The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-08
J. A. BANKS HEADS
STATE FAIR SOCIETY
J. ri. Cantey is Secretary and T. A.
Heise is Assistant-Other Matters
Taken Up.

delSe is ASSiStHHt-VtNeE MatteES
Taken Up.
The State, 3rd.
J. Arthur Banks, prominent mer-
chant Of St. Matthews and a former
chairman of the ways and mea1s
committee of the house Of representa-
tiVes, was last night unanimously
elected president Of the South Caro-
hna Agricultural and Mechanical so
ciety to succeed John G. Mobley, of
Winnsboro. Mr.. Banks was the only
one mentioned for the place. J. NJ.
Cantey, of Columbia, was elected sec
retary. T. A. Heise, of Columbia, was
elected assistant secretary, D. G. FL
lison, of Fairfield, was elected treas
urer and J. D. W. Watts, Of Laurens,
was elected general superintendent,
D. T. Efrd, of Lexington, who was
general superintendent Of the fair for
q number of years and the present
secretary, was defeated by J. M Can
4ey Dy a vote of 116 to 153 There
were 269 votes cast. This number
was present at the meeting Of the So
eiety. A high tr'h' e was paid to
Mr.. Efrd by Mr.. Mobley. Mr.. Efrd
was nominated as general superin-
aendent, but he resigned in favor Of
J. D. W. Watts, saying that Mr.. Watts
should be given a longer term Of Of
fee and that he did not think that it
would be fair to oppose him at this
dine.
The Voting.
One of the features of the meeting
was the disorder in voting. There
was especial interest in the election
Of the secretary. Tellers were ap-
pointed and everybody had to walk
mp to the front and place their ballots
with the seer etary. The sellers then
checked the votes with the official list
Of the membership Of the society.
Members of the Committee.
The following are the members of
the executive committee: J. H. Whar-
ton, Laurens; T. G. Hamer, Bennetts-
Vile; B. H. Boykin, Boykin; R. I. Man
ming, Sumter; D. F. Efrd, Lexington;
Paul Y. Moore, Spartanburg; J. N.
Kirvin, Darlington; John D. Frost,
Columbia; J. 4. Henegan, st. Mat
thews; B. Harris, Pendleton; S. J.
Summers, Cameron; l.. J. Browning,
Union; R. Singleton, Acton, and B. F.
Taylor, Columbia.
The election Of the executive COM
mittee precipitated considerable de-
bate and caused many motions to be
made. It was finally decided to ap-
point a committee with representa-
tives from each Of the congressional
districts. to name the members Of the
executive committee. The committee
was appointed by President Mobley as
follows: S. G. Donaldson, first dis
Srict; R. B. Watson, second district;
G. W. Lipscomb, third district; L. J.
Browning, fourth district; NJ Lang
ford, fifth district; R. P Hamer, sixth
district, and G. A. Guignard, seventh
district. This committee decided upon
the above named executive committee
and ballot by acclamation was TAX
en-.
The following are the members OF
the retiring executive committee:
". G. Hinson, Charleston; Jno. D.
Frost. Columbia; Tom c. Hamer, Ben
nettsville; J. H. Henegan, st. Mat
thews; B. H. Bcykin, Boykin; J. N.
Harper, Clemson college; R. I. Man
ming, Sumter; B. Harris, Pendleton;
J. A Banks, st. Matthews; S. j. Sum-
mers, Cameron; Paul V. Moore,
Moore; J. T. A. Ballew, Mountville;
J. N. Kirvin, Darlington; L. J. Brown
ing, Union.
Fice-Presidents.
The following vice-presidents from
the seven congressional districts of
the State were named:
A. T. Sy1nthe, First congressional
district, Charleston; o. NJ Watson,
Second congressional district, Ridge
Spring; T. J. Kinard, Third congress
sional district, Ninety Six; Jno. D.
Watts, Fourth congressional district,
Laurens; T. L. Bulow, Fifth congress
sional district, Ridgeway; D. A. Spi-
Vey, Sixth congressional district, Con-
way; E. G. McGregor, Seventh con-
gressional district, Columbia.
Mr., Banks Introduced.
The new president, J. A. Banks, was
introduced by John G. Mobley, who
nynrpcca6 hje coofi1nnca in tho ability