Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-08
WOMAN. i ID SUFFRAGE. /! !: .
Fight HAS Been z0n: ::ln South h Caro-: D:
llna:fOr: Many Years. l'.,: s.
dIRiiakE. GIii ii & slsTERsz zFIRSIss ss1FfRAG!sIs

slishe Eight FOR Uotesafori'AW Women. ts,t::l 3
55:ls Ss:I dmont: :)a sle = (
u It! Wfll5pei: ngaist to1 fiost5ofSs fSsthe wo:;
Smiiee Smen voters iD}south: CaroMna,, asEwell;
'as to. others; that, the first. aealianoyes--
fment .tcpgive the ballot: ITO. ithesWo Wornerr:
asf the: Palmetto. state took placclnore;
than a iaauarteE yos a:ieent,Ity go.AFI -
was int.the, Ic6ns nstitutlonaI convention
ipfd sssI which framed theipresenti state.
constitution. ;: OF course ] there were
suffragists s5within.our boundaries: long
before that, yet this: appears have
been the first .su6stant tial: effort for the
enfranchfsement Of women: Possibly: I:
the firstisuffragists lini South Caroline
were -.the 1irimke' sistersS Sarah fand;
Angelina, daughters ,of SUD ohm
Fancheraud Grimke, who came near
being inpeac ached; and removed from Of !.
fee because he wouldn't allow his :wo---
men: f6lks,. proud Charleston, arfsto9.,
crafts; to associate with women In" l
spartanburg; county when he had his
summeF home in the upper part: Of
that county - -; y
! af.4':; colietoniM Ian ;Ferlt.::- ~
Less; ala:a: a wee after sthe: assSm-
bling. of the constituti utional; convent tfons
Delegate II 3. Parler:: Of golieton,Sin ! !;
diced an rdinancez relating to isdkS
1frage lin. Whioh:$;it :wasjF proxfaed that
E,I,.,:v u bitaht ofstte state;
e5ffT:south; Carolina the. age ot:tWeIl.
I years :;and 81 pwatds lyyho: =, own y!
in ii 8 theit, own right PRO operty TO the yah:
de-: Is:t of: three hundreds dollars and;:iiWIo
are are possessed s neat lon
s6 as stSs cad the conBt Btitutjon Of South
Carolina asa whole OF. IN part and am : cam
:Wsrrite VII their hanas,: shall be posse sSsed
|: :ofSthe. right of registration and; Of, set
Letting dEeinitN !Withiwritten Ant lhots;; :;
ityy,j ito, cast their ballots at all, elections
held blythe people, u ote; the -limita..3
tion that While men who. owned moth
Inc: ws,ere :perniitted Ito vote, al woln4n:
" was 4 to have property before She Gould
vote. 5 Mr:tParler: :eyid IDENTIFY th6Mgh IT
would be :immodest and .inde elicates Tor. % +.
women to- sgoto the polls: ne waited:
them toyvoteg by proxy: No Eotes.N, : 9
had on his resolution: 4: E; . !,
- One of the|Tthrees11w oTaaen who ad:S5' a a.
dressed s the convention On and pleaded fer
votes for women was! from Grfenyille,
Mrs. Viola Nebletts.a foqnderllpf tho
Nteblett Free, Library. III Tie other:
Speakers; were the late Mrs. Virginia !:
D. Young, editor Of a reWsYa per: at.
Fairfax, and Miss Laura Clay Of Ken
tucky who received the vote Of that:
commonwealth for the: presidential
rnini nomination in one .of: the national par
ty conventions; last year. Gust . after;
the noted triumvirate had spoksen,,'
Delegate r. NJ. MccoWn Of. F1orensa,,,
for years afterward secretary Of state:
introduced this :resolutl tlon:::: !: That It's g
the sense of this Convention that the,
committee on. suffrage and elections
shall report clause in favor Of female,
suffrage" This was never voted Upon.
Later. in the session :Delegatef w! ,F:.: !:
Clayton Of Florence. q .dfstingd ngdished
veteran "of the. Confed deratei navy, sin-.
troduced;a a resolution that "The' right
Of !, suffrage shall never be- denied 10
any person. in this state on account Of
sex: Provided, however That In ad-
dition to the qualifications required Of
male electors by this constitution. fe-
male electors must be possessed. In
their own. right Of: property ;::of the. :.
value. Of three hundred dollars, and be;
able to read and write" ON October
% there: here: was a debate and vote upon:
this proposal. Among those s:Who':spokses,,
in favor of it were: John j. 4MeMahan;
Eof Richiand. afterward :3state :supertn-
tennddent : of education; Congressman
George D. .1,illman,s brother Of Senator;
f Tiilmani, and Thomas: E. Miller a. coli,
ored delegate from Beaufort: ; .Ap9olng: g
those: 7: Who ;ij spoke against 1t were George
E. Prince Of Anderson. now circuit
Judge, and the late ]. P. Kennedy
Bryan Of the Charleston bar The
amendment was lost by. a:vote OF = III,
against and 2s for. Among those who
were recorded as having. voted !" tor
votes for women twenty-six years ago
were: ]. E. Ellerbe, afterward aEmeern- en-
ber of congress: Gen. R. R. Hemphiii
of Abbeville. brother of: Editor, J-J,:c. ~.
Hemphill of the Spartanburg, Journal;
wv. H. Zimmerman, afterward lieuten-
ant governor. The entire Greenville
delegation voted against 1t. H..
=, Delegate H. J. Haynsworth Of Green
Vile, however, struck a blow for lt'-
erty' on the next, vote which was upon
; a resolution of Delegate Sigh. of New
berry, that: "The general assembly
lmay, at any time, after, the first day
Eaot: Eatdt January, 1898; by legislative, enact
YiM iihMent, provide that:,,every female: citt-
zen of the United States twenty -one
wears of age and upwards, not labor
LIE under the disabilities ;named ;'in
this constitution, and, in addition. to
I the qualifications REQUIRED BY 1T. own
inis property ,fn state assessed at
/. three hundred dollars 'or. more, shall be
a legal 'electori. tt was moved to lay
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