St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-09-01
WRATHFuL EDITOR
LAX" NO LONGER
Texas New spaper Man Tires Of
Critic ms and Decide. to
Give His Patrons q
Few Truths.

Dallas, Texas.-A west Texas edi-
tor got tired of being called liar"
because OF an occasional Topographic
cal error or slight disarrangement
of the facts in publishing common
place news item. In his wrath he
announced the fact in boldiace type
as follows:
"A lot of people in this town fall
out with the editor and brand h III
as liar when the ordinary hunlan
mistakes of life show I'm in a news
paper. You have a little charity
and fellow feelin' for every man in
town but your editor. You claim
that you want the facts, and ID II
l don't give 'em to you. Read the
next Issue of this sheet and you'll
see some facts with. the bark of.
III admit that | have been liar.
an editorial liar, ever since have
been editing this sheet, but l have
never printed 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 II
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 unavoida BILE typo
graphical error. Watch my smoke"
Here are some paragraphs, culled
from the next issue:
John COyle, our groceryman, who
voted with the Republ cans in 1896
and consumes more mail order whis-
ky than any other member of the
Baptist church in this country, Is
doing poor business. His store
is dirty and dusty. 1t Is a wonder
he has any bus mes at ALL"
"The Rev. Sly preached last Sun
day at the Christian Church. Hia
sermon was punk and uninteresting
except some stuff he quoted from
Bob Ingersoll, for which he failed
to give Bob any credit. He also re-
cited few passages from one of
William Ebert Munsey's sermons
and had the gall to palm it OF a.
his own"
Dave Charter died at his home
two miles north of this place last
who is an old friend of the family,
attended him few minutes before
he d ed. He gave it out that Dave
died of heart failure. That is a lie.
Dave died from drinking too much
of very poor grade of mail order
Ticker. This paper prints the TRUTH
tom Spadlin married Miss Cordie
Meador last trades day at the coun-
ty seat. 1t amt generally known,
but the marriage was brought about
| mainly by Remington shotgun ma
nipulated by the brides father, Tom
eoncludin' that marrying was the
healthiest thing he could do until
other arrangements could be made"
Roger Lloyd, cashier of the State
Bank at Willow Grove, died We'd
nesday evening and was buried Fri
day morning by the Odd Fellows in
Pleasant Mound cemetery. He had
been taking this paper seven years
and so far hasn't paid US q 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 Jas.
G. Williams officiating. The bride Is
very ordinary girl, who flirts 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, res
sembling gravel pit in the face.
and walks like a duck. The BRIDE
groom IS a natural-born loafer and
bum. He never did lick of work
until his stepdaddy run HIM of from
his home last fall He went to The
county seat, and just before starving
to death accepted a job as chamber
maid in a livery stable. AS soon 40
his ma found out where he was she
| went and got him and brought him
home. He now resides at the homo
of his wife's father, AMI says that
he has no definite plans Cor The fu-
ture. Susie will have hard row
| to hOe."-The w. N. u. Auxiliary.