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C: .Ibreath rr ~rit.A= every other member -i this bar loved him. I love( him--we al Ioved him, and I think I can say. after an intimate ac quaintance with him for nearly twenty years, that he loved every member of this bar. He felt that they were his friends. He was theirs. Just one year ago. Your Honor. Judge Gage was kept at hom, by sickness and could not meet his appointment to hold this court. A meeting of the l-ar was held, at which Mr. Culbreath was not present. and he was unanimous.ly recommended to the chief justice as a suitable person to preside at :he July term of this court. That touched him as nothing else had seemed to touch him. While he always had the great est respect for the members of the bench and the greatest respect f.r the office. it never entered his mind to seek preferment in that line. but the fact that his brethern of the bar. 'without any notice to him, with(,ut any consulta:ion with him whatever, had unanimously recommended him to try their cases-this he felt keenly. and he expressed himself to me, may it please Your Honor, as having felt that this was the greatest honor ever conferred upon him in his life, and as he spoke to me about the member of the bar who suggested his name, he said: "He little knows the gratifica tion that he has given me by sugges ting me for this position." May it please Your Honor, at that time Mr. Culbreath was feeling the desolation of a man who was bereft of his com panion. His .heart was sore. He was desolate, and when that mark of es teem came to him from his brethern, it just opened the flood tide of his heart, and he loved them and loved every one. "Other members of the bar have al luded 'to his great heartedness. to his ability as a lawyer. and to his pains taking efforts in his cases, but I wish to speak cf him more particularly as a man of heart, as well as of head. James Y. Culbreath. so far as I know, hated no man. So far as I know, he had no malice in his heart against any mortal, and, so far as I know, and I knew him intimately, he had nothing but love in his heart for his fellow man, and whenever occasion offered it was a pleasure to him to render assistance to his fellow-man. I think he would go farther to do a kindness than any other man I have ever known. And whenever it was necess ary for him to criticise he criticised in charity, and s''ught some exc:tse for the conduct that 'he was frcedi to criticise. He never a':ributed bad mo tives to' aux' ma:2. He alv y l'oked Cu't for anu exCe fr ' "''~mnI d'ing nyh: -a:;~: " id't r-:gar: up to andl best integzrity. "'I wish I coul:d ,ay nm.'re. bnt: my herat is too full for utterance. I >new him as intimately. pern aps. as any' menbur ci our bar. I we- browvn with him. perhaps. :n his la:er years more closely tha any other member of the bar, and I think I can say, and say it truthfully, that he was one of the salt oi the earth; he was one of the best men that ever blessed New berry by his preserice." Mr. L. W. Jones. Mr. L. WN. Jones then secocded the r esol utio ns. "It is a pleasure to me." :e said. "to say that I heartily second the res olutions. both on account of my friendship for Mr. Culbreath. and his for me; and on acenunt of :he great respect that I had for him as a man. a lawyer and a citizen. -I heartily second these res'lti:ons. and I con cur in the estimate of 2:is :orth pre sented by the o:hecr members 'f th bar. in :he views which they have expressed of his cha'rac:er and4 f his position i flie 1 agree w.~i them ex act!v'. I v:a nt t 'ron wi'.:A hm so much i:: buin* But I tialwas Ii th.at ae was nn rd. and I e' *ld ap pre;ach him n' arnything, as a man or Mr. J. B. Hunter. "I can ::ear:i!v. end ',e all t at has been said in reference to Mr. Cul breath. I ornly kne~w him : irimately for a few years. hat I don't tink I could pay' any :igher trib!