The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-13
Half Centennial Since Conclusion Of
Of Civil Conflict in Country
Commemorated at South
ern Com. Congress
IL ALLIED BODIES
HOLD MEETINGS
Rural Credit Legislation is Advo-
Gated; Woman's Auxiliary Con-
venes; "House Of Cover
nors" Holds Session
BY United Press.

By United Press.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. 13.-
Twelve allied Organizations are hold
ing meetings here today in connection
with the seventh annual convention of
the southern commercial congress.
Special features will be introduced in
commemoration of the 90 years OF
peace between the American states.
Peace services were held in all local
churches yesterday.
The following meetings and confer.
ences will be held during the con-
gress:
Conference OF the League to En-
force Peace, of which former Presi-
dent Taft is the head; meetings Of
the Southern House of Governors;
Southern Cotton congress; National
Drainage congress; Southern Com
merciaI Secretaries association:
third annual convention of the Wo-
mems auxiliary OF the Southern Com
mercial congress; rural credits con-
grcss: conference on commercial eau
cation in relation TO foreign and do
mestic commerce.; meeting OF the
United States commission on rural
credits meeting of the American
Commission OF Agricultural Organiza-
ton: meeting Of the National Market
ing committee. and conference on i'm
migration and labor.
United States Senator Fletcher Of
Florida is scheduled 10 preside at the
meetings. About sixty speakers will
be heard. The conference will be CON
cluded Friday.
Members of the congress were told
by speakers favoring rural credit leg
islation that the farmer gets thirty
five cents and the middleman sixty
five cents OF each dollar the consumer
pays for the farmers crops. There is
an enormous amount Of waste, espe-
cially in perishable products, because
OF the lack of a central, directing
market intelligence. they said
The delegates were welcomed by
Mayor John p. Grace of Charleston,
r. G. Rhett, president OF the Chamber
of Commerce; and Richard |. Man
ming, governor of South Carolina.
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida,
president of the congress, read his
annual address. John Barrett, direc-
tor of the Pan-American Union, also
spoke
Miss Louise G. Lindsey Nashville,
president of the woman's auxiliary,
opened the meeting of that organiza
ton this afternoon. Mrs. Julia Heath
New York. president of the National
Housewives league. Miss Kate Cor
don, New Orleans; Mrs. John Epper
son and Mrs. Rutledge Smith, Ten
nessee Mrs D. A. McDougal, Okla
hoina, and other prominent southern
women, also spoke.
Tonight DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler
OF Columbia University, New York
will speak on "The Changed Out
look" and a number of southern gov
ernors will join in ali informal discus
sion of 'Cotton, Commerce and Rura
Credits"
The executives were invited her
by Governor Manning of South Caro-
lima for the purpose of organizing tn
House of Southern Governors. 9TH
governors at this and subseouer
meetings will discuss problems of lee
isation and law enforcement of in
portance to the SOUTH" said DR.. c.
Owen of the congress.
Another feature of the program TO
the seventh annual convention Of tn
southern commercial congress is tn
mobilization of the Atlantic flee
by order of the secretary of the nav
and mobilization of the nations
guard of South Carolina.
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