The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 18, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
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DINNER TO CAPT.GCNZALES
FRIENDS HONOR NEW MINISTER
United State* Envoys to Cuba,
Deeply Touched by Testimonial,
Tells of Himself.
Columbia State, 16th.
"By this testimonial, my friends,
you have touched me as nothing else
could?not excepting the friendship
and confidence of the President of
the United States and the distinguished
secretary of state. This Is
the pride of my life. It mitigates, as
nothing else could, the sorrow inseparable
from the tearing asunder of
home ties, and the saying good-bye
to you?my friends." William E.
Gonzales, editor of The State, who is
shortly to take up his residence in
Hahana, as minister to Cuba, thus
compacted into a few words his appreciation
of the banquet given in
~C%>rhis honor last night at the Jefferson
by friends in Columbia. Captain
Gonzales spoke also of the duties and
responsibilities, trials and rewards,
of the editor, and touched briefly
upon the view he holds of the mission
he is about to undertake.
"To you is due," he said, "my
pledge that my thought and interest
for South Carolina, my life's field of
work, will remain unchanged. At
the same time I earnestly desire to
aerve the United States that another
people shall have greater cause to
bless the God of Justice and have
greater respect and affection for the
Sta_rs and Stripes."
Covers wore laid for 115 diners.
"William S. Reamer, formerly mayor
of Columbia, and president at this
time of the Guranty Trust Company,
was the toastmaster. The keynote
speech was delivered hy William
Weston, M. D., president of the South
Carolina Medical Association, and
the final word of farewell and godspeed
was spoken hy Harry N. Edmunds.
A brief talk was made, In
response to calls for him from the
floor, by P. A. Coward, M. D.
Mr. Reamer at the outset told of
caTJlng on William Jennings Bry~n
at Ashevlllo last week and of the
gret expressed by the secretary .f
state over his Inability, on account of
Imperative official engagements, to
attend this dinner. Mr. Reamer
brought, however, a message from
Mr. Bryan, which he read:
"I appreciate the Invitation and
regret exceedingly that business In
^ Washington prevents my Joining you
* and doing honor to your distinguished
townsman. In whom I have the
utmost confidence and for whom T
have the greatest regard. I am sure
that as the nation's representative In
Cuba he will aciult himself with dls
ImoHao anfl Krln flf i ? f a fVinon
who trust him. My greetings to
him, and to his friends."
"Wp have gathered here," said
Mr. Reamer, "to do honor to our beloved
fellow townsman." The toastmaster
took occasion Incidentally to
bear witness to his personal admiration
for the guest of the evening. Mr.
Reamer spoke very briefly, deferring,
he said, to Dr. Weston. In whom had
been reposed the duty of speaking
for all of Captain Gonzales' friends
there gathered together.
DR. WESTON'S REMARKS.
Dr. Weston said in part:
"I have thought many times since
receiving notice that I was to reply
to this toast, why I should have been
selected, because such an experience
is entirely new to me. but regardless
of what reason may have prompted
those who are responsible for this
imposition on you, and I know not
who they were, I must confess that
I feel a pleasure in having the opportunity
to publicly bear witness
to some observations regarding our
guest, that experience convinces me
are facts. I desire to speak of the
man who as I understand It, heard
the call of that splendid civilization
the possession of which we are in
vlted to freely partake, the noble
exactions of which are forced upon
us, when as yet that voice being from
fkr off its sound was but feebly audible.
"How fortunate for us that from
our citizenship there should be three
^ A brothers all possessing to a high dogree
those indespensable qualities of
leadership, honesty, intelligence and
patriotism. How fit it seems since
through them was linked the finest
traditions of the old civilization with
all the hope of the new. Reared as
they were literally by the sweat of
their brows, yet while their muscles
grew strong their characters were
being molded by those who flourished
when knighthood was still in
-flower, when self was least of all considered
when whatever talent one
possesed was at the command of the
state, when to sacrifice oneself for a
good cause was deemed a privilege,
so the great virtues of the old clvili90
Hn^noaa otrmnaiku okovU**
courage was their heritage.
"Rut an delightful and beautiful
as were many phases of the old civilization
It had many defects and
shortcomings which wer< In great
measure to he supplied hy the newera,
which when the subject of this
address too*r up his duties were Just
-dawning, because of peculiar and unusual
conditions that have existed In
our state, largely the effects of in'hehlted
conditions, the duties of
leadership have been exacting and
disagreeable And rare qualities of
'leadership were demanded. Not
mirely was a high degree of Intelll- ,
fence not the talent to merely write
clearly and forcefully sufficient, but
the possession of that beautiful trinity
of virtues, courage, hope and
charity, was esentlal In order to con
form to the demands of our civilian- I
tlon. Think what a treasure, when
an opportunity and what a responsibility
It Is to possess such virtues.
