The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 08, 1921, Page SIX, Image 6
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SENATE PASSES WIGHTMAN'S PV
BILL 3Y B|G VOTE lf:
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Dct?. te on Question Rather Heat
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by Speakers.
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The State, 3. * " jc
Fassa^e of Senator Wightman's bill
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to amend the compulsory attendance!
\. law so as to abolish all truant offi- f
cers and devolve the duties of these; 3
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; officers on county superintendents jv
and local trustees to a third reading ^
after lengthy debate was the main ja
action of' the seriate at the morning :
ifyh session yesterday. a
' -.'Senator Wightman was joined*by a
majority of the upper branch of the
assembly and a number of speakers j f.
came to his aid. Mr. Wigfotman
charged that the offices were abso *
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1 lutely useless, tnac me wiiiie pcuyic;
v were observing the law and no need
existd for the truant officers. Pie said
that trustees and sunperintendents 0
of education could easily carry out'
ythe law without the appropriation, of ^
( $67,000 for this purpose.
< After debate by numerous senators
the vote came on Senator Williams'
iC, motion to strike out *he enacting'
t" words. The senate refused to strike;^
out the en^ctir,? words by a vote of
3.6 to 25, the following yeas and nays
heine recorded: Yeas: Baker, Hutson,
IT
. Johnstone, Johnson, Kennedy, Light- ^
s " sey, Marion, Mason, Massey, McColl,
McGhee;Miller, Pearee, Stabler, Wil- c
liams and Young. Nays: Alexander, c
Baskin, Beasiey, "Bethea, Black, Clif-J^
/ ton, Crosson, Dennis, Duncan, Good--.
:j win, Gross,' Hsrrelson, Kant, Hub-1^
bard, Laney, Moore, Padgett, Rags-j
dale, . Robinson, Rogers, JeVcniiah '
Smith, Watkins, Wells, Wideman and
Wightman.
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\ During the middle of the debate, i0
;V which had ceniered upon the fact v
0-- that reduced appropriations were nec- s
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esary and here was a good place to j a
^ ., "begin- Senator Hart offered an amend- j a
. ment so the law would not take effect fc
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L until June 30, but this was lost by a d
: f big vote. Senator Eart and Senator <]
k ' Moore, both against the truant of5- p
cers, did net think the attendance offi- e
i cers should be cut off richt in the mid
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si die of the year with 110 j.cbs.
pv-; ' The debate on this bill was extend?
ed and covered a wide range. SenaH
tors Young and Miller said to take
j^-'- .this step would bs gs>:n~ backward
land they were against the measure.
" Senator Williams also strongly' de
fended the compukorv lav; and the
& truant
cScers.
. Senator Bask'11 t.ioigiVv the Saluda
ru:y. senator's measure was'a good one and
offered an opportunity to begin prun
Ig* jng the ^appropriation- bill.
r Seniors Kennedy and Mason also
' defended the truant officers and voted
i ?&r killing Mr. Wightmans bill. Sen '
% ator Hudson said he was always in
. favor of education and he saw no excuse
for abolishing the truant officers,
^ holding that the people themselves
PP?. varteci tftc law to stand as :z was.
0. * Many Join Wightmsa
fSenalor DAr.can said curtailment
in the dep^rtmer-t of education, where
ll'^ the largest request of all departrV'v
meats had come, was essential. He
was against the truant officers a/id
Ejjc , the compulsory law, claiming that
fee negro children were placed inj
fe Sohccl to every white child.
. Senator Padgett said the law v.as
V ttnconstitjiiior.a! end as passed and
on -thf hoots 71 o\v was rv-? <-oo?] 77^!
favored abolishment.
Senator Mrsreon too;: the lead ir.
rfi
fighting the bill. He showed .that dur[v
ing the first year of the operation cf
the law ?5,000 children had been
placed in school that would not have
otherwise beer in the schools. He
compared South Carolina with New
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> England states and showed how the
|; Palmetto state- -shouid be taking forward
steps instead of backward, asi
he considered Hr. Wigh-tman's measure.
The 1 nigger'' question was here
injected into the debate, Senator Ma-i
rion saying that the opposition was j
<lue to a "nigger in the wco
Senator Alexander was strongly in
favcr of the b'ii, charging- -that the'
truant officer of Pickens had dene!
nothing lest year, and further ch;rr
I ing that many run'.;; superintend- {
erc'ts 'of education were originally j
against the trtinn- r..'V.--v. r,u r.owj
since they had reveievd instructions;
from the "king"* they had changed;
- th?ir opinions and apparency i.n
vor of the attendance o/iiceiv. Mr. [
Alexander charged that the "king"{
was not content v.*ith maintaining aj
ciiib r,f .-iTr S<:v h;ir main
tallied a "suite of skysci^pc-rs." The'
Pickens senior c::::i;tined iha'; when'
i
he referred to the "king' hj was;
speaking of the scr.'.e superintendent;
of education. j
% ; After Tomato Clubs
Senator Moore said the truant offi-; .
cers were a mere makeshift and a:
useless expenditure of money.
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Senator Clifton said in Sumter j
ounty 245 white children had been J
laccd in the schools and something j
ver 1,400 negroes. He said the case!
'as a "nigger in the woodpile*' and
s far as he was concerned; he wanted
ic "negro to stay at the woodpile."
te also wanted odious#comparisons!
f South Carolina with ouher states j
topped. Mr. Clifton tpok ia fling at j
omato club demonstrators in his i
ounty, charging' that .these demontrators
had flooded the couintry with J
omatoes that could net be sold.
Senator Laney said he was always
tirred up when the negro question
?*as invoked, but he refrained from
ebating the question, except for the
sking of a few questions to show
hat the compulsory law and attendnce
officers were not what they
light be.
