The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-25
THE ELECTIONS TO Be
Held ON WEDNESDAY,
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
SHOWED STRENGTH.
TwO.cent Rate Bill Passes HOuSe-The
State COiIeges-LiquOr and
Taxation.
(By Jno. K. Aull.)
md News.

Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, Jan. 25.-The first two
weeks of theIegislative session of 1916
served to give a line on the probable
results of the session. Both bodies
have been holding night sessions, and
there is a general disposition to get
through with tne work. The entire
forty days will probable be taken, how
ever. The ways and means committee
IS trying to get the appropriation bill
ready for introduction by February /.
Some 500 bills were introduced during
the first two weeks. They cover almost
every conceivable subject. Outstand-
ing in the work done so far is the
progress made in making drastic the
prohibition laws, the strong sentiment
shown for woman's suffrage, although
it was defeated, and the fight on the
abuse of free scholarships in the state
institutions of higher learning.
Roth houses meet tonight at 8
O'Clock, having adjourned over from
Friday.
Early last week the house passed
the Lilies bill, imposing a chain gang
sentence, without the alternative Of a
fine, for violation of the new liquor
laws. Within the next few days the
house will probably take up and dis
pose of the measure to place $4,000
at the disposaIof the governor for the
employment of special deputies to en-
force prohibition. Already the bill
making drunkenness on the highways
a misdemeanor has been enroll6S for
ratification and will take its place on
the statute books. In the house an
amendment will be offered to the bill
passed by the senate prohibiting the
newspapers in the state from publish
ing liquor advertisements. The house
amendment will prohibit news stands
and newsboys from selling any paper
or magazine or other publication print
ed outside the state and containing
liquor advertisements
Woman Suffrage Defeated.
While the resolution introduced by
Representative Mccullough of Green
Vile providing for the submission to
the people of a constitutional amend
nant for woman's suffrage was defeat
ed in the house, the strength which
was shown by the movement was sur
prising. 1t would have taken Two
thirds vote Of each house to submit
the resolution to the people The vote
to kill the resolution was 81 to 81. All
three members of the Newberry dele
cation voted to put the measure to
death. Over in the senate the amend
roent proposed to be submitted to the
psople allowing women to hold the Of
fee of notary public failed to receive
the necessary two-yhirds vote. This
amendment was proposed by Senator
Carlisle of Spartanburg.
The Free Scholarship Fight.
Debate was adjourned until Monday
eight on the Werner bill to abolish
free scholarships in state institutions.
IN order to give Representatives of the
different institutions of the state time
20 confer upon some remedy for the
abuse of these scholarship privileges
by those able to pay the tuition. An
amendment has been offered by Sen
ator Padgett of Colleton requiring the
fiscal agent Of the state board Of cnari-
ties to invest:gate the financial stand
ing of those taking advantage of the
free scholarships, and submit report
to the legislature, an abuse of the priv
ilege working forfeiture of the priv
ilege. Senator Laney Of Chesterfield
thought the state board of education
could act rs a sort of clearing house
in the distribution Of these scholar
slips. Debate was adjourned on mo-
tor cf Senator Johnstone of Newberry,
who is president of the board of trus-
tees of Clemson college.
1t has developed in the debate on
the free scholarship matter that there
is determined effort being made for