The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-18
STATE AGRICULTURAL SoSIETY.
annual Meeting-Mr. II. A. Love Elected |
Presidont-Other Of1cers Chosen.
Register, 13th.7

The annual meeting Of the State Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical Society OF
South Carolina was ileld last night at
the Court House at o'clock, President
McIver in the chair with Col. Thos. w.
Holloway acting as Secretary.
The meeting was largely attended
and actively participated in by a great
number of those present.
The special business of tie meeting
was the election of officers to serve dur
ing the coming year.
President Mc1ver having declined
reelection, NJ. R. A. Love of Chester,
was nominated and unanimously
elected. A committee of seven was
then appointed to make nominations
for the Office of Vice-Presidents. Presi-
dent McIver asked Col. S. 4. Gregg,
who was the delegate from this State
to the Cotton Growers Convention
which met in Atlanta to make verbal
report for the information of the meet
ing.
Col. Gregg said that the attendance
at tbs convnntionwas rather small, but
this wss rather on account of the many
postponements of the day of meeting
rather than any Of interest in the mat
ter. South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia,
Mississippi and Florida were repre-
sented at the meeting and Hon. D. P.
Duncan was elected president. The
question of reducing the cotton acreage
was generally discussed by those pres
ent and it was agreed that where in
tensive system offarming was practiced
that the acreage be reduced to about
twelve acres to the plow. It was also
recommended that the size of the cot
ton bale be reduced and that sample
pocket" be added to the bale in order to
stop stealage. This step is recon-
! mended on the statement made on the
floor of the New York exchange that
no less than $4,000 or $4,000 stealage
is made in New York annually in the
handling of cotton.
In conclusion Colonel Gregg offered
the following:
Resolved, That this society endorses
the action of the Cotton Growers Con-
ventlon held in Atlanta and pledges
its support if the other States will CO.
operate.
Mr.. J. Frost Walker moved to table
this resolution, but the motion to table
was unanimously defeated.
Colonel Humbert, of Abbeville, chair
man OF the committee appointed to
draft a set Of resolutions of respect on
the death of Colonel James n. Lip
scomb, offered resolutions in which a
high tribute to the service and worth OF
Colonel Lipscomb was paid.
These resolutions were seconded in
most beautiful and touching language
by Colonel B. F. Creighton, who briefly
reviewed the life OF Colonel Limpscomb
and recounted his great influence in
society.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to draft resolutions of respect
on the death of Colonel ]. G.. F. Sims:
Colonel Thomas Taylor, Colonel James
Magby and Mr. T. O. Sanders.
An election was then gone into to fill
the Offices of Secretary and Treasurer,
which resulted in the unanimous re-
election of the present incumbents, Sec
retary Thomas. w. Holloway and Treas
urer J. L. Berg.
Colonel Holloway was very vocifer-
ously called on for speech. He didn't
make any, but he brought down the
house by saying that he was "actually
too tired and hungry to say anything"
This was taken as good and sufficient
excuse, for every one knows perfectly
we'll that no man in the State has
worked harder, especially during the
last week than Colonel Holloway.
President McIver then appointed
CoioneIs Duncan and Crayton COM
mittee 10 escort the newly elected
President, Mr.. R. A. Love, to the chair.
Or course the meeting wanted speech
but were disappointed again. President
Love said be was no speaker, but felt
very deeply the high honor conferred
upon him, an honor he said which was
the highest that could possibly be con-
ferred upon any farmer in the State,
and he highly appreciated the distinc-
ton paid him.
The committee then reported the
following nominations, which were
unanimously confirmed by the meet
ing: For Vice President from First
Congressional District. A. T. Smythe;
Second Congressional District, A. P.
Butler; Third Congressional District,
B. F. Crayton;- Fourth Congressional
District, J. Wash Watts; Fifth Con-
gressional District, T. J. Cunningham;
Sixth Congressional District, S. A.
Gregg; Seventh Congressional District,
w. G. Hinson.
The following is the executive COM
mittee: E. K. McIver, T. o. Sanders, E.
L. Roche, F. ". Vance, J. B. Hum
belt, IT. J. Moore, 0. P. Mills, DR.. J. S.
Dunn, J. G. Mobley, A. H. White, L.
D. Cbilds, John Dunnovant, Frank
Sims, DR.. Walter G.. Fisher.