That he has been diligent In using
them the present bears testimony
and the future much promise.
"Is there one In this audience that
questions the fact ? that it reqaires
great physical as well as moral courage
to attack entrenched vice and
vicious men? Review In your minds
vy the citadels of rice that his mighty
JM* pen has destroyed, and today those
who kept guard have passed from
public life. Consider the long list
T
of vicious men who have disappeared
as a result of the burning rays of
light that have been turned ou them
Above all Is there not being established
an exacting standard of ethics
which in the future will debar evil
men from seeing political leadership?
Has not hope so stimulated
him In advocating the methods of
diffusing knowledge and educating
the masses that the life of the evil- I
doer will soon be full of peril and the 1
career of the demagogue brief? Has
not this same virtue made him confident
of the ultimate victory for |
rignt wnen all around hlra seemed j
in despair because of the apparent
triumph of evil? Even on those occasnons,
have you heard of him losing
hope? Contemplate for a moment
some of the fruits of his hope
take the condition of children of today
and their condition 10 vears ago
and still he is laboring that greater
justice be dealt them.
"Study his program of reform in
their behalf and your sympathy and
energy will be aroused to duty and
effort. Many have already heard his
pleadings and soon conditions will
be such that those children that
would otherwise have grown up in j
ignorance, perhaps poverty and
crime, will be saved as useful citi- |
zens. Need I remind you of what his
possession of this virtue has meant
to this city? Do you recall the tiny, 1
unkempt looking village of a few
years ago, when loafing was the chief
occupation of the few inhabitants?
Do you recall that even then he was
proclaiming to the world that Co- I
I, - -1 *- * 1 I
i uuiuiu iiciu n ^ifut luiure aim tnai
was asured. There were but a few
then that treated this phophecy with
seriousness, but this hope was so repeatedly
asserted that gradually all
believed in Columbia, and now behold
her busy streets, her handsome
homes and her prosperous citizens.
Think of the many victories courage
and hope have won in establishing
higher Ideals, in quickening the public
conscience, to creating a higher
standard of ethics in commercial and
political life, that soon public opin- i
ion will require every individual to
measure up to, or else satisfy the
ends of Justice. For these blessings I
he has unceasingly labored. The last i
qualification for leadership, which I
said he possessed and which is the I
greatest, is charity. Is there one who
knows him that has not found him t
always on the side of the oppressed 1
and unfortunate? Is he not uniform- \
ly kind and generous to the poor?
Does he not rejoice In good doing?
Is he not modest? With this record
of achievement Is It not fitting that
recognition of his distinguished services
should be sought In behalf of
the nation? In that broader field
where because of the memories of 1
the past congenial service Is assured. I
"So In leaving us, even for a time, '
we will miss you, and we feel that
we can 111 alTord to spare you. We
hope the time will pass quickly until
you return. If we did not feel that
you had so abundantly earned this
vacation, we would have been hold- I
Ing a different kind of meeting this
evening. Many of us will miss those
pleasant evenings when we have so
thoroughly enjoyed your genial hospitality.
and It brings a feeling of
sore regret that those little summons
must he postponed for a time. How- 1
ever, I feel that It Is only fair to
warn you In advance that you should
see to It that the American minister's
.esldence In Habana Is of ample nro
portions, because there are many of
your old friends here who will seek
the sunshine of that nohle old city
and the charming hospitality of j
America's first citizen there."
When Captain Gonzales arose ot
respond to Dr. Weston, the diners
sprang to their feet and he was received
with so hearty and prolonged
a demonstration of good will expressed
hy cheering and the clapping of
hands that it was some moments before
he could proceed.
About six months ago. he said, he
was on a train with Mr. Bryan, going
through North Carolina. Crowds
met the train at the several stations.
At one stop a man in the crowd
shouted that it was Mr. Bryan who
ho/1 n'^lnnoH ai i# ra o oH An o m* f arena
and procured the nomination at Baltimore
of Woodrow Wilson. Mr.
Bryan earnestly protested. He had,
he said, performed only a fraction of
the work that had heen done. He
had heen only one of the many who
had had part in the accomplishment
"But he said." Captain Gonzales continued,
"that it was not inappropriate
that those of us who had received
hard and unjust blows, delivered
because of our work for good government,
should receive something
more than our fair share of credit,
for only in that way could a balance
he struck. That view pleased me
and it gives me some warrant to hear
the pleasant things said of me tonight."
EARLY AND INNOCENT.
"All that this splendid gathering
means," the speaker said, "la so
pregnant with the personal element
that it is difficult to avoid personalillpq
T hnvn hppn nnkpd fn anv unmo.
thing about myself, and I shall refer
to a few conspicuous points In ray
early and so^newhat Innocent career."
