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SUFFRAGE VICTORY REPEATED IN HOUSE Lower liody of Contress Indorses Votes for Women. Twvo Score 3Meln. bers More tinn Needed. Washigton, \lay 21.-National suf fra:e for wvomnen was indorsed by tihe hose o0 if r'Opresentatives for thle See Ond time today when the SIsan 13. Atitholny aieldiient t'esolution was adopted by a Vote of "01 to S9. Support ters of the measure imitmediately ar ran,:2ed to cary theitr fight to the senate Where alth1igh twice defeated at the last session. they are colfident of ohl tailing the neeessary t hwo-thirds vote. The vict ory of tle suffr-age forces today vas I".' votes Iore than tihe re (luired two-tis. Onl the previous Hallot onl the resolittion .January 1), V'?. exact !y the necessary numbet of affirinatie votes were recorded. Illou so leadets of otlh parties iI the brief dchate Ipreceding today's vote II Iged favorabi ac otion but many Sout I hern Democrats opposed the tmeasure as did several New EIngland Republicans. The favorable vote was more by 1. tihai woul( have beel necessary had all iemiberls of Ihe house been prleset I. The political division of the vote showed that 200 Republicans, 102 Dem ocerats, one independent and ole pi0 hib! :'U volel for adtion while the negative poll showed 70 Detmo orats and 19 iepublicains. Speakel (ilette, who voted a'ist the resolu tion on1 pitevious ballots. did not vote today. E ftorts of opponiets to amind the reso.ition wer, unavailing. Repre sot)yive Cla rk. Plorida Democrat, lWader of the opposi 1sn, proposed thiat t S at. ratificatioi: be compilsory within ll evn years. anid telreetatie Sal:; . of \'irginuia. Demnocrat, soutgh t -)t1)nel State adoption by plopl'. : - The overwh hni ting dt nial a . IIll onl these prioposals by a von of 21 1 to .52 preceded Ilie voti of ado' on. and inidicated tle relatix sin:7 tSt t reoins Su ppoters anti op;'nenls. org-anizatioll leaders ex -:fiala 1 at Ihe lar ge fav or0 adl preidicted viclory ini the a- in memberIh., th nor mwl cone T roer oven-iond when prsuf when debate began. Before the final roll call, however,- all seats were filled prinicipally by members of suffragist organizations. Frequent appause piunctuated the debate, but the loudest outburst came when Speaker Gillette announced the final vote. loth lepublican Leader Mlondell and Democratic Leader Clark asked adop tion of the resolution, the later refer ring to President Wilson's request for such action while Mr. Mondell praised the Republican members for their atti tude, pointing out that adopt ion of the resolution was (lhe first legislative act of the new congress. .Ailr. Clark denied that adoption of the resolution would interfere with State rights as was argued by some Dlemocratic speakers, adding that he favored the resolution not because "woman suffrage Is going to precipi tate the millennium but that it is not going to c'ause the damage some think it will." Representative Kitchin, of North Carlina, Democratic leader in the list congress, opposing suffago bantered the Republicans for "quick response to to the president's call" and declared the Republicans during 16 years of control of congress refused suffrage leaving it for the Democrats who had courage to introduce the measure. Ilepresentative Itaker (California), Democratic sulipporter, asserted that a combined Democratic and Republican vote was necessary to carry the resolu tion. Tho only Ieplblicani to speak against the resolution was Represen Intive locit (Pel'nnsylvatnia), who as sorted that hlis objection would remain umnchanged if his political defeat was vertaii. lie added that "no man from New York, IPeiisylvaniia o Oh io, down\ in his heart favored this thing." liepres tilative Clark of Florida. Deimrat' lealer of the anti suffage for'es. in a Speoch opposin 1the reo In1tion adiited 'Oth cards"-; are stiacked ld t dl(ret is writ len". nUC were ikpresen1tatIivcs Il1lar1dy an11d f)!d o Tt:6 mdl~ nl o!f No-rh Mio. n I l ali Yol I I 814n 'r tah Nfei. D)EE(LION VOTES TO 'IEMOVE PATTON ('ha1 nge Dmndith in reenville Road PoIlley. ('apt. . nm D). Willis An. Nonineps ('nid'lacy for Office. Greenville, .a.: 21.-The Greenville County logislati ''lelegation by a vote of four to two at .. e.i:m niter noon adopted a resolution notifying and directing W. ii. Williman, coun ty s.up)ervisor, to dispense with the ser vices of P. F. Patton in so far as he affects or control the direction of Greenville County's road policy, or the handling or disbursement of Green ville Conty's road fund, In colipii ance. with the act of the general as sembly. The resolution was flied with the supervisor and .1. W. Nor wood, chairman of the Greenvlille County h igliway commission, some time ago. It was the sense 01 a majority of the delegat.ion to ask Mr. Norwood, to resign in the event he did not remove Mr. Patton. Mr. Nor Wood in a communication to the press stated that Patton is not employed by the county. The resolution adopted today stated that it. appears that Pat ton has for all practicable purposes continued to carry on the work of his office and act as county engineer. Tile resolution further stated that it ap pears that he paid out the sum of $2,919 durhta the months of April and May and -it he in other particulars exercised I le functions of the engi neer's oflice by t ransferring to the Spartanburg highway commission, for which he is engineer, the property of Greenville County. consisting of dynamite of the value of $106i.75. State Senator Bonham and lepresentatives McDavid, Bramliett and Smoke today voted in favor of the resolution and Representatives Gresham and Rich ads15onl against it. Representative T. P. Cothrana was not present Caplt. Sam iD. Willis, who command ed the llitler Guiar'ds. Compalny A. One Sltinndr d and -.iihteenilh Infantry in l''rance, and w\ho was.u the, m~iemb of ilh local vomlany nine years. today iannioinced that hIe w'ouldl bo a C andi a" fol siciff of C.r 4nville Couinty inl Ho'e !e is 11h firs:-I re n lSol d1: r I') anlouncelv( folr any\ olico mill he 11 1hat he will mako tlhe, r'ace not \n is w a reword bjut onl his meri'1t. J1, i about :: *ars of aan an1 has nv fr'ends thennehout the conuniy. He was slightly wounded In France several times. J. W. Little, former postmaster of Simpsonville, and Sheriff lendrix Rector and other avowed candidates for this oilce. FAR)ERS SELL 11048. Two ('ars Shipped From Newberry to Itlehimoid, Vn. Newberry, Alay 21.-T. M. Mills, farm demonstration agent of this county, had his first cooperative ship ient of hogs today. Farmers having hogs to sell had been notified to have them here this morning for shipment to Richmond Va. I logs to the number of 110 were brought in and was grad ed by an expert from Clemson College and were then loaded for shipment and started on their way this after noon. It was a fine looking lot of hogs; a few large ones, but the large er nuimber of medium size. One weighed over 700 pounds; that one came from W. 1P. Smith's farm near Kinards. The number of farmers who brought in hogs was 35. The weight of the hogs totaled 23,490 pounds and they were graded as follows: Grade 1, 14, 102 pounds; grade 2, 1,450 pounds; grade 3, 7,888 pounds. The hogs were sold here at 'the following prices: (;rade I at $17.35 cents; grado 2 at $16.25 cents: grade 3 at $15.25 cents; these prices were net on the gross weight of the hogs, the total net price being $3,937.29. There were three buyers here and a number of bidders besides here. The buyer was an Orangeburg broker, whito shipped the hogs on to Richmond in! 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