Newark post., 1921-02-09
New Editor for Every Evening

If Every Evening is of much inter-
est to it's readers, the public gener-
ally and also to the newspaper fra
Through his own volition
Merris Taylor retires as editor, and
ee is succeeded by Charles B Parme-.
r. Taylor will be editor emeritus"
our contemporary, which title Pub
sher William +. Metten has grace
lly conferred upon him, and he is
prthy of it.
M. Taylor, we are sure, will con-
hue as very frequent contributor
the editorial and other columns Of
Very Evening. The change can per-
bps be best appreciated by those in
e fraternity who have for some
bars been contemporaries of Mr..
bylor. 1t will be hard to think Of
Very Evening with Mr.. Taylor not
active charge of its editorial page.
nd vet if ever men earned well de-
rived rest. Mr.. Taylor is one of
EN-
His active career covers long per-
d of years-thirty-seven years with
VERY Evening filling about every po-
tion in the editorial and news de-
artments, legislative correspondent,
ty editor, news editor, managing
litor and what not, finally Gaping
e climax as editor since 1894.
His life-and may long and useful
bars be ahead of him-has been a
aze of activity not confined to news
bper work, for he was concerned in
blitics for some time.
Away back in 1864, after he left
e high school, and tradition says he
was one of the brightest scholars in
his class, and that class produced
some noted men-Mr. Taylor learned
the trade of printer working on many
papers. Then he became a reporter
on the old Daily Gazette. He and
Jerome B. Bell, for many years pro,
prietor and editor of the Sunday Star
purchased the Gazette, then the De-
mocratic organ, from the late Calet
P. Johnson and it was afterwaro
merged with Every Evening. At one
time there labored together on the
Gazette, Mr.. Taylor, Mr.. Bell, ane
William H Hill, who retired as edi
tor of this newspaper few years ago
through his own choice, but who, af
ter a rest, has happily come back witt
us. That was wonderful trio Of
newspaper men pulling in the same
harness and the Gazette was "hum
mer."
Mr.. Taylor has therefore had vas'
experience in Delaware affairs, an ex
perience which found ample expires
sion in his writings. He has an unus
ual memory for historical facts, es
pecially those concerning Delaware
His frequent references to things Of
the past in the history Of the State
are called up principally from mem
ory. With mind packed with infor
nation, his chief delight, as we take
it, has been in political writing ant
he has kept the flag of Every Even
ing flying in many hard-fought, bu
enjoyable political battle, a veritabl'
journalistic warhorse. Coupled with
this. he has exercised scrupluous re
gard for the ethics of the newspaper
fraternity in his controversies Will
his newspaper opponents, though sucf
controversies in these days are fal
less frequent in all newspapers thar
in times gone by.
Happily we are not writing vale
and pleased we are to pay a tribute tt
a man who has been in the rough ant
tumble and the excitement of news
paper work for so many years and has
earned the esteem of his associates
and contemporaries, faithful work
er. a forceful and graceful writer.
His is a calling marked often by
days of dire drudgery, the chief re-
wards of which are in the satisfac'
tion of having performed a'-duty tt
the community by giving the best thai
is in one according to ones light.
We are also pleased to welcome the
new editor of Every Evening, Charles
B Farmer, a genial gentleman OF
much experience in the newspaper
world. He comes to our nelghbol