Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-27

TO pay Sl,ooi,445 In expenses LOT III
ming the United States patent Office
and leave a surplus of $Ss,476. This
startling fact is emphasized in the an
nual report Of Edward B. Moore,
commissioner Of patents. The total
number of applications of all kinds,
including inventions, designs, patents,
trade marks, labels, prints, etc., reach
ed .73,026.
An epoch in steel manufacture was
marked last year when for the first
time in the history of steel making
lin the United States, the production
Of open hearth steel passed thatdof
Bessemer steel. The tonnage Of both,
however, was much lower than in the
previous year. The United States
geological survey makes this comment
in its report on the production of ore,
pig iron and steel Of 1908. The year
also marked a great depression in the
iron industry. Since the middle of
1908 it has been steadily but slowly
recovering. The demand for iron and
steel products, the report points out,
was reduced over so per cent as COM
pared with the previous year.
E. Dana Durand, director Of the
census, has forwarded @ commission
as supervisor of the census to Eu-
gene T. Long, of Hallettsville, Tex,
for the ninth district of that State.
For the purpose of affording
prompt relief to the needy storm suf-
ferers at Key West, the army post at
that place is to issue rations for a
few days, the cost of which will be
borne by the American National Red
Cross society. In the meantime the
organization has undertaken an in
vestigation on its own account and
one Of Ito experts, J. C. Logan Of
Atlanta, Ga, has been directed to
proceed Immediately to the scene of
the disaster and report to Washing
ton the extent Of relief and rehabili-
tation necessary.
Anticipating that proposed action
Wednesday in Chicago of attorneys
Of Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter, convict
ed of defalcatioa in connection with
government improvement of the har-
Dor at Savannah, Ga, to procure a
further allowance of counsel fees, to
be paid out Of the Carter fund now
in the hands Of the receiver, the Su-
preme Court Of the United States
Tuesday issued an order staying pro-
ceedings in the United States circuit
court for the northern district of
Illinois so far as such an application
concerned. The fund consists of
money the government is attempting
to obtain from Carter on the claim
that it was procured through defal-
cation.
The public health and marine hos
pital service has detailed Assistant
Surgeon General J. W. Kern and
Passed Assistant Surgeon c. 81. La
vinder as its representatives at a con-
ference On pellagra to be held at Col
umuia, S. c., November 8 and 4.
Believing that the time has come
for definite action looking to the con-
servation of the nations great natur-
al resources, leaders in this movement
from all parts of the country will
gather in New Orleans on November
l, next, when the first important step
towards putting the principles of coa-
servation into practical effect will be
taken.
With the return Of the President
next month interest will be revived
in the new Tariff law, particularly
with rgard to the application of the
new "maximum," or general tariff
rates, to those countries which he
may regard as possessing tariffs of 9
discriminatory character against pro-
ducers of the United States.
Nicaragua, not withstanding the
instruction within her borders, is
fully carrying out with the United
States Government her agreement for
the settlement Of the claim Of the
George D. Emery Company in annul-
ment of the latter's timber concession
in Nicaragua, and Monday night
made the first payment Of $4,000 on
the 100000.
The use of the words $50 help me
God" at the end of oaths may be pro.
,hibited in the courts of the District
Of Columbia if Congress passes a law
which is now being drafted by the
commissioners of the District O. Col
umbia. The bill under consideration
is similar to n enacted by the Mary
land Legislature and leaders of the
bench and bar in Washington are be-
ing consulted as to the ~desirability
of recommending its enactment by
Congress.
The reserve torpedo fotilla at the
| Norfolk navy ward has been diSband-