The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-07-28
GREAT INTEREST
Shown By Farmers And
Tobacco Growers At
Meeting Here Last
Monday.
MANY PLEDGE THEIR CROPS

A. meeting OF the tobacco grow
ers Of Garrard county. held at the
Circuit Court room, in this city.
Mr.. James +. Stone, OF Lexington.
presented the Sapiro plan Of cooper
alive marketing and afer thorough
and complete presentation and the
time having arrived for the selection
Of a chairman for this county. on
motion made seconded snd carried.
Lewis l.. Walker was unanimously
elected with full authority to perfect
the county organization and said or
.,anization 10 be composed as follows:
In addition TO the chairman; An Exc
cutive Committee OF not less than
80 FIVE. a Chairman for each Of the
four magisterial districts, a Chairman
for each Of the seventeen precincts
and a Secretary. The Chairman for
each precinct is to appoint three as
.istants. John NJ. Farra was asked
by the Chairman to act as temporary
Secretary until the complete organ
ization was made. The Chairman
called for those who would assist in
securing signers to the marketing
contracts to come forward and give
their names and the following agreed
to assist in this work:
LANCASTER, X. L. Elkn. Noah
Marsee. Ben Robinson. ]. B. Woods,
Sr., Jim Hamilton. Henry A. Moore.
c. c. Sowders and T. c. Rankin.
BRYANTSvILLE. Jas. Leavell.
David Rankin.
BUCKEYE. Sherman Gay
PAINT LICK. Tandy Center. VIM.
Marshbanks, W. c. VIM, Woods
Walker. I. B. Sheppard. A. L. Davis.
G. NJ. Green, Clarence Green, Robert
L. Creech. John Metcalf, d. l.. Cab
bard, r. G. Woods, II. L. Francis. C.
A. Dillon. chas. Graves and Jesse
Reynolds.
The Chairman presented contracts
for signature and the following came
forward and signed the contract:
c. A. Dillon, 8 acres. 5000 lbs: c.
W. Graves . acres. 5000 lbs; Woods
one-half Of IS acres. 1880 lbs; G.
N. Green. 5 acres. 1000 lbs; H. s.
Gay. 8 acres, 1000 lbs; c. c. Sow
ders. 3 acres 1000 lbs; v. A. Lear.
IS acres. $4,000 lbs; VIM. Marsh
banks. one-half 80 acres. $4,000 lbs;
Tandy Center one half 10 acres. TO-
900 lbs; L. W. McQuerry, z acres.
5000 lbs; r. W. McQuerry, s acres,
$500 lbs; Irwin Faulkner. 4 acres.
i7.50i lbs; Bill Eady Faulkner. s
acres. 5000 lbs; Grover Gastineau.
Is acres, 5000 lbs.
From the interest that was mani
Tested at this meeting, there isn't the
remotest doubt but what the farmers
and growers Of Garrard county are
heartily in sympathy with the Sapiro
plan Of marketing their tobacco. and
when speaker Stone asked for an ex-
pression from the audience by asking
those who favored the plan to stand.
il seemed practically unanimous a.
fully 30 per cent Of the audience
arose to their feet and heartily cheer
ed the speaker Mr.. Stones explana-
zion Of the cooperative marketing
plan. was highly complimented. and
showed clearly that he had the sub
ject well in hand and was able to i'm
part his knowledge in a simple and
convincing way to his hearers.
| He told Of the slump in the OPEN
Ing sales Of the North Carolina to-
sacco markets and read from the
News and Observer. Of Raleigh. n. c..
a daily Of that city. owned and pub
lished by Josehpus Daniels. ex-secre-
,ary Of the United States Navy. under
date Of July GOTH, 1921. in which it
said:
Leaf tobacco prices on markets
in Southeastern n. C.. South Carolina
and Georgia, were more than fifty
per cent under the average Of the
opening day last year, according to
reports Of the initial sales Of the
1921 season yesterday from tobacco
; towns in the three states. Price,
ranging from five to twelve dollars
per hundred. whereas. last year the
; 'erage was from $50 to $25 and
over The proceeding year the TO-
.aeco sold at an average from SIS
to ta5 per hundred pounds.
: Although no reports Of sales being
: stopped were received. the prices gen
0 orally were disappointing to business
men. On the basis Of the initia
: prices. tobacco srowers appsrsntl,
. will not be able to realize an apprsci
= able profit despite the fact that tn,
Z crop this year has been produced .
lila greatly reduced expense as com