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

didate. His name was mentioned in
the newspapers at the time in con-
nection with the Office and we assert
that he approached gentlemen not to
support Colonel Neal, using the
argument that Neal was not in touch
with the administration. Will
loughby's denial of his ever being a
candidate for the position reminds
US of little ditty which runs:
ut might be so, don't know.
But It sounds to me like lie"
Willoughby disclaims seeking
weight in Appelt's baliwick" and well
be may for if there is man whose
reputation in these parts is unsavory
it is I. c. Willoughby. He lived IN
Williamsburg county and we have
yet to hear a man express respect for
him, but on the contrary his leaving
that section was regarded q good
riddance. He has cost the taxpayers
of that county hundreds of dollars IN
court expenses and they hope never
to be burdened with him again. In
asking for change of venue in the
now long contested case of Willough-
by VS. Northeastern Railroad, the
change was asked for, upon the
ground that he could not get a fair
trialin Williamsburg, his own county.
Now when a citizen is forced to go
into court to acknowledge that his
neighbors do not respect him sufhc-
iently to believe what he says on
OATH. then We think such an unfor-
tunate one should pull up stakes and
60 back to North Carolina where a
man can be made to leave the State
if he steals hogs or water
packs his cotton. We re-
gret very much that in our criticism
of this man Willoughby in the mat
ter of the ''penitentiary scandal we
made any allusion to our friend Con-
gresham McLaurin, but we did it
in order to show that unless this man
is allowed to run things his own way,
base migrate that he is, he would not
hesitate to resort to the most vile
methods to destroy one who had be-
friended him.
Feed hungry cur and pat him on the
back. he will snap at you If you do moi
feed him every time he wags his tail.
In the communication above re-
ferred to, Willoughby not content
with a blow at US, for had he stopped
with US, we having struck fist, could
have allowed his dirty insinuations to
pass, but he takes advantage OF what
We had to say to malign and SANDER
q gentleman who is our friend. For
tunately we happen to know some
thing about McLaurin's affairs and
have a few facts Of Willoughby's con-
nection with McLaurin. 4 short
time after the election in 1892 Will
loughby moved from Williamsburg
to Florence. He had been dele
gate to the conference which sug-
gested McLaurin for Congress and in
the conference Willoughby supported
McLaurin, which no doubt made
him feel that he had a right to call on
the Congressman for favor; be
therefore, although citizen Of
Florence very short time asked to
be recommended for the post master
ship at Florence, and McLaurin very
properly declined to do so upon the
ground, that he had too recently
moved to that city. There was q
number of applications for the place
and Willoughby in all possible ways
endeavored to poison McLaurin a
gainst the applicants. Mr.. j. R. Nc
Gown was recommended, but was
ruled out by the Department for not
being resident of the city. After
this McLaurin went to Florence to
consult with the applicants and it re-
suited in McLaurin telling Willough'
by if he would get up strong peti,
ton signed by the patrons Of the
Office he would recommend him; this
Willoughby did not do, for the best
! Iofreasons. He continued worrying
McLaurin to have him appointed
without a petition, but without sue
cess. We realized McLaurin's posi-
ton, he felt grateful to this
man for his political support, for he
only knew him from political con-
tact and he wanted to help him.
Willoughby WAS shrewd enough to
see this, so he began to feel for Nc
Laurin's pocket.book. McLaurin
agreed to loan him 1900 if the Sc
curity was satisfactory. The sccu-
rity offered was not satisfactory be-
cause the property was tied up in
his wife's name so securely that Nc
Lsurin was afraid to risk it. While
he was endeavoring to borrow this
money he continued pressing the ap-
pO1ntmenb maLler, Wnen McLaurln
wrote to him that if he recommended
his appointment, General Butler
would defeat the confirmation on &C:
count OF a personal attack Willough-
by had made on the General in the
Perry" letter. In reply to this let.
ter, Willoughby wrote to alcLauriu
that he could arrange the matter
with General Butler. Later on, he
wrote McLaurin that he wanted to
see him about the money matter and
inquired how he could get railroad
pass. McLaurin informed him that
pass from McBee would take him
to Washington. Willoughby went
to Columbia and procured a pass;
we do not know who issued it or