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tel1t cr aWb aub twi. ESTABLISHED 1865 EWBERY, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 2(6, 1904. TWICE A WEEK, S1.50 A YEAR GENERAL ISSEMBLY HIS BEGUN ITS THIRD WEEK SENATOR TILLMAN WL BE PUT BACK ON THE WINTHROP BOARD. House Yesterday Killed The Haskell Bill To Abolish Special Courts-The Work Of Friday and Saturday. (Special to Herald and News.) Columbia, January 25.-The house today killed Mr. Haskell's bill to abolish special courts. Columbia, January 25.-Senator B. R. Tillman having been legis lated off the board of trustees of Winthrop by mistake, Dr. T. A. Crawford, of Rock Hill, who was elected to succeed him, has ten dered his resignation on this ac count, and the general assembly must elect another member and of course will put Mr. Tillman back on the board. Dr. Crawford de clined in the following message: "The distinguished services of'Sen ator Tillman to Winthrop College render his continuance on the board a public necessity. I can not accept the election in his stead and hereby tender my resignation." The mistake was due to con fusion as to the time of expiration of the terms of the various mem bers. It was not definitely known what places on the board were be ing filled, and thus it was that Sen ator Tillman was dropped from the board and Mr. Crawford chosen to succeed him. The report gained circulation in some way that in like manner Mr. L. A Sease, of Newberry county, has been dropped from the Clem son board. This is clearly a mis take, as Mr. Sease was elected in 19o2 for for a term of four years. AFTER THE ELECTIONS. The house got down to the rou tine work of law-making immedi ately after the elections and did a hard day's work on Friday. The matter of labor contracts came up for a long discussion. The action taken is given in the edi torial correspondence in this issue. Mr. Tribble's bill was passed ex empting all Confederate soldiers and sailors who now receive a pen sion from the State or aid from the county, from the charge of any li cense for the carrying on any busi ness or profession within this State, or any villiage, city or town there mn. There was also a long discussion on Mr. Webb's bill to authorize and require the directors of the State penitentary to erect and equip fertilizer plants and ware houses for the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers. The bill was finally killed. Subsequent ly, however. both houses passed a resolution looking to an inquiry by the penitentiary authorities into the advisability of the State going into the fertilizer business. The investigation is to be conducted without expense to the State. On Saturday the house took up and disposed of a number of uncon tested matters and in this way local legislation occupied most of Satur day' s session. CLEMSON SCHOLARSFIPS. A long discussion was provoked on a proposition made by Mr. D. 0. Herbert, of Orangehnrg, to estab lish 124 beneficiary scholarships for Clemson college, with an award of $ioo to each of the scholarships, this money to be paid out of the resources of Clemson college. The idea is to give preference to those who take the agricultureal cours and to award them to the most worthy and needy candidates who have made at least 6o per cent. on the examinations. It was urged by those who favored the scholarships that far mers are now paying most of thu money which goes to the support of Clemson college while the far mers' sons are not receiving the greater benefits. Mr. Arthur Kib ler, of Newberry, made a strong speech in favor of the bill. No ac tion was taken on Saturday. IN THE SENATE. The senate on Friday devoted most of its time to the discussion of the shad bill, which has come up each year for many years past. Senator Walker, of Georgetown, argued against the passage of the bill, which would prevent the ship ment of shad from the State. Next day Senator Ragsdile, of Florence, favored the bill, and it was finally passed. NEW BILLS. A number of new bills have been introduced in both houses, among them some very imp3rtant meas ures. SCHOOL LIBRARIES. Bill Prepared by Mr. E. H. Aull,of Newber ry, to Give State Aid to the School Library Cause. The matter of school libraries in the State is one of growing import ance. Mr. E. H. Aull, of Newber ry, has prepared the following bill, which, he thinks, will be of materi al assistance to the library move ment throughout the State. An Act to encourage the establish ment of libraries in the public schools of the rural districts.. Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of South Caro lina: Section r. Whenever the patrons and friends of a free public school shall raise by private subscription and tender to the county super intendent of education, for the es tablishment of a library to be con nected with said school, the sum of ten dollars, the county board of education shall appropriate from the money belonging to that school dis trict asking for the library the sum of ten dollars for this purpose. Section 2. As soon as the county board of education of any county shall have made an appropriation for a library in the manner pre scribed the county superintendent of education shall inform the secretary of the State board of education of the fact, whereupon the said State board of education shall remit the county superintendent of education the sumi of ten dollars for the pur chase of books for said library. Up on receipt of this money the county superintendent of education shall turn over to the person appointed to select books the amounts secured by private subscription, by appropri ation from the county board of education, and 1y ppropriations from the State board of education. Section 3. A local board of trustees is hereby appointed to select the books and shall purchase such books as they may deem best suited for such purpose, and shall file with the county superintendent of educa tion vouchers for the whole amount received: Provided, that no vouch ers shall be valid except for books and transportation charges. Pro vided further, that such purchases shall be from a list furnished by the State board of education, which said; State board shall adopt books for said libraries under the law and rules governing the adoption of text books and shall make rules for the governing of said libraries. Section 4. The trustees of every ibrary shall carry out such rules and regulations for the proper use and preservation of the books as may be enjoined by the State board of education, and shall make provi ions ,for having all* books, when not in circulation, kept under lock and key. Section 5. The trustees of two or more libraries may, by agreement, exchange libraries: Provided, that no exchange shall be made oftener than once in six months, and that no part of the expense of exchang ing libraries shall be borne by the public. Section 6. That the sum of five I thousand dollars be annually ap propriated, to be expended by the State board of education, under the provisions of this At. Section 7. Not more than twelve (12) schools in any county created and operated under the general free school law of the State, shall be en titled to*the benefits of this Act,.and no school district shall receive any moneys under its provisions except schools created and operating under the general free school law of the State. The school receiving this benefit shall be decided by the county boards. Section 8. This Act shall be in force from and after its approval. Congressman Aiken's Work. Keowee Coucier, 20th. Representative Wyatt Aiken has introduced Senator Latimer's good roads bill in the House. Mr. Aiken says the bill will prove more satisfactory in his opinion than the Brownlow bill. Mr. Aiken is a strong advocate ot good roads and be will exert every influence to push the bill through the House. Although a new man in Congress, Mr. Aiken is fast making himself known with the leading men here, and indications are that he will soon become one of the most prominent of the South's representatives. Everyt hing Else in the Shade. Mr. John R. Burke, of the Au gusta Chronicle, writing from Co lubia under date of January 2!, says: The suspense is over and the fat positions in the management of the South Carolina liquor dispensary have been won. There were other eiections besides those for dispen pensary effices, but the others were scarcely heard of about the b.>tels or State house lobbies. Every thing was completely overshadowed by the contest for dispensary places." A little fellow told his school tea cher he was half through the mid-: die of his book. Mr. L. B. Aull invites everybody to see the steam laundry machinery in operation. BLIZZARD AND CYGLONE, AND FIRE AND FLOOD. UFFERING IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN NORWAY. k Town In Alabama Completely Destroyed. Blizzard In The Northwest Other Disasters. Chicago, Jan. 24.-Extreme cold xeather is recorded in various sec :ions ot the north and west today. rhe cold wave extends over a wide irea, embracing the upper Missis ;ippi and Missouri valleys and the vestern Lake region. Particularly ;evere weather is reported in the Dakotas, eastern Montana and In iana and portions of Wisconsin nd Michigan. The thermometer today in this :ity registered ii degrees below tero. There is suffering among the poor and many of the homeless ap plied at the police stations for shel ter. Only one death, that of a sherman, has been reported so far. At St. Paul today the minimum :f the official thermometer was 33 legrees below zero. At Duluth, Nlinn., it was 37 below at one time 3nd the coldest with one exception since 1864. THE DISASTER IN NORWAY. Eleven Thousand People In Alesund Ren dered Homeless By the Flames Three Persons Killed. Aalesund, Norway, Jan.24.