Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-13
. WASHINGTON NOTES 9

WASHINGTON NOlES
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Washington will soon be in the full
swing Of governmental work under
the direction of the heads Of the de-
partments. Two members Of the Pres
ident's Cabinet-Secretary of the
Navy Meyer and Secretary Of Agri-
culture Wilson-are Sitting on the
lid" Of the government and two
others-Attorney General Wicker
sham and Secretary Of Commerce and
Labor Nagel-are also on hand.
The crop reporting board Of the
bureau Of statistics, Department Of
Agriculture, estimated the cotton
crop on September 25 at 5S.5 per
cent of normal, compared with 63.7
August Is, and 69.7 September 20
last year.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Reynolds will retire from his Office.
on November l,Sfor longer period
t',an any of his predecessors for some
regimes back. Mr.. Reynolds has held
that Office, much Of the time as act.
ing head of the department, hut We'd
nesday he will go away on vacation
and when he returns at the end OF
the month he will devote himself to
the work of the tariff board Of which
he is a member.
"This is the home Of f.the Ameri-
. can flag which you carried to the
North Pole,'' was the hearty express
sion given DR.. Frederick A. Cook by
H. B. F. Mel arland, president Of the
District board Of commissioners, in
officially welcoming the explorer at
the municipal building Monday MORN
ing, in the presence Of crowd that
taxed its capacity.
Approval has been given by the
navy department to the findings OF
the court-martial in the case Of Frank
r. Bitter, chief boatswain's mate,
who, with four other enlisted men.
were tried as the result Of the cap
sizing of the tug Nezinscott off Hall
but Point, Mass, August l1th. Bitter
was found guilty on the charge OF
inefficient performance of duty and
was sentenced to six months conine-
ment and discharged from the navy.
The relief work of the Mexican
flood victims is being continued un7
der the direction of American con-
suls, according to dispatch received
at the State Department Sunday
from Consul General Hanna, at Mon
terey. Frost has made it appearance
in all of the stricken districts and
has injured the corn crops, which
have been reduced fifty per cent by
it, says the telegram, and many OF
the rural districts will need outside
assistance until new crops can be-
raised.
IF he finds time, Secretary Of the
Navy Meyer will make q visit to Char
lesion, S. c., early in November at
the time President Taft reaches that
section on his journey homeward. The
secretary was cordially invited to,
come to Charleston by Mayor r.
Goodwin Rhett and j. Adger Smyth,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce. If he goes Mr.. Meyer viii
make tour Of inspection Of the Char
lesion navy yard and also will look
into the workings of the marine>school
of application at Port Royal.
Lee McClung, treasurer of Yale
University, who has been appointed
United States Treasurer to succeed
Charles 81. Treat, was at the Treasury
Department Friday and met many Of
the officials whom he will be associat-
ed with. Mr.. McClung will leave FRI
day but will return in time to assume
Office on November 1st.
With the removal from Fort
Myer, Va, Wednesday Of the
Wright aeroplsne owned by the gov
ernnent to the new aerodrome at
vollege Park, Md, the work of
teaching the signal corps officers OF
the army was begun in earnest.
Wilburg Wright is the instructor.
The Panama Canal Commission
Friday forwarded an estimate of $43,-
063,O0O as necessary to continue the
construction Of the canal in the fiscal
year of 1911. This estimate is $10,-
100000 more than 1910 and $15,000,-
600 more than 1909. Fifteen and
half million is for labor; $20,000,000
for supplies and the remainder for
general expenses. Two hundred and
ten million dollars has been appro-
priated for the canal to date.
President TAFT and his party on
their return from the around-th-
continent trip will be taken on a
cruise of the Cape Fear river The
revenue cutter Seminole has been de-
tailed to take the Presidential party 4