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Night Riders Terrorize Kentucky Tobacco Districts
Special correspondent Lewis J. Miller reports arson and torching by veiled riders strike towns across Kentucky. The insurrection targets tobacco warehouses and growers, with foreign warehouses affected and troops deployed in Hopkinsville and Lexington. The movement centers on the American Society of Equity and National Tobacco Growers’ pooling to push higher prices, while the tobacco trust fights back with buyouts and premiums.
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