The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-01-26
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Annual Meeting for Election Of Officers
Held Saturday Afternoon.

The annual meeting of the Colum-
bia County Agricultural, Horticultural
and Mechanical Association, for the
election OF officers for the ensuing
year took place in the Court House,
Saturday afternoon. The meeting was
called to order by r. T. Smith, of
Mifflinvile. Fred b. Hartman was
chosen Chairman, and Harry Barton
and Samuel Pursel, secretaries. w.
B. Allen, was selected for reading
clerk and the meeting was ready for
business. The chair requested that
the minutes Of the previous meeting
be read. Approved.
Next IN order came the roll call,
which revealed the fact that the at
tendance was not quite up to that of
former years. The chairman then
requested the treasurer to make some
report on the financial condition of
the association. Mr.. Brown stated
that inasmuch as he had printed the
statement on slips and had passed
them among the members, who could
see for themselves,a "a report was hardly
necessary.
The question of salaries was dis.
cussed for some 9Th. 1t was finally
decided that they remain the same as
last year, with the exception of Ii
brarian; which was increased $25.
The election of officers was now in
order For President, r. w. Smith
and E. H. Sloan, were named. The
tellers were A. V. Cressler and w. d.
Beckley. The vote was taken and re-
suited in the election of Mr. Sloan, by
I24 to So.
The nominees for Vice Presidents
were: J. T. Reeder, E. d. Hagenbuch,
Stephen Petit, ]. w. Bowman, &. +.
Adams, F. P. Hagenbuch and "A. c.
Greasy. Four to be elected. o. w.
Cherrington, Freas Quick and E. X.
Freas were appointed tellers. The
vote resulted as follows: Adams ISI,
Petit r4S, Reeder 1o7, Greasy o5, f.
d. Hagenbuch 81, F. P. Hagenbuch
II, Bowman 50. The first four were
declared elected.
For the Office Of Secretary it was
discovered that there was a contest.
A. N. Yost and c. M. Terwilliger
were named, The tellers were War
rem H. Eyer, w. r. Kocher and w.
H. Brooke. The count showed Yost
to be the choice, he having received
III votes and his opponent "a.
| James G. Brown was UNANIMOUSLY
elected Treasurer.
There was no opposition to w. B.
Allen for Librarian.
The nominees for Executive Com
mittee, three to be elected were:
Henry Deighmiller, Thomas Mensch,
H. V. Hover, F. P. Hagenbuch, 1.
B. Ikeler and E. H. Sloan. The vote
was taken by M. P. Lutz, &C. Yetter
and J. B. DeLong, counted and an
nounced as follows: Hagenbuch no,
Deighmiller no, Ikeler III, Sloan 79,
Mensch &c and Hover s..
The Auditors elected were William
Masters, J. B. DeLong and f. f.
Low.
The chairman then called on H. V.
White, representative to the State
Board of Agriculture. Mr.. White re-
sponded and gave an able and inter-
esting talk, stating in lucid manner,
what had been accomplished during
the past year. He also gave the
farmers some excellent advice, and
urged them to read the daily stock
market report and thereby keep in
touch with the pulse of the people.
At the conclusion of this meeting
the newly elected officers met and
elected f. H. Sloan Chairman. w.
w Barrett was made keeper of the
grounds.
1t was decided after considerable
discussion, that the fair this year will
be opened on Tuesday and close on
Friday. This, it is claimed will give
exhibitors an opportunity to remove
their exhibits from the ground on Sat
urday, and will also lessen the Socie-
ties expense in keeping the live stock
on the ground over Sunday. Another
point advanced in favor of closing on
Friday is that the fair may be contiuu-
ed on Saturday, should it storm on
Friday.