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Evening star., 1940-05-09
A nose for news
and q stomach for whiskey

j HE CITY ROOM knows him no more.
He has passed on to some private and per-
sonal Nirvana of his own, where every type
writer has all its keys and bottle waits at
every four-a alarm fire.
And the only epitaph he would have wished
Is this .."He was good reporter"
His greatest and most unconscious, charac-
terisic was an Unsuitable curiosity. He seethed
with questions. Nothing was as it seemed, and
he picked frantically at surface facts until the
shell broke and the muck, or the treasure, un-
derneath was exposed to his greedy mind
, With or without the vine leaves in his hair,
his sense of news verged on the occult He
knew bishops and gunner, politicians and
pickpockets, and treated both the great and
the sham with the same casual impertinence.
His mind was brimning pool of assorted
facts, which he turned on and off like tap.
Under glass-hard exterior, he had heart
as soft as mush. He rooted fercely for the un-
dertog, perhaps because he was so much the
underdog himself
He got paid very little-and when other
people talked of the profession of journalism"
his was the loudest laugh.
, Sometimes he grew out of it. Sometimes he
became famous columnist, noted author,
or even an Editor. But mostly he grew old at
IS. And when he saw new youngster in the
City Room he figured the best thing he could
do was to take him across the street and say
to him: kid, what the hell are you doing
Evening star., 1940-05-09

around here? Get out Of it It's lousy busi-
ness..."
But the youngster never took his advice.
Year after year thousands Of new youngsters
decided there was only one thing in the world
they wanted to be-a newspaperman. And the
American press grew up.
The old-time reporter has passed from the
scene. But he left behind him a legacy of
incalculable value to the nation. For he estab-
lished the tradition of good reporting as the
foundation of free press
What happened? Who did it? Where?
When? Why?
,. AS long as these questions can be asked by
good reporters free to write the truest and
frankest answers they can find, freedom will
have survived.
True, since the days of the old-ti reporter,
both men and minds have changed. The re-
porter of today is better man than his pre-
decessor He has to be. He is better educated,
better-paid. Neither he nor his editor can get
away with the cheap sensationalism of yester-
days Yellow Journalism neither Of them
insists on any special license to get drunk. The
reporters passport today is respected every
where, and he is expected to live up to the code
of his profession.
, Too Americas appetite for news has grown
sharper It takes some $4,000 local reporters
and 1888 daily newspapers to crafty it. Alto
gether 100000 men and women are engaged
in telling you what is happening in the world.
Evening star., 1940-05-09

with all the trimmings you're. accustomed to-
comic strips, womens pages photographs, So
ciety notes, advice to the lovelorn, columnists,
cartoons, editorials, crossword puzzles.
But whatever the extra values newspapers
and magazines may offer today, one thing re-
mains the same the heart of free press is
still the good reporter. It is still the man with
the nose for news, as peculiar and authentic
possession as the eye of painter or the ear Of
a musician.
, Perhaps good reporting is the reason above
all other reasons, why the Newsmagazine has
come to occupy such high place in the brain
and heart of the nation.
For the Newsmagazine has, as grist for its
weekly mill, all that has been found out by all
the worlds good reporters. Sometimes these
good reporters are TIMES own correspondents
Or legmen. Sometimes they work for one Of the
Evening star., 1940-05-09

great Press Associations. Sometimes they are
obscure people whose nuggets have been bur-
led on page 10 of some little-read publication.
Sometimes they are men and women in TIMES
home-ofice, who-at one end of wire-probe
a reporter three hundred or three thousand
miles away until few confused facts become
a well-ordered, living story.
The world is the good reporters hunting
ground. No man can tell where nose for news
may pick up the scent. Stories may break in
the White House, the Holland tunnel, the
Balkans, the South Pole, Number 10 Downing
Street, or 1913 Central Avenue, South Bend
, No man can anticipate TINES Stories The
Newsmagazine is as unpredictable as the war
ring, struggling, creating, cock-eyed human
race, whose historian it is Only this is certain.
In today's world the true adventures of your
fellow humans, gathered and told by good
reporters, make more absorbing reading than
anything in the world of make-believe.
This is one of series of advertisements in
which the Editors of TIME hope to give all tho
readers Of this newspaper clearer picture Of
the world Of news gathering, news-writin6, and
news-readine and the part TIME plays in help
ing you to grasp measure, and use the history
ofyour lifetime as you live the story Of your life.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Another Deadline

