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. * 'w * M \ 'pro * jj I VOL. XXX. KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBE^Tm NO. 40 ^?^????* I PF C. We have just unloade< have exactly what you w< can furnish you with the Fox, Parker, Remington, Coffins and Cask< A RAIA mi " AT CHARLESTON.,] SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CON- \ GUESS WILL BE BRILLIANT AFFAIR?THE PROGRAM. J Charleston,December 8:?All is in readiness for the opening of the - - seventh annual convention of the Southern Commercial congress in < Charleston Monday, December 13. 1 The official programme, just off the press,justifies the assertion that this will be the biggest and most elaborately staged meeting ever held in f the South. t The battleship fleet ordered here '* for the occasion will anchor in Charleston harbor Saturday,'December 11. The following Monday morning the , congress will be opened by the pres- 1 ident, Senator Duncan U Fletcher of ^ Florida. President Woodrow Wilson ? ?? /..nAfinrm Ktr talanknno I ^ lilltv BtTLIU ^lcctlllgo uj uiv-jyuui^ connected directly with the White House and the hall in which the ses- ( sion is held. Coincident with the opening of c the congress the programme of entertainment for visitors will beein with visits to the ships of the ( battleship fleet; Crystal I'ark, the t most elaborate assemblage of high class shows ^ever gathered in the South; athletic field and water sports s and an excursion by railroad to various points of interest, the return baing made by boat.- The programme of entertainment through- s out does not call for the expenditure of a cent on the part of visitors, but * is being paid for by the city of Charleston, in order that all visitors ^ may feel that they are welcome and t well repaid for their coming. j Throughout Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, i Charleston will be given over to the I business and pleasure of the con gress. j Wednesday will undoubtedly be the big day of the week, with a great i - patriotic mass meeting on Marion 1 square in front of the Citadel in the ^ morning and a monster military and nayal parade that afternoon. The parade will be followed by a public reception of the United States Sec- r retary of War and Secretary of the J Navy. j Preparations have been made to j care for many thousand visitors, ex- \ elusive of the hotels. Upon their ( arrival at the union station, visitors ^ v not acquainted with the city will be . met by a company of boy scouts, who c * will direct them to the Chamber of s Commerce. There a bureau o* in- s formation and accommodations will ? be maintained for the convenience ^ of the city's guests,and there will be given an escort to a home where they may obtain lodging at reasonable rates. a + From the Battery to the city s boundary, Charleston has been deco- J rated with flags, banners and bunt- e ing. Searchlights play upon the chief points of interest. Eagerly the city a awaits the coming throngs who will v join the citizens in the great cele- e bration of the victories of 50 years ^ of peace in the States. The programme of entertainments for the week is as follows: i a LEPAE i a car load of Stoves and will int. Come and see us and we load you want in Shells. C. ] Stephens and other leadir% m 1 King 1 EV MONDAY, DECEMBER lft. J 1:30 p. m.?To officers of fleet. $ luncheon. ? 3:00 p. m.?To delegates and vis- * tors; excursion to navy yard, return t da Cooper river; courtesy of Clyde i ine. $ 6:00 p.m.?To visiting Governors; \ linner by Governor Richard I Man- ? ling of South Carolina. * TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14. 6 1:30 p.m.?To commercial secre- 6 varies; dinner at Charleston hotel. Q 2:30 p. m.?To Southern Commer- H jial congress delegates; reception; 8 lattleships. 8 3:30 p. m.?To officials of South- fi ?rn Commercial congress; han^pr & :ruise; torpedo boats. 5:00 p. m.?To visiting ladies and H gentlemen; entertainment at Coun- 3 ;ry club. 10:00 p. m.?Women's Auxiliary * iall, Hibernian hall. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15. 10:00 a.m.?General?national deiense exercises, Marion square; Secretary of War and Secretary of Navy vill speak. 3:00 p. m.?General?military pa-ade. 6:00 p. m.?Reception by Secreta y of War and Secretary of Navy at Dity hail. * 7:30 p. m.?General? community r lance, Liberty street. # 8:30 p. m.?To commissioned offi-; ? :ers of fleet, smoker at Carolina' ? facht club; to Secretary of War and :retaryofNavv,banquetatChar les- h :on hotel. u THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. Forenoon?To enlisted men; oy;ter roast at Schuetzenplatz. Afternoon?To visiting ladies; teas s )y Century club, U D C, Suffrage issociation and Art association. 8:30 p. m.?To warrant officers; imoker at Elks' club. 9:00 p. m.?To officers of fleet; ?11 at navy yard. g FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17. f( General entertainment; visit to ^ listoric places of interest, Charlespn museum,Glbbes Art gallery, etc. tTHLETIC SPORTS FOR ENLISTED MEN Monday, December 13?3 p. m., S? 