The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-07-16

cided by the Court of Appeals wal
brought mainly for the appointment OF
a receiver for the Company and fol-
its dissolution and this suit is still
pending In the Kenton Circuit Court.
On the FIRST day of July two suits
were brought in the Fayette Circuit
| Court asking for receivers for the
1906 and 1907 pools. These two suits
| were Instituted by the same attorneys
| who prepare the suit in Kenton Coun-
| ty. There is also pending In the Ken
| ton Circuit Court another suit brought
| by these same attorneys seeking to
hold the members Of the District Board
| and of the 1909 pool and the Directors
| Of the Burley Tobacco Company indi-
| vidually responsible for all of the busi-
ness transacted by the Burley Tobacco
| Company on the ground that they had
no authority to represent the Com
pany. This suit involves about 2,o0o.-
10000.
Would Destroy the Pool.
| Judging from these various suits. and
the connection between them, and those
| who represent the plaintiffs in those
suits and their association with the
enemies of the growers, 1t appears
clear to the Board that there is con-
certed and well planned movement on
| foot to dissolve the Burley Tobacco
| Company and destroy the Burley To-
bacco Society and the whole pool
movement
| At a meeting of those who are op-
posed to the present management of
the Burley To.acco Company held in
4 xxyQC of nj
| foot an organization whose purpose Is
/ to get proxies of the stockholders OF
| the Burnley Tobacco Company with
view to controlling the Company and
| bringing about it's dissolution. The
committee selected In that meeting to
control and vote those proxies Is com
posed of the following persons: ]. l..
Vest, a lawyer of Walton, KY, who
controls $12 worth Of stock from his
| 1909 pooled tobacco. who Is the at
| torney that has brought the suit for
| the dissolution of the Company in the
Kenton Circuit Court and the suit In
| the Kenton Circuit Court attempting
| to hold the District Board individually
liable, for all of the Investments made
| by this Company, on the technical
ground that they were not duly elected
as Directors of the Company, who Is
also the attorney who on July l, 1913,
| instituted the two suits for receivers
| of the 1906 and 1907 pools in the Fay
cite Circuit Court; J. w. Glover. Chair
man of the Committee, who has been
| a buyer for the r. ]. Reynolds Tobacco
Company for the last two years and
who has been actively canvassing the
Burley belt either in buying stock or
securing proxies: Mark Hendricks of
Fleming Count, who helped make the
purchase for the Louisville Tobacco
Warehouse Company in 1910 that de-
stroyed the pool of that year; Lee Nc
| Graw of Scott County. who absolutely
refused to sell any Of his tobacco last
year in houses controlled by the Bur-
ley Tobacco Company, and Bowen
Henry of Franklin County.
Advice As To Proxies.
From the previous attitude of these
men toward the Burley movement am
particularly the Burley Tobacco Com
pany, the growers can judge for them
selves as to the wisdom of placing the
Company in their control The District
Board of the Burley Tobacco Society at
this meeting recommends to the poolers
and growers of tobacco who are inter-
ested in protecting their organization
from the enemies of the NOV oment that
they place their proxies in the hands
of committees which they may select
in the several counties and that they
choose these committees with care and
place on them true and tried men who
have the best interests of the Burley
Tobacco. Society and the Burley To-
| bacco Company at heart and let these
men SO selected as committee in
each county represent the stockholders
in the stock holders election to be held
in October, 1913
Unless the friends of the pool thus
protect themselves all of the labor and
sacrifice that has entered into the
creation of the hurley Tobacco Society
and the Burnley Tobacco Company for
the protection of the grower against
the Trust wall be laid waste.
District Board of the Burley Tobacco
Society and the Burnley Tobacco Com
pany. tSigned),
Ben Franklin, Anderson county.
w. A. Higgins. Barren county.
j. c. Hughes. Boone county
Henry w. Taylor, Bracken county.
J. T. Reed, Bracken county.
Louis Clark, Campbell county
Fred Stucy, Carroll county
j. r. Ramey, Carroll county.
w. M. Robb. Clark county.
U. G. Saunders. Fleming county.
c. H. Bergman. Fayette county.
Scott Brown, Franklin county.
]. r. Boles, Grant county
ii. w. Dickey. Hart county.
Clarence LeBus, Harrison county.
Jen Knight. Henry county.
Jno. c. Pirtle, Hardin county.
w. r. Tomlin. Kenton county.
II. c. Myers. Lewis county.
3. A. Shanklin. Mason county.
NJ II. Bourne owen county.
A. Ia Ferguson, Scott county.
Asa Bean. Montgomery county.
w. M Mathers. Nicholas county.
E. +. Holloway, Spencer county.