Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-31
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY Man
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
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eozzRl-re Review Of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest From All
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Southern.

T9e 1Iorida senate passed the An
EFe bin, abolishing the convict lease
syxtem by the vote of 81 to z. The
hlA was recently passed by the house,
md new it only remains for Governor
Eilehrist to sign the measure to sound
he deathlnell of the lease system In
Ibis state. The bill was passed by
Ehe zenate only after long and nard
light Only one change was made in
the bin as it passed the house, and
Hais IN nCwise affects the sense Of the
measure as 1t was originally drafted.
The bin has been placed in the hands
M Governor Gilchrist, and 1t is ex-
lected that he win take some action
N regard to it within the next few
a1E8- Speculation is rife as to whetn.
H The governor viii sign the measure,
although there are enough votes in
snEor of tho bill to carry it over the
governors veto.
President Taft, in Washington,
1uehcd an electric button and sig
laled tho start of the parade in Mo
bile, Ala, to celebrate the two hum
tredth anniversary of the founding
aF Mobile by the French. The march
srs went around the old limits of the
citg as marked out by the maps drawn
ny Rienyille and Aberville. Included
in the parade were 500 bluejackets
znd marines from the feet at Pensa-
ogla. They were under REAR Admi-
al Ward and Rear Admiral Luclen
Young
The executive committee of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
voted unanimously for strike of the
Erenen on the Southern railway
sskauld the company refuse to accede
10 their demand for 20 per cent. in
g:rease in wages. The committee will
scufer again with President Finley,
uRd II he refuses the demand will
IL nnce order a strike. When inform
ed OF the action President Finney de-
Eiined to make any statement. a
Strike viii affect 2.400 men on 5000
niles Of road
An unusual sight was witnessed on
NE streets of Moultrie, Ga, when a
WIziee woman was Sentenced to
work upon the streets IN default OF
paying a fine after her ccnyiction in
the recorders court She was con-
x;esed Of an infraction o. the munich
sai ordinances and sentenced to pay
= Rre OF $40 or work twenty days on
Hre streets. Being unable to raise the
acquired amount she was forced to ac-
sept the alternative and was placed
III work along with negro convict.
E.nraged citizens quickly paid her fine.
". P. Brown, the wefl-known bull
kaader IN cotton, one Of the first to
predict Is cents for the summer
months Of this season, is once more
a daily visitor on the New Orleans
ectfon exchange. and the gossip of the
Hour Is that he has an active interest
m the market He seems to have al
rsost completely recovered from his
recent illness which was the cause
u his return to his home here from
New York, where, during the winter,
He was engaged in large operations in
The cotton market there.
The South Carolina planters of sea
IsEa2d cotton gathered in Charleston
70 take action to secure a reason
ztEe market for the staple. 1t was
decided to commence the campaign
Ser q better marketing condition by
1cnbining with the National Farm.
ers' Union and attempting to have
tlRat body cooperate with the planters
in marketing their crop at profit
President C. 8. Barrett of Union City
Ea, who was present assured the
planters of the cooperation OF the ma
Ecnal body.