II vou look about you much you'll
80, = lot of automobiles on the
streets that are not displaying 1911
S+,r, or city license plates, and to-
G,y is the deadline. The law requires
,l,,- M motor vehicle dOmiclled III
,ne State shall be operated after
,,iGnisht tonight without the new
-,eS and Il city statute applies with
Ike force locally. Yet there Will be
ears darling about hither and yon to-
morrow. that are not so equipped.
If there are motorists who have
,,,IIv not been able to buy their
rev- licenses. the only logical thing
fn,. them t. do is to put their cars
,,n until they can comply with the
Inv Blu, there won't be much SYM
,,-ry for those vino have deliberate
~ neglected to get the 1911 plates,
and they will act in open defiance
# regulations if they venture out
after midnight.
Hitherto there has been more
general Haunting OF the city ordi-
nance than the State requirement.
We could imagine there are scores,
r,rhopS even hundreds. OF automo-
bile owners in the city who run their
c,,,s for weeks or months without.
h,,ving TAG tor the current year. IN
This veay 1910 something like l.+GO
cirv plates were bought, whereas
I'D to the present time less than
.ayer hundred have been sold by the
civ clerks office for the new year,
7, would be 4 miracle il the other
seven hundred were to make their
purchases today in time to measure
lid bv the midnight deadlme.
Citizens should be laW-abidIng
enough to respect the statute Volun-
-a,iIv. enforcement Officers. in jus
,ice owa it to those who have done
50 to compel the recalcitrantS to
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Regulation Resented

There will be thousands of small
business men in this State who will
W ONE let-up in trends that have
ma ID recent sessions Of the Cen
>rul Assembly looking toward regu
latiun and control of nearly every
thing and everybody. The Daily
Dispatch Raleigh bureau senses q
deep resentment on the part Of these
groups toward policies that have
been pursued for several years, and
if conclusions reached by the bu-
reau are correct that the l94l legis-
laturc will show little more good
iudsnrnt and sit down on these in
novatiunS lot of people struggling
TO keep their establishments out OF
the red may breathe sigh OF re-
lief
SUGGESTIONS that these movements
in the past have grown out of de-
sire on the part Of those already in
business; to keep others out and to
acquire and retain monopoly in
their respective fields contain
more truth than fiction, in our hum
BILE Judgment. On several occasions
the Spprcmv Court has sat down
flatlv upon some Of these statutes
when suits came up from lower
courts challenging conStitutionality
of monopoliStic trends. One of them,
brought by dry cleaners who refused
to pay licenses to the newly-created
State board, originated in this
county.
To say that 4 man cannot set him.
self I'D in the plumbing, cleaning or
certain other businesses without first
poSsing an examination and obtain
inc 4 permit is sheer abSurdity And
laws which impose such restraints
are unfair and unjust.
Had not the Supreme Court
stepped in to call 4 halt, there is no
telling where this thing would have ]
gone. 1t probably would not have !
been long until no manor woman
either. lrr that m"ttcr-could launch |
into any sort of activity without
obtaining permission from somebody |
10 proceed. Our boosted liberty in
this so-calIed free country would |
have become 4 monstrosity and a |
Joke.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
$4,000 REFUNDING BONDS.
Be it ordained by the City G

Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Henderson:
Section l. That the City of Hen
derson issue its bonds, pursuant 10
The Municipal Finance Act, 1921, as
amended, in an amount not exceeding
$4,000 for the purpose of refundlng
a like amount of the principal Of
valid subsisting bonded indebtedness
of the City of Henderson, which in
debtedness was incurred for neces-
sary expenses of said City, and is
evidenced by the following:
$4,000 Ia percent Street and
Sidewalk Bonds, dated March l, 1928,
maturing March l, 1941, and
$4,000 5 ID percent Street and
Sidewalk Bonds, dated July l, 1923,
maturing July l, 1941.
Section 2. That tax sufficient to
pay the principal and interest of the
refunding bonds herein authorized
shall be annually levied and collect
ed.
Section 8. That the holders of said
refunding bonds shall be subrogated
to all the rights and powers of the
VI lllC ~ ~
funded.
Section 4. That a statement of the
debt of the City has been filed with
the Clerk and is open to public in
spection. II
Section 5. That this ordinance shall
take effect upon its passage and
shall not be submitted to the voters
The foregoing ordinance was pass
ed on the 23rd day of December,
1910, and was first published on the
Oath day of December, 1910.
Any action or proceeding ques-
tioning the validity of said ordinance
must be commenced within thirty
days after its first publication.
w. c.. ROYSTER,
City Clerk.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Capital Gossip
By HENRY AVERlLL.

