Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-22
MISREPRESENTATION.

seems to show up the other side Of this
misrepresentation business, occurred at
Barnett's mountain last Wednesday.
Under the circumstances, the reporter
cannot forbear telling the story. We hope,
however, it will be taken all around in a
good humor, and that it will not be allow
ed to affect anybody's vote as to any OF
the candidates mentioned.
The reporter had seat on the speakers g
stand alone with the candidates, and just
before the speaking commenced, Captain
W. II. Edwards leaned over and said:
"Of course, I do not mean to say that 1t
was Intentional; but you made mistake
in your report of my speech at York.
ville."
Reporter-All right, captain, I am sure
I had no intention of doing you an injus-
tice. Tell me wherein you were misrep-
resented, and I will see that you are put
right.
Captain Edwards-You had it that 1
said went down to Columbia to get the
constitutional convention to allow the
formation Of new county with 800
SQUARE miles of area. I said we went
down to get the convention to make pro-
vision for the formation Of a new county,
with less than 400 square miles of area,
provided it should ever become desirable
TO do 80.
Reporter-An right captain. While
you were reported, as I understood you,
I will admit that I did not take you YER
batim, and I might have been mistaken.
I will make statement in accordance
with your statement.
By this time Mr.. w. B. Love had got
ten well along with his remarks, and
when he reached that place in which he
says, "In the fight between the masses
and the classes, will always be found on
the side of the Masses" he got things
mixed, and said he would be found on
the side of the Glasses" Captain Ed
wards leaned over to the reporter and
said:
"He did not mean that"
mo" replied the reporter, "he did not
and if I should happen to report him tn al
way, he would probably claim that ne
never said it ; that I had him down wrong.
But of course, continued the reporter this
does not apply to your case." :,
Presently it came Captain Edwa rd's
turn to speak, and like the others, he de-
livered the same speech that he had de-
livered elsewhere. Before he got very TAI
the reporter caught him, and to make
sure that there was no mistake, took oc-
casion to called the attention OF Messrs.
Epps and deLoach, who were sitting on
the same bench; but who had not heard
the previous conversation, to the fact.
When the captain took his seat, the re-
ported said:
"Now captain, have you. In your ex-
PLANTATION as to why we can have no re-
duction of taxation, and in your enum e.
ration of fixed charges, you said: And
there is 100000 for pensions. We cannot
get around that. In the recent constltu-
tional convention it was provided that
the legislature must appropriate Sl0o'OoC
for the old soldiers, and there is no way to
get around it. We just have to make the
appropriation
mo, did not say that" quickly re-
piled the captain. II said that the con-
stitution said that we could notappropri-
ate less than SlOO, 900 for the old soldiers" "
but" explained the reporter, you are
still wrong. The constitution does not
specify any amount but simply says the
legislature shall make liberal provisions
for INDECENT soldiers"
The captain realized that he was fairly
caught, and owned up that he had gotten
the constitution mixed with the statutes
and in view of the fact that so many peo'
pie are so quick to look upon errors, nc
matter by whom made, as stiletto thrusts
from hostile quarters, the reporter feels
that he is fully justified in telling the
story.