The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-27
WEST TENNESSEE FAIR
ASSOCIATION MEETING
Largest Attendance of Stockhold-
ers. Big Fair Next Year.

The largest attendance OF stockholder
OF the West Tennessee Fair Association
in years took place last Monday after
noon at the City Hall. Out of the 81
shares there were fifty-fye individua
shareholders present, either in person
or by proxy, representing eighty pc
cent of the stock, as follows:
Present: A. Harris, A. ]. Harpole
]. A. Coble. Pink Marshall, ]. G. Bur
dick, o. Spradlin, DIR. /. N. johnson
B. ]. Wade, H. A. Bransford, G.. 7
Moss, Ed Marshall, S. r. Bratton, G
E. Phebus, Walter DeBow, ]. G. Davis
4. E. Quinn, w. G. Reynolds, w. @
Farris, Dir. w. NJ. Turner, Geo. Dahnke
j. w. Woosley, S. d. Woosley, d. P
Caldwell, ]. P. Verhine, w. w. Mays
E. 7. Mitchell, 7. r.. Reynolds, DIR. F.
M. McRee, @. B. Hale, DR.. 7. E. Mar
shall, E. II. Marshall, Fl. P. Moss
Proxies represented: j. M.Chambers
w. E. Webster, Seid Waddell. Chas
Hardy, Frank Carter, DR.. w. A. Nail
ling, w. M. Mailing, G. v. Jones, O.
H. Clemmons, j. l.. Glover, ]. ID. Xii.
lion, R. B. Marshall, Can Forester.
These in person or by proxy were
here, as we understand it from the sense
OF the meeting, to put at rest all doubts
about the future of the fair They were
reasonably satisfied with the manage
ment OF the fair, as attested by the re-
election Of the president, secretary and
board of directors. There was only one
change in the board OF directors, and
that was made at the request of the
member who asked the association to
accept his resignation.
A number of talks were made to the
effect that Obion County could not af-
ford to be without fair at this point.
The reputation OF the county as an agri-
cultural section would suffer with the
loss of the fair. Mr.. Selmo Harris
favored the fair, DIR. McRee and Mayor
but Mr.. Reynolds seriously
objected to the suspension Of the fair
this fall. Mr.. Geo. Dahnke thought the
stockholders should make good the debt
by either renewing the notes or ad-
the cash to cancel it. Mr.. Sam
Bratton thought the old officers and
board should be reelected under the
present conditions, and be given another
year to put the fair in better financial
DIR. McRee thought the fair
was in good condition. As he saw it,
The fair had been fairly we'll managed.
1t was in debt, but with. the improve
ments made on the grounds there had
been no actual loss in the aggregate out
ay. Only $S, 800 OF the original stock
vas paid in. The debt is $5, 500, which
makes about $14, 900 as the cost of the
air grounds and improvements, con-
listing of 33 acres OF the finest of the
inc land adjoining the corporate limits
II Union City, worth about $400 an acre
md the buildings, the Woman's Build
ng of two big halls, two big grandstands
bout $50 hundred feet in length, with
seats for $500 people, the
orse barns and stables, the greatest in
lumber and the best ever constructed on
ny county fair grounds; the stalls, 100
! number, at cost OF $40 each, total
2, 1000; four barns at a cost of $500 |
ach, total, $4,000. (Neither barns nor
.ables could be built for the same mon
Y now.) Also the cattle and hog pens
mple and commodious- altogether for
iir purposes represents an investment
lrgely exceeding that amount of money.
Mr.. Harpole explained that there
ould be no assessment made on the
.ock, but that the capital stock could
Q increased without special act of the
legislature, and an increased issue made
ld sold if desired. He thought, how
yer, that it would be bad time to
fer fair stock on the market. Any
ay, as Mr.. Coble stated, there was
|, 400 Of the capital stock, already
ithorized, unsold, and this will be sold
anyone desiring to become stock
older and give their support to the fair.
r. Dahnke added to the remarks in /
vor of the present management that
ch stockholder had received liberal /
They had attended the
ir without cost of admission to their I
miles, sometimes very large, every
y OF the fair when so desired.
The prevailing sentiment was that the
ir was in practically good condition {
d that the fair shcild be continued
d supported much better than it had
en- bv those direcfIv interesfed No xUaI1 4