The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
CROWE'S FRIENDS
 IN FULL CONTROL
Stockholders of Providence
 Gas and Oil Meet
BIG CROWD PRESENT
Ticket Nominated Fly J. V. Allen Not Accepted By MajOrity-Crowe VIII Probably Be Reelected
 President

| Dr. G. B. Grove, president of the Prov
 idence oil and Gas company, was re
 elected a member of the board of diree-
 tors, together with a full ticket favor
 able to his administration of the com pany's affairs at a large and enthusias-
 tic meeting of the stockholders at the
 Chamber of Commerce building yester- | day afternoon.
 The new board of directors will meet
 at the offices of the company in the
 Brown Marx building this morning at | lO:3O o'clock for the purpose of electing | the executive officers. It is conceded
 that Dr. Grove will be reelected presi- | dent
 The new directors are Dr. G. B. Grove, Gen E. ". Fucker, H. w. Davis, H. J.
 Falls, J. W. Miller. J. w. Whatley and J l.. Davidson.
 pr. Grove led the ticket receiving even
 more votes than H. w. Davis. the resi-
 dent member of the board, for whom
 all had to vote Out of total voting
 strength of 553, 1923. the number of shares | of stock represented in the meeting, Dr.
 Grove received 542,99S MT. Davis. the | next highest man, received total of
 539, ,1OS votes.
 The expected sensational developments
 and disclosures promised by some of the
 leading stockholders opposed to the man.
 agement of pr. Grove, failed to ma
 terialize and the meeting was notably
 tame throughout though every person present seemed to be momentariy ex-
 pecting the oppdsition to spring some
 thing.
 Directors Elected
 The test of strength came when the | election of g. board of directors was taken up. J. V. Allen. the leader of the in- | surgent stockholders, offered the follow | ing nominations: E. w. Fucker, George
 B. Ward, W. J. Rushton, Forney John- | ston, F. B. Fowlkes, G. B. Grove and H. w. Davis. Dr. Grove asked that his. name be withdrawn, but he was per | suaded by his friends to remain in the
 race. The Grove partisans then an-
 nounced the following nominations: H.
 J. Falls, J. w Miller. J. w. Whatley, J. | l., Davidson and John l.. Parker. The | Grove people favored the election of | General Fucker and MT Davis is the member of the board residing in Della ware which Is required by the terms
 of the charter.
 The balloting consumed some time. but | the result was highly satisfactory to
 those who had supported the adminis-
 tration of pr. Grove.
 The old board of directors of the Provi- dence company consisted of Dr. G. E. | I T..
 Davidson, F. J. Rowe, c. c. Huchabee
 and H. w. Davis.
 Meets At Noon The meeting assembled at the offices
 of the Providence Oil and Gas company
 on the eleventh floor of the Brown-Marx
 building at noon yesterday. The attend ance was so large that the offices would not accommodate those present and an adjournment was taken to the auditorium | of the Chamber of Commerce building after the formality of temporary or
 ganization had been gone through with.
 Dr. Grove was made chairman of the
 meeting and J. L. Davidson secretary. | More than 100 stockholders attended
 the meeting in person. The total num-
 Der of shares represented in person and by proxy was 553,323.
 A committee on credentials was ap-
 pointed and while they prepared a re- | port the meeting adjourned till 2:30
 o'clock.
 | When the afternoon session opened Gen.
 E. w. Fucker was called to the chair.
 while President Grove read his annual
 report The report was exhaustive. re- viewing the progress and development of
 the company during the past year. He
 made report of the number and charac-
 ter of wells that had been sunk in the
 Fayette field and the work that is now
 being done. He also reported on the | contract that has been made by the | Providence company with the Consumers | National Gas company for the sale of all gas at the wells at cents per 1000 feet with the understanding that the latter company complete pipe line to Bir-
 mingham by January 1, 1912 Treasurer's Report Treasurer H. J. Falls read his report for the year, showing that $SO,0OO worth of stock had been sold and that s3S. 100
 had been spent in developing the prop erty and digging wells. The report shows | that Dr. Crowe president of the com pany, had personally borne the add-
 tionaI expenditure of $s1Oo Since May 1. the end of the fiscal year. $7536 70 has | been paid out by the company in de- veloping the fields. Most of this money
 was secured in the deal with the Con sumers Natural Gas company. Secretary ]. l.. Davidson read the min utes of the last meeting.
 At the close of the meeting President Grove appointed the following committee from the stockholders to audit the books and accounts of the company for the benefit of the stockholders: J. V. Allen. S. H. Greene and E. A. Holmes. The meeting adjourned at 6:30 o'clock. OPEN HEADQUARTERS HERE