WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 11 Today's Topics: #1 TJ HONAKER purchase of Beckley Pos ["Jean R. Monk" To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: TJ HONAKER purchase of Beckley Post-Herald newspaper Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I found among my grandfathers things when he moved out of his house into a retirement home a copy of the Beckley Post-Herald Newspaper. It's the Diamond Jubilee Edition dated Saturday, August 2, 1975 marking 75 years of the newspapers publication. There is an article along with a copy of the document showing TJ Honaker purchasing the paper March 27, 1903 from Dr J.A. Campbell. I copied the photo text below: Whereas, T. J. Hanaker, on the 27th day of March, 1903, purchased from Dr. J. A. Campbell the printing plant known as the Raleigh Herald, for the sum of $1700.00, and whereas, a certain amount of money has got to be paid on or before the 9th day of April, 1903, to-wit, the said amount of $1700.00, and whereas the said T.J. Honaker has made arrangements to borrow the same from the Bank of Raleigh, Beckley, West Va., and whereas, the said T. J. Honaker agrees to keep the interest due thereon to said Bank paid promptly, and to pay off said sum of $1700.00 as rapidly as practicable, and to run said paper in the interest of the Republican party and it's principles, in an honorable, clean and decent manner, and whereas the said T. J. Honaker agrees to secure the undersigned by deed of trust on the said plant, and as soon as practible, insure the same in a save and reputable Insurance Company, to secure and protect the undersigned to the extent of the liabilities of each, hereinafter named, that is to say, we the undersigned, promise and guarantee the amount set opposite each of our names, but each one to be liable, only to the extent of the amount set opposite his name; the amount hereto subscribed is for the purpose of securing and saving harmless, any indorser, or indorsers, on any note, made by the said T. J. Honaker, for the purpose of raising said $1700.00, for the paying for the said printing plant, or as well as the indorser or indorsers of any renewal or renewals of said note, and for the payment of which, as above set forth, we promise and bind ourselves to pay. Given under our hands, this the 28th day of March, 1903. A. P. FARLEY $100.00 H. A. DANIEL(?) $100.00 HARRY C ELLETT $100.00 G. W. RICHARDSON $100.00 A. A. LILLY N.P. $100.00 JOHN H HATCHER $100.00 OWEN DAVIS $100.00 HARRY COOK $100.00 JOHN ANDERSON $100.00 P. L. BLANKENSHIP $100.00 WILL R CAMPBELL $100.00 T. J. MCGINNIS $100.00 M. F. MATHENY $100.00 A. B. CLAY $100.00 W. J. DANIEL $100.00 A. W. WEBB $100.00 W. C. ACORD $100.00 T. K. SCOTT $100.00 M. L. LYNCH (?) $100.00 ALBERT WILLIAMS $100.00 J. W. HARPER $100.00 J. W. BALL $100.00 N. A. CAMPBELL (?) $100.00 DAVID ROBERTSON $100.00 At the bottom is what looks to be "G. W." then 'Sold to Sam Dixon Mt Hope' There is also a signature of Mrs Maud Richardson Hedrick for reasons unknown