The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-02-17
the ANAN|AS CLUB.
STE,NOGRAPHER BLACKRJJRN
NOMINATES CASHIER MAT
THEWS.
More About That DOctOrcd Letter of
Cashier to Governor Blcase-Who
Is the Crook and Who The Liar?

| ional bank. this city. The letter to
Mr.. Matthews refers to the aiser-
ations in Letter No. /, brought to the
bank by Mr.. Blackburn, together
with letter No. 2. The letter, it will
he recalled. was signed by Mr.. Mat
thews' and made a part of a special
message on the loau cf $500, 900 to
the State Of South Carolina.
Mr.. Blackburn in his letter states
that Mr.. Matthews tore up the first
letter. Mr.. Matthews did tear the
letter up. but afterwards had it
pasted together and it is locked up
in safety deposit vault.
Yesterday Mr.. Matthews was in
formed of the contents Of the letter
from Mp. Blackburn. and said that
he had no statement to make. He
said he might have something to say
later.
In special communication to the
house yesterday morning, r. II. Jen-
nings, State treasurer. transmitted the
letters of j. Pope Matthews, cashier
OF the Palmetto National bank, which
declare that his letter to the COVER
nor on the State loan was changed
In the office Of the chief executive so
as to pervert its meaning. The COM
munication will be printed in full in
the journal of the house.
Letter by Mr.. Blackburn.
The letter sent by Mr.. Blackburn
to Mr.. Matthews is as follows:
Mr.. j. p. Matthews, Cashier Pal
metto National Bank. Columbia,
South Carolina.
Dear Sir: My attention has been
called to letter from you bearing
date February 8, in which you state:
Yesterday when the letter was pre-
sented to me to be signed my atten-
tion was called to the fact that there
had been some repetition in the
wording OF the original draft and to
the fact that the letter had been re-
written.
Il was very busy at the time. and
on being assured that the letter was
In all respects substantially the same,
signed the letter without comparing
II with the original draft except for
the first paragraph. I now find that
m ha at oh
had been made which makes the
sense different from what l intended,
and somewhat misleading"
And. In which you further state:
"in reading the letters over you
will notice that other mistakes have
been made. In other words, in at
tempting to revise the wording Of the
letter II has been very much confused
and the meaning completely twisted"
In reply thereto beg leave to state
that your letter OF February is just
as you dictated it in the governors
office To me. with the exceptions
which were called to your attention,
when | presented to you letter No. 2.
Letter No. 2, as l designate it here
TO idntify ii. was written out by me:
carried TO the Palmetto National
bank and handed you by me in your
private office; you were sitting at
your desk; showed you both letters,
the one you signed in the governors
Office. No. !. and letter No. 2. point
ing out the changes which had been
made and compared the first para
graph with you. You continued read
ing letter No. and after you finished
reading the entire letter, you signed it
and tore up your copy OF letter No.
l and threw it i'm the waste basket
under your desk; handed the origin
al letter No. 2. back to me. which I
gave you. | then left the bank
An examination of the original let
| ter will show two pencil marks made
| on the margin thereof, indicating the
places where the changes were made.
\ further examination of the original
letter, No. 2, will show that you ini .
| ;ialcd page one on the margin, sign
ing, y. Il. NJ clearly showing that
YOU d!d read the letter and in order
To protect yourself from any chances,
rs a business man. you initiated the
first page. and on the bottom Of the
letter (the second page) signed -.
J.. Matthews. Cashier Palmetto Nat
ional Bank Of Columbia, S. c."
Your statement that the letter was
twisted by me is absolutely mslead-
'Hr ana really amusing. The idea
80 "a man. the dshicr of hank with
"A capital stock of $4,000. a surplus
and profit Of 100000. and deposits
of $2,5OO.OOO approximately sign