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K THE LIBEL ACT ~ 1 Cimmittee Ea?m Passing Bill ltd Ex^ piBgiag Part ?f Message VETOING THE OLD ACT ' The Consideration of the Matter I ^ Caused a Btormjr Debate in the ( House, Mr. lieinbert Contending * i That the House Had No Kigbt to ( Change Uessu{e of the Governor. ' The judiciary committee of the ' Rouse has made rcq orts 011 me liuei act and on the special message of the ? ^ -governor In reference to it. The flrat report of the connnittee, made by t lour of ita members, which it ap- ( pointed a subcommittee, recommenda < that all the governor's libel act ines- ' sago, except his speciiic objections to 1 the act which the constitution requires printed in the Journal, bo 1 expunged from the record, since "the 1 style and language in which the same 1 is couched are such that self-respect forbids that a dignified legislative 1 bcdy should permit it to become part ^ of the records of ita acts." ' The second report of the Judiciary 1 committee, read h?st night, recommends that the libel act pass in spite of the governor's veto. * A stormy debate was precipitated In the house by Mr. Rembort Friday night when he insinuated that tlfero was some ulterior motive in presenting the two reports separately, and tried to prove that the judiciary committee had violated the constitution in recommending that part of the governor's libel act message be expunged from the record. Febato was adjourned on the two reports until Wednesday morning. Mr. Vander Ilorst, chaiiman of the judiciary comnnttoe, Mr. Steveneon, chairman of the subcommittee appointed, and Speaker Smith on the part of the house took exception to the remarks of Mr Rembert. The <U bate was acrimonious. Mr. Rembert said at the outset A that lie did not v. ant to open the debate on the report of the subcomy mittee on tho governor's libel act message, but that he understood that the judiciary committee would recommend in another report that the libel act be passed over the governor's veto. "There were," said Mr. ltembert, "two reports, tho first, recommending that tho house expunge part of the governor's special mes^ sage, and the second, recommending that the libel act be passed over the governor's veto." Mr. liembort said that who 11 the report of the subjadiciary committee was read to the house yesterday morning, there was silence and he *.ook tho lioor to defend hts excellency. "The usual course," declared tho P speaker, "would have been for Mr. Stevenson, the chairman of the subcommittee making the report, to tell the house why tho committee had' 1? commended that a part of the spc-j cial message he expunged from the bouse journal." Mr. Itembert said that he wanted the full report of the judiciary com^ mittee read before the house and Intimated tha{. there was some ulterior motive in holding hack the repc rt of 1 o judiciary committee recomniend\ g that the libel act pass in spite of .t..e governor's veto. Mr. Rembert ? tded with the statement that ho % bad not yet spoken on tho merits of tho case. Speaker Smith, at this point, made ? ho statement that tho remarks of Mr. Jiembert might bo constri od as a reflection upon tho way in which (I"> "OKni'iu tlm Inrilelarw com A ll\J I V/JIV7I t?J I 1 V/..? v? v W v. v. inittee had been handled by the chair, lie told the house that there were two reports, one fiom tho subcommittee recommending that a part of the special message on tho l,bel act be expunged from the record and ^ .another from tho committee on judiciary as a whole, recommending that the libel act pass over tho gov< rnor's veto. lie had followed the usual proceeding in presenting the i reports, one at a time. Speaker W Smith said that the reports were separate and would be voted on separately. Mr. Vander Horst, succeeded T. B. Fi'aser as chairman of tho judiciary committee, took the floor to make a "formal statement." Ho said that Mr. ltembert seemed to think the judiciary committee was moved by some unknown reason to make separate reports on the governor's veto message and the libel act. Ho explained that two papers had been referred to the committee by the house, the one a message, the other a vetoed act. Therefore, the committee, of necessity, had to make two separate reports. ^ iMr. Rembort read tho section ol the State constitution which says thai ^ the governor's reasons for vetoing at act must be printed in the journal He said that there had been an at tempt to override the constitution. tn this statement. Mr JL KJL * V)' j ^ w w Vander Horst said, "Assuming tha the State constitution does requln ?very word of a veto message to b< rr<nted, this T?to message has ai ready been printed In full In the Jour pal. The message was referred t< the judiciary committee to make ( TRAIN Hir WAGON c iVlIILE CROSSING TRACK, KILL- ^ IlfG SIX PERSONS. 