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Senators Black, Kagscraie arm xvv--i
rs were also in favor of cutting this)
:eni from the appropriation bill. Sentor
Wightman joined in the chorus
nd was in favor of the "bill.
After the vote had been taken and
he bill passed to third reading notice
f general amendments were serve?d. j
AYS GROUNDHOG >j
WRONG THIS YEA.R j
utch Weather Prophet Takes Issu?> |
With Animal !
'he State, 3. j
The groundhog did not see his)
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MHQOW WI1U11 lie vam& a.j? ... ^
esterday according to the Dutch
leather Prophet, who thinks this is ,
ne time the groundhog has been
rossed up. He belie es, however, that
enerally the little animal is right.
"February 2 is to some extent as
uportant an epochal period as the
our regular quarterly periods in the
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alendar?the annua: equmu.\ \maiwi
0), summer solstice (June 21), auiimnal
equinox (September 23). or
he winter solstice (December 22)/'
e said night. "Even a casual
bservatiqn of the lengthening clays
ill show that the sun has begun tc
end its rays in increasing directness
nd find an entrance between walls
nd into windows where they have
>een absent since October. So Can
Uemas day (known as groundhog
lay) may be 'said to be the midwinter
eriod. No doubt this period is affectd
by the changes as to temperature
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juso as they occur at the dates of the
four seasons of the year.
"Thus there are indications now
that the 'back of winter' is not broken
even if the groundhog did not sec
his shadow at sunrise on 'groundhog
day* for sunshine after the sunrise
period dees not afreet the groundhog
as the tradition is understood." he
said. .
"The connection of the groundhog
tradition with the midwinter period:
is only incidental," he continued. "In!
1S9G a French scientist made a math- j
ematical demonstration of the effect,
produced by summer fogs upon winter
precipitation. The Frenchman's con*
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elusions as .Dasea on ins omy exact
science in existence are identically
the same on the same subject that the f
German settlers of the Dutch Fork
section of Newberry and Lexington
have handed down from one generation
to another, and which is labeled
'superstition' by even people who
want everything proved by mathematics.
Even the Romans 2,000 years
ago knew that air currents changed
every three days and in their variation
gave- multiplicity to changes in
weather which occurred at regular
periods after considerable time from
their appearance.
"Thus the year 1921 will close the
I
seven year period of 1914-21 which j
has given forth many peculiar phenomena,
of a meteorological cnarac-|
tar," he said, <;not to mention the
great political and economic upheaval
caused by the world war?among
which may be mentioned the great{
July (101G), the cold weather of May
191&, prolonged and extreme cold period
of December, 1917, and January,
1918, as well as the peculiar effect
of the sun on foliage of trees
and plants 1916-1920. The snow and
slep.t storm of last week adds to this
list of phenomena. In sections north
of Columbia it was both a Vet' and
a 'dry' snow, while Columbia was the
center of the disturbance of sleet and
snow combined.
"I made the forecast September 30
that two snows would occur during
the present winter south and east of
the Blue Ridge," he said. "This foreT-.oc
v?oo,n vprififvH Likewise a.!
taoi iitvo UVWA v.* ? ?
year ago the forecast was made in
The State that the fruit crop in 1920
would be abundant. Notwithstanding'
the facts that temperatures were below
normal at frequent intervals.
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TERBY MOTOR <
200 Laurens,
with severe frost, during the closing
periods of the winter and '/irly
spring , the forecast was also verified.
However. I am not prepared to predict
an abundant fruit crop, espeeia!1..
1 r inoi TM,,. Intio
i,v iur i.J?t. i u'j limnativiiio
are that the similar conditions as to
temperature and frost will prevail in
1921, but the relation of the elements
which neutralize the effect of temperature
and frost will be so different
as to cause serious damage to
fruit.
"Similar also to 1920 will be temperature
and precipitation during the
summer of 1921. Overflows in the
rivers are indicated and bottom lands
will be affected thereby.
THP MOTIOHON MFG. CO.
Newberry, S. C., Jan. 28, 1921.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of The Mollohon Manufacturing
company will be held in the
company's office at Newberry, S. C.,
on Thursday, the 17tn day of February,
1921, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, for the election of directors
for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of other business.
Please attend in person |Or by proxy.
GEO. W. SUMMER,
President and Treasurer.
C. D. WEEKS,
Secretary.
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TAX NOTICE.
The books for the collection of
state and county tax for the year
1920 will open from October 15th,
1920, to December 31st, 1920. Those
who prefer to do so can pay in January,
1921, with 1 per cent.; in
February, 1921, with 2 per cent, and
from March 1st, 1921, to March
15th, 1921, with 7 per cent.
Thf* flrmnhv Auditor lias rv>adf? lit)
books by School Districts and it will
be necessary for taxpayers to give
each school disrict in which their
property is located.
The levy for 1920 is as follows:
Mills
State j. 12
Constitutional School 3
Ordinary County GV2
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Road and Bridges 1
Deficit 1919 %
Bonded Indebtedness of County %
Court House %
Back Indebtedness %
Jail Bonds %
Total ...... 27
The following school districts have
levied the following levies for special
school purposes:
Mills
District No. 1, No. '52 15
District No. 14 18
District No. 19 14
District No. 2G \... .... 13
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A poll tax of $1 u-as '^een levied
on all male citizons between the
ajres of 21 nnd GO years, except those
exempt by law.
A tax of 50 .cent3 is levied on ?U
flnor?j
Persons liable to road duty may
! ;);iy a commutation of $0 from Ocitol-er
15th, 1020, to a Mich 15, 1921.
C. C. Schumpert,
Treasurer of Newberry County.
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