The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-18
Kelly Fa1eefully Replies to Hudnal.,
Special to The Manning Times.

Special to The Manning Times
In reply to Mr.. W. I Hudnal's OF the
llth, inst, will say to him, slang will
tickle some people, but it will never
establish fact. After unloading your
slang you state that you will show me
up to be false in all my statements. AL
the proof I find is that you, W. I. Hud.
nal, say it is false. suppose you re
member that you first said I had not
done any work in three years. Now,
you kick up your heels and cavort
around, and say that everything I have
ever said is false. Mr.. Hudnal, it is
impossible for the truth to overtahe
a lie, unless there are sufficient facts
to hold the lie until the truth gets
there. Here are the facts. l have LEFT
some for fear they may cause hard feel
ings between you and others. | use only
those that apply directly to myself.
Other statements can remain as qpes-
tious of veracity between you and |:
I, It. c.. Owens, Supervisor of Clar-
endon County, know Of my knowledge
that J. E. Kelly worked 3 days in 1903:
l day in 1904, and IL day in 1905. This
time was spentin presenting petition,
working with surveyor, and with my
self and by my instructions.
T. G. OWENS.
Personally appeared before me
Messrs. A. r. Chandler, j.. D. Daniels
and W. NJ. Lewis, who being duly
sworn, says: They know of their own
knowledge that J. E. Kelly worked on
road in 1903 days with hiswagon and
mules, and days as overseer. Also we
know OF work done in 1905 that we
believe was done by him. J. D. Daniels
and W. NJ. Lewis further state that
they, with J. E. Kelly. spent l l-2 days
in 1908 stalking out right-of-way. All OF
the above work was done on the road
running from Trinity x Roads to Sam
Graham's.
A. r. CHANDLER,
J. D. DANIELS,
". NJ. LEWIS.
Sworn to before me this 18th day of
October 1905. J. NJ. WINDHAM,
Judge of Probate.
This covers all, with the exception
of YOUR excusing me, ard your cursing.
Mr.. J. E. Touchberry lives Richland
county, and I could not get his state
ment in time for this issue OF THE
TIMES. You remember he was present.
Now, Mr.. Hudnal, you have been
overseer for Is weeks at Sl.50 per day
or Sl35.: you claim to haye worked from
l to 30 hands dav: let us make 1t an
average of 10 a day or 900 days at 80
cents per day. $780,, total S5S5. Where?
Oh. where? are the results.
Now, you claim this road we worked
is about one mile.' It is over two miles;
to be correct, it is l0S30 feet, two miles
and 230 feet. This two miles was built
with l40 days of free labor, with about
4 days work by the chaingang. With
this exception it did not cost the coun-
ty one cent. AS You have found
yourself to be a man of small caliber [
bid you adieu.
Now. Mr.. Editor, | desire space to
make this statement. Supervisor Owens
has been offended by one of the latter
clauses in my first article, this: ''Then
as good citizens help to elect a live,
energetic yonpg man, a man that has
done something for himself. Then, and
then only, can the county expect good
service.'' This was merely a sugges-
ton by me as to the qualifications a
man should possess to make a good
supervisor. l never have and never
shall interfere with a mans private
affairs, or speak i'll of him, or his, but
as citizen of this county I shall al
ways defend its interest fearlessly,
honestly and faithfully to the best OF
my ability Now, then, Mr.. Owens, l
would like to know why you will per-
sist in piling up sand in the best parts
of roads at an expense to the county of
$3.50 per month, leaving the bad
places. and doing work in a general
slipshod way, when you know the
people are protesting daily. You are
man of intelligence, then why will
you accept, approve and pay for such
work as is being done? Why will you,
when man offers to do a piece OF
work under contract for $50. give
another man S36 to do the same work
and pay him wages besides? Then
when man honestly protests. use
that old political trick, set your hench-
men on him. Don't think want your
office, for I do not, I only want good
service. Respectfully,