The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-01-29

cur talks about finding McLaurin
plotting and scheming with IN. G.
Butler for the defeat of our trusted
leader, Ben Tillman, and the over
throw Of the Reform party" So it
was playing the role OF detective and
not to seek postofice appointment
that carried Willoughby on the
"McBee" pass to Washington? 1t
was not to bleed N1cLaurin out of
his money; the $275 which be got of
course went towards paying other
detectives who were finding out
these traitors scheming "to defeat
our trusted leader, Ben Tillman,"
because all of them could not get
"McBee's" passes
When the time came for Willough-
by to pay back the money borrowed,
he refused to pay, and McLaurin
was forced to sue. 1t was only after
Judge Izlar had given McLaurin an
affidavit which proved Willough-
by had lied, the money was re-
covered. Oh! but he who discovers
another "scheming with General
Butler to defeat our trusted leader,
Ben Tillman," should not pay a debt
of this kind because his loyalty to
'our trusted leader" should excuse
him if he con6scates the property OF
sour trusted leaders" enemies.
If "our trusted leader" had many
such loyal friends as T. c. Willoush-
by, instead Of holding the highest
place in the gift of his people, and
having the eyes of the ma
ton looking upon him, he
would to-day be at home on his farm
studying astronomy with male for
telescope. Will old Villiany deny
the fact that he offered to support
General Butler for Buffers support
in the Florence postofice matter ?
VIII he tell how his offer was reject
ed? Let him show the contempt
with which General Butler treated his
proposition.
Everybody remembers the "My
Dear Applet" letter, and as Willoush-
by has alluded to it in his article we
will say that such pirates as himself
we're the cause of McLaurin writing
| what be did. He was being vili6ed
and slandered by hired editors to
further the ends OF others and when
the letter appeared Willoughby sent
McLaurin the first telegram of con-
graduation. The original is now 90
file in the Florence telegraph office
aud can be seen with the sender's
consent. It reaGs thus:
Hon. John L. McLaurin,
Washington, D. c.:
Congratulate you on your manly letter
and with one accord the people will call
you to be Governor.
(Signed) T. C. WILLoUoHs1.
This man who in his article was so
solic;tous of the welfare of "our
trusted leader, Ben Tillman," also
wrote letter to McLsurin endorsing
the "A1y Dear Applet" letter. But
although he has forgotten that q
good memory is needed to be sue
cessful liar, be is shrewd all the same.
He finds himself into 9 bog in the
"big scandal" business, end in order
to create some sympathy from those
high in authority be vili6es and
abuses a man who he thinks is not
on friendly terms with them and
thereby fool somebody into thinking
that Willoughby is really "actuated
solely by a desire to do my duty as q
director"
Willoughby's attempt to drag
down Colonel Neal is in keeping with
his conduct in every capacity we
have ever heard of him. In other
words, Willoughby's will must be
law or there will be big row in the
camp. As long as Colonel Neal
suited Willoughby everything was
serene, and in his case against the
railroad, if our memory serves US
right, Willoughby not getting YER
dict from his countrymen charged
the jury commissioner with being
manipulated, and it caused quite a
sensation because the jury commits
sioner was regarded one of the best
men in the county. We mention
these things to show that Willough-
by is what we said he was-a vindic-
tive snarler and an ungratefpl
hound.
Those who have watched this
man's conduct in the matter now un-
der investigation must know that u
base motive prompts him in the en-
tire affair. The committee was pro-
ceediug nicely with the Investigation
and every charge brought against
Colonel Neal was disproved. Will
loughby, seeing that he was about to
lose, put up plea that he was sick
and asked the committee to
take recess. The committee
allowed themselves deceived by
this man and granted his re-
quest. We know of our own
knowledge that after the committee
granted his request for a recess upon
the ground that he was too sick to
continue the investigation, he, Viii
loughby, ran about the streets of
Columbia in the rain looking up ma
terial for his case, and when it was
published in the Columbia newspa-
pers that Nilloughby had said he
would ask the General Assembly 10
require the investigating committee
to hold its sessions in the State
House, he saw disgust upon the
countenances of all with whom he
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