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I Grace Will C I With O ayor of Charleston Willin Suppressing Tigers Uuder L He Lays Downing Hi following is a letter sent by manning to Mayor Grace last Sat9 "May 15, 1915. Ki. John P. Grace, Mayor, CharlesBon, S. C. (p"My Dear Sir: In regard to the suppression of the sale of liquor in CharWHeston since January 19. last, you are -entitled to whatever credit there is; likewise you are responsible if the law has not been enforced in t):e city, as I you Slave had entire charge of the situation there up to this time. I have had no officers in Charleston wi'ao have taken any part in the enforcement of the law. You have !had full rein. "On an examination of the situation, ' however, I am not satisfied with the progress ti'aat is being made, nor have the violator^ of the law been impressed with the fact that they must abandon their illicit business. They seem to L . have no fear of results and produce k . j more liquor for sale immediately after K the raiding squad bas departed. "I think k best, therefore, without r \ in any "way interfering with or stop ping your work or relieving yon of the 1 'responsibility of enforcing the' law - within your city to put other agencies } at work as well. I am now calling on the sfoeriff and charging him also with the enforcement of the law within tJhe city limits as well as in the county beyond the city limits. "It would make this undertaking far more effective if you as mayor aad tiie sheriff could co-operate in Dais work. (<T r\w iTrw-rr TTA11 rC jl ani? j ii ui'j j vui ^9 (Signed) Richard I. Manning, Governor." The Mayor's Reply. Mayor Grace on Tuesday wrote the following reply to the governor's latest i letter on the liquor situation: f "May 18, 1915. "Hon. Richard I. Manning, Governor, Columbia, S. C. "(My Dear Sir: I beg to acknowli edge receipt of your letter of May 15, which came to me by special delivery on tl:e night of May 17. "I thank you for saying that I am 'entitled to whatever credit there is' for thV^'supporession of the sale of liquor in Charleston since January 19 m last' hnt at the same time, wishing to (render credit where credit is due, I beg to say t'-at I have been greatly stimulated in this matter by you, and the lines which I have followed are in great measure due to your initiative. These particular lines I must again insist are not precisely the ones which I would follow if left entirely to my own devices; nor do I believe, if they (are carried out to an extent beyond wf:icn I have been reluctant to go, even at your suggestion, that is to say, wit i a relentlessness of raiding which migh indeed terrorize law-breakers, that such a reign of terror would be the best thing for our community. I would personally prefer a midd'e course, again I will say not as a matter of condonement of law breaking, but for the achievement of reasonable results, results faighly comparaDie wnn the results attained in every other seaport city even where theroetioally there is absolute prohibition; sucfc, for instance, as Savannah. I will not agaia anumerate the plan chich we had agreed upon, hut which, for some reason, after ten days from your full notice of their public announcement, made in accordance witlh your wishes,! you rescinded. Having honestly c-hang- j ed your mind, I am sure you acted only upon sucih conscientious motives as thrill one when he comes to the con elusion that he has agreed to soipe-! tiaing which in its essence means trie doing of wrong, a state of heart which. in its troubles drives one back until he puis aside all question of mere practical results, all question of sordid politics until he returns to the mountain top of pure and unadulterated righteousness. Object to "Spies." "Ycu say nat you have 'no officer? in Charleston wro have taken any part in the enforcement of the law.' This statement, even in the absence of rumors, is pregnant of the sug- i gestion that you have indeed -ad ofcers here, but tfrey were merely not charged 'with the enforcement of the; law.' And if they are here as spies, | then I wish to say that I do not care : to leave the office of the mayoralty of; Charleston, in its relations with the; office of the governor of the State,' spied upon. I would rather have you \ send constables to Charleston, having j -* ? '"e a nnfnwomDTit nf t~n& I me power ui iwc cmvivviuvui wj. law' than to send soies here for the purpose