Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-17

and ChlckasaW Indians who asked
for redress for being excluded from
the citizenship rolls of those nations
when they were prepared by Secre-
tary. Hitchcock, Of the Interior De-
partment, on March 4, 1907.
Since the German naval strength
in the last year has jumped over that
of France in tonnage afoat and over
the United States in tonnage af1oat
and under construction the question
as to whether the. United States
should increase her building program
will be taken under consideration at
once by the General Board, with
Captain Andrews, naval adviser to
the Secretary of the Navy, partici.
pating.
Capt. William A. Marshall, who
has commanded the armored cruiser
North Carolina since that vessel was
placed in commission two years ago.
has been selected by Rear-Admiral
W. P. Potter, Chief of Navigation.
as commandant of the Norfolk Navy
Yard. 1t is expected that the selec-
ton will be approved by Secretary
Meyer and orders issued this week.
The production of 1873 per cent of
a full crop of peanuts for 1909 is
estimated by the Department of Az
riculture in a crop report issued
Monday. This is a decrease of a.
per cent. from last years crop.
Among the first questions which
will be presented for the ~considera.
ton of Congress when it convenes
will be the change, Of the date Of in
auguration Day, Commissioner
Henry B.. T. MacFarland. chairman
of the national committee, announced.
Backed up by the Governors of 4f
States, by strong popular support
Of the movement and a batch OF
photographs which would give any
Senator past the age of 40, a pull
monary SILVER, Mr.. Macfarland will
begin the assault with heavy ammu-
milton. The committee will also pre-
sent statistics showing the death toll
from pneumonia contracted by Wis
itors and the soldiery last Inaugural
ton. The local members feel that
their efforts will meet with success
The recommendation Of the JONI
army and navy board that Pearl
Harbor, in the Hawaiian islands, he
made the great naval station in The
Pacific was approved Thursday by
President Taft. In doing this it
was decided that a temporary naval
station only would be constructed at
Olongapo and that the proposed i'm
provement of. Manila harbor be aban-
doned. This will leave the protec-
ton of the Philippine islands 10 the
army.
B,itish capital practically has cap
tured the South American commercial
field and American business men will
have to exert the most strenuous VI
forts to overcome the lead the Eng.
lishmen have acquired in that section
of the world. This is the warning
issued by Alfred A. Winslow, United
States Consul at Valparaiso, Chile.
He reports to the Department of
Commerce and Labor that the amount
Of money invested by Britons in
South American industries has reach
ed the enormous sum of $3,290,023,-
300, which is divided among invest
ments in Government and municipal!
bonds, railroads. commercial interests
and banks. The prospects for bust
ness there are unlimited, but Ameri-
can manufacturers and business men
must seek it earnestly and furnish
better goods than their European
competitors to capture it.
Engineering problems as present
ed in the construction of the Union
Station and the Connecticut avenue
bridge here we're studied Saturday
by the members of the Appalachian
Engineering Association in a day Of
sightseeing about the city, spent in
examining engineering works and dis
cussing topics Of interest with mem
bers of the Forestry Bureau, Geo.
logical Survey and other Government
establishments.
Leading officers of the naval militia
Of various States discussed at a con-
ference here Saturday a plan Of cam
paign to induce Congress to extend
to the naval militia Of the country
the provisions of the Dick National