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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-20
CLARK COUNTY TOBACCO MAY
BE DISPOSED OF IMMEDIATELY
American viii Begin To Receive 1906 Crop Next Week Farmers
Will Probably Begin To Get Their Money In The Near Future

Every effort has been made by
The News to learn the full details
of the contract made between the
Bu1ley Tobacco Society and the
American Tobacco Company. Mr..
Brooks, Secretary of the Society,
was out of town. and all efforts to
locate him failed.
In number of counties, the to-
bacco has not been priced and is not
in shape to be delivered. In this
county, however, it has been re-
dried, and can be delivered at once.
In all probability it was stated that
the American Tobacco Company
will begin to receive the 1906 crop
NEXT week. The samples are all
here in the warehouse and it will
$uot take a great deal of time to de-
liver it, provided the American To
bacco Company wants it all now.
The 1907 crop of this county can
be delivered at once, and if it is,
it will not be long before the
money fur this county will be
turned over to the farmers.
Mr.. PIewitt Talks.
Mr.. S. T. Prewitt, who has been
on the Board of Control for two
years, said that he could not give
out anything for a fact as he had
not talked to anyone about it, but
that re thought as Clark's tobacc O
had been priced it could be gotten
out Immediately. He did not see
why it could not be done and the
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Burnley SOCIETY SELLS OVER
! 100000 POUNDS OF TOBACCO
More Than ST. 100000 viii Be Distributed To Farmers Of The Blue
GraSs-19O6 Crop Brings 20 IL Cents, 1907 Crop II Cents.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 20.-The
hurley tobacco growers of Kentucky
won a great victory in their long
fight for higher "rices for their pro-
duct when the big deal between the
American Tobacco Company and the
Burley Tobacco Society for the 1906
and 1907 crops, which has been
hanging fire for several weeks, was
closed here yesterday afternoon.
The price agreed on in the trans
action, which is the largest of its
kind ever put through, is an average
of 2O1a cents for the 1906 crop and
IL cents per pound for the 1907 pro-
duot
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Mr.. Mccormack are both on the slate
for that precinct In other precincts
it is reported that there will be con-
tests.
After the committeeman from each
precinct have been chosen there will
be another meeting held later on for
the purpose of electing a chairman of
the county committee to succeed Mr..
Lee Baldwin. Hon. John NJ Stew
enson is prominently mentioned for
county chairman. Mr. Baldwin has
been chairman of the county commit
tee for the past ten years but on ac-
count of being a candidate for Sher-
if he cannot accept the office again.
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money distributed in a short time.
He said, however. that he did not
know the terms Of the contract aid
did not know how soon the cars
could be gotten for the delivery.
He also said that the Society will
pool the 1909 crop.
To Pool 1909 Crop.
Mr.. S. d. Golf, who has been con-
nected with the Equity Redrying
plant in this city stated Friday
morning that he did not think it
would be a hard matter to pool
the 1909 crop in this county, as
he knew but few who are now in
the pool who are dissatisfied. He
thinks there will be only an average
crop raised next year.
Mr.. Golf was very proud of the
fact thar the tobacco had been
sold and said it means that the
farmers have won a great hgh
and it will bring better times to
the community. 1t is understood
that the 25 per cent which was not
sold to the American Tobacco Com
pany was held for the Independent
concerns. and that they will meet
here, November "a to look the sam
Piles over and purchase what they
will want. 1t is said that there are
already enough orders on file in
the Secretary's Office to dispose of
the full 25 per cent.
The Board of Control will meet
here Tuesday, November "a.
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SKETCH OF ORGANIZATION AND
GROWTH OF Burnley SOCIETY
How Winchester Was Selected As Headquarters From Small Beginning
To A Great Organization Of Many Thousand Farmers.

created so much excitement in Ken
lucky and so much interest through
out the Union was planned at that
meeting.
The services of the National Or
ganizer, Ii. B. Sherman were secured
and a host of other organizers plac-
ed throughout the district; and the
next meeting. called for December
3rd, 1906. At the first or New Cas-
tie convention, c. M. Hanna, of Shell
by county, one of the most prominent
and intelligent farmers in the State
was elected chairman and Fl. E.
Swain. secretary.
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Scott to Realize $90O,0O0.

