The Detroit times., 1908-12-30
Willard stearns, Editor Of the
Adrian Press, Passes From a
Life Devoted To Principle as a
Courageous Newspaper Man.

Michigan power public good his profession
member whose example may emuated credit and
honor and high plane in the public
regard.
Willard probably off in the worlds
His many years newspaper making marked by strict ad
herence to the highest ideals of his calling
He his before refused debauch
the columns of bis publication price upon his manhood to
faten the cash drawer in the counting
The Press Democratic paper Republican To-
cay hand which this pen has fallen
stayed inundated by the heavy odds against it.
Convictions and the pronouncng them the
newspaper publishers huge
the full respect communities high estimation of
evidenced of euogy the dead editor that
ares spoken today.
For public welfare the field for
his would have been limited Adrian and the neighbohood
but the and the bnness OF what the Press had to say
public demand served introduce
its editor beyond the borders of his
At country lily paid proportion his
training his talents and the good hard work he has do
his agrees with him politically his editorials the
best him rub the fur the other
and the reader declares the editor gnoramus and after
dumping OF quality the
in front of the Office for the and uptoda
stops his paper
country his in handling
the being expected know just who the president will
point postmaster through touch with the
national lawmang body and the time know lose
subscriber he didn't know that the Browns had outofon
Sunday though didn't the guest didn't hear the
Rad and the Browns didn't tell him anything about
Willard pioneer journalists choose
Michigan the field in the early days. and contend with the
newspaper making hardshps which the
country editor of today knows little of.
writing editorial kicking off thousand handbls
sudden of
publisher them and his hands spared with
the I've kettle when the type to be washed
willard received during his apprenticeship the
per which the scale then and for
expected toll four before he
graduated print
Yet Willard Stearns with other Michigan makers
passed. who remembered for their steadsness
principle honesty survived all these hadshp and will
ing the upbudng of his grand
honored calling.
Among pioneer Michigan, speaking
men newspapers high ideals ambitions
exponents good w. T. schemerhon who
in his time edited the Hudson Gazette.
Though political faith publishing his
on the border of two hopeesy Republican counties
reaned from declaring for what he honestly
right did he from pecunary other motive
perrit publication be sweved from the policy which
stoutly, seadfasty and unfalteringly adhered:
Afreean hfui =
recall another the old school of Michigan country
publishers Charles Woodruff who the Ypsilani Sentinel
long spared power for the upl of
in declare with mighty enchant quill
that "the world is governed much"
Thomas Applegate remembered for years
Times and for his adherence the
the expoundng of the Republican faith his read
ers He a power politics and journalism.
Harvey Rowlson who printed
Darwin Allen of the Moren
noble efforts devoted making
est strong newspapers.
unrammeled public press those days-days
commercaism had reflect a
which commanded for purposes of upholding
az the land preserving the fear of God and the rights
Willard outved his Adrian Press only DAYS the
having fallen into hands only he was
called BY death
ne service public paper will not be soon
there be penned its
in behalf of equality justice and right and
safely free from faint of sordid gam port of an
being raised obtain the rom
which are gold watch be