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

AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL So.
oIErY.-The State Agricultural and Me-
chanical Society convened in the Court
House last night. President Hagood
called the Society to order and delivered
the following address:
GENTLEMEN AND FELLOW .MnMpIRs OF THE
STATE AGRICULTURAL AND MEoHAN1cAL 3d.
CIETY: II Will be seen by the Treasurer's re-
Ross, R, which .! Will be latd before You, that the
this amount, q 410.9l was paid for the ex-
penses Of the Fair; ssO0.65 was paid for i'm
proyements on the Fair Grounds; aud $3.50
up upon a i note % IN bsnk-leaving 3 balance OF
VIII be remembered, WAS given by tho Execu.
tive Committee to raise an amount sufficient
40 snG cover she between the receipts
is due OF this date upon that note, Including
interest, the cum Of S697.
The income Of the Society up to this time
has boen derived exclusively from it's Fairs;
in debt, though to no considerable extent.
can add nothing to tho urgency with which
I have heretofore recommended you to put
your affairs upon more assured basis.
regret to report that the scheme OF
Joint Stock Company, auxiliary to the 30
ciety, has not already been perfected. At our
last meeting, Mr.. Hope, from the committee
appointed to solicit o9n subscriptions, reported
H.,
scribed, in addition to the 410 sharos previ-
ously reported By the Secretary; and, on mo-
tion OF Mr. Wallace. the Secretary was or
dered to canvass the State for further sub
scriptions. In the discharge OF this duty.
during the past summer, that officer did not
meet with success commensurate with his
efforts. AS the scheme now stands, some
s1S, 600 have been subscribed, OF which no
part has been paid In; and IS, 600 have been
subscribed and paid In by three gentlemen.
to whom reference will be more particularly
mace. the unpaid subscriptions are made
good, the sum Of 1000 is secured, which,
though not as much as could be desired, is
yet sufficient to add stability TO the Society.
and greatly extend its usefulness. An aps.
NY In TINS matter seems to have settled upon
the minds OF members, and the Society should
az once bring 1t to successful conclusion,
or, abandoning It, devise some other method
OF securing it's object. I must confess that,
80 forcibly as that OF the Joint Stock Auxili-
airy Association. It is respectfully recon-
mended that this subject have priority in
your dehberations, and the hope is enter
tanned that before you adjourn, the Associa-
ton will be successfully organized.
The auspices OF our Society were extended
IN 1870 to tho Laud and Immigration Com
hy pahdy OF da south Carolina, private enterprise,
carry out its purpose, upon q series OF draw
ings and concerts at the Academy OF Music in
Charleston. The company proposed by these
selves to devote the entire proceeds. less
$4,000. to the immediate introduction OF
actual settlers int ths State. The SIC, 900. il
successful, they were to devote to . Rsupecrip.
@ ton to your Joint Stock Auxiliary Association.
These drawings and concerts have been had
since your last meeting; and. upon their CON
clnsion. was notified by the company that
the tia,s scheme $ had not realized their expscta-
tlons, and that they were, therefore, not
able to subscribe more than $4,000 to the
auxiliary stock. This amount received from
them, H. and a. m now hold on deposit at interest in
Dank IN Charleston. It is the subscription
oI the three gentlemen, previously referred
Before. passing from the subject of the
status OF our Society, it is suggested that You
gislature for State aid in carrying ont our
objects: South Oarolna;is probably more ex-
clusiyeiy agrioultural in tho pursuits Of hor
people p9 than any other State in the Union,
ana IS among the few-perhaps tho only one
IN which the State Agricultural Eociety re-
ceiyes M appropriation irorc .he State :ras
sury. It is trno that the taxpayer and the
class which this Society chiefly ropresents@
nave little influence in her councily; but there
is human wisdom in the scriptural iniunc-
tion 10 muzzle not the OK that troadeth out
the corn, which may CONNIE itself to our
Legislators, and the OK need not scruple to re-
celve for it's sustenapce aome small part of
the fruit OF it's own labor. The donation of
tne Federal Government in behalf of agricul-
ture has been disposed OF in this State 80 as
to 1nuro exclusively to the educational henefit
ct ccc-aa!t CT Cur population. Sur.iy il is
not unreasonable to ask that the State. from
her own resources, should give some aid to
that other half Of the people, who so largely
represent the intelligence and oapitaI eni.
parked In practical farming. This matter
has not before beon introduced to your d..
il6erations, and, perhaps. has been iudicious-
~ avoided. But the scope and object of onr
Society, and its entire segregation from
politics, has now been developed in its his
tory; Gnd nsT State Government has como
into power protesting more catlioiic regard
for the general welfare. With tho subject nro-
perry presented, they can hardly refuse some
recognition OF our efforts in that lirection.
u were we'll, also, to consider whether our
TyocietJ, as at present conducted, ia fulfilling
me measure Of it's usefulness. Our annual
heeting is merely supplemental to the hold.
lng OF E&!r, use!u! IN ITSELF as an exposition
0. the industries of the State, and valu BILE as
al occasion or tho social Reunion of tho peo-
PIE. Ihe opportunity OF this general gather.
ing mas Deen seized upon by other organiza.
uone.-meritorions, it is true-to have their
;mneetings; n and, after fatguing day at the
air Grounds, members are required to meet
tne society at night, and matters arc hurried
through 70 give all opportunity or discharg-
ln8 the obligations elsewhere exactod, Tic
consequences is that the mercst reouirements
ol actuai business arc met, and though most
VaiuaDie agricultural papers arc annually
published IN our proceedings, the majority OF
thnm nave been adopted without having been
read before tho Society; and we huve never
set mad such thing AZ u plain. practicnl.
:armeF,llRc discussion OF agricultural TOPICS