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4 -40 VOLV5E NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1912. yOLUME L, NUBE ! N OW STORM RECORDS SMASHED. heaviest Fall in Years Visited Entire - State-From Georgetown to Beau :ort, Charleston to Piedmoit. Snow storm records were brokeu in 'South Carolina Saturday, says the News and Courier. Beginning a sh .rt while before day, yesterday morning, every section of the State was visited by one of the heaviest falls in the rec ollection of the oldest inhabitants. In many places the ground was already covered with sleet and ice from the .storm of last Sundy and Monday, and the fall yesterday only served to stengthen the grip of the Ice King. Sections that have not had snow in years were visited yesterday; even al ng the coast from Georgetown. to -Beanfort there was a heavy fall of 4e "feathery stuf." I ' appears that the record of ten at least is broken, and the 'w ole State is suffering the coldest w her of many a season. Traffic has bee$ - interfered with seriously, the tr ne in nearly every section'of the g .running behind schedule, and eta 'modes of transportation afect 4(a some instances entirely block any'f the rural carriers were *un t make their rounds, street wase ran with difficulty, in some cities 4elpg entiiely out of 'com n, not tin the difficulty with which eiid pedestftros rmade their ui the snow and aleat. the following reports 3eceived SNews and Courier last night idea of the extient and intensity of R.e storm may be formed: Capital Xantlei In White. lumbia, Jan. 13.-Columbia is yered with snow today. It was a auprise to " most. of the inhabitants en they awoke this morning and ond the gr-ound white. Sleet began tb>fal about 2 o'clock this morning, :.esleet soon turned to snow, which ' as been steadily falling all day. By no almost a foot of snow lay on the ground and there was no sign of ay let up The wind, blowing ^ eadily fro:n. the southeast, shifted gadually towards the north, piling th 'snow high driftd on the wina. wan& sidles of building and fences. "rT yonnger generation amused them - se~e ith snow battles all day. -The *a interfered somewhat with the ttet cars, although they smaintained an eiellent condition considering the %e,r fall. Pedestrians had to move tather slowly end those who could re snained indoors. all day. Six Inches at Orangeburg. Orangeburg, Jan. 13.-What was -perhaps the h'eaviest/'snow storm ever -wtnessed' by any living inhabitant of Orangeburg, and the only one of any conseqnence in the lest ten years, ~strnck the city at about 7 o'clock this Snow Stops Rural Carriers. Mallory, Jan. 13.-There are nol 'ural mails9 today, on account of the heaviest snow that ev'er fell here. Trains are runnlig badly out of time. Twelve Inches at Union. 'nion, Jan. 13.-Following a week er cold weather, snow fell here last 'ird this morniing to a depth of ,arly twelve inches. The ground was ?ready covered with 'a sheet of ice and sleet. Beaufort Track in Danger. Beaufort, Jan. 13-The thermometer bere fell from 28 to 20 during the day, sad continues to fall. The ground is covered 'with one inch of sleet and frozen, the worst 'weather in years. Truckers are covering lettuce and cab *bege plants they had left, so if the crop- is killed they will have some to - ,plant over. Three Inches at Georgetown. Georgetown,' Jin. I8.-Georgetown is visited today by the .biggest snow storm sice Febru7r, 1899. Florence's Worst Elizzard. FIRorence, Jan. 13.-Florence an'd mie entire section of the State are in . de strong grip at me ice king, with mIe soverest blizzardI raging that has strack this section sie thle great people awoke this morning to find the ground covered to a depth of two inches with snow and a regular north east gale driving the flakes through space. Novelty to Bamberg Folks. Bamberg, Jan. 13.-When the peo ple of Bamberg awoke this morning the house tops were covered with snow and sleet and since then it has een coming down steadily, and at tl'nes heavily. The ground is cover ed to a depth of from three to four inc _es. Conditions Around Yorkville. Yorkville, Jan. 13.-Snow and ice ha-e covered the ground throughout this ;ection during the past week, and the t mperature has averaged lower than in ten or twelve years. Snow fell last night and today until it at tained a depth of about six inches. Nine Inches. at Sumter. Sumter, Jan. 13.