CLYDE H. KNOX

CLYDE H. KNOX, of Independence, Kan., a young man of fine ability and character, has taken up journalism as his life work and has already demonstrated that he has more than ordinary talents in that direction. With a keen sense of the power of the press to educate and direct public opinion, he has adopted that attitude toward his profession which made the Sedan Times-Star a potent influence for good in his community. His progressive spirit has brought him into prominence among the men of his profession in Kansas, his standing in the newspaper fraternity being indicated by his election in 1911 as vice president of the Kansas State Editorial Association, and as a former president of the Republican Editorial Association of the third district. Mr. Knox, furthermore, is a native Kansan and a representative of that energetic younger generation of the state which is ably replacing those men who were the helmsmen of affairs during the first half century of Kansas statehood.

Mr. Knox was born at Baldwin, Douglas county, Kansas, April 19, 1878, son of Hiram W. and Amelia M. (Knox) Knox. Both parents were natives of New York state and came to Kansas in an early period, locating at Baldwin in 1876. There the father died in 1878, the year of his son's birth. Clyde H. Knox was an infant at the time of his father's death, and early had to commence the struggle for life for himself. Born and reared in Baldwin, the seat of Baker University, by persistent effort he managed to complete three years' work of the university course, but the necessity of assuming life's responsibilities at that time precluded his further study in the University. He learned the printer's trade in the Baldwin Ledger office, under William C. Markham, of Baldwin, and worked several hours each day in that office for three years while attending college. He was business manager of the Baker Orange, the college paper, for a year. From there he went to Kansas City, Kan., where he was employed on the Kansas City Tribune. In January, 1898, he accepted employment as editor of the Coffeyville Journal, at Coffeyville, Kan., and remained there until August 1, 1902, when he bought the Times-Star at Sedan, Kan. He conducted that paper until September 1, 1906, when he sold the plant and returned to Coffeyville, where he bought an interest in the Journal. He disposed of his stock in that paper December 1, 1908, and on March 1, 1909, bought the Sedan Lance, which he consolidated with the Times-Star on October 18 following. He later sold the Times-Star and bought the Independence Daily Reporter, which he still owns.

Mr. Knox has prospered in his business ventures, and besides his newspaper plant has acquired some good property. In Masonry he has attained the Consistory degrees, and in 1910 was secretary of the Blue Lodge at Sedan.

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