Wit and humor creator quits amid a newsroom scare
Burdette resigns after being confronted by editor Emory over his anonymous funny pieces. Burdette recalls inventing the lighter local column during lean times and finally admits the jokes were his own. The Emory rebuke leads to Burdette leaving the paper and crossing the Mississippi.
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