Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-09
LEER IN CHARGE or
POOL WAREHOUSE HERE
Burley Association To Begin To
Receive and Pay On Tobac-
CO Soon, Says Stone

counties, was made from LeNing-
ton headquarters OF the BurleE
Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association Saturday. Mr. Leer
will be assisted here by the fol
lowing staff: Elmer Parrish,
weigher: James ". Crutcher,
shipping clerk J. l. Million, book
keeper.
Other warehouse stalls in this
Immediate section Of the hurley
belt will be:
LanCaster-Garrard House:
NJ. Farra. manager and general
manager for the county; Carroll
-Allcn. weigher: John \. Hooker,
Jr., shipping clerk. Planters and
Growers >. T.. Sanders, manager
June Givcns, weighcr: Mex Doty,
shipping clerk. Bookkccpcrs, all
houses. George \. Brown.
Winchester Clark County
House: =. O. Clay. manager; \
I. Suddcth. shipping clerk: Clar-
eAce Boswell, wcighcr; Curtis
Evans. buokkecper.
To Receive Crops Soon
Il want 10 thank the members
for their patience and loyalty -
said James {. Stone. president
and general manager Of the Bur
ley Tobacco Growers Co-opera-
tive Association. SATURDAY.. Il
want To assure them that their
officers have been working night
and day in order TO being rccciv-
ing the tobacco OF member, at the
earliest possible moment and l
am glad TO say now that VIC shall
be ready to begin receiving the
1921 crop within the next few
DAYS.
Il should like, To-, say 10 TIE
members Of the-aSs sociation that
il will be better for everybody /
If every grower will deliver his o
tobacco in crop lots. a. this VIII
greatly facilitate the handling oil
the tobacco and lessen the work !
incident 10 the receiving OF 5000,
different lots OF tobacco hy the !
association and the advancing Of
money Oh each AT the time Of de-
livery" I
The probable opening Of the
warehouses within the nest few
days. as announced by Mr.. stone.
ior the receiving OF the pooled
crop and the consequent payment
tor the growers OF advances on
the delivery OF their crops Is an
answer to the inquiry that has
been uppermost' in the minds OF
the growers who arc members oil
the asSociatich. -.-.. /
President Stone was unable to
state the exact time oi the open
ing Of the receiving plants, but
the officials have been engaged
actively for many hours each day
and some times Tor into the night
III preparing for the opening Of
the houses and the receiving of
the tobacco and that he was able
To- fix the time as within the next
few DAYS was satisfactorily re-
ccived by the growers informed !
of the situation in answer TO their |
inquiries.
Members of the Burlcy Asso-
citation have no disposition to IN
tcrferc i'll anyway with the sales /
of non-pooled tobacco. nor TO
DENY those growers who did not
see fit TO Join the association the
right TO place to sell their to-
lbacco. President Stone said Sat
urday at Lexington. Mr. Stone
said that one OF the most pleas
ing featurse OF the situation was
the evident purpose of the organ
lied growers to allow those who
did not see fit to join the as,ocia-
t;on. 10 sell their tobacco where
tllcy pleased. unhindercd by any
Who have joined the association
or their friends.
President Stone said further
that he was deeply grateful 10 the
.,rowcrs in the pool for the fine
snirit they had manifested and me
thanked them for it, and cspec-
;aIIv for the patience they had
shown in giving the officers time
10 prepare for the opening Of the
warehouses and the receiving of
tl,e 1921 crop. He said the asso-
cation officers were working day
aud night on preparation for this
s<ork and he hoped t3 announce
tI,af the warenouSes were ready
q receive tobacco within the next
feu days.
conc of the most gratifying
f1s,ures OF this work Tor better
',.onditions in the burTcy tobacco
.I:s,ritf.v Mr.. Stone said. is the
..lsndid spirit q c4zoperat - and