The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-11-11
SOUTHERN COM
MERCIAL CONGRESS
TO MEET AT CHARLESTON IN
DECEMBER TRULY BE
A NOTABLE OCCASION.

OtldIlSSIOIl, 1NONSllIkSi ". W.
the early days of November has
come great activity on the part Of
the local organization. cooperating
with the organization at Washing
ton, to prepare Charleston as the
hostess city of the Southern Com
mercial Congress, the Atlantic bat
tleship fleet and thousands of Wis
itors from all parts of South Caro-
lima and the South. Almost daily.
at the present time, there is meet
ing of one of the efficient commit
tees of the local organization and
the vim with which these commit
tees have taken hold is in itself an
assurance of the successful session
which the purposes and aims Of the
Congress justifes.
Celebrating the victories OF 80
years of peace in the United States.
the seventh annual convention of
the Congress in Charleston will be
addressed on fifteen big vital subjects
by more than half a hundred of the
ablest and most widely known men
of today from all parts of this and
foreign countries. In conjunction
with the session, whish will be call
ed to order December l3 and which
will continue through December II,
the woman's auxiliary Of the Con-
gress will hold its annual convention
here, as will many other cooperating
organizations.
Heading the programme of enter
tainment for the throngs that will
besiege the old city will be the great
Atlantic battle fleet. An army and
navy parade will be notable fea-
ture of the amusement programme,
and those who witness it will have
something to remember long. Sail
ors from the battleships anchored in
the harbor, regulars from the army
post at Fort Moultrie and the mil
itia of the State will be in the line
OF uniformed men participating in
what perhaps will be the most eX-
tensive review of troops ever seen IN
South Carolina since the days of
1866. A specially selected carni-
val, water and field sports and every
other known device for the enter
tainment OF the city's guests will be
included in the completed pro.
gramme.
Under the auspices of the woman's
auxiliary, the Congress will be open
ed on the afternoon of Monday, De-
cember la. the day being designated
as Community Day. December
ID will be celebrated as Peace
Day.: December Is, as Navy Day:
December 16, as Foreign Trade
Day.. and December II, as The
South's Day.
AS the woman's auxiliary figures,
and quite properly to large extent
in the plans for Community Day" :"
the battleship fleet will occupy.
figuratively, the center of the stage
on Peace Day." as the army and
navy parade will be the hub Of the
programme on Navy Day" and as
the House of Governors will be in
prominence on the day devoted to a
discussion of matters of Foreign
Trade" On the 'South's Day. the
final and big day of the convention,
the Southern Cotton Congress and
the big conference on the subject Of
immigration will hold full sway.
The cooperation of more than l3
organizations, leaders and members
of which will gather here for the
Congress, has been secured, assuring
a full and fair discussion of all sub
jects from every point of view.
Some of the organizations cooper
ating are: The League to Enforce
Peace; International Institute of
Agriculture, Rome. Italy; Pan
American Union; American Com
mission on Agriculture Organization:
United States Commission on Rural
Finance; National Marketing Com
mission; Rural Credit League of
America; Southern Commercial Sec
retaries association; National Drain
age Congress; Southern Cotton Con-
gress; international Municipal Con-
press: Rivers and Harbors Congress
and the Horse Of Southern Gov
ernors.
The wide scope of the subjects to
he discussed: Peace, Education, Ma
tional Defense, Public Health, Pub
lie Efficiency, Social Conditions,
Drainage, Riyers and Harbors,
Foreign Trade, Merchant Marine,
Cotton, Rural Credit, Marketing,
Good Roads and Agricultural Col
onization-lends to the cooperation