The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-12-28
R0BT. {. GONZALES
DIES OF PNEUMONIA.
BRILLIANT YOUNG JOURNALIST
PASSES AWAY IN HOSPITAL
AT FL PASO.
WAS RESULT OF EXPOSURE
Noted Photographed Of "The state"
Was Sergeant in the Second South
Carolina Infantry.

Solunlplts RODert Elliott Con-
zales, % years of age who in half a
decade had by his work on The State
made secure his place among the fore.
most few practitioners OF that fine
journalistic art, died Of pneumonia late
tuesday night, December 10 at lei
Pas0, Texas. He enlisted as a private
IN the Second South Carolina infan-
try on the mobilizing of the militia
last June and before his command
'ett Camp Moore for the frontier in
August he had won on merit, promo.
ton to sergeantry in the machine
gun company. Saturday, December 16.
he was relieved of an arduous tour Of
patrol duty and almost Immediately
developed the malady which in four
short days cut Short his life of rare
achievement and brilliant promise.
The end came in the base hospital at
Fort Bliss.
Col. Springs, commanding the Sec
ond, sent an escort east with that
which was mortal Of the young soldier
and the funeral was held in Columbia
with military honors.
So abrupt and extreme termina
tlon or his illness was not expected
but the first intimation was dsauiet.
ing and members Of his family made
preparations to join him. He had OBJ.
tanned furlough and expected to par
ticipate in family reunion in New
YORK city during the holidays. In
stead his father, William e. Gonzales.
united States minister to Cuba. left
iiabana Immediately for El Paso and
was intercepted at st. Augustine by
messages telling Of the end He then
came to Columbia.
Robert Gonzales was born I'm Co.
lumbfa, April Is, 1883, the son OF viii.
liam e. and Sarah Cecil Shiyar Con.
zales. His paternal grandfather the
cuban patriot Gen. Ambrosio lose.
gonzales, was chief Of artillery to
cen. Beauregard in the Confederate
states army. Gen. Gonzales as ar
exile settled in the coastal plain O,
south Carolina and there married 3
daughter of William Elliott Rober,
Gonzales uncles, Ambrose e. Con
zales and the late Narciso Gener Con.
Zales, were the founders of Ths
o'ate. Prepared for college by Miss
Janney and William II. Warner in Col
umbia. Robert Gonzales spent one
year at the Citadel in ICharleston and
thereafter was several years student
IN the University Of South Carolina. a
member of the class Of, 1909. He in.
tended going on to Harvard after his
graduation, but his health became i'm.
pared, an operation was required and
before he had recovered the colleee
year mad opened. Mr. Gonzales ioin.
ed the stan Of TIL" State in the sum.
mer OF 1911 as paragrapher and edi-
torial writer. How we'll he did his
work is known far beyond the bounds
or South Carolina He spent sly
months abroad during 1913. None OF
his work has appeared in The state
since the troops were called out last
June, war department rule making
soldiers ineligible for newspaper work
Mr.. Gonzales was communicate
or trinity Church, Columbia. where
as lad ne was choir boy. He was
member Of the Columbia Club and
or several other organizations. He
was diffident but cordial and had hosts
or devoted friends. He had the affec.
ton and respect of his comrades in
the military service. His colonel dea-
1gnated him regimental historian
shortly before the Second went to the
border.