The Adair County news., 1922-08-15
JERUSALEM! /!
What d Crowd, Gathered at the
CampbeIIsViIle Barbecue
Last Saturday.
FOVp COUNTIES IN ATTENDANCE.

+ The big barbecue staged for Taylor
and adjoining counties came off last
Saturday, the meeting place being in
a woodland owned by Mr.. Henry
Turner north of the Lebanon pike
and in the suburbs of Campbells 1ille.
1t was given In the interest Of the
fco-operatiVe tobacco movement, and
early in the morning growers and their
friends commenced to arrive, and by
the dinner hour between four and
five thousand people were on the
Igrounds and on the streets of Camp
beIlsEille.
The movement to have this barbe.
cue in the interest of the tobacco
growers was started by Mr.. Sam Bot.
tom. who is working in the interest Of
the farmers, all the business men of
sCampbeIlsVille assisting, lending their
influence to make the day one that
will prove as profitable as it was en-
! joyable.
/ At IL o'clock the courthouse bell
notified the assembly that Judge 1. 81.
Thurman, of Springfield, would delfy-
er an address in the interest Of the
movement and the court auditorium
was soon filled with eager listeners.
Judge Thurman is an enthusiastic ad
vocate of the Cooperative plan; he
knows every feature of the tobacco
game, and also the needs Of the farm
ers. His speech was full Of truths
and he advised all growers to sign
their crops in order that they might
get fair compensation for their Ia
Dor. The speech enlightened vast
majority of the speakers hearers, and
they left thecourt-room fully satisfied
that all farmers should join the move.
ment. Judge Thurman is a man Of
weight intellectually, hence his utter
ances count for something, rs..,-,-
From the Court. house all repaired
to the grounds, and in a short time
dinner, consisting of four or five
beeves and large number OF sheep,
cooked in bitches on the grounds, and
other necessities that go to make up q
4 good substantial meal, was ready, II
. was certainly highly enjoyable. The
committee Who was In charge of the
dinner deserve to be complimented fol
the we'll cooked food. -" - 3.
When all was filed Congressman J.
Campbell Cantrill, who has been work,
ing for number of years in the inter
est of Kentucky tobacco growers, be
ing a grower himself, addressed the
3 large assembly. But few men know
the needs Of the farmer better thar
L Congressman Cantrill, and being Z
fluent speaker, he had the closest at
tentfon. He stated that 60 per cent
= Of the tobacco growers lived on mort
. gage farms, due to the system theI
have followed in marketing thei
8 crops. He declared to avoid this loss
" the co. operative marketing was th
only remedy. In Kentucky he said VI
grow one. half of the tobacco that i
:" raised. He further stated that tn
y Burley Tobacco Association had adopt
ed the method of the large manufact
: uring cooperation and it was now re
ceiving the same prices they got. 1
" was great speech throughout, an
70 did much toward further stimulatin
" the growers Of this section of Ker
tucky.
8 During the day the merchants G
I Campbellsville did a good bushes:
The Buchanan. Lyon Company serve
70 ice water from morning until late
~ the afternoon, and to this firm th
u Adair county delegation is under obi
cations for courtesies shown.
ir At intervals, during the day til
"a Campbellsvllle Brass Band made til
q welkin ring with delightful musi
D. When the hour for separation cam
everybody we're expressing TO eac
"A other ''glad we spent SATURDAY., Aus
r. ust II. 1922, in Campbellsvllle in II
! interest of the cooperative NOV
n msnt."