Omaha daily bee., 1917-07-30
Peeved Editor Prints
Facts With the Bark Off

A west Texas editor got tired of
being called a liar" because of an
occasional typographical error or
slight disarrangement of the facts in
publishing a commonplace news
item. In his wrath he announced in
boldface black type as follows:
"a lot of people in this town fall
out with the editor and brand him a
liar when the ordinary human mis-
takes of life show up in a newspa-
per. You have little charity and fell
low feelin' for every man in town
but your editor. You claim that you
want the facts, and Id if I don't
give 'em to you. Read the next issue
of 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 l have been editing
this sheet, but have never printed
a lie in these columns except to save
somebody's feelings from being hurt.
I'm not afraid of any of you, and I'll
be dad blamed if | don't print the
plain truth from now on, or until you
get out of the habit of calling me
liar every time | make some little
unavoidable typographical error.
Watch my smoke"
Here are some paragraphs, culled
from the next issue:
John Coyle, our groceryman, who
voted with the republicans in 1896
and consumes more mail order
whiskey than any other member of
the Baptist church in this country, is
doing poor business. His store is
dirty and dusty. 1t is wonder he has
any business at ALL"
The Rev. Sly preached last Sunday
night at the Christina church. His
sermon was punk and uninteresting
except some stuff he quoted from Bob
Ingersoll. for which he failed to give
Bob any credit, He also recited a few
passages from one of William El-
bert Munsey's sermons and had the
gall 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, at
tended him a few minutes before he
expired. He gave it out that Dave
died of heart failure. That is lie.
Dave died from drinking too much
OF a very poor grade of mail order
Ticker. This paper prints the truth"
Roger Lloyd, cashier of the State
Bank of Willow Grove, died Wednes-
day evening and was buried Friday
by the Odd Fellows in Pleasant
Mound cemetery. He had been taking
this paper seven years and so far had
MT paid us cent, we thinking that
he, being a banker, would pay some
time. We will sell the account for two
bits worth Of fresh green's"
Married: Miss Susie Scruggs and
Horace .Gufin last Saturday at the
Methodist parsonage, the Rev. James
c. Williams, officiating. The bride is
very ordinary town girl, who firts
with all the travelling men she meets
and never helped her mother three
days all put together in her whole
life. She is anything but a beauty,
resembling gravel pit in the face and
walks like a duck. The bridegroom
is natural-born loafer and bum. He
never did a lick of work until his
stepdaddy run off from home last fall.
He went to the county seat, and just
before starving to death accepted 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 re-
sides at the home of his wife's father,
and says that he has no definite plans
for the future. Susie will have hard
row to hoe" dallas Pitchfork.