The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-01-24

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. l!.-Ine
fight will not take place in Duval
county unless the courts restrain the
sheriff. Sheriff Brownard declares
that he will obey the Governor. There
has been good deal Of guessing as to
what the sheriff would do among those
who did not know him. Some say that
he would see his lawyers and do what
they told him to do; others said that be
would not interfere, because his law
yers had already told him that he
would lay his bondsmen liable to suit
for damages and that he would DISC
bey the Governor to protect them.
The sheriff does not believe that there
is any danger of suit for damages in
case he interferes, and that if time
does develop case that it will prac.
tically amount to only farce, because
the club will be compelled to prove
specific damages to make Casa
thing which can't be done if the fight
is prevented. In an interview this
morning on the subject, The sheriff
said:
II have been ordered by the Govern,
or to stop this fight, and propose to
obey orders. He told me be would
place at uiy disposal all the force at
his command, If necessary, to prevent
it. His instructions am going to car
~ out in all sincerity, whether they are
unpleasant or not. shall do my duty,
said the sheriff, emphatically, "as it is
laId down to me by the Governor"
aWhl you ask the Governor to de-
clare martial law?
~ will not unless see indications of
such stubborn resistance as will make
me unable to cope with the difficulty.
I am satisfied that if the plan FOR the
fight is persisted in, unless some inter-
Yention is secured there will be trou.
BILE. The people here should. IN my
Judgment, look squarely at the true
sitnstion, and make every effort to
prevent the forcing of an unpleasant
issue. have already made my plans
to prevent this meeting, and / knew
that they-WAl not mlscarry, unless
their execution be restrained by action
of the courts"
President Bowden, of the Athletic
Club, Notwithstanding the declaration
OF the Governor and the sheriff, offers
to bet $50 600 that the fight will come
off at the appointed time and place.
TIE CLUBS FINAL MANIFESTO.
Tonight the club furnished the
Southern Associated Press correspond
ent the following:
Jacksonville, Fla, January II, 1891.
The DuYal Athletic Club make this
their final and most positive announce
ment that the Corbett- Mitchell contest
will take place on January 25th, 1894.
Reports have been sent out that Gov
ernor Il. Z. Mitchell has ordered: troops
to Jacksorvlle for the sole purpose of
suppressing the contest. Notwlth-
standing these reports, the club reiter-
ates its past assertions, and for the
past week has been arranging for an
emergency Of this kind. Should the
troops be sent here, while the club does
not believe that any violence would be
participated inby them yet We will not
Subject our patrons to the slightest
danger of any kind. So thorough and
complete are our arrangements, that
should any emergency of any kind
arise on the morning OF the 25tb, we
are prepared TO handle 5000 people
with the greatest convenience. This
will be no Richburg affair, where the
people were subjected to a long, tedI-
Gus and hot ride, but it will be done
quickly and conveniently as though it
occurred in thesrena, now ready for the
contest. Once more We say TO al
friends and lovers of boxing: If you
are in Jacksonville OF the 24tb, of jan
uary, 1894, and care tn sse ihf &. ru-t.
and Mitchell contest. you csD ,sv 80 al
ter arranging for the necessary tickets.
DUvAL ATHLETIC CLUB.
A CARD PROM CORBETT.
The following statement flom Cor
bett has also been given out:
Mayport. Fla, Jan. II.
take this opportunity OF informing
my friends throughout the country that
have received assurances from the
Dryal Athletic Club today which war
rart me in saying that the contest be-
tween Charles Mitchell and myself
will positively take place in Jackson.
vile, or in that clty's immediate vlcin-
ity, on January 25, provided both of
the principals appear IN the ring
JAMES j. CoRBETT.
TO FIGHT IN THE WOODS.
The above statement by the club
means that the fight will be fought in
the woods.
Everything now depends on the abil
ityof the promoters Of the fight to
keep the place selected secret from
the authoEit es, for if it becomes
known, Governor Mitchell will un-
doa5,edly have troops on the scene 1t
is understood that the club people
have purchased a huge CIRCUS tent,
capable of holding 5000 people, and
vii! bring the men together under the
canvas. AS to the probable location
of the contest, no point wiz be given
BY the CLUB officials. They snow that
if the fight is to occur. even ID the
woods, without interference from the
Governor, everything must be as Sc
.cret as the grave.
It was thought that the fight might
occur in St. Johns county, where st.
Augustine is located, but Sheriff Perry
of that county is as determined as
Sheriff Brownard OF this (DuvaD coun.
ty. Today Sheriff Perry said: u de-
sire to say that the Corbett and Mitch
ell fight, will not take place IN St.
Johns county, if the Governor orders.
will do my duty according to oath as
sheriff OF this county, if I have to call
upon the State troops. When Charlie
Mitchell asked me about the matter, l
told him that I would have to stop the
fight in this county, If ordered, and
that would pull cne man or the other
out of the ring. 1t takes two to make
a6ght. I wish to emphasize my posi-
ton IN this matter publicly, that there
can be no misunderstanding with re-
gard to my official attitude toward the
affair"
AUTHORITIES ON TIE ALERT.
The probabilities are, therefore, that
some point in Duval county will be Sc
f>~ hn