The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-10-14
WASHINGTON NOTES


partments. Two members of the Pres
dents Cabinet-Secretary Of the
Navy Meyer and Secretary VI AEr'-
culture Wilson-are "sit iag on the
lid" of the government and .wo
others-Attorney Gener,l Nlchar-
sham and Secretary of Coalnaroc and
Labor Nagel-are also on hand.
The crop reporting board of he
bureau of statistics, Dep ct
Agriculture, estimated tar cotton
| crop on September 25 & iS.5 leU
cent of n>rmal, comparel with or
August 25, and 69.7 SEP. -
last year.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
| Reynolds will retire from his Office
on November /, for a longer period
than any of his predecessors for some
| regimes back. Mr.. Reynolds has held
J that office, much of the time as act
ing head of the department, but We'd
nesday he will go away on vacation
and when he returns at tie end of
| the month he will devote himself to
tie work of the tariff board of which
he is a member.
"This is the home of the Ameri-
can flag which you carried to the
North Pole,' was the hearty express
sion given DR.. Frederick A. Cook by
II. B. F. Mcfarland, president of tho
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 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 18th. Bitter
was found guilty on the charge of
inefficient performance of duty and
was sentenced to six months confine-
ment and discharged from the navy.
The relief work of the Mexican
flood victims is being continued un-
der the direction of American con-
suls, according to dispatch received
al 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
1t, 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 Never will make 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
como to Charleston bv Mayor r.
Goodwin Rhett and ]. Adger SmytE.
president of the Chamber of Com
merce. If he goes Mr.. Never will
make tou" of inspection of the Char
lesion navy yarI and also wiD ook
into the workings of the marine school
OF application at Port Royal.
Lee McClung, trcasnr-r of Yale
University. who ha> been appointed
! United States Treasurer to succeed
Charles II. Treat. was al 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 remova. from Fort
Myer, Va, Wednesday Of the
Wright aeroplanc owned by the gov
ernment to the new aerodrome at
Follege Park, Md, the work Of
teaching the signal corps officers of
the army was begun in earnest.
Wilburg WRIGHT &c the instructor
The Panama Canal Commission
Friday forwarded an estimate of $43,-
O63,OO0 as necessary to continue the
construction of the canal in the fiscal
year of 1911. This estimate is $1O,-
100000 more than 1910 and $4,000
600 more than 1909. Fifteen apts
half million is for labor; $4,000. =
for supplies and the remainder :, %
general expenses. Two Iund & =
ten million dollars has heen ...
priated for the canal to date.
President Taft and his pa No.
their return from the aro
continent trip will be taken -. .
cruise of the Cape Fear river r.
revenue cutter Seminole has b. r..
tailed to take the Presidential .....