The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-08
SHOT AND BOYCOTT,
MucH 400 iB0uT POSTAL Of
FICIALS.
u ks City : Troub.es-oolo-ed Postnasse.

! Ike City . Troub.es-oolored Postmasses
apa Ass's:ant Fixed a.-ssid to bo Thor
Ousa1y Iocon potent.
TIE brisf Associated Press dispatch
il TIE Register yesterday gave infor-
nation Of an alleged attempt to shoot
the assistant postmaster at Lake City,
9hose name IS Braiis!ord.
Further facts learned YESTERDAY
trcm q gentleman living in Williams
ourg county, indicate that possibly
there is to be repetition OF Georgia
affair IL mis- state.
Tna postmaster at Lake City is
negro named Baker. Before he aszum-
ed the duties OF his Office, ne was ahoG
by some unknoWn party, but was not
seriously hurt. Baker didn't make a.
much fuss about it as his black broth
postmaster in Georgia, and very little
has ever been said about it.
Baker, Of course, believes that he
7&s SHOT because Of ais appointment.
as il @2s after the nc aination that the
affair occurred. bit before he took
charge d the oti3e. He Immediately
informed the authorities at Washing
.v.s 2U. trey evidently didn't conEid-
g E.u enc 12h 20 bother with, Is the
sOTerame4 Informed him that it had
no J eisaic!on il the matter, as
the shooting did rot occur in the post.
5dica. Thus Baker barely missed an
7o2or.2aity OF attaining national no.
,o1iety.
He informed the postoffce depart
nens later on, that the white people,
aho do all the postal business OF the
own, were refusing to patronize the
oos:ofce, bat mailed their letters on
5he train. As Bakers salary comes
rom Toe cancellation OF stamps, this
vas more serious matter to him than
2ei0g SHOT, Tor it meant he would
vcck ior glory only. The govern.
so2aG cans 20 his rescua and ordered
all mail slots ia cars 20 be locked when
lie train passed Lake City, and in
stcUe:ed the poS:alclerk not to receive
any mail. THIS compelled the people
TO oatroniza the p7stofice.
T1is they did not want to do for two
reas0as: first, because the postmaster
and his assistant are thoroughly igno-
rant and incompetent.
Second, because the possofhoe Is sit
nated IL a negro cabin, half mic
rom the business portion OF the town.
Cae postoGce is in pasture, and near
the pasture gate The mail is handed
oU. OF 2 window and there are no &C.
commcdationS whatever for patrons
cf the Office. There IS no protection
rom the weather. No wonder the
people DO nos want to conduct impor-
l23t business in such place and with
ga igaora0. negro, too.
!: is said that tae postm sster and his
assistant have no more idea of what
money order is, for instance, than
cat has OF Sunday. They have sense
enough to acknowledge this fact, and
whea money order is asked for they
frankly state that they don't know
anything about them, and advise peo-
pie TO try the express com pany, which
jhey are fOrced 10 DO.
The shooting OF Brailsford. the as.
Sistant, occurred outside the postoffce,
also. hence, the government is with.
ouE jurisdiction.
The geltteman who furnished the
facts related, stated that Rev. 4. McA.
Plttmau go5 on his bicycle and rode
! lover to th9 pasture to get his mail.
] he mad to pass through the pasture
gate to reS:n the postoffce cabin, and
nis mail w&s handed to him by Brails-
ford, who very kindly consented to
open and close the pasture gate for
; Aim. While performing this service,
3 shot was fred at him.
/ Ndr. Pittman called out at once to
/; the shooter to be careful, as he was
laoopt. No more firing occurred, and
lit wa5 found that several buckshot had
lodged in Brailford's anatomy, but
! 1oae struck vital spot.
/ The postmaster telegraphed this to
Washington out seems to have gotten
] he marble heart.
| It is supposed the tEr worthless will
continue % hold their joos and posi-
I: ojy be tayEeLs in the future for after
:dack guGners, until some great COM
melton is created IN the country.
| Lake City people have had consid-
;er&bis trouble with their republican
0ostnas:ers. Harrison appointed a
5Qery obnoxious white man to the
;p.&ce, and the people transferred their
| business 10 the Scrantan postottce.
/ The authorities soon realized that an
ji1comp pe:e0t man he been put in Of
+! dee, and had him removed. Wheth.
Ter the present administration will fol.
How the example, remains to be seen,
| but ihe people Of Lake City think
T; time viii settle their postofice trou
| o3as.-Couiumbia Register.