-Sumter people awoke this morning to find their city wrapped in a blanket of white. The snow began falling at 4.30 this morn ing and continued -until 4.30 p. m. The snow is now more than nine inches deep and the fall is reported heavier than at any time since the big snow storm of 1895. Nine Inches at Darlington. Darlington, Jan. 13.-The heaviest snow of which there is any authentic record has fallen here today, before daybreak this morning, and contnu-' ing throughout the day. Nine inches ha4 fallen by dusk, according to the United States government record, kept by Mr. D. C. McCall. Three Inches at, Chester. Chester, January I3.-.Chester is mantled in snow to a depth of about three inches. The temperature is slowly dropping and the outlook is for an extremely cold night. Deepest Since '93. Rock Hill, Jan. 13.-After walking in muddy slush for a week, following the light snow of last Sunday. Rock Hillians awoke this morning to find a coat of "the beahtiful snow" co7 ering everything to a dep:a of several inches. Five Inche!s at Spartanbuirg. Spartanburg, .an. 1;'.-Spartanburg tonight is experiencing 'the coldest weather of the year. The ground was covered by five inches of snow, last night, and bhefore morning the tiler mometer will register six or eight above, it is predicted. There is much suffering among some of the poor.' Four Inches at Laurens. Laurens, Jan. 13.-The worst snow storm since February, J&894, has pre vailed over this section since last night. The ground is coverel to the depth of four inches. Great Fun in'-BarnwelH. ,Barnwell, Jan. 13.-As a climax to the protracted spell of inclement weather,'Barnwell awoke this morn ing to find a blanket of snow. Snow and sleet 'has been falling all the morning, until now the ground is coy ered to a depth of from two to four inches, while drifts are a foot or more deep. Cold Wave Soon to Depart. Washington, Jan. 14.-Relief from the intense cold which has prevailed n all sections of the country during the past few days is promised during the coming week. "The general pressure distribution, as shown by tile weather map 'of the Northern Hemisphere during the last several days,'' says a bulletin issued tonight by the weather bureau, "is such as to indicate a general reaction to nornmal temperature conditions over the eastern 'halt of the country by the middle of the week, and to tempera ture above the seasonal average in western districts throughout the week. "The week will be one of generally fair weather east of the Rocky Moun tains, except that a short period of rains in Southern,- and snow in North ern States, will attend a disturbance which 'will appear in the Northwest nesday or Thursday and the Eastern States -about Friday. Precipitation will be above the normal in the North Pacific States. 13 Below at Washington. Washington, Jan. 14.-The National capital is today in the grasp of a cold wave which drove the murcury at the weather bureau down to 13 below zero, within two degrees of the record I temperature, 15 below, on February 11, 1899. Northfield, Vt., with a registration of 26 below zero, was officially the coldest place in the country today. Temperatures nearly as low were re corded at many inland New England points. Four Deaths in New York. New York, Jan. 14.-The death of four persons today was attributed to the extreme cold and there were num erous cases of frozen hands and ears reported at the hospitals, but it was believed tonight that the cold wave was broken. Coldest in Ten Years. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 14.-With the mercury standing officially at 7 de grees above zero, while on street cor ners it registered 4, Charlotte exper ienced this morning the coldest weath er in a decade. Sunshine at Jacksonville. Jacksonville, Jan. 14.-After a eon tinuous" rain in Jacksonville 'and vi cinity for the past three days and nights, accompanied by cold weather, the clouds passed over today and. the sun came out to brighten the hearts of the tourists, who had Lcome here to escape the severe cold of the Northern States. The thermometer registered 28. degrees early this morning, which was the lowest for the present cold spel.a Three Dead in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Jan. 14.