The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-08-22
The Tobacco Growers Association

The Board of Directors for the Mary
land Tobacco Growers Association met
in LaPlata last Wednesday for an all
day session, passing finally upon the
details of the plan by which Southern
Maryland will, beginning the first OF
September, be as systema atically organ-
zed and campaigned as it has ever been
in any of the big campaigns of the
State. during the past two weeks to-
bscco growers of Southern Maryland
have been tanxiously waiting the per-
lection of plans. the fulfillment of which
will place him ON a more substantial
business basis than he has ever been
before.
The Board of Directors wish to an
nounce that the membership campaign
is to be organized along these lines: lst
an Executive Committee for each Coun-
tY to be composed of the three County
Directors of the Maryland Tobacco
Growers Association appointed by the
mass meeting held in each County the
latter part OF June, and the Agrlcul
ture Agent representing the Federal
Department of Agriculture and the
Maryland State Agricultural College.
These four men are to select fifth
man so that the County Executive Com
mittee will consist of five members.
2nd, The Executive Committee for each
County will at once appoint a committee
OF three men from each election dis
trict, which committee are call mass
meeting of the tobacco growers fer
their respective districts on Or about
the first of September.
AQUASCO DISTRICT.
nr Al RnuJaD (rh AnuaSPa Md
Boykin E. Watson, Poplar Hill. Md. |
w. Walter Wilson, Westwood, Md;
NOTTINGHAM DISTRI t.
Jas. T. Rawlings, Ch., Naylor, Nd.
II. A. Sasscer, Jr., Groom, Md; j
Bowen Duvall, Naylor, Md.
BRANDYWINE DISTRICT.
Aquila Turner, Ch., Brandywine, Md;
R. Walton Lusby, Brandywine, Md. +; |
L. M. Naylor, Townshend, Md.
PISCATAWAY DISTRICT.
R. I. Manning, Ch., Accokeek, Md; |
Theodore Menk, Accokeek, Nd; Clay
ton Townshend, Brandywine, Md.
SURRATTS DISTRICT. |
Thos. H. Lyons, Ch., Tippett, Nd ;;
Charles Gardiner, Clinton, Md; Phil |
Miller, Clinton, Nd.
MELWOOD DISTRICT.
Otho Humphrey, Ch., Meadows, md !; |
Fred Binger, Upper Marlboro, Md; |
Chas. g. Sasscer, Groom Sta, Md.
MARLBORO DISTRICT.
T. Van Clagett, Ch, Upper Marlboro,
Md. Charles Bowie, Upper Marlboro,
Md; Bernard Brady, Groom, Md.
QUEEN ANNE DISTRICT.
Samuel H. Spragins, Ch., Mitchell |
vile, Md; Jno. M. Bowie, Mitchellville, |
Md: j. Franklin Peach
BOWIE DISTRICT.
Bernard Maenner, Ch., Bowie, Md. /: |
Philip II. Nalley, Collington, Md; Jas.
Davidson, Collington, Md.
KENT DISTRICT.
w. Beall Bowie, Landover, Md |
Isaah Jones, Landover, Md; Eugene
Roberts, Landover, Md.
At these mass meetings permanent
district committees will be elected and
a campaign launched with the view of
canvassing every tobacco grower in the
district before the middle of September
Lists of all tobacco growers have been
complied for the use of these commit
tee, together with contracts and other
blank forms to be used in connection
with the campaign. These forms are
in the hands of the printer and the
County Exeuctive Committee are at
work laying the foundation for the big
campaign. The Board of Directors for
the Association plans to hold one more
meeting before the first of September: