The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-27

i could tell YOU something"
Gov. Blease read letter which he
said was addressed to him, from w.
b. Glenn. who killed man nameu
Rhoden at Batesburg, in which let
ter Glenn denied having paid money
to the governor or having paid $500
to any one else to buy my pardon
cat the Columbia campaign meeting
Geo. r. Rembert of the Columbia ba.
said that any man was liar who
said he had received $500 for getting
Glenn a pardon at the hands Of Gov.
Blease. But afterward Mr.. Rembert
laughingly remarked to friends, in
the presence of r. Beverly Herbert
that 1T was not $500 he got but $500.
Mr.. Herbert is a member of the CO.
lumbia law firm of Elliott & Herbert.
He recently resigned the presidency
of the Columbia Chamber of Com
menrce.)
What about the pickpockets?" in
|quired voice from the crowd.
"Pll bet you're a pickpocket your
SELF" shouted the governor. THAT
man that hollered, I'll bet he has
stolen more than those pickpockets."
That's an infamous lie. sir" was
the rejoinder: to which the gov
ernor replied: "Oh. any coward can
call a man a liar when he can't get
to him."
Inquiry developed that this man
was Rev. w. Fl. Hitler district man
ager Of a New York insurance COM
pany. having his office in the National
Loan and Exchange bank building
In Columbia. Mr.. Hitler is Lu-
theran minister. He was once pastor
st. Stephens church in Lexington.
Now. I'll tell you about those
pickpockets." said the governor. He
said that p. III. Nelson, an attorney
Of Columbia. had a client in the pen
itentiary who was dying with tuber-
culosis and this man was released
on condition that he leave the State,
never to return. Mr.. Nelson put the
man on his train for home within an
hour after he was released and the
man had never come back; he was
not physically able to come back.
Judge Jones. the governor said, had
admitted being "bamboozled with
free pass" and he charged that Judge
Jones had this pass in his pocket "a
the time when he voted five times
against separate coach bills. The
governor reiterated his charge that
B. l.. Abney. chief counsel of the
Southern railway in South Carolina
had employed as railroad attorney
Chas. d. Jones of Lancaster, the son
OF Judge Jones. in order to influence
decisions Of the supreme court, and
he added: Yesterday, when 1 told
about this, the old man got hot. and
he called me a liar. There were
lot Of ladies there. II l had done
that. the papers would have said
was blackguard. The old gentle
man Is in his second childhood"
Another sharp exchange between
the governor and a man in the audi
ence was precipitated by an insist2at
question from the latter, Didn't you
vote for this bad man? Didn't You
vote for Jones. after all this social
equality talk?"
If Ira Jones had been as mean d
you are" retorted the governor. "he' d
have been In hell long ago."
Just answer my question"
when a gentleman asks me ques-
ton, III answer it," said the COVER
nor.
But why can't you answer"
II wouldn't pay any more attention
to you." said the governor, "than
hound puppy would to a yellow Mig
ger. Stand up and let me see you.
I'll bet you don't amount to any
thing" The man stood up, Saying.
"Yes, look at me. all of you; but he
hasn't answered my question"
This man was Heber II. Dreher of
Selwood farm, at Irmo In the Dutch
Fork section of Lexington county.
He is twin brother to f. $. Dreher
for more than a dozen years superin-
tendent of public schools in Coum-
bia. Other brothers are w. G. Dreher
correspondent of the Associated Press
at Berlin and Julius ID. Dreher, Ph.
d., LII. d., for quarter cent ry
president Of Roanoke college at Sa-
consul at Port Antonio, Jamacia.
"All YOU Jones men that don't