Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-01-28

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premiums, which was 81, 500 more. The
premium list was larger last year, and
with greater variety, and aggregated
So, 300. The receipts from gate fees OF the
first Fair were $4,000, of the End, over that
amount, of the 3rd, between $4,000 and
S., 900, and they has been going down every
year, until last year, the 9Th, the receipts
were only $4,000. The expenses last year
were greater, some SO more stalls being
erected and many special premiums given,
which left, after the payment of expenses,
only $500, out of the $4,000, to 60 to pay
ing the premium list. The quota due from
the corporators was $4,000, but instead
Of paying that, they only paid $3.50. The
TREAsURER's STATEMENT
shows that when the Society occupied
the old grounds they owed ABOUT $4,000.
They sold the ground for $4,000, and pur-
chased the new one for $4,000, and put
$4,000 on it, which left 81, 900 Of the $685.
600 to reduce the debt OF SIS. 200 with. and
the debt was thus reduced to it's present
size CT So 900, which puts the Society fifty
per cent better off In regard to debt than
it was when it left the old ground. Mr.,
Burke desired the corporators to appoint
a committee to examine his books. Last
year s., 200 had passed through his hands,
for which he had vouchers.
Col. A. W. Hartman, another director,
moved that the corporators appoint COM
mittee from their own body to examine
the affairs of the Society, and to report at
an adjourned meeting to be held at Feb
ruary court.
A voice-Take any day but court day.
THE CAUSE OF NoN-PAYING.
Mr.. Charles Grattau said he was one of
the corporators who hadn't paid up, and
he would like to state the reasons as far as
he was concerned. He had paid up his
quota regularly until the refusal to call a
meeting Of the corporators about the pur-
chase of the new ground, in which refusal
he thought the corporators were badly
treated. He had lost interest since then
and hadn't paid up his quota since.
Col. Harman-I have been in minority
in the Board on this and other questions,
but think that in that matter we ought
to let by-gones be by-gones.
Mr.. Grattan-It is Il matter of personal
interest to me, and think I have right,
Col. Hartman. to statesmy reasons
ASTONISHING DEVELOPMENTS ABOUT THE
SALE OF THEIR ADMISSION TICKETS
BY CORPORATORS. ..
A voice-What is the reason of the fall
ing off in the gate fees? ...
Mr.. Burke-The corporators have ridden
their privilege of admission clean down.
Some of them took as many as Is or 16
tickets for their families. ..e,.. 81.
Mr.. A. G.. Christian directed that
they should have those tickets? .aI. ..s
Mr.. Burke-The Directors, Of course.
Mr.. Christian-Well, hadn't they the
right to use them as they pleased? ,;7
Mr.. Burke-No; not exactly as they
pleased, for they often sold them to the
town people at Is cents. 13 tas.f u"
A voice-Yes, and as low as Is cents.
Mr.. Burke-Corporator have been known
to stand at the gate and sell their badges
at less than they were selling for at the
gate, e.. ,,.g .-I.l.y OH giIo T. ~"
Mr.. Christian-Well, they had a. right to
do it. sgaf3r. f...ei.,. az a t.sI!
HOW IT WORKED WITH OTHER SOCIETIES
Mr.. Burke-It was right badly used to
our own detriment. Every Society in the
State has suffered fromit. The State So
ciety, that got $4,000 from Richmond,
now owes $4,000. The Lynchburg So
ciety, that got 5000 from that city, got in
debt, and the only way it got out was for
the corporators to give up their privileges,
and by that means it has gotten even again.
When people only brought their families in
on a family ticket, we made money; but
now some of our corporatorS have come to
the gate and stood there and sold their
tickets at 40 cents each, underselling the
gate-keeper. Some of them gave their tick
cts away to any who wanted to go in. Mr..
j. H. Parkins, another o. our Directors,
was down at Mt. Sidney, and saw ten men
who were not corporators, of whom nine
had gone into the fair without paying a
cent. After the fair 1 received So from
persons who had gone in, as conscience
money.
Mr.. Parkins-Y es, and you and I in
buggy on the road were offered tickets by
at low price.
Mr.. A. NJ. Bowman-I know Of corpo-
rators who had agents out to sell tickets.
THE COMMITTEE.
The chair appointed Messrs. Chas. Graf
Tan, A. A. Sproul, E. M. Gushing, Samuel
A. East and W. H. Peyton as the commit
Tee to make the examination.
In discussing the time the committee
would occupy in the examination, Col.