The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-04-16
COUNTY FAIR
FOR WILLIAMSBURG.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD
COMMITTEES NAMEDTO CAN
VASS TOWN AND COUNTY.

VASS TOWN AND COUNTY.
Under the auspices OF the King
stree Board of Trade most enthus-
ias.ic and harmonious meeting was
held at the court house Tuesday
night.
ItWas meeting of representative
citizens from town and county and.
we believe, the most important of its
kind that has ever been held by the
local Board of Trade, since its object
dealt with a proposition of far
reaching importance to the town,
and of more vital interest to the
farmers, merchants and people gen
orally of the entire county. The
meeting was called by the Board OF
Trade to discuss the possibility of or
ganizing county fair association
and holding an exhibition here dur
ing the fall of 1914.
The meeting was called to order
at 900 o. m, by Mr. Thomas Nc
Cutchen, acting chairman. Z +
Saint-Amand. Esq, was chosen Sec
retary. =,
At the request of the chairman, Mr.
W E Nesmith stated that the object
of the meeting was to promote a
county fair for Williamsburg county.
The following gentlemen then ex-
prt ed themselves as heartily in
favor of such an organization and
detailed the advantages resulting
from such a fair to the county:
Messrs T O iEpps, W E Nesmith,
E C Epps, David McCutchen, W r
Scott, F W Fairey, S P Harper, W
O Camlin, Hon P H Stoll, MIR W H
Carr, Mr. H E Montgomery, Rev w
E Hurt, Rev P S McChesney, Mr. W
H Welch, Prof j W Swittenberg,
Hon R N Speigner.
On motion of Mr. E G Epps. the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the progress OF
Williamsburg warrants an effort to
hold a county fair during the fall
of 1914; that the natural resources
of the county are equal to those OF
any county in the State and superior
Tn rnany. that it is the duty of our
citizenship to collect, exhibit and
advertise these resources;
Therefore. be it resolved, That
organization committees be appoint
ed to Immediately take the steps nec-
essary to the establishment upon a
successful basis the effort Of holding
such q fair.
On motion of Mr. P H Stoll, q
committee of three was selected to
canvass the town and ascertain what
the town would contribute in the
way of proper site for the location
of the exhibits, etc; also a commit
tee of twelve was selected to can
vass the entire county and solicit its
citizens to meet at Kingstree at an
early date for the purpose of form
ing a permanent organization for
the promotion of county fair.
The following gentlemen were
named the committee of three to
canvass the town: H E Montgomery,
w E Nesmith and w R Scott. and
w O Camlin, Dave McCutchen, 7 0
Epps, P H Stoll, w E Jenkinson,
Thomas McCutchen, F W Fairey, R
N Speigner, J F McFadden, L =
Thompson, S Paul Harper and W H
Welch were chosen as committee OF
twelve to canvass the county.
On motion of Hon P H Stoll, this
committee was authorized to appoint
| a substitute in the place of any com,
mitteeman who was unable to visit
any section of the county arranged
by the committee to visit.
i On motion of MIR David McCutch'
en-, it was resolved that mass meet
ling of the people of the county be
held at Kingstree on Thursday,
April 80. 1914, for the purpose OF
discussing and entering into a per
manent organization for the promo
ton of a county fair.
Mr. N Speigner was requested
to write the school trustees OF eact
!, school district inviting them to CO.
operate.
i On motion of Mr. Stoll. it was re
solved that Mr. T o Epps would IN
yite Mr. Long, superintendent o.
State farm demonstration work, tc
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