of advising you whether or not I am keeping any agreement wfoich I Ibave made with you. "You say you are not 'satisfied with j the progress that is being made,' and ' that violators of the law haive not been I 'impressed with the fact that they must J oeperate \ ther Agencies ] TT 7 1- TI7.M. CI 'ft * g zo vy otk vv nn onerijj m < Certain Conditions Which j T.etttrr fn Clniwrnnr. I y ' , abandon tl:.eir illicit business.' I have endeavored to explain 'to you that even ! in the darkest hours of constabulary ^ travail, tnrougn wnicn our poor oia j . city has been forced to pass, there { never was a time when all of ti:ese 1 iviolaiors were so impressed. Tnat you r] ness, I myself have demonstrated, but J can drive some of them out of busi- j 1 I have shown you that the kind t)':at' i' are willing to go are, as a rule, such ; fugitive characters as have no foot-! . < hold in Che business. "But the same appetites in tl-e peo- ^ . pie, the same demand, if not indeed j ( an increased demand, for drink re- i j mains, and instantly a new crop of tigers springs up, or the old crop of', . seasoned, hardened, venturesome, I, i might say desperate, ones remains, ! hflvin? stnnd thrnne,h pvprv assault. I The more the community becomes demoralized -by even an army of con, stables, only tfoe more will you drive j , the liquor business down to a lower [ and more menacing level. But that you will ever accomplish, by violence,'. prohibition in the city of Charleston, J | especially by imported violence, is imI possible. ? "You say to me that you have put j this matter in the' Ibands of the sheriff, "charging him with the enforcement 1 of te law within the city limits as well as in ti.ie county beyond the city ! limits. Of course, that is as you should do if you think judging by results out- ) side the citv that he can accomplish any better results in the city of Charleston than I have accomplished. Section 840 of the criminal code reads i as follows: , , >"eglect of Duty. " 'It s'hall be the duty of the sheriffs '* and their deputies, magistrates, constables, rural police, city and town officials to enforce the provisions of this chapter.' Therefore you have simply asked the sheriff to do what he is joint- Iv responsible with me for doing. Of . course, I can only assist him with in c the limits of the city of Charleston. 1 Within the city limits now, without his c assistance, considering the congestion r of our population and the character of * our urban life, I venture to say and 1 would be glad to leave it to a vite of 1 this community, that conditions are now far and away better than the aw- * ful conditions which have never ceased 1 to exist just beyond the city boundary. 1 T'Viq coma confmri nf riVo r>r?ntin11P<? 1 '[f they fail to do so' (meaning the 2 above officers enforcing the law), 'it c is hereby made the duty of the governor to enforce the same, and he is 1 hereby authorized to appoint such dep- 1 uties, constables and detectives as'may 1 be necessary.' 8 "At the last session of the legisla- 3 ture a bill was introduced by Senator * Sinkler and passed through the senate, c carrying out the principles of your f platform, by leaving to these local authorities, without constabulary as- s sistance, tJ e power to enforce the law. j. Such a law had already been passed j and is today in force as to Richland t and other counties. It was passed be- \ fore you became governor by the Blease administration, and the effect c of it was to prevent spies, detectives ti and constables being sent into a com- i munity by the governor. You having \ been elected on a local option plat-1^ form, insisting upon your belief as far s as possible in home rule, killed Sen- i ator Sinkler's bill in the fcouse, and j left it in your hands to force upon us c" constables, but under the law you can s not send them here unless the local i authorities fail in their duty. You \ have already set a precedent in Ker- c shaw county for local authorities who t failed to do their duty and 'hence it follows logically and inevitably that i the instant you send constables to t Charleston, you are obliged to follow i your own precedent in Kershaw coun- c ty; because constables, to repeat, can 1 c only be sent here when you have come t to the solemn conclusion that ihat c sheriff has failed to do his duty. ' c . Willing: to Help. ? v "Xow in your concluding paragraph ( you say 'it would make this