The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-01-26

p,oss Association which convened
= its mid-winter meeting here to-
,av' the president, Mr.. M. L.
sS;nman, of Hendersonville, said:
Prethren:-I desire to again
Aank YOU for the honor con-
orrpd at u last annual meet
NO in the elevation of your hum
Ss servant to the presidency of
his association and thereby af-
Srding him this opportunity of
.Onearing before you in a repre-
antative capacity. And before
succeeding further I want to con-
~rstulate the executive committee
4 our association upon its excel
Snt Judgment in selecting the
Ssautiful and thoroughly progress
i've city of Winston-Salem for
his mid-winter meeting. This
,pry atmosphere breathes the
wirit of the hospitality character
Sic of our Southern people and I
INST know our stay here is going
% be a most pleasant and profta-
BE one.
take it that you do not expect
te accustomed address, of the
residing officer at the annual
MEETINGS, since the object of this
,sthering has been stated to be
for the purpose of talking "shop."
50 brethren land sisters) I want
70 ask you to look at me, and be-
hold the slave of a bad habit-for.
am an editor. And sad to re-
late, nay. wife knows it, brethren.
But unlike the unfortunate wo-
man who gave her husband NOR
phine to cure him of chewing to-.
bseco, and, as 3 consequence, viii
have to do her own spring plough
ng,unlike that woman, L say, she
makes NO effort to save me, and /
expect to remain a slave to the
habit until $50" comes over the
wires and the last form is closed.
Fhen,-well, you all know the
Kind Of editors who go to heaven
dead ones.
Doubtless you. expect me to say.
emething aboutthe daily grind
Of a newspaper Office, and as q
truthful man I shall plead guilty
Of possessing some knowledge Of
it. Like the man who said he had
worked on the farm all his hfe,
milking during the first year, it is
80, and | now almost feel that the
paper / own is as much q part Of
me, as much my personal proper
t, as my wife and children,-end
they are the finest In the world.
One attractive feature of an ed
TORS life is its charming variety.
One day it's one kind of trouble
the next day It's an entirely differ
tnt kind Of trouble. In the morn
ing you walk down to the Office
NTH buoYant step and friendly
ieeiRg for the most SrfeArous
subscriber building ia your big
heart. You take off your coat,
open your mail and read thusly
Your sentence for one hun
dred dollars will be due at the
INST National Bank on January
10Th" Then the Thoughts flashes
through that massive brain that
you must live within your income,
even It it becomes necessary to
borrow the money to do it. You
east a wistful eye at the big Mer-
senthaler type setting machine
over in the corner and wonder if
Walter Savory is the real friend
ne claimed to be. For only yes
lerday didn't old man boozer, Bill
Jones, stop his paper because the
herg," made a carefully com
posed sentence read: "A cow was
struck by lightning on Saturday
belonging to our fellow citizen,
Mr.. William. Jones, who had a
beautiful heifer calf only four
Gays old" Mr.. Jones has a hasty
'emper, wears number eleven slip
pers and his personal remarks
naturally had a tendency to make
you feel a bit uncomfortable and
ssuse you to wonder if, after all,
mere is any pleasure in presiding
over a newspaper. Yes, brethren
81 the North Carolina Press Asso-
slatlon' it Is a solemn thing to be
married. l mean to be an editor
land the position carries with it
q lack of public appreciation and
sympathy which is frequently de-
pressing. In fact, there ia but
One place an editor may find sym.
pathy an dthat is in the distion.
ary.
Again. with faltering step and
a CLEAN Of despair in his eye, and
RTlm do4o~~s