Show t PRINTING TILE THE TRUTH TRUTHA t tA A west Texas editor g got t tired o of ot f f b e being eing aus call called cd a liar because of oC an ani i f occasional typographical error or Y slight disarrangement of the facts in t Im publishing a commonplace news item In his wrath he announced the fact L in hr boldface type as follows I p A A lot of oC people p-eople in this town fallout fall fallout Yi O I out with the editor and brand h him m as asu n J V t t u a liar liar when the ordinary human mistakes mistakes mistakes mis mis- takes of life show up in a newspaper You Iou have ha a little charity and fellow for Cor every man in town but your editor You claim that you want the facts and d d-d d d if I dont don't give em to you Read the next issue of this sheet and you'll see some facts with the bark arl off off Ill I'll admit that I 1 have been a liar an editorial liar ever since I have been heen editing thie she sheet t but ut I 1 have never printed a lie In these columns except to save some some- boyds boyd's feelings from being heing hurt Im I'm not afraid of ot any of you and Ill I'll bedad be bedad r dad blamed If I dont don't print the plain truth from now on or until you get out of the habit of calling me a liar every every time I make some little unavoidable unavoidable una una- voidable typographical error Watch Vatch my smoke Here are some para paragraphs ral hs culled from the next issue I John Coyle our who r vot voted d with the Republicans eI in 1896 1596 and and 1 consumes more mail order I whisky le than any other member of the Baptist church in this country is doing do do- ing ing a poor business His store is dirt dirty and dusty It is a wonder he helias has lias any business at all all I IThe The Rev Sty preached last Sunday Sunda Sunday Sun Sun- da day night at the Christian church His sermon was punk and uninteresting er esting g except same stuff he quoted from Bob Ingersoll for which he r failed to give Bob any credit He also al alo also al- al so o recited a few passages from one of William Elbert Munsey's sermons and had the gall to palm it off as his own 1 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 attended him a few minutes minutes' before he lie died died He gave it out that Dave died of heart failure That is a lie He Dave died cUed from drinking too much of avery avery a avery very very poor grade of m mail il order licker This paper prints the truth truth truthS S Roger Lloyd cashier of or orthe the State Bank at Willow Grove died Wednesday Wednes da day evening and was buried Friday h by the Odd Fellows f In is Pleasant Mound cemetery He had lad been taking taking tak tak- taking ing this paper seven years years and so far c. c hasn't paid pait us is a cent we thinking that he being eing a banker would pay some time We Ve will sell the account for two bits' bits worth of fresh greens Married Miss Mss Susie Cruggs and Horace Guffin last Saturday at the Methodist parsonage the Rev Rey JamesC James C C. C Williams officiating The bride is isI I I r a ver very ordinary town girl who flirts flirts with all the traveling men she site meets and never helped her mother three days all put lIl together in her whole life Ufe She Js is anything but hut a beauty resembling g a gravel pit in the face and walks like like- a duck The bridegroom bridegroom bride bride- V groom groom is a natural natural- natural born orn loafer and burn bum J- J He Je e never did a lI lick of oC work until his run oft from home last fall He went to the c county county coun coun- un- un ty seat and just before starving to death accepted a job as chambermaid i in l a livery stable As soon as his ma found out where he was she went and got him hini 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 ary |