Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
Publishers In Greeting
TO Henderson Dispatch
On Silver Anniversary

another section OF today's large
Hi ,a.4cco edition of the Daily
sA ''', ,.b are greetings sent to the
~ I'''.nnr on its 18th, or silver, an
from publishers over the
r. Tn3t section of the paper was
.,t.l severed days ago, and since
|,,a others have written send
1h1" ,a.r best wishes. These are as
loIi""' Pn ~ these is a letter following
.1Ioo,..,n. sent earlier by Charles
1h@,ae manager of the New York
IN, II the MergCnthaler Linotype
C1npanv. the letter following:
oIa' ~ order to be among those ex-
..adno congratulations to the Hen
5lr.on l5l,'' Daily Dispatch on its 25th
.n,.s4,y. I resOrted to a telegram
q.,,sa q-'-', of the engagements which
IN 0e out of the office up to to-
y, Aid not know just what day
u' nl3nned to issue your annual
haoro edition and l certainly did
,,.ent to be represented IN the issue
= Won thought my message worthy
II reproduction.
yon know that l was in Hender-
CON tbe day that you started pub
i,oa+ion of the Daily and l have re-
.s;nad keen interest in the success
- The Daily Dispatch for personal
and sentimental reasons. | need not
do more than say that l hope the
nevt twenty-five years will be much
eqsier than the first quarter of CEN
trv that you are just completing.
Win = lot for a new building 1 feel
tbat ii will not be very long before
Won and your paper will occupy a
fine new building mOdernly equip
ped.
My very best regards and wishes.
Another came from H. Gait BraX-
ION. editor and publisher of the Kin
sion Daily Free Press, who wrote as
follows:
/ have just learned that you are
10 celebrate your 25th anniversary
in a short time and l wish to extend
congratulations.
The Henderson Daily Dispatch, un-
der your direction, has been a force
for good and representative of the
superior quality of journalism ex-
hibited in the small dailies of North
Carolina. l believe the smaller field
in this State is more developed and
the newspapers generally in the
smaller cities have standards which
ouuank those in similar communities
in other cOmmOnWealths.
As you know l celebrated my 25th
anniversary as editor and publisher
Of The Free Press on May l, last. !
can attest for you that it is quite a
spell and much water has gone over
the dam May l hope for you that the
next 25 years will be much easier
for you.
Eric W. Rodgers, editor of the Scot
land Neck Commonwealth, wrote the
following:
On the occasion of the 25th An
niversary Of the Henderson Daily
Dispatch, | wish to take the oppor-
tunity of congratulating you on a
long period of useful and construc-
tive service to the people of your
community.
Kipling in one of his poems said |
that the British Empire was built |
precedent on precedent" and so it |
IS with a neWspaper-its character is
built year by year through steady,
devoted service to the
people and adherence to the cardinal /
rule Of neWspapering, that the editor
snail regard himself as a vehicle for
informing the people of all that is
going on in public life and shall not
bow down to vested interests. I be-
lleVe you have adhered to the ideal
ism Of newspapers which is so often |
attacked by those who would convert
them into venal instruments to fur
ther their own ends.
At the masthead Of my newspaper
| have been carrying statement at
rlbuted to the great AdOlph Ochs,
The Southern Jew who went to New
York and built the New York Times
INTO worldwide instrument Of good.
ms statement reads, "a newspaper
gains nothing by bowling to special
interests except to weaken the public
in its integrity" You have
al all times held high the torch of a
Tree press. The reward is the con-
lldence Of your community in your
integrity both personally and as an
editor.
On this occasion l wish to extend
lne congratulations of one who is
proud to be numbered among your
trends, and to wish for you regime
ol many more years.
from Miss Beatrice Cobb, pub
nsher and editor of the MorgantOn