The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-11-09
TOBACCO DEAL
UP TO GROWERS
TO Ratify or Reject Action
of Control Board
At MEETING on NOVEMBER r.
>1Prices Range at 50 tO$6 for
Leaf and LugS and So
for Trash,
OVER 100000 POUNDS SOLD

The entire holdings Of the 1909 crop
of dark tobacco pooled with the
Green River Tobacco Growers asso-
citation, between 100000 and 20 1000,
900 pounds, have been sold, the final
steps towards that end being COM
pleted at a meeting held at the office
of the association at Owensboro. The
prices rang, from SO to sc Tor leaf
and Tugs ard SO for Trash. The pur-
chase, which will amount to about$1, :
$4,000, has boon pending for the past
10 days, but the final acceptance of it
was not made until "Wednesday morn
ing. The contracts between the buy
ers and the association will be sign
ed up within the next few days.
This sale includes the entire pool in
the five counties inKentucky and the
tobacco pooled with the association in
Indiana.
The purchasers are the American
Tobacco company, Imperial Tobacco
company, James Hodge, Richard
OFlynn, S. T. Burns and the Gallaher
Limited. The American Tobacco COM
pany is the largest purchaser. 4 is
to receive nearly 100000 pound. OF
which 100000 pounds ds TO be doIiv-
cred in Owensboro. The remainder of
its purchase Is TO he delivered at
Livia, Livermore, Curdsville, Sacra-
mento, Whitesville, Fordsville, Mar
rows and also one-half of Mclean
county at Calhoon.
The Indiana tobacco will be deliver
ed at RockpOrt.
The Imperial Tobacco company will
receive about 100000 pounds, of
which 2,50O,O0 pounds is to be deliv-
cred at its factories in Greensboro. 1t
will also receive the enire deliveries
SSade at Lewisport and Hawesville,>
James Hodges, who is operating the
old John Hughes factory at the corner
of Fifth and Elm will get l.
100000 pounds, all of which is to be
delivered in Owensboro.
Richard OFlynn is to receive $780,,
900 pounds and S. T. Burns 100000
pounds, which is to be delivered at
their respective factories in Owens
boro.
The Gallaher, Limited, takes $780,
900 pounds to be delivered az Calhoun
and 100000 pounds at its factory in
Owensboro.
Daviess county Is credited with hay
ing 10000 900 pounds pledged in the
pool; Ohio county, 100000 pounds;
Mclean county, 100000 pounds
Hancock county, 1880 200 pounds.
The sale of this years crop was
made by the board OF control of the
Green River Tobacco Growers asso-
citation The sale price is about the
same as that made for the pooled crop
for 1909, except <he lowest price
placed on Tugs last year was S., and
this year 1t is Sc. being an advance
of 81 on the one hundred pounds. The
members of the board who made the
sale are as follows:
Davies county-Hiram Marksberry,
w. ]. Mattingly. II. w. Hayden, Geo.
NJ. Taylor, w. F. Holland.
Mclean county-E. B. AcEuen and
Walter Atherton
Ohio county-E. C. Kirby and w. F.
Howard.
Hancock county-H. W. shafer and
]. o. MAIDEN.
While 1t Is almost a certainty that
the action of the board OF control will
be ratified by the farmers Who have
pledged their tobacco with the asso-
citation, w. c. Riney, the president,
has called meeting of all OF those
who~have pooled their tobacco TO meet
In their respective counties on Satur-
day November 12,at l O'Clock p. M TO
ratify OF reject the action of the
board in making the sale at the fig
ures stated.
It is needless to say as to the out
come of these meetingsyas 1t is known
that the farmers who have entered the
pool of this association have the ut
most confidence In Its officers, and
will be willing to abide by the sale,
feeling that it was the best possible
Tprice that could be obtained.
The graders who will serve this
year have not all been selected there