Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-14
ANTl-FLlRTlNG LAW.
About Representative Hart's Bill to
Make Boys Behave.

About Representative Hart's Bill to
Make Boys Behave.
Ye lads Of Anderson and those of
other towns, If ye have been guilty Of
attempting to flirt with any of those
beautiful young ladies Of A. c., and II
you are half a lad and have seen 'em
you couldn't help 1t, cut it out! If you
have been guilty-and some of you
have-you know it, why it has all been
on your part. No A. c. girl would flirt.
Neither would Winthrop girl or a
Chicora dream or a Converse miss or
one of those A. R. P. ladies down at
Due West. Nor would any of the girls
who attend the other colleges be guilty
even to the millionth Of a degree. But
YOU Anderson boys-well, boys will be
boys! You know you have driven
your cars up Greenville street, driving
sortcr slow like, your eyes to the
right on an autumn's evening when
the aforesaid eyes should have been
straight ahead Of you, less you should
run the machine into a street car. or
into some other car whose driver
might not have his mind on his own
business, either. You know you have.
now, haven't you?
Better watch your step now, for be
It hereby known to you that Repre-
sentative John Hart who lives in the
town of Yorkville, in the county Of
York, has introduced a bill. John
Hart knows boys, because John Hart
was once boy himself, and is still
somewhat of a boy, although along
with that, he is a mighty fine man and
a mighty good lawyer and an able leg
islator. Winthrop College is located
in the county from which Representa-
tive Hart legislates. and Winthrop
College has had a lot Of trouble In
the past from young men flirting" or
r6sbcr trying to flirt, with the young
ladies who go to Winthrop. Knowing
that If the young men over in York
would try to "flirt" with the girls at
Winthrop that the young men in An
derson would try the same at A. Co.
and that young men in any town
where there is a girls college would
try the same stunt more or less, the
Honorable John calculated to put
stop to all of it at once.
He introduced a bill in the house re-
Gently providing that a penalty in the
shane of a fine ranging from $40 to
500 be imposed upon any person con-
victed Of flirting" with the college
girls. The only objection to the bill Is
that the penalty Is not severe enough
because the writer knows at least one
Young man who would contribute
ten spot to the state any day IN the
week and Sunday too, for the privilege
Of flirting with certain college girls
that is If they would flirt!
But you Anderson boys are warned
again-b-e-w-a-r-
For the senate has passed this Dill
for the protection of schools and COL
leges and it is now ready for ratiflca-
ton as law. The following Is the
wording of the bill:
"Be it enacted by the general as
sembly of the state of South Carolina:
Section 1. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any person wilfully or unneces-
sarily to interfere with or to disturb in
any way or in any place the students
or teachers of any school or college
n this state attended by women or
girls or to loiter about such school or
college premises or to act in an OBJ
noxious manner thereon, or for any
person to enter upon any such school
or college premises. except on ousl-
ness, without the permission OF the
principal or president in charge.
Section 2. Any person violating
any of the provisions of Section l OF
this act shall be guilty Of misdemea-
nor and. on conviction. shall pay
fine OF not less than ten dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars, or be
imprisoned in the county Jail for not
less than ten days nor more than thirty
days"-Anderson Tribune.