The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-01-21
The Fairfield Herald.
PUBLISHED
.ETERY TVEI'WE,SDAH.
The Taxpayers Convention Summoned 10
Meet Next Month.
UNANIMOUS ACTION OF THE E6RCU
TIVE CoMMlITEE-THE RESoLu-
TIONS.

1--WE CoH HMlll EE-IHE RESOLU~
TIONs.
CHARLESTON, Tuesday, JAN, l3, 1874.
The Executive Committee Of tho
Taxpayers Convention mot to-day at
tho rooms Of tho Chamber OF Com.
meroe, pursuant to the call Of the
president, Hon. W. d. Porter.
Tho meeting was called to order
by the president, and MIR. J. Adgcr
Smyth was requested to act as sec.
retary. A lottcr was read from S.
y. Topper, Esq, President of tho
Chamber of Commerce, enclosing tho
following resolution adopted by that
body
CnARLEsroN CHAMBER or Con- \
MERGE, CnAnEsroN, S. c., :
December 81, 1873. }
At T. regular meeting of this
Chamber, held on tho 29th instant,
the following resolution was uuani.
mously adopted:
Resolved, That in tho opinion OF
this Chamber it is oxpcdicnt that
tho Taxpayers Convention, which
adjourned sub jcct to tho call of tho
president and executive committee,
should be called together ut an early
day, to take into consideration the
present condition of tho taxpayers
of tho State, md that the president
of tho Chamber DC requested to
communicate this rcso luton to the
president of the convention.
The letter of President Tuppcr
also informed tho executive com.
mittoo Of the appointmont, Mt the
request Of the president of tho con.
ycntion, of tho following committee
fsom tho Chamber of Commerce, to
meet and consult with them, viz ::
Hon. G.. a. Trenholm and Mcssra.
Richard hathcrs, il. w. Dawson, w .
A. Wardlaw and j. Adgcr Smyth.
On motion, this committee was in
voked to join in the deliberations Of
the executive committee Of tho Tax.
payers. Gen. Jares Chestnut, the
chairman of the executive committee,
took the chair, and, after q full dis.
cus'!"n, the following preamble and
resolutions, introduced by Col. Thos.
Y. Simons, were unanimously adopt
ed, and the delegates from Colunul ia
were requested TO mako the necessary
arrangements for tho meeting:
Whereas, the Convention of the
Taxpayers of tho State of South
N"rolina held in May, a. d. 1871,
with II view to the protection Of the
rights of the citizens, adjourned, sub.
Ject to be rcasscmblcu on the call of
lss president and executive COM
mittco and whol cas-, tho necessities
OF the times, aud IL due regard for
the common wclia.c Of all in rests
and classes, requires that tho tax
payers OF the State should again meet
for counsel; therefore,
R"so|r'd, That the Taxpayers Con
vent'on Of this State hc summoned
aud requested to rcasscmblo in the
Clty OF Columbia, OH Tuesd,y, the
l7ih day Of February ensuing, at
twelve o'clock meridian.
RrSolrcf, That for the purpose of
cnlarging the said convention, the
taxpayers Of the State of South Caro-.
lima who arc opposed to tho frauds
nnd corruPtions which prevail, and
who arc in favor of honest govern.
mont, with exact and equal justice to
all, arc requested to meet ut the
county seats Of their respective coun-
t'oS, on the list Monday of February,
ensuing, and tLen and there elect or
appoint additional delegates, equal
~ the representation of each county
IN the House of Representatives Of
the Gencl"l assembly, to represent
them in the Taxpayers Convention
or the State, with Il view to the |
security Of right and the prevention
OF wrong.
v. ID. PORTER, President.
Executive Committce-Jas. Ches.
nut, Chairman,-- johnson Hacood,
Thomas Y. Simons, G. W. Dudley.
E. Is. c. Cash, L. T.. Warlcy, A, FL
-Aldrich, lionry Gourdin, IL. c..
Smart, William Wallace, Il. l.. Mo-
Caughrln, L. j. Goodwin, j . S. West.
morcland, y. II. Davcga, \. b.
Woodruff, John i. Manning, NJ. J..
Eonham, 4. Burt.
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Ihe Ice crop prospects, under
present mild weather circumstances,
arc matter Of some concern. There
IS none as yet about Baltimore or ON
tho lower Susquchanna River. Tho
supply in the Eastern States promises
fair. On Monday last tho knickcr.
Dockor Company, Of Philadelphia,
was cutting ice nine and twelve inch.
es thick on the Kcnncbcc. An officer
OF the Washington Company, in New
York, remarked on Wednesday that
unless thcro was n speedy change in
the weather it would bo necessary for
al the New York companies to seek
NOR supplies at the eastward, but
no decision would bo como to, until
ABOUT tho 10th of February, beyond
which time it would not be safe to dc.