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rJL A i V4H ) * X V*?<? WOW w V ? * V V Suffrage Rejec In N, Action Postponed Until Regular 1 Antis Score Point By burpi j Narrow Margin c Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 17.?National .t] enfranchisement of women apparent- si ly was defeated in North Carolina a today so far as the coming election b ? ? ? J ir\f onnnl L 13 tuncenieu. vpjjwu^iiw v, % suffrage long victorious here, were I ii successful in one of the most bitterly I S | fought contests ever staged in the a I state senate. a. t] I Their success was measured by the " 8 narrow margin of ,two votes, the si r count being 25 to 23, but it was C sufficient to lay on the iable a reso- n lution to ratify the Susan B. An- t< thony suffrage amendment. It post- j h poned action until the next regular 1M1 I,, session m ^ b Suffrage leaders, however, may 0 M make another try tomorrow. They c< | may attempt to recall the resolution e f but even the leaders were not con- h fident this could be done. a To make their victory complete jj the antis planned tonight to bring up b suffrage in the lower house under a tl special order of business tomorrow, lj I Representative Neal, anti-suffrage a in the house, said they f< 11UU1 itttuvi Jit ?..? , expect to "call it up and kill it right." h The end of the contest came sud- rr denly. It came at a time when suf- h r frage supporters were. confident of \ victory in the upper chamber of the r legislature. They were not prepared ^ for the plan of Senator Warren, an- ^ ti-suffrage floor leader, and were k pushed back by clever maneuvering. a Move Proves Surprise. ir G ^ At the end of a day of heated de- S H Bate, punctuated by charges and d Bfiyconnter charges, some of which were h Senator Scales, suffrage i d rvmivuv) w v^_ ? leader, announced he was ready for ^ a vote. The commander of the opposition forces was recognized by e Lieutenant Governor (Gardner and he rr began the introduction of the reso- B lution which burst the program ofjf< jft ratification asunder. r Suffrage leaders attributed their defeat to "weak kneed" senators n who were unable to determine the w course which their constituents would q( have them take. m ^ There were half a "dozen votes sj r^.vir.v. ciMp had counted defi VY 11IV. I 4 UViVUVA W??>V. -- _ _ . Tritely and which neither were able to commit unreservedly. Their opportunity came to avoid action until n after the coming election into which p the question has not been thrown as f( a state issue. N p ? Anti-suffragists were hilarious, tl They marched from the old State K House in victorious procession for \* they had not expected to accomplish tl their work so soon. As they left the v * portalls of the senate chamber, they were shouting: "Weill beat it again e: ??? XTnuomKpr " (J ill i1VTvmw?. Thus it was that Senator James L. w Hyatt saw possibilities of a suf- p frage victory go glimmering again, ii He introduced the first suffrage meas- e ure in the North Carolina legislature o 23 years ago. Several senators recalled in their speeches today how G the Hyatt measure had been referred s< to the committee on insane asylums n ? of which the author of the bill was fi chairman. But Senator Hyatt is not c< dismayed. He took consolation fromjtl NORTH CAROLINA 1* URGED TO RATIFY ? 1 GOVERNOR BICKETT PRESENTS r SUFFRAGE QUESTION. P Favorable Report Returned on Reso- n 0 lution in Senate by Seven to One Vote. ^ v Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 13.?Ratisfi- c cation advocates held an advantage in the North Carolina fight over the ^ * federal suffrage amendment as a re- c suit of developments today, which 0 included a special message by Gov- r ernor Bickett urging ratification 11 resolution by a committee of the up- a per house. * Although the victory of suffrage supporters in committee appeared overwhelming, a vote of 7 to 1 for t a favorable report being recorded, i< the action merely marks the begin- s * ning of an expected bitter contest, a The suffrage leaders were given new i hope by the governor's plea, but the t executive's statement that he per- t sonally was against the federal s amendment served to bolster up an. tagonists of the suffrage movement c in the lower house. v While leaders of the suffrage r group in the senate were confident 1 of ultimate victory in their cham- s ber, they said frankly that no such t ratio of affirmative votes as was re- \ v corded in committee could be made a on the final roll call. Anti-suffra- 4 r v