthouse in Hartford Friday, July
1908. The meeting was called to ordel
at 10 o'clock a. m. by President S. L.
Stevens. The minutes of the regular
April and special meeting of May 20
1908 were read and approved.
President Stevens appointed the fol-
lowing committee on resolutions. Jack
Miller Z. G. Austin, o. r. Tinsley
Watt Taylor, Alney Tichenor who
retired to consider resolutions.
Mr.. Shultz, member of the stock
committee, was called upon and
reported that SO few people
had pledged their stock that
it was difficult to procure
IA shipment at time. He reported
however that Shutdown local had
received one cent more for wool and
more for chickens than the prevailing
prices by reason of their pooling their
produce. Moved by E. C. Baird and sec
onded by Z. p. Sanderfur that the re-
port be received and Committee contin-
ued and the people be urged TO cooper
ate with the committee. Motion
carried unanimously.
Moved by 4. C. Baird and seconded
by r. T. Moseley that the delegates
present from the districts that have
not elected members of che finance com
mittee recommend to the county union
someone to be elected by the county
Union as member of said committee
from that district. Motion carried.
A roll call of the locals showed "a rep
resented.
At this 5uncture Messrs David More
land, George Barr, T. F. Tanner, James
Ambrose, William Lake, 4. c. Bennett
j. n. Shreve, ID. NJ. Stewart, Hardin
Hoover, each made a rousing speech
for the good of the order.
On motion delegates were requested
to report how their locals are getting
along signing the pledges. Delegates
responded reporting the outlook good.
A motion prevailed for adjournment
to l o'clock p. m.
At / o'clock the meet
ing assembled in pursuance to
order of adjournment. The committee
on resolution being ready, reported as
follows:
We your committee on resolutions
beg leave to report the following.
/. We favor the pledge that is
out and ask the signing of same.
2. We ask President John Cullen to
call the A. S. OF E.. Green River dis
trict meeting soon.
take any part whatever in our A. S.
of L. meetings who affiliates with the
new Association of the Green River
district until he vindicates himself.
4. We ask the greensboro Inquirer
to publish all communications sent TO
them by our newspaper correspondent
OF our local unions of OHIO Co., and
give us fair show and hearing.
We he2rily endorse the speech
made by ]. Campbell Cantrill, our
State President. at our Fraternal Bar
becue and ask him to come in TO our
midst again.
Whereas there is now in operation
in certain parts of Ohio Co., cooper
tive telephone system owned and con-
trolled by the people which is giving
entire satisfaction, We would urge the
people in other sections to take up
the matter in similar way while they
yet have poles of their own and are
in a position to be their own masters
of the situation and we would rec
ommend that the Ohio county union
employ a man to work up the tele-
phone interests in Ohio Co. lay the
plans before the people for uniting the
different cooperative exchanges with
one another and where practical, to
unite with other home telephone COM
panies.
WATT TAYLOR, Ch'm'n.
]. l.. MILLER, Sec.
Moved by Albert Cox and seconded
by ]. p. Fostet that the report of the
committee be received and the same
considered by sections. Motion car
ried. Section one was read and its
adoption moved and seconded. ]. l..
Miller offered substitute, which
was declared out of order. Vote be-
ing taken on the resolution resulted