CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF HONEY GROVE, FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS

T. B. Yarbrough
R. T. Piner
Geo. F. Stanfield
Were appointed a committee as order of business, who report following

1. Call to order
2. Call of roll (which maybe dispensed with)
3. Reading minutes of previous meeting
4. Hear report
5. Election of Officers
6. Business; (New or unfinished)
7. Adjournment

Order of business adopted and committee discharged.

The question of roads and their improvements was raised, and in view of the
fact that the necessity exists for immediate action in relation thereto. B. F.
Barnum offers the following, which was adopted.

Resolved that R. H. Long, Young Burgher, and L. N. Hornbeck be appointed a
committee to confer with the citizens of Ionia and others relation to the
improvement of roads to Ladonia. Ben Franklin, Cooper, Roxton and other
neighborhoods needing them.

T. B. Yarbrough moved that all resolutions offered for the ----? (not
readable) of the -----tion be ----- to the secretary, and adopted unanimously.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
            T. B. Yarbrough, Secty.

The Board of Directors of the Honey Grove Mercantile and Business Association
met at Independent office Monday Night, Sept 2nd 1878.
   Present:
   R. H. Long, Presdt.
   T. B. Yarbrough, Secty.
   Young Burgher
   H. P. Mather
   L. N. Hornbeck
The committee appointed by the last meeting of the association to confer with
citizens of Ladonia and others in relation to road reported that they visited
Ladonia and Cooper and had a petition to the court in circulation for first
class road from Honey Grove to Ladonia. That seventeen in Ladonia had signed
the petition and a fair prospect of getting a respectable number of signatures
for County Court in October.
T. B. Yarbrough was appointed to present petition to court (last sentence not
readable) to serve with a committee of the City Council to see to repairing
the app----? to the city through the Wilson Lane.
   H. P. Mather, W. Underwood and W. T. Wilkins appointed to view out and
estimate what is necessary to
improve the app--es to the city through the Provine Walcott and Hulsey Lanes.
   Young Burgher, H. P. Mather and Geo. A. Dailey appointed to give notice and
get up petition to open out road from Honey Grove to intersect the North Pass?
Road at Lamar County line.
Meeting adjourned.
   T. B. Yarbrough, Secty.

At a called meeting of the Honey Grove Mercantile and Business Association
held in the Magistrate's office, Stobaugh's Hall, July 14th 1879.
   Present:
   R. H. Long, President
   W. D. Wilkins, Vice
   T. B. Yarbrough, Secty,
   A. G. Stobaugh
   H. P. Mather
   L. N. Hornbeck
   J. S. Ingram
   T. C. Hale
   The President stated then object of the meeting to be, to ----- augment for
offering premiums on first three bales of cotton of crop of 1879 offered for
sale in this market and also to try to make some freight managements with the
Rail Road Company so as to over come the discouragement? against our town.
Mr. A. G. Stobaugh offered the following absolution.
   Resolved that this Association pay a premium on cotton for the crop of
1879, as follows; 1st bale of cotton received on the square of Honey Grove,
for sale on shipment from this point of the present crop, fifteen dollars, 2nd
bale ten dollars, 3rd bale five dollars. Provided that no one person shall
receive premiums for more than one bale. Adopted.
   Mr. W. T. Wilkins offered the following resolution:
Resolved that Mr. L. N. Hornbeck be appointed a committee of one to raise the
required amount for premiums by subscription. Adopted.
   T. B. Yarbrough offering the following resolved, that a committee of three
be appointed to correspond with Gaul Freight, against Texas and Pacific Rail
Road in relation to regulating sale of freight and other produce, so as to
obtain the same rated as other contentious points on this line of road.
On motion resolution adopted.
   T. B. Yarbrough
   A. G. Stobaugh

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