ted orth Carolina * f Qorlclafiva Npvt Year. - ? rise Move?Adopted by >f Two Votes. ie fact, he said, that there had been ufficierit growth in sentiment favorble to equal suffrage to force the est efforts of its opponents. Senator Warren's move followed nmediately a tribute paid him by enator Scales, who in summing up rgument for ratification declared he opposition leader had conducted the most determined fight against affrage ever carried on in North !arolina." He was unaware that the ew coup was coming and was unable :> stem the tide when it rushed upon im. During the closing hours of the ebate Senator Connor made a vigrous appeal to the antis to compel onsideration of the question by refrendum. The citizens of the state, e said, were the judges and pledged gainst "overriding them on question i which they and they onlvj^>uld 1 M XJ^ nmiiDfl alcn that e concerneu. a?c ai6u?-u ? le state constitutions would be v*oited by- ratification by the assembly nd declared the governor would be arced to call another special session 1 event of ratification in order to lake necessary changes in election tws so women could vote. Challenge From Opposition. He was challenged time and again y Senator Scales, who finally inuired whether Connor desired the United States to stand with China nd nations of Mohammedan religion 1 denying women the .right to vote, enator Connor's charge that Presient Wilson had vacillated and that e was elected on a platform in 1916, eclaring for equal suffrage by state ras met by Senator Scales who said: "It is true that the president was lectejd on a platform pledging wolan's suffrage through state action. :ut was he not elected on a plat3rm of peace? "Yet, President Wilson when he s^w le inevitable, when he knew it was o longer right to wait went into the ar with Germany and he sent 2,00,000 men across and had as many lore waiting. I say he was responve to public sentiment, he knew hat the people wanted." Senator WTarren was the only weaker who defended the opposition [embers for going contrary to the ledges of the Democratic state plat3rm. He declared the voters had reudiated the suffrage plank where ley had had an opportunity to vote[e was interrupted by Senator Glide ell, who omquirea wnetner "it was le people or the bosses who Had oiced their opinions in these'places." The interruption opened a- series of xchanges between the two senators, uring which Warren accused Glideellr with being an "embezzler of ower," after he had declared his itention to vote for the measure ven if every person in his district pposed it. "I'm not a county senator," rlidewell continued. "I am a state snator. Mv oeoole can not and will ot control me when a question is beore me that involves not only my ounty but my state as a whole and rie nation." ists claim defeat of any ratification leasure in the lower house, in which 3 of its 120 signed a telegram to the 'ennessee legislature asking it not to atify the amendment. From a partisan political standoint the situation here is badly lixed. The suffrage resolution was itroduced in the senate by Senator cales, Democrat, of Greensboro, rhile in the lower house the Republians made good their threat to force he issue, and Representative Wil iams, the. Republican; set the mahinery in motion with a resolution f ratification. It was immediately eferred to a committee. The house, t is said, will not bring up the mendment resolution from commitee until the senate acts. Rights of Women. Declaring that women should have he ''first right to speak when the ssue is whether or not the world hall henceforth be ruled by reason .nd righteousness, or by blood and ron," Governor Bickett called upon he legislature to accept "the ineviable and ratify the federal woman uffrage amendment." The governor warned his Demoratic friends that the most they vould be able to do by defeating the atification resolution would be to deay "for six months a movement you ivc powerless to defeat/' He urged hem to accept it as the part "of visdom and of grace," adding that vithin the period* of a few months 'some other state will open the door land women will enter the political I forum." I | "We may just as well realize, gen jtlemen," tne governor i-unuuucu, "that this country is no longer an association of states, but a nation. Whatever a majority of the people of the nation want is going to be the supreme law of the land. "Whenever I really want to think seriously about state's rights, I go and muse for an hour over the grave of my Confederate grandfather for JI realize now more keenly than ever before that state rights have passed away. i "In the famous words of Grover i . 