Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-10
ORGANIZING In EARNEST.
The Centennial Meeting I'm smith
County.

A meeting of the citizens Of Smith coun
", to take steps towards having our county
represented at the Centennial Exposition
was held at Carthage on the 9Th Of July
| 1875, in accordance with a call made by
the commissioners appointed by the Presi
dent of the United States and by the Gov
ernOr Of Tennessee throughout the State fOl
that purpose.
DR.. J. w. Bowen, one Of the committee
appointed by the commissioners of this
State for Smith county, called the meeting
to order, and made a brief speech explain
ing the object of the same, after which B.
j. Walden was called to the chair and L. j.
Fisher, Jr., was chosen as secretary.
The chairman having announced the
meeting ready for business, the following
resolutions were submitted by DR.. j. w.
Bowen:
"Whereas, it has been determined by the
people of the United States to mark their
appreciation and memory Of the Declare
ton of their Independence by holding a
Centennial Exposition in cOmmemOratiOn
of that event, i'll the city Of Philadelphia,
commencing on the 10th of May, 1875, and
continuing till the 10th Of November Of the
same year, in which all the nations of the
world have been invited to unite, most Of
whom have already siguified their inten-
ton TO do so; and,
"Whereas, the Governor Of the State Of
Tennessee, by authority Of the Legislature
recently in session, has appointed a Board
of Commissioners for the State, charged
with the duty of devising ways and means
by which the State may be properly repre-
scented by delegation aud productions in
the said Exposition, which Board of Com
miSsiOneUs, in connection with Commits
siOneTs for the State appointed by the Pres
ident of the United States, by authority Of
the Federal Congress, has appointed Com
missiOners for each county to invite the
citizens thereof to celebrate this, the Goth
Of our independence, by organ
izing TO prepare for the part Of the State in
said approaching Exposition therefore,
"ResOlved, that the chairman Of this
meeting appoint the two following COM
mittees: 1. 4 Committee Of Finance, 10
be composed Of members whose duty it is
hereby declared to be to solicit cOntribu-
ton Of funds 10 defray the expenses Of col /
Letting and forwarding the productions Of
Smith county for exhibition in the said
Exposition. 2. A committee TO be COM
posed of members, one member from each !
civil district, whose duty it shall be to su-
perintend the collection and forwarding Of |
articles and products for exhibition.
"ResOlved, that the chairman and the |
Of this meeting be &c OficiO men, |
Deis Of both these committees.
The resolutions were adopted as read.
The chairman then appointed the follow
NJ committees:
Finance COmmittee-COl.J j. A. Fite, W. |
R. Shaver, W. II. Aust, James Vaughn, DR.. |
D. V. Seay, DR.. J. 5. Cornwell and J; G.
Apple.
On Collections and Forwarding the
committee: Capt. John Al
en-, j. d. West, 7. q. Taylor,
J. H. Young,W. L. Kemp, L. w.
}allow, w. II. Cheek, Jesse Ford, Jas.
David Smith, J. w. Franklin,
Vim. Rice, Ed. Harrison, g. II. Glass, 3.
\. James, John Acquire, W. S. Neal, Tur-
Ter johnson, and J. II. Baird.
1t was ordered that these proceed ings be
,ublished in the daily UNION AND AMER
CAN and in the HdrtSUHIe Sentinel.
There being no further business, the
Meeting adjourned sine die.
B. J. WARDEN, Chairman.
I. J. FISHER, JR., Secretary.