Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-03-31
virginia State Agricultural and Me
chanIcal Society.
PRESIDENTS OFFICE,

RICHMOND. VA. Ma'.l5. 1855.
To the People of Virginia:
By a recent Act of the Iegisla
ture of Virginia, what has been
known as the Virginia State Agri
cultural Society, was merged into
the Society whose Name stands as
the heading of this circular, and
on March the It'll at the largest
meeting ever held in the history Of
the old organization this act ot'the
Legislature was unanimously aud
enthusiastically accepted hy all
interested.
The object of all this was to
place the new Society in POSITION
where ID might capitalize and raise
fluids upon its property sufficient
to have q
GRAND EXPOSITION,
TO continue from two TO three weeks
commencing about the 18th Of Oc-
tober, .1SSS.
The real property of the Society
has been recently appraised By Sc.
! lected Real Estate men. and they
have declared it worth today from
ninety to ole hundred and twenty
Thousand dollars. 1t is now free
from any sort of incumhrance. 1t
is, by a special enactment also free
from Taxation, and cannot be per
verified from the uses for which it
is set apart exceptforreinvestment
in like property. 1t is situated at
tie head of Broad street, makingit
the best located piece of property
for advancement around this city.
Should We have even ordinary
growth it must double in value in a
few years. Besides, all of The mon.
ey now pr proposed TO be raised in is
suing stock, is to he expended in
| improvements on the grounds su
that it will be seen at a glance, how
secure is the investment when We
now propose 10 capitalize the whole
property at 100000, divided into
shares at $50 each, none of which
is to be paid for until at least $50,
900 is taken over and above the
$50, which Richmond city will
take, and about $4,000 taken By
the old Lille Members In lou o;
their life membership privileges.
This, then. is the means we have
hit upon TO raise money enough to
have a Grand Exposition next fall
out of the proceeds of which, we
expect to pay a handsome dividend
to the stockholders and at The same
time sanguinelv hope to do Virgin
ia and her people an everlasting
benefit, ever to The starting Of a
new e. a in our existence.
Now we ask, and give our reason
for asking men III every quarter Of
this State to take stock in this en-
terprise. Let no one think for a
moment that this is peculiarly a
Richmond matter. Not at ALL
The exposition must be held in
Richmond because it is the only
place nj the State with the means
Of handling so great a number OF
people. 1t is d State enterprise
Nine ont of the sixteen member OF
of the Executive Committee are
farmers, one from each Congress
sional District in the State.
Some of the reasons why we ex
pect men from all over the State.
farmers, citizens of Petersburg,
Charlottesville, Staunton, Lexing-
ton. Lynchburg, Roanoke, Wythe-
vile, Abingdon, Fredericksburg,
Alexandria. M G,pAlku ptnpHi flames
stating how many shares of stock
they Will each take are
First.-We want every quarter
of the State represented in the one
grand organization around which
we shall rally from time to time. as
peculiarly Virginia.
Secondly.-We want such an in
tcrest invested that every quarter
of the State will have a display in
the Exposition.
Thirdly.-We want to make it
All advertising scheme for tho whole
State, and have each and every 10
cality to take advantage Of it as
an immigration opportunity, when
representatives will be kept here
to tell the story of each section to
the thousands of visitors.
Fonrihly.-We want our whole
people to get together this one
time i'll grand assembly, and see
the many machines which we pro
pose to make a speciality of having
exhibited that they can take al
vantage of, with unskilled labor.
and work up the raw material we
have on the farms.
Fitth.-We want these cities and
towns to come equipped and III
strength, TO lay before the manu-
LECTURERS who will be here, the ad
vailtageS of their places for certain
manulaclories,and also investigate
the machines exhibited; and see il
cur own capitalists will not invest
their mo ney in these things to the |
upbuilding Of our State.
$ SixtE.-We want these counties
to come down With their exhibits /
OF mineral and vegetable products
with maps of their counties show
ing the farms, the roads, streams,
school houses and churches, what
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