The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-04-22
s1.ANDERous AND FALSE.

SlAARDERCUS AND FALSE.
Characteristic Of many of the re-
ports sent out from jackson IN regard
to the incidents connected with rae
senatorial eaueus, investigation, etc,
false aud slaalfaerous article was pub-
hshe.a in the jackson News OF yesber-
day relative to the ea5tor Of The Re-
cord
The gist Of the article IN tbe News
Is that Representative van Bofdie, Of
Washington county, had denounced a
statement in The Record as lie and
had struck the editor lick IN the
breast while he was IN tAe Edwards
house at Jackson and came near knock
ing him down, and that he would have
fallen bat for the fact that Bo6aie
eaught him; that che writer did not
resent the blow, etc
The truth of the mater is as follows:
con account Of a statement that ap-
peared in last week IS Record the eH-
tor was summoned as a witness be-
fore the house committee on iavesti-
CATION. The article ia The Record
called no names, and the authority for
making tie statement was given TO
the committee by the editor Tuesday
afternoon. There was nothing in that
article nor N the fest inlony before the
eemfnitte that detected on ar. Van
Boddie, who was a member Of the CON-
Mite, IN any way.
After leaving the committee room,
the writer went to the Edwards house
lobby that night to see IL he could find
Mr. Holmes or Mr.. Russell, chairman
and secretary Of the committee, re
spectively, to prove his attendance be
fore the committee 80 thar the allow
anee of expenses for making the trip
TO jackson as a witness might be made
While in the lobby Of the hotel hook
ing for Mr.. Holmes. The Record editor
happened to walk near Mr.. Boddie,
who all of sudden jumped at the
writer and struck him a slighp blow in
the breast. The lick would not have
knocked 1o-year old boy down and
there was no need of the aggressor
catching him. To knock a man down
End catch him IA the act Of falling as
absurd on the face of the statement.
TO say that Mr.. Bodies attack
3umfoanded the writer IS TO put it
a1alvq He could not account for it
only to think that the man was drunk.
crazy or else thought he was making
he attack on someone else.
He was asked: What is the mat
ter with yona wbat "a y3a neanR''
10 which he replied. tsI beg your
/ pardon; I thought You were going DO
make an attack on me-, to wlsieh the
answer was given: Why should
make any attack on youg have
nothing against yea.
Boddie replied BY saying: e.Did
Mr.. Carr tell yen whaF I saii2'' The
answer was: No, / have not seen
Mr.. Carr since the committee met. y
Bodaie then said he was sorry he had
struck the writer ana asked Aim to
come and take drink with hin,
which was decEned, and Baddie was
| told that his apologies world be ae
| eepted under the circumstances and
/ this was all there was TO it, Roddie
walking OF. If Boddie had said any
thing previously that would cause him
to deserve being attacked, the editor
of The Record had net heard of 1t, and
no insult was offered at the time of
the trouble other than the lick, and
after making the apology that he did,
the writer felt that It would SHOW very
hf&}e manhooa 10 make anv further at
tack The statement sAat he lCnn-
ningbam9 was called 4 lie or would not
reaest personal attack is basely
faise.
Any person WIN weu1a say o. insins-
ale that this writer iroaid not resent
&sything Of this sbaracssr Is eea-
tAmpishle eowasa ard IN nzaEnsus liar,
- he is ready to aefsnd she aecusa-
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