horace rose was to leave an indelible mark on the paper during his long editorship. he had been born in 1874 in port alfred, where his father was a methodist minister. from his pre-teen years he had developed a love for the sort of african adventure novels that made sir rider haggard famous and over the course of his lifetime wrote a large number of novels in the haggard genre, in addition to publishing two books about his travels in east africa and europe. he also wrote the screenplays for two of south africa's earliest feature films – "the symbol of sacrifice", about the anglo-zulu war of 1879, and "the voice of the waters".