Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-03
CHAIRMEN PLAN FINAL
TOBACCO drive
Flying Squadron In Cars To Visit
Counties Not Yet In With
Their Quotas


hotel ballroom at Lexington
Wednesday laid plans fr the final
week OF the campaign which ends
November l3, and to prove after
after that date to the satisfaction
Of every doubling Thomas in the
district that :hcy have IS per
cent of the crop of 1921 signed.
Vice Chairman James {. Stone
said that it would be a crime to
have the IS per cent signed up
and let the pool fail because OF
inability TO prove that IS per cent
was signed and that it would be
most unfortunate to declare the
pool on through any mistaken be-
lief that Is per cent was signed.
lie declared II would be far bet
ter that the pool should fail than
that IT should be declared on with
less than the required IS per cent
TO make it Il success signed III.
Practically the entire day was
devoted TO the discussion Oi de
tails i'll connection with the clos
ing week OF the campaign. \
committee OF five was appointed
by Mr.. Stonc to aid the urgaui-
zatiOn committee IN the final
week and in canva>sing the re-
suit. This comlnittcc also Is To
direct the taking OF an accurate
census in every county which
has failed to take the census OF
its 1920 production and will also
report the total Of rc,alcs in cv-
cry warehouse center al Ken
lucky. Indiana. Ohio and West
Virginia.
Arrangements were made iur
additional flying squadrons in all
tUmobics To visit the counties
which have not signed their quo
tas and help syn up the growers
III those counties. Springfield
business mcu closed their places
Of business "Wednesday and 25
automobile loads OF merchants
and bankers made 4 canvass Of
certain roads in Washington
county \ similar canvass will
bc made nc>i week by other bus
mess men to .iSn up the whole
county.
The housc-tu-hOusc canvass oi
tobacco growers in Carrard coun-
" opened Wednesday and is cx-
pcctcd to place the county OH the
roll OF those who have signed
up IS per cen; OF their acreage in
4 few days. 'uhn NJ. Farra, coun-
" secretary, said.
The canyass is being conducted
by forty local men. assisted by Il
force of twenty from Faye;tc
county The first day 127 con
tracts were signed. representing
3OS.Sg4 pounds. with AL reports
not in. The campaign will be
continued tud;y and AIR. I'arra j,
quite optimistic "a to the out
come
Among the contracts signed
WAS that OF the growers of the
well known ;\clly hurley seed.
Business houses and offices OF
professional men i'll Williams
ton and Dry Ridge will be closed
Thursday in rtirsuancc TO a big
drive to increase, the number oi
pledges III Grant county.
Icssamine county will take Il
two-day whirlwind drive Thurs
day and Friday. November 10th
and 1lth.
Resolutions, endorsing the plan
ior financing the marketing plan
have been adopted by the bankers
uf Grant county, who pledge all
possible assistance to the grow
crs who sign the contract. The
resolution follows:
we the undersigned bankers
81 Grant county endorse the bur
lev cooperative plan OF market
ing tobacco and believe it 10 be
to the best interest of every to-
bacco grower i'll Grant county to
sign the contract.
We believe the plan OF iinauC-
ug the advance To the growers
= sound ana good DanklllS-
we pledge ourselves as bank
crs to do all III our power to as
sist in making this advance tc
The growers when their tobacco
Is received and graded.
Grant County Deposit Bank
Nilliamstown. Ky.
Bank of Williamstown, Vii
Jamestown, ky.
First National Bank, Or,
Ridge, Ky.
Tobacco Growers Deposi
Bank. Crittenden. Ky.
Mt. Zion Deposit Bank. Nj
Zion, Ky.
"Corinth Deposit Bank. Cor