The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-09

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on the statute and the repeal Of laws
that are there.
Hunting Clubs, Foreigners.
It is recommended that you have
one Of your committees Investigate
carefully the hunting clubs and 9TH
er corporations Of foreigners located
in this State to see if they are Violat-
ing the constitution and Section 1895,
Volume I, of the code.
Negro Lodges.
+ recommend that you pass some
act, like the Rucker bill, introduced
a few sessions ago, in regard to negro
lodges. Much annoyance is being
caused in various parts Of the State
by the organization of such lodges.
Negroes who commit crime are given
assistance in escaping; money is rails
ed to pay lawyers, if the one charged
with a crime is member of the lodge;
therefore, such lodges should be dis
banded.
White Person Teaching Negro Chill
dren.
It is recommended that you pass an
act prohibiting any white person from
teaching in negro schools or teaching
negro children. We boast of the fact
that we have no social equality in
South Carolina, yet white people are
teaching in negro schools, who are
associating with the pupils and teach
ing them that they are as good as
white people and are insti1ling into
their heads ideas Of social equality.
Not long since, a white woman (and
a good looking one) was seen walking
on a negro school ground with one
arm around a negro boy and the other
around a negro girl. What do you ex-
pect to be the outcome of this kind
Of conduct? Stop it, and stop it now.
Nurses Of the Hospital for the Insane.
| Your special attention is called to
the report of the board of regents of
the Hospital for the Insane, as to wo-
men nurses of that institution, and I
recommend that you pass an act
granting the young ladies who grad
uate at that institution and hold di-
plomas signed by the president of the
board of regents and the superintend-
ent of the institution, all the rights
and privileges of nurses graduating
at any other institution or general
hospital, in recognition of the faith
fu! performance of a. most important
service to the State OF South Carolina.
This recommendation will meet with
the hearty approval of the superin-
tendent of said institution, and will
do justice to band of young ladies
! who are performing a noble service
for the unfortunates of our State, and
who can not be too highly praised or
rewarded for their sacrifice and de-
votion.
Railroad Mileage.
Again your attention is called to the
abominable, system of having to ex-
change mileage for tickets and you
should pass an act making a fiat rate
of two cents per mile to all passen-
gers, whether they pay the cash or
buy ticket or have a mileage book.
If the railroads can afford to carry
the rich people, who are able to pay
i $40 at a time for a thousand mile
book, for two cents per mile, surely
they are able to haul the poor man,
who IS only able to pay for the short
distance he is to travel, at the same
rate. If there is to be any favoritisnl,
it seems to me that the rich have en-
joyed it long enough and that now is
the time to give the poor man some
benefit. This would be no hardship
upon the railroads, and would be a
help and great convenience to the
travelling public
! Electric Chair for Executions.
A committee should be appointed TO
Investigate thoroughly the advisabilit}
of placing an electric chair in the
State penitentiary, to be used in
i cases where the death penalty is in
posed, for it seems to me that this is
a much Eorc humane manner of exc
cution than the barbaric form OF
), haAgins, o. ven worse, .staoI;"s "