The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-17
NFW FAIR COMP ANY HAS FIRST MEETING Fair Grounds May be Convert ed Into Amusement Park WILLIAMS IS HERE AGAIN Former Manager of State Falr Haa Been offered the Position Thls
 Year-Meetlng In Exun's
 Office Today.
WILLIAMS IS HERE AGAIN

The nnal meeting or the olu AlApdiHa State Fair and Exhibit association was held last night, and the initial meeting of the new association was also held.
 Officers were elected for the ensuing year and the new fair association was formally launched. Following is a list of the officers and directors, as we'll as the executive committee:
 President, culpepper Exum.
 Vice President, John L. Raul.
 Directors, R. N. Rhodes, Robert Jeml- son. Jr., M. V. Joseph, Colman Blach, Eu- gene Ffes, J. J. Smith, W. w. Crawford, Hermann saks, A. L. Fulenwider, J. W. Donnelly, ". H. Hassinger, R. M Good all, W. P. c. Harding, J. A. Emery, John L. Parker, E. W Barrett, c. w. Ufford. John L. Raul and Culpepper Exum.
 Executive committee, John l.. Parker, Coleman Blaeh. c. W. Ufford, Eugene Flies, Robert Jemison. Jr., John L. Raul and Culpepper Exum
 On the motion of Robert Jemison, Jr vote of thanks was unanimously ex- tended the retiring president, Eugene Fies
 $10,ooo Has Been Raised.
 President Exum stated that he had been informed that the committee had raised the s1o,ooO required and that he would proceed to business
 President Exum announced that other vice presidents would be named later, and that there would be a large number of these. meeting of, the executive com mittee was called for 1O;3O o'clock this morning In the office of Mir Exum. at which time considerable business will be transacted.
 In taking the chair last night MT. Exum explained briefly what had been done in the past few weeks. He said that the committee appointed to raise S1O,OOO as 8 fund on which to start the fair this year had reported to him that the amount had been raised He said that all of it had not been paid to the treasurer and that 1t was the desire of the fair association that all these subscriptions be sent in at once.
 Bonds Nearly All Sold.
 The committee in charge of the sale of the first mortgage bonds to the amount of $10O,O0O of the new holding company had reported to him, said Mir Exum, that about $94, GOO of the bonds had been sold and that about $50OO of that amount would have to be deducted. At a meeting of the proposed directors recently sev- eral of the men holding bonds had agreed to deposit them with him as trustee on which to raise the balance of the money necessary to make the total $iOoOOO. He read the following list of men who had deposited their bonds:
 R. N. Rhodes, A. L. Fulenwider, J. J. Smith, W. P G. Harding w. H. Has senger. Robert Jemison, R. M. Goodall, M. V. Joseph, Eugene Fies, w. W. Craw- ford, John l.. Raul, Culpepper Exum, Hermann Saks, Robert Jemison, Jr, John L. Parker and R. D. Burnett. It was announced that Lee c. Bradley was drawing up the papers for the trans- fer of the old fair association stock and grounds to the new holding company, and that these papers would be ready within a week.
 Williams May Again Be Manager
 R. M. Williams, who was secretary and general manager of the association last year. has been offered the same position. He will be in Birmingham today and will have a conference with the president and directors If he accepts he will give his entire attention to the work of the fair. It was stated last night by MT. Exum that a proposition had been received from man who has had large experience in the management of parks and summer resorts offering to rent the grounds each year for certain length of time and to guarantee that the percentage of the fair would be large enough to pay the inter- est on the bonds and all other similar fixed charges. He also guaranteed to beautify the grounds and put up amuse- ments of all kinds. The proposition will be considered. It was stated that by next year the fair grounds would be converted into a summer resort and amusement park.
 It was suggested that w. P. c. Harding act as treasurer for the $l0,0O0 that was raised by the special committee and that all those subscriptions be paid to him. At the next meeting of the association a treasurer will be elected