Daily Republican., 1881-07-19
PREPARATIONS FOR CAMP.

PREPARATIONS FOR CAMP.
Meeting Of the Managers at Fran.
dyw.ne Su mmit-Locating tents
LeaslEg Privileges.
The Board Of Trustees of the Brandy
wine Summit Camp meeting met yester-
day together the committees on locat-
ing tents and on privileges. The first
committee named met at 10 o'clock for
the purpose of locating tents to those
making application until four o'clock
| in the afternoon the committee was en-
gagged in that work and by that time re-
reported that they had located AZ many
~ they had on any like day in previous
years. In the inner circle surrounding
the seated amphitl,eratre there was only
one I vacant space and for IL there
would have been number of applicants
were it not for the fact that ore had
been u standing applicant for some
years and that Que had the first claim.
Some ofthe managers OF ST. Pauls cir
Gle say that the prospects for every tent
on the avenue being taken up is pro.
missing. The Wilmington Circle, more
commonly known as Asbury, made no
report yesterday, but it is believed that
as the time approaches for the camp to
commence the circle will be fully Oc-
cupied.
The committee had heard a rumor
that the Union Circle had decided not
to attend this year, but member of
that circle turning up at the meeting
late in the day gave the committee 9TH
er and the more pleasant intelli-
gence that the Union had decided
to attend, but how strong was for the
future to determine.
The report Of small pox in Whining
ton carried terror to the country people,
and by the time the reports reached
them they were terribly exaggerated:
There was fear that the small
pox would deter people from the city
and country both IRON attending, and
there was fear of city people If they
did attend. These fears were gradually
allaye,i however by several gentlemen
from Wilmington, assuring their coun-
try brethren that there was no fear
whatever and what little was left i'll
Wilmington had almost entirely disap-
peartd.
Shortly after O'Clock, Mr.. Baldwin
chairman of tn. committee on privl-
leges, announced the rules to govern :he
leasing of the privileges and gave the
bidders half an hour to prepare their
proposals. During this time quite u
number of gentlemen might have been
seen figuring with pencil a1d paper, and
at three o'clock, the bids were gathered
and the committee retired to the preach
ers tent to consult and decide upon the
fortunate ones
In a half hour more the committee
emerged from the tent and read the fo.-
lowing Which brought smiles and glad
ness to thelucky ones, and tinge OF dis
appointment and verluiliun to the coun-
finances of the unlucky ones:
Oats and horse pound, Amor Walters;
Ice cream stand, Thomas Foulk; Fruit
vegetables &c, Amor II. Chandler;
Bead tent, A. B. Hastings of Linwood
and Leroy McGee of Booths Corners:
Meat stand, Thomas Foulk; Barber $
tent, j. B. Valentine. Owing to the
spirited competition that was carried
on, and there being some dissatlSfac-
tion at the decisions of the committee,
! the amounts to be paid for the respec-
tive privileges " ere not read, but they
were understood 20 he much below the
amount paid last year. II. about elght
or ten days more the'sound of the saw
and hatchet will wake up the dcnlzsns
Of the grove.
The burnt space is being rapidly COW
cred with a growth Of thriving suckers
from the stulnps of the scorcied trees
that were cut down, and the mort OF
them are protected by little fences
| around the stumps.
About d.zen of Virginia pcplars
which were planted in the vacant space
are .,rowing very fast and in couple
of years more will shade the ground.
4 very fine looking tall hickory tree
has succulnbed to the fury Of the storm
and has broken oft about the centre,
the top part bringing down dogwood
tree with it and both falling across the
eastern tide of the c.rcle but clear OF the
tents. The beautiful locking hickory
was rotten at the heart, hit si'nlllnue
gent leman remarked OF the condition
of many fine looking smooth professors
of religion.
At the head of the ground the light.
ming had struck tall chestnut tree and
trusted as it WAS the bolt plougllcd It's
way round and round the tree until it
was lost in the ground where the barber
tent formerly stoGd.
The camp meeting, rs the readers of
the REPUBLICAN, have been informed
before. will commence on Monday,
August sth and will last | days. The
grounds are on Sloan Circuit and the
pastor officers and membership Of
Siloam church, at Booths Corner, Del
aware county, have charge OF the camp
meeting. The following are the Toard
of Trustees and the committee named:
Board of TillstetS-Samnel Lance,
Robert Baldwin, J. Larkin, &. Wesley
Hance, c. Young. Wesley Poole. J. ".
Hance, Edmund Williams and Harri'
son Hinckson.
Committee on WorshIp-I.ev. Mr..
Melee, the Presiding Elder, Samuel
Hanre, Amos Baldwin, q. Wesley
llance.
Committee on Location-Eev. Mr.
McGee, A. Baldwin, Robert baldwin,
Daniel Husbands, Thomas W. john
son.
Committee on Privileges-Aanos Bald
win, j. w. Hauce, Edmund Williams,
Robert Baldwin, Rev. MIR. McGee.
Lumber Committee-J. w. Hance.
Comlnitteeon Health-John p Grubb
A, Pierce, Isaac Williams, Joseph Lar