The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-11-14

DSSdSS OIlCI4 vi OOA SOQulS, "
perform those duties required Of you
by law. The law requires you to per-
form those duties without delay. Do
you need assistance? If you do,
am prepared to send it to you. The
law must be enforced and the orders
of the courts cannot be trifed with.
Richard l. Manning, Governor.
In response to my telegram to
C', ~iff Ashley, l received the follow
y reply by wire:
4o' ernor R. l. Manning,
Columbia, S. C.
Trits of ejectment have not been
served yet. l will do this work ac-
cording to my own judgment and if
that don't suit you, you can send up
here and do it yourself. You ask
whether l needed any. assistance from
YOU. | do not. AS soon as these peo-
pie can get houses, 1 will get them
out
"Joe NJ. H. Asheley, Sheriff.
Anderson, November TO-"
Governor to Sheri6.
To this l replied as follows:
"Joe NJ. H. Ashley, Sheriff,
Anderson, S. C.
your insolent telegram received.
I shall without delay take necessary
steps to enforce the law in spite of
your attitude of direspect and de-
fiance of the law and encouragement
of laWlessness.
Richard l. Manning, Governor.
columbia, November TO-"
At the same time I sent the follow
ing telegram to w. F. Cox, magls-
trate. from whose court the writs were
issued:
"W. F. Cox, Esq,
Magistrate, Anderson, S. C.
81 am just in receipt of the follow
ing telegram from Sheriff Ashley:
"'WEits of ejectment have not been
served yet. l will do this work &C
cording to my own judgement and If
that don't suit you, you can send up
here and do it yourself You ask
whether needed any assistance from
you. do not. AS soon as these
people can get houses, Il will get them
out
'I am prepared to furnish you what
ever assistance or protection you need
to enforce the orders Of your court
without delay. Withdraw writs from
sheriff and advise so that l can send
you protection for your constables
when serving them.
Richard I. Manning, Governor,
Columbia, November TO-
I received a telegram from Robert
E. Lyon, in which he said:
understand that nheriff says he is
making effort this afternoon to eject
J. A. Duncan, but refuses to execute
the other writs until parties can get
places to move to.
"This morning we sent 13 men into
the mill to do certain work. They
were threatened, cursed and abused
in every way. The two deputy sheriffs
were up at the mill at the time and
in talking to Deputy Sanders over the
phone, he asked me to have the men
gotten out of the mill, which I refused
to do, telling him that they were our
authorized agents and had right
to go in and out of our mill build
ings and yard whenever they saw fit
in the discharge of thir duty. San
ders replied that we had no right to
do anything which would cause trou-
Bile and that this certainly would and
they could not prevent it, meaning
the other deputy and himself. Such
cursing and disorderly conduct in the
public street is hardly ever witness
ed as was this morning at the Equinox
mill in the presence of women and
children and the two deputies.
Tomorrow morning we expect to
send these men with others back in
the mill to work and are quite sure
unless something is done, that a riot
will be precipitated; but we are un-
willing to sit idly by and be run over
by a crowd of lawless people. 1t
does not seem that We will get any
help from the sheriff and appeal to
you to act Immediately"
Governors Authority.
I have no authority to remove a
sheriff for neglect OF duty or refusal
to enforce the law. My only recourse
after a failure or refusal Of the ciVfi
authorities to act, is to call the mill
tia, under section 8, article XIII of
the tSate constitution, which pro-
vides:
"The governor shall have the power
to call out the volunteer and militia
forces, either or both, to execute the.
laws repel inyasions. suppress insur-