The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-17

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poor fellow. He is an unworthy sou Of a
noble father Some of Mr. Fore'S neigh
bors know his trouble. He was caught DO
| ing things not honorable while " tenant
Thirty-four dollars worth Of cotton cap
tured as Fore tried to slip it away, IS the
cause of his false affidavit
Mr. Biggs swears he bought machinery
from Norton on which taxes we've not paid.
He is mistaken. | never Saw Biggs until
after the Benne;tsviile meeting H. bought
machinery from Mr.. Townsend in which l
WAS interested at one time, but not when
Biggs bought it.
I think Mr. Biggs an honorable man,
but he has been deceived. ard from
his statement, mainly by Que G. &. Bass,
an ardent friend OF Ellcrbe. who obtained
affidavit from Biggs. J. f. Ellerbe said ut
BeDrettsville that Leon Bass carried money
from Biggs TO myself for machinery. Leon
Bass says by certificate sent ne that EI!cr-
be is mistaken. Blggs says it is not 50 aud
say It is false
Now comes the chief son of Be!ia'. 1. {.
Moody, tue political godfather and brother
i;-law Of J. E. Ellerbe l could 60 among
| Moodys old lien customers doubtless and
find those who would swear probably they
wouid rot believe him on bis oath when
interested. am sorry that A. Q McDuthe
and Charles Gregg are not living. No, |
take that back-I would not. ioomed
with Moody during the sessions OF the Leg
isature 1SS6-S7 and 1S90-9l. | Lave been
bis guest at his own house at times since
1878. Any effort on ny part to smut Moody
after these associations woald oniy show
my own weakness of character aud utter
disregard for the proprieties Of decency
and demands OF civilized Christian life.
In 1888 Mr.. Moody wrote me urging me to
stand for reelection to the House. Thus
for ten to eighteen years after the conflict
over the negro lien cotton Norton was a
gentleman whose mpan!oDsnip Moody
sought Now twenty-five years after when
his brother-in-law Ellerbe wants to damn
Norton to get to Congress, he pants, or
would paint. Norton rascal. Envy, what
wilt thou do?
Here is the crime. In 1878 took q hen
on negro, finding in the fall that Moody
had prior one. I offered Moody the
! money for his which he refused. This
BODIED nc good to ne or the negro. as
Moo6ys partner in this transaction was of
doubtful character Att-r conference with
Mr. Williamson, IN whose louise the cotton
was, having offered Moody his money, I
did let the negro have team and wagon to
save himself if possible. These are the
bases for Moody's cbargeof cotton stealing.
Clever Moody!
Mr.. Moody evidently has tried to deceive
the public by his associations with me since
1873, or now tries for some course to dam
age me- Which, Mr. Moody?
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E. D. Mayors. He has published already
q card saying that the use of his name BY
Ellerbe was unauthorized and that he
voted for me in the past and would do so
in 1898: Mr.. Ellerbe made it appear at
BennettSville that he had an affidavit from
Mr.. Mayors. This was deception, as FL
lerbe had no affidavit 1t was desperate
game OF desperate man. About twenty
years ago Mullins was a hard town; no
churches, no schools, no day schools, but
bar rooms plenty. led the fight against
this condition and was compensated by
many curses. The fight spread into local
politics and church before closing. Grow
ing out Of this fight scurrillous circular
letter denouncing me- was published.
signed by, but not written by Mayors.
Mayors is an uneducated man and was
nisled by my chief whiskey opponent and
enemy.
This article was written, think, IL 1882.
Mayors soon learned his error aud has
voted for me since 1886 or go am
proud Of Mullins, her people, her Sunday
schools, aud day schools. her churches and
Of her bright future morally and materially.
am also proud Of the fact that 8Iayers,
after knowing me appreciates my life and
character and supports me. Nor have
any quarrel with those who differed from
| me honestly then or now. Mr.. j. E El-
lerbe had copy of this document at Ben
nettsville written sixteen years ago a 10 e.
lerhe-absurdly false. Mr.. Ellerbe had
personal knowledge of the facts in this mat
ter and access to church records. When
be read If at Bennettsville he became the
author and circulator of a wilful, malicious
falSehood, knowing at the time it was false,
and with malice etorethought deliberately
attempted to destroy competitor in his
mad rage and malignant designs upon
that competitor. Ellerbe is member of
the same church am and steward and
much of the past his home church has been
in the same circuit He knew or ought to
have known rs these records of the Mullins
circuit show, am and have been for thirty
years member of the board of stewards
for this circuit and for sixteen years dis
trict steward. and forty years member of
the Methodist church.
In his mad ambition and desire to reach
Congress, honorab!y. if possible, bnt foully
if necessary, J. E. Ellerbe IN HIS attack On
my church record aud character runs delib
erately in tue face Of the facts rs shown by
these records and rutllessly and wilfully
falslies them.
! have been continuously on official in
J. E. Ellerbe's own church, in which he Is
also steward, for period nearly as long
as Ellerbe has lived. Does be slander the
church of his choice or its member?
j. E. Ellerbe knew these facts ct Ben
nettsville and knows them now.
j. E. Ellerbe further charges that prior
70 primary in 1897 for Congress- there was
an agreement between us which I violated. |
This statement OF his is fatty untrue. |
Eight mutual friends were agreed upon
couidentlally to say which was the stronger
in Marion comfy. Ellerbe then pretended
to be very much opposed to the election of
J. NJ. johnson, and wanted the stronger
man oplyio run. (Let Ellerbe say why he
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rmugement was at the house Of a mutual
friend, }. D. Montgomery. He (AlontGom-
ery) alone OF the eight talked with US both
together Oh the subject. These mutual
friends, Dr. ". 4. Oliver, DR.. D. F. Miles,
J. W. Smith, E. S. Ayers. Douglas Mcln-
tyre, j. D Montgomery, W. I. Evans and
j. c. Moody, refused TO act and did not de-
eide the question. They met salesday in
June, 1897, and with letter bearing date
18th June. Mr. Ellerbe sent me 4 request
signed by four of these men-not one
word about stronger man, and received
more than two weeks after l had seen Mr.. !
Ellerbe. His claim to on agreement is ab-
surd as untrue.
Sixof the eight mutual friends supported
me for Congress and only one. J. c. Moody. |
supported Elierbe, and this because Eller-
be in 1896 had tried to make Moody Aud |
itor over Mcclellan.
At Kingstree, by j. E. Elerbe himself
on the stump. was the first mention had
ever heard Of the South Carolina College
S0SO efeoI &c Ny F11erba called II know