1 1 i A 1 Z4.Z ^ ,1 ^^4 I Uieveiariu, rv cunuiuuu anu nut a | theory confronts us,' for woman sufifrage is at hand." At the outset, the governor conceded every claim of opposition to | the amendment adding by way of ! emphasis that he was "in deepest sympathy" with the sentiment of the anti-sulfragists. But he also emrphasized anew the argument of po lliticai expediency ana tne nonor 01 j the party and state which, he said, I was an obligation, payment of which I should be made through moral approval of the nationwide amendment. Reiterating his belief that federal suffrage could not be avoided, Governor Bickett pointedly asked the assemblymen whether they would receive the new voters "with a smile or with a frown." He appealed to "the chivalry of the South" to give the women a glad hand. Big Question Comes. "But there is another and a far deeper reason for not delaying the . movement we are powerless to deJfeat," he said. "The big question i that is going to be settled in the next six months is whether this nation ; shall enter an alliance with 29 of t ! the most powerfhl nations on earth ; for the purpose of forever delivering humanity from the burdens and horrors of war. On that question ; the women have a'sacred right to be heard, for, when cannon roar, the i u-r.mf.n furnish the fodder. "With the utmost deference to all | who may hold a contrary opinion, I ! am driven by my conscience to say jthat judgment and justice, mercy land humanity all cry out that wojmen have the first right to speak j when the issue is whether or not the j world shall be ruled henceforth by reason and righteousness or by blood land iron." Local conditions were dismissed with the statement that the governor was not impressed with "the wisdom of or the necessity for" women suffrage in North Carolina. He feared, he said, that these women of | the state who did desire to vote were i "lmoftnc^innclv nflPprinrr to hftl'tpr a UUVVliwVlV J jvery precious birthright for a very | sorry mess of pottage." | Discussing the effect of equal sufifrage on the race relations in this | and other parts of the South, Governor Bickett said: "For 35 years after the Civil war all political energies of our people were absorbed in the struggle to maintain in our borders a white government. For this we fought with our.backs to the wall because we believed such a government to be es sential to the integrity ot tne wmte race and the survival of a white civilization. The result was that during this long struggle, the line of demarcation between the two political parties, was largely one of color. Such a situation tended to draw the political development of our people. "For 20 vears we have been freed / from this handicap and under the new order, both races have prospered as never before. While there is still much l'bom for improvment, I believe that today the races are more sympathetic than in any other state in the union. I greatly fear that woman suffrage would reopen these jold questions and force us to fight | again the battle for a white government. MR. AND MRS. FULMER HAVE PLEASANT REUNION Lexington Dispatch-News. Chapin, Aug. 2.?On last Friday a family reunion was held at the home ' - - ~ ^ T-1 1 A 1 of Mr. ami Mrs. l>. l,. r turner. a uuibecue dinner, together with ?pies, cakes, salads and ices were served land the day was greatly enjoyed b\ I all. Those who attended this reunior I were: Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Fulmer, Mr and Mrs. J. D. Swygert and family jM r. and Mrs*. N. F. Frick and famjjly, Mr and Mrs. B. L. Amick anc 'family, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Shealj and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wes singer and family, Mr. and Mrs. G r wico itn(] fnmilv of Prosnerity Mr. and Mrs. M. 0. Fulmer and fam ily of Johnston, Prof, and Mrs. J. W Fulmer of Campobello. Mr. ar^l Mrs. Fulmer have sever living children and one dead, 4' grand children and one great grand child. We trust that they may live i to have many more of these annua ' reunions. ,i . _ I J.. HOWARD MORRZ j ti i j j Of Abbeville Candidate for Solicitor, j P j Born near Cokesbury, attended A ; Cokesbury Confederate school, p | Graduated from Clemson college in a: 1189G. Represented Abbeville coun- a; ty in legislature for eight consecu- a: Repair Th i | Hard Work Often Breaks L and Creates a Need fo MEN and women who do hard tc labor, such as building, farm- n] ins or housekeeping, and those ^ I who do exhaustive brain work of vari- ' I ous kinda, often feel the need of some- ri thing to help renew fagged forces and cc tone up the system. J To help repair the wear caused by over-work, to gain renewed strength ti I and energy, many have obtained good ! results from taking Ziron Iron Tonic. Z; j Ziron is a perfected preparation of ro pure medicinal iron salts, combined with other valuable strength-giving fi I : ! ] t Twenty Five I J 1 of Success t I proves tr l , the origii i .