The Belding banner-news., 1922-01-25
EDITOR DECIDED
TO STOP LYING
AND TELL TRUTH
TOWNS LAZY MAN, WHISKEY
DRINKERS, WEDDINGS, ETC.
SHOWN IN TRUE COLORS

A West Texas editor got tired of
being called liar because of an oc-
casional typographical error or a
slight disarrangement of the facts
in publishing commonplace news
items, says the Dallas Pitchfork. In
his wrath he announces in boldface
type as follows:
. A lot of people in this town fall
out with the eeitor and brand him as
liar when the ordinary human
mistakes of life show up in a news
paper. You have little charity
and fellow feelin' for every man IN
town but your editor. You claim
that you want the facts and d-m if
don't give them to you. Read the
next issue Of this sheet and youth
see some facts with the bark off.
I'll admit that / have been liar, an
editorial liar, ever since / have been
editing this sheet, but | have never
printed a lie in these columns ex-
cept to save somebody's feelings
from being hurt. Pm not afraid of
any of you. I'll be dad blamed if l
don't print the plain truth from now
on, of until you get out Of the habit
of calling me a liar every time I
make some unavoidable Topographic
Here are some paragraphs culled
from the next issue.
John Bennin, the LATEST merchant
in town, made a trip to Belleville
yesterday. John Coyle, our grocery
man. who voted with the republicans
in 1916, and consumes more mail
order whiskey than any other men,
ber of the bunker church in this
county, is doing poor business. His
store is dirty and dusty. 1t is
wonder he has any business at all.
Dave Charter died at his home
two miles north of this place Thurs
cay night. Dock Helderness, who is
an old friend of the family, attend
ed him a few minutes before he ex-
pired. He gave out that Dave died
of heart failure. That is lie. Dave
ded from drinking too much of
very poor grace of mail order licker
This paper prints the truth.
Tom Spradlin married Miss Corci
Meador last trades day at the coun-
ty seat. 1t amt generally known
but the marriage was brought about
mainly by a Remington shot gun
manipulated by the brides father.
Tom concluded that marryin' was the
healthiest thing he could co 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 his loc ge brothers in Pleasant
Mound cemetery. He has been TAX
ing this paper several years and so
far hasn't paid us cent, we think
ing he, being a banker, would pay
some time. We will sell the ac-
count for two BITS worth Of fresh
greens.
Married: Miss Susie Scruggs and
Horace Guffin last Saturday at the
Methodist parsonage, the Rev. Jas.
c. Williams officiating. The bride
is a 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 a
beauty, resembling a gravel pit in
the face and walks like a duck. The
groom is natural born loafer and
bum. He never went to 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 job as chambermaid at the
livery stable. AS soon as his ma
found out where he was she went and
got him and brought him home. He
now res:Ces at the home of his wife's
father and says that he has no fur
ther definite plans for the future.
Susie has hard row to hoe.