The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-09


severe colds that have yielded promptly TO
It's soothing effects. and of the dangerous
attacks OF group it has cured. often saving
the life of the child. The extensive u,e of
it for whooping cough has shown that it
robs thst disease of all dangerous conse-
quenccs. Sold by r. 5. Loryea, druggist.
Our Representative interviewed on the
Lake City Horror.
Congressman Norton, who repre-
sents the Lake City district, is kept
busy explaining the LakeCity tragedy,
and his mail is burdened with COM
munications from all parts of his
district, assuring him that the best
citizens deprecate the affair. With a
view to ascertaining just how he feels
on the SUBJECT I had long interview
with him at the Capitol to-day. Said
he:
"It was horrible thing, this killing
of Baker and his child, and the SER
ious woun6iDg of other members of
the family No amount of provoca-
ton could Justify the indiscriminate
murder OF E whole family. Ali law
abiding citizens must condemn in no
uncertain tones the perpetratiou of
such outrages, whether they occur in
Indiana or Georgia, and none the
less at home. The burden Of such
crimes should be placed upon the
guilty individuals. The acts of an
irresponsible and lawless element in
any community should not be charg
ed up to the whole community.
"From what I have been able to
gather Of the facts in this case I do
not believe that the people of Lake
City are responsible for the terrible
deed done at their door. I know
many of the people of the town and
its vacinity. They are good citizens,
quiet, Industrious, intelligent-men
who neither commit such a crime as
this nor allow it's commission if they
knew of the attempt. | am glad to
see that in mass meeting they have
denounced the criminals that brought
this calamity upon them. They call
upon their fellow citizens to help
them bring the criminals to justice
Instead of condemuiug the people OF
Lake City the citizens and news
papers of the State will do all in
their power to develop the real facts
in the case and clear the State of
this blot by fastening guilt upon the
perpetrators of thedeed.
"It is bad business all around.
There are other things than the
reckless lawlessness of the murderers
that may not be forgotten. If the
people of Lake City had been left
alone to work themselves out of this
postoffce difficulty there would have
been none of this bloodshed. They
were certainly much incensed at the
foisting of this incompetent, insolent
and, some say, unpriucipled negro
on them. ! know from letters to me
that they We're hoping for an early
change. They did not believe the
Federal Government was going to
continue TO punish them for being
powerless, or continue to rob them
of competent service to pay hench-
man of the Republican party the
price of a vote in the st. Louis con-
vention. say the Lake City people,
with whom I have peen correspond
ing, were hopeful Of Bakers removal.
Expecting such, they certainly would
not have thought of committing this
crime to be rid of him. I believe
that the two colored preachers of
Lake City, the Rev B. T. Blanchi and
the Rev George W. Williams, are
ri light: The white people of Lake
City were not connected with this
outrage perpstrated upon Christian
community.
"But the fact remains that band
of lawless men, from some part of
the country, has committed a fearful
crime near Lake City. Who, and
from where, I have no means of
knowing.
SIS it fact that negro postmasters
are in danger in South Carolina?
Certainly not. Numbers ofnegro
postmasters have served for several
wears in small towns in South Caro-
lima. 1t has come to be almost
matter OF course for the Republicans
TO put negroes in the postofices, and
the white people make the best OF it
they can. In my home town, Mul-
Inns, there was & negro postmaster
during Harrison's two adminlstra-
tions, Latta, another small town IN
the same county, had postmaster
as black as Erebus, but, being atten-
tive and polite served his term very
acceptably and with some credit to
himself. There are numerous other
cases of the same kind. Our people,
OF course, would much rather have
white postmasters, but they pay
more attention to competent service
and polite attention than they do to
color.
"Now, while I have no more Say
so as to who will be postmasters in
my district than if I were not here,
still it is fact that negro applicants
for post Offices in my district write
to me asking me to help them against