The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-12-06
BOURBON GROWERS
HOLD MEETING
Cooperative Tobacco Marketing
Members Meet To Select Dele :
gates to Lexington, Dec. IL
HELPING IN OHIO DRIVE

| Pursuant to call issued by Sam.
uel Clay, Chairman of the Bourbon
county branch of the Burley Tobacco
Cooperative Marketing Association
about two hundred members, tenants
and others interested in the market.
Ing plan organization, met at the
court house Saturday afternoon
The meeting. was called for the pur.
pose of selecting ten delegates to at
tend the meeting to be held in Lex
tngton on December IL for the pur-
pose of effecting permanent orga-
nization.
Chairman Clay explained that a
list OF twenty names would be sub
mitted, which would be placed on
the ballots to be used in the election
OF ten delegates to the December IL
meeting, and that blank spaces
would be left on the ballots 80 that
the name Of any other might be ad-
ded by the voter.
On motion of Aylette Buckner,
chairman Clay was empowered to
appoint a committe of six to pre-
sent the names of twenty members
OF the association to be placed on the
ballot, ten of whom are to be elected.
Mr.. Clay appointed Aylette Buckner,
Ford Brent, Buckner Woodford.
Warren Rogers, James Woodford
and Lee Stephenson This committee
then selected the following named:
Enthusiastically. D. MCINTYRE and
Alex Miller; Riddles Mills-C. H..
Dalzell and Jim Fisher; Center
WILEY. w. Ferguson and Hume
Payne; Hutchison-J. w. Bell and
M. r. Jacoby; Clintonville-L. K.
Rice and John Woodford; North
Mlddletown-J. w. Jones and G. C..
Clarke; Little Rock. M. Caldwell.
Sam P. Harding and w. M. Rogers:
Paris-James Mcclure, Ed. Burke.
A. B. Hancock, William Collins and
Sam Clay.
In was explained that the ten del
egates elected from this group of
names will in turn elect one flirec.
tor to represent the district on the
general Board Of Directors. Matters
Oh minor Importance were taken UP
ana disposed OF and the meeting ad-
jourped.
Z. Following this meeting stockhold-
eFs or the Bourbon Tobacco Ware
mouse Company held meeting to ar
range Tor disposal of their ware
houses and other property of the
company following the organization
OF the Marketing Association.
Two-thirds of the holders of stock
were present or represented by prox-
les. 1t was decided to leave the mat
ter In the hands of the Board of Dr.
rectors to lease or sell the property.
as In their judgment they deemed
best.
A large delegation of Bourbon
county growers, who had a leading
part In the signing up of more than
30 per cent Of Bourbon's crop to the
Association, left yesterday for Ohio
to aid in the pledge campaign in
Brown, Adams, and Clermont coun-
ties this week. Another delegation
attended the big meeting at Rich
mond, addressed by Judge Robert
Bingham, several remaining over to
aid the Madison county workers in
the drive in that county.
With the election of delegates to
district conventions only a week
away, the past week has been busy
one for the Burley Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association.
To each of the $4,000 members of
the association, who have signed
nearly 100, 100 pounds of to-
bacco to the cooperative marketing
plan, ballot has been mailed on
whieh are printed names of the can
didates for delegate nominated in !
the main by mass conventions in the
different counties, and blank spaces |
in which may be written the names |
OF others if those nominated do not |
suit the preference of the individual |
grower.
Besides these ballots circulars
have been sent to each grower in
forming him of the progress being |
made by the association since it was |
formally declared successful in hav-
Ing signed up nearly S5 per cent of I
the tobacco in the hurley district |
November. is. Since that date many |
growers have signed, as the opening |
Or the: books on November 26 gave |
opportunity to those who had failed |
to join to enter on equal terms with |
those who had Joined,
Thls opportunity Is to remain opes
until December 10 and in most of
me counties is being confined to
giving growers the chance to sign.
IN West Virginia and in some ~coun-
les of Kentucky, however, cam
>aigns are being made this week and
successful growers In the Kentucky
are In Ohio to assist in
several counties in which the leaders
lesire to sign up all the crop If pos
'ible. II