The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-04
FAIR SOCIETY Meeting.
ALL OFFICERS FOR 1911 ELECT
ED TO ANOTHER TERN.
Move TO Consider Allowing Carolina
and Clemson Free Use OF Foot
ball Field Violently Opposed.

| meeting last night the South Caro-
lima Agricultural and Mechanical So
| ciety reelected for another year its
| present officers and executive COM
mittee. This, as stated in the nomi-
| nation. is an Endorsement OF the
| work done by the officers
The officers for 1911, whom the DO
ciety asked to hold over In 1912, are
AZ follows:
President ]. A. Banks, st. MAJ
thews: president pro tenn. Tom c.
Hamer. Bennettsville; vice presidents,
A. T. Smythe, First congressional dis
trict, Charleston; r. B. Watson, Sec
ond congressional district. Ridge
Spring; T. J. Kinard. Third congress
sional district, Ninety-Six; Jno. D. w.
Watts. Fourth congressional district,
| Laurens; T. L. Bulow. Fifth Congr es-
sional district Ridgeway; D. A.
Spivey. SIXTH congressional district,
| Conway; F.. C. McGregor, Seventh
congressional district, Columbia; Sec
retary, j. N. Cantey. Columbia; treas
urer. d. G. Ellison, Columbia: assist
! ant secretary, T. A. Heise, Columbia;
general superintendent J. D. w.
Watts. Laurens.
The members Of the executive
! committee. which retains IT'S present
| personnel are AZ folIoys.
J. H. Wharton. Waterloo: Tom c.
Hamer. Bennettsville; 3. H. Boykin,
Boykin; Jno. d. Frost, Columbia; j.
| H. Henegan. st. Matthews; Richard
Singleton. Acton; r I. Manning Sum-
ter; d. F. Ehrd, Lexington; Paul ".
Moore Moore; ]. n. Kirvin, Darling
ton; B. Harris, Pendleton; s. J. Sum-
mers. Cameron; B. F. Taylor. Colum-
| bia; L. j. Browning, Union.
Ex-offlcio members: ]. b. Humber
Princeton; r. A. Love- Chester; D. P.
Duncan. Columbia; Thos. ]. Moore,
Moore; Jno. G. Mobley, Winnsboro;
T. ]. Cunningham, Chester; w. D.
Evans. Cheraw; r. p. Hamer, Jr.,
Hamer. and G. A. Guignard, Column
bia.
On the recommendation Of the
executive committee the following
were elected life members Of the So
ciety.
w. A. Boyd. Columbia; r. G.
Childs. Columbia; ]. M. Mobley, CO.
lumbia; j. A. Shanklin, Jr., Colum-
bia; w. l.. Anderson, Ninety-Six; B.
F. Aston. Jr.. Union; Chas D. Green,
Spartanburg; Eugene S. Blease, New
berry; H. c. Little, Shelton; DR.. F. S.
Killingsworth. Columbia; j. ]. Evans,
Bennettsville; w X. Dent, Dents
Vile; j. L. ellis. Rembert; ]. T.
Gettys Columbia; Dr. T. r. Moore,
Jr., Columbia; Ben Hill Brown, Spar
tanburg; E. w. Dabbs, Mayesville;
,. H. Stoll, Kingstree; S. A. Black.
Columbia; T. ]. Peak. Cross Hill; w.
B. West, Clemson college; ]. L. But
Ter. Lockhart; M. A. Coleman. Sill
yer Street; w. F. Coleman, Silver
Street, and B. r. Smith, Johnson.
President Banks made his annual
report.
A motion to lay before the
| executive committee the matter OF al
| lowing the university and Clemson to
play their annual football game at the
fair, without being taxed for 5000
for the use Of the grounds, met with
such a storm of opposition that it
| was withdrawn.
The case Of Clemson and the uni
versity was stated by w. A. Metts and
P. H. Nelson, who told the society
| that the students Of the two institu-
tions contributed toward the support
of the football teams and needed al
| the receipts from the fair week game
| to pay the training expenses incurred.
The annual game, they said, drew
thousands Of people to the fair who
would otherwise stay away. They also
| told the society that it were possible
| that In future the game might be
played on the universitys athletic
field, IL the payment Of the 5000 for
| the gridiron at the fair grounds was
Insisted upon.
The suggestion that the executive
committee look into the advisa hility of
| relieving the university and Clemson
Of this expense met with such over
whelming opposition that 1t was
| withdrawn.
On the motion Of J. B. Wingard Of
Lexington. section Al OF the rules Of
the society was stricken out. 1t reads:
THE secretary IL obliged to put the
name and address Of each exhibitor