The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-04
Family Paper, Art Inquiry, Industry
WINNSBORO. S. c., WEDNESDAY, MORNING. JUNE4

trial compound for tho sin committed
by dcpositing foo to he used in pro.
noting tho more useful and impor.
taut ends that wo havo in view.
Atunr last mocting, resolution
! Was pass el, that application ho made
to tho legislature for an act Of iucor-
pora,int,, this haB boon done, and II
,charter Obtained for the ,SouM CGro.
inn Agricullural aud Mechanical
S,c'"iy. The Gtatc Anxilliary Joint
Stock Company has aIso been incor-
pnra'cd SO that VIC now have in
oicration l%o :ocictics, both having
in view the same ohicc ts,--but whose
rclativc duties arc not properly un-
| dcrstood. 1t il of The utmost impor.
! tance that the functions of these two
bodies nhMl bc defined, so lhat onn or
the other shall be able at once to asa
sumo the responsibility of, and COM
mcncc preparations for our next Fair.
1t is recommended that these
Spring N &c Inys in Charleston be of ar.
nual occurrcn Sc. They arc free from tic
labor incident to our Fall meetings
and must be, tho mcdiup ms For the dis.
somiuation Of much useful knvwlcdgc,
whilst they cngendcr more III imnto
business aud sue. al rcla ions between
the upper aud lower SECTIONS of tho
State. We will have accomplished
mitch if we can succeed in awakcning
a moro thorough interest in our be-
half upon the part of the inhabitants
of this noble old city, noted as they
are Tor their generosity, hospitality,
learning, and general high tone.
The statement Of our financial coEd!-
lion, will convince you of the folly
of attempting to run tho S. A. s. NJ.
Society upon the plan pursued here.
toforr. We Gud ourtclycs after !;
series Of Fairs, during which NC have
been most signally favored by the
wcathcr,-in debt, AND when it il
rcccllected that woek of rain
would utterly bankrupt us, I sec no
reasonable hope for better success in
the future.
Wo then must lcoIi for success
to tho idea proposed by tho State
Auxiliary Joint Stock Company.
This association is based upon the
plan of all othor stock compapics,
and already has Il subscribed ,capital
of $4,000, much of which HAS
boon paid and part of which has
been invested in the two lots adj,in"
ing our old grounds upon which
arc now being erected improvements
considered necessary for tho lucccss
Of our Fall Fair 1t vas formed fur
the purpose of meeting the deficiencies
in the revenue of tho S. A, Il Nj.
Society, and it is believed that it
will not only do this, but that with
an addition to our capital Of $1,000
more, which can be easily raised.
handsome dividends will .secruo 70
tho stock holders. In ubstantiatiau
of tho above you arc rcforrcd to the
success Of several County associations
organized upon this plan-one of
which, the Abbcvillc Company has
this year declared dividend of 20 per
cent.
Permit mo in conclusion to express
the hope that you will at this meeting
devise tho means for our future sns-
finance, 80 that we shall be. enabled
to lop OF barrooms, and the other
vicious nuisanccs TO which our
poverty has heretofore ruhjcotcd us.
- The last exploit of Judge Durcll,
Of New Orleans, is his attempt to
force the New Orleans Jackson and
Great Northern Railroad Company
into bankruptcy on a suit for sou:e O
two hundred and nfty dollars, but it
is likely to result disastrously to that
! notorious individual. The road is
under the control Of Henry s.
McColab, whose dealings &ith the
lato Oakcs Amcs havo mado his name
familiar to tho American public, and
it seems thai he proposes to make it
exceedingly lively for tho Judge, who
with assistance from Washington,
has succeeded in ovcrthrowink the
elected Goycrnmont of Louisiana.
The Now Orleans llorald says that
Mr.. McConb has retained General
B. Il. Butler and tho Hon. Jcrc-
miah s.. Back as his covnaql. There
is a,prospcct Of ~ Gght which, it 10
stated, may cxpo"a to tho public view
the manner in which the administra.
tion Of TIC bankrupt law IN aome
parts Of tha South has been mado the
cover for a long series of successful
plundoriuCs. ...
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An exchange tells n pleasing talc
Of two crippled sol!iers Of the late
war, one Cp.,fcdcratc and tho other
! aFedcraI, who have fallen together. in
New York, and formed u part
ncrship for running hand or
gan. "Thcso crippled soldiers,
! says a Northern newspaper, ''could
not probably defino .tEs wor,'