And County of Sussex (J Record of Historical Bio Graphical, Industrial and Statistical Events During .A Century
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF The Sussex Register and County of Sussex (j Record of Historical Bio graphical, Industrial and Statistical Events During .a Century. (J Published by The Sussex Register, ~w ton, New Jersey, Whitfield Gibbs, Editol·. 1'M • • MORRISTOWN TRUST CO. PARK PLACE and MARKET ST. - - MORRISTOWN Pays 3 Per Cent Interest on Accounts of $100 and Over From Date Opened Until Closed - - - - Subject to Check ,; FOLDER MAILED ON REQUEST DEPOSITS $6,500.000 ARMOR PLATE SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT BOXES, larger size than usual, $5.00 and upwards Storage for Silver Trunks, Etc., at Reasonable Rates Samuel Freeman, President. Wi11ard W. Cutler, Vice President. John H. Capstic:k, Vice President Jno. H. B. Coriell, Secretary. Harry A. VanGilder, Treasurer. Ralph S. Streett, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. DIRECTORS-Samuel Freeman, Willard W. Cutler, Richard A. Mc:Curdy, G. G. Frelin&huysen, O. H. Kahn, Walter G. Oakman, Henry F. Taylor, Louis A. Thebaud. John H. Capstic:k, Samuel S. Dennis, James N. Wallace, D. Olcott, A. R. Whitney, Jr., James B. Duke, John Claflin, Granville M. White, Harrie T. Hull, W. V. S. Thome, S. Harold Freeman, Nicholas F. Brady. THE NEW YORK STORE MU IR '.s PARK BLOCK BUILDING THE PEOPLE'S STORE FOR 25 YEARS For a quarter of a century we have been supplying the needs of the public with Sea sonable and Staple Dry Goods and Gents' Furnishings, all sold with our Iron-Clad Guarantee of Perfect Satisfaction , or Money Cheerfully Refunded. Today our store is brimful of new mer chandise in every department. An inspection solicited. We pay transportation charges on all mail orders. 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The While others had been connected in a business way with U first number was issued on the 6th of July, 1813, in The Register during Judge Hall's ownership Mr. Edsall was a small building in the rear of the Court House. the only one who participated in the editorial management In size it was 18x2"2 inches, printed on coarse paper in what of the paper. On the 13th of January, 1864, Judge Hall sold is known to printe!'S as small pica and English type and with his interest to his son-in-law, Richard B. Westbrook, and the out column rules. The working force consisted of the business was conducted under the firm name of B. B. Edsall proprietor and one assistant, and the proprietor's work also in & Company until November 10th, 1866. Mr. Westbrook sold cluded the delivery of the papers to subscribers. The day of his interest to Joseph Coult, and upon the death of Mr. Edsall publication was Monday. in 1868 the editorial management devolved upon that gentle In 1818 the office was removed to a building which then man. July II, 1868, Aaron C. Goodman, of New York, pur stood on the present site of the M. E. Church. Column rules chased the interest of the Edsall estate in The Register, and were procured and first appeared in the issue of July 13, 1818. for a little more than a year the business was conducted under In January S, 1821, a change was made in the make-up, smaller the firm name of Coult & Goodman. type being used and the quality of the paper improved. On On the first of October, 1869, Richard F. Goodman pur October 20, 1821, the publication day was changed to Tuesday. chased the interest of his uncle and also that of Mr. Coult In 1S82 the size of the type was still further reduced. and became sole owner and editor of The Register, which In May, 1827, Mr. Hall formed a copartnership with relation he held for nearly forty-two years, or until June 1, William H. Johnson and a store was started at Lewisburg. 1911. about one mile south of Deckertown, and at least a part of On the first of January, 1893, Robert E. Foster, who had the profits of that venture were required to keep the paper commenced in 1858 to learn the printer's trade in the office and going. In 1830 the store was moved to Newton and located had been connected with the paper almost continuously from in the building now owned and occupied by Dr. H. J. Mc..: that time on, became assistant editor and held the position un Cloughan, on Main street, in which building The Register was til his death on the 6th of July, 1912. printed for six years. From the time it was established in 1813 until 1824, In 1836 the office was removed to a building on the corner when the county of Warren was set off and the Belvidere of Main and Division streets~ where it remained for a period of Apollo was started, The Register was the only paper pub 31 years. In February, 1867, it was again removed to the up lished in all that territory and the papers were delivered by per floor of the store building No. 27 High street, then occu carrier from Reiglesville to Tri-States. pied by the Merchants National Bank and the post office. The office remained there for a number of years, after which it in turn occupied quarters over Huston & VanBlarcom's store, in the l ·1ilding now occupied by Earl's Hotel; on the second floor of the building in which the office is now located, and then moved tq the Rosenkrans building, where it re mained until July, 1911, when it was removed to its present location in the Roof building, corner of Spring and Moran streets. The first number of the paper on file in the office is No. IO, dated Sept. 7, 1813. There is also a break in the files from 1828 to 1830. During the latter period the paper was enlarged to 22x38 inches. In 1843 it was enlarged to 23x38 inches. On June 29, 1846, the size was again changed, this time to 20x40, and again in 1868 to 28x42 inches. Still another change was made March 8, 1906, when the size was changed from 4 to 8 pages and 35x44 inches. The last change was made in 1913 when two inches were added to the length of the column, making them 22 inches instead of 20. From April 7, 1834, to March 26, 1836, the paper was pub lished by John H. Hall and Nelson P. Moore. This partner ship expired by limitation, and from that time until February 5, 1855, Judge Hall conducted it alone. On the latter date Renjamin B. Edsall, who had been connected with the paper One hundred years ago The Register was set up by hand. as an editorial writer and printer from 1833, acquired a half To-clay it is set on this machine. 4 THE REGISTER BOOK eledf'd although the members of the board almost unanimous ly differed from him in political sentiment. For fifteen years he was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; in 1836 he was <'hosen one of the Presidential electors for New Jersey, and voted for Gen. Wm. H. Harrison; and in 1841 he was ap pointed Clerk of the county, serving in that capacity until 1846. In all these positions he acquitted himself with the greatest credit. He was painstaking, systematic, and scrupu lously honest. As a judge no man could be more conscientious; he was cautious, c:msiderate and impartial, and when once his judgment was formed, he was immovably firm; nor fear, nor fa\'Or, nor hope of reward, could swerve him a hair's breath from what he believed to be right and just. The correctness with which Judge Hall discharged his public duties is pro verbial in this county; and the one distinguishing trait in his character which those best acquainted with him most fre quently speak of with admiration, was that no matter what business he transacted, whether small or great, it was thor oughly and completely done. He was as careful to keep a full and minute record of what he did as the trustee of a school district as of his doings as Clerk of the county. In all the relations of life, as a husband, a father, a neighbor and a citi zen, he approached as near perfection as it is permitted for a human being to attain. To those who knew but little of the man whose venerable form is now clad in the habiliments of the grave, this language may seem somewhat extravagant. But the writer of these lines, who is himself no longer young, and who has seen enough of the gloss and tinsel which in this world passes too JOHN H. HALL. often for pure gold, to make him somewhat cynical, is the last one to indulge at such a time in insincere compliments or in The death of Judge Hall occurred on Tuesday, December unmerited eulogiums.