Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Petition For Mrs. carmack.

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Washington, Special.-Representa-
tive Brownlow and Representative
Austin, of the first and second con-
gressional districts Of Tennessee, re-
spectively, have undertaken to make
the widow Of the late Senator Car
mack postmaster at Columbia, in
that State. They are the only two
Republican members IF the Tenn"se"e
delegation, and in addition to exercis-
ing their influence as individuals they
have now set to work to get the as
sistance of the States entire repres-
eptation at Washington.
President Taft heard protests Fri
day against the increased duty on
gloves, hosiery, pineapples and
lemons, provided in the Payne tariff
bill.
State Senator Travis and John Me-
Cormick, Of Brooklyn, n. Y, repre-
senting importers Of fruit, told Che
President that the increases on pine
apples and lemons would have to be
borne by the common people. The
increase on lemons, which it was de-
clared amounted to 20 cents box.
would practically be prohibitive and
leaves American growers in absolute
control Of the market.
Kenneth Barnhardt, representing
one of the largest department stores
in Chicago. accompanied by Francis
Simmons and Edward D. Winslow,
also Of Chicago, protested against
the increase Of duty on gloves and
hosiery. They were presented to the
President by Secretary of the Treas
ury MaeVeagh.
The French government has in
formed the State Department of it's
determination to put into effect inn
mediately the decision announced
Friday from Paris to expel former
President Castro, of Venezulea, from
Fort de France, Martinique, and
compel him to return to Europe.
j. H. Shelton & Son, of Washing
ton, D. c., were awarded the contract
for restoring the name of Jefferson
Davis to the tablet on Cabin John
bridge, from which it was removed
during 1862 Their bid was $147.75.
The work must be completed by May
Is.
The Senate tariff bill, so far as
rates are concerned, was completed
Saturday, but it was decided that in
making report, Chairman Aldrich
will announce reservation on cer-
tain important schedules for future
action. These reservations will in
clude hides, steel rails, wood pulp
and crude petroleum.
Chairman Aldrich assertes that the
Senate committee had made more
general revision on rates than was
done by the House committee on
ways and means and that reductions
IN schedules had been made on far
greater number of articles. This did
not mean that there would be re-
duction of revenues but that there
would be recommended a bona fide
revision downward of the tariff.
President Taft has recently declar-
ed that he favored the passage of
ship subsidy bill; Senator Gallinger
has announced that at some early
day, possibly not until the regular
session of this Congress, he will in
troduce and push with all his ability
similar bill to the one defeated in
the House by a small margin this
year.
1t is firmly believed here that, in
the near future, a ship subsidy, bill
will pass Congress and become law.
The fight against such measure has
been long and hard-fought but with
Taft in favor of it it will more than
likely be enacted.
Senator Simmons made a strong
and vigorous speech favoring the
Gallinger bill, which carried an i'm
portant amendment drawn by him,
and convinced many of the thinking
citizens of the South that his posi-
fion wos RIGHT