The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-13
Edward Ware Barrett

Mobile Register: Edward Ware Barrett, publisher and editor of the Birmingham Age midst of his friends Sunday night, was a man of exceptional activity and success in the field of southern journalism. MT. Barrett began at the foot of the journalistic ladder, after re- ceiving collegiate education and univer- sity course in civil engineering, his first newspaper service being with the Augusta Chronicle in 1885. His advance was rapid, for he was a careful observer and skilled writer. He was sent to Washington to serve as the Atlanta Constitutions correspondent, and later was correspondent of that paper and time of the Chino-Japanese war. Upon his return, he took hold of the Birmingham news paper. which, report said, had never been a paying property, and speedily gave it stability both from the financial and the editorial point of view. MT. Barrett had very clear ideas of what was wanted by his public ;and he de- veloped them consistently, and without ma terial change, making The Age-Herald one of the prominent newspapers of the south, and establishing his reputation an enterprising but prudent publisher, and as an editor of ability in Interpreting the thought and wishes of the time in which he lived.
 MT. Barrett had always great interest in politics, beginning with his service as po- litical secretary to Speaker Crisp, and extend ing through all recent conventions of the dem- ocratic party. In recognition of his party work, he was in 1921 elected member of the national democratic executive committee from Alabama, and appointed member of the ex- ecutive committee of that organization. His death at the early age of 56 years, when career of great usefulness seemed still spread before him, is deeply regretted.
 Louisville Times: The sudden death last night at Birmingham of Edward Ware Bar rett, editor and owner of The Age-Herald, is a shock and a loss to American journalism. Particularly will it cast shadow over the meeting of the Southern Newspaper Publish ers' association which convenes at Ashevie today, and at which MT. Barrett, as usual, was expected to take useful business part and to bring to the social phase of the gathering radiant personality. The growth of The Age Herald has been synchronous with the growth of Birmingham, and so important a part does the newspaper play in the life of the city that it is difficult to say whether The Age-Herald was more responsible for the advance of Bir- mingham or the growth of Birmingham for the advance of The Age-Herald Fortunately, for the property which MT. Barrett built up, his widow for some years has been taking an ac- tive and successful part in the management, and if she decides to become the leading wom- an daily newspaper publisher of the United States she is in every way fitted for the task
 Louisville Courier-Journal: Birmingham is not the only town, neither is Alabama the only state, that suffers by reason of the unex- pected passing on Sunday last of Edward Ware Barrett, editor and publisher of the Bir- mingham Age Herald, for 25 years a virilc force in the development of the lower south, for 40 years a conscientious worker in the field of American journalism.
 Athens, Georgia's town of richest culture, if Savannah or Augusta be excepted furnished MT. Barrett's background of tradition; Lex ington, Va.-seat of Washington and Lee uni versity-nurtured his youth; Atlanta when in the making was his gateway to journalism; Henry W. Grady of the Constitution was his preceptor in the craft; New York and Wash ington were schools where were passed his graduate years; at Tokio and Peking his for eign studies were made.
 To his life work at Birmingham, as head of The Age Herald, MT. Barrett brought high ideals. His personality and character were i'm ,,r;ntad ,,non the naner that hn owned and directed. As nothing low mean or sordid touched either his head heart, he saw to it that the newspaper under his direction pan dered to no base influence, served no sinister force, satisfied no demagogue, was terrorized by no bully.
 In the newly developing Birmingham of quarter century ago, leAdership in ideas and ideals was supplied by few men then living