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Sacrificed Hii In Reportinc Neither Law Nor Courtesy Fear of Constabulary Prom Grace?Chief CantWi I "I have put aside a great deal of technical dignity which adheres to my office, under w!:ich I might have insisted that nothing requires me in law to 'report to you,' " said John P. Grace, mayor of Charleston, in a letter addressed to Governor Manning, in reply to the latter's communication of 'May 14, which characterized as erroneous and misleading" the report of Chief of Police Cantwell, of Charleston, giving ti:e names of parties and places of business that !had discontinued the alleged illicit selling of liquors because of police raids. "Of course," continues the letter, "I have more or less surrendered the dignity of my office for the sole purpose of avoiding the much greater indignity and humiliation that otherwise was to be heaped upon our city by constabulary invasion, which event I had feared was impending above ana beyond every development in this mottoT " Mayor Grace says that the report of the 'chief of police 'landed Gov. Manning was not meant to be' misleading; that tie chief of police thought 'then and thinks now that ihe places of business appended have discontinued business. He say's that '"Williams and Hackect discontinued business because of the police raids an a nut lor me rea&uus assigned uy Gov. Manning in t'.:e latter's letter of May 14. The following is the full text of the letter of Mayor Grace to Gov. Manning: "May 15, 1915. ' "T:e Hon. Richard I. Manning, Governor, Columbia, S. C.?Dear Sir: I am just in receipt of your letter of May 14, ana nasten to answer it. ine chief of police is in my office and hears what I say; I having summoned Ihim as soon as I read your letter. He expresses as much surprise as I now express to you, that you should in the : slightest question the good faith with which we are dealing with this situation within the lines I have in any manner led you to believe that we would deal witn it. Been Careful. "'I have been exceedingly careful, in my negotiations with you in tl:is matter, never to overstate either what we have actually done, or what we actually intended to do; and what I have especially sought to avoid is any semblance of hypocrisy or make-believe. ""TY:e report of the chief of police was landed to you in person by me ' only because, as you know. I was practically summoned to Columbia suddenly and unexpectedly. I had in tended forwarding it to you with a letter of transmittal?not, however, as a 'report,' but as a reply to your inquiries. It had been on ny desk for several days, as I explained to you, unattended to because of the absorbing business cf our city con^ntion which intervened. It was called forth by letters and telegrams to me from you (which I in turn communicated to 4-1* - -r 1: ? \ * - ? - me euiei ox ponce;, summarily demanding a 'report' on what I was doing. I put aside a great deal of technical dignity which adheres to my office, under which I might have insisted that not:, ing requires me in law or courtesy, as mayor of Charleston, to 'report ?o you.' In order to preserve at least an appearance of decorum on the record, I have adopted the word /reply' rather than your word 'report.' as you will find in my telegram of April 22. If course, I have more or less surrendered the dignity of my office for the sole purpose of avoiding the muc:h greater indignity and humiliation tt':at otherwise was to T?e heaped upon our city by constabu, larv invasion, which event I have feared was impending above and be yona every development in tnis mat? ter. "You are correct in assuming that I 'received this report in good fait'V etc. I transmitted it to you in good faith, and I am convinced that tfte chief of police submitted it to me in good faith. Of course, I am not personally a snv as to whether r>r nnt liquor is being sold in Charleston. Neither is he. His office is also one eof some dignity, in view of wlhich it tf:-as been the custom to act only through the agents employed for detail -work in detective matters, unless where a case is of such criminal grav*its as to demand his personal attention. Frankly, I must tell you that I do not believe it was ever contemplated that a chief of police should be held categorically responsible to sucHi an extent as to impute, on his part, "bad faith whenever he fails to define with precision the status of every man accused of being in, or the exact time of 'his going out of. the liquor business." s Dignity j To Manning Demand Reply, He