Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-02-12
stockholders Meeting


ASSOCIATION.
Pursuant to call a mssting of
the stockholders of the Berkeley
County Agricultural and Mechan-
ical Association was held in the
courthouse on Saturday, February
5, 1881. On molten, Hon. NJ 5
Grantham was called to the chair
and j. II. Gettinser and w. T.
Logan elected secretaries.
On call of the roll majority OF
stock was found to be represented
On motion of j N. Wisner the
reading Of the minutes CT last
stockholders meeting was dis
pensed with.
On motion Of Judge Faulkner IL
was ordered that the meeting pro-
coed to the election of Directors of
the association for the ensuing
year.
All the old Directors were elect
ed, except Judge Faulkner, in
Martinsburg District, who asked
to be relieved for reasons stated,
and G. z. Matthaei was substitute
ed instead; and in Hedgesville
District w. II. Kilmer was elected
to the vacancy caused by the death
of Barnet Cushwa. Two vacan-
cies III Opequon District were filed
by the election of A. j. Thomas
and Jacob M. McQuilkin. James
McKown was substituted for F.
s. S. McKown, in Gerard5town
District, and on motion j. Rush
Couchman was added to the Arden
District.
The association having elected
it's officers for the coming year,
aud disposed of its ordinary bust
ness, Col. j. B. A. Nadenbousch
submitted to the meeting the fol-
lowing resolution
Resolved, That the thanks of
this association are due, and they
are hereby accorded to our State
Senator, E. Boyd Faulkner, Esq,
for calling the attention of the leg
islature of this State to the expedi-
ency of adopting some timely and
efficient legislation to protect the
cattle interest from the ravsges of
the disease called pleuro-pneumo.
MIA, and we beg leave to second
the movement of our Senator by
respectfully urging this subject
upon the prompt attention of the
legislature.
Colonol Nadenbousch was very
complimentary to our Senator and
as a farmer expressed his high
qualification that the interests of
the grazing and farming classes
received their proper attention at
Wheeling.
The chairman then called upon
Hon. Chas. j. Faulkner for the ex-
preston of his views upon the
subject then under consideration.
Mr.. Faulkner remarked that he
had nothing to say upon the reso-
luton of thanks. If the Senator
from this district was the first to
bring this subject to the attention
of the legislature, it was a very
natural movement coming from a
citizen Of Berkeley county in view
of our close proximity to the
county of Washington, in Mary
land. This destructive disease, it
is understood. mado its appear
ancs for the first time last fall in
Washington county-a county
only separated from this by the
narrow channel of the upper Po-
tomac-and it is well known tina!
there is much commercial inter-
course between the two counties.
Berkeley is therefore more expos
ed to. the invasion of this disease
than any county in West Vir-
ginia, aud it might therefore be
expected that the first warning
cry of alarm should come from
this quarter.
Mr.. Faulkner said that he had,
for some years, had his attention
drawn to the losses caused by the
disease called pleuro-pneumonia
among cattle, both in Europe and
in this country. The losses in
Great Britain have amounted to
many million of pounds. He had
not sesn any statistics of any
other country in Europe, although
it is known that it prevails more
or less in every portion of il. The
disease was introduced into this
country some twenty years age