The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-07-15
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN FOR
COOPERATIVE TOBACCO
ASSOCIATION

ASSOClATlON
An enthusiastic meeting of the
Bourbon county branch of the Bur-
ley Tobacco Cooperative Association
was held at the court house in this
city, Wednesday night, with large
attendance of representative tobacco
growers. The meeting was called
and presided over by Sam Clay,
president of the local organization,
who stated the objects of the meet
ing as called.
Short talks along the lines of the
Burley tobacco cooperative mar
ketlng plan, as inaugurated by the
Sapiro organization, of California,
were made by different speakers. AT
the close of the addresses the senti-
ment of the members present was
taken, it being unanimously in ia
vOr of the plan, which all agreed
was one best calculated to further
the interests of the tobacco growers
and handlers of the Bluegrass
1t was decided to inaugurate a
membership campaign, for the pur-
pose of strengthening the local or
ganization, to be prosecuted on We'd
nesday and Thursday, July 20 and
FL. Chairmen for each precinct In
the county were appointed, each
chairman to select committee COM
posed of live wires from his pre-
cinct to assist in soliciting members
for the organization, and to secure
pledges to the Sapiro plan of mar
keting their tobacco. These COM
mittees will endeavor to see person
ally everyone in his vicinity who
can possibly be interested in the
plan to make him a member of the
local organization.
The Sapiro plan of tobacco mar
keting has received the hearty en-
dorsement of every banker in Paris
and in the county, and this should
carry added weight in the solicita-
ton for new members. The chair
men of the committees hope every
farmer and tobacco man will be
ready when the solicitors come to
see them, and to bring contracts
signed. They want to see old Bour-
bon county placed in the forefront
of this movement, as she has been
in all others pertaining to the wei
fare of the county. This is a mat
ter that vitality concerns the future
of one of the cOunty'S most lucra-
tive industries and should meet with
the hearty approval of everyone in
terested.
A meeting will be held at Millers-
burg on next Tuesday afternoon,
July 10, at four o'clock, in the in
terest of the membership campaign.
James G. Stone, of Louisville, a
prominent member of the State orga-
niZation, and a speaker of decided
an address in the interest of the
movement, which will be one of the
greatest interest to them.
The following is a partial list of
those who have signed the coop
erative marketing plan pledge to
date:
Mr.. D. E. Clarke,
Mr.. J. G.. Redmon,
Mr.. j. Miller Ward,
Mr.. J. P. Redmon,
Mr.. James Mcclure,
Mr.. w. F. Saunders,
Messrs. /. N. Keller & Son,
Mr.. Walter S. Meng,
Mr.. John M. Clay,
Mr.. Sam L. Weathers,
Mr.. J. w. Bell,
Mr.. A. B. Hancock,
Mr.. Luther X. Rice,
Mr.. John Woodford,
Mr.. w. B. Kiser,
Mr.. William Collins,
Mr.. Carlton Ball,
Mr.. Buckner Woodford,
Mr.. G.. r. White,
Mr.. Samuel Clay,
Mr.. A. L. Stephenson,
Mr.. o. w. Martin,
Mr.. J. F. Wetherall,
Mr.. E. M. Gaunce,
Messrs. Burke e Brent,
Mr. John M. Brennan,
Mr.. Roy c. Galloway,
Mr.. N. Ford Brent,
Mr.. Ben Woodford, ST.,
Mr.. Aylette Buckner,
Dalzell Brothers,
Mr.. j. H. Thompson,
Mr.: ]. R. Letton,
Mr.. V. w. Ferguson,
Mr.. c. H. Dalzell,
Mr.. Grant Galloway,
James M. Caldwell,
D. C. Parrish ( Co.
Mr.. Matt Lair,
Mr.. Charlton Clay,
Messrs. Jas. L. and V. X. Dodge,