The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-02-16

it with the original draft, except lot
the first paragraph. I now find that
in copying the letter certain changes
had been made which makes the sense
different from what I 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 it has been very much confus-
ed and the meaning completely twist
ed.''
In reply thereto beg leave to state
that your letter of February 7 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 1 designate it here
to identify it, 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; I showed you both letters,
the one you signed in the governors
Office, No. l, and letter No. 2, pointing
out the changes which had been made
and compared the first paragraph
with you. You continued reading
| Letter No. 2, and after you finished
reading the entire letter you signed
it and tore up your copy of Letter No.
/, and threw it in the waste basket
under your desk; handed the original
letter, No. 2, back to me and asked me
for a copy thereof, which I gave you.
I 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.
A further examination of the original
letter, No. 2, will show that you init
ialed page one on the margin, sign
ing, 81. P. M.," clearly showing that
you did read the letter, and in order
to protect yourself from any chances,
as business man, you initiated the
first page, and one the bottom of the
letter (the second page) signed 81. P.
Matthews, cashier, Palmetto National
Bank, Of Columbia, S. c."
Your statement that the letter was
twisted by ne is absolutely mislead-
ing and really amusing. The idea OF
a man, the cashier of a bank with a
capital stock of s25O,O0O, a surplus
and profit of 100000 and deposits Of
s2,500,O0O approximately signing a
paper involving s50O,000 transaction
without reading it over, and without
knowing what he was signing, simply
doing so at the request Of an humble
stenographer, working for a small
salary, is absurd. II this be true, Mr..
Matthews, it is time for your board OF
directors and the depositors Of your
bark to begin to investigate what 9TH
er papers or transactions might have
taken place with your signature, with"
out consideration or without reading.
To be frank, Mr.. Matthews, have
no objection to you playing "tWittle
| DUN and tWittle dee" with the COVER
nor and the State treasurer, trying
to hold the friendship and influence
of both for your bank, making one
statement when you are in the pres
ence of one and another when you are
in the presnce of the other; neither
do I object to your playing with the
State treasurer that little game Of
tickle me, Robert, tickle me do; you
tickle me, Robert and III tickle you"
in order to hold the deposits Of the
State for your banking institution;
but I do seriously object, my friend,
Mr.. Matthews, to you endeaVoring to
make it appear that twisted your
| letter or that made false statement
to you in order to get you to sign
letter when it is not true; but in or
der to save yourself in a transaction,
| which from your two letters, one is
forced to Judge that you have been
playing double. No, Mr.. Matthews,
you read the letter over very careful
ly, you initiated it, in order to show
YOUR caution, as all good business
men do, and now, Mr.. Matthews, don't
play the baby aot and try to throw
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