"ScOtt county growers Will realize
about 100000 from the DEAL" said
Mr.. Ferguson last evening. eve have
about a million pounds of the 1906
crop and about four million pounds
of the 1907 crop in the pool
'Peace between the trust and the
grower seems now assured. 1t is my
understanding that the company is
now willing to establish business re-
lations with the growers organiza-
ton.
"The night rider injured our cause
to an extent that cannot be estimat-
ed, instead of helping. Violence may
have prevented the planting of a
very small proportion of the acreage,
but hte large majority of the hurley
growing acreage was pledged to the
no-crop movement before the nigh.
riders became active.
Because of this violence and the
oppression of the trust, Kentucky
had become one of the worst
States in the Union. With the VIC
tory for the growers, as the settle
ment must be regarded, / believe
Kentucky will be one of the best
States in the Union"
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and will make matters
very much easier. Winchester's po-
sition in this matter has had more
to do in advertising the city than
that / know of. 1t will al
so help us, as all the money will have
to pass through the banks Iii this
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The First Conference.

This led to a conference and to
call for a meeting at New Castle
in Henry county. At this meeting
which occurred on October End, 1906,
eight counties responded to the call
namely: Shelby, Spencer, Owen.
Washington, Pendleton, Trimble,
Henry and Grant. Mr.. Swain was
elected chairman and j. w. Dickson.
of Spencer county secretary; a COM
NIT on constitution and bylaws was
appointed and a form of pledge was
adopted. Previously to the meeting
a self-appointed committee had made
investigation of number Of cities
in the district to discover if possi-
BILE the best place at which to locate
headquarters and their report was
that Winchester be the capital of the
Burleyl district which was adopted.
Also a temporary Board of Con-
troll was appointed by selection from
such counties as had not been suf-
ficiently organized to elect delegates.
The temporary board decided to hold
its first meeting in the city of VIM
chester to prepare for mass meet
inc to be held there on November
1st, 2nd, and 3rd, at which time IT
was hoped to give the organizations
serd-off that would insure its per-
Elsnent success.
s..ilii:.ly;;iId Campaign.
The w;,-iwir.. can,pai.i~ which
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Local Man in Charge.

Mr.. Swain becoming sick and un-
able to attend to his duties after the
November meeting, Mr.. Hanna came
to Winchester and enlisted the SYM
patAies of Mr.. Lucien Beckner and
placed him in charge of the Office as
headquarters. Up to this time and
Cor some time after, there was no
money In the treasury and the most
wonderful part of the whole pro-
ceeding was that everybody worked
without money and paid his own ex-
penses; many of the delegates com
ing over one hundred miles to attend
the meetings. Mr.. Beckner had an
Office, stenographer, typewriter,
stamped envelopes, all of which the
society badly needed.
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Mr.. CAROLS Statement.

Mr.. Carroll, as attorney for the
Tobacco Companv gave out the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the
deal:
although the agreement was
reached at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
the contract was not drawn up and
did not receive the necessary sigma
lures until IL 80 last night.
'Last Friday the first conference
in regard to this sale was held in
Louisville at the Louisville Hotel.
The American Tobacco Company at
that time offered to purchase the en-
tire 1906 crop at list prices averag
ing 2012 cents pound and not less
than 50,0OO,OOO pounds nor more
than 60,OO0,OO0 of the 1907 crop at
Is cents a pound, the proportion of
the two crops to be four hogsheads
of the 1907 to two hogsheads of the
1906 tobacco.
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The sale by the Burley Tobacco
Society of its holdings of 1906 and
1907, tobacco will doubtless interest
many people in a history of the or
ganization of that society. For
many years past the tobacco bus
mess in Kentucky has been under
going changes. The operation of
the American Tobacco Company, the
so-called trust, in purchasing and
uniting with all rival concerns en-
gagged in the manufacture and sale
of tobacco, had gradually strangled
the competition, which in former
years had made the raising of to-
bacco such a lucrative business.
Various efforts by the planters to
offset this, to them evil influence.
had resulted in more or less complete
failures. The so-called Hawkins
movement the most ambitious of
them, and the one that offered the
--latest hope of success going
down in defeat several years before
the Equity Society entered the field.
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GET AWAY WITH $4,000.
to The News

