Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-13
BRIEF news NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLDS NEWS EPITOMIzED
Complete Review of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest From All
Parts Of World.
Southern.

There is no intention of abandoning
the Key West, Fla, naval station. ac-
cording to high officers of the navy.
Consequently, it is added, the navy
department will not view with any
favor any suggestion for the abolition
of Key West barracks and Fort Tay-
Ior, the army posts erected to pro-
tect the naval station in case Of war.
-Brigadier General Mills, commanding
the department of the gulf, has rec
commended to the war department the
wiping out Of thos eworks of defense.
G. Grosvenor Dave, director gen.
eral of the Southern Commercial con-
gress, with headquarters in Washing
ton. met in New Orleans with the ex-
ecutiye committee of the United Amer
ica's 1918 celebration, discussing the
plans by which the congress will in
yite conventions to this city during
yite conventions to that city during
1913, plans Of entertainments, the
erection of a mammoth auditorium
by the city and to seek special rates
from Central and South America to
this city during the convention year.
Senators Thomas S. Martin and
Claude A. Swanson were renomInated
at the Virginia Democratic primaries
for. the long and short terms, respect
lively in the United States senate win
ming out by an overwhelming majority
over Representative William A.
Jones and Carter Glass of the Insurg-
ent wing. The election brought to
an end a bitter contest waged with
equal vigor on both Jones and Glass
as the so-called "anti-machine candi-
dates
This years cotton crop will be sold
for IA cents during September and
October and Is cents thereafter. This
was the agreement of the cotton grow
ers of the South attending the Ma
tional Farmers union made at Shaw
nee, Okla. Little of the proceedings
of the union was made public, al
though aside from the price the farm
ers ask for their cotton, good roads,
parcels post and dabbling in cotton
futures will be discussed by the con-
vention. The report Of the live stock
commission urges diversified farming
and stock raising. The congressional
immigration committee recommends
increasing the tax head, excluding Il
literate adults from America, and the
fining of foreign steamers for bring
ing to this country undesirables that
could be rejected on the other side.
"No American cotton crop ever
grown has sold for as much as the
one just marketed, the total value,
including the seed, having been ST.
oSG,O0O,000." This remarkable state
ment is contained in the detailed sta
tistics of last seasons cotton crop is
sued by Col. Henry G. Hester, secreta-
ry of the New Orleans cotton ex-
change. With 100000 bales less than
contained in the bumper crop of 1908
9, the crop just marketed netted the
South $254,0O0,000 more. ~
Nails driven into pine trees "boxed
for turpentine is said to be the cause
Of the bloody feud between the Coo
leys and the Gays in Santa Rosa coun-
ty, Florida, which has SO far resulted
in the death of three of the Cooleys.
One of the members Of the Cooley
family leased turpentine timber to the
Gays, and when the first nails were
found one accused the other of doing
the work. 1t is understood the nails
were driven by children at play.
Southern members Of the American
Bar association are threatening to Sc
cede unless William H. Lewis, the
negro United States district attorney
at Boston, ceases to be member OF
the organization.