The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-05-04
The Annual Meeting of the Stock
holders Of the G. & 0. Develop
4-6-'93-te.

menu company.
The Third Annual Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Development Company was held
at Gladys Inn, in West Clifton Forge, on
Tuesday last, at three o'clock, P. M.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. J. G. Carpenter, President of the
Company. Mr.. G. F. Moore was nomi-
mated and elected for temporary Chair
man, and Mr.. III. L. Van Sickler. tempo
rary Secretary These officers were af-
forwards made the permanent officers of
the meeting.
The Committee on Credentials, APP
pointed by the Chairman, consisting of
j. G. Carpenter, Geo. K. Anderson and
F. M. Jones, reported that 1919 of the
shares of stock in the Company were
represented, which was much more than
necessary for quorum. A large amount
of the stock was present by proxy.
After the election of permanent Off
GERS, as above mentioned, quite adiscus
sion arose as to the order of business to
be followed. Mr.. Jno. Lloyd wanted to
amend the bylaws respecting the cleo
ton of officers, but the Chairman ruled
that to do so at that stage of the pro-
regular order of business laid down by
the bylaws, which could not be done
without being so ordered by majority
of the stockholders of the company. The
Chair, therefore, refused to entertain
Mr.. Lloyd's resolution. 1t was then
moved that the regular order be sus-
pended and the resolution be considered.
The motion prevailed, but subsequent
motion to. adopt the resolution was lost.
The most important business to be
transacted by the meeting was the cleo
ton of new Board of Directors. Two
or three tickets were put up, a scale vote
was called for, and the following gentle
men were declared duly elected
Decatur Axtell, J. A. August, E. A.
White, r. G. James, R. Taylor Gleeves,
8. w. Nowlain, A. B. Guigon, FL. A.
Tabb, and Jno. Lloyd.
The affairs of the Company under the
old administration were admirably COM
Quoted, as from the report it appeared
that the actual expenditures during the
past year were but $792.9O. This was
an unusually good showing and it seems
rather strange that the stockholders-or
rather some persons representing ~ the
stockholders see fit or deem it
necessary to retire the old Board; bnt
such thing has been done, and it re-
mains to be seen whether ''the better
policy to be pursued las a member of
the meeting expressed iD will in the end
prove to be really any ''better" than
the one followed in the past We shall
await the result with much interest.
A Complimentary Dinner.
A number of our young men, under
the leadership of Mr.. e. A. Snead, gave
a sumptuous dinner Tuesday night, in
the Dining Parlors of Chapman s. Petit
crew, in the Nettleton building, compli-
mentary to Mr.. Alonzo J. Gooch, whose
attended departure for Birmingham,
dinner in all respects, was success. Mr..
Gooch sat at the head of the center Ia
BILE. and on his right was Mr.. T. Wal>
lace Cox, while on his left was seated
Mr.. Fl. L. Van Sickler. There were three
tables: Mr.. Snead sat at the head of one
of the others, and DR.. A. w. Woodward,
presided at the third. The dinner was a
a costly one, and was served in the most
fashionable manner. In addition to the
substantials, there were vegetables and
fruits rarely seen SO early in this section,
and both in the quality and variety,
Lessrs. Chapman s. Petticrew demon
strated to the satisfaction of their guests
that they know how to conduct first>
class restaurant.
The following young men were pres
ent Messrs. A. J. Gooch, T. W. Cox, HI.
L. Van Sickler, Walter Smith, E. G.
Roberts, Frank Spinner, w. E. Tinsley,
J. w. Lipop, Dr. A. w. Woodward w.
Fl. Strough, E. A. Snead, r. L. Thomas,
+. M, Jones and T. J.. Jones.
Before leaving for Birmingham yester-
day morning, Mr. Gooch requested US to
thank his friends for their kindness and
generosity.
The usual services in the Presbyterian,
Baptist, Methodist and Il piscop a
=. -G,,o1ox- ,,,orp;pn payt