The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-11-16

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Committee have, up to this time, in each year!,
ineurred obligations upon their personal credlt
ltKenociety Is such has none) to an amount
eoual to at least three.fourths Of the expenses
te fair: say $4,000 to 81 000 before the fair
oaieess0 es0a 0are r 6bemed. Their account of expendi-
tnres and receipts during the week cannot be
made .np untii the fair is over and the society
has adjourned. If the balance is against Us it
has to be provided for at once and this calls for
am advance amount BY the committee from
ftheir private resources, looking to the society
for reimbursement at their next meeting, twelve
months. 80 ,.e-
+ Ato(lr first fair, in consequence Of the life
member fund, our receipts exceeded our, e e1-
ipenses by between $1,000 and $500. inns
amount, as stated, was expended IN necessary
additions to the buildings upon the fair grounds.
If orir second fair. the balance was against us
by abont $1,000, which amount the Executive
Committee raised upon their personal credit IN
bank, and paid. It remains to be seen how the
account with this fair will stand. The deficit
of the second fair is secured, in addition to the
general obligation of the society, by the indi-
yiduai guarantee Of certain spirited members
Given in advance; but the Executive Committee
ESoped that it could be met without calling
upon the guarantee by the increased income
fIom this fair; and to that end, they have
sought to swell the receipts at the gate, not on
" by Offering to visitors the interest OF an IN
creased agricultural and mechanical display,
Int also such amusements as are known to be
popular: and, when guarded from abuse, are,
BY an enlightened public opiaion, deemed un-
Objectionable.
,si f.haye no hesitation in saying, that an asso-
citation thus organized and thus working, must
be. short lived; and am confident that e3-
press the matured opinion OF every TREND OF
the society, who has given thought TO the SUD
-ieet. Yeur present Executive Committee, Whicn
has been substantially unchanged, from the oe1
GINNING. are Convinced of it, and It the effort Is
tn he made to continue as we have been doing,
with unabated interest in the objects and well
fare efctha society, they are compelled to ask
for relief by rotation in the responsibilities OF
Office. =,
This condition of affairs was laid before the
society at its last meeting, BY a report OF the
Executive Committee, in which they proposed
2 remedy. which they then thought, and still
think. will meet all difficulties, and place our
association upon an assured financial basis en-
abline it to extend its sphere of usefulness. l
allude TO the scheme of an auxiliary joint stock
association, with a. capital sufficiently large TO
enable the society to extend its operations, as
we'll as to give it reserved fund, from the in
.terest of which contingencies may be met
This scheme of an auxiliary association met
with the approval of the society, and was
adopted by resolution. Committees were ap7
pointed to solicit subscriptions; and it was fur
ther resolved, that the Executive Committee
be authorized to call meeting of stockholders
as soon as the amount of stock taken will war,
rant their doing so. This meeting was called
in May last at Columbia, and the amount OF
stock automatically reported to be subscribed
was found to be about $7.Ooo. Many OF tne
County committees failed to report, though it
WAS stated some of them had been successfully
at work. From the information thus loosely
furnished; the whole subscription would not
have exceeded $4,000. $4,000 was deemed
the lowest amount at which an organization
would be authorized, and the stockholders ad-
iournrled, having first directed the President OF
your society to appoint, at his discretion,
salaried agent to canvass the State for subscrlp-
tions. This appointment he has not made,
thinking. upon further consideration and upon
consultation with the Executive Committee,
that at that time of the year, and with the
scarcity of money among us, induced by the
low prices of the previous crop, the object OF
the stockholders wonld not have been advanced:
Thus the matter now stands; and know OF
nothing which will be brought before you at
this meeting which, in my opinion, claims at
YOUR hands, more prompt and decisive action.
frespectfully recommend that you give itPn-
ority an the order Of your business 49,; "ra
5, Since your last meeting, certain well known
gentlemen of this State have associated them
selsesiaa Land and II Immigration ~ W Company,
and finding It necessary, in the furtherance OF
their plans, to raise large fund, they have ,un,
dertaken to do it Dy series Of drawings and
Concerts asthe academy S-of Music in Charles
ton. Their enterprise isuow Id this stage. In
its inception, they applied to- your Executive
Committee to conduct, their operations under
the auspices of this Society, stating that their
purpose Was to raise 500 900, and pledgiIg
themselves to devote the entire proceeds, less
SIG. 600 to the immediate introduction of actual
settlers into the State. The $4,000, they pro-
posed. If successful, to devote to subscription
to yonr Joint stock auxiliary association. The
committee .assented to the proposition, and
their action is submitted TO the society. Upon
this subject of immigration, since the war, We
have talked much and accomplished little
The State Bureau of immigration, and the lm-
migration Convention Of May, 70,i in Charles
ton. have not resulted, as far as known, In the
introduction of a single immigrant. The New
berry Immigrant Association. which was en-
dorsed by our society, as the central organiza-
ton of the State, and auxiliary to which we
recommended the different counties to form
other associations, after meeting with some sue
cess, has apparently ceased its operations. prl-
yate enterprise, with the stImulous OF prlvate
Gain. NAV, in this instance, effect something
more towards increasing our white population
I rbyf desirable aecessions from abroad, and the
high character of the gentlemen engaged in the
enterprise is sufficient guarantee Of their good
Every one interested in the subject must have
noticed with pleasure, not unmingled with sur
prise. the remarkably accurate representations