The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-13
time EXTENDED FOR
DARK TOBACCO POOL
Midnight, Oct. 20 Marks
Final Close of Last
Big Effort

4 iiopkinsville. KY. Oct 1O.-The
campaign to organize the Dark To-
bacco Growers Cooperative Assoc
citation OF Kentucky and Tennessee
Is now I'm the homestretch. Mid
night of Saturday, october 2Sth Is
absolutely the last minute for sign
Ing contracts. and growers who have
not Joined by that time positively
viii not be given another chance to
pool the 1922 crop.
Furthermore. IL the required two
thirds OF the total acreage OF the dis-
,rict is not pledged by that time, the
association will not be organized and
the movement Will be dropped. This
is according to the contract and al
so according to the statement Of
Judgs Robert w. Bingham, insti-
gator and financial banker OF the CO.
operative mark ting associations in
Kentucky. who said. IF we don't put
I, over this time ii won't be put
over.
These were the chief actions taken
here last week at the meeting OF the
district Organization Committee.
There were OF least two hundred
committee MEN pres1n', represent
ing nearly every county in the dis
trict, Robertson county, Tenn. send
ing thirty These men displayed a
dsep earnestness and determination
10 put the organization through
But they also said most empha'ical-
Jy that they did not propose to de-
clare It an organization unless there
was az least two-thirds OF the tobac-
co signed up. In this they were
Joined by Judge Bingham and Joseph
Passonneau, organization director.
The reports showed a total sign
up OF 1S9.960 acres in the district
out of approximately S1S,50O acres
planted, giving sixty per cent signed.
This is regarded as a fine showing.
But II is all the greater incentive
now for more vigorous effort in each
county than has ever been put forth
before. The issue of the success or
failure of the association is put
squarely up to the growers, and the
dead line is set.
Already the drive is being prose
cuted under increased pressure and
all through the district nothing will
be left uudone to sign every acre
possible. For the confident expec-
tation now is that the association will
not merely be squeezed over the min
imum of two-thirds but the. sign-up
will reach at least seventy Per cent
and probably be even greater.
Judge Robert w. Bingham is back
in the district this week speaking at
Morsanfield on Wednesday; at Dixon
on Thursday; at Marion on Friday;
and at Princeton on Saturday
r. T.. Cooper spoke 'at Marion
Monday Thursday, Friday and Sat
ufday OF this week he is scheduled
for Weskley county, Tennessee.
Con Craig OF Paducah, spoke twice
in Livingston county Tuesday. w. J
Garnett OF Hopklnsvile spore in
henderson county Monday
Robert Scott OF. paducah and c. r.
Marvin of Fayette county are in Hen
ny county, Tennessee, this week.
This is just a beginning OF the
sneakers that are to be brought into
the district There is hardly coun-
" but what will be campaigned with
speakers and workers and dates will
be announced almost daily, as men
are secured and assigned.
But each county is not to wait for
outside help. II is to so ahead with
its own workers and counties which
have already gotten in good shape are
expected TO help out their neighbors
who haven't progressed so well This
proved very eff ctive in the Burnley
district last year and is to he tried
out here. Alreadyit has been tried
to some extent In the, dark district
and always with fine results.
For every minute must be made To
count big in the less than three
weeks yet remaining OF the time. But
every county reports sentiment very
favorable aud increasingly so, and
prospects are that the association