Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-08
MADISON SIGNS UP
100000 MORE POUNDS
Seventy-one Contracts Are Turn
ed In With Signatures After
Stones Fine Speech

NAA'iCH 20 y yohANS ~ OAOhA~ = TI'~
did talk at the court house here /
Monday afternoon. This pound !
age Is represented III II contracts
which were signed. Old Madison
Is approaching very closely here
3 per cent, but at that is lacking
behind the score or more OF herl
sister counties which have all
ready gone over the top. Al
concerted effort will be made TOT
finish mp the work in Madison
now that the election is over and
the people can get their minds
back on the great tobacco propo-
sition that is before them.
In ten counties in Kentucky.
three in Ohio and three i'll Indiana
the final week of the campaign OF
the Burlcy Tobacco Growers Co.
operative Association to sign up
the tobacco crop OF the hurley
district to It's marketing plan
started Monday with meetings OF
tobacco growers, nearly all ot
whom had sigrcd contract.
Franklin county. pledging more
than 80 per cent OF last years
acreage OF tobacco. Yesterday was
added to the list of the q coun-
ties that have gone over the top
IN the hurley drive.
Congressman J. Campbell Can
trill addressed Il II = crowd III the
court house. The meeting was
presided over by Judge /. t.
O'Rear.
There Is no doubt II my mind
of the success OF the movement
Congressman Cantrill said. Il
have been in most OF the counties
of the district. save those OF Ohio.
and the sentiment is all one way.
There was IN apparent reluctance
at first about signing on the part
of the growers, but this seems to
have been overcome and reports
To- headquarters. | am told, are that
the pool will have about % per
cent.
". II. Shanks. OF Stanford.
spoke to Il large crowd OF grow
crs ui Hart county at Aluntord-
vile. Organization Manager
Joseph i'aSsOnneau spoke 1T Lcb-
anon. in Marion county, which al
ready had gone over the top. !.
W. luncS. uf Bourbon county,
spoke al Falmouth ard consld-
cradle amount oi tobacco was
signed up.
Aaron Sapiro. OF California
LAWYER and cooperative market
iug specialist. was the speaker al
Georgetown. Brown county. Ohio
Mr.. Sapiro. under whose direc-
liuu iur plans Tor the Organiza
tiou OF the hurley association
were laid. will so into both lndi
ana and West Virginia this wcel
i'm the final effort to get all the
tobacco in the hurley district II
the pool. il was announced at the
hcadquartcrs of the association
MIR. Sapiro will speak 1T Madi
SON. Indiana. Wednesday. wher
the growers of Jefferson count.
-7vc already reached their quot
Thursday he will speak at NevaH
Switzerland county. and II iS eN
pcctcd that this county also WI
81. over soon altcrWard. If not b
the time ne speaks there Whil
the arrangements il not dehnitci
made. Is vet. it is probable Nj
Saniro viii speak at Huntington
". Va. Friday with a view
lining up the growers OF Cabe
and Mason counties in that stat
iur the pool.
Judge Bingham Is to speak
Glasgow ednesday afternoo
and Niunfordville Thursday aite
noon.
The campaign is 10 be pus h
from now until the close and q
sanization Manager PasSonnc;
said Yesterday Inc expected such
rush 10 sign the coming week
had never been witnessed III nj
drive in Kentucky before |
said that many growers, TO who
copies OF the contract had be
mailed on their inquiry we
sending them in without waiti
for some worker TO visit them a
that all indications were Tor
per cent pool or even more
November Is.
r. NJ. Barker reports ir'
Charleston. Ind. that 2O.t
pounds had been signed up at
meeting there Saturday and Il
he was going back Monday
another night meeting in Il
county.
John f. Brown. from Edm'
ton teleploned that Metca