The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-09-27
Million Pounds More
Of Tobacco Signed Up

Burley Tobacco Growers Co-opera-
tive Association as result of meet
ings held in Shelby, Mason. Nelson,
Meade, Boone and Carter counties
Saturday.
Exact figures were not available
Saturday night, but the growers at
each meeting signed contracts for a
considerable acreage and added to
the growing conviction that the 1921
crop viii be signed up in time to
share the benefits of the pool.
John l.. Buckley spoke at Bagdad
to a representative audience of Shell
by county farmers. He was intro
duced by Acting Chairman Walters,
of Shelby. and made forceful adj
dress for united action in behalf of
cooperative selling. Congressman
Cabtrill had been expected, but when
it was found he could not be pres
ent, Mr.. Buckley was assigned to
take his place. John f. Brown, n
well known Shelby farmer, also
spoke urging the growers to sign.
Four persons were kept busy filling
in contracts for the growers to sign
after the meeting for some time.
Hon James N. Kehoe and Hon.
Stanley F. Reed spoke at Mayslick,
where $4,000 pounds were signed
up Immediately after the meeting.
The Maysville Boys Band rendered
music and Rig crowd was in at
tendance. Mr.. Kehoe said after the
meeting that Mason county bad be-
tween 65 and 70 per cent and that
the county was "sure TO go over
within the next few days"
Organization Manager Joseph
Passonneau addressed a good crowd
at Grayson, Carter county, starting
the organization there off well, n
number Of farmers signing contracts
and Charles F.. Marvin addressed a
large crowd of growers at Ekron, IN
Meade county, which also is just
starting its organization.
At Bloomfield, James c. Stone
spoke to gathering of farmers and
after the meeting many came for
ward and signed contracts. While
the exact figures from none of the
meeting, save that at Mayslick,
were available, Secretary Walter E.
Hughes said the total pledges for
the day probably would be in excess
of a million pounds.
Ralph NJ. Barker had two meetings
Saturday, one at Verona, Boone
county, in the morning, ard the 9TH
er at Walton in the afternoon. Both
were largely attended and at each
many farmers signed up their crops
to the association.
Congressman James Campbell
Cantrill, who returned from a four
day trip in Owen county, said the
farmers there were ready to sign.
lie said that Owen had been one of
the hest of the pool counties and
that all that was necessary was to
follow up the educational campaign
with solicitors to elinch that county
for the organization.
j. w. Gaines, of Lawrenceburg,
sent word that Anderson county far
mers were coming in to the head
quarters and signing without being
solicited and that an intensive cam
paign to put the county over the top
would be put on Monday, to last
all week if necessary.
At Lancaster meeting of bust
ness men and farmers was held and
it was decided to close the stores of
Lancaster, Bryantsville and Paint
Lick for one day, or two, If neces-
sary, while the business men helped
the farmers sign up the whole coan-
ty Secretary John M. Farra said
Garrard county was certain to be in
line. Judge Lewis L. Walker. the
chairman for the county, was the
only speaker at the meeting. 1t was