The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-26
LIVELY Meeting
FAIR ASSOCIATION.
r. HagenbuCh Elected PreSi-
dent and Harry S. Bar
ton, Librarian.
The Attendance Was Large.

Probably one of the most inter-
esting as we'll as the most largely
attended meetings of the Columbia
County Agricultural Society was
that of Saturday last when the
members gathered in the court
room for the purpose of electing
officers for the ensuing year. There
was a lively contest for two of the
offices, president and Librarian,
which fact having been pretty gen
orally circulated among the mem
bers, served to attract many who
have not been attending the an
nual meetings, and as a result Of
which in spite of the stormy and
unpleasant weather, the attendance
was large.
From the very first it was patent
to all that things would be lively.
J. w. Hidlay expressed his choice
for the Craftsmanship by nominal
ing L. II. Sloan. w. L. White
named f. B. Hartman. 1t was de-
cided to determine the matter by
rising vote, which resulted in the
election of Mr.. Sloan. Mr.. Hart
man in his usual pleasing manner
extended his congratulations to Mr..
Sloan and expressed his thanks to
those who had voted ior him, after
which organization was perfected
by the election of William II.
Hidlay and Pliney Ewes, secretaries,
and Clyde c. Yetter, Esq, reading
clerk.
The question of salaries of the
officers was taken up and fixed the
same as last year, after which the
nomination of candidates for Presi-
dent was announced to be in order.
There were two names presented,
F. p. Hagenbuch and II. V. White.
The question of how the vote should
be taken called forth a lengthy and
spirited discussion and it was finally
decided that, in order to preclude
the casting of any fraudulent votes,
the members should vote in their
seats rising as they expressed their
choice. For tellers the chair ap-
pointed Clinton Herring, Clarence
Yost and A. B. White. David r.
Coffman made strenuous objection
to the last named gentlemen, be-
cause he was a relative of one OF
the candidates. Chairman Sloan,
however, informed Mr.. Coffman
that he had confidence in Mr..
Whites honesty and was satisfied
that he would do the right thing.
The vote was then taken and the
count showed Hagenbuch to be the
favorite, he receiving I5S votes to
Whites IoS.
The vice presidents, Elisha Ring
rose, w. J. Hidlay, Henry Deigh-
miller and Emery D. Hagenbuch
were elected without any opposi-
tion, as was also the treasurer, Jas
c. Brown and the secretary, A. N.
Yost. In each instance the secre-
tary casting the ballot.
Then came the most interesting
event of the meeting, the election
of librarian. For this Office there
were four candidates, Harry S. Bar
ton, Chas. B. Ent, w. B. Allen
and F. c. Frederick. The candi-
dates or the first three at least, had
conducted lively campaign for
several days previous, and the fight
was close one. The first ballot
gave Barton 1872, Ent ga, Allen At
and Frederici I. Being unfamiliar
with the requirement that a ma
jority of all the votes cast was
necessary 20 elect, and Of course be-
lieving that the matter was settled,
many of the members left the room.
A vote as to whether or not another
ballot should be taken lost, where
upon Chanilee Ewes moved that
the secretary cast the ballot for the
candidate who had received the
higLest number of votes, which he
said could be done if there was no
objection. There was an objection
however, and quite strong objec.
tion too. 1t was at this point that
the Chairman knew not what to do.
A vote against a second ballot had
been taken, and there was protest
against declaring the candidate who
had received the highest vote elect
ed. After much thought and dis
cussion it was decided that the
Chairman be empowered to name
the successful candidate, and he
accordingly declared Harry s..
Barton elected librarian.
To NEE. any contingency of this
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