The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
A STATES TRIBUTE
70 One Of Fer Iost Devoted and Fa-
triotic Sons.

triotic Sons.
Unyeiiing IN Columbia Of the MonU~
menr Erccreu to The Late n. G.
Gorzales, the Martyr Editor.
Almost within a stones thro" OF
tbs place where he fell morally wound
ed on January Is. 1903 With the shao-
or Of S2u7a Car li2a's capital and on
the widest thoroughtare OF the city OF
Columbia, which he loved SO well, a
beautiful monument was unveiled st
noon on Tuesday Of last week to the
memory OF the late N. G. Gonzales,
who nearly three years ago was sho:
by James e. Tillman.
Taere had been erected temper
ary stand around the monument 1ol
the accommodation OF especially inVl5,
cd gueSts. About this stood 5 large
crowd OF citizens VINO hso g2tnere1
to pay tribute TO the deceased Jour
oalist, soldier and citizen.
Seated upon the sand were mem
bers Of the Gonzales Mooumen5 asso
ciaticn. members Of the Ladies' Aux
tlisry association, mem moers OF the
family Of Tie deceased, local and Wis
itire editors, and the clergy OF the
city
Members OF the Columbia Chamber
OF Conn & nights Of PythlaS, or
ean;z .0ions OF which be vas a mem
Der, the Typographical Union and en-
ployes Of the newspapers OF she city
attended in body.
Tae exercises were opened Will
prayer by Bishop Ellison Capers'
Episcopal bishop Of the diocese o.
South Carolina, followed by the
hymn, my Country, IT'S Of Thee,
rendered by q selected choir. After
an address by Mr.. ". a. Clark, presi'
dent OF the Gonzales Monument asso
ciation, the monument was formally
uovielsd.
Rev. Samuel N. Smith, pastor Of
the First Presbyterian church OF this
city, delivered an oration appropriate
to the occasion.
Then came the formal delivery OIL
the monument by Mr.. Clark to Mayor
T. 81. Gibbes, wEo received it in be-
ha,t of the city with a speech OF &C
cepuance.
The ceremonies were closed with a
bene5ictior by Rev. W. G. Lindsay
pastor OF the First Baptist chuch o.
c. lunbia.
The monument is granite shaft.
rs feet high, resting upon base 2(
feet square, giving it a total helgns
Of 40 feet.
The inscription upon the west side
O. the monument reads:
Erected
By Popular Subscription
To the Worth and Serves OF
n. G. Gonzales,
Born August 5, 1858,
Died January 10, 1868.
Faithful Unto Death.
On the north SIDE is inscribed:
a Great Editor,
An Eminent Ci,;Zsn,
An Honest Msn,
without Fear and Without r.
preach"
His Fellow Citizens Rear
This Monument
TO Perpecrate His Memory,
The South side bears the followirs
lettering:
F-urder and First Editor
The State.
For Twelve Years He Conducted
It With Signal Ability ana Coaspicu
Gus Courage;
A Potent Voice fer Give Righteous
naS:;
An Influential Factor II Every move
ment
For the Welfare OF the People.
The measure Of success Is not VIVA
We get cut OF life,
But what we leave after it. ;"
Editorial Dsc. lG, 1900.
Or the east side are these lines
from poem by J. G. Hollard:
"God give US men! 4 time like thi:
demands
Strong minds, great hearts, t ue faitl
and ready hands,
Men whom the lust of office does no'
kill;
Men whom the spoils Of office canncr
Men who possess opinions and will
Men who can stand before denla
gogue,
And down his treacherous tlatterie
without w!nking!
Tall men, sun-croWned men, who llv'
above the fog
In public duty and in private think
ing.
For while the rabble, with their true
worn creeds,
Their large professions and their lit
tie deeds
Mlngle in selfish stIife-lo. Freedom
weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting
justice sleeps.
The moment stands at the interSec
tion OF Senate ard Sumter streets
overlooking the pretty park which scr
rounds the state capitol, and is erec,
ted by the people OF South C.rolins
subscriptions for its construction haV
ing been made from every county ii
the state.
Mr.. Gonzales was al ardent expon
ent OF Cuba Libre, and, before tn
Spanish-Anerican war, volunteered
fer service in the remnant OF the Gu
ban army. He was appointed aide OF
the staff Of Gen Nunez. with the RAIL
Ct lieutenant, and participated in sew
erai battles with the Spaniards ir