Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-01
Meeting Of the stockholders Of the Fair.

Meeting Of the Stockholders Of the Eair.
Yesterday afternoon a meeting OF the
Stockholders of the East Tennessee Ag-
ricultural Society was held at the Board OF
Trade Rooms. The President, Hon. o.
P. Temple, being absent, on motion OF
Paul Williams, Esq, Capt James Boyd
was called to the chair.
THE PRESIDENTS REPORT.
The Presidents report was read, SHOW
ing NEST favorably. The following is the
report:
To the Stockholders of the East Tennessee
Aqricultrdl Society:
GENTLEMEN: In calling you together to
surrender the power delegated to us year
ago by you, and the power conferred on
me by the directory, / beg to call your at,
tention to the report of our Secretary ana
cur Treasurer. 1t will be seen that, Wnlle
we have paid out for premiums many times
more cash than has ever been done before,
we have also paid So, 500 of our old indebt-
edness. This is not all. We have paid all
our current expenses, with very few eX-
ceptions, which have not yet been audit
ed. leaving no large debts contracted by
this board to be paid by our successors.
Besides these, many Improvements were
made on the Fair Grounds last spring and
summer. We erected about one hundred
and ten most substantial covered stalls 1of
horses, mules and cattle, and about seven
ty-five stalls, most of them with oak noors,
for sheep and hogs. All these are perma,,
nent improvements which cost in round
numbers about 500. These, with what
we had before, it is believed will be sufh-
Gent for our purposes for years to come.
Much improvement was done on the Fair
Grounds during last summer under my di-
rection in filling up gullies, stopping
washes, levelng down rough places. &c.
also, by letters and personal appeals, prl,
vately and through the press, succeeded
in having about five hundred shade and
ornamental trees planted on our grounds,
about one half of which were donations.
OF this character were one hundred ever
greens by Ellwanger & Barry, the liberal
and enterprising nurserymen of Roches-
ter. New York, and twelve beautiful m ig-
nolia trees by James Stewart, of Memphis,
Tennessee. Owing to the extreme drOuth
last summer, good many of these trees
died. Their places should be supplied at
once by others And then these trees
should be most carefully guarded and pro-
tected.
Perhaps it may not be out of place to say
CilaU our Id III ldSO ldll "do q uNSauS
success. so far as the display of articles and
stock, and the attendance of persons Were
concerned. 1 need hardly say it did not
nav out of debt nor ought we to have ex-
pected so great result. AS before stated,
we leave no large floating debt of our con-
tracing, and have paid $500 of that be-
queathed to us.
We are still in debt, largely in debt. The
vendors of part of our land have waited
sixteen or seventeen years for their money.
They need it and are entitled to 1t. MI. ..
T. Atkin has lien, which has ripened into
a decree for the sale of the property, for
work done and material furnished in
building our exhibition house. He needs
his money, and has the richt to have the
property sold at any time he may choose
1T is for you, gentlemen, to take such ac-
ton to save your property as you deem eX'
pedient If, with our magnificent display
last fall, and the unprecedented crowd IN
attendance, after personal efforts oy those
in charge which, we were able to realize
surplus, over ordinary expenses of only
from two to three thousand dollars, we
cannot hope from Fairs in the future to be
able soon to pay off these debts.
The business men of this town ought to
take the stock, advance the money, and
pay off these debts. 1t is estimated that
our Fair was the means OF leaving fifty
thousand dollars in cash in this town and
vicinity last fall. This large sum went
chiefly into the pockets of the hoUel and
boarding house keepers, the livery stable
men, the butchers and grocers, the retail
and wholesale merchants, the hucksters
and traders. And yet not one-half of these
persons have one cent of stock in this en-
terprise. Even some who have subscribed
stock have repudiated their subscriptions.
Before closing, beg leave to bear wit
ness to the faithful and efficient perform
ance of their respective duties by all the of
ficers associated with me-the Directors,
the Secretary, and the Treasurer. All have
co-operated with me and aided me, in the
most cordial manner, and with noble
zeal. I beg leave also, to express NY APP
probation and thankfulness for the kind
ness and courtesy extended to our under
taking, and to me as your President, by
the newspapers Of this city.
0. P. TEMPLE, President.
The report was received and adopted.
sECRETARY's REPORT.
TheSecretary, Mr.. c. w. Charlton, read
his report as follows:
| To the President, Directors, DC, IF the
E. Z. Agricultural Association:
Your Secretary would respect
| fully report that atyOur last Fair,
| Premiums were awarded to the
amount Oft. s3,4l2.5o
| For which drafts were issued
| from my office on the Treasurer.
| These drafts have all been deliv-
cred to the parties except fifteen
| Q5)amounting in the aggregate to 10000
Of the premiums awarded $500
was payable i'll gold, for the pre-
MUM on which your Treasurer
| is to be credited.
In this connection it might not be amiss
to recur to the former history Of this As
ISOLATION. 1t was created under the fol-
| lowing circumstances: A while before the
war, the State established three Division
Fairs, respectively located at Memphis,
Nashville and Knoxville. To each bonus
of 81 900 was granted for the purpose of
offering premiums. Grounds were also
purchased. To the Eastern vision Fair
was secured about fifty acres. On this
suitable buildings were erected. After
wards about twenty more acres of land was
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