'ive Women tuid One Mai- Driving 4 Over Railway Track, Lose Lives j Near Philadelphia. Six persons, fire women Rnd one ,j nan, were killed when an express rain on the New York division of he Pennsylvania railroad, crashed nto a light station wagon at the Liinden avenue grade crossing in forresdale, a suburb of Philadelphia, Sunday. The dead women were all employed t is servants in fashionable I fines in forrcsdale, and wer^ being conveyed . ,o church when the accident occurred. r Charles Davidson, tlie man, was the driver for a local liveryman : nd had ( been making the trip every Sunday ( for the past two years. The Linden avenue crossing is J usually guarded by a watchman, but 1 the regular man wav on leave of ah- 1 sence and his substitute had not ap- ' pea red when the Cv?ach reached the crossing. Davidson waited for a * freight train to pass and then drove 'r directly in front of the approaching express. ' The horses managed to clear the 1 track but the engine struck the wag- 1 on squarely on the side. Four of the 1 women were thrown directly under the wheels of the train, and when their bodies were recovered were so badly mutilated that it was necessary to identify them by their clothing. Agnes Garrity, who was on the * front seat with Davidson, was still alive when she was was picked up, but died while being conveyed to 1 Torresd^le station. Davidson was dead when his body was found 50 feet from the tracks. recommendation. I am neither a friend nor an enemy to the governor. When I think he is right I will vote with him, but when I tnink be is wrong I will vote against him. In my opinion, the language contained in the governor's special veto message on the libel act is unbecoming to the records of this house." Mr. Vander Horst gave Mr. Rembert permission to ask him a ques lion. "Is it the idea of the judiciary committee that they can legislate a matter through th's house which controverts the constitution?" a^ked Mr. Rembert. Mr. Vander Horst requested Mr. Rembert to put his question more specifically. "I can not," replied Mr. Rembert, "furnish the brains for asking a question and also tho brains for answering it." "I hardly think you can," retorted Mr. Vander Ilorst, amid laughter. In regard to tho violation of the constitution, which Mr. Rembert wished to bring out in hie remarks, Mr. Vander Ilorst tcld the house that the constitution requires that the objections raised by the governor to a vetoed .act should be printed at large in the house record In the special message 011 the libel act, the only objections raised were in tho first two paragraphs of the message. The remainder of the document was a mere recital of tho governor's grievances. Mr. .Stevenson, chairman of the subjudiciary committee, which recommended that a part of the special message bo expunged, took the floor. "Tho members oi judiciary committee did not cail for the report when it was read this morning," said Mr. Stevenson. "Rut as soon as it was read Mr. Rembert took the floor and I could not get It to make a statement as to why the report was made. Tho judiciary committee has nothing whatever to do with tho way in which reports are read to the house. I am in favor of having both reports printed and laid on the desks of the members." Mr. Rembert took tho floor for a "short conversation." Mr. Stevenson moved that the house adjourn. "I understand that the gentleman i*. afraid?" began Mr. Rembert. "1 am not afraid of Mr. Pembert in debate or otherwise/ replied Mr. Stevenson. The speaker informed Mr. Rembert, when ho tried to continue, that 1 the indulgence of the chair for his "short conversation" was at an end. 1 Mr. Rembert sat down. Mr. Kibler moved to defer debate ' on the reports of the judiciary com1 mit.teo until Wednesday after third 1 reading bills, and his motion was L carried. Kaco Track Gambling Hill. 5 The judiciary committee of the House has decided to hold a public P hearing on the anti-racing bill, t which was introduced in that body L by Representatives Osborne and Erokmann, on next Tuesday after* . noon, January 16, at 4 o'clock. ? Explosion Kill Six in Colliery. t Six men were killed and two prob ? ablv fatallv injured Wednesday nigln a by an explosion of dynamite In th< - Parrlsh colliery at Plymouth, Pa. - The men, all laborers, were engagec 9 In timbering the cclliery when tin a explosion ?centred. NAVAL BATHE ierea Tat lush War Ships Silk ii the Rul Sea h? the lialim. MANY SAILORS KILLED rhis is the First Important Naval ( Engagements of the War Between I Turkey and Italy, Which Resulted J in ? Most Decisive Victory for the J Christians. Seven Turkish gui boats were sunk ' iiid large numbers of Turkish tars i vere drowned or killed in the first mportant naval engagement of the rurco-ltalian war, cn January 7, ac:ording to an official account given nit at Rome on Saturday. The battle was fought out 011 the Red sea. The Turks were preparing c- convoy a military expedition vhich was to cross Egypt and join die Turkish forces in Tripoli. The number of Turkish sailors Irowned was not given out. After die Italian ships had battered the Turkish war vessels with broadsides 3f shells and projectiles, the Turkish Lars swarmed into the sea. Great numbers of them were picked up by small craft from the Italian gunboats. A Turkish yacht in convoy was not fired on. It was Bent t? Home. The division of Italian erulsers, which has been Bcouring the coasts 0' the Red sea in nearch of Turkish war vessels and ships conveying contraband destined for the Turkish garrisons in the Yemen province In Arabia, encountered the flotilla of Turkish gunboats and at once opened fire. The Turku replied, but tlicTr feeble armament succumbed to superior weapons of the Italian war vessels. The fight w%s stiff, but soon ended in the victory of Uie I talians. A brief official noto issued this afternoon says: "The Italian fleet I11 tlie Red sea, encountered today and destroyed ceven Turkish gunboats and captured a Turkish armed yacht. The Turkish warships offered a violent resistance, but no loss was bus tained by the Italians." The action, occurred 011 January 7 outside the bay of Kunfida, a email walled town with a garrison and two forts, about 500 miles north of Aden, on tlie coast, of tho Red sea. The Italian warships which took the principal part in the battle were the cruiser Piemonte and the destroyers Garibaldim and Artigliere. The commander-in-chief had received orders to destroy or capture the Turkish gunboats as advices had been received that they were transporting from Arabia Turkish troops destined to reinfoice the Turkish army in Cyrenaica by way of Egypt. During the brief combat the Turkish gunners displayed utter incompetence, their small guns being tired wildly. Shells from the Italian ships were not directed at the Turkish yacht Fauvette, which accompanied the gunboats, and she was the only unit of the Turkish flotilla which was not destroyed during the fight. The Fauvette is being brought to Home under convoy. As soon as the Italian warships encountered the Turkish gunboats a short distance out of the bay of Kunfda, they sent, shots .across their bows and called on them to surrender. The Turkish vessels gave no sign of compliance. The Italians immediately opened a terrific tiro, throwing in a hall of shells from their broadsides. The Turkish gunners replied feebly, but did not succeed in striking the Italian vessels. All seven of the Turkish boats were soon 011 tire and in a few minutes began to sink. Poats were lowered from tlie Italian warships, which picked up many Turkish seamen, bir. a large number were drowned. ? ? NEGRO CHARGE!) WITH MURDER, o Eleven-Year-Old ^cgro Youth Shot dirl at Florence. At Florence Fred Lane, a nogrc hoy, 11 years of ago, was arrested Saturday night charged witli the murder of a girl, Estella Burnett, 14 years of age. Ther* was no malice apparently in the killing. The boj pointed the gun at tho girl and said lie was going to shoot her?and he shot. She warned him to put it up and did not seem to anticipate his shooting. His family say that i uas purely accidenral, but he is ir jail awaiting the action of the so licitor in tho matter. The Rollcitoi i is now in Columbia in attendance 01 ! tho general assembly. Killed by a Snow Slide. I A snow elide swept down upon i rotary snow plow near Cutbac! Mount, Wash. Several men wer killed. A great Ftorm is raging. ? Tho Celestial empiro is practicall t so much broken china. Unfortu 3 nately the lack of a strong nations , spirit and the want of experience