The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-22
GOOD PLAN ADOPTED.
TO SECURE AN EXHlBiT AT THE
SOUTHERN STATES EXPOSITION.
A Company Will be Formed-Gov. Evans
Will be President--The Officers and Exc
cutive Committee Good Business Mon.

A Company Will be Formed-Gov. Evans
Will be President-The Oficers and Exc
cutive Committee Good Business Mon.
SPARrANBURG, April 16.-The bust,
ness convention that met at Spar
taaburg last night rounded off its
work this morning. Governor Ev-
ans was elected President of the
convention, and be and Hon. Patrick
Walsh of Augusta, Ca, addressed the
convention on the importance of
South Carolina being we'll represented
in the Southern States Exhibition to
be held IN the city of Chicago. The
delegates, who represent the best in
terests of the State, are determined to
have South Carolina take frat honors
at ths Southern States Exposition as
she did at Atlanta. The delegates ap.
preciate the opportunities of the Chi
cago show and want to let the west see
something Of the resources and devel.
opment ia the State. At last lights
session committee was appointed
consisting Of Messrs J. G. Hemphill
chairman, A. G. Shaffer. Wm. A.
Courtenay, W. B. Smith Whaley, A.
81. White, W. Evans, Il. W. Finlay-
son and Altamont Moses to prepare a
plan on which the proposition to have
creditable exhibit might be carried
out. Mr.. Whaley being called away
last night, was unable to serve
BY wa8 of preface to the report of
the committee Maj. J. G Hemphill
stated that the committee had not
doue all that it desired. but that the
plans were ample for active work. He
hurriedly related the importance of
having good exhibit at Chicago and
emphasized the talk by reference to
the settlement at Fitzgerald, GA. The
people in the west were hunting bet.
ter climate, better soil and more prof
table investments, and there was no
place where these could better found
than iu South Carolina.
Chairman Hsmphill then, on behalf
of the committee, submitted the fol-
lowing plan:
For the purpose of making com
plete and representative exhibit of the
resources of South Carolina al the
Southern States exhibition to be held
in the city of Chicago, beginning
August 18th next, this convention
provide for the organization of the
South Carolina Exposition company.
This company shall consist of the del
egates to this convention and others to
be appointed.
The officers of the company shall be
a president, vice president, commis-
sioner and a financial committee to
consist of three members. The head
quarters of the company shall be at
the State capital.
The president, vice president, COM
missioner and members of the finance
committee shall constitute the execu:
tive committee, three of whom shall
make quorum.
Tnat this convention designate an
active, progressive man from each
county as county commissioner, who
shall associate with him such persons
as he shall deem expe6ient to perform
the work.
That the commissioner be given
power to fill vacancies occurring and
make removals.
The urgent necessity OF funds (for
which purpose about $4,000 will be
needed being raised at once to make
proper representation of the resour'
ces of the State of South Carolina, be-
lieving as we do, that it can be made
to lead the South, that the commits
sioners be instructed to organize their
respective counties without delay and
report to the State commissioner the
amounts their counties will contribute
to the exposition fund and collect the
same and forward as fast as collected
to the chairman of the finance COM
mittee.
That the convention invite the act
i've cooperation of the manufacturing,
mechanical, agricultural and all other
industrial interests of the State. The
co operation of the owners of arabic
timber and swamp lands, undeveloped
water power and mining properties,
that they may have for sale or lease,
is also invited, towards making the
State exhibit at Chicago success,
Approaching the very great interest
already manifested by the railroad
companies of the State in promoting
the success of the enterprise, as evi
denced by the free transportation fur
nished to the members of this conven-
ton and the presence of representa-
tives OF railroad corporations in this
body-tbe convention will invite a
continuance Of this interest and such
further aid as they shall be able to
render
The committee recommend further,
that his excellency, the Governor, be
made president of the company and
that the Hon. William 4. Courtenay
be made vice president, and that Mr..
E. L. Roche be commissioner for the
Stale, and that these three designate
the finance committee.
The committee further recommend
that the press of the State be- requested
editorially and otherwise to bring this
u1dIlCI W tuC 6LlCul1Ou Vi LliC SltlLC1o
of the State, aud to urge upon them
the necessity for contributing to the
fund. and the advantages to be deriv-
ed from this exposition to communi-
ties as we'll as Individuals
Respectfully submitted,
J @. HEMPHILL, Chairman.
The ouly proposition to change the
plan Was iu SO far as the president Of
tue company was concerned. The
committee recommended that Cover
nor Evans BE- made president of the
company. Editor n C. Gonzales, said
that while he hesitated to oppose the
plan in any way he felt that the con-
vention itself ought to selectth presi-
dent; that the selection ought to made
entirely without reference to politics
and tuat the officer should be selected
from business reasons alone. He
moved that the convention proceed to
the naming of commissioners from
each county and that these commits
sioners select the officers with view