The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-04
PASSED THE HOUSE
BILL PROHIBITS Whites TEACH.
ing NEGRO STUDENTS
In SCHOOLS In STATE

It Also Prohibits Negroes Teaching
in White Schools, White Women
Nursing Negroes in Hospitals and
Has Other Sweeping Provisions to
the Mixing Of the Races.
The first real fight that has taken
place in the general assembly this
session occurred in the House on
Tuesday over bill prohibiting
whites teaching in negro schools or
whites nursing negroes in hospitals.
The bill was passed by decided vote
The bill as passed by the House,
after dozen roll calls and the most
vigorous manner of fighting, reads as
follows:
Be it enacted by the General As
semblv of the State of South Caro-
lima:
Section 1. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any white person to teach or
instruct in any negro college, high
school, public school, graded school,
private school or any school where
negroes are taught in this State, or
white nurses to be employed in negro
hospitals to nurse negroes at any hos
pital or sanitarium, or for any negro
to teach or instruct in any college,
high school, public school, graded
school, private school or any school
where white persons are taught in
this State; and any person who shall
violate any of the provisions of this
section shall be deemed guilty Of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by fine not
exceeding $500, or by Imprisonment
not exceeding twelve months; Provid-
ed, that nothing in this Act shall be
construed to prohibit the teaching Of
the Bible and religious matters; that
the provisions of this bill shall also
apply to intimacy of the races in
houses Of i'll repute.
The fight for the bill was led by
Mr.. Fortner, the author, who was aid
ed by Mr.. James of Bishopville; Mr..
Stanley Of Horny, who wanted to go
further, if at all. and bring about
complete segregation. The opposition
| to the bill was severely handicapped
| by sentiment being in favor of the
| bill and at one time it looked as if
there would be no opposition to it,
but those who talked against the bill
said they realized the political dan
ger. Chief among the opponents OF
the bill was Mr.. Lilies Of OrangeburG.
Mr.. Wander Horst and Mr.. Barnwell
of Charleston, Dr.. C. T. Wyche OF
Newberry and Mr.. Rittenberg OF
Charleston.
The Columbia correspondent OF
The News and Courier says MIR. Fort
ner does not like the present status
of his bill, because Mr. Lee of Dac-
lington secured the adoption of an
amendment by unanimous vote that
has had a decidedly paralytic effect
upon the measure, and rather resolv-
ed the situation into joke. AR.
! Lees amendment was adopted upon
a yea and nay roll call, 100 to moth
ing, and provides that the provisions
of this bill shall apply to intimacy OF
the races in houses Of i'll repute."
The first vote was on the question
of indefinitely postponing the bill.
and on this yea and nay vote was
taken, which resulted in 3S to SO.
Those voting aye being in favor OF
killing the bill, and those voting no
in favor Of the bill. The vote STOOD
Yeas-Atkinson, Barnwell, Rethea,
Bolt. Boyd, Brice, Busbee, Charles,
Clement, Courtney, Dantzler, De-
Laughter, Evans, Greer, Hunter,
Johnston, Kirk, Lee, Lilies, Lumpkin,
McMaster. Mcqueen, Means. Melf.
Nicholson. Peagues, Riddle, Ritten-
berg, Walter NJ. Scott, Senseney,
Shirley, Smiley, Thompson. Tindal,
Wander Horst, c. T. Wyche, YOU
mans, ZeigIer-3S.
Nays-Speaker Smith, Addy. J..
". Ashley, NJ. J. Ashley, Blackwell.
Bowers, Browning, Burgess, Cross,
Daniel, Fortner, Friday, Gasque,
Goodwin. Gray, Halle, Hall, Hardin,
H. r. Harrelson, NJ. c. Harrelson,
Harvey, Holley, Hutson, Irby, James.
Jones, Kelly, Kennedy, Kirby, Ly-
brand, Mcdonald, Miley. Miller, Mix
son. Moore. Moseley, Murray, Nelson,
Odom. Pyatt, Ready, Riley, Robert
son, Robinson, w. S. Rogers Jr..
Sapp, ". W. Scott, Sherwood, STAN
ley, Strickland, Sturkie, Summers,
Walker, Warren, Welch. White.
Whitehead, Wilburn, C. C. Wyche-
So.
After the House refused to kill the
bill the first amendment voted on was
Mr.. Stanley's which provided for
more complete segregation than
school teaching. The House, how
ever, killed Mr. Stanley's amendment
by vote of "a to 65. The vote be-
ing as follows:
Yeas-J. w. Ashley. Barnwel!,
Bethea, Boyd, Brice, Charles, Clem
ent. Courtney, DeLaughter, Fripp.
Harvey, Hunter, Kirk, Lilies, Lump
kin, McMaster, Mcqueen. Means. Mel
Fl, Nichalson, Pegues, Riley, Ritten
berg. Senseney, Sherwood, Shirley,
Stanley, Thompson, Wander Horst,
Warren, C. T. Wyche, Zeisler-34.
Nays-Speaker N. L. Smith, Addy,
J. NJ. Ashley, Atkinson, Blackwell.
Bowers, Browning, Burgess, Creech,
Cross, Daniel, Dantzler. Dick, Fort
ner, Friday. Gasque, Goodwin, Gray,
Greer. Halle, Hall, Hardin, H. F.