The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-03
ACCUSED ONES DENOUNCE
 AND DENY ROUNTREE'S CHARGES
|tatcmentS From President and Other Officers of Press Association Intensity Plight of
 the Depesed Secretary.

technical violation of <the constitution which carried with 1t neither greed nor game. Charles H. Greer,
 First vles President Alabama Press As sociation.
 Psppsrman Produces Letters. Jacob Pepperman of Montgomery, a member of the Executive Committee an- swers Reuntree in no uncertain way. His statement is accompanied by interesting correspondence between Rountree and himself.
 MT. Pepperman's statement is as fol- Editor The Advertiser:
 inasmach as the secrecy of the session |of the Executive Committee of the Ala bama Press Association held in Birming- ham the seth of October has been re- mesed. 1t may not bs improper for sne to say that I was most deeply impressed with certain statements of Colonel R. N. Rhodes of The Birmingham News relat- ing to the conduct of Mr. Rountree prior to. and since the recent Canadian trip. inferred from these statements that in the opinion of Colonel Rhodes no man of a strong mind could and would have committed such discreditable and inde- cent acts as committed by Mir. Rountree. This and other information induces me to believe that there is something radi-
 
 ties of Mir. Rountree. cannot believe that c man of sound mind would have so outrageously betrayed trusted confidence of intimate friends, wronged brother Ma | sons and their wives, he knowing them to be such. Therefore. while have firmly advocated and supported his removal | from ofIice, yet he has my sympathy in 1 the troubles he brought upon himself by his own acts.
 I have no iil will towards him whatso- ever for having indicted me before the bar of public opinion of having broken | rule of the Alabama Press Association. portation to Miss Tomie Daniels and Mrs. A. E. Meadow" (the former being my niece and the latter a dear family friend.) To stand indicted before the bar of pub | lie opinion even though for trival off, fense is unpleasant under the most fa- | vorable circumstances. However. an in- dictment that emanates from . self-con- l fessed bexfayer of a sacred trust confided to his keeping by the executive commit tee--a violatef of the most sacred pledge that can be given befors God and men. is l in a measure stripped of the bad odium 1 that Is usually attached to indictments. and makes 1t smack as an act Of spite l and retaliation of an ingrate who Is eith- CT a fit subject for . lunatic asylum or . 1 feion's prison.
 feel like congratulating myself that Mir. Rountree has included me in the in-
 dictments of such seiert company. A
 President, three Vice-Presidents and a number of the Executive Committee of
 the Alabama Press Association. Editors of the highest order. men of irreproach- able integrity. citizens of the highest standing socially. politically fraternaiiy and otherwise, in their respective commit
 mites. With such type of men am will
 ing to stand and be judged by the bar of public opinion.
 I herewith reproduce letters that will prove beyond question that MT. Rountree did want me to secure transportation for the Canadian trip from Colonel J. M. Faikner. the District Attorney of the
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad. by de- | ceptlon. and which emphaticaiiy re- I fused These letters will show further | that obtained transportation from Col
 onei FaIkner for my niece. Miss Tonic Daniel, and my friend. Mrs. A. F. Mead
 ows, with his full knowledge of their re-