The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-05-20
AGREED UPON CRUCIAL TEST
Ninety Per Cent 70 Be Paid to Pro-
oueers and Eight Per Cent Held 40
Reserve in Each Of the Counties.
What Was Regarded as Crucial Test
Agreed Upon After Two Days SEES
sion Of the District Board.
Lexington LeaderO

le District Board Of the Burley
/ lcco Society az its regular SEES
in Winchester. April Fl and %
)ted the Tuesday afternoon and
-.vning sessions TO the Interpretation
of the bylaws Of the society pertain.
ing TO the duties and prerogatives OF
the district board and the several
county boards. Able and Illuminating
speeches were made in exposition Of
Se laws governing these two bodies.
The chief matter 70 be determined
was the method Of disbursing the re-
turns from sales of tobacco. The fol-
lowing plan was agreed upon:
Distribution Of Funds.
in view OF the fact that the quesN
ton Of collections and proceeds Of
sales and distribution Of same has
been considered and discussed at
length al this meeting, and in view OF
the fact that previous motions have
only covered separate features Of the
question.
Be il Resolved. That the following
method of collecting and distributing
funds az adopted by the Executive
Committee be approved by this body:
l. The Burley Tobacco Society will
collect for all tobaccos sold.
q That in counties where tobacco is
commingled the society shall deposit
20 its credit in local banks In each
county, as recommended by the Coun-
ty Board OF Control and approved by
the Executive Committee Of the Dis
trict Board, IS per cent Of the gross
proceeds as soon as collected from the
purchaser; 80 per cent of the whole
amount is 70 be distributed 10 the
owners al such time as the County
Board Of Control may designate, the
remaining S per cent 70 remain in that
county as reserve fund for the pur-
pose OF equalization or expense as d.
rected by the whole District Board.
g. That in counties where tobacco
is not commingled the Society shall
distribute 90 per cent to the owners
es soon as the proper directions for
this distribution are received from the
respective counties, and that s per
time in local banks in each county
recommended by the County Board Of
Control and approved by the executive
committee Of the district board, for
the whole board
a. That this resolution revokes all
resolutions previously adopted not in
agreement herewith.
Details Of Business Methods.
oneys in the local county banks
not be checked out except by
4 ytck signed by the secretary and
' distant secretary OF the District
Board and cOuntersigned by the prop
eT person or persons designated by the
ounty Board Of Control where the
y1oneys are 10 be paid. BY this plan
the books OF the District Board are at
all times open 10 the members Of the
County Boards, and the books of the
County Board of Control are open 10
the District Board. Neither can they
disburse moneys in a given county
without the cooperation Of the other.
In this way the affairs of each county
are known 70 the Society as a whole,
while the affairs Of the District Board
are the property Of all the counties.
The matter was crucial In it's i'm.
pOrtance and the advocates Of the two
plans proposed pressed their plans
with earnesteness; but the fundamen-
tai unity of the members was shown
by the hearty way in which the mi
nority concurred with the decision OF
the majority. At the close of the
evening session the leaders OF the mi.
nority offered a resolution approving
and endorsing the faithful, efficient
work Of the Executive Committee. The
resolution was adopted by a unani-
nous vote. And thus a crucial test
Of the strength of the Society was
passed with harmony and practical
unanimity.
Reports from various portions Of
the district show that less than 10
per cent of crop will be grown
Some portions Of the district, like
Madison and Garrard counties, which
have never been fully organized, will
many counties the crops will be ex-
ceedingly slim. From reports receiv-
ed no special effort is being made
TO extend the territory in which Bur.
ley tobacco Is grown. The next meet.
ing of the board will be held in this
city on the first Tuesday in June.