The Times-News (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-Current
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,875 issues from 1933 to 1938, published in Hendersonville, North Carolina, digitised for Chronicling America.
On Tuesday, February 1, 1927, the Hendersonville Times-News published its first issue. Edited by James Toole Fain (1876-1957) and Claude Monroe “Mike” Ogle (1891-1968), the new title resulted from a merger of the two newspapers serving Hendersonville, N.C., the Hendersonville News and the Hendersonville Times.
The debut issue pitched the merger as beneficial to local businesses, arguing that they would now need advertise in only one newspaper. The Times-News failed to note that the merger would also benefit the owners since it would reduce competition between newspapers. Fain held the title of editor, and Ogle served as managing editor, focusing primarily on the business side of the operation.
The Times-News published daily, except for one day on the weekend. The newspaper included a mix of international, national, state, and local news. It also featured “Of Interest To Women,” a regular column with information about club meetings, churches, and residents’ travels. The opinion pages regularly included “Bible Thought,” a short meditation on Bible passages and columns by such religious figures as Billy Graham, the North Carolina-born evangelist.
Fain never shied away from voicing his political views in Times-News editorials. He initially supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt and argued against those who believed Roosevelt would be dictatorial as President. But Fain changed his views over time, criticizing such New Deal steps as child labor laws and Social Security and…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress