The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-04-13
AWYER MAKES COMPLAINT TO
GOV. MANNING.
ried to Collect Judgment Against
! Mayor of st. Stephens-GOing
Back to Massachusetts.

\ that as he was boarding tie Coast
Line train last Friday afternoon to 30
TO Marion to attend court e was bonn
barded with rotten eggs, fully three
dozen being used in sp,attering ais
person and in decorating the side OF
the train. Some Of the eggs, he said,
were gotten from a setting hen and
had lalf-formed chickens mixed with
all stages Of eggs were Eurled at him.
He charges that the mayor and two Of
his fellow citizens took part in the
bombardment.
MIR. Barnett filed a complaint with
Gov. Manning today, asking him to in
vestigate the matter, and his charges
were made under oath. While Earing
resided fat st. Stephens for a good
while, Mr.. Barnett declares that he
has n@ intention of living there any
iongef, but will return to his native
cling of Massachusetts, where you
DON'T get rotten eggs When you go 10
coG4ect a judgment" l3e said.
- second Experience.
This is the second experience of this
Ekind he has Qad since coming to South
Carolina in 1912 to reside, according to
IF. Barnett, He said that he was 'as-
lied" at Nichols, in Marion county
e two years ago and sl2ook the dusS
at place from his feet. He has
obtained verdict OF $1,000 for the
Nichols affair, ne states.
Asked if he intended returning to St
AStephens, Mr.. Barnett was emphatic in
his denial Of such intention He would
like, he says, to go back and pack up
Eis belongings, but is not particular as
to that. He wants it understood plain
ly that Ee is no longer resident Of
st. Stephens, which he described as
the capital of the He'll Hole section
= of Berkeley county
Il Mr.. Barnett is apparently about 40
years of age and was dressed this
morning in a long black coat, had on
eyeglasses and wore a shining Derby
hat He let it be known that lie is a
bachelor and that it is not much trou-
Ae for him to move his domicile from
vicinity 10 another. However, he
mot seem to be pleased with South
fsa as an ideal State in whica 10
and will hereafter, tie says, trod
pathway as it is known in the
ge of Massachusetts.
Text OF Complaint.
His complaint filed with the gov
lor under oath says:
ITO His Excellency, Richard I. Man
g, Governor Of South Carolina: The
Bmplainant, Nat5an Barnett, Of St.
tephens, Berkeley county, and State
Il South Carolina, respectively alleges
and says that he is an attorney at law
duly admitted to practice law in this
State and that on and before the ID
day of april, 1915, was practicing law
bin st. Stephens, S. c.
'That he was retained as counsel by
C. Wulhern & Go. to collect a juds-
ment against A. P. Russell ct al, at St.
Stephens, S. c., and lat he as attor-
ney for said plaintiffs obtained from
tie court Of common pleas for Berke-
ley county an execution against the
said A. p. Russell and turned said ex-
eeution over to the sheriff of Berkeley
county to levy an execution, and tnat
the sale sheriff, in accordance with
tie law of this State, levied on the
property to satisfy said execution.
.'n.at on April ?, 1915, at about SIS
D. m, while your complainant, dae said
Nathan Barnett, was about to board
a train in ST. Stephens, S. c., to go to
Marion, S. c., to attend case in the
court of common pleas, tnat the said
Nathan Barnett was mobbed and as
saulted by being rotten-egged before
i he could get on the train in said St.
8 Stephens, S. c., station.
THAT tie said A P. Russell was
leading TIE said mob in committing, the
said assault on the said Nathan Bar
nett.
sThat the said IA. P Russell is tfe
8 mayor of said st. Stephens, S. C.
Wherefore, your complainant re-
spectfully prays that your excellency
issue an order on said A. P Russell
mayor of St. Stephens, S. C., to STOW
cause before your excellency why he
should not be removed from his Of
fee as mayor of St. Stephens, S. c., as
chief magistrate and peace officer OF
St. Sephens, S. c., and also direct an
order to the magistrate Of st. Stephens