The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-04-14
WANTS MAYOR REMOVED
ATTORNEY SAYS he WAS BON
BARDED WITH EGGS.
Affidavit is Filed In Governors Office
Requesting Removal Of A. P. Rus
sell, Mayor Of st. Stephens.

sell, Mayor OF St stephens.
Gust as soon as I can get my per
sonal effects, am going back to Mas
sachusetts where I can live in peace
and not be plastered over with rotter
eggs" said Nathan Barnett, formerly
Of Massachusetts,, but now a practic
ing attorney Of South Carolina, wher
speaking of an alleged assault on him
April 2, made by the mayor Of st
Stephens, Berkeley county, and
"mob."
Mr.. Barnett is a native Of Massa'
chusetts, but has been living in this
State since August, 1912. He was
admitted to the Massachusetts, bar in
1895 and admitted in South Carolina
in the fall Of 1912, he said.
The affidavit fled in the Office OF
Gov. Manning requested the chief ex-
ecutiye to issue an order to the mayor
to show cause why he should not be
removed from Office. It also asked
that the magis rate at st. Stephens
and the sheriff Of the county be re-
ouired to investigate the 'riotous af-
fair OF the said second day Of April. "
The following is the paper fled in
the Office OF Gov. Manning:
"To His Excellency, Richard /.
Manning, Governor Of South Caro-
lima.
ssThe complainant, Nathan Barnett
Of st. Stephens, Berkeley county, and
State Of South Carolina, respectfully
alleges and says, that he is an attor-
ney at law duly admitted to practice
law in this State and that on and be-
fore the second day Of April, 1915,
was practicing law in St. Stephens,
S. C.
sThat he was retained as counsel
by C. Wulbern and Co. to collect a
Judgment against A. P. Russell, ct
al, at St. Stephens, S. c., and that he
was attorney for said plaintiffs, OBJ
tanned from the Court Of Common
Pleas for Berkeley county an execu-
ton against the said A. P. Russell
and turned said execution over to the
sheriff Of Berkeley county to levy an
execution, and that the said sherin
In accordance with the laws Of this
State, levied on the property to salts
fy said execution.
'AThat on April 2, 1915, at about
5:15 D. m.,- while your complainant,
the said Nathan Barnett, was about
to board a train in st. Stephens, S.
c., to go to Marion. S. c., to attend a
case in the Court Of Common Pleas,
that the said Nathan Barnett was
mobbed and assaulted by being rot
ten egged before he could gel on the
train in said St. Stephens, S. c., sta
tion.
"That the said A. P. Russell was
leading the said mob in committing
the said assault on the said Nathan
Barnett.
"That the said A. P. Russell is the
of said St. Stephens, S. G.
Wherefore, your complainant re-
spectfuIly prays that your excellency
issue an order on said A. P. Russell,
mayor Of St. Stephens, S. c., to snow
cause before your e1cellency why ne
should not be removed from his Of
fee as mayor Of St Stephens, S. c., as
chief magistrate and peace officer OF
said ST. Stephens, S. c., and also
direct an order to the magistrate OF
St. Stephens, Berkeley county, S. c.,
and the sheriff of the said Berkeley
county to make an investigation
about the riotous affair on the said
second day Of April, 1915, at said St.
Stephens, S. c., and report to your
excellency about same, and for any
other relief as your excellency may
deem just and proper in this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
Nathan Barnett"
An afidavit setting forth the ale
cations is attached and signed by Ma
than Barnett.