-After reach ing as low as .2 degrees above zero to day the mercury here gradually rose until 23 degrees above was recorded tonight. Three deaths from the severe cold were reported to the po lice. PURCHASE OF TELEGRAPH. Combine With Postal Service, Hitch eock's Idea. Washington, Jan. 14.-Acquisition of the telegraph lines of the United States by the government, and their operation as a part of the postal ser vice, .will be recommended to congress ina short time by Postmaster Gener al Hitchcock. For a year or more Mr. Hitchcock has had this recommendation under consideration. After a thorough study of 'the operation of the govern ment-controlled lines and postal tele graph systems.of foreign countries, he has decided to urge the matter upon congress. Too Late. This announcement today seemed. greatly .to' agitate official Washington. The White House apparently was es pecially anxious to discover the whereabouts of the postmaster gener-f al and efforts were made to recall the announcement. It bad been made broadcast, however, and the tclegraph wires were buzzing with the news. Mr. Hitchcock, who had been in New York, returned late in the evening. He went at once to' his apartments and refused to see any one. COLUMfBIANS HEAR BRYAN. Nebraskan Delivers Address, "The Making of a iMan." Columbia, Jan. 14.-William Jen nings Bryan addressed over 1,500 men of Columbia at the theatre this after noon, taking as his subject "The Mak ing of a Man." The great Nebraskan showed that man must be developed physically, mentally and spirtually, and handled his subject in his own pleasing and presentable fashion. The large audience gave the speaker the closest attention and tendered him an ovation at its close. Mr. Bryan Is on his way to Florida to meet his wife. While in the city u a o ges of Capt. W. E. Gon WARM DEBATE OVER LIBEL VETO. House Committee Would Cut Out Most of Message-Recommends That Bill Be Passed. Columbia, Jan. 12.-The house this morning reecived the report of the judiciary committee on special mes sage, No. 14, which was a veto of the libel law bill, and in which Governor Blease was severe in his criticism of the newspapers of the State, and of which he wrote, in part, that they were "dirty liars" and such expres sions. The message was a severe ar raignment of. certain newspapers and newspaper methods. When the mes sage was- received it was. referred to the judiciary committee of the house for report. Referred to Sub-Committee. The judiciary. committee referred! the message to -a sub-committee, con sisting of Messrs. Stevenson, Osborne, Davis and McDow. The sub-commit tee report was adopted by the full committee and today offered as the report of the judiciary committee. The essential feature of the report is that it recommends that the veto message be boiled down to two sim ple paragraphs and that the remain- I Ier be expunged from the official ree ord on the ground that "self-respect forbids that a dignified legislativ'e body should permit it to become part of the record of its acts and we rec ommend that the same be expunged from the record." The special report of the judiciary i committee reads as follows: - Sub-Committee's .Report; The - judiciary sub-committee, toI which the veto message on the libel bill was referred, respectfully reports That the objections raised by his excellency are two fold and are stated in the following language and under the constitution should be recorded in the Journal, though the language of the first is objectionable-to wit: 1., "I return this act to you, without my signature, because, in my opinion, it is the most iniquitous measure that has ever passed a Democratic legisla tive body, and T must believe that it went through rithout being properly; onsidered by you, because it deprives the citizen of the only redress he has, save to take a shotgun or a- pistol to~ protect himself from the abuse and ties of the dirtiest set of lairs that b.as ever infested a State, viz: the ly ing reporter and editor." 