Avers? pts Communications, Claims ell "Not Misleading City Losing' Money. "He advises me, however, t at uponthe report of his officers, and by a comparison with the 'fine' list, made up from the records, the two parties you mentioned, indeed, went out o: I i business only since the policy of raid1 n o* a era n Thfir r\ r* irorn o r.l-? nrl _ I AiiO i ut; puiu, vi. Mtic omtu i uled to pay, fines up to the time when | j our raids began. The fact that L. i | Williams 'died some months ago,' as j j you said, only proves the tenacity with ' which the liquor business persisted in Charleston; for I can tell you that on March S a summons was issued call-1 ing 'him into court for violating the j ' liquor law, although he had died on i February 2. The place which lie rail | didn't die, which is the point in issue, i At this time the policy of raiding, un' der which we abandoned the service of all summonses; til:e summons policy, as you know, being merely a 'condonement of law-breaking/ and, of course, incompatible with the new policy that you have compelled us to I j adopt, and under Which so many, j thousands of dollars are lost to the j ! city in fines; but under which I ami ' afraid some blind tigers will still ex- j | ist. When raiding began ilre business ! j owned by J. Williams was 'still going j J on with a liquor adjunct, and was raid- j ! ed by the police and1 ceased to exist, I ! not on account of f.VIr.-' Williams' _un- j , timely taking off, but simply because.; I his' immediate successor decided that, j ! for reasons of .peace he. would no; j longer wear t'be shroud of Williams in 1 the liquor business. I am advised that j [he place wi ich Mr. Williams once j kept, and which is still conducted by. | j his estate, managed by one of his im-, ! mediate relatives, has, until very late- i j ly, and after his deat'h, sold liquor, j i flnri solri it until thp rmlirv nf rnirtinpr i began, and that it was given up sim| ply and solely because of the policy of raiding, and not because Mr. Williams was dead. "As to tlze case of Hackett, it ap| pears from the records of the fire department that his place caught fire on | April 3 and from the records of the I police court that it was 'partially Durnea.' before this the police had j persistently raided it, and i:e was so i | discouraged that he said 'he was going to give up business,' which, so far ; as the liquor end of it was concerned, j the police department has every reason to believe had really happened before the fire occurred. In a's!:.ort while | i thereafter the place took fire. 'You! can draw your own conclusions wheth- \ i . er or not t'he close sequence of the fire had had any relation to the persistent raid of the police force. But! tie fact remains that before the fire, I and because of the raids, he did go out of the liquor business, which is as the chief of police has reported. | '^Xone of us mortals can know of Qn r\AAT? < T rtn'i a' TI ri 1 1 r-v-* JL-/C vv 1C \\ 11110.11125, ttUU1 ' died in Greece on February 2, but wt':o! i was up to that time running a liquor j business, even from that great dis-1 tance, in Charleston, thereupon went; ! to his eternal reward or went to that j 1 place of 'everlasting fire,' which was j only intended for very bad people, un-! like us. Being very good people our-; selves, we can, without presumption, j a rt 4-n /\ rv> ?i in /v a ' 1 I ft ** a ' as?uuic uiai ue uiusi met with the latter fate. If so, then j my only comment is that, notwith-! | standing the eternal fire, Mr. Wil-1 i liams, through his !':eirs, still persisted | ? in the liquor business until the police i i raids began. After the police raids . began Mr. Hackett's liquor business ( I ceased to exist, and in a few days his ; general business was completely demolished bv fire. In neither the case i I of the Hackett fire tr:ere nor the Wil: liams fire hereafter, did the fire have s anything to do with their going. Each went out of business because ne was I raided out. I stand upon the report , of the cfcief. "By the way, in the list of those fur-1 nished by me as being in business some ! time ago by you, do you not recall that, as I showed you in Columbia, there was the name of one man dead for three years? If because (Williams is dead, you conclude he is no longer in business, wfhy do you not apply the | same inference to your own list, which I you told me you had gotten from 'reliable' sources? "I hope I have covered these two cases to your satisfaction. "Very truly yours, (Signed) "John P. Grace, K "Mayor or unarieston.' Asks