The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-12-08
PROGRAM COMPLETE
OUTLINE OF EVENTS AT SOUTH
ERN COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
Work FULL OF EVENTS
Committee Announces Completed
Schedule Of Speeches and Amuse-
ments for Vtsitors-Wil Pack
Each Day With Stirring Proceed
inos-Bi2 Fleet in Earbor,

The complete program for the sew
! enth annual convention OF the South
ern Commercial Congress has beer
released, naming the hours at which
all sessions and entertainments viii
take place and giving other informa'
tion not contained in the tentative
program released several days ago
The general program opens Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock at the Vic.
| storia theater and closes with ses.
sion Friday evening. The entertain.
ment program Is divided into two
sections, the frst being general and
the second special. The entertain
ment for visitors and delegates to the
congress also opens on Monday and
will continue through that week. a
general entertainment committee has
been formed to have charge Of spe.
cial entertainments for selected
groups OF visitors.
General Program.
The complete program follows:
Monday, December 13, "Communi-
| ty Day"-10 a. M, opening session,
general, Victoria theater; 4 p. m,
session women's auxiliary, Hibernian
Hall; $50 p. m, session. general,
German Artillery Hall.
Tuesday, December IA, peace
Day''-10 a. M, morning session,
German Artillery Hall; $50 p. m,
evening session, German Artillery
Hall; House o. Southern Governors,
City Hall; Southern Commissioners
Of Agriculture, Citadel.
Wednesday, December is. ma
t.onal Defense"-10 q. M, morning
session, National Defense" Marion
Square; $50 p. M, military parade;
8 .. NJ, evening session, Woman 8
Auxiliary, Hibernian Hall.
Thursday, December Is, Foreign
Trade Day"-10 a. M, morning ses-
sion, German Artillery Hall; 4 p. NJ,
afternoon session, "Education," Ger
man Artillery Hall; $50 p. m, even
ing session (Bryan), German Artil-
lery Hall.
Friday, December II, "south's
Day"-10 a. m, morning session,
Cotton, Drainage, German Artillery
Hall: o. M, afternoon, Commercial,
Finance, German Artillery Hall; $50
o, m, evening session, Immigration
and Finance, German Artillery Hall;
immigration, Labor and smaller con-
ferences, Citadel.
Program Of Entertainment.
General-Battleship fleet, harbor;
selected carnival, Crystal Park; ath-
letic sports, enlisted men, baseball
marks: theaters, Academy OF Music,
Victoria and movies.
Special-Monday, December 49,
1.30 .. m, to officers Of fleet, lun-
cheon; $50 p. NJ, to delegates ana
visitors; excursion by railroad to
navy yard, return via Cooper river,
courtesy Clyde Lire; s p. M, to visit
ing governors, dinner by Governor
Richard /. Manning Of South Caro-
lima.
Tuesday, December 14-1.50 p. m,
to comnercial secretaries, dinner,
Charleston Hotel; $50 p. m.,. to
Southern Commercial Congress dele
gates, reception, battleships; $3.50 p.
m, to officers OF Southern CONNER
cial Congress, harbor cruise, TORPEDO
boats; p. m, to visiting ladies' en-
tertainment, Country Club.
Wednesday, December l5-10 e.
n, general, National Defense exer.
cises, Marion Square, Secretary OF
War and Secretary OF Navy Will
speak; p. NJ, general, nlhtarv
parade; 6 p. NJ, reception by Secre-
tary OF War and Secretary OF Navy,
City Hall; 7.80 p. m, general, com
munity dance, Liberty street; s.3V
D. M, to commissioned officers OF
fleet, smoker, Carolina Yacht Club;
to secretary Of war and secretary OF
navy, banquet, Charleston Hotel.
Thursday, December 1e-Fore-
noon, to enlisted men, entertainment
at Schuetzenplatz; to visiting ladies,
teas, by Century Club, U. D. c., suf-
frage association and art association;
$50 D. m, to warrant officers, smo-
ker, Elks' Club; 9 p. NJ, to officers
of fleet, ball, navy yard.
Friday, December 17-Genersl en-
tertainment, visit to historic places
OF interest, Charleston Museum,
Gibbes Art Gallery, etc.
Entertainment Committee.
The general entertainment COM
mittee is composed Of W. King Nc
Dowell, chairman; W. H. Mi1son, A.
W. Litschgi, Jr., C. B. Huiet, ]. H.
Rast, Santos Sottile, E. E. Quincy,
Daniel Rayenel, VIM. F. Burguson,
Leland Moore, J. NJ. Robertson, p. W..
Durant Jr., J. H. c. Wulbern, Ellison
A. Williams, Geo. B. Fishburne.
This committee will have charge OF
special entertainments to be prov1d-
ed in the way Of a yacht ride each
day to q selected group OF visitors
running from the Yacht Club along
the Cooper river water front to the
navy yard. Only one large yacht
will be used each day and owners OF
such craft will be requested to per-
nit the use of their yachts for one
day only so that only five OF these
craft will be required.
This committee will also look after
the providing OF several automobiles
for portion OF each day IN order to
take the speakers and visitors to the
congress from their hotels to the
places Of meetings.
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