>'e to imI than to say a:'t hint, :hat yon never heard a :awy~er say he was unfair. that he ever :r!ed to take any technical po sitoin, cr any other position he had then criticise ther lawyers. but yo could ask any member of the bar wh ever had any business with Mr. Cul breath. and he would always speak i the highest tcrms of him. And I ca further say of him, that to the your lawyers at the bar his death is cet tainly a loss. Whenever they had an question, more especially as to th limitations of esta:e or constructio of wills, that they were in dout about, all they had to d , was t( g and consult Mr. Culbreath, and h was ever ready and willing to hel them out of their difficulty, and some times would spend hours helpin: them hunt up cases and authoritie! He has helped me a number of time in my few years' practice here at ch bar with him. "I can most heartily endorse th resolutions, and I wish I had the poxi er to express my feelings on this oc ca-ion, and t. say how much ne h m;;isse(I im th: co -mim unnyI Maj. R. H. Welch. dai. R. II. Welch. now of Colum bia, who was in Newberr"" t Wed nesday. spoke as follows: It is certainly a great pleasure t me to be able on this occasion to ad my tribute to the very eloquent, an at the same time, most true word of my fellow-members of the ba: Mr. Culbreath occupied in this count and at this bar a very unique positior He was the confidante, I think, c every single member of this ba That is saying what I think you coul say truly of but few men of the ba of this state. He was the one singl soul to whom any member of the ba could go, in absolute confidence, wit every secret, and I think my brether of the bar will join me in the state ment that none of us feared to true Jim Culbreath, as we called hin with every single part of any cas< without. fear of opposing counsel i any way having an inkling of tha which we had given to Mr. Culbreat in confidence. "Mr. Culbreath had another qual ity which was the equal of this. M Culbreath was a man who, I believ< had in his breast not the slightes bit of professional jealously. I don mean that mean sentiment that hate the success of other lawyers. but mean that sentiment that professiona men sometimes have, that when you bruther is succeeding too fast he i eclipsing you somewhat. that senti ment that more or less possesses liu man kind, common to us all-not th icein that wishes ano:her man har' but the iceling you can't deseribe thia 'im C"' hreat> :ever '5ssessed :ba -ce'e n him o-n :e - te ti a:ter' att' r n1ev- had wo'n and other- had losi e *'i* ngra*aing th Ones who had w'~oi and clngratulating t:he ones who h'a' 10': the first npon their success, am' the~ thers upc.n the good fight the: had ma<e. From the standpoint :he lack of p)rofenional jealously h, wvas unique. "Then, as a man. He was a mai of the people, and distinctly so. T( see that man in his old county of Sa luda among thcse boys of his earl: days. was really tc see Mr. Culbreath' heart, and what they' thought of him This w~as his adopted county. He w~a: loved and respe.c:ed as much in hi: adlIpted county as he wav loved an< respeccted in is native county, and n< man could be loved and respcte< mo re than he was lov'ed and respecte< nhil at ire e-~ vnty. Saluda. Mt C !(eat wVas a- ma::CIC oflen:Sn2 always" !ooking on the bright side 0 lie.Mr Cnibreath -.vas an pih Chris: an gemtlema1. C.ould mnore b J udge Jas. C. Klugh. n t:hcs as: anmn:asewlee met it. heipese hoewt whom he ame - in:con:tct. almo:i from thefirste mexeti wi hsn ce it, d wiptesedn ofs wut::s u say or do was being done in all sm s cerity. It was my good fortune mcre - than once to hear him in argument ; upon questions in that special line of a jurisprudence chat has been referred to as being his special forte, and he - impressed me. as he did other mem bers of the profession, with his ability e in that line especially, and he impress ed me, as much as any member oi t the bar I have ever come in contact with, with his sincerity in the argu e ments he made. He was eager, eager p ! to have the court take the view of th - case that he had, but it seemed to me that he was more anxious that the court should arrive at a correct con s clusion than that it should agree with e the view that he held. So that, as fen men do, it seems to me that he rich ly deserves all that has beer said of - him this morning, and as much a, - any man could find language to ex 5 press in his favor. I think chat in his death we may all well consider that each of us has lost a friend, and one - who would gladly at any time con - tribute whatever he could of his ef forts, his knowledge and his ability to aid in arriving at the truth in ref erence to matters, especially matters coming within the line of his pro. fession. and he was a man who . whether in legal matters or any oth er matter; could be thoroughl3 relied upon. So it gives the cour1 melancholy pleasure to .:ntertain the r motion