-The re which swept over this town yes terday morning destroyed every building in it with the exception of the hospital. The i i,ooo inhabi tants of Aalesund were compelled to camp in the open as only a few :amaged and uninhabitible houses were left standing. The children :f the town had to be housed tem porarily in the church at Borgund The panic among the people was so great after the outbreak of the flames that all attempts at leadership or iiscipline became out of the ques tion. No excesses, however, were :ommitted. The people first en :eavored to save some of their pro perty, but they soon found that they had quite enough to do to save their own lives. The destruction )f the town was complete within a :ouple. of hours within the time the Ere started. It is believed now that only three persons lost their lives. DESTROYED BY A TORNADO. Fate of an Alabama Village of 300 Pec-I ple-38 Persons L.ost Their I.ives. Tuscaloosa, Ala. January 23 The most diastrous cyclonle that ever swept over this section visited Moundville, Ala, a town of three hundred inhabitants, fifteen miles south of Tuscaloosa, yesterday morning at i o'clock, and as a result thirty-eight persons are dead and 65 ir,jured, 12 of whom ivill die, and every business house, with the ex ception of a small drug store. com pletely destreyed. Surgeons were rushed to Mound ville from Greensboro and Tt'sca loosa, and all possible was done to alleviate the sufferings of the in By the force of the storm persons were blown hundreds of feet from their beds in the blackness of night. Throg ter.r a father, mother and three children fled from their home to seek refuge, and in their excitement left a five-year-old boy in bed. This morning he was pulled from beneath some timber and thus far it is impossible to find any other member of the family. Six hundred dollars was raised for the sufferers yesterday afternoon, while the pupils from the female col leges at Tuscaloosa went to Mound ville and served hot coffee and food to the destitute and wounded. RIVFR ICE GORGES. Freezing Floods in the Northeast Cause Great Suffering and Throw Many Out of Employment. Wheeling,,W. Va., JaU. 24.-The crest of the flood swell was reached at 4 o'clock this afternoon, when the stage- was 44 feet, 2 inches. The forcast was the most accurate in years and there was never more time for preparation. As a result the damage here was kept down to the minimum. Nevertheless fully one-third of the homes in the city were wholly or partially inundated, and the sharp fall in temperature, with re sultant formation of ice, accom panied by shutting off of natural gas in the flood districts, has caused a good deal of suffering. On the island very few streets are out of the water and many second stories are invaded but the residents are ac customed to floods and have made arrangements accordingly. Nearly all the mills and factories are on the river front and the damage to them will be the most severe. .In many instances resumption of work will be delayed for days or weeks, and hundreds of men will be temporarily out of employment. In West Virginia. New Cumberland, W. Va., Jan. 24.-Fully one-half of this town is under 12 feet of water and a bliz zard is raging. Dozens of factories are submerged and the big Chelsea company plant is greatly damaged. Other places along the river are in similar condition. IN TEXAS. Disastrous Fire-Not Known Whether Lives were Lost. Sour Lake, Texas. Jan. 24-A destructive fire swept Sour Lake to day and destroyed the main busi ness portion of the town, causing an estimated loss of $2oo,ooo. The fire began in the second story of the First National bank building. Whether there was:jany loss of life will probably never be known. Hundreds of women and men, half of whose names were practically unknown, roomed in the second story of the buildings that were destroyed and several persons could have been burned to death and never missed. Machine for Picking Cotton. Birmingham Ledger. Another cotton picking machine has been perfected, and it has done fairly gook work in the field. No body expects ever to see a machine that can pick cotton like a negro, but one can be made that can pick the bulk of the crop and leave only a part for hand picking. That will be a great help. If the machine only picks t wo, thirds of the cotton it will make it possible to get the other third out without so much cost for labor. The new machine is said to work well in Louisiana fields.