Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1920 — N. C. TURNS DOWN SUFFRAGE [ARTICLE]

N. C. TURNS DOWN SUFFRAGE

House Refuses to Ratify Amendment by Vote of 71 to 41. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 20. —Ratification of the woman suffrage amendment was defeated in the North Carolina house 71 to 41. The senate having already ♦oted to postpone consideration on the amendment until the .regular session of the ifegislature next January, the action of the house virtually ends the ratification fight In this state until that time.