The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-19
THE PnMNxx ANNIYERsARY.


W. WHITMAN. Secretary.
r. s. r. CATHCART, Treasurer.
VIM. A. KELLY, First Director.
| A. 7. SMYTHE Second Director.
s. WILEY Third Director.
#CHARLES PENNAL, Fourth Director
J. p DEvEAUX. Engineer.
rs. FORD PRI0LtAU, PR Surgeon.
V Rev !, W; LEY B YAIns MT1,Sa ohapain 9laI;.o
| Vice Charles Trenholm.
Vice DR. Lebby, Sr
AS as tho esular business was finished, Cap.
tain VIM. Aiken Kelly, one Of the directors of the
company, in pursuance of the following resolution
which had been adopted at previous meeting pre-.
sented q handsome goll-beaded cane to President
| Tupper:
That committee of three be appointed to %, ocure
asult.blo testimonial OF high appreciation for
the valuable services rendered this company by our
president, George Tupper
Captain Kelly accompanied the testimonial with
| the following address
Under the resolution, sir, adopted bv the Phoenix
Fire Engine Company. the pleasant duty devolves
upon me- as the organ Of the company. present to
ncr in whioh DISCHARGED your duties as its
| executive head, during the PAST year. regret cir
been solcccl to perform the duty. who would be
able to give full express to that feeling the
company towards you which your services in their
behalf SO Justly Deserve
might, sir, we hold tor the first tino ami
versary meeting in our new hall and feel that we
enjoy this pleasure mainly through the personal
efforts made by YOU to have our hall, PHI enix-
like arise from the ashes Of the OLD one. ono year
ago thi, night when you called by tho voice of
this company TO b. is president were may s1y,
homeless Our apparatus had only the small and
lnconvenient mits Of dilapidatcd stable place
of shelter and had no hail of our own to meetin
Io.nighF upoa the same spot where once stood the
old hall. endeared to every old member OF The COM
| pany ny the memories Of the past Is reared q new
one superior to the one ost; and not only our n
gine and apparatus provided with ample and conve-
hall of our own, handsomely fitted uo. The com
pany sir feel that this the result of that interest
and energy which has at oil times been Jispl yed by
you ID eveTythn! that concerned our welfare, and
they offer this testimonial token of the high ap
Pre- IN which your efforts are held by Them
trust !ou will value highly the feelings of esteem M
which have prompted the gift.
| icel happy, sir. that am the organ of the com
Pany on this OCCASION for there are but few among
its present members who have been long asso-
ciated with YOU In the company myself; a d
truly can bear testimor OF tn deep interest and
energy you have alw displayed for its welfare
matter what position you occupied We have from
our first organic alton always been fortunate in
having the best of men presidents but none
CLOSELY after our interest than yourse 0SM Our oon
diti,n tonight is the est proof Of the success Of
your efforts. At time within my memory
ing condition Its roll Of meml ership SO large
Continue sir, to exhibit that interest in welfare
from the position you now occupy, you viii carry
with you the "well done of every member OF tho
company, and leave behind an example worthy to be
followed by your successors in Office.
Accept then, sir, this testimonial of apprecia-
ticn VITA hope that YOU will long be spared to
us as our dlrec1ng head; and, In alter life, when
you will have retired from the active and arduous
duties of fireman, and reached ripe old age may
TINS stick re preserved to assist your feeble stsps
and cause your memory to revert to this pleasant
occasion; and the happy days passed in the Phoenix
Fire Eng1ue Company.
President Upper responded as follows
Director KeAy and Gentlemen of the Phen,S-I sin.
cerey thank for this very fattering evidence of
your regard. You have often honored m with
your confidence, and so often manifesto nerous
friendship towards me, that do not Bnow how to
express to you my appreciation OF your unbouuded
CAP say, and thank you more earnestly than mere
words can tell H. 1'r9 N 4 I
If have beer Of service to the department, it ia
because could not be your president without re-
hecting part Of the energy which surrounds me,
and II you have received any benefits through me,
it is because you have made me the representation
OF your own usefulness.
thank you gentlemen. for the pleasantest associa-
have conferred upon me, and thank You again and
again for this beautiful manifestation OF your favor
and friendship and permit me to tender to you. str,
my grateful Acknowledgements for the very ETaosx1c
aad complimentary terms In which you have been
pleased to address, me-
W. NJ. Muckepfuss, O.. on behalf of the com
pany, then presented similar cane to ex-Presdent
Holmes accompanying the presentation with the fol-
lowing remarks
Mr. Holmes: Nothing can be more gratifying than
to receive the "weli done'' of our associates One
year ago tonight you retired from the presidency OF
this company on account OF physical inability. The
discharged by you impar,ially. faithfully and satis.
faotorily Your friends and comrades, recognising
ana apprec1atng your long and efficient services as
an officer and true worth as o man. deemed it a AT
and proper occasion to tender you testimonial of
tue high respect and esteem entertained they there
fore pr ,cured beautiful cane, which preseHted
tn very handsome manner by Director Kelly since
that time the elements against whose destruoMve and
fully and successfully battling for more than two
score years. has consumed 1t, and we are now de-
sirous OF that bright link in tho
Chain that unites u.s. by sub tituting this gem at
once ornamental and useful; and when In after wears
your head shall be silyered DER with he frosts Of
many winters. and your frame bsad beneath the
aSus .. ',no viii not only support your totter-
Ing steps. but remind you also OF happy days and
associations long since numbered with the past
Value 1t not, then, on eccount Of its Intrinsic
worth, but as e4nbematc Of the sincere regard and
heartfelt esteem of your many friends in tbs oroan
ization
With this token we extend our best wishes for your
future welfare, prosperity and happiness.
President Holmes made brief but appropriata
i response.
The canes are very handsome, the heads being
bought at the jewelry establishment of Mr.. A. H.
Hayden and The engraving very handsomely execu.
| teo by Mr.. Fisher
After the presentations were over the company
with their invited guests adjourned to the Pavilion
Hotel wherein fine supper was served by Buttarheld
Am ng the invited guests were Captain James M
Carson, Hon. P. 9. Gaillard, Rev. w. b. Yates. VIM.
r. Mikell, Esq. Major G.. Lamb Buist r. ID, Bacot.
Esq, Major FJ. Porcher, Chiet Nathan Presidents
Guy, Ferguson, Mcintosh. and ex-Prcsidents W. E.
Holmes. r. d. Pinckney. Major L. Willis. and many
others.
After the cloth was removed President Upper
said: g
| Fill your glasses, gentlemen and will Rad
tho hrst regular toast.
We ee here tonight to forget the cares and trials
OF our bnsy lives, TO exchange friendly greetings,
and to pledge TO each other cordial exertions to
harmony. '4uts gs9 ys + olg A, N >~
and nearty encour agements.
we have seen new and appropriate edifce spring
4 from the rninS Of our old hail. an our honafT,I
youth, With high spirits and cheerful zesl attend
tpe faintest summons that calls them to duty. y #
we grow IN nunabers and IN energy; We are