The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-10

rae Lightfoot won three straight heats, ant
took purse Of 5000; Leonora came next
and took S75; Mary Legs next, and tool
$50. Heats, hslf-mile. Best time, fifty.foul
seconds, was made by Lightfoot. 1t was
amusing to see the Interest manifested BIZ
the ladies in this racing.
Mr.. IL. j. Barnes delivered the coronation
address at the conclusion Of the grand tour.
nament-his subject !: 20 Chtvalry Of the Oldeu
aud Of the Present Time" Mr.. Lee Milner,
OF Cascade, made Miss Lizzie Reynolds
Queen of Love and Beauty; Mr.. Tony Mill.
ner made Miss Bette Wait First Maid OF
Honor; MIR. j. Whit. Smith selected Miss
Adalia Lanier as Second Maid CT Honor
| Mr.. Peter Hairston made Miss Ruth FL. vii.
son Third Maid Of Honor.
went down to see the demonstrating
and saw a pile OF dead ones lying by, and
some negroes wringing Off the heads Of some
| that had been crippled. and came away.
The crowd broke up at late hour in the
| evening, and came up to the city tired and
satisfied.
At Il p. NJ. the Border Agricultural So
| ciety held its annual meeting in the Main
Street Methodist church.
Major Sutherlin, the president, after call.
! ing The Society to order, announced that the
Society at the end of the present Fair would
| be able to meet all of its obligations, and
would have considerable surplus on hand.
\ portion of the ground heretofore used by
the Society for its exhibitions having been
sold by Mr.. Harvey it would be necessary
that other ground should be obtained, and
he thought that the Society should appeal to
the city for assistance in so doing. The i'm.
portance of holding an annual exhibition
here had now become evident to all clear
headed men of the Border section. The
State Society, though not having cent at
command, had expended on the first Fair
held by it after the war at least $4,000, and
by the first exhibition paid all Of this amount
except $4,000. 1t had been proposed that
the Border Fair should be held here on joint
stock account, but he had been and was OPP
posed to any such proceeding. II gave him
pleasure to state that the Border Agricultu-
raj Society was the first agricultural society
organized after the war. Now that the So.
cietv was in q prosperous condition, and had
n prospect Of continued prosperity, he
wished to resign its honors and responsible
ties.
Colonel George Williamson nominated
Major ". T. Sutherlin for the presidency OF
the Society.
Major Sutherlin again declined the ap-
pointment.
Major J. T. Morehead thought that as the
Society has to obtain ground for another
eXhibtion-if any was 10 be held-and as
it was not certain that this could be done,
| in which case the Society would have to dis.
band. it might be best that the present Off
GERS should hold over until it could be seen
what the state Of the case might be.
| On this, Major Sutherlin responded enthu-
siastical.y that the Society should never think
of disbanding; that even if exhibitions
could not be held, the Society should con-
| tinue organized and exert itself in other
ways Tor promoting the agricultural interests
of the country. But there would be no diff.
ticultv, he would dare say, in the way OF
the holding exhibitions annually hereafter.
! Hon. T. S. Flournoy, in his impulsivc
way, moved that Major Sutherlin be elected
president of the Society, and put the motion
to vote while Major Sutherln was rising
to object. The motion was passed unani-
| mously and enthusiastically. Il thought
you would trick me-" said Major Sutherlin
jocularly TO Flouruoy.
| Mr.. Cochran, of Culpeper. moved quickly
afterwards that Hon. T. S. Flournoy be ap.
pointed first vice-president, and he given to
| understand that he is to share the honorS
and responsibilities with Major Sutherlin
| The question was put ut once, and. passed
| unanimously.
| Other vicepresidents were elected as fol
lows: DR.. \. NJ. Koane, Captain Walter
Coles, Major Peter Hairston, Major j. T.
Morehead, General William Long, Robert 2
Richardson, w. II. Scott, Edward Smith
W. NJ. Faulkner, A. q. Walters, K. v
Gaines, Alexander Williams, Colonel NJ. NJ
| Miilner, G. I. Sutherlin, W. E. Sims.
Executive Committee j. G. Griffith
Colonel George Williamson, G. 6. Holland
Major Robert L. Ragland, William Taylor.
J. N. Neal. Azariah Graves, w. w. Wor.
sham, J. l.. Tyack, j. r. Pace, j. r. Win
ston. j. w. Woody. J. w. Cunningham, w
/ D. Stultz, J. y. Critz, William Watt, c. Fl,
Hickey. ID. L. Harvey, Robert A. Walters, 5
2. Wilson, w. L. Williamson, j. w. Pace,
and ]. T. Watson.
| Secretary and Treasurer: a. G. Taylor.
Of Danvilc.
On motion Of Mr. Winston. committee
Of five members was appointed to confer
| with the Council of Danvie about aid to
the Society III the purchase Of ground for
the permanent use Of the Society. The
committee: Sutberlin, FIournoy, Worsham,
Williamson, w. +. Walters, and A. G. Hickey
After the transaction of the regular bust
ness of the Society short and stirring
speeches were called for.
Mr.. Thomas W. Keen, Of the Salisbury
| Agricultural Society, thought that the south
ern people were shamelully neglecting the
farm for the cIerkship in the city store or the
| business of the crosS.r0ad grocery and SroS'
| shor, and were hardly aware OF the advan'
| tages Of associated effort.
| Colonel Fournoy commenced where Mr.
Keen left oil, and advocated associated ellorl
| in building up systems of manufactures thal
| Would relieve the South OF dependence on
| the northern people. We are now sending
| cotton to factories seven hundred miles dis
taut, and paying return freight and high
prices for the factory-work.
Mr.. Cochran, Of Culpeper, thought that
the Border Society should never think OF
| disbandng. What had been done was not
an evidence of exhausted resources, but OF
| mower to do still more for the Border
men and their lands and stock, and for the
| Border women and their households. lie
WAS coming 10 Danvlle for his next wife.
| Mr.. Bradford, of Culpeper, joined Win
| others in an expression of qualification al
| what he and they had seen and heard
amongst the Border people.
Colonel George Williamson asked permls'
| sion to declaim snatch of poetry which be
| thought beautiful. The audience did moi
| 4 ;f,or him