Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-08-30
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLDS NEWS EPlIOMIZED
Complete Review of Happenings OF
Greatest Interest From All
Parts of World.
Southern.

Voters of Jefferson county, Alabama,
i'm which is located the city Of Biz
mingham, declared for the open sa-
loon and rejected the plan to establish
a dispensary in this city. The wet
majority is estimated at something
over 1000 votes. The county beats
gave the dispensary small majority,
but this lead was soon killed when
votes in the city wards were counted.
Under the Smith liquor law Birming-
ham will have A saloons to be con-
trolled by an excise commission to be
appointed by the governor.
Commissioner of Agriculture kolb
of Alabama has heard from six COM
missieners of agriculture of the South,
in answer to inquiries, in which the
information is given that general
crop deterioration is noticeable. The
average is given as 20 per cent. Ten
nessee is the only one of six states
which announces no depreciation OF
the crop, while the commissioners OF
Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississip-
pi and Arkansas announce deterlo-
ration of 20 per cent. each.
Reports received by Secretary Reid
of the South Carolina Farmers union
indicate that the cotton crop in a
score of counties Of the state will aV-
erage from so to so per cent. The
general average for the counties Is
about Is per cent A report of all
counties and a general average for
the state will be announced later. The
information is being gathered by the
State Farmers union to prevent the
farmers of the state from selling cot
ton at price too low.
While three thousand men, women
and children stood by, shouting their
approval, Peter Carter, a negro, who
mad previously been baptured by three
members of his own race, and idtnti-
fed as the man who had attacked Mrs.
Minnie Spraggins, wife of a farmer,
was burned to death on brush-plle
in the main street Of Purcell, Okla
Two deputy sheriffs who attempted
to rescue the negro from the crowd
we're overpowered and locked in the
courthouse.
Internal revenue officers in search
OF Illicit distilleries near Winston-Sa-
lem. N. c., have discovered that a new
weapon is being used to discourage
their Investigations by two revenue
officers, who just missed stepping into
a large steep trap presumably set for
them by "moonsniners." The officers
had destroyed an Illicit still recently,
and were pursuing their investigations
when one of them saw the trap just
in time to avoid their being caught.
Representative of $4,000 farmers OF
the bright tobacco belt of Virginia and
North Carolina, allied with the Farm
ers' Educational and Cooperative un-
ion. in executive session at Green's
boro. n. c., entered into an agree
ment to pool the 1911 tobacco crop
until a price of not less than 10 cents
per pound is obtained in any section;
the bright" grade of tobacco will be
held for 20 cents. Details of the
agreement were withheld.
"Hold cotton for 13 cents is the
advice to be formally given to farmers
organizations by committee consist
ing of Senator Williams of Mississippi
and Senator Owen of Oklahoma and
Representative Burleson of Texas, rep
resenting conference of senator's and
representatives. from several cotton
growing states. A committee will urge
the state banking associations to CO.
operate against -"the bearish move
1nent Of the spectators"