UTICA, Ohio, Nov. 20.-nObbers
held the citizens at bay while they
dynamited the safe of Renniger and
Silcox and escaped with six thou
sand dollarS
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1906 tobacco being of a character
that the company did not want at the
prices named.
AS a counter proposition to the
company's the Burnley people offered
IS per cent of the 1906
tobacco at 2012 cents. In order to
settle the long trouble the American
Tobacco Company accented"
Publicity is Insisted Upon.
1t was expressly understood that
the entire details of the proceedings
should be given to the public in or
der that the farmers might know just
how the deal took place. This part
was expressly insisted upon by Mr..
Carroll, as the representative of the
American Tobacco Company.
Large numbers of farmers came to
Louisville yesterday in order to be
near and receive the first tidings of
the proposed deal. All day long they
waited anxiOusly about the hotel lob
bies. zs.,se -
When the news came like a flash
that the tobacco had been sold i'm
mediately each man rushed to the
nearest telephone booth or telephone
office to fire messages of good cheer
to the home folks until the telephone
and telegraph companies were flood
ed with messages.
Delivery Begins November "a.
The delivery of this tobacco will
begin November "a, according to the
contract.
The representatives of the COM
pany and the officials of the society
will 90 to the society'S warehouses
In Winchester and go over the graded
samples and order the tobacco de-
livered accordingly. The tobacco is
to be delivered to the nearest rail
way station at the expense of the
Society, Upon its deliverey to the
railway company the American To-
baceo Company assumes the risk and
the expense.
1t is expected that most of the
1906 crop and large part of the 1907
crop will be delivered within the next
few weeks and the money turned
over to the society. The weather
this fall has been such as to hinder
greatly and is expected to delay fur
Their the delivery of the 1907 crop.
1t is too early to say what is to be
the future of the society and the eff
feet of this deal on the industry.
Warehousemen in Cincinnati say
that this will destroy their business.
On the other hand Louisville ware
housemen assert that they will be
little affected.
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TWO ARE DROWNED.

CHICAGO, H.. Nov. 20.-Joseph
Meyer and Margaret Atkins were
drowned when on automobile swerved
from tie bridge into Calumet liver
ebay.
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CLARENCE LEBUS."
r. X. SMITH,

The scheduled nrice for the 1906
tobacco is 201a cents.
Those in the conference were: For
the Burlev Tobacco Society, Claude
NJ. Thomas, Paris; Claude M. Will
liam, Versailles; C. C. Patrick, Lex
ington; John E. Brown, Shelbyville /;
John A. Larue, Shawhan, Bourbon
county; S. A. Shanklin, Maysville
DR.. G. w. Mcmillan, Maysville; and
Rhodes Thompson and L. j. Evans,
Georgetown. For the American To-
bacco, R. X. Smith, New York; John
Middleton and Attorney S. j. Car
roll. louisville
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The Official Statement.

The official statement given out at
4 :05 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
was as follows:
1.-The American Tobacco Company
has bought 70 per cent of the 1906
poled tobacco at scheduled prices
and 70 per cent of the 1907 pooled
tobacco at graded prices to aver
age II cents round.
(Sioned.)
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Deal Involves About $i4,000,0 1000.

The deal involves about $4,000
900 pounds of tobacco held in the
pool by the Burnley Tobacco Society.
and an outlay of between $4,000
900 and $14,O00,O0O on the part of
the American Tobacco Company,
practically all of this monev being
placed in circulation at once in Cen
trail Kentucky.
The tobacco which was sold in
cludes the larper Pot of the hold
ings Of the Burley Growers Associ-
alton, which was formed several
years ago and which pooled its crops
in 1906 and 1907. There was no
crop raised by the members of the
association in 1908.
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Marks End of Night Riding.

According to many who are in a
position to know, the sale of the
pooled crop will mark the end of night
riding in Central and Western Ken
lucky, for il is believed that, with
these crops out of the way. all the
growers will raise tobacco next year
The sale has nothing to do with
the crops in the dark district or In
nortons of>Kentucky and Northern
'Tennaccea -
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REJOICING, OVER
TOBACCO SALE
Farmers and Business Men Alike
Pleased at Result of
Deal.

