Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 313, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — TO ERR IS HUMAN; TO FORGIVE DIVINE. [ARTICLE]

TO ERR IS HUMAN; TO FORGIVE DIVINE.

Brother Babcock, of the Democrat, takes the editor of the Republican to task for saying in an article that there are twenty-orie instead of .‘twenty voting precincts in Jasper county. We admit our error and plead guilty to being densely ignorant, though the error referred to ■was not made by the editoT.\ 1 But Brother Babcock should try. to be correct in giving out his information, for he made two grevious ’errors in his article hurled at the weakness of the Republican editor. He says that the Republican editor has lived here all his life. That is a mistake of eight years. ! He says that the Republican editor served as county school superintendent for twelve years, and I served but ten and no one should be ’better posted on this than Mr. Babcock, for he gave us his undivided attention during our entire term of office. An examination of his file [would tell even when I dared to step off of Jasper soil. • We appreciate the gentle calling received and are sure it wpa administered for the noble purpose of givi ing us the information which we [ were lacking, as well as a modest 'boost among our friends Mid neighbors. |- Now we hope that our instructor [will not think we are offended. No, we just love to be balled out. But : we do whnt to forgive him for the gross mistakes in his article, for, you know, most all of us do make mistakes. . , Jf anyone feels personally injured 'on account of our trying to add a voting precinct to Jasper county, will they please recognize the fact that it was better than to try to take one away from the county. •“It is more blessed to give than to •receive.”