Raleigh, Dec. 31.-As a new State
administration nears, Uncle David
the aged Negro, who has served at
! the governors mansion for 48 years,
is admitting that he is lin his
! sixties"
Nobody really knows how old he
is-Governor Hoey thinks he's about
So, and some of the older Raleigh
citizens claim he's almost 80, but &C
cording to Uncle David's' own tes-
tlmony age is really creeping up
on him.
When o. Max Gardner became
governor in 1929 he asked the old
Negro: How old are you, Uncle
Benz" and got the answer Pm sixty
! five, guVnor."
Eight years later, when Gardeners
brother-in-laW, Clyde R. Hoey took
over the gubernatorial duties, the
same question was asked by the new
occupant of the mansion.
I'm siXty-siX, guvnor", came the
reply.
Four more years have come and
almost gone, and as said in the open
ing paragraph David still refuses to
admit being out of 'his SIXTIES"
Whatever his age, the old fellow is
the spryest individual around the
mansion, according to Governor
HOey.
Now Uncle" seems certain to add
thirteenth service stripe" to the
even dozen he wears on his dress
coat at big functions to indicate
each governor for whom he has done
the honors in inimitable fashion.
There's nothing like keeping post
ed on things. Radio Station WIT, !
Charlotte, recently wired the Raleigh |
Courier-Journal that its readers |
might be interested to know that the
Orange Bowl game will be broad
cast over the Queen City station,
The Courier Journal persisted
peacefully more than two years ago. !;
Some of your reporters friends are
complaining they can't settle down
after the holidays.
Personally, this corner isn't a bit
worried about that-what it can't
do is settle up after the holidays.
Ronald Hocutt, chief of the high
way safety division, belives that talk
OF unavoidable" accidents is very
bad psychology. His contention ,s
that no accident just happens
IL always has a cause which could
be avoided.
Following this line of thought he
Is writing all coroners of North Car
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

airy War. Many American towns and
counties are named for him. Died in
1894.
i. Buncombe county with 1881.
These were principally summer
homes of non residents.
5. Reports for that year show a
total of 1857 in operation. The aver
age term of these schools was twelve
and one-half weeks. White teachers
were paid an average salary Of S24.-
ii, and colored teachers an average
OF 1898, per month. The average
value of the school buildings was
1882.
6. During the four years North
Carolina appropriated total Of over
$6,0O0,00O for relief purposes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

mart we incline to the idea that such
I,rt,rnS as may be experienced will
roo, in the defense program reaching
,,ior gear, rather than Springing from
n,t,ral and ordinary causes and con-
ditiNMS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Not for Nothing

Hitler dispatch ot 4 vast army
some say 100000, others 6OOOOO-
into Runania is 50 far Il mystery.
pu, the movement is not Tor MOTH
inc. Som.e sort OF strategy lies be
hind this transfer OF so large Il mum
ber OF troops into the Balkans. ana
il j. certain the objective is not 10
keep order" in the little country al
ready in NaM hands, an explanation
that WIS given when the naZlS FIRST
. began TO triclile into eX-king Carol :
! kingdom.
One theory advanced has been that
Hitler is trying to divert British at
tentions from the home front 50 as
10 make the rumored invasion at
Tempt easier. Another IS that the
soldiers are to guard Rumanlan OIL
wells and food supplies. to which the
nazis are helping themselves, with
~. without consent Still a third pos
sibilitv. and one at least as plausible
rs any. is that Il campaign t. assist
Nussolini against the Greeks is I'M
minent. and that its ultimate goal IS
a drive further east to the Darda-
nelles, and even into or through
Turkey for bachelor push against
the Suez Canal and Egypt.
The mighty German army has had
little to do since the fall of France,
except to prepare for invasion oil
England. which has so far not ma
! terialzed What its aggregate
strength is is not definitely known
outside Germany, but certainly large
! enough that half million men can
easily be spared in southeastern Eu-
rope for whatever purpose may be
in Hitler's mind.
Whether the program calls for one
or for another of the suggested OBJ
iectives. it can be set down as
certainty that it portends new trout
bles and new miSeries for the cause
Of Britain. The Greeks thus lar
have performed 4 remarkable feat in
pushing MuSsolnis army back al
most to the waters edge in Albania,
but if Hitler should decide to take
hand it will be d different story, pos
sibly even another Finland, as was
speculated on at the time of the first
Greek successes. Should that even
tuate. all the brilliant performances
of the little army will go for naught
and its sacrifices in vain.
: In the face of these movements,
however, it must not be lost sight
Of that the Spearhead, as the Presi-
dent called it, of resistance to the
dictators is the fight Britain is put
ting up on her home front. 1t is
there that the war will in the end
: be decided Should that sector col
lapse. all other fronts would go the
same way in short order. The Bal
kans and Africa cannot be overlook
2 ed, but always there is Britain as
:, the vital spot, and it is on that front
:. that the future of the world for de-
: cades, perhaps even centuries, will
u be determined.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED ri. MAY