under-; s standing far more effective if you, as 11 * ' " ? ** *2 ' ? ? U a wi fp ii 1 r-. /\ rt vi r-\ n n t n ' luavoi, aiiu u tr biitri in uuuiu ^u-upciaic j in this work.' This language, I submit,1 r is capable only of the inference that r the suggestion emanates from you c and etirely ignores the fact that1 c such was my own, my very own, prop-1 c osition to you, which was, tiiat when-jc ever you came to the conclusion that i I was not enforcing the law to your j c satisfaction in Charleston, that it was; r your duty next to put it in tne nands I p of the sheriff, and that whenever you \ did so, although !he and I are on the t worst terms personally and politically, yet I would be glad, through every t available source, to co-operate witfa ^ him in the enforcement of this law,'t i. !be being a check against me and I be- j ing a check against him, and that tfcat j s i j -u ~ ~ ? ~ ? . v> uuiu ue ail iutdi cimjuiiivu iuj >uu iu ^ i ?stablish, r.n?i to establish at my sug- . ;estion and with a fore-knowledge of my co-operation, which I volunteered. Fherefore I repeat that now, since you lave put it up to the sheriff to enforce the law, I will co-operate wiih aim within the city of Charleston, and 20-operate to this extent, which 1 now name to you as a modus operandi, :hat is: ti:at whenever the sheriff communicates to me, within the city of ^haripston thp fact that anv place, whether it be a private business or a social club, or whatever it be, is selling liquor or in any other manner Dreaking tl.:e law, I will undertake the burden of raiding and reraiding and^ constantly raiding that place with all ^he forces at my command. I sub-, mitted this to you as a perfect test of the frankness and fairness with which 1 * ^ - > i- - v. ? ji?j ;? lie. cms maner coma oe uauuicu m imo city and as the only means by which it could be taken out of the dirty mire Df politics in Which, from the days of :l e metropolitan police until now_ it las wallowed. I now renew the suggestion. I beg you to communicate it :o the sheriff. "The sheriff had nothing to say today ibout the situaiton. "I am, yours very truly, John P. Grace." CHARLESTON SITUATION ACUTE MANNING SENDS CONSTABLES Columbia Record. Gov. Manning Wednesday afternoon, .n a statement to the press, announced :he sending of constables to Charlesion for the enforcement of the law igainst the illicit sale of intoxicating | iquors. These constables were placed under the ^utLority of J. Elmore Mar- < :in, sheriff of CharJ'-ston county, and '< :he sheriff was abjured by him to "di- i *ect the movements of these constables', ind to see that they do their duty." j P-e governor says that the appoint-': -oQi-it o to hloc in nrv n'av flhsolvPR i XIV^JLLl V1 vvuci'MMA w u\/ ?? r he city authorities of Charleston from enforcing the laws. Gov. Manning said Jhat his, solely, is tlje responsibility or this latest situation. "I took the step as I was forced to he conclusion t'nat permanent results vere not being obtained in CLarleson," states the chief executive in the :onclusion of his statement. Grace is Hot, When communicated with over long listance telephone Wednesday afterirw-m \fnvnr Crspp sairi that, in his >pinion, Gov. Manning is playing to 1 be galleries all over the State, and < ntends to take an active part in tLe .1 nunicipal campaign waging in Char- 3 eston. He imputes Lypocricy to Gov. * danmng. we says tnai uov. .vianiHjis ias suppressed news tnac would makeH he chief executive appear in a ridic- j ilous light. He characterizes the placng of constables in Charleston as an ; ict of political cowardice on tJ?e part's >f Gov. Manning. :? Mayor Grace said that he understood i hat the constabulary are making raids < n Charleston Wednesday, but he could i lot say how many men were there j issisting Sheriff I.Martin. He did say j l number had been imported from Co- i j umbia and ot'ner places, and tl-iat the ( :hief constable is W. Clint Cathcart, < i ormer chief of police of Columbia. \ j Re'.aiive to the appointment of con- t i* tables, Go>v. Manning said: , j Governor's Statement. ;( "Saturday I wrote the following let- 11 er to Sheriff J. Elmore Martin. Char-!