The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-10-07
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attained
Now Mr.. Editor it seems, that you, who a
few weeks ago. through the columns Of
your paper. would have this Big Tempest
in a Little Teapot appear q mountain OF
crime, have become to look upon it as a
mole hill. Will you be kind enough to in
form Us what has brought about this Won
derful change upon your part? If not we
are left to presume it is due to the fact that
Mr.. Cantey has in his card denied giving
you certain information, which you claimed
to have gotten from him, and by this act,
has thrown the responsibility Of a mis-
representation upon you, and you would
like things look little better.
And furthermore, Mr.. Editor, why
treat at such length the matter Of carrying
concealed weapons? This matter has not
been under consideration, as by my card
you viii see that only asked space in your
columns for correction of the report as to
assault. It seems to me, that you are either
en6eavoring to justify the incorrectness Of
your former reports, or you would prejudice
the minds of the people before day of trial.
Read up the statutes of your State and you
win readily perceive. that charge Of carry
ing concealed weapons does not come with
in the jurisdiction of trial justice; there
fore my brother could not have been lawful
ly tried before Mr.. Cantey, and consequent
ly could not have been subjected to such
fines and penalties as sou might think just:
doubtless you would have imposed the full
penalty of the law. for you know, Mr.. Ed
itor, this is a great big difficulty bet,oeea boys,
one of whom simply defended his rights as
citizen of South Carolina, and against
whom these charges are yet to be proven.
And would say that believe that any eff
fort upon the part Of the MANNING TINES or
its editor, to render q decision for the jury
before whom this case will be tried, will
but meet with that degree of indifference,
and contempt, which it would deserve.
we are not yet a monarchy, but free peo-
pie. and the men of Clarendon (from whom
her Jurors are drawn) are not OF such "met-
tie" as can be melted and moulded by this
paper or its editor When we become sub
iects of q kingdom, think your chances
for the crown would be good, but until then
be content Mr.. Editor to gather news for
your valuable paper by that new and I'M
proved process: news pump.
In conclusion let me give you some dots
about your pump" as have some little
knowledge of pumps, though It seems that
the one used in the TINES Office is of differ
ent mechanism, operates differently and
serves an entirely different purpose. Or
dinary pumps are used for hoisting one Of
Gods greatest blessings to man, namely
pure health-giving water. They are made
of various materials, and of many patterns,
from the tiny iron one upon the back porch
shelf, to the long, gaunt, cucumber which
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one used in the MANNING TINES Office, can
saw but little. have seen it, it is fashion.
ed to some extent after the one in the mid
die of the street, but must be only model,
rough hewn, whose right angles, triangles,
horfzontals, and perpendicnlars are YET to
be rounded, corniced, capped, and COM
pleted, if it proves success. 1t differs
from other pumps inasmuch as it is destin-
ed to pump" news for the MANNING TINES.
It is run by gas, and generates its own gas,
and yet it pumps with such velocity, that
the MANNING TINES has to take it on the
"ay.", MIR. Editor, slacken your speed, for
it treally seems that things are getting mixed,
and muddled. SAMUEL SPARKS.
We doubt very much the propriety
o, necessity of replying to anything
above, but for fear that some of our
readers, ike Mr.. Sparks, read things
as they are not, We notice what he
has to say about the matter at issue.
0ur/ allus;on to the Sparks
Wilson fracas was made, as we have
before stated, because it was some
thing so unusual for boy to be car
rying around with him so deadly a
weapon as knucks, and because the
trial justice thought the case of so
-serie1s q nature as to demand fine
Of fifty dollars
Our second land last) allusion to
the fracas was made because Tom
Sparks went to Trial Justice Cantey
and asked him to deny in the TINES
that he (Cantey) had written the ar
ticle that first appeared in the TINES
on this subject, at the same time tell
ing him that we told him (Sparks)
that he (Cantey) did write the article.
The facts il the case are that the
article appeared in the TINES as if
written BY the editor, and not as a
communication; and we SO told Tom
Sparks, in the presence of his brother,
Sam Sparks, distinctly telling them
that we wrote it, and that Mr.. Cantey
did not write II, but that we had OBJ
tanned our information from Mr..
Cantey. They raised a question that
the difference in the ages of the boys
was not two years, and that the fine
was $50 or fifteen days, and not $50
or thirty days, as we had stated. We
told them both these differences were
ofeomparatively small importance, and
not worth correction, but that the
serious part of the case was the car
rying of the knucks, and told them if
they could not deny that part Of it
they had better leave it all alone.
They, nevertheless, disregarded our
advice and insisted on being allowed
to publish a card that Sparks was
not taoosyears older than Wilson we
had stated on the information Of Mr..
Cantey that he was gear or taco
older and that the alternative of the
fine was Is days not 80 days. They
did not sag anything IN Mis card about
the kaaucks. The public can Judge
why. The public can also Judge why
young Tom Sparks should have af-
forwards told Trial Justice Cantey
that we said Cantey wrote the article,
when we had a few days before told
him and his brother positively that
we wrote it.
EDITOR MANNING TINES.
STATE OF Ono, CITY OF Toledo,
Lucas COUNTY.
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