The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-06-13
LID ON AT ISLE OF PALMS
GOVERNOR WRITES TO SHERIFF

Orders Sunday Sports and Liquor
Selling on Island stopped
Attacks Mayor Grace.
Columbia Special to Charleston
News and Courier, June 12.-Goy-
ernor Blease has ordered the lid to
be put on tight at the Isle of Palms.
stringent and peremptory orders to
1crb1d all motorcycle racing or such
like spokts on the beach on Sunday
and to stop the sale of liquor and
beer were issued by the Governor to
Sherin Martin and Chief Constable
Stothart of Charleston. Violations
of law must stop and desecration of
the Sabbath Day must end, says the
chlef executive of South Carolina.
In his letter to Sheriff Martin the
governor calls attention to the news
paper reports of motorcycle races
OF the Isle of Palms last Sunday and
instructs the sheriff to arrest all TAX
ing part such sports on Sunday
hereafter and prosecute them to the
limit of the law.
In his letter to Chief Dispensary
constable Stothart to stop the sale
of liquor on the Isle of Palms. Gov
ernor Blease says: ut is thought
aloud around here that John p.
so tight in Charleston on Sunday is
TO drive everybody to the Isle of
Palms, and that a bar-room is to be
run open and above-board over
there. 1t is said also that Mr.. Grace
Is boarding at the hotel in Charles
ton with the gentleman who owns
the Isle of Palms business"
The Isle of Palms is the play
ground OF Charleston and excur-
slons every Sunday take thousands
of people there from all parts of the
state.
GOVERNORS LETTER TO
SHERIFF.
In his letter to Sheriff ]. Elmore
Martin, Governor Blease saws:
columbia, S. c., June 8, 1913.
j: Gilmore Martin, Esq, Sheriff
charleston County, Charleston,
south Carolina.Dear Sir: 1 notice
In this mornings issue of The News
and Courier, page s, column 5, un-
der heading, Cycle Racing at Isle
of Palms. that motorcycle races
were held at the Isle of Palms on
yesterday, the Sth instant, being the
Sabbath Day.
Il hope that you did not know
that these races were going to be
held, as ] see nothing in the said
article which shows anv effort ON
your part to prevent the same.
i hope that you will Immediate
ly proceed to indict all who took
part IN SAID races, or attempted to
do so, and bring them before the
proper tribunal for desecration of
the Sabbath Day and that you will
keep strict lookout in the future
and have indicted and locked up in
your county jail any and all persons
VINO shall attempt to have any kind
OF races or other sports or amuse-
ments, save sacred concerts on the
Sabbath. There are some things
which possibly we can be excused for
not hearing, if we did hear, and for
not seeing, if we do see, but there
can certainly be no excuse in the
eyes or God or man for allowing
these things to go on upon the Sab
bath.
1T is true that the Sabbath was
made for man and not man for the
Sabbath, but the Sabbath was in
tended as day of rest and recrea-
uon, and for the worship and service
or God, and certainly not for the
purposes that these people put it to
on yesterday
Il am mailing copy of this letter
to Chief Constable Stothart, with
instructions that he get busy also,
and l hope that you will all see, in
the future that people obey the Sab
| bath, and the laws of this state, in
the discharge of your official duties.
Yours respectfully,
(Signed)
COLE L. BLEASE, Governor.
Copy to Mr.. 3. H. Stothart.
Chief Constable, Charleston. S. C."
LETTER TO CHIEF CONSTABLE.
The governor addressed the fol-
lowing letter to Chief Constable b.
II. Stothart:
columbia, S. c., June II, 1913.
''B II. Stothart, ESQ, Chief Con-
stable, 60 Society Street. Charles
ton, S. C.-Dear Sir: 1t is thought
aloud around here that John p
Grace's idea in closing up every-
thlng so tight in Charleston on sun
DAY is TO drive everybody TO the Isle
OF rains, and that a bar-room is to
De run open and above board over
there 1t is said also that Mr.
Grace is boarding at the hotel in
charleston with the gentleman who,
owns the Isle of Palms business. AS
10 these rumors l do not know.
however, notify the Isle of Palms
people Immediately upon receipt of
TINS letter, that not a drop of wine
| "hlskey or beer can be sold or serv
ed there, and If these orders are
violated you are hereby directed to
seize all the goods and to arrest the
| people violating the law, and II Won
cannot do this | will get a man who