Clemency For Frank. i ' Nashville, Tenn., May 18.?The upper house of the 59th general assembly of Tennessee late last night passed a resolution requesting , the governor of Georgia to commute to life imprisonment the death sentence of Leo M. | Frank. * ! FREAK BASEBALL PLAYS. A Tin Car. Throw an;! the Shortest Two Cagrer on Record. Freak pia:-s make base-all liumor: ous if not iiii -rt'si ::ix Some <>!' ili.se iilavs are s::u] t" the s*e: i:if of <;;ii^; i . thinking. but as a matter <>f fact I must of them are simplv lurk. sjvs t * * ; Arthur .Maciiunald in the Physical K>\ I ucation Ueview. Curious tilings liap| pen. A l>al! Ml i 111c> a tin can. and. it i beiu.n impossible to pet it out in time, j can and all were thrown to the basej man. Another ball hit the end of a nail ! driven through the opposite side of a i fence and could not be got down until I all the runners scored A swift hit glances off the pitcher's hand, is snapped up by an iutielder and thrown to first, putting the man j out. Iiedhot liners or grounders sometimes hit the first or third base bag and glance away for singles or even two baggers. The shortest two bagger known was when the bail grazed the bat. shot up a few feet and fell in front of the plate. As the catcher reached for the whirling ball it glanced from his glove and bounded back to the stand, and the batter made second easily. A center fielder saw a mitt in the way of the shortstop and walked about sixty feet iu to move it out of the way. when he heard the crack of the bat and saw a hot ball coming straight at him. He could do nothing but try to catch it and did. to his surprise. But he was given credit by the crowd for being a great student of batters. THE-VOICE AND THE STAGE. * Being a Good Elocutionist Does Not M ake a Good Actor. ; * * -s Of allrtbe things to eschew, elocution1" sc-h(H))s stand first. Actors should kiio.w nothing of the rules of elocution as taught hi any school ol' which I have I (.'in llTtr-.ivia tall ;l f fjid \ri ? v.u.j ?? nufci ^ ten first glance . whether an actor is a student of elocution. Xo good elocutionist was eVerH good actor. That is, no good reciter?and elocution schools produce only reciters?is ever a sood actor. Reciting and acting are two entirely different arts. The reciter is never natural, never can be. Awhile ago one of the most distinguished professors of elocution in America?he had the chair of elocution at one of our biggest universities?came to be an actor. It was thought that he would be something wonderful because of his knowledge and gift of elocution. He .went back to teaching. He could do that better than most but his acting was bad. All the rules of elocution an actor ever needs can be obtained in singing lessons. Now. proper enunciation of words is a different matter. An actor should not have to be taught that but if he does need it it is a pretty bad need, and he should never rest until he has lost all slovenly habits. Some of my friends think I am too severe on this point I am not One cannot be too severe. it is ciean cut >vuit, peii-cvt in its smallest details, that makes for perfect illusion on the stage, and I am always for such work.?Henrietta Crosman in Century. A Tragic Wedding Ring. A tragic story of a forgotten wedding ring is told in the "Lives of the Lindsays." He should have been at church when Colin Lindsay, the young Finrl r?f Rnlrarriis. was auietlv eat ing his breakfast in nightgown and slippers. Reminded that Mauritia of Nassau was waiting for him at the altar. he hurried to church, but forgot the ring. A friend present gave him one, which he. without looking at, placed on the bride's finger. After the ceremony was over the countess gianc ed at her hand and beheld a grinning death's head on her ring. She fainted away, and the omen made such an impression on her that on recovering she declared she was destined to die within a year, a presentment that probably brought about its own fulfillment, for in a few months the careci-oo <1 n-irlnivop icsra v^unii lino ci H iuu>iv.k. Both of One Mind. Mrs. Stormy-weather, who had been engaged in a somewhat prolonged and. heated dialogue with her husband, beat a dignified retreat so soon as she found she was getting the worst of the argument and turned her attention to culi nary matters as a balm for her ruffled soul. "Jane," she said, "I want you to put on your things at once and go out and see if you can get me a plaice." ; "Yes'm," replied Jane, with alacrity. I "ADd while I'm about it I may as well look for one for myself, too, for I'm blest if I can stand the master any more than you."