2. "And I, further, I beg to .call your attention to the fact that by the pas age of this act you are extending pro tection to 'the newspaper editors which you deny individual citizens, ven yourselves; for, if one of you, yr any other citizen of this State, were to write an article, or to write a let-j ter detrimental to the chara.cter of an ther citizen, you are liable for dam-j ages and also to prosecution for libel. [f you were~ to apologize within sevenI jays, whether requested to do so or. aot, you would not -be excusable eith er under 'the civil- or criminal laws, but yet by 'this act you make an ex eption of the newspaper editor, and say that he .may write anything he pleases and so long as he apologizes' he is excusable.. Why should you make this discrimination in favoi of a newspaper editor, against individual citizenship and even against yoursel -That -the balance of such. message is a ~mere disquisition on the iniquities of the press as viewed by the go ver r.or, and the style' and language in which the same is couched are such that self-respect foni-!s that a di;mni fed legislative body sho 'Id permit it to become part of the recorua of its acts and we recomsnen"d thz; the same be expunged from the re'cord. WV. F. Stevenson, H. K. Os')rx:e, .1. E. Davis, Thos. F. McDow. The house did not act on the..report of the judiciary committee, for the reason that Mr. Page, of the- good roads d,epartment, had been invited to speak to the house, and at noon the two houses entered into the pending election of judges. Rembert Supports Blease. Hwever, before any vote was tak en Mr. George R. Rembert, of Colum bia, began ,an argument against the adopton of the report and took the, "i-o th t, under the constitution, bill must be recorded in the Journl..] In his opinion it was not optional as to whether the house wished to print ] or expunge the message, and it was the governor's right and privilege 'to send in such objections as he wished in a veto message. The house did not hear the' conclusion of Mr. Rem- I bert's argument prior to taking up other matters under. its previous res olutions. Mr. Rembert, resux ing his argu ment on the printing of the libel veto message, said he understood the ju diciary' committee would recommend that the libel bill be passed over the veto of the governor. He understood 3 that this recommendation had not been incorporated in the report. He wanted to' discuss the part as to ex punging parts of the message and the recommendation to pass, the bill over the veto together. He will vote to sustain the veto, but he wanted to 1 discuss the expunging matter as well ] as sustaining the veto at one time. He I insisted that the recommendations of i +he committee were absolutely uncon- 7 stitutional. All he wanted ..tonight i was to have both .parts of the report 1 to go together and considered, togeth er. In this matter he will defend Governor Blease. All he wanted now was the veto and the expunging to go ' together. Speaker's Ruling. Speak Smith: said the reports were presented absolntely correctly. :The incidents and phases were absolute; ly independent and he had so deter- I mined. The- reports were separate and should be so considered, except by unanimous consent. Mr. Vander Horst, as chairman of the judiciary committee, said there were two papers referred to the com mittee, one a special message and an other pap'er a vetoed bill, and there fore two separate Teports were made, as should have .been, and there .was nothing in the suggestion of Mr. Rem bert. Mr. -Rembert held that the: vetoed bill and the message' go hand in hand. e eelieved th. <unstituti&n. hail at tempted to be overriden by the ju dicary committee in submitting two reports, one as to expunging the ma jor portion of the message, and the other to pass the act over the veto. Mr. Vander Horst said she had no ight for or against'the governor. He' believed the governor was wrong in this instande. He held that the lan guage- of .the governor was unbecom ing the legislative 'records. It was .ot a question as to views or opinions, but merely a question of language. Mr. Vandpr Horst held that the consti tution never contemplated, .and did not say, that every 'word the governor wanted printed in the Journal should ' be so published; the only reason for expunging is because of -the lan guage. Mr. Stevenson said the report was read, and Mr. Rembert had kept the loor ever since. -Debate Resumed 'ednesday. 