Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-11-06
Editor Tells the Truth.

a WEST texas CHitOl SOt tliSd VI w
ing called a "liar" because Of an oc-
casionaI typographical error of slight
disarrangement of the facts in publish
ing commonplace news items, says the
Dallas Pitchfork. In his wrath he an
nounced in boldface type as follows;
"A lot of people in this town fall out
with the editor and brand him as liar
when the ordinary human mistakes OF
life show up in newspaper. You have
little charity and fellow feelin' for
every man in town but your editor.
You claim that you want the facts, and
ID il ! don't give 'em to you. Read
the next issue of this sheet and you'll
see some facts with the bark of. I'll
admit that have been liar, and ed
itorial liar, ever since | have been
editing this sheet, but ! have never
printed lie in these columns except
to save somebody's feelings from be-
ing hurt. Pm not afraid Of any OF
you. 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
a liar every time make some little
unavoidable typographical error. Watch
my smoke"
Here are come paragraphs culled
from the next issue:
John BENIN, the LATEST merchant
in town, made a trip to Belleville yes
terday.
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 a poor
business. His store is dirty and dus-
ty. 1t is a wonder he has any business
at all.
Dave Charter died at his home two
miles north Of this place Thursday
night. Dock Holderness, who is an
old friend of the family, attended him
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.
Tom Spradin married Miss Coreie
Meador last trades day at the county
seat. 1t amt generally known, but the
marriage was brought about mainly by
a Remington shotgun manipulation by
the brides father, Tom concludin' that
MARVIN 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 evening and was buried Friday by
the Odd Fellows in Pleasant Mound
Cemetery. He has been taking this
paper several years, and so far hasn't
paid us cent, we thinking that he, be-
a banker, would pay some time. We
will sell the account for two bits
worth of fresh greens.
Married: Miss Susie Scruggs and
Horace Cufin last Saturday at the
Methodist parsonage, the Rev. James
C. Williams officiating. The bride is
a 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 beauty, re-
sembling a gravel pit in the face, and
walks like a duck. The groom is 2
naturalborn loafer and bum. He nev-
er did any work until his stepdaddy
run him of from home last fall. He
went to the county seat and just be
fore starving TO death accepted job
as chambermad in 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. Susie
will have a hard row to hoe.
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