?London Mirror. I Remorse. A legal journal tells of a trial In which the following remorseful letter appeared m evidence: "Mr Bidweli: Dear Sir ? This la what I never expect to come to. But it is trouble, and no one to help mee out. So I want you to have this young woman Burried. But mee, let me lay top of ground, for the Turkey Buzzards to eat. for I have did rong. Joseph Bradley." What Landed Him There. "My good man, what are you in prison for?'' "My convictions." "Your convictions?" "Yes, mum. If the jury had acquit ted me I wouldn't be here."?Detroit - Free Tress. A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they j run.?Ouida. II ? ! HI f j j NfI 7 f\ w ^ ?-s 0 ; S' S : 5- & : fcssS 09 ^ : rf g i i cr ; V 7 I ' I . . ... | pssm % o ? O qi 3 1 M t8E3i P"* Q) A? W VJi 1 pMBB I b & i. / a o V5^ P? !- 05 fl> <1 rv <; ? ? s sr w ? H N 3 CP . . I I \ Yvir.^ioji Collcjro. SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION J The examination for t'.'e award of raeant scholarships in Winthrop colege and for v e admission of new students will be held at the county ?ourt house on Friday, July 2, at 9 l. ill. Applicants must not be less :han sixteen years of age. When, scholarships are vacant after July 2 j ;hey will be awarded to those making : :he highest average at tfcis examina-, ion, provided they meet the condi-! innc? rrnrorni n cr tVio n W3 Trl A Tt Tl 11 - ?ants for scholarships should write to! President Johnson before the examin-! ition for scholarship examination | Dlanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and! < :ree tuition. The next session will j >pen September 15, 1915. For further, i in'^rmation and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. T A n/> n He (nr fi JLV 1J LO.11^^ VU1 radius of several hundred "In less than one hou of flour at a total cost to \ "Since then we have a Bell Telephone to every fe most profitable results, rates are reasonable and t in one Lone Distance Te - j i ? a dozen icucrs SOUTHERN BELL TE AND TELEGRAPH C BOX 163, COLI VERY LO^ acco Panama International SAN FRANCISC( I Opened February 20, cl [ _ ranama-talitoi SAN DIEGO, C Opened January 1, closi vi Southern Premier Carrie Tickets on sale daily a: returning. Good going v ing via another. Stop-ov Round Trip from Newber One way, via .Portland, (Ji Proportionately low i Also very low round trip Portland, Ore.; Vaneouve Western points. Full irjfnrmntin'n rpcrarr JL \JLA * JllAA VA AAAMVAVA# * v^yyi. N points of interest, sehedul Also descriptive literatun us help you plan your trij Why pay Tourist Age are free? Address S. H. M( District Passe Columbi W. H. Tayloe, H. F. P. T. E., G. F WssViirtortori. Wash T f w V . D. C. D. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. a Notice is hereby given that the uudersigned svili make final settlement of tile estate ot Geneva u. i>eecuain, d- c- a.s- : in the probate court for Newberry county, State of South Carolina, 0:1 Monday, May 24, 101.at 11 o'clock in the forenoon and will immediately JB thereafter apply to t e judge of pro* bate of Newberry county for a fin^ discharge as sucn executor. All peS " ? sons indebted to the said estate vfl make immediate settlement with? undersigned, and all persons bo'J claims against the said estate wilM ser* the same duly attested. The School Improvement associati^B of Pomaria will give a barbecue t:.e grove at Pomaria on July 3, for tJ-eW benefit of the school. V Mrs. Jno. C. Aull. Pres. 4_i5"tf m One Experience Gonvinced Me t I of its Value I "One of our salesmen demonstrated the ^ value of the Long Distance Telephone to us. ] He was at Huntsville, 1 Ala., and upon his own *1. *1 - * i responsiDiiuy put in \ fteen merchants within a mil-es. i r he had sold 2100 barrels as of less than six dollars. pplied the Long Distance :ature of our business with The service is fine, the :here is more satisfaction lephone talk than in half LEPHONE ' :OMPANY JMBIA, S. C. N RATES I -Pacific fl Exposition V ), CALIFORNIA 1 ' 1 ? ? r\ ?t r* loses uecemoer 4, mo ? v mia Exposition :alifornia, . 3s December 31, 1915. | o a, Railway r of the South j nd limited 90 days for, i ia one route and returners allowed. ry, S. C. - - - $81.10 regon- - - - $102.81 rates from other points, rates to Seattle Wash.; ;r, B. C., and many other lino- the various routes. -?o * es, etc., gladly furnished. 3 sent upon request. Let ). sncies when our services . LEAN, rnger Agent, a, S. C. Cary, W. E. 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