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EDITOR TELLS THE TRUTH
Gets Peeyed Over Typographical En-
rOrs Aud Starts Sometime.
From the Dallas Pitchfork


West Texas editor got tired OF
being called liar because of an
occasional typographical error or
slight disarrangement of the facts in
publishing commonplace news item
In his wrath he announced in bold
face type as follows:
"A lot OF people in this town fall
out with the editor and brand him as
d liar when the ordinary human mis-
takes of life show up in d newspaper.
You have Il little charity and fellow
feelln' for every man in town but
your editor. on claim that you
want the facts. and ID if | don't
give EN- to you. Read the next is
sue or this sheet and you'll see some
facts with the bark off. I'll admit
that | have been a liar, an editorial
liar, ever since | have been editing
this sheet. but | have never printed
a lie in these columns except 10 save
somebody's feelings from being hurt.
I'm not afraid OF any of you and
III be dad blamed il | don't print the
plain truth from now on. or until you
get out of the habit of calling me a
liar every time | make some little I'M
avoidable Typographical error.
w ittH MY SlIOht.
Here are some para graphs culled
from The next issue:
John Bennin, the LATEST merchant
in town, maze Il trip to BelleVille
yesterday.
John Coyle. our groceryman, VINO
voted with the Republicans in 1896,
and consumes more mail-orQer WniS-
Ky than any other member of the
Baptist Church in this county. is do
ing poor business. His store is dir
" and dusty. II is a wonder he has
any business at all.
The Rev. Sly, preached last sunday
night at the Christian Church. His
sermon was punk and unintereSting,
except some stuff he quoted from
Bob lngersoil, for which he failed to
give Bob any credit. He also recited
Il few passages from one of William
Ebert Munsey's sermons and had the
gail to palm it off as his own.
Dave Charter died at his home
two miles north of this place last
Thursday night. Dock Holderness,
who is an old friend of the family,
attended him a few minutes before
he expired. He gave il out that Dave
died of heart failure. That is a lie.
Dave died from drinking too much OF
Il very poor grade of mail-order lick
er. This paper prints the truth.
Tom Spradlin married Miss Cordie
Meador last trades day at the county
seat. 1t amt generally known, but
the marriage Vas brought about
mainly by Remington shotgun,
manipulated by the brides father,
Tom concludin' that marryin' was
the heaithiest thing he could do I'M
til other arrangements could be
made.
Roger Lloyd, cashier of the State
bank at Willow Grove, died Wednes-
day evening and was buried Friday
by the Odd Fellows in Pleasant
Mound Cemetery. He has been TAX
ing this paper seven years and so far
hasn't paid us a cent, we thinking
that he. being a banker, would pay
sometime. We will sell the account
for two bits worth of fresh green's.
Married-Miss Susie Scruggs and
Horace Guffin last Saturday at the
Methodist parsonage, the Rev. Jas.
c. Williams officiating. The bride is
very ordinary town girl, who tiirts
with all the travelling men she meets,
anu never Helpeu utl luUtutI III ct
days all put together in her whole
life. She is anything but a beauty,
resembling a gravel pit in the face,
and walks like duck. The groom is
Il natural-born loafer and bum. He
never did a lick of work until his
stepdaddy run him off from home
last fall. He went to the county seat
and just before starving to death ac-
+ cepted a job as chambermaid in a
livery stable. AS soon as his ma
found out where he was she went
and got him and brought him home.
He now resides at the home of his
wife's father and says that he has
no definite plans for the future. Su-
sic will have a hard row to hoe