i 1 legislation will tell heavily agains 9 the formation of a stable republic o a limited monarchy. ? PLUNGE IN ICY WATER ? N \UTQMOIHIJB "JO* HIDE" END8 IN DEATH OF FIVE. danhiiBe Rreoks Through Ice Coating Artificial Wntwway, Ttu^ee Gills f and Two Tosng Men I>ro wiicd. When darkness fell upon the ( jcene, where three young women and two men of a "joy riding" automobile party plunged to their death in the artificial waterway connected with a power plant above Trenton, N. J., early Saturday, two of the victims were beneath the Ice that covers the water. These bodies were recovered dur- t Ing the day: Donald Heed, son or former State Supreme Court Justice Alfred Reed, of Arenton; Margaret 1 Tindall, Trenton; Helen Mulvey, 1 Trenton. The bodies still in the water are: Chester A. Van Clees, an fc putonioblle salesman of Trenton; ? Annie Shohosky, Trenton. * Frederick M. Foster, the driver of t the machine, and a member of a 1 well known family of Trenton, who J lmd a narrow escape from death, is ? at the homo of his father in a serious condition from exposure and i shock. All concerned in tho accident < were between the ages of 17 and 14 ? years, the Alulvcy girl being tho youngest. 1 It developed Saturday that the au- J tomobilo belonged to Foster's father < and was taken from a garage Friday < right while Mr. Foster was attending the automobile show In New York. Young Foster and his companions met tho girls, and alter driving about 1 Trenton, induced Lb*m to take a ride into tho country. Young Foster said the party left Trenton Friday night and went to a road house three miles north of Trenton. While there some of the party, ho said, haa something to drink, but ho himsolf took nothing. II? was familiar v ith the road, lie said, and knew the curve at the point where the accident occurred. As he reached the bend, ho continued, the machine began to skid and he put on tho brake. The machine kept on, however, plunged over the bank, broke through tho ice and submerged. Foster said he climbed out of the automobile and got on top of the surface. He waited three or four minutes, hoping to see the others come to the surface, but they did not. He got to the shore, he said, and ran to the road house and told what had happened. Doth his hands are frosted. The automobile was lifted out of the water late Saturday afternoon. WHITE MEV PUT TO DEATH. By Tribesmen AVith Barbarous and Cruel Fortunes. Horrible atrocities have been committed by the tribes in Portugese Africa during a, rising of the natives there, according to a dispatch received from Angola at Lisbon. A number of Portugese oflicials who were captured by them were burned alive. The rebellion occurred in the province of Muxima, and tho natives captured all the white men who crossed their path. Borne of these were immediately burned at. the stake, while others had their lips severed and their eyes pulled out. of their sockets before they were thrown into tho flames. One British merchant was maimed, but later Uol/nn tr? liicj whnrA llis KOV VMits were murdered. TjOst both or iiis iift. . * The Terrible Misfortune That Ilcfoll a Colored Boy, At Alcolu Willie Washington, a negro boy about fifteen years old, had one of his feet, cut off above tne ai.kle and the other across the Tn. p:ep Friday by being run or*<v by a , local freight train of the Atlantic feast Dine passing there about nine . o'clock in the morning. It seems that just as the train was leaving the station going toward Manning the boy ran to tak-i bold of the rear * end of the caboose and in some way i missed liis hold and fell beneath the > wheels, with the above results. The 1 train was stopped and the unfortu> nate boy taken on and carried to ' Manning and left in charge of Dr. I W. M. Brockington, the railroad phy* sician. ; ? j. Trains Are Snowed Under. i A passenger train of the Colorado _ and Southern railway, which bcr camo snowbound Wednesday was dug 1 out Friday. It returned to Cheyenne, a distance of 70 miles. A*passenger train on the same line if snowed-in 12 nines norm or saratoga, but tho passengers and crew ^ have been taken to Saratoga. 