The Forrest City times., 1893-05-05
THE CONTROVERSY.

THE CONTROVERSY.
 Following is the full text of con- troversy between R. A. Greene, for merly associate editor of TIE TIMES, and the editor of the Marianna Index. It is purely personal matter, but the prominence given it by the Index in- duces us to repro juce it's article, to- gether with Mir. Greens reply. The Index inaugurates the war with:
 ''In the Index of three weeks ago there appeared the following notice under the head of 'personal:'
 "'The Index has secured the services of Mir. R. A. Greene, recently associate editor of the Forrest City Times, as foreman and assistant local editor Mir. Greene comes highly recon mended and we have no doubt will prove val uable associate and citizen.'
 But alas for human hopes. and ct cetera! Bro. Greene has suddenly spontaneously and bowdaciously de- parted, vamOosed. skeedaddled, skip tumalood, as it were, and the places that knew him once shall know him no more; for all of which the congre- gation is requested to sing the Doxol- Ogy. Bro. Greene was headed for New port: but we didn't learn this fact from him. Last Monday Bro. Greene asked for what was due him, and it was forth coming. Bro. Greene said he wanted to send some things, etc, to his wife in Tennessee, and went down to pur- chase them. Now we might have thought it suspicious that he should desire to purchase things in this market to send to Tennessee, had we not known of the magnificent bargains our Marian ma merchants areioffering. During Bro. Greene's absence, we "got onto" the fact of his intended departure, but con trOlled our sorrow, and soon he returned and asked for the services of the office boy to carry the bundles to the express office, saying he hated to have to car ry them himself; it did not look right. :" The office boy was otherwise engaged. however, and so Bro. Greene had to stand the modification of carrying the things himself During the time hs was up here he said not a word about his pending departure; and neither did we. for we loved Bro. Greene SO much that we were afraid he might acciden- tally fail to go, and as the trip would do him good we didn't want to disap- point him. So Bro. Greene departed; and may we never gaze on his lovely phiZ again.
 Bro. Greene is what might be called & low-voiced ass. He isn't worth the space we devote to him, but we want to put our friends of the press 'onto'' him. About the first thing he does when he goes into newspaper office i. to smile sweetly, and introduce him. self as Mir R. A. Greene. formerly editor and publisher of one of the best papers in Texas published at Allan ta" Then without any questioning he will tell you how he put in steam press last summer and the fellow he depended on to give him considerable work skipped out and his office went under. Then he will tell you of his trip to Forrest City-how "Vadakin liked him so well that he put him in the editorial chair and kept him there, J and shed tears of bitter sorrow because he had to part with Bro. Greene. Bro. Greene will then tell you of his mar galleys of legal came into the THE TIMEs office the day before publication and he set most of it before night and tlti WCIt DdCh lOCl SuPRCI anu ished it. He will tell you all about his ability as a job printer. and so on, ad infinitum. He will borrow all your stamps, write all his letters during bus mess hours, and stop every now and then to remark that it IS mighty hard fer 2 man to have to come down to Il is' Finally his proof will come in, .f thar ic tho fipoa thaf .rin 'c patience. The railroad map of Ohio isn't in it with Bro. Greene's proof. Possibly he may try to set job, and after he has consumed half a day in the work of setting it he will consume another half day in correcting it. He will ask everybody in town as to your reiiability-'whether it will be safe for him to work for yOu'-and then ask for letters of recommendation on them. He will know everything about your br siness. and feel mortified and disappo nte l if you don't let him run it and you, to. He will whine and whimper nineteen hours day, and circulate ss much as possible the most bAre-fact d lies about you. It will not take you long to discover that he is no part of printer, and that he Is as treacherous as the devil.
 Well ma sbe we deserve to be sold' for being such a blooming idiot as to engage him to work in a printing office We don't know what lies he will tell about us. and don't care, for knOwl- edge of the creature will be q sufficient refutation of them.
 Brother Greene borrowed dol lar from young man last Saturday. and now that young man sorroweth. Bro. Greene. it may be remarked, "bor rowed the dollar to pay bis washbill, !" and 0nanf if for nd