The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-07-05

L0C II EI d RSDAYe .
was ed ofIl :ial in the lodge.
During Friday afternoon in sp,te OF
his insenst. suft sring Mr.. Parks gave
directions regarding, the disposition of
his business STARS and he made Q will,
There were sene directions that he
aaaired To give IN regard to his busi-
ness matters AMI he apparently was
In possession oi his mental faculties
until short time before his death.
he made no ants-mortem statement,
es far as has bssn made known. He
rade uone to his attorneys. M essrs.
Raysor &c Summers. Rev. e II
Lightfoot, Pastor Of the Orangeburg
Baptist Church, of which Mr.. Parks
was q member, was With him from
the time he was shot until he died.
The general superstition In this city
is that both gentlemen had been led
to believe from tales that had been
told them, that the other would Kill
him on sight, and that he must b:
prepared to deferd himself. l. iB
said that Mr.. Parks was met st the
depot when he arrived here on Friday
morning and told that If he came up
the street that MIR. Oovar would shoot
him on sight. 1t Is also said that
the same party who! had made this
statement to MIR. Parks went back to
Mr. Covar and told him that Mr..
Parks would not compromise the diff
ferences between them and that he
had better look out for himself. The
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 did
come up the street and on his way to
call on a friend passed right in front
Of the cffioe of The Patriot where Mr..
Oovar was at work. In company with
the friend be went to see he passed
The Patriot Office again on his way
back. Mr.. Parks did not intimate to
this friend that he anticipated any
trouble with Mr. CoVar, and be d1d
not know that there was any trouble
between them until after the, shoot
ing. It seems that the trouble be.
tween Messrs. Parks and CoVar has
been brewing for come time, but no
one ever dreamed that it would have
such tragic ending as that OF Friday.
1t seems that CHEESE troubles grew out
of business transactions during the
time that Mr.. Covar was manager for
Mr.. Parks after he had moved to Go.
lumbia. 1t was not known here that
this bitterness had become intensified,
although since the affair reports would
indicate that such had been the case.
Both parties had friends here and
they would have interferred and en-
deavored to make satisfactory adjust.
ment of the difficulties had 1t been
made known to them. Certainly the
friends OF both parties would have In.
terfered and prevented 80 deploraoisa a
termination of the differences.
When Mr.. Parks disposed OF his
printing plant here several months
ago to Messrs. Funderburg & Oovar it
was thought by the public tnat what
ever trouble there was had been SET
tied, but it seems that such was not
the case. In addition to the trouble
between Messrs. Parks and Covar 1t
seems that Messrs. Fuuderburg and
Covar did not get along we'll together
un account of business d Fl srences, and
that they bad agreed to dissolve CO.
partnership by Mr.. Oovar drawing out
OF the business. What the diff srences
between Messrs. Flndelburg and Co.
var were has not been made public,
but ii was only Of a business nature
and the two gentlemen were on per-
fectly amicsble terms. Il was re-
ported to Mr.. Parks that he had bet
ter come down here and look after his
interests as things were not going on
as they should ut the. Patriot office.
Mr.. Parks had q mortgage on the
Patriot plant, and it was natural for
this report to cause him some sppre.
hepsion and desire to come down
and straighten matters out. 1t Is
said that on the same day that he re.
ceived the ablve Information ne was
telephoned thai If ne came down here
there would bs trouble. How much
this and othar talk" had to no with
the tragedy liz 8 matter OF cor j4ctura,
but there are not a few Who believe
that had nothing bet n said to either
Mr.. Parks or Mr. Covar about diff
6culty that there would have been no
trouble between them. 1t Is general
ly believed that the two men were put
In false light In each OTHERS EYE by
the tales they had beard Of each
other, which caused them to regard
each other as deadly enemies, aud re-:
sulted in the deplorable tragedy Of
last FRIDAY.
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