|. Where were camp meetings first
held in North Carolina?
2. What group Of delegates refused
10 sign the constitution of 1868?
3. For whom was Camden county
FAMED?
+. What county in North Carolina
showed the greatest number of va
cant houses in the 1910 census?
5. How many public schools were
in operation in North Carolina in
1888?
6. What was North Cardinals total
appropriations for relief work dur.
ing the War between the States?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
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next twelve months.
Briefly. the >tatISIIclan sees 4 ten
per cent business gain over 1910,
with the defense program in high
gear. and he thinks present high lev
els OF activity should be exceeded
before spring No more New Deal
experiments III 1911, with a gradual
upward trend in markets, and with
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
ANSWERS.

/. The first camp meeting in North
Carolina were held in the piedmont
section of the state in 1889. From
that section they spread to the Cape
Fear and the Albemarle sections.
Bishop Daniel Asbury and Rev. John
MCGEE were leaders in the move
ment. Generally the Baptists and the
PreSbyterians joined with the Meth
odists in the movement, however the
Baptists and PresbyterianS were di-
vided in giving the movement sup
port.
2. Thirteen delegates who were
members Of the conservative DH11E.
This group voted against adopting
the constitution, and after it had
been adopted by a vote CT 70? to 13
they refused to sign it.
3. Charles Pratt, 4 great English
jurist and statesman, born in l7l4,
and created Earl of Camden in 1885.
He entered law under very dis
couraging circumstances. His first big
case came in 1852 when he success
fully defended a bookseller charged
with libel against the House of Com
mons. He was appointed attorney
general in 1857. and Chief Justice of
the Common Pleas five years later.
AS justice he presided over a famous
case in which he declared the action
of the government illegal. This case
made him a public hero. He was APP
pointed Lord Chancellor in 1863. and
as such approved more lenient po-
licies toward the American colonies.
He remained Il Staunch friend of the
colonies all through the Revolution
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

rode horse back to the White
House where the crowds staged
such wild jamboree (culmin-
ating in ice cream and orange
punch) that the newly-elected
president went to the Bodsby
hotel to get away from the
noise and excitement. Hero Of
many a battle in the field, fero-
cious in combat, Jackson seems
to have been just a little nom
plussed by his jubilant visitors.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

In his early days, Mussolini used
to act the part of the village atheist,
summoning God to strike him down
dead.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

It's been so warm all over the
United States that all Americans
enjoyed the holiday week in
Florida"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

Winter does have It's nice side.
Now it's impossible to lose money
betting on baseball games.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

FOR CLEARANCE, PRICES
greatly reduced on all fall
dresses, hats and coats. VIII
liams Style Shoppe. 30-lti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

