The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-04
Do nt,st Church. OF which Mr.. Parks

Baptist Church, OF which Mr.. Parks
PAS a member, was with him from
the time he was shot until be died.
Tie general supposition In this city
ts that both gentlemen had been led
to believe from tales that bad been
told them that the other would kill
him on sight, and that he must be
prepared to defer d himself. 1t ts
said thst Mr.. Parks was net at the
depot when he arrived here on Friday
uacrning and told that II be came up
the street that MI. Covsr would shoot
liz on sight. 1t is also said that
the same party who had mace this
statement to Mr.. Parks went bacE to
Mr. Ccvar and told him that NJ.
Parks would not compromise the oil
ferences between them ano that ne
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 ola
come up the street and on his way 20
call on friend passed right In front
Of the ii ;e Of The Patriot Wnere Mr..
Covsr was at work. In company with
the friend te went to see be passed
The Patriot # flee again on his way
back. MI. Parks did not intimate to
this friend that he anticipated any
trouble witn Mr.. Covar, and he dio
not know that there was any trouble
tesween them until after the shoot
Ing. Il seems that the trouble be.
tween NJ ssIs Parks and Cogar has
been 5rewii z for some time, but no
one ever dreamed that il would have
sucn tragic ending as thato Friday.
1t seems that these trCubl~s grew on
Of business transactions dur1rR tot
time that Mr.. Covar was manager 1of
MI. Parks after be had moved TO Cc
hum bia. 1t was not known here that
this bitterness had bee me intensified,
although since the affair reports would
indicate that such had been the case.
Both parties had friends here AND
they would have irtsrferred and en
dea7ored to make satisfactory adjust:
ment OF the difficulties hao 1t been
made known to them. Csr:ainly the
friends OF both parties would have In
tsrtered and prevented so deplolable q
termination OF the 6 fererc:s.
When Mr.. Parks disposed Of biz
printing plant here several months
ago to Messrs. Fnnderburg s. Coyar il
was thought by the public that h t.
ever trouble there was had been set
tied, but it seems that such was nol
the case. In addition to the trouble
between M:ssrs. Pdrks and Covar Il:
seems that Msssrs. Fu' der3urg ann
Covar did not get along well together
un &C cunt OF business d ff rences, and
that they had agreed to dissolve CO.
partnership by Mr.. Covar drawing out
OF the business. What the diff renee
between Messrs. Funde burg and Cc-
var we're has not been made public,
but IL was only Of business nature
and the two gentlemen were on per-
fsctly amicable terms. It was re-
ported to Mr.. Parks that he had bet
ter come down here and look after hi7
Interests as things 1sra not going on
as they should at the Pa not cf3ce.
Mr.. Parks had q mortgage on the
Patriot plant, and it was natural fo1
this report to cause him scme appre.
henslon and desire to come down
and straighten matters out. 1t is
said that on the same day that he re
ceiged the abJve information he was
talephoned that II he came down here
there would be trouble. How mucE
this aud other "talk" had to do with
the tragedy is a matter Of corj j:cture,
but there sre not q few who believe
that lad nothirg bet q said to either
Mr.. Parks or Mr. CovaI about a dit
6culty that there would have been no
trouble between them. It Is general
ly believed that the TWO men were put
in false light in each Others ey>s by
the tales they had heard OF eacc
other, which caused them to regard
each other as deadly enemies, and re-
suited in the deplora5le tragedy OF
lsst FRIDAY.