The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-07-12
DARK TOBACCO ORGANIZATION
GA|M|NG VERY RAPIDLY
Big Drive For Signers Scheduled
For Latter Psrt Of July In
Many Counties.

Hopkinsville, KY, July H.
Judging from the interest already
shown throughout the dark tobacco
district the concerted drive for
members to the Dark Tobacco
Growers COOPERATIVE Association,
which is to be put on In twenty or
more counties the latter part of this
month, each county will be very ac-
tive at that time and big results are
expected.
Organization Director, Joseph
Passonneau, has his hands full look
ing after the arrangements for this
big effort. His presence is being
asked in nearly all the counties be-
fore the drive actually begins, but
it will be impossible for him to
reach them all. However, in near
ly all of them live organization
has been formed and these will see
to it that the drive is properly put
on. "
Right now Mr.. Passonneau is
working on his list Of speakers for
the speaking campaign which will
Immediately precede the real drive.
Several of the foremost menA in
the state, some of them public Off
cials and others prominent in busi-
ness and the professions, will aid
in explaining to the growers the
Sapiro plan of organization and the
benefits that will come to them
through the association.
The exact date for the actual
drive for signatures has not yet
been settled, and this will be done
at a meeting of the district organi-
cation committee to be held here at
an early date.
But these details are not. being
permitted to hold back the work in
the several counties. In each one
the local committees are carrying
on the campaign vigorously. In
those counties where the signup has
already been begun, they are not
waiting for the big drive but are
continuing their efforts according
the plans first made. All of these
will be expected to participate in
the big drive, even though they may
have secured the required minimum
of two-thirds of the tobacco acre
age; in such event they will make
big effort to carry the total to
so per cent or better.
In Montgomery county Tennes-
see, Chairman Claude Coke, has an
nounced that the acreage pledged
now totals more than 10000. In
Christian county the total is above
5000 acres. In Daviess county sew
'eral thousand acres have been
pledged, fully 1000 acres being
pledged the past week. Todd coun-
ty has more than 80 per cent pledg-
ed. Trigg, Graves, Galloway, Nc
Cracken, Henderson, Hopkins. Lo-
gan and other counties have sub
stantial acreage already signed up.
In several of the precincts In the
counties where the signup has been
begun, ninety per cent or better OF
the acreage has already been pledg-
ed. In one precinct in ~Daviess
county where the signup is said to
be about SO per cent the soliciting
committee has refused to turn In
the signed contracts they have Sc
cured until they make 1t 100 per
per cent. Equally as good reports
can be made for precincts in nearly
every county where any systematic
work has been done.
With this as starter, and an
evidence OF the sentiment OF the
people. the workers will tackle the
big drive with high enthusiasm and
full confidence that success will
crown their efforts. not to the
minimum extent Of the two-thirds,
but to seventy-hve per cent or bet,
ter.