The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-03
PRESIDENT SMITH EXPLAINS:
He Did Not Receive Letter or Under
stand Appointment twill Come
Soon.

Soon.
It will be recalled that there was
great disappointment amongst the
farmers and other citizens when
President E. D. Smith failed to ap-
pear and address the farmers on the
18th of July. It seems that there
was general misunderstanding. Mr..
R. T. C. Hunter, the president Of the
cotton association in this county, had
given notice that Mr.. Smith would be
here, and there was very good at
tendance Of the farmers. Mr.. Smith
did not come, and no message came
from him. The farmers waited until
the arrival Of all the midday trains
in the hope that he would come. Mr..
Hunter promised that he would get an
explanation from Mr. Smith. so that
his position might be set right be-
fore the people Of Newberry county.
On the 18th day June Mr.. Hunter
received the following letter, and up
on the information conveyed in it, ad-
vertised the meeting and endeavored
in every way possible to work up
good attendance:
Columbia, Sc, June II, 1907.
Hon. R. T. C. Hunter, president,
Prosperity, S. c..
Dear Sir:
We will visit your county on the
18th Of July. Please give it all the
advertisement you can, and see that
the farmers, bankers; merchants and
business men are all notifed;' as We
wish to get our organization as COM
plete as possible. -
Yours very truly,
E. D. Smith.
Francis H. Weston.
F. H. Hyatt.
Neither Mr.. Smith nor Mr.. Wes-
ton was present and nothing was
heard from either Of them In ex-
PLANTATION of their absence Mr.. Hun
ter desires that the following letter
from Mr.. Smith be printed. He, also,
asks that the statement which follows
this letter be printed. Of course. no
one attached any blame to Mr.. Huh
ter. Everyone knows Of the interest
he has taken in this work and the en-
thusiasm which he has thrown into 1t
and that he would not have called the
meeting unless he had had authority
to do so.
The following is Mr.. Smith s letter:
Columbia, S. c., Aug. II, 1907.
Hon. R. T. C. Hunter, President.
Prosperity, S. C. "
Ny Dear Sir:
Your communication as to our fail
ure to be present at your meeting, l
hope has been satisfactorily answered
by Mr.. Weston, Secretary. However,
1 wish to give my reasons for not
attending:
We sent out to all Of the county
nresidents A list Of the dates propOs-
ed to be filled by us on that timer
ary, asking each county president to
notify Us at once as to whether or
not the date indicated would be suit
able for his county. l made careful
inquiry, and was informed that there
had not come any communication
from your county at all. Our time
was limited, other places were urg-
ing US to come, therefore I did not
60 to your place. I cannot express to
you my own personal regrets when l
learned that in response to the no
tiee of the date, you had collected a
meeting and had a fine attendance. l
assure you it would have been my
duty to have been with you on that
date, and would also have been plea
sure to me to be with you, if call
had been made.
We stand ready to visit your coun-
ty, and if you will indicate a date,
some member Of the state office will
see that it is filled. Matters of very
great interest should be brought to
the attention Of your people and our
organization in your county perfect
ed.
I am mailing you a call for a meet
ing of the county presidents on the
3Oth Of August. hope you will be
able IN attend