$ ! was buiiaing upon ; when he devised t of all careal beverss j Where one used it: in the beginning, ts drink it today?and Healthful, deiightfj satisfying to every < " r/ V_> J Postum is'fiow recc one and only great c those who. delight flavor. ,! i S 7 Sold everywhei i Made by Postum V Battle Creek, t jit * 2? I*. A.L j <? | - gbe -y- -? - - \. > B9M0OHPPVI If YOUR blood tells a t rundown condition, Mi 31 health and the joy of ] If Dr. Thacher's Liver and ! purifies and vitalizes ti the Liver, keeps the B(r up the whole system. So "Mrs. Tenitie Parker, of San- c teetlah, N. C., says: ."I c was sick 13 years. 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So I IK $ ps [uit doctors and began tak- Ml || ng 'DK. THACHER'S || JYRUPo' It has cured rce as =-1 am well now and able gj p o do all of my work. My fit reightis now U5 pounds."- Sfl ; x MC1NE CO. Mm- ec m.. u.s. a. 34 re " pi iXIDINE-J Anti-Malaria || ' n wfr I V II ma is a menace to the "vrholei 91 Iv. Watch for the first symp- | ? i and step it quick. Stop it jS OXIDIXE ? which ^PEL'- | S tipation, Biliousness, SIcIc |sj :mt feeling. All call for OXI- Iff E, the great Anti-malaria |S Sold by your druggist; ||I ! Money back if you take | fig the empty bottle. and^ can. IS iRANTEED ENS DRUB CO., ^^SSSTU <t 1 ' / .f . NOTICE. All persons holding claims against e estate of J. M. Foster will please esent the claim duly attested to rs. E. U. Foster, executrix, and all :rsons indebted to above mentioned tate will please make settlement on before September 30, 1920, with e undersigned. MRS. E. U. FOSTER, Executrix. %- i o n in inon JNewDerry, o. kj., uuiy xu, TEACHERS WANTED. Two teachers for the Hartford hool, principal $80; assistant $70. srm 7 months. Board $20. Apply . P. Hawkins, Newberry, S. C., oute 7. OTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. I will make a final settlement oi e estate of Jessie M. Wallace in :e probate court for Newberiy mnty, South Carolina, on Friday e 27th day of Augus~, 1^20, at 1C clock in the forenoon and will imediately thereafter ask for my dislarge as executor cf said, cstat-2. All persons holding claims against e said estate will present them duly tested. ' -T- flllAS. ExsCuto1*. Newberry, S. C., July 22, 1920. NOMINATIONS. For Congress, Third District I am a candidate for reelection to ingress, subject to the rules of the emocratic party. Fred H. Dominick. W. W. Bradley is hereby an? >unced as a candidate for congress, -'? J Histvipt. SllhieCt UI U lUilgl WAVIlUi . ? the rules of tjie Democratic priary. For Slicitor, Eighth Circuit. Homer S. Blackwell is hereby >minated for reelection as Solicitoi : the Eighth circuit subject to the lies of the Democratic party. T. Frank McCord is hereby an>unced as a candidate for solicitoi the eighth circuit, subject- tq the lies of the Democratic party.. I hereby announce myself a candiite for the office of solicitor of the ighth judicial circuit, subject to the lies of the Democratic primary, and edge myself to abide the result oi e Democratic primary. J. Howard Moore. n. c C * ror ocace ocnaw. ^ I am a candidate for the -State mate, subject to the Democratic rimary. NEAL W. WORKMAN. Alan Johnston, yielding to the irnest requests of voters from all irts of the county, has consented stand for reelection to the state nate. He will abide by the result ! the Democratic primary; and, ii ected, his service will be marked, i heretofore, by wholehearted de>tion to the public good. Hmi?A of RmresenUtives W. B. Boinesfc is hereby announced i a candidate for the house of repsentatives, subject to the rules oi e Democratic primary. Euston N. Kibler is hereby an>unced as a candidate for the ouse of Representatives from Newjrry county and will abide resull : Democratic primary. J. Wm. Folk is hereby announced i a candidate for re-election for the ouse of Representatives and will )ide result of Democratic primary. I am a candidate for reelection