The Hartford herald., 1922-06-14
ACTIVITY is INCREASING
In Organization OF The Dark Tobac-
co Growers Association "

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ganizing the Dark Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association is increas-
ing in activity, scope and interest
and that sentiment in every county
where the campaign has been un-
Jertaken at all, is very largely in
favor OF the organization.
That there is some opposition in
several of the counties is not to be
denied, hut this appears to be losing
strength, IL IL has not lost II alto
Kether, and no serious consideration
Is paid to this. Furthermore most
OF the opposition can be traced to a
selfish interest and that dooms 1t In
advance with the thinking farmers.
Judge Bingham's speech on June
s at Madisonville was a big occasion
and not only gave information to
farmers of that county on the asso-
citation plan, but also to hundreds OF
others from neighboring counties.
The entire lower floor of the Gar
rick theater was reserved for farm
ers, and il couldn't anything like
hold them. Judge Bingham was en-
tertained at luncheon by Walter Ru-
by, of the Kentucky Bank G. Trust
Company, and the banks of that
town favor the association. as well
as the majority of the business men.
Chairman w. b. Cerdwell is rapidly
perfecting his county organization
and the membership drive will start
this week.
Following speech by II. Il. Coop
er at Bowling Green few days ago,
that county began its organization
work by naming Frank k-Ames as
county chairman and C. G. Daven-
port as assistant. Prospects are
bright for a splendid signup in that
county. This is the first county in
ahe One Sucker district in which
activity, has been begun.
Other county chairman recently
aamed are: Ed Ford, in Graves
County; Ben Grogan. in Galloway
county; w. T. Harris, in Union
county; and w. w. Cooper, in Hen
derson county. The selection of all
these men will be followed by ac-
tive work.
Several speakings have been held
very recently or are in prospect for
an early date. Among these are two
speeches by Judge Bingham, one at
Murray on June 20 and the other at
Henderson on June "a. Joseph
Passonneau organization director
will speak at LaCenter on June IA;
n. l.. Trimble, of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank, of Russellville. spoke
at Cadiz Monday; r. Il. Cooper.
prominent tobacconists of this city,
spoke at Eddyville on Saturday and
started the county organization OFF
there. A meeting was held at Nor
garfield on Monday and one will be
held at Princeton on June 10. Still
other meetings will be arranged and
from now on through the summer
the matter will be presented to the
growers frequently and by the best
speakers available.
While these new counties were
being developed the signup was pro
ceeding most satisfactorily in those
counties in which it had been start
cd In Christian County no definit
additional report has been given
out but most healthy increase in
the acreage signed has been made
this being especially true in the
Pembroke neighborhood where the
strawberry season prevented the
drive when IL was first launched.
In Montgomery County. Tenn, the
solicitors have kept up their efforts
and have been splendidly success
full The same is true in Daviess
county while Todd rests easy with
more than 80 per cent signed early
in the game.
In every county the leaders are
delighted with the way things are
going, and the same is true in the
organization headquarters here. MI
Passonneau says that the campaign
IN the dark district is ahead of that
In the hurley district for the same
working time. and that he looks for
still better organization record here
than in that district.
The altogether favorable reports
from the hurley district, following
Investigations made have been most
convincing TO growers of dark to-
bacco who feel that II the associa-
tion plan is success there It should
no eauoIly so here.