and to order that the motior J be granted, and that these resolutions r be spread upon the minutes of the e court, and a copy of them forwardec r to his family. And as a further marl of respect to the deceased, it is nom ordered that the court stand ad. journed sine die. t The War. The only news of consequence fron a the seat of war during the past weel< t was the report from St. Petersburg tc the effect that the Japanese have cap 'cured Sakhalin island, landing troops - under guard of battleships and taking possession. Military circles in St. Pe. tersburg are said to be startled by the t news, although they were aware of the t fact that since Rojestvensky's fleet s was out of the way, there was nothing I to prevent the Japanese from landing 1 whenever they got ready. The news r from Manchuria shows nothing of s consequence as having occurred there. - President Roosevelt has taken steps - to have the belligerents sign an armis Stice, but so far has not been suiccess .ful. It seems. h'ow.ever. that this makes thut !i: tle difference. as there is noi .L muh 'iclinationl on the r>art of the *1 foce i Manchuria tin d1o any heavy - Sghing.t may be. aowever. that -Oyama will endeavor to cut off Vladi. . bo~k y taking a po sition *:n :he ira between the pa rt and Harbin. Th in:a:ion in the PJack Sea has tmproved. the mutinous crew of the Kniiaz Po'temnkine surrendering to fRoumanian oflicers. The peace plenipotentiaries are now en route to WVashig"ton and it is like ly that they will begin their sessions between the tst and roth of August. They will in all probability be most delibera:e in their conferences. and may be in session for months before a conclusion is nnhally reached. Poor Sustenance. Harper's Weekly. Two congressmen. di1scu1ssing the discomforts of travel, happened off cn to the subject of seasickness. One of them said: "Talk abou; easick:ess; the fellow that taveled! w.ith me on my last Eu: ropean trip beat anything I ever met ivnll I cried out. 'Can't you ?keep ar:y:hingon you'r stomach?' Why ath'er H?ealy Was Glad. TheA. pries't waL- onlce v3,it1ing a Srnvminn no.uvetau riche nei..ghbor. Wh . t4o hi nm to~ see his go,rgeous and eldom' used library. 'There." aid :he vutlgarian. po7init ngr to a ;aMea. cov'ere'd with books "are my best friends." "Ah," replied Healy, with a quick sidelong glance at the virginal leaves, He Was Attached To It. Gilbert had been "exposed" to scar latina. and, as he seemed listless and feverish, his mother sent for the fam ily doctor. "Now, my little man." the doctor said pleasantly when he had felt Gil bert's pulse, "let me see your tongue." t< Gilbert put out the tip of his tongue. p "No. no." said the doctor; "put it d right out-clear out." el Gilbert shook his head feebly, and tears gathered in his eyes. ti I can't get it clear way out, doc tor. It's fastened on to me!" Daniel Was "Helping Zeke." Boston Herald. The anecdote, "Webster and His Brother," in a recent Sunday Herald, suggests another on the same subject that I heard, many years ago, related by a relative of Mr. Webster who had spent her youth in Concord. N. H. The father of Ezekiel and Daniel. dissatistied with the performance of E some task assigned to the boys, called them to account. With much difficul tv he elicited from Ezekiel the ad mission that he had been idle and lazy, and chiefly employed in "holding down chairs." "And what, sir," said the stern par- " ent, turning to Daniel, "have you been doing?" "Helpin' Zeke," was the prompt re ply. One Of His Liabilities. Exchange. During a recent financial panic a certain city magnate, like many others, found one night that his real estate was unsalable, his firm bank rupt and his money locked up in a suspended bank. In deepest despond ency he walked slowly home and i greeted the companion of his joys and sorrows. "Mary," he said, "I'm ruined. So's the bank. So's the firm. I've lost my money and my house and everything -everything." "No, no, John," cried the loving wife, as she cast herself upon his breast, "not everything; you haven't lost me." "That's so, Mary," replied the un feeling brute, "that's so; I never sup posed that'any of the liabilities would disappear." Season Tickets Via. C., N. & L. The Colum.bia, Newberry and Laur ens railroad offers Season Tickets to the following points, limited until Octo'ber 31st, 1905: Asheville, N. 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