'ootball at College park; 8 p. m., cl >asketball at Y M C A. e( Tuesday, December 14?3 p. m., j|( 'ootball at College park; 8 p. m., jasketball at Y M C A. Wednesday, December 15,3 p. m. ^ 'ootball.at College park; 8 p. m., al )asketball at Y M C A. si Thursday, December 16?2 p. m., ^ ield and track meet, College park. m w Tobacco Farmers. w It gives me great pleasure to an- ti lounce that I will be connected with cl kelson's warehouse next season and expect to be on the job better han ever, and I want to say right lere that the tobacco acreage will at ye very materially ctit in both South d< Carolina and North Carolina in 1916. M Awhile I would not advise Williams- jj] >urg farmers to plant a big crop, I lo think it wise to plant what you . an attend to and care for as it J0 hould be. In event we have good to easons and can make one more of rood crop, I look for better prices m han we have had for years. Call ^ or seed at People's Mercantile Co. Your friend, " E J Hester, in "Mistress Tubbs of Shantytown," , comedy in. three acts, will be pre ented at the auditoriumn of the- j113 tfesmith Graded school Tuesday ! ca vening, December 21, j bi ??. ? ? | The contract for the erection of ; new school building- at Florence so ^as awarded last week by the Flor-! lie nee school board to The Taylor-1 la Vaters Construction Co of Columbia | or $25,395.00. ; , i fo Friendship Links, the latest fad, j P1 ,t Baggett's. ! oi OR V gest and nicest assortment of tory. C. 125?000 loadec lave a very large and complete is are as low as it is possible to ardware VHY NOT NOW - StOA ? Wire F( ?r our fall stock we z Fencing. Come in, le SBURG HAI idquarters for G Farm Lands. rown Lots For Sale! :> Buy, See Us o Sell, See Us ction of the County that respondence to *, Kingstree, S. C. | ' fence it will be the business of Congress to raise the revenue to pay for it. Old timers, most of them Republicans re-elected after going down before the Presidential Democratic slide in 1912, came trooping back to places in the House. "Uncle Joe" Cannon sat on a bench in the front row and laughed while the House got into its little row over the rules and hot references to "Cannonism" were hurled back and forth across the dividing aisle. Even though today was only one for making new acquaintances and renewing old ones, the Congressional air was charged with the seriousness of the business of the months ahead, the business of legislating for a nation at peace in a world aflame with war and surrounded with almost endless possibilities. In the stream of bills and resolutions which poured into the hopper were not only plans for military prer.flrprlnpss but nt.hers nronosin*? in vestigation of motives of men and f organizations that champion national I defence. Notice was given that in I the Senate demands would be made for a showing of what the United States' has accomplished against Great Britain's interference with American commerce abroad. The entire fabric of the American Gov. ernment's delicate relation to the conflict across the seas probably will I be brought to the edge of Congres- i sional discussion, and the adminis-j tration leaders are not unmindful of i their tasks to preserve, what Presi- j dent Wilson has asked for, a united 1 America. After the President has delivered his address tomorrow both houses will proceed to perfect their organizations. Until the working committees are fully formed no legislation can be undertaken. While the House Democrats are organized, the Republican assignments will not be made before the end of the week. ! (Concluded on page 7) | IE F< be glad to show you the lar will yake the price satisfac [f you need a new Gun, we \ akes. Best of all, our price fstree H, ENTUALLY-V I Stoves! I To make room fc 3 Ox AM/] TTT^M/^ 1 ioiuves ctnu wire j WILLIAM: Hes #V"cjw5v"?5v^?V?0v'ovov>0v>ovovov0 Real Estate? Country Farms and r If You Want t< If You Want t We can place you in any se you want. Address all cor Gourdin & Harpei 4TH CONGRESS NOWJN SESSION. PEAKER CLARK RETURNED TO THE CHAIR-CANNON RESUMES PLACE IN CONGRESS Washington, December 6:?Conress assembled and organized today >r the session which is expected to s the greatest within the memory I the present generation. Four hours' work in the House iw Speaker Clark returned to the lair; Reppresentative Mann returni to the leadership of the Repubcan minority; the introduction of ,000 bills and resolutions, many of lem proposing measures of nationdefence and many more in oppotion; the reappearance of constituonal amentments to enfranchise omen, and a minature rules fight, hieh flickered out with the adop on of last year's rules with a few langes. In the Senate practically nothing as done,except the election of Senior Clarke, of Arkasas, as Pre'si?nt pro tempore. Vice President arshall was absent because of the Iness of his wife. Both houses then, after sending a int committee to the White House i give official notice of the opening f Congress, adjourned until toorrow, when the real business of ie session begins with President rilson's address to a joint session the hall of the House at 12:30 clock. The greatest budget of expendi-1 ires ever placed before any Ameri-1 in Congress in times of peace was, ought in from the various branches I the Government, the total beingj me one hundred and seventy mil- j >n dollars more than was asked for j st year. The greater part of the j oposed increased expenditure is r the enlarged army and navy; ogrammes and aside from working j it of the problem of national dej i yiNTE Heating and Cooking Stoves e\ I Shells just arrived. Get yo stock embracing all the leading sell them. 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