The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-16
WANTS RESULTS
IN CHARLESTON
GOVERNOR MANNING WIRES
OFFICIALS THAT LAWS
MUST BE ENFORCED
WILL APPOINT NEW
SUPERINTENDENT
Of State Hospital for the Insane.
DR.. Strait Informed-Oth-
er Capital News

Special to Tho lntcllirencar.
COLUMBIA, March l3.-"Owing to
Mayor Grace's Illness and uncertain
ty as to how long he will be detained
from office, l am calling on you and
city officials TO enforce law against
liquor selling. gambling and other
violations. Please advise of y,oIr de-
| termination and when l may expect
results" said Governor Manning in a
telegram to Mayor Pro TEN Henry T.
Williams Of Charleston. made public
ut the governors c!ice tonight
Mayor GracC'S favorable condition in
| the case OF early return to duty III
the meantime have instructed police
officials tO enforce all laws" who the
reply which tile mayor pro lem ri
Charleston wired the governor
Governor Manning stated that lie
had held UP further plans in .he Char
lesion situation on account of the
! illness of Mayor Grace, but stated he
now felt that i, was time for some
results TO be shown. lie stated that
he wanted the city officials to enforce
the laws without interference from
him. and added significantly lit Is
| time for some results" The governor
made it plain that he is wanting the
| laws in Charleston enforced and that
! they are going TO be enforced, and II
| the city officials do not do so then he
| will have to take some other steps.
Sheriff ]. Eimore Martin OF Char
| lesion wrote the governor tha. he Is
suppressing blind tigers and other
|. l.lawlessnes8.
Governor Manning wrote n letter to
Mayor Grace enclosing copy Of this
| telegram to Mayor Pro Tenn Williams
and expressing the hope that he
| would have speedy return to health.
Governor Manning sent for DR.. r.
j. Strait. superintendent of the
| State Hospital for the insane, ana in
! formed him that 1t is his intention TO
| appoint another man superintendent
| of the asylum ami one who is an eX-
! pert physician in the treatment OF i'll
| sane people. The governor told DR..
Strait in order to give him ample
notice and TO treat him with all con-
| sideration possible. DR.. Strait ex-
| pressed his appreciation of the gov
| ernor's thoughtfulness. The governor
has not yet selected Il new Superin-
| tcndent but has several men under
consideration.
| Attorney General Peoples and As
sistant Fred II. Dominick returned
this morning from Washington, where
| they went to represent the State in
a number OF cases before the United
| States supreme court. They will have
TO go back to Washington in April to
| appear for the State against II. u.
Vaughn, former superintendent of the
| Odd Fellows Orphanage. who Is ap-
| pealing form n sentence of death i'm
posed by the South Carolina courts on
| n conviction for criminal assault.
The governor has appointed the
South Carolina Board of Examiners
for public accounts as follows: G.. {.
Fishburne. of Columbia, for three
years; J. II. Brown, of Spartanburg.
for 2 years; and G. B. Walton, Of
Anderson, for one year.
! Governor Manning will go to Nc
Coll, Marlboro County. on Monday to
make speech ut big educational
rally. He is expected To discuss the
new local option compulsory cduca-
tinn law.
Comptroller General Sawyer, with
the consent of the governor, has ex-
tended the time for making income
tax returns until July without pen
atty.
Newherry College won the State
championships basketball by defeating
W0fford College here tonight by a
score OF 81 to 80.
| .t4F 80 s 'a.,-
See. McAdoo 1'ndergoes Operation.
WASHINGTON. March 1a-secre-
tary McAdoo. operated upon yester-
day for appendicitis, was said tonight
by his physicians TO be making satis-
factory progress. Mrs. McAdoo,
President Wilson's daughter. saw her
husband today. and the president
plans to visit Mr.. McAdoo at the hos
pital tomorrow or Monday.
lss Contract for Ianal.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. March IA
| The State OF Florida has let con-
tract TO q Baltimore concern for COM