Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-15
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THE GONZALES MONUMENT.
Memorial Shaft Unveiled In Columbia
Last Tuesday.

Memorial Shaft Unveiled In Columbia
Last Tuesday.
The Gonzales monument erected by
the citizens of the state to Editor N.
G. Gonzales was unveiled in Colum-
bia last Monday with an interesting
and impressive ceremony in the pres
ence of a large assemblage, among
the crowd being many distinguished
visitors.
The shaft Is Of granite, and Is beau
tiful in its simplicity and perfect SYM
metry. typical as 1t were of the slain
editors splendid character, his loving
heart, his dauntless and mighty pen,
his ability to see in clear proportion
and his strength and courage to fight,
to move against the current.
The shaft stands In the center Of
Senate street, recessed back few feet
from Sumter street, across which 1t
overlooks the capitol grounds. 1t is
within a stones throw Of the spot
where the editor fell victim to the
bullet of ]. H. Tillman on January Is,
1903. The location Is about the finest
in the beautiful city he loved so we'll
and helped to build and prosper.
The shaft is twenty-five feet high,
the twenty-foot square base 1t rests
upon giving 1t a total height Of forty
FIVE feet 1t was built by popular sub
scription, every county in the state
having contributed. The Gonzales
Monument association, composed Of
patriotic men and women Of the state,
was the organization through which
this popular feeling so well expressed
itself In the monument unveiled.
For the exercises today there had
been erected around the stone tenn
porary stand for the accommodation
Of specially invited guests. About this
stood a large crowd Of citizens who
had gathered to pay tribute to the
lamented editors worth, the members
of the Columbia Chamber Of Com
merce, the knights Of Pythias, the
Typographical Union and the employ
ees generally of the Columbia news
papers attending In organized bodies
Seated on the stand were the MEM
bers of the Gonzales Monument asso-
citation, members of the women's aux
liary of this organization, members OF
the family Of the deceased, the clergy
Of the city and local visiting news
paper men.
Bishop Ellison Capers opened the
exercises with prayer, after which a
selected choir sang, Amy Country, 'Tis
of Thee" President w. A. Clark, Of
the monument association, then deliv-
cred an address and the monument
was formally unveiled. The Grafton
was by DR.. S. M. Smith, Of the First
Presbyterian church. Then came the
formal delivery Of the monument by
Mr.. Clark to Mayor Gibbes, who re-
ceived it in behalf Of the city with
short but feeling speech. The Rev.
DR.. w. C. Lindsay Of the First Baptist
church, closed the ceremony with a
-benedietieRs--ss-- -
The inscriptions are tasteful, appro-
pirate and interesting. On the west
side this appears:
Erected
BY Popular Subscription
To the worth and services OF
n. G. Gonzales,
Born August S, 1858.
Died January 19, 1903.
Faithful Unto Death"
On the north side the inscription is:
A Great Editor,
An Eminent Citizen,
An Honest Man,
without Fear and without he
proach."
His Fellow Citizens Rear This
Monument
To Perpetuate His Memory.
The lettering on the south side Is:
Founder and Editor
1.-The State"
For Twelve Years He Conducted IL
With Signal and Conspicuous Ability;
A Potent Factor for Civic Righte-
BUSINESS,
An influential Factor in Every
Movement
For the Welfare of the People.
THE measure Of success is not what
we get out Of life, but what we leave
after it."-Editorial December 10,
1900.