Captain Gonzales said he vividly re- 1
called the first banquet Riven In his
honor. He was 7 years old and It
was his birthday dinner. He lived
then with his family on a place In
Colleton county, miscalled a plantation.
for nothing was planted there
at the time but a kitchen garden.
Sherman's raiders had been there
eight years before and little hut a
magniflcept avenue of live oaks re- 1
malned of the family home. That
day he had been given 10 cents with
which to buy molasses from an exclave
who kept a store at the cross
roacs. Me nan never seen no mucn
money before. That evening his
aunt, whose father had owned half a ;
dozen plantations and more than 500 |
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ILK LANCASTER NEWS,
slaves, cooked with her own hands 1
his birthday cake. Two years afterward
he killed his first bird on the
wing. But In time hlB gun was
wrested from him, shoes were put on
his feet, and in the care of his elder
brother he was sent to Yorkville and
entered in Col. Asbury Coward's
military school. "I had never seen
a school before," said the speaker.
"Next Sunday they marched us to a
big building they called a church. I
had never i:een a church In Colleton.
ON NEW GROUND.
"Very soon after I reached York- |
ville I saw a strange being move !
across the camps that had some penillioi*
ot'l'n/'l ' 1 * ,f- 1
? v..viv wii me, uuu i displayed
wonderful intuition in diagnosing it
as a girl. I had what softie kind
friend called 'an impediment of |
speech.' Really it was a barrier 12
rails high, staked and ridered. Rut
I found the girl a very interesting
animal, to whose successful pursuit
facility in speech was not essential." j
The speaker said he went from Yorkville
to Charleston and entered the
lowest class of the Citadel. "Rut be- j
fore getting half through," he said,
"I heard the call of work." He came j
to Columbia in September, 1884, as
assistant to his brother (the late N.
G. Gonzales) in The News and Courier
bureau. "I received $6 a week
and paid $5 board." However, he
learned In that period more than he
had learned elsewhere, and every day ;
since then had felt the need of a
college education.
"Let me say a serious word,"
Captain Gonzales urged, "in regard
to editors. I refer to that class of
men who believe they have a call to
strive to uplift humanity and put
their personalities into and direct
the policies of those newspapers that
perform the true function of the '
press. No editor was ever born
great, none was ever called to his I
task, like Minerva, full armed; none
was ever turned out ready-made by
a university.
"He is a development, a development
of moral courage, of devotion
to the cavise of humanity, a develop- j
ment of love for the weak.
MUST LOVE HIS LABOR.
"The great editor, like the great
minister of the Gospel, must love his
labor and have devotion to the In- i
terests of others. He must believe in !
the righteousness of his work with a
belief so great as almost to amonnt |
to fanaticism. No skill of pen ever ,
raised to greatness an editor whose |
soul did not flow with his words and
In whose heart the brotherhood of |
man was not dominant. There are
hundreds of editors who have not attained
to the rank of greatness who
yet have never 'crooked the pregnant
hinges of the knee, that thrift might
follow fawning.' nor sold the truth
to serve the hour. Men who are
never wronsr are men whr? never net
but those who act for the right
should receive the moral support of
all good men."
"You, my friends, in speeding me
on one of the most difficult missions
in the diplomatic service, sigalize
friendship In the past and hope for
the future. To you is due my pledge
that my thought and interest for
South Carolina, my life's field of
work, shall remain unchanged; and
that at the same time my earnest endeavor
shall be to serve the United
States so that another people shall
have greater cause to bless the God
of Justice and have greater respect
and affection for the Stars and
Stripes.
"My friends, when Sir Walter
Scott In 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel'
condemns to everlasting infamy,
unhonored and unsung, the
man who on turning from his native
country is not stirred, there Is Implied
this truth: that to any man deserving
of honor, honor in his very
home is the greatest boon; and by
this testimonial from you you have
touched me as nothing else could, not
excepting the friendship and confidence
of the President of the United
States and the distinguished secre
tary or state. This is the pricie or
my life. It mitigates, as nothing else
could, the sorrow Inseparable from
the tearing asunder of home ties, and
' the saying good-bye to you?my
friends."
Tensing Tongue Tnnglers.
Exchange.
Tongue-twisters are coming back
Into poularlty. Telling tongue twisters
is a good way of "killing time,"
good warm weather sport. You know
what a tongue twister Is, of course.
Here Is one:
Susan shlneth shoes and socks,
Socks and shoes shines Susan:
She ceases shining shoes and socks
For socks and shoes shock Susan.
There are others lust ns nprnlpy.
