The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-11
FARMERS AT TIL: SEASHORE.
WILL TALK AGRICULTURE AND
POLITICS Al TYBEE.

This MOrning-One Hundred Dele
gates Here and 100 More Coming.
The Secretaryship Eight Between
DIR. Hape and Mr.. JaIlisOn "A Lively
One-The stn1e Fair Practically on.
ThomaSyiIIe Wants Its Fair In
dorsed.
The state Agricultural Society viii meet
at Tybee this morning al 10 o'clock. There
viii probably bc between L1 ana 200 mem
bers in attendance. Nearly a hundred are
already in the city and at Tybee, and
large delegation is expected by this morn
ings trains.
Among the prominent members VINO ar
rived yesterday were President J. Pope
Brown of Pulaski, Dr. Samuel Hape, the
secretary, Of Hapeville, ex-President }. o.
Waddeu Of Atlanta, Hon. T. j. Lyon of
Gainesville, ]. r. Williams of Jones
county, c. W. Holmes of Madison. J.
McC Bryan Of Phiomath, Prof. IL. c.
White of the State University, Col. r. }.
Rcdding Of the Georgia experiment station,
Prof w. C. Weuborn and wife of the
Mississippi Agricultural College, stark
Vile, Miss; Mr.. Louis Berckma4ns Of Au-
gusta and Mr.. j. D. Myrick of MiIledge-
vile.
Ex-Gov Northen, who was for number
of years president of the society,". will ar
rive this morning. one OF the principal
features Of to-day's session will be an ad-
dress by Mr. Northen.
The society viii be called to order at 10
o'clock by President Brown, ard prayer
will be made by Rev. J. d. Chapman of
the Duffy Street Baptist church. The adj
dress of welcome viii probably he deiiv-
cred by Mayor P. w. Meldrim. Mayor
Meldrim only arrived from Gainesville
yesterday morning and it was impossible
for him to say whether n could arrange
to be with the convention this morning,
there being a council meeting this after
noon. besides an accumulation of business
to be disposed Of. In case of the mayors
absence the address WI probably be
delivered by Maj. G.. NJ. Ryals or DR.. r.
| G. Norton, who were delegates to the last
meeting and invited the society to savan-
nah
| Col J. G. Mccall of Quitman will re-
spond to the address of welcome The
roll of delegates will then be perfected,
| which will be followed by the presidents
/ address. Other business incident TO the
/ opening Of the convention will I'll in the
morning session.
At the afternoon session there will be
/ addresses by Prof. II. c. White of Ath-
ems and Hon. j. M. Smith of Smithton
At night there viii be an Experience
meeting, at which the members will give
their experiences in various agricultural
matters.
The election Of officers is usually one
lgf D er,Fs
! ing. The opinion of members who were
/ seen last night was that the present board
| of officers would be reelected, though Mr.
| II. w. JamisOn of Macon Is making a
| fight for the score aryship. The present
/ officers are: President J. Pope Brown;
| general vice president, James Barrett;
/ secretary, Samuel Hape, and treasurer,
/ j. Clayton Clements, together with
/ vice president and executive committee.
man from each congressional district.
! Or. HaDe has been secretary of the So
| ciety for six years. Mr.. Jamison was
his predecessor and was secretary for sew
/ eral years
The question of the holding of a state
/ fair this fall depends, it is said largely
upon the report Of the committee which has
/ the matter in hand. Several Of the mem
/ bers who We're seen yesterday thought the
fair would be held and others thought TO
| the contrary. Atlanta, il is said made
tory, provided 1t was backed up by the
cash. The Atlantians secured subscrip-
| tons to the amount asked for and asked
| the committee to accept this as sufficient,
! The fair committee asked the Atlanta COM
mittee to underwrte the subscription list,
which, however, that committee declined
| to do. The officers of the society have
declined TO proceed without something
! more substantial in sight than a subscrip-
ton list. and there the matter stands.
The people of the state have become
somewhat surfeited with expositions," said
a prominent member of the society in
speaking Of the matter yesterday. "At-
| lanta had an exposition last year This
year we should have the competition of
the Nashville exposition. Then again It
is rather late to make all the preparations
necessary for holding the fair and which
would be requisite to its success"
The Macon delegation will probably have
something to say about the fair. Macon
was for years the headquarters of the fair
and the Macon people want TO get IL there
again, though they will hardly ask for il
this year prominent member of the
| society said last night however, that when
Macon had the fair her people did not do
the right thing by the society They fail
! cd to pay the society the amount
agreed upon as a bonus for holding the
fair In that city he said. and later when
the business men of Macon were given
NiARiHN VI lilH ldils AitN AaiitN TO pay the
premiums advertised. Consequently he
did not think that any movement In behalf
Of Macon would be looked upon with favor
Thomasville Is going 10 make strong
appeal before the society for endorsement
of the South Georgia Agricultural and
Mechanical fair, which is to he held IN
that buslling. busy city of South Georgia
In October
Mr. Charles NJ. Smith ana Col. John
Triplett OF brownsville are in Savannah
for the purpose Of advancing such claim
for recognition before the members of the
society. Mr. Smith viii Represent the
Thomasviile Fair Association and Will
work 10 The end I'm view untrinely dur
Ing his stay In savannah with the farm
ors of tho state.
''lt IS our purpose said he rs a Morning
News reporter, "to ask tho State Agricul-
ural Society 40 endorse our fair this wear
and aid us by such recognition Nm making
10 what 10 should hc-a splendid display OF
| the resources Of tho state n has prac-
| ucllly been decided. as we understand. hv
The members of the society Go abandon the
IfT1 af nlNinr amy state fair cha. ,..tr