Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Current Topics [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Current Topics

Heath of _/llfred H. “Belo. Col. Alfred H. Belo, the head of the ■rm of A. H. Belo & Co., proprietors »t the Dallas (Texas) News and of the Galveston News, died at S. 0., the other day. He had been very ill for upward of three months and much of his time was spent in that part of the country, the climate of which had been found to agree with him. Colonel Belo had a distinguished ca-

reer as a soldier in the army of the confederacy and he was one of the most Influential journalists of the South. He was born at Salem May 27, 1839, and was educated in the schools of North Carolina. He was the first man in the field to defend with arms the right of secession. He organized and commanded the first confederate company of the country, served throughout the war in the army of northern Virginia, was wounded at Gettysburg and at Cold Harbor, and was promoted to the rank of colonel before the close of the .war. After Appomattox he rode on horseback to Galveston, where he became connected with the News. In 1875 he became the sole proprietor of the paper and did much to introduce modern methods of journalistic enterprise' in the South.

ALFRED H. BELO.