Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-26
ID. A. DroKERT TRIES TO QUIT.
Member Confederate Home Commits
sion Says Grating Must Stop.

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thing of grating at the Confederate
Home is stopped" said Col. D. A..
Dickert, Of Newberry, member OF
the commission charged with the adj
ministration OF the affairs Of the
home, following what Is reported to
have been a stormy session Of the
board.
The members of the commission
are D.. A. Dickert, Newberry; j. T.
Crews, Laurens; j. G.. Long, Sr.,
Union; A. IT. Todd, Charleston, and
NJ. C. WEIGH, Of Columbia, an in
mate of the home.
Officers Named.
Col. Dic.,o,L ,u,a the story Of the
meetin, Tuesday afternoon. He said
that he board decided - continue
II. v. Richardson as superintendent
and DR.. f. w. p. Butler al physi-
clan at least until the ArriI meet
ing.
I'VE met out at the Conf 5derate
Home in executive session for the
purpose OF reorganiZing. | nomi-
ndIpu d. Y. LOHS, 81, "o man man
and ]. r. Crews as secretary Of the
board. They were elected. 1t was
then that A. w Todd took the floor,
and in a smooth voice begal to NOM
mate II. w. Richardson ant DR.. f.
w. p. Butler. Mr.. Todd wan'ed to
retain all Of the present Officers.
Todd said 0 .ething in reply to ont
of my questions. | protested against
the action of Todd. He invited me
out Of the room. | told him that 1t
was not necessary to leave the room;
that we would settle the entire mat
ter then and there. When l entered
that room / knew that Richardson
and Butler had things fixed up so as
to be reelected. ! kicked on their
plan"
Col. Dickert said that following
the executive meeting he returned to
the room to find Mrs. Mixson saying
some very hard things about him.
II asked her who made the state
ment that had tried to reflect on
her management. She told me that
it was Richardson" continued Col.
Dickert.
DenouneeS Richardson.
About this time he continued,
Richardson stepped in between and
said that he hao made the state
ment." (Here Col. Dickert quoted
language ~denouncing Major Richard
son Io sewer Toms
Following rho nesting q Went 20
me 0oyerRor. II" lola nc frat
he al not tutend 20 stand FOR the
suLHo proceedings ai the ho!u.. he
said that he would call them all up
and stop the abuses Of the rules"
continued Col. Dickert.
81 told Richardson and Butler that
if they did not resign that l would,
and that l did not intend to stand by
n see the grating go OF. l intend
to expose the whole thing.
"In the first place Richardson and
P"tler were elected to their present
ilI.es without my knowledge. I was
not at the meeting when they claim
u have been elected" said Col.
Dickert.
1t was stated by Col. Dickert that
the next meeting of the commission
will be held in April and hat a ma
jority Of the members decided to re-
tain all Of the present employees of
the home until that date.
"He Was Drunk; Y"lain Drunk
Columbia March ! 4 "A w Todd
J. r. Crews, NJ. c. Welsh and j.. G.
Long, Sr., members of the board Of
commissioners Of the Confederate
Soldiers Home, to-day issued a
signed statement to the people OF
South Carolina, saying that when D..
A. Dickert. of Newberry, the fifth
member of the board of commission
ers, gave out a newspaper interview,
in or which he intimated, among
other things, that there was grating
going on at the Soldiers Home, he
w in such a condition that we
hold him irresponsible for his ac-
tons or statements"
HE was drunk-plain drunk"
said A. w. Todd, Wednesday morn
ing. The statement follows:
ITO the People of South C Cardinal:
AS members OF the board of commits
sioners OF the Confederate Inirmary
of the State, we resent most posi-
lively the statement published his
day in the COLUMBIA State newspa-
per in reference to the board meet