0 + Captain and Crew Drowned. Capt. Charles Miller and tow o y four men, of tho barge Alabama - were drowned off Cap ?Lookout ii l! tlio storm of Monday, according t< n a dispatch received at Baltimore b: it Lawrence McHugh, owner of th< r barge. The barge Pocomoke als< was sunk* JUDGES ELECTED riot Assembly Fills All Vacancies Ike Circuit Coirt Bench. (JAMES OF LUCKY ONES > fayne F. Rice, of Aiken, Thomas H. . Spain, of Darlington, Frank B. j Gary, of Abbeville, J. W. DeVore, 1 J of Edgeileld, unci B. W. G. Shipp, j of Florence, Were Elected. ^ Convening at noon and holding a < light session, the joint assembly 1 Friday elected fire circuit judges. The morning session consumed three toufs. The following were the judges ( dected: Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, second circuit, to succeed the late ; ludge Robert A hi rich; Thomas H. , Spain of Darlington, Fourth circuit, -j o succeed Associate Justice R. C. Watts; Frank B. Gary of Abbeville, Eighth circuit, to succeed the late ( Judge J. C. Klugh. At its night session the joint assembly reelected Judge J. W. DcVore af Edgeileld for Die Eleventh circuit, and Judge S. W. G. Shipp of Florence for the Twelfth circuit. W. Li. Mauldin presided over the morning meeting of the joint assembly. Four , candidates were in the race for judge > af the Second circuit and three bal-1 lots were taken before Ilayne F. Rico received a majority of the votes cast. I The nominees for judge of the Sec- | ond circuit were: J. E. Davis of Barnwell, nominated by \Jr. Peoples; Hayne F. Rice of Aiken, nominated by Senator Croft; B. W. Milcy of, Bamberg, nominated by Mr. Hunter, ' and George II. Bates of Barnwell, nominated by Mr. Searson. Tho result of th * first ballot for j judge of the Second judicial circuit was as follows: Bates G4, Rice 5 8, Miley 3 9, Davis 3 4. Total number of rotes cast, 15 5. Necessary for election 7 8. The result of the second ballot for ; incite of the Second judicial circuit ' was as follows: Rites 66, Rico 74,1 Miley 10, Davis 5. Total number of votes cast, 155. Necessary for election, 7 8. The name of J. E. Davis was withdrawn from nomination nfter the second ballot. The third ballot resulted as follows: Rico 99, Rates 55. Total number of votes cast, 15 4. Necessary for election, 7S. Senator W. L. Mauldin, declared Hayno F. Rice, elected judge of the Second judicial circuit. Senator 'Mauldin announced that the joint assembly would next elect a judge of the Fourth judicial circuit. Senator Lawson nominated Thomas H. Spain of the Darlington bar, and Mr. Stevenson nominated Edward Mclrer of Chesterfield. It took the tellers a comparatively long time to announce the result of the vote for the judge of the Fourth circuit. Mr. Rembert moved that the door^ of the house be closed until tho tellers announced their result. Senator Mauldin ruled that the motion was not in order, since under tho rules of tho joint assembly the doors could not ho closed Members of the house and senate, coming in after the roll cail, voted. Members of the house expressed dissatisfaction at the length of time the tellers took to count the votes. At 1:50 o'clock Senator Mauldin announced that the first ballot for judge of the Fourth circuit nau resulted in a tie, each candidate receiving 7 0 votes foi* the position. A total of I." 2 voles were cast and 7 7 wore necessary for election. Other tells were appointed and a second ballot taken. Thomas '1. boyin received SO \otos and Edwar-l Mclver 60. A total of 140 votes were east and 7 4 were liecesiary for election. Senator Mauldin declared Thomas H Spain elected judge of the Fourth circuit. Frank B. Gary of Abbevil.o wis nominated for judge of the Eighth circuit by Air. Mot re and v an unopposed for tlie position. A total of 112 votes were case for him. Judges J. W. DoVore of Edgefield of the Eleventh circuit, and S W. G. Shi])j) of Florence of tho Twelfth circuit, were then reelected without opposition. This completed the elections and tho joint assembly dissolved. LEAP YE Alt MINING CALLED. ? Georgia Girls to Have Cliance ft i Propose to Tlacliclors, To give Impetus to leap-year pro posals, it has been arranged to hole a bachelors' and maids' convontloi at La Grange, Ga., at which the 11 n married will gather from all part of Georgia and eastern Alabama. / number of prominent citizens are in terested in the undertaking. A num ber of bachelors and bachelor girl in Troup county have entered heart f ily into the plan. The matter origl , nated as a jest, but it is now certali t that such a convention will bo hold 3 Cut. rates on licenses will bo gtvor 7 The county commissioners have <tc 9 nated the use of the court house aufl :> itorium during the last two days i J&muary. J \ ROCK HILL PLAN ENDORSED Ulf AN IMOU6LY BY THE