The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-04

Baptist Church, OF which Mr.. Parks
vas a member, was with him from
the time be was shot until he died.
The general suppotition In this city
is that both gentlemen bad been led
to believe from tales that bad been
told them that the other would kill
him on sight, and that be must be
prepared to defer d himself. 1t is
said that Mr.. Parks was met at the
depot when be arrived here on Friday
morning and told that If he came up
the street that Mr.. Covar would shoot
tin on sight. 1t Is also said that
the same party who had made tbs
tasement to Mr.. Parks went back to
MIR. Covar and told him that NJ.
Parks would not compromise the OIL
ferepces between them and that be
had better look out for himself. Ine
fact that both were armed with such
deadly weapons would indicate the
above to have been the impression OF
each of the parties. Mr.. Parks dio
come up the street and on bis way 70
call on friend passed right In 'front.'
CT the If 5e Of The Patriot where MI.
Covar vas at work. In company with
the friend Re went to see be passed
The Patriot flee again on his way
back. Mr.. Parks did not intimate to
this friend that he anticipated any
trouble with Mr. Covar, AID be did
not know that there was any trouble
seaween them until after the shoot
Ing. T. seems that the trouble be.
tween NJ. ss1s Parks and Cogar has
besn breWif z for some time, but NJ
one ever dreamed. that 1T would have
such tragic ending as thato Friday.
IL seems uIa0 uGeae Vrvasst1e er~~ Ss1
Of business transactions during tbt
time that Mr.. Covar was manager Tor
Mr.. Parks after he had moved to Co
lumbia. 1t wss not known here that
this bitterness had bee me intensified,
although since the fair reports would
indicate that such had been the case.
Both parties mad friends hers ano
they would have irteEferred and en-
deayored to make satisfactory adj lst.
nent Of the difficulties had 1t been
nade known to them. Certainly the
friends OF both parties would have In.
tertered and prevented so oeplocablea 9
termination Of the q ffsrenc:s.
When Mr. Parks disposed OF his
prinIipg plant-here several months
ago to Messrs. Funde.burg s. Covsr i:
was thought by the public that d "
ever truuble there was had been set
tled, but it seems that such was not
the case. In addition to the trouble
between Messrs. Parks and Covar Ii
seems that Msssrs. Flu defourg sno
Covar did not get along well together
On &C cunt OF business d e :rences, and
that they had agreed to dissolve CO.
partnership by Mr.. Covar drawing out
OF the business. What the difference
between Msssrs. Flnde burg and Cc-
var were has not been made public,
but 1t was only Of q business nature
and the two gentlemen we're or per
fectly amicable terms. 1t was re-
ported to Mr.. Perks that he bad bet
ter come down mere and look after his
interests as things were not going on
as they should at ths PARROT office.
Mr. Parks had . mortg a1e on the
Patriot plant, and it was natural for
this report to cause him some appre-
hension and a desire to ccme down
and stra'ghten matters out. 1t is
said that on the same day that be re
ceived the above information he was
tslephoned that If he came down here
there would be trouble. How much
this aud other "talk" had to do with
the tragedy Is a matter Of conjecture,
but there are not a few who believe
that bad nothing BET q said to either
Mr.. Parks OF Mr. CoYa1 about dit
fculty that there would have bean no
trouble between them. It Is general
ly believed that the 5wo men were put
in false light in each others eycs b3
the tales they had heard Of each
other, which caused them to regard
each other as deadly enemies, and re-
suited in the depl)lable tragedy OF