The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-12-25
FOR rHk oREEsvr,Lr Esrssra,.x.
Organization Of the 0reenviIle As-
ricultursl and Mechanical Associ-
alton.

riculturSl ana 4echanical Associ-
alton.
Pursuant to notice. the Stockholders of
he new Agricultural Society met in the
Court House. on Saturday. December I4,h.
Tor the purposs Of organizing aud sles,lns
officers.
On motion Of Mr.. J. q. Smith, Alexander
AoBee. Esq. was called To the chair. and
q. @. Wells was requested to set a. sesre.
'ary. The Chairmsn explained the object
Of the mesting, after which q. q. Well. Of
Tered the following r-so,oiicns:
Resoleed, I. That thi. Society he known
40 the oreenville Agricultural snA Mschas
ical Associaiion. - '''''
Resoteed, :. That the officers Of IN. A.,o.
citation c"nsist Of one President, - Vice
rree'aena, one Secretary, one Treasurer,
Drsetovs. snd an Executive Commit
Tee. c"mposed OF ------ m. mhers sail ON.
eers 10 he elected annuslly by the s%oek,
holdars Of the Association.
kssslsed. .. Thst in oil hstIot,ins. ~h.,A.
Or Tor onsers or ether wiss, each stcsAhc,6.
rr eAnll be sutitied 10 csst one vote for each
share OF stock which hs holds.
neso'eed 4. That sny stockhoider nsces.
ser,,y shssnt from any meeting OF the Asso-
citation: may vs,e through . properly Az.
pointed proxy. should he de,irs TO do %.
These resolutions were submitted 10 the
house 'eriafim. aud the FIRST was adopted
without comment. The question then aro.e
a' TO how the blanks In the sesond rssolu.
ton should be Alled. when considerable
discussion srose, In which number Of those
present participated. # was finally deter,
mined that the 6pt blank bs i1ll.d with
the words, zone ar,t vic--Presid.ut and
four;" that the second blank b. all.d With
the number twenty" and that the third
blank be filed with the number ".even"-
The revolution. with the Jlsnks thus filed
was 'hsn adopted. The third and fourth
resolutions were also adopted without dis
cussion.
On motion OF Mr.. Blythe, Mr.. II. B..t,i.
Maj. I. B. Ferguson and DR.. w. n. Jones
were appointed Committee on Proxies.
and reported one huodred and thirty. . ish.
'hsres OF stock represented in person. and
fhy-nins shares represented BY proxies.
Masking an aggregate representation OF four
Thousand nine hundred and twenty Ave dol
lars' worth Of stock.
The Association then went into n b.,,,,
tor President, with the Commi,te. on Prox
les acting Is tsllers. The result va, thu
election OF Mr.. Frank Coxe ss PresiJsn, fo,
the ensuing year.
On motion. Mes.rs. W. L M.u,dio n p
Mills aed T. q. Co1e were appointed addi.
tional tslIers. and the Assoc iation procs.d. =.
ed to elect Vice-fres,dsnts,ia . Secretary n
treasurer and On Executive Conmi,t..
with the following result:
Goldsmiih. "t"iA
Vic. Presilsnts-Cnpt. o. p. Mills, Col
q. =. Bowen. Col. W. III. Perry and w. A.
Hudson. ESQ. A.
Secrstary-Mr. W. L. Mauldin.
Trsasurer-Mr. ". T. Shum.ts.
Executive Committee-Mr. 7. C. Cover.
Alexander AeBse. Esq., M. J. G. Smith.
Capt. J. W. Csgle, Mr.. II. L. Donaldson, Col
Ii. L. Hamnett and Mr.. S. SwsudsEs.
On motion, tho olsstion of Directors vas
postponed until the next meeting.
Also. on motion, the Chairman was mn.
thorized to appoint . Committee Of Ten. Il,
solicit subscriptions TO tho stock Of ,b 10 A.
'oei"t'on, Committee TO be appointed here
artery
The Treasurer was instructed to TAX.
notes from the Stockholders for tn. anon. Il
of stock taken by them, with tho under.
standing that said notes were "a be p.id In
such instalmenis as the Executive Commit.
tee might direct.
Moved and carried, that when thi. m..,.
Ing adjourn, Il adjourn until the second
day cf January next
On motion, Messrs G.. G.. wslla j IT.
Marshall, A. Blythe, T. b. Ferguson and
"h'tner Symmes were appointed q Com.
Mite 10 draft Constitution and By Law.
Tor the Association, and instructed to re,
port at the next meeting.
Moved and seconded, that the ExecutivS
Committee, with the President and Firs,
Vice President. be Instructed TO purchase
grounds for the Associai ion, sud TO erect
suitable buildings thereon. To this motion
Nj. Perry offered an amendment, that .ft-r
selecting grounds. and before purchasing.
they lie required to report TO som. meeting
Of this Association, and that their srlsc,iop
be ratified by majority Of oil the stock
represented at said meeting The question
being on the amendment. il was sdortei
The motion as amended vas then carried.
On motion of NJ. ". Best,ie. the Rx.c.
utive Committee were authorized 10 oomin.
ate candids'es for Dir.eiors.
Also. moved and carried, that the Pr..i
dent elret. and IS many Vice-Presi
dents as are present, do take their ,ea,s and
adjourn this meeting. Mr.. Swandsle snd
Mr.. Marshall were appointed Committee
to conduct these officers TO their seats.
which they did. ''rF.
On motion, ordered that The proceedings
OF this meeting be published 10 tho city
papers.
On motion Of DR.. A. D. Hok., the thank.
"f this Association were returned TO the
temporary Chairman and Secretary; after
which the meeting adjourned.
ALEX. MoREE, Chsirman.
g. G. WILLS. Secretary