Handing Over The Reins
Mr Brown at the age of 51 decided to hand over some of his editorial responsibilities to Mr Kew who was then 35. It was a prophetic decision for just four years later Cornelius Brown died and Mr Kew became editor. Mr Brown had attended the October board meeting in 1907 but was taken ill ten days later after correcting the final proofs of his History of Newark. He died on November 4 without seeing the published version of Volume II.
The death of Cornelius Brown was a tragic blow to the Advertiser. But it is the way of newspapers to keep publishing on the appointed day whatever the circumstances.
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