The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-23
IN SACKCL0TH AND ASHES
COLUMBIA MOURNS HBR BRAVE AND
BRILLIANT SON.
An OutpOurlng OF the People Of the Capital
Of South Carolina at the Funeral
Of N. G. GOnZaleS-A
Wealth Of Floral
Offerings.
Especial to News and Courier

Gonzales this afternoon. 1t was a bit
ter cold and miserable day, but that did
not prevent the church from being
crowded with the throngs who admired
and loved the distinguished editor for the
great work he had done for his State and
city.
Columbia has been deeply shocked
| and effected by the tragedy, and it is
only now that the fulness of the loss
and the character of the tragedy is be-
ing realized. There has been general
and widespread sorrow, regret and
| sympathy, and all Of these converged
into one sad congregation in old Trinity
Church to-day. Bishop Capers paid
the last tribute from the living to the
dead. Here were bowed heads and sor-
| rowing hearts. Here were words of
solacc and comfort, holy words of pray
er and suoplication. 1t was gather
ing that was deeply ssmoved by the
thought Of what the bearing Of that
| caSkct meant to at least two families,
to community, to q whole State. The
| congregation waited in silence for the
funeral cortegs to arrive, and then the
stiffness was broken by the faltering
voice of Bishop Capers, as he preceded
the flower covered bier, speaking Of the
Resurrection and the Life. Again the
| Quietude of the affected auditors was
broken by the solemn words of the les
| son read in the service by DR.. Samuel
| M. Smith. Then there came tremu-
| lously forth the notes of Lead. Kindly
| Light
Hardly had the thrill of the HYMN
passed away when that soul-reaching
| hymn. Nearer. My God. to Thee, "
made all realize by how slender cord
| life hangs.
The Rev. Mr.. Satterlee read the re-
| sponSive funeral service and then that
solderly servant of God. Bishop Ca
| perS. with feeling that was restrained
with an effort. read the beautiful fu-
neral service of the Episcopal Church.
| Word by word the service was followed
and then the body was taken out to its
last resting place, a silent sadness per-
|
| chanted abide with Me"
PLACES OF BUSINESS CLOSED.
There We're no words Of eulogy from
| the pulpit. They We're needless, for
there was that throng in the church
that had gone there in the bitter cold
and rain, and there was the added fact
that every place of buisnenss on Main
| street had closed for the funeral, and
| what was indeed most noteworthy was
that every cotton mill in Columbia
closed down at $50 o'clock as a mark
Of respect. The great wheels at Olvm-
| pia, at the Columbia Mills. at CRANKY
and Richland. at the Capital City and
! Palmetto were all quiet, and nearly
| thirty thousand operatives were told
that they need not work for the rest
of the day. Business industry and all
were suspended for the afternoon, that
full honor might be done the martyr
editor and appreciation of his work be
| shown.
The funeral services were begun at
Trinity at o'clock and were concluded
at Elmwood Cemetery as night was
falling. At the church, preceding the
| caskct, were two Of the pallbearers,
bearing the magnificent tribute that
had been sent by his fellow workers on
the State. The background of the
| offering was field Of white chrysan-
themums. the size Of a sheet Of the
State. The headline, THE State, "
with the palmetto tree, an emblem
dear u the heart Of the dead editor,
"a worded out in black imrnorteles.
The date line and inverted column
rules we're also Of black. The three
| middle columns we're not marked with
column ru!ea, and in thi8 gpacc mas
:he statGment, simple indeed but bear
| ing World of gorroW to thoae who
gaYe thig last tribute tn their dead
| chief: -. &. Gonzalca. Born 1853, died
l3O5. TIE State founded 1901. "
| The cazket Wa.s brrne hy the active
| pallncaccaca, al u whom we're aggo-
ciated With Mr.. Conza!ea in the work
On the State and reprcaentnd the differ
ent departmenta Of the paper. They
we're:
hCrWE -Jame :. Noyt, Jr., Robert
Latham, f. ]. Watann, William Banks,
f. e. Withera, VI. &. Wallace, &. J.
Carmack, f. l., CUreton, f. 4. Holler,
a. +. HrrWne.
FoIiowing came the honnrary pail
bcarcra, Who we're; ,(Udgn 4. E.. Has
kcI, DR.. f, w. Taylor. Dr., j, w.
Babcock, Mr.. John 4, Crawford, Mr..
Charles fills, Prnf, f. Means Davis,
W. II. Lyca, J. q. Marshall, John F.
Thomas, Jr.. &. f'itzsimnnnna, w. Fl.
Gibbs, Jr J. Fl. WAIVER.
Even at the cemetery, which is Gotnc
distance from Trinity, there WAS a
large gathering. The final ncrviccs
were conducted by Bishop Capcrg, and
while the last rites were gc.ng on the
choir of Trinity sang, "Jcgus,
II /