1 Many members went home this af- ~ ternoon. The judiciary committee C handed-up both reports at one and the C same time, and if one was read before j the other it was not the fault ofs the committee. Mr. Stevenson suggested' C that the matter be taken up Monday night and both reports :be' printed.3 This was in line with an inquiry of Mr. Magill.4 Mr. Kibler suggested that the argu ment be continued on Wednesday. The ' house decided to adjourn debate1 on the expunging report on Wednes day, and as only Mr. Belser and oth ers objected to considering the two reports together, and the report of the committee that' the libel act be passed over the governor's veto will , not then 'be considered. The house . committee reports that the act pass over th veto, and debate of this re port was also adjourned tintil Wed n.esday, at the' suggestion of Mr. Stev enson. This ended the matter for tonight. Cheap at Half the Price. "Talk is ' cheap," commented the :eady-made philosopher. "That remark," replied Senator t Sorgh'um, "proves that you have never1 andertaken to pay the traveling ex -*'ses and hoteI bills of a party of 'ampaign orators."n-Washington Star.] LF DOZEN BASE .TU . V 1.aA.. 3odies of Four Women Thrown Under Train Wheels and Mangled Be. yond Recognition. Philadelphia,- Jan. 14.-Six personS, ive women and one man, were killed:_# vhen an express train on the New ?ork division -of the Pennsylvanl .: ailroad crashed into a light wagoa Y tt the Linden avenue grade crossin ' n Torresdale, a suburb, today. The: lead are: Charles Davidson, aged rer Nn rears; Nellie O'Connor, agedl19 year;s - Bridget Mallery, aged. 42 years; Ag ! ies Garrity, aged 22 years; Rose. agher, aged 18 years; Mary Roy, ged 20 years. Identified by Clothing. The dead women were all emp1oyeI Ls servants in fashionable homes ; orresdale and were being conveyd?;, ;o church when the accident occu : Davidson was- the driver -.for a :ol iveryman, and had been making th ri every Sunday for the pasti rears. The Linden avenue - 'u 1= s usually guarded by a t the regular man was on leaT Lbseuce and hI ubst1tl ipgeared when the coatk rachdh{ ,rossing. Davidson wae f 'reight train toa and then iretlyn frontof:he ap xpress. On Way to 0hdre The horses managed to _cleat yt3t'd ;rack, but the engine onsquarily o the side. - Dw:fB4 'dsAgnIS are ty, ow e were; tossed tolte side-of. Uit the four other;womeu T r Uiretly munder the wheels ot { Lad-when their bod.ie wer were so badly atilated ece6sary to, z . 1othing. Agnes asar ty live when she was ?ick d u lied while.being con iale station. Davideon was dead =&es r s body was found :fifty feet e " ifty Hurt, None r a ' t ~? ToledoOhio, Jan. 14A4 engers onBigsFur a n etroit to Cincinnati 'are repor iave been hnrt a wir W oe irred early th iafternoon Zo il _'d outhe ofCarey, Ohio Fwo~ of h a aces -e,ft the - rc on a c u ~rea'ing rails and went lo Physicia,ns from- Carey were ed to the scene of th rc~a any of the injureil were ae osital in Kenton. The train left-Detroit at 7 as.srunning about an hour late i leftthis city fr Cincantnti.I s erstood thaf'hone of the assenas< ras hurt 'fatally. 3IBS. GEORGE P. GBMFFIN~ EI~ ~ged Pro'sperity Woman Sue bEisd -Long -Hes Prosperity, Jan. 13.-Mri. -GIu ifeof George. Grffn diedath ome in Brown street today at 11 'lock. For a number of years the < [ecased has been in poor health.he uneral services will be held at o. mny tomorrow afternoon at 2> - 'clck. -E Mrs.' Grifln was 72 years ol4. sad member of the Lutheran church. he is survived by her husband,. one Laughter, Mrs. John Crosson, and a' mber of friends. TEAIN FROZEN TO T'RACK. 'hree Engines Required to Louu. Grip oflce. Bristol, Tenn., Jan..14..-k rare 1ic Lent in the his-tory of railroading in irginia occurred .on the Norfolk and estern, at Lynchburg, today, when he Washington-Chattanooga fast rain actually froze to the rails.. Stop- -- >ing in a. swag, the dripping water ' rm the pipes caught the wheels and he temperature being below zero the rain was locked so securely in -the e that it required the use of three gines to move .it, bumping from- the ear. ~ It was two and a half hours bease he train could! be rmoved anId it arriv- - 'd here several hours late. Now . i the time to subWcribef