The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-04-22
GOOD PLAN ADOPTED.
TO SECURE AN EXHIBIT AT THE
SOUTHERN STATES EXPOSITION.

A Company Will be Formed-Gov. Evans
VIII be President-The officers and Exc
cutive Committee Good Business Men.
SPARTANBURG, April 16.-The bust
ness convention that met at Spar
tanbure last night rounded off its
work this morning. Governor Ev-
ans was elected President of the
convention, and he 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 first honors
at the 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 in the State. At last nights
session a committee was appointed
consisting of Messrs. J. G. Hemphill,
chairman, A. @. Shaffer. Wm. A.
(, Courtenay, w. B. Smith Whaley, A..
81. White, w. Evans, Ell. w. Finlay-
son and Altamont Moses to prepare a
plan on (which the proposition, to have
a a-cTeditable exhibit might be carried
Out. Mr.. Whaley being called away
last night, was unable to serve.
By way of preface to the report of
the committee Maj. j. @. Hemphill
stated that the committee had not
done 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 in South Carolina.
Chairman Hemphill 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 at 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
q president, vice president, commits
sioner and q 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.
That this convention designate an
active, progressive man from each
county as county commissioner, who
shall associate with him such persons
as he shall deem expedient to perform
the work.
That the commissioner be given
power to fill vacancies occurring and
make removals.
The urgent necessity of funds (for
I which purpose about SIS, 900 will be
neede0 being raised at once to make
q 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
cooperation 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-
tiyes OF railroad corporations in this
body-the 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 A. Courtenay
be made vice president, and that Mr..
i. L. Roche be commissioner for the
State, 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
matter to the attention of the citizens
OF the State, and 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 well as individuals.
Respectfully submitted,
j. @. HEMPHILL, Chairman.
The only proposition to change the
plan was in so far as the president of
the company was concerned. The
committee recommended that Cover
nor Evans be made president of the
company. Editor N. G. Gonzales, said
that while he hesitated to oppose the