The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-24
WRITES TO GOVERNOR
MAYOR GRACE TELLS OF BIG
AND IT'S PROBLEMS.
Realizes the Law is Not Fully Re-
spected-Announces Some New
Regulations.

Mayor John P. Grace Of Charles
ton Tuesday made known his pro.
gram of municipal law enforcement
in response to a communication from
Gov. Manning, in which the chief exc
cutive of South Carolina calls the at
tention Of the mayor to alleged con-
ditions existing in Charleston in vio-
lation of the law. Accompanying the
program offered by Mayor Grace is a
statement to the effect that he be-
lieves to be reasonable program, al
though not strictly in accord with the
wishes Of the governor.
Mayor Grace's statement follows:
"Goy. Manning has called my at
tention very sharply to alleged viola
tions Of law in this city, and has stat
ed that unless drastic steps are taken
at once to stop these violations,
Charleston must be prepared for a
rather strenuous program. l agree
that the law is not fully respected in
many particulars in this community.
But Charleston is no worse than any
other city upon which odious laws
have been imposed by those either
misunderstanding or not caring about
cosmopolitan habits and conditions.
Therefore, have made earnest
efforts to bring the legislature around
to proper conception Of our prob
lcms, hoping that sensible laws might
be passed which all good citizens can
join in obeying and seeing obeyed.
Unfortunately while we have made a
great impression and much progress
with the legislature now sitting, we
have again failed to get relief. But
the future is full of hope. In the
meantime, and especially now under
the mandates Of Gov. Manning, l feel
it my duty to rcpublish the following
rules which the police department
will more vigorously follow, begin
ming March /:
81. The closing OF blind tigers at
IL o'clock and on Sundays.
"2. The banishnent of slot ma
chimes and all forms OF mechanical
gambling.
as. The closing OF turf exchanges
and the prevention Of handbooks in
that connection.
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'5. The shutting off Of illuminated
signs which lead to places of lawless-
ness.
''6. The absolute prevention OF IL
quor selling to boys end especially
those in school uniforms) and to men
when they reach certain rtage OF
intoxication.
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houses Of III fame and assignation.
"It will be recalled that these are
practically the rules twice heretofore
promulgated and sporadically enforc-
ed until by the Intervention of COM
pe!ling influences they were rendered
more or less nugatory. I understand
now that it is Gov. Manning's inten-
tionl to prevent henceforth q repeti-
ton of those influences.
'Gov. Manning is by no means sat-
isfed with nor does he accept the
rules above laid down cs full COM
pliance with his ideas of law enforce
ment. But I have assured him that
under all the circumstances in Char
lesion, If I can carry them out, 1t Will
be as fer, for the present, as 1t is
humanity practicable to go.
"Of course he would like to see the
enforcement in Charleston OF every
law on the statute boks. So would
I. That is very high ideal, but,
like every other ideal, altogether un-
attainab1e; especially when some OF
our statute law is in downright op-
position to an almost universal senti-
ment. I believe that the minds and
hearts of 80 per cent Of our people
will instantly accept the foregoing
program as reasonable. and therefore
enforceable, which will be a far bet
ter condition to achieve than by any
more extreme effort to plunge the
whole community into state OF tur-
noil and hopeless outlawry."