Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-08-01
AUGUSTA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

RESIGNATION OF A VALUABLE CHIEF
OFFICER-ELECTIoN OF COL. A. W.
HARTMAN, PRESIDENT.
&C., &C., &C.,
The Board of Directors of the Baldwin
Augusta Agricultural Society, met in
Stanton last Friday. The following let
ter was read from President and Director,
A. NJ. Bowman, now residing in South
west Virginia. who for ten years past
has been either President of, Or Director
in the Society, and who has been three
times elected to the position of President.
During this time and largely by his eff
forts, the debts of the Society have been
reduced from $1,000 to about So 600, and
Mr. Bowman now leaves the Society in an
excellent condition
SALTvILLE, VA. July 221. 1854.
TO the Board Of Directors of B A. Fur:
Gentlemen.-Being no longer in posi-
tion to properly discharge the duties of
Presid enJ and Director of your AssOcia-
tion in Justice to those who have 50 re-
peatedly honored me, and DESTROYS of
promoting the interests of an Association
for whose success have earnestly strug
gled for the last ten years. [ hereby ten
der my resign alton of these positions to
take effect at once.
From the foundation of your Society
the labors of your Board have been most
discouraging. Early deprived of the val
liable counsel of your illustrious founder,
heavily encountered with debt, often
swounded in the house of your friends, -
slandered and derided by those whose duty
it was to uphold your hands, whilst many
of YOUR annual fails were seriously him
dered by inclement weather, yet you are
not without cause for congratulation
Notwithstanding the many difficulties
you had to encounter, the debs of your
Association has been reduced from over
50 900 when [ entered your Board to
considerably less than s. 600 at the pres
ent time; whilst the prospects for the fu-
ture are such as TO warrant the belief
that clear weather during the coming fair
will put it upon its feet and start it on a
long career of prosperity and usefulness.
cannot retire from your Board with
out due ackno wledgment of the faithful
services, earnest fidelity, and self-sacri-
ficing devotion, to the interests Of the so.
cIety, of every member Of your body. and
witho ut whose earnest cooperation all
my efforts must have proved failure.
with sincere ESgdTu lOF 6dCu InGIQD0T
of your Board, and my best wishes for the
success of your Association, | am,
Your obed.ent servant,
A. M. BOWMAN.
REGRET OF THE DIRECTORS.
Mr.. Bowman's resignation was accepted
and the following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, That in accepting the resig-
nation of A. M. Bowman, President of
this Association, we do 80 with regret,
and we desire to bear testimony to the Ell
ficient manner IN which he has discharged
the duties of both Director and President
during an unusually long term of service.
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT.
Capt. &. Julian Pratt nominated for the
post of President Col. Asher W. Hartman
one of the members of the first Board OF
Directors of the Association. Tnat first
Board consisted of the following gentle
men: John b. Baldwin. Asher w. Har
man. VIM. Crawford. J. Wayt Bell, f.
w. Bayly, Robt. S. Harnsberger, James
Walker, YIN. A. Burke and VIM. nj
Tate.
Col. Harman Was unanimously elected
President.
Hugh F. Lyle, Esq was ELECTED Direc-
tor to fill Mr.. Bowman's place on the
Board.