Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-28
MILLION MORE
POUNDS SIGNED UP
West Virginia Growers Now
Want To Get In Burley Pool
Will Be Unanimous Soon

Nominations were made III MA
ny of the counties OF the hurley
district Saturday OF tobacco grow
ers a. candidates for delegates TO
the district conventions which
will select the directors OF the
Burlcy Tobacco Growers Coop
cratitc Association and the Dis
tricting and Elections committees
set December. II aS the day for
the primaries at which these del
egatcs will he elected.
The elections will be held in all
the counties at the same time.
under the direction nf election
committees composed IL three
members chosen by the county
organization and two chosen by
the organization committee. The
polls will be cpcn from / O'Clock
in the morning until ! o'clock in
the afternoon ANA the growers
may vote in person or bN mail
my their ballots to the election
committee in each courtN. both
methods of vOtin" being pruvid-
cd ior in the contract.
Voters Who mail their ballots.
ioVcvr. n,usi mail them ;o the
election committee 50 "a 10 reach
the committee by the TIME poll
close on election day. Dcr. u.
Otherwise they can not be count
cd.
The elections committee i'll the
different counties Will Cc.jIiE the
vote for each candidate by The
organization committee.
Ballots will be mailed to each
pf the 5000 growers who have
signed the contract and c>tra
copies will be in the hands of the
county elections committee. 50
that there will bc plenty 81 bal
lots To assure an opportunity L"
vote To ever tobacco grower IN
the district.
The delegates chosen II the
primary election. Dec. II. viii
elect the district directors III d:--
trict conventions. which probably
will be held the day after the
primaries. Organization Manager
Ioacph PasSoreau said.
Mr.. PaSsuncau said that reports
from many OF the counties show
that more than million pounds
oi tobacco wa~ added to that NJ
ready signed up To the a>,ocia-
tion OH the iirst day ct the rc1p-
ening Of the books /" give "t.;-
sidcrs chance to JOIN. In Ken
tuckv. Ohio and Indiana counties
many, signatures were ub,aIacd
OH the first day OF the iiitcen-day
opportunity. and in West Virgin
ia. which has had no opportunity
To JOIN so far. = special campaign
will be contacted the coming
week. which probably viii be led
by Clifton Rodcs. acting with
Hon. Elliott NorthCutt. uf Hunt
inptun and Green Bottom. who l.
chairman for Cabell county. III
which Huntington. Barboursvillc
and Milton are located.
Chairman Northcuti insisted
that the West Virginia grower,
be given Il chance to join. IN cas-;
the association obtained the scV-
entv-iivc per cent necessary to
make il a go. without West \Ir-
giilia. His wish l. being complied
with i'll the special campaign to
be made in that state. which also
will take III the county uf Mason,
adjoining Cabcll. which grows
-ooocqol i9IInq olqeI9PlSuo.
Some counties III Ohio and In
diana are to have campaigns pre-
vious TO the final close of the as
sociation's books Dec. 10. and
Organization Manager Passonear
said he expected that the final re-
suit likely would be a sign-tip oi
close to seventy-hvc per cent o.
the crop. If I does not exceed
that figure.
/ Growers iii the counties whici
reported their nominations .oi
the primary Saturday. chose their
. strongest men as urged by the
organization committee.
Growers are not confined To th,
list of nominated delegates. how
ever. as they may write ON th'
Official ballot the names OF any
persons they prefer as delegates
whether nominated by the com
mittee or not.