The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-11-22


Owensboro were s12 to So for lcaI
and Tugs, and IS for trash and had
not been modified, the sales CON-
mittee has no authority to make a
sale without first submitting it to
the poolers for their acceptance OF
rejection.
Following the announcement that
the sales committee, composed of
W. Q. Riney, Walter Atherton, Hi
ram Marksberry and s. R. Ewing
officers of the Green River Tobacco
Growers Association, had perfected
deal for the sale of the 10000
900 pounds of pooled tobacco, which
includes Daviess, Hancock. ONio
and Mclean county, KY, and Spc1-
Ger county, Ind, at prices ranging
from $40 to So for leaf and Tugs,
and SO for trash, the Board of Con-
troll of the association is in session
this afternoon to consider the COM
pletion of the sale.
Before the sale is finally complet-
ed and the contracts signed. the as
ISOLATION will call a mass conven-
ton Of the poolers in the district,
to meet at the court house within
the next few days for a ratification
of the sale This is being done pur-
suant to a resolution passed at the
last regular district meeting, held
in October, giving the farmers an
opportunity to ratify or reject the
sale.
Pool Has Been Sold at Prices to he
Ratified.
The greensboro Messenger of yes
terday says:
The tobacco growers in the four
counties who have pooled their
crops with the Home Warehouse
company and the American Society
of Equity have been called to meet
at the county-seats of each county
on next Saturday to ratify or reject
the sale of 12,4OO,OOO pounds of
dark tobacco at the. highest prices
ever before offered for the weed in
this district.
The prices will be $40, $40 and
SO for the best grades, and Sc, So
and SO as the minimum prices.
The greater portion Of the 49,
100000 has been purchased by the
Gallaher Limited, Robert MiChaels,
general manager of the plants in
this district, closing all of the de-
tails OF the important sale with the
sales committee on Monday after
noon, and which. If rat4'ied, will
mean more than a million dollars
in the pockets OF the growers.
II this Salo ic ratig,1. aud thele
is little doubt but what it will be,
the deliveries will begin on the first
Monday in December, which is De-
cember 4.
List OF Graders.
The graders elected are as fol-
lows:
Daviess county-G. A. Holland,
T. NJ. Maple. G. A. Likens, J NJ.
Taylor, B. Horn, Jesse Gregory,
w. H. Clark, Ben Head, and r. II.
Ford. with John Riddle as a sub
stitute.
Mclean county,. A. Benton, at
Livia, and C. Settle and Sam Glenn,
at Calhoun.
Lon Phillips and Mr.. Quissenber-
ry have been selected for Ohio
county, and Mr.. Addison for Han
cock county. The grader for Rock
port, Ind, has not as yet been Sc
lected.
The board of~control which .nego-
lated and consummated the deal |
Tor the large pool, is composed OF |
he following: Daviess county
W. G.. Riney, Hiram Marksberry, S.
R. Ewing, r. P. Cashen. w. F. Hol-
and; Mclean county-P. r. Rob-
,rtson and Walter Anterior; Ohio
G.. Kirby and ]. A. Bel
amy; Hancock county-S. B. Lott
md ]. o. Madden; Spencer county,
]. Brown and George L.
Parker.
county Meetings by Home. and A.
$. of ".
Below will be found the time
md place for the county meetings
o be held by the poolers of the
Home Warehouse company and the
|. s. of E., which will be held for
he purpose of ratifying or rejecting
he sale made by the sales commit
ee:
Daviess county-Owensbor 10
clock Saturday morning at the
courthouse.
Mclean county-Calhoun o'1
lock Saturday afternoon at the
Hancock county-Hawesville,
clock Saturday afternoon at the
A. "