The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-04-02
In Which / Find That Hunterdon
Editor Are Good Scouts


Editor Are Good Scouts
One of the most pleasant days
can recall in my work was last Fri
day when / accompanied Charles NJ.
Meredith, vice president of the Ma
tionaI Editorial Association on visits
to the publishers of Hunterdon
County. The object of these visits
was to enlist Hunterdon editors in
the cooperative work of the Asso-
citation.
II was a genuine pleasure to meet
these members of the Fourth Es-
tate" and to their credit, all of
them, with only one exception, join
ed the Association. The National
convention is to be held in Virginia
in June, and it is hoped that Hun
terdon County will have good
representation there.
Isn't it strange how you form a
mental picture of men from their
writings? If my trip did nothing
else, it was valuable to me to re-
wise my opinions of some of the
editors of Hunterdon County.
d. II. Moreau, of the Hunterdon
Democrat, is tall, handsome Apol-
10 who looks more like an artist
than an editor. But his readers will
testify that he knows how to write
Fortunately, his uncle from Free
hold was present when we called
on him and he had some delightful
"reminiscences of conventions he has
attended all over the country in the
N. +. A.
Paul S. Stats, the new editor of
the Democrat Advertiser, is also a
young man, and the cooperative
presence of his wife in his office
speaks well of team work that
can prove highly valuable. He is
forceful and energetic, with a pleas
ing personality that makes friends
readily. All power to him in his
new field!
w. A. Abbott, the grizzled editor
of the Hunterdon Republican, is
the salt of the earth. He can be the
most forbidding man in the world
until you get next" to him; then
he is graciousness personifed. He
has one of the eleanest and most
wholesome-appearing plants you will
find in days journey. Some other
newspapers ought to find out how
he does it.
f. r. Shampanore, of the White
house Review, told us, If | couldn't
pay for membership in the N. F.
A. I'd lock the door and quitl' And
of course we seconded the motion
/ didn't know before that Sham
panore also prints the weekly
Exponent" for Gladstone and Pea
pack. Both his papers are "meaty'
and well printed.
We found Leon A. Carpenter, of
the Clinton Democrat, up to his
neck in work, and we admired his
self control for not telling us to
get the hell out of therel But he
signed up like the elear-sighted
editor he has proven himself to be.
w. II. Black, of the High Bridge
Gazette, is also an important official
of the Taylor Wharton Company
in High Bridge. | had always adj
mired his paper, and was duly i'm
pressed with his determination to
"make it better paper" The Sc
cret of progress is not to be sat
isfed with "well enough" but to
be ever striving for better things.
w. II. Farrand, of the Milford
Leader, said to me, 81 had imagined
you were an older man than you
are" Evidently he had decided that
some of my pessimistc editorials
were prompted by old age and dis
pepsia, But his genial reception
proved his hospitality, and | was
sorry we had to hurry away.
William II, Sipes, of the French
town Star, is not young man
any longer, as he reminded us. But
he is still progressive enough to
appreciate the benefits to be de-
rived from the association and CO.
operation of his brother editors.
And his years are rich in exper-
fence which | would like to have
the benefit of. (And if some of you
editors criticize me for using a
proposition at the end of sem
tence, you can just go chase your
selfD
M. 7. Davy, of the Hunterdon In
dependent has evidently been doing
crossword puzzles When we left
him his parting word was. "Kis-
metl' Now | had always thought
"kismet" meant "the inevitability of
fate" or something of that nature
don't know what Davy's connec-
ton was unless he meant that it.
was fate that he couldn't join the
N. f. A.
j. N. Hazen, of the Lambertvillei
Beacon, signed up for the N. E. A.
in shorter time than any other man
in the county. joe proved that he
knew good thing when he saw
it.