REGIBLATUBfi. L if?e All Bulnocw Interests of the Stat* to Give the Plan Their Sympathy and Help. > The Legislature has endorsed the Rock Hill Plan for curtailing the ir reaee of cotton and urciiiK the bus mess men of the State to give tlie 'armerg their aid and support in carrying it out. Here is what the Legislature passed: "Whereas, it is apparent that the ?urtailment of cotton acreage is the r^ost vital and necessary accompanient of any concerted effort to steady and improve the pitsent cotton maret and provide against a continuance jf low prices. "Whereas, all clreses of business r.s well as farming interests on whoso continued prosperity so much depends, are deeply concerned in a fair price for cotton, 01 e commensurate with a reasonable profit over the cost of production. "Whereas, what has become generally known as tho "Rock Hill plan" of having each county in the South, organize to have each cotton grower visited for his signed pledge to cut acreage not less than 2 5 per cent, presents so simply and yet so effectively the essential elements of success. and should, therefore, receive tho thorough and unreserved test of every cotton State, that in unity of action success may he promptly achieved. "Whereas, it behooves us, as a commonwealth, to show our good faith toward our sister cotton belt States in the matter of a general agreement to curtail cotton acreage, this State, through her representatives at the Southern Cotton congress, having taken a leading part in the movement to curtail acreage and lm prove tlie cotton maiket. "Whereas, it Is highly desirable and fitting to further blaze the way by making this State the first to go on record with a tangible and formally signed agreement to curtail. "Whereas, the success of the present movement promises to be a far step in the direction of establishing permanent means of guarding against unfair cotton prices: Therefore, | "Ho it resolved bv the senate, the house of representatives concurring: "1. That we give the said Rock Hill plan our hearty endorsement as being practical, feasible and presstngiy necessary of prompt and thorough execution. "2. That we urge those indicated to assume the initiative in each I county, to take the necessary steps at I once, to put the machinery of tlio plan in action locally by raising the necessary funds and putting the individual canvassers for reduction j pledges to work so as to have the 'state thus covered as nearly simul- N taneously and as piomptly as possible under the plan, j "3. That we urge all business institutions of the State to give the .plan their hearty and substantial assistance, and that every business man and all others interest themselves in having the work started and finally completed in their several communities.' LOSES EVE 11V ROY'S FRANK. Air IUlle in Hand of Greenwood Lad Leads to Accident. Thursday afternoon at G rondel Mill, No. 2, at Greenwood, a little j hoy named Weathers pointed an air ' rifle at the little five-year-old soil of .Mr. A. C. Crawford, one of the bosses ir? the mill, and pulled the trigger, the, shot from the air rillo striking it.he little Crawford boy 111 tne eye. The physician found it necessary to remove the ball and the little fellow will lose an eye as the result of the affair. The little Weathers boy is eight years old. He is too small to have taken deliberate aim at tho other boy's eye, but as the result of having an air ride and playing with it a little boy will bo deprived of ono , eye for life. ? ? girl ends her life. + 1' oca us o Her Mother Wrote Her au Inhuman Letter. A mother's letter telling a story of a. child unwelcomed and despised a?. birth and later disowned is held by tho authorities as largely responsible for tho act of Leola Killion, 16 > years old, who had swallowed 15 grains of strychnine and was found dead in her room at a boarding . bouse at Winfleld, itansas, Friday, j Tho girl's mother lives in Wichita. ^ The letter says, in part: "You know _ I never did want you in tho first place. I don't caro for you now. i ^ would not do anything for you if _ you woro dying, ard, as T say, you - I ? T . j couldn't como to seo mo u 1 tv??v a (lying." ? ? [. Rpidfniic of Meningitis, n To consider the ccrebro-splnat I. iraningltta outbreak in north and i. east Texas the state board of health ?- met at Dallas Thursday. About 325 f- cases have been ofTclally reported to n the state board and the unofficial llat fa sot materially above this figure.