In* to say. for Instance:
Not and Shot one day into a quarrel
got. Shot called Not a lot of
names that he should not. Then Not
shot Shot and Shot shot Not Now
they lie side by aide in a potter's
plot.
I Here is another:
I If a Hottentot tot he taught to say
"ought" and "naught" or what ought
to be taught her? Or. If to hoot and
toot a Hottentot tot be taught by a
Hottentot tutor, should the tutor get
hot If the Hottentot tot hoot and toot
at the Hottenttot's tutor?
This one is taken from an old
spelling book:
Theophllus Thistle, the successful
thistle sifter, in sifting a sieve full of
unsifted thistles, thrust 3,000 thistles
through the thick of his thumb. Now
If Theophllus Thistle, the successful
thistle sifter, In sifting a sieve full of
unsifted thistles thrust 3.000 thistles
through the thick of his thumb, see
that thou In sifting a sieve full of
unsifted thistles thrust 3,000 thistles
through the thick of thy thumb.
It. la hard to even read this:
Bill had a bill board Bill also had
a board bill. The board bill bored
Bill, bo Bill Bold the bill board to pay
the board bill, and after Bill Bold the
bill board to pay htfl board bill the
board bill no longer bored Bill.
When a woman shrugs her shoulders
at the'mention of another woman's
name it's a Blgn she can tell
something
M /.: gj :>y. y
JULY, 18, 1913.
MY REA8ON8.
I'm planning to be a farmer,
When I become a mau.
The reasons why I'm doing this
I'll give as best I can.
The farm is just the place for me,
I love to till the soil;
And then I know it's honorable
To have the hands of toil.
I dearly love all nature's jo/s.
The wholesome country air.
The foliage so beautiful,
Aud fruit the orchards bear.
It is so nice to hear the birds,
Ol nil
v/tia Bins,
An<l see the grazing herds of sheep. I
.The cows and everything.
It's healthful, too. this country life,
And that's worth more to me.
Than all the gold there is to own.
For health is all you see.
It has been proven many times
That farming's a success.
And that the thorough farmer is
A man of usefulness.
The farmer is, has always been,
The backbone of the nation;
His callous hands and sunburnt face
All honor his creation.
He is a man of principle.
Industrious with credit sound;
As fine a type of citizen
As ever can be found.
And so If I can make my life
So useful, healthful, free.
By farming with my zeal and might,
A farmer I will be!
?Frank C. Hout, In Southern Farming.
BEYOND.
It seemeth such a little way to me
Across to that strange country?
the Beyond:
And yet, not strange, for It has
grown to be
The home of those of whom I am
so fond,
They make it seem familiar and
most dear,
As Journeying friends bring distant
regions near.
So close it lies, that when my sight
is clear
I think I almost see the gleaming
strand,
I know I feel those who have gone
from here
I Come near enough sometimes, to
touch my hand.
I often think, but for our veiled eyes,
We should find Heaven right round
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uuuui u? nes.
I
I cannot make it seem a day to dread,
! When from this dear earth I shall
journey out
To that still dearer country of the
dead,
And join the lost ones, so long
dreamed about.
I love this world, yet shall I love to
go
And meet the friends who wait for
me, I know.
I never stand above a bier and see
The seal of death set on some
well-loved face
But that I think, "One more to welcome
me
When I shall cross the Intervening
space
Between this land and that one over
there;
One more to make the strange Beyond
seem fair."
And so for me there Is no sting to
I death.
And so the grave has lost Its victory,
It is but crossing?with abated
breath
And white set face?a little strip
of sea.
To find the loved ones waiting on the
shore,
More beautiful, more precious than
before.
?ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
POVLTRY NOTES.
i In caring for poultry there are
three essentials that should never be
overlooked. They are: Clean water,
green food and fresh air.
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If a bird shows symptoms of disease,
however, slight, remove it at
onoo Vau no n
v/nvv. t v/u V>(AU lltCil V1CVCI1UIUC UIIC
seriousness of the trouble and decide
about putting them back in the
breeding pen.
* * *
Vigor and good digestion are most
necessary for good egg production,
thought it is possible to have both in
the same bird.
I
A Neighborly Act.
Mrs. Blinks?"Horrors! Uncle
John has sent a gun for little Johnny.
He'll be sure to kill himself "
Mr. B.?"Indeed he will! Don't
let him see It."
"But what shall I do with the
thing?"
"Give it to that boy next door."
ii*ii iurA|?riinivc nuiiv)UHiun.
Time to hear something about the
high cost of marriage. Young woman
in New Jersey called off her
wedding on learning that the prospective
brldgegroom had tried to
borrow twenty-flve dollars from his
sister to tide him over the honeymoon.
An open confession may be good
for the soul, but it's apt disfigure
a reputation.
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