DINA asking them to consider the in
advisability of bringing in Verdicts IL:
which any accident is termed "un-
avoidable."
A recent verdict returned by &
New Hanover coroner's jury meets
Mr.. Hocutt'S ideas of how they should
be framed In that case, according
TO all the evidence, man walked
into the side of truck, was run
over and killed.
The jury found he came to his
death as the result Of Icing run over
by the truck, but added 1--WE find
no criminal negligence on the part
of said driver and he is hereby ex-
cnerated."
In MI. Hocutt's eyes, that's about
perfect. The driver is held blameless,
out still there is no loose talk of "un-
svoidable" accidents leading the
general public to believe that they
are things which just have to occur
IN spite of all that can be done.
The radio suggestion of Carl
Goerch Sunday night that North
Carolina give a bomber rather than
bundles, to Britain has met with en-
thusiastic response here. Mr.. Goerch
mas written William Allen White, of
The Aid to Britain committee, and
10 the British embassy asking if the
thing is desirable and practical. If
they say 60 ahead, there will be
launched a tremendous campaign to
raise funds to build and equip big
lighting plane for the gallant Brit
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

FOR RENT: MODERN TWO ROOM
furnished apartment with electric
cook stove, Frigidaire. etc. Con-
tinuous hot water. Clarke. Charlie;
street, phone 341-W. r. L. Nus
tan. 3l-Iti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY OK
furniture and various other items.
See us before you buy. r. T.. Sat
terWhite & Sons, near fire station.
22-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

FOR RENT: THREE ROOM APART.
ment, living room. bedroom. and
kitchen with sink. Gas stove and
built-in cupboardS. Mrs. ". r
Walker, 324 Charles street. phone
4lo-W. 3l-lli
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

FREE. NOT A HOLIDAY SPECIAL
We have always given free shines
and laces with all repair Jobs
Phone 638. We call for. Grisson'g
Shoe Shop. 17-tf
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

FOR RENT: TWO COMFORTABLY
furnished downstairs bedrooms
with connecting bath. 1913 Young
Avenue, Mrs. c. H. Eppes, phone
$40. 3O-6tI
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
SUbSC RIPTION PRICES

FAITH OF OTHERS IS INDEED y
SUPPORT: That | may De 50 con-
torted by the mutuaj faith ooth o.
YOU and Me.-RonlunS liz.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

FOR RENT: A NEW FIVE POIN
house on Peachtree street: one fjyc
room house on Zollicoffer avcnyn
recently painted inside and out
Alex S. Watkins, phone SO. 3l-iG
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

THREE COWS FOR SALE. If IN
terested, see Mrs. ToIlie AyScuc
at EPSON. 22-2,i
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

h S inaugural
o a t h, a n d a
| ar &c party
followed hi m
on foot. More
t h a n $4,000
people, a large
C r o w d f o r
t h a t tt m e,
witnessed the
c e r e m o n y.
H i 8 t or y re-
C ords h q t
Jackson bowed
solennly when
he came out
on the portico,
and + n q + he
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

FOR RENT: TWO STORY FRAME
dwelling, corner Turner avenue
and Zene street. Seven rooms, suit
able for boarding house or private
dwelling. Citizens Realty & Loan
Co, real estate, insurance, rentals.
off
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
WANT ADS
Get Results

HENDERSON BUSINESS COLLEGE
New Term, January 6. We have
one object-Preparing young peo-
pie to do skillfully ana accurate
ly work required in modern busi-
ness offices.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

BUY Nights COAL.-IT'S \
thrifty buy that gives you the
most for your money. Clean burn
ing, long lasting. It's smart to he
thrifty! Phone 1873. Nights Coal
& Wood. 1uns
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31
Andrew jackson

(Seyenth President, l829-37)
BY Central Press
OLD HICKORY" whom the
Indians had dubbed Big Knife"
walked hatless up Pennsylvania
avenue to the Capitol to take
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

FOR THE BEST BODY AND
fender work, replacement of
broken glass, radiator repair
ing and cleaning, painting and
upholstery repairing bring your
car to Legg-Parham Co. 5-23ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

FOR RENT: TWO OR THREE ROOM
furnished apartment, all modern
conveniences. gas. oil range. Water,
lights, phone, garage free. Rem
reasonable. Phone 642-J, 566 Row
land street. JUL
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

GOOD LOOKS PAY BIG OVID
ends and you can collect them if
you patronize this shop. Efficient
and courteous service. Phone 200
for appointment. Bridgers Beauty
Shon lott
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

NEW LOW ADMISSION PRICES At
the Embassy and Stevenson. lOc
children, soc adults, matinee ana
night. 3I-Z--H
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-31

IF YOU WANT REAL NICE WORh
try us. Our repairing can't be beat
Free shine and shoe strings WIN
every half sole job l42-J. Baker 5:
lift