The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-19
STRAIGHT TALK.


 be admitted that they are so rare in these modern times as to lead one to believe that the species is about to be- come extinct. But we have been for tunate to locate one, however, some where in Texas. Our authority is Dun- bars Weekly of Phoenix, Arizona, who in turn passes the credit along to the Dallas Pitchfork. The unquestionable honesty of this contemporary puts to shame everything we have ever es- sayed under the title of Straight Talk and inasmuch as it has purely local application in every American com munity, we print it without further eX- planation:
 "A west Texas editor got tired of being called a liar because of an Oc- casional typographical error or slight disarrangement of the facts in pub fishing a commonplace news item. In his wrath he announced in bold face black type as follows:
 GA lot of people in this town fall out with the editor and brand him as liar when the ordinary human mis- takes of life show up in a newspaper You have a little charity and fellow feeling for every man in town, but your editor. You claim that you want the facts, and damned if I don't give them to you. I'll admit that l have been liar, an editorial liar, ever since I have been editing this sheet, but 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 if l don't print the plain truth from now on, or until you get out of the habit of calling me a liar every time I make some little unavoidable typographical error. Watch my smoke
 Here are some of the paragraphs culled from the next issue: John Coyle, our groceryman, who voted with the Republicans in 1896 and con- sumes more mail order whisky than any other member of the Baptist church in this country, is doing a poor business. His store is dirty and dusty. It is a wonder he has any business at all.'
 %'The Rev. -Sty preached last Sun day night in the Christian church. His sermon was punk and uninteresting, except some stuff he quoted from Bob Ingersol!, for which he failed to give Bob any credit. He also recited few passages from one of William Ebert Munsey's sermons, and had the gall to palm 1t off as his own
 Dave Chartier 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 few minutes before he expired. He gave it out that Dave died of heart failure. That is a lie. Dave died from drinking too much of a very poor grade of mail order flicker. This paper prints the truth
 From Spradlin married Miss Cor die Meador last trades day at the county seat. It ain't generally known, but the marriage was brought about mainly by a Remington shotgun ma nipulated by the brides father, Tom concluding 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 Wednes- day morning, and was buried Friday by the Odd Fellows in Pleasant Mound cemetery. He had been taking this paper seven years and so far hadn't paid cent, we thinking he he, being banker, would pay some time. We will sell the account for two bits worth of fresh greens
 Married: Miss Susie Scruggs and Horace Guffin, last Saturday at the Methodist Parsonage. the Rev. James c. Williams, officiating. The bride is very ordinary town 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 beauty, resem- bling gravel pit in the face and walks like duck. The bridegroom is natural born loafer and bum He never did lick of work until his step. daddy run him off from home last fall. He went to the county seat, and just before starving to death, accept. ed job as chambermaid in a livery stable. As soon as his ma found out