The news of the sale Of the re-
naming portion of the 1906 and sew
enty-fve per cent of the 1907 crop
of hurley tobacco to the American
Tobacco Company by the Burnley To-
bacco Society was received here late
Thursday evening and rapidly spread
through the city and county. Along
Main street could be seen groups of
men standing talking Of the deal and
numbers of fzmers having heard it
had come to Fn to hear the full
particulars.
Not only we're the farmers rejoicing,
hut it brought good news to the mer
chants as well and every where this
morning in the business district were
smiles and pleasant words.
Since the pool of the tobacco a
majority of the farmers had all their
money tied up and were unable to
afford anything but the real necessi-
ties of life and also a great num-
Der were unable to meet the accounts
of the merchants who have been pa
tient and who will be rewarded when
the money is distributed.
Following is what some of our bus
mess people have to say:
Only WAY to Make Sales.
Mr.. B. F. Curtis, cashier of the
Clark County National Bank said:
| notice in this mornings papers
that the tobacco has been sold, and
/ think it is a proof that the organ
ization of the Burley Tobacco So
ciety, in view of the monopoly that
controls the prices, is the only way
to make sales. This will brine into
the county about 100000 and | pre-
dict fully twice as much as would
have been brought had it not been
for this organization. Every depal
ment will be benefited by it. The
farmers will pay their bills and it
will be a general uplift all along the
line. 1t also proves that the Burley
Tobacco Society should be continued
indefinitely and sales made through
it. am also glad to say that Clark
county was the foremost in this great
work which has brought happiness
to so many homes.
Best Thing Ever Happened.
Mr. ]. NJ. Hodgkin, cashier of the
Peoples State Bank says this is The
best thing that has ever happened
to the farmers. 1t will put more
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Better Farm Houses.

Narval Benton, Of the firm of
Grubbs & Benton said that this
means money to the farmer in thc
first place and che is pretty apt to
buv what he wants when he sees his
way clear to pay for it and it opens
T. the way for good times 1t means
more business and nearer to cash
basis. 1t will also mean better farm
bouses. farmers will have money to
improve their farms and will now be
able to buy better new and better
farm indictments
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Proposition Rejected.

"This proposition was rejected by
the society representa- tives and we
then requested that the matter be
taken up with the officers of the COM
pany to see if they were willing to pay
the list price for the tobacco pooled
In 1907, about Is cents.
'"'The officials of the company. III
view of the situatio in Kentucky.
were willing to meet the farmers half
way and we were then authorized to
raise the price of the 1907 crop to
1881 cents, provided the ratio of the
1906 crop taken was reduced, the
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Twenty-Three Counties.

AT the meeting of December 3rd,
twenty three counties answered pres
ept As this was the first meeting
of regularly elected District Board
the delegates organized by electing
C. M. Hanna president and IL. +.
Swain secretary, also M. C. Rankin,
of Henry cOuntv the present eff
ficient secretary Of Agriculture, was
elected president. The treas
urer's Office was filed by electing the
Clark County National Bank to
which was afterward added the Cit
liens National and Peoples State
Banks. of this CITY.
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Form of Pledge.

1t was at this meeting that the
Committee on Pledges brought in a
form containing the proviso that it
should not be binding "unless it least
fftv (50) per cent of the white bur-
ley crop of tobacco grown In the
year 1906 is signed up by the first
day of January, 1907, which fact Is
to be declared by the District Board
of this Society,""
This clause caused the feyerish
pledging campaign which culminat-
ed in the dramatic meeting of JAN
uary first, 1907, at which the pied
ges were counted and the fact de-
termined that fifty-four per cent had
been secured.
The fifteen cents average price
had been determined on at a meet
ing of the Department of Tobacco
Growers of the A, S. of E. at Clarks-
vile, Tenn, in October, and this De-
cember meeting approved of and
adopted this price and pledged it in
the pledge.
1t was also at this meeting that
FIRE eating speech was made, urging
the planters to crtnr into secret
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Working Independently.