( I eston: P " 'I require and direct you as sheriff if the county of Charleston to enforce !' ! e laws with reference to the sale of ( iquors in the city of Charleston as * veil as in the county of Charleston.: * fou will please confer with me in re-1? ?ard to the force you think necessary.; * want results.' ;( "To enable him to do this work I 1 lecided to furnish shim witl'a a few con-,1 tables, as his regular deputies were lot enough to do this additional work. expect him :o direct the movements t i o r? rl t r\ c oo t Vi Q t ( 71 Liicrsc v.viio tawiv.o auu iu *.?uv, hey do their duty. < "II .is will in no way absolve the,? nunicipal authorities from enforcing 1 he law against the illicit sale of liquor 1 n the city. Heretofore it has been a '.1 mstcm in Charleston to divide the < ounry between the municipal au.'hori- 1 ies and th^ sheriff, tf:e police having' :harge of the city, tlie sheriff having < :harge of the country districts. I ' x'ould be displosed to conform to this 1 lustcrn or' conditions resulting from 1 inch a division '' ad been satisfactory, t Manning is Responsible. "T e act authorizes and conditions ; nake it necessary that this arrange-! nent be changed. It was, tnereiore,; in that account I requested and re- 1 luired Sheriff Martin to see that these' ? constables under I'nis direction do their! < luty in suppressing the illicit sale of t iquor in the city as well as in the! ountry. I told Sheriff Martin that the c esponsibility was mine and that I ex- \ >ected a strict compliance by him and! ( lis men and that they should proceed | c o carry out my instructions. i 1 "I tooK: tnis step as 1 was iorcea 10 > he conclusion that permanent results vere not being obtained in Charleson." Mayor Grace, in commenting on the tatement of Gov. Manning announcng the appointment of constables in I 11 - I I 1;i^l \J> ivrilt. 4 JT--/SU ?> WHICH DOES NOT IRRITATE A :1frW? 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"iMy doubts are confirmed by the :act that lie projected into the great-j ;st publicity his letters and telegrams 1 :o me, giving them out even before ;hey reached my hands. On the other! land, he has deliberately suppressedj certain exceedingly compromising let- ! ;ers written by me putting iMm in a! "idiculous dilemma, and, in one in- j stance, when suppressing a letter! ivhich lie was called upon 10 give oui, le even tried to create the impression j $at it had been suppressed through 1 some wish of mine. "Even w!:en I was in the infirmary, I stricken, he expected results from my sick bed. and whatever results I j ichieved, although in one breath he ! :cmplimented me for them, -be would1 n the next breath criticise me for not! performing miracles. "Tl.:e reason why he has resorted to :he subterfuge of billeting constables )n Charleston ostensibly to assist our sheriff, is because* on tte one hand he s politically afraid to apply the Ker- j ;haw logic to the Charleston sheriff,: tnd on tJ':e other hand because the Charleston sheriff is himself afraid not :o respond to the* demands of the governor. Therefore, this ridiculous di-| vision of authority and responsibiliiee. "so rar as any siaiemeni 01 ms inai ioes not absolve me in the matter, my; mswer is: T':at whatever responsi-; v. I jilities of office devolve upon me, they ire created by law. It is netiher his o bind or loose; I am performing my iuty as I see it, and I believe, in all nodesty, I can say I am just as big a nan in every respect as Gov. Manning md need no absolution at his hands." i The appointment of constables is he latest step in the campaign of law mforcement in Charleston, Mayor 2race and Gov. Manning have had several conferences and ti'jere has been lir.ch communication between the two *e}ative to the situation. Matters eached a climax last Saturday wnent 5ov. Manning wrote a letter to the Charleston mayor characterizing as; 'erroneous and misleading" the report, >f Chief of Police Cantwell of that city. ,vi ic'.i appended a list of persons and daces which the communication stated :ad discontinued business because of he raids. >'otice of Jury Drawing. \T /\f 1 i V, /\ ?* V? ** /v 1 t? A +1% O ^ TT* A 4" "U A -MJClUtJ IS IlCi cuy w,l v iru. u~clt VY C, lilC indersigned Jury Commissioners for j dewberry County, S. C.. will, at U'ne >ffice of the Clerk of Court for New- : jerry 'County, at Nine O'Cleck A. M., j ilav 28th, 1915, openly and publicly iraw the names of thirty-six (36) men, vho s'hall serve at Petit Jurors at the, ^ourt of General Sessions, which will onvene at Newberry court house June .4tin, 1915, and will continue for one. veek. May 17th, 1915. JXO. L. 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