The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-02

walton it the Good Books
picturesque description of the wise
man, whose heart IS at his right
hand" one who does his work "con
amOre:'' from which root idea the
word naturally grew to express ell
ergy decision. persistence, unremlt-
ting logged determination, patience
and strengths; the spirit that recog-
nizes difficulties but declines to yield
to them; that appreciates DANCE out
quails not before them, that meets
disappointment with equable tenn
per. that faces misfortune with calm
confidence and keeps steadily to its
animated by the assurance
that ultimate victory is sure and
strengthened by the conviction that
it will be worth all that it costs or
at the persuasion that in a great,
just cause, even defeat is a crown OF
glory.
Such pluck is a quality that de-
serves and wins universal admiration,
and n. CT. Gonzales had it in abund-
ance. His very childhood was bap-
TIED with this spirit. In his life
the period from the age of 10 to thai
of IS years fell between the years
1865 and 1876. Will you weigh the
deer significance of that simple fact?
The critical period of q boys life,
devoted vigorously and exclusively to
the preparation for life. dedicated
to training and tutelage, consecrated
to the enrichment Of all possible
growth with all possible advantages
within the sacred sheltering arms OF
the home and the school, this bles-
! sed privileged period with him coinci-
ded exactly with those fateful years
of awful characterization and dlSlnte-
| grafton in South Carolina, when riches
! We're a discredit and direst poverty
| a badge of distinction. This sheltered
! period he spent in a struggle for eX-
istence; at the age normally dedicated
to preparation for the battle he was
, on the firing line; already a vet
| eran before the ordinary age for en-
listment!
Consider again the evid-lces of this
! spirit furnished by the founding and
upbuilding of the Columbia State. DO
YOU comprehend fully Or exact. JUST
| what was involved in that enterprise?
| Do YOU remember the beginnings OF
it. do YOU recall the circumstance
| surrounding it? Do you know what
is required to launch and sustain and
! develop a daily like that? Few who
had even a ain conception OF THESE
things dared prophesy success. Inc
organ of a defeated and hopeless min
ority it seemed likely to run a snort
course to a swift shrlft.
When / recall the conditions preVall
j ing IA years ago, and look now on the
results, l confess that the building III
Of this great newspaper under all lhe
circumstances seems to me one OF the
' greatest business achievements that
know ANYTHING of. To accomplish l
REQUIRED indomitable pluck; many {
time during those years OF stress ant
! strain. It seemed as if failure were no
only inevitable. but even imminent
How dark the hours were at tunes
none can know save those who were OF
the inside, though thoughtful MAJ
with open eyes may certainly conJec
ture.
Starting with practically Iotliing oa'
meeting with constant difficulty ant
disbursement, we see it now occupy
ing a splendid building second to feV
in our State commanding eVeryWher'
the confidence of all as n of tn
J stable institutions of this stable OLE
;, commonwealth, II altogether worth.
Of it's hard and Well-earned position
We unveil here a tall shaft TO nj
memory, but seven days in the Weel
his best memorial, his real
issues from its stately home gong |
a steadily charging constituency an
bearing on it's noble face every morn
ing his epitaph cOnSummate in 1T
simple grace, beautiful in its delicat
SuggestiVenesS:
n. G.. GONZALES.
1S5S-1903.
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