In March of 1906, two gentlemen.
one Mr.. H. +. Swain, farmer near
Smithield in Henry county, and the
other DR.. G. w. Mcmillan, a ,prac-
ticing physician and farmer of Pen
dleton county, independently learned
of the existence of the American So
ciety of Equity and its aims and
work elsewhere, and conceived the
idea that its organization in Ken
lucky would accomplish the desires
of the tobacco planters.
They both organized local unions
in their neighborhoods and began to
organize others nearby and thus
spreading from county to county un-
til they finally learned of each others
work by contact along the from
tiers of their organized territories.
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MASON'S SHARE WILL
EXCEED A MILLION.

NASHVILLE, KY, Nov 90
Mason county growers will receive
Continued on page eight
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SCOTT COUNTY WILL
GET ABOUT $500, 600.

GEORGETOWN, KY, Nov. 2O.-A
telegram was received here by Mr.. A.
l.. Ferguson, president of the Scott
County Board of Control, at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon from Mr..
Rhodes B. Thomas at Louisville mott
flying him of the sale of the tobacco
crops to the American Tobacco Com
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Best Thing Ever Happened.

Mr.. ]. NJ. Hodgkin, cashier of the
Peoples State Bank says this is The
best thing that has ever happened
to the farmers. 1t will put more
money in circulation and will help
those w',o have been ii esabana-~e,
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This is Great News.

Mr.. James S. Winn, Of the Winn
Furniture Company, This is great
news, it means everything to the
merchant and farmer Owing to the
fact that the farmers money has
ben tied up it has made things little
tight, but everything will be all right
now"
C. II. Bowen was glad to hear thai
the tobacco had been sold and said
that a great victory had been won,
which he had predicted. at means
great deal to us all. Owing to the
farmers strained condition it has
made it hard on the merchants and
when the money is collected and dis
tributed it will ease up matters con-
Siderah lV /"
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Relief to Winchester.

Mr.. n. H. Witherspoon, president
of the Winchester Bank, stated that
the distribution of the money derived
from the sale of this tobacco will be
great relief to Winchester and Cen
trail Kentucky.
>Mr. J. Harry Allan of the firm of
Allan & Murphy, said | am of the
opinion that this sale of the tobac-
co will be of great benefit to all
classes throughout the Blue Grass
region not only for the money it turns
loose but for the independence it
gives the tobacco grower. This
shows what strength they have when
going together. | believe it will have
excellent effect over all business.
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Continued on Page Four.)
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whi.:ly:'iId Campaign

The W -iwirt can,pai-n which
New-York tribune., 1908-09-06

people liked II. Why he said. every time 1
have day to spare and want little recreation.
I go over to the Mauuiee, little above where our
paper mill stands. and spend the whole afternoon
throwing turf and mud into the river Gano did
on this. and Locke after a. pause. continued:
Caro- you handsome white paper for your
weekly Yes said Gano. we try to give as
good as there is to be had BY the way con-
tinued Locke, how many copies OF 1t do you
printT "
.-Ou the occasion of the dedication OF the statue
Of Daniel Webster that stands in front OF the
State House IA Boston. Edward Everett was TO
deliver the Grafton. 1t stormy day, and
there was talk Of a postponsment, wrote Mr.
Rowell 'I remember hearing the subject dis
cussed The Mayor wants Il postponed. but Billy
Clapp doesn't want It postponed. and It won't be-
This was w W. Cfapp. the newspaper publisher.
II may be mentioned that the ceremonies not
postponed. Mr.. Everett, apotheosizins the statue.
said: IT IS him, as he stood, he looked. he
wished to be remembered. would wish 20
see him represented' Critics wrote TO the papers
crtticising MIR. Everetts grammar. but Colonel
Greene of The Post had the opinion that Mr..
Everett knew what he wanted to say"
'T was in Springfield. H." wrote Mr.. Rowen.
.,ot an evening and at the Office OF The Journal.
alone with the manager. Mr.. Lincoln he said.
sat in that chair where you sit now, when the
disuetch came announcing his nomination for the
Presidency He had stayed away from the con-
veution because he said he little too much
Of a candidate to make it good taste for him to