Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-09
The Changers Purchase Fair Grounds
From he Daily Caronl.lo June n

From inc Daily chronicle June T.
The noon trains yesterday brought
delegates from nearly every county in
East Tennessee, Co attend the Cauveu-
ton of Eas. Tennessee Changers to
consult in regard To- accepting pr1lo
sition ON the par. VI the Stockholders
Of the Eastern Division Fair property
to have the farmers a' East Tennessee
run the Fair this year. Carriages and
omnibusses were iu waiting al me
depot, aud soon the ea,'rr delegation
were seated IN comfortable vehicles
and on their way o. the Fair Grounds.
as per programme. Many ot the dele
gates mad perhaps never seen the
properly which they were now t1 ac-
cept or refuse, aud hence this pro-
gramme had been su arranged That ba.
fore any action was taken isr dele
gates should visit the grounds, and a-
they arrived about noon Of course din
ner had 20 be prepared there Arriv-
ing N the grounds rae panty drove
around the track once and thence go
the building. where The tirF-t- is-ue3
admitted the pI--e--Hr- 90 lns second
floor. where al
EXCELLENT DINNER
Had been prepared aud q table ref,
with q capacity 90 accommodate over
one hundred persons, but il was soon
found hat more delegates had arrived
than the committee had expected 90
see, 80 the table was soon surrounded.
and enough remained uuaccommoda-
ted az the first table TO nearly surround
il the second time BlJ Mr. John
Scherf mine host OF the occasion, had
prepared enough sataJlss for twice
that number of persons, and so none
left the grounds hungry. And right
here We would state that the dinner
could scarcely have been surpassed.
but was nothing more than could have
been eXpected-cOHsideriu that Mr..
Scherf was acting mine host. lie al
ways gets them up in that style. Al
the committees on the part Of the citi~
Zens OF Knoxville did their work molly.
and We feel sure that the Changers will
have no cause to- complain OF the re-
ceptiou they received.
Before proceeding 10 do Justice 90 The
viands spread before the assembly, Mr..
2. Dickinson, in behalf Of the citizens
OF Knoxville, extended to the Granger
delegates a hearty welcome and the
inequalities OF be- city; to which Mr.
r. =. Rhea, of sullivan county. re-
sponded In behalf OF the delegates,
after which Rev. Mr.. Hanchrr Us ked
A blessing, aud the signal was given
to proceed to the business Of the hour
to supply the inner man, which none
hesitated in doing.
After dinner the delegates were sup
piled with cigars and soon were again
seated ia their carriages, 'busses, bug
gies, &c., and on their way to the city,
when they proceeded to the Board of
Trade Rooms, where the following
proceedings were had:
AT THE BOARD OF TRADE ROOMS.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr., {. w. Charlton, after which fer
vent prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.,
Hancher.
Mr.. Charlton then explained the OBJ,
.ject of the meeting, as has heretofore
been made known through the col.
umns of the papers.
On motion Mr.. RObt. Z. Rhea, o.
Sullivan county, was selected as chair
man, and Mr.. Meek was selected a!
secretary of the meeting.
On motion the reporters of the daily
papers were invited to take seats a
the tables on the stand.
On motion the Trustee of the Fai
Grounds, Captain a. J. Kicks, wa
called upon TO make proposition
Mr.. Kicks stated that he had been Sc
lected as Trustee of the East Tennes
see Fair Association. The association
has nineteen and "a half acres of land
which they hold in fee simple, AM
upon which nearly all the valuabl
improvements have been put. Tn
State owns the forty acres adjoining
but it has been made over to tn
Fair Association with the understand
ing that it should be used only for Fai
purposes.
The last Fair, for various unavoid;
bic reasons, had not been "A finances
success, and the trustees had deter
mined TO call upon the farmers to tax
hold of the Fair. They had the brain
and power among them, and the
could take hold and make it a success
If they would do so.
Mr.. Charlton moved that commit
tee of seven be appointed, which me
ton was carried, and the fOilowin
gentlemen: $. Williams, y. ID. Bach
man, j. A. Turley, w. w. Wallsc,
George Mcpherson, Il. G.. Craighea
and j. ID. Riley were nominated.
On motion the committee was in
creased to fourteen, and II. b. Year
wood, T. j. Mason Robert G.. HaggarC
w. G. Rodman, Colonel Murphy, T. 4
Biggs aud w. II. Whitson were adde
to said committee. The committe
and the trustee then retired {
HOxsie's hall for consultation.
On motion list of delegates wa
taken by counties, and resulted as 70
lows:
DELEGATES PRESENT.
Sullivan-N. ID. Bachman, j. 4
Hamden, II. p. Rhea.
HaWkins-Samuel Portrum, ]. /
Riley, j. n. Walker.
Washington - George Mcpherson
VIM. Default, Il. II. Reeves, VIM. a
Nelson, Thomas Brabson.
Greene-W. b. Jones, DIX Self /
Pickering.
COcke-Wm. G. Rodman, DR.. Fail
field.
Jefferson county-S. ID. Williams
RObt. Anderson, DIR. A. A. Caldwell
John III. Caldwell, j. M. Meek, l.. N
King. u. A, SaWyers. John Vance. |