as member of the House of Represenitives from Newberry County, subct to the rules of the Democratic irty. H. H. EVANS. Geo. S. Mower is hereby announced ; a candidate for nomir>a+:on for the ouse of Representatives in the jproaching Democratic primary. W A nmints is herebv announc I as a candidate for the Louse oi ipresentatives and subject to the lies of the Democratic party. For Superintendent of Education. I am a candidate for county supertendent of education subject to the lies of the Democratic ^arty. ELBERT H. AULL. Olin W. Bundrick is hereby an)unced as a candidate for the office : Superintendent of Education, sublet to the rules of the Democratic imary. SUMMER TOl \ Southerr To Mountain and S< i ^ ?? 1 /I at greatly reduced t Tickets on sale d; til September 30th,, October 31st, 1920. allowed. For further infori Ticket Agent, or wr: ^ mm mm m S. H. J District Pas Columbia, .. i? ?? ( For Treasurer. Claude C, Schumpert is hereby an; nounced as a candidate for reelectioji i to the office of county treasurer, sub> ject to the Democratic primary. [ 1 For Sheriff. i Subject to the rules of the Demoi cratic Primary, I &m a candidate for reelection as Sheriff. CANNON G. BLEASE. n - r r* ror uierK or wuun. J. D. Wheeler is hereby announced as a candidate for clerk of court and is pledged to abide the result of the ' Democratic primary. r Jno. C. Goggans is hereby apnounc? ed as a candidate for reelecton to the office of Clerk of Court,, subject to the Democratic primary. For Auditor. ? : J. B. Halfacre is hereby announced i as a candidate for reelection aa ?J?~ * ~? XT ??AAMT* f VI r county auuitor xor ^ewucnjf wuuuj r and will abide the result of the , I Democratic primary. I hereby announce myself as a , candidate for Master of Newberry ; county subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. JAMES D, QUATTLEBAUM. 1 For Coroner. . ^ G. H. Ruff is hereby announced as 1 a candidate for coroner and is pledged to abide the result of the Democratic primary. 1 Jf'. M. Lindsay is nereuy announced as a candidate for coroner and is pledged to'abide the result of the Democratic primary. Commissioner No. 10 Township. , J. D. IJ. Kinard is hereby announc; ed as a candidate for township com missioner for No. 10 township and will abide the rules of the Democratic party. J. Walter Richardson is hereby an' nounced for commissioner for No. 10 : township and will abide the 2?iles of j tne democratic party. For Magistrate Nos. 1 and 8. Charles W. Douglas is hereby ani nounced as a candidate for reelection as magistrate for Townships Nos. 1 and 8, and is pledged to abide by the . rules of the Democratic primary. For Magistrate No. 4 Township. . I I am a candidate for reelection for : Magistrate for No. 4 Township subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. R. M. Aughtry. Magistrate No. 6. J. Henry Dorroh is nominated as' ' a candidate for reappointment as magistrate for No. 6 township and .. -.-Vr will abide the rules of the Democratic party. i ' Magistrate No. 10. I am a candidate for magistrate ; for No. Iff Township subject to rules : of Democratic primary. T T trynr i.i n J. J. AJ.J3JLlo.K* ' \ C-. ^4 J. A. Kirard hereby announced as a candidate for magistrate for No? 10 Township and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. I D. L. Stone is hereby announced : as a candidate for magistrate for No. 10 Township subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Magistrate tor No. 11. I am a candidate for magistrate ; for No. 11 Township subject to rule* Democratic primary. T. S. RICHARDSON M. H. Wicker is hereby announced I as a candidate for magistrate for No. 11 township and will abide the rules of the Democratic party. For Magistrate Pomaria. Jno. B. Bedenbaugh is hereby announced as a candidate for reelection as Magistrate for Pomaria, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. E. A. Hentz is hereby announced aa a non^i/la'fa ( r\y A* Va. k CL taiiuiua iv/i xvi a v maria and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. ; S. J. Cromer is hereby announced. ; as a candidate for commissioner for 1 No. 2 township, subject to Jhe rulei of the Democratic party. I Thomas L. B. Epps Is hereby announced as a candidate for commis\ sioner for No. 10 township, subject t. ( to the rules of the Democratic party. H. H. Ruff is a candidate for high. way commissioner for No. 11 town, ship. " E. M. Martin of Chappells is nominated for township commissioner. 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