The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-19
negro FINED AGAIN
GOVERNORS CHAUFFEUR PAYS Sc.
COND fine

UUNU AlNL
FOR SPEEDING In AUTO
Blease Pardons the Negro at Once,
and Threatens to Put Columbia
Under Martial Law if His Negro
is Hauled Up Again by the City
Authorities.
The Columbia Record says Gov
ernor Blease Tuesday morning, after
his chauffeur had been fined Sl5.75
for being convicted of exceeding the
speed limit on Main street Saturday
night, issued him full pardon, and
addressing an order to Mayor Gibbes
and Chief of Police Cathcart to re-
nit Harrison Neely's fine.
uS CIlSl VI pOIlSO SoOh IhS oe.A2S
position in the matter that he took
on the other pardon Saturday. He
has refused to act on the matter un-
til the city attorney decides if Gov
ernor Blease has the legal authority
to pardon from municipal courts.
All are awaiting with intense in
terest the final disentanglement of
the differences between Gov. Blease
and the police department. Much
talk is floating on the streets con-
corning the affair, and speculation
is rife as to the ultimate outcome OF
the dispute.
Recorder Werner Tuesday morning
fined the governors negro chauffeur,
Harrison Neeley, SIS or thirty days
for exceeding the speed limit on Main
street Saturday night. Neeley paid
the fine. Approximately one-half
dozen witnesses were examined, and
all were agreed that the automobile
was running at a rate Of speed eS-
exceeding the limit allowed by law.
The trial Of the governors chauf'
feur for violating the speed limit has
created intense interest in the city
Tuesday the recorders court wa:
crowded with spectators, who follow
ed the trend of the testimony closely
Probably 200 persons were present.
This is the second time that 'Neeley
has been fined fer speeding. Satur
day the recorder assessed him fine
OF s3.75 for violating the law on Fri
day. Shortly after, on the same day
the chief executive pardoned his dri
yer, and Chief Of Police cathcart re
fused to honor it until he had receiT
ed legal advice from the city attor
ney, H. N. Edmunds.
The speed ordinance does not al
low an automobile to go at greatel
rate Of speed than twelve miles al
hour on Main street. Neeley, the
Governors negro, refuses to make
any statement, saying: II have NJ
statement to make; the governor wa
with me and was driving him"
Policeman Thackam was the frs
witness called. He said that he saw
Neeley driving an automobile OF
Main street Saturday tight at abou
$40 O'Clock between Blanding ane
Laurel streets; that he did not time
the machine, but cit was going from
: 35 to 40 miles an hour. Thackau
said the governor was an occupant o.
the car.
The next witness called was r. E
Wheeler, Columbia fireman. HI
claimed that he saw Neeley driving
a car between Blanding and Laure
streets on Main street Saturda!
I. night; that, while he could not esti
mate the speed, it was going fastel
than allowed by law. Wheeler sait
he drives a machine, and can judg'
the speed one is going.
George A. Bruins testified that h
saw Neeley in an automobile as i
was passing the intersection o
Banding and Main streets on the lat
ter thoroughfare Saturday night
He said: t'I would not like to e1
press rate of speed, but he (Neeley.
was going over the speed limit"
John H. Eieazer. a merchant, testi
fed that he was in his store about q
feet from the door and heard :
Claxton horn and thought it was thu
fire department. went to the doo'
and saw cloud Of dust" Mr.. Eleaz
er did rot know whose car it was
w. ". Pearce testified as follows
t.I did not see the driver. Ny wife
and Saturday night were CROSSING
Main street going from Watson
shoe store to ]. H. Eleazer's store
An automobile passed US at yer.
rapid rate Of speed, and some on
said:
"tGreat God, look at the govern
orr"
Mr.. Pearce said that he did no
catch the number Of the car; that h'
did not know Harrison Neeley, bu
that the automobile he saw was ex
ceeding fifteen miles an hour.
The last witness, Policeman Hin
nant, testified that he saw Neele!
driving an automobile Saturday nigh
on Main street, between washington
and Hampton streets; that he did no
hold a watch on him. Hinnant sait
that he was standing in front Of thu
Lyric theater when he first saw tht
automobile; that t'I Judge he CNeel
cyl was going between thirty ane
forty miles hour"
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