The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-06

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promotion Through the grade Of lieutenant to
the rank OF captain. Hfs service was chiefIy
IN the army OF Northern Virginia. At the
close OF the war. he returned to his planta-
tlon, and up to his death, remained identified
with agricultural pursuits, to the advance
ment OF which he gave tho best efforts Of an
active sSa t and judioious mind. He wss one of
ere are. ionhaers Gun, OF the pomological and Fnrm:
the Executive Committeo OF this Society, in
which position he had served from the Begin
ming. and was President OF the Darlington
at the time Of his death. Successfully dis.
charging thesc public trusts. and in his pri-
Vate relatIans coming up 10 tho full measure
OF a9ty, ne has perished ere reaching tho
meridian OF manhood. His last illness was
brief, and his death calm and self D BE osH cd.
WIN message Of love to his friends and All
undisturbed trust in God he fittingly clot cd
pure and bravo and useful life.
The fourth term for which have served as
your chief executive officer is about to expire.
froioundly grateful for the kind partiaity
WHICH elevated me to the position and for tho
discharge or it's duties have been met, I feol
That propriety and the best interests OF our
Association require that should now return
70 70 It's IanEs. The office may we'll be an object
OF honorable ambition, and to m axe the drec-
tion OF your affairs close corporation, can
not rebound to their advancement. While re-
manning substantially the same, the E1ecu-
tive committee has been. from time to time,
m>
bers; and the untasked energies, fresh hopes
and new influences of another President.
VIII, am persuaded, carry forward with an
accelerated progress the objects OF our So
clety. IN thus closing an official connection
dating from our organization, it may be per-
mitted me to congratulate you upon the re-.
suits your efforts have already accomplished,
and to express confidence in a future for thn
Society OF continued usefulness Disastrous
as was the late civil war TO the accumulated
wealth. OF eonth Carolin., still moro unhappy
was the paralysis OF hope and patriotism
TO that time, had controlled tho fortunes of
the State. 1t il scarcely an oxaggeration to
say, that at first the necessities OF existence
alone drove them to grapple with the difficult
ties OF IN untried labor and devastated folds.
and laws administered from military garri-
| sons, or that there we're many who. of their
own own lree choioe, remained in the State which
Iae iney naa once loved 80 well. and whose deera-
dation they would have died to avert. With
such feelings, our agriculture was Tor awhile
conducted in the epirit Of the casual tenant;
ana the effort OF the planter, in most casee,
sent prc in wnss ne could o, pre-
Now, our labor has chrystalized in its new
reistlons to capital; its efficiency is known
ana may DC taken at it's true value in all
have largely re-accumulsted our wasted
capital, and healthier feeling pervailes the
public mind and inspires it's enc rGies The
good, then, undoubtedly is in some aspects
undergone is pcrccive,l; and time is hopefully
looked to to remove or mitigate tho pulitical
evils that accompanied it. Above all, the re-
suits Of the conflict are accepted. and there ia
feeling without which thcro can bu no
healthy advance in ngriculture-,lat we
nave yet homo to adorn and Il country TO
i've for. For how much of this improved
condition OF things We are indebted to tho in
hnenceh OF this Society, it would be difficult
to say, and perhaps be deemed arrogant for
mo to assert. But the assemhiaso Of the he
convention IN April. 1869, which gave it ex.
istence, was tho first expression OF hope that
round utterancc after tho var for the indus
trial interests OF South Carolina, and of the
%hole OF this happy progress tho Society has
Deen part. l confidently belicvo it will
cohtinn= 10 exert no mean influence in what
ever OF development OF tho States Astounding
resources the future may havo in store, and
that 10 laooring to advance that object, wo
are pest discharginS the duty OF tho hour.
Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Society, submitted his
annual report OF receipts and expundi.
lures. and asked the appointment of q
committee to examine his youclcre.
The Chair appointed Mcssrs. T.. Hope.
L. s. Fielder and A. FL. Warning as such
committee.
Col. r. NJ. Sims, of York, offered
the following resolutions, which were
adopted:
heSofOed, That so much Of tho prcsi-
dents address rs relatns to tho orgnniza
ton OF the Auxiliary Joint Stock Gem
pany be referred to committee OF four.
That SO much as relates to summer
meeting Of the Society be referred to a
committee of three. That so much ns
relates to applying to the Legislature for
incorporation and for State mid bu rs-
ferred to n committee of four. That
these several committees be requested to
report az promptly as possible.
The Chair appointed tho following
committees: On Joint Stock and Auxili-
ary Compsny-R. s. Sims, nj. G. Butler,
j. w. Harrington, J. NJ. Baxter, and S.
.. Means. On Legislative Application
). Z. Thomas, Il. W. Woodward, J. Fl.
Furman, r. O'Neale, and j. ". Watts.
On Summer Meeting-W. MI. Shannon,
=. A. Connor, and J. Z. Richardson.
The following reports were mado by
the committees:
The committee to whom was referred
that portion Of the Presidents address
which recommends an application on tho
Part Of this Society to the General AS
sembly of the State for iucorporation
and for State aid, beg leave respectfully
to report that they have considered tue
same. and recommend that the Exccu.
tive Committee be instructed To carry