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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New 'erry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, March 27, 1906. Mr. C. K. Schwrar, editor of the Rock Hill Itecord, has been elected secretary of the Commercial club the busines men' organization and Mr. .1. 0. Anderson president. There was hold tho annual meeting last week and -a banquet was served. The key note of all the speeches was to urge the Idget together'' spirit for the busl ness men of the city. Mr. ). A. TVonpkins of Charlotte was present and made the address of the evening. 'Push Rock Hill'' is the motto of the Record. )I. A. J. McKelway's damage suit against the Charlotte Observer has been ended with a judgment of five cents for the plaintiff. Both plain tiff and defendant seem to have agreed to this verdict. It. would seeIm that the people- of the Upper part of the*state are iot so much interested about the changing of schedules, but they do want trains to run on seledule time. There is lothing more annl11oying to the public ill the wily of poor. IIilroad service than the operation of trains that are habitually late.-Greenville News. , Of course every one would like to see the trains on time but the change of schedule to be put on should be a good thing for the up-country. It would widen the territory of the News by placing it even as far down as Newberry by half past tell o'clock. It would give people ill) the country a ebalnce to go to Counibia, the cap ital, and return the same day. And still leaves a train into Greenville at n1oon aid out in the afternoon. A ninell betler arranllgemlllt I 111111 at 11reosoent. U. X. GUNTER, JR. Attorney General Cunter made a brave fight for life. Ie was sick for more than six months. The contest was tio mn111ell for his strength alid 1te ed came at his father's home at Batesburg on1 Sunday Iorniing at 9 o'clock. 110 was youlig and strong aud apparently had much for which to live when disease laid its hand upon him. While We canlllot understaml the workings and mysteries of Prov idence we must believe that Od (octh1 all things well and everything will work together for good. Still we are saddened at wlat seelis to us tile un timely death of our friend. The editor of The Herald and News first begani to know "1X" Ounter well in June, 1899, when we went to Columbia as5 private' secretary to~ (oy. MeSweenley and for nearly fouri ye.ars we were thrown inItimaitely with him every day, anad sinlce we have been close to him. Tfhe more anld the bet ter~ you knew him thle mlore you alp preciated his true worthI. Hie was a true friend. Firm in his conIvictionls, yet modest and uassumning. H onor able and straigthforwardl in hlis deal ings, always the genltlemanl. His opinlionls which are p)reserved in the rep)orts oIf the attorney general are evidenlce of his ability as a lawyer. One of the leading characteristics (l' tile man11 wast his fondnlIess for chil dlren and14 to 0111 mind the man11 whoi is fond of childreu must have at kindly hear 11And a gentle nature. We shall miss' him and we mourn his dleathI and sympathiz.e most ten dlerly with those of his family to whom he wvas near- and( dear. The following sketch of his life is wrte by a friend1 and Wvas p)ublish ed inthe Columbia Recor-d several <. days ago: Nzr. (Gunter wvas born ill hatesburg, lexington coulnty, 01n D)ecember 5, 1870. HIe acquired lisa common school education there and gradluatedl from the 80nthl Carolina college in 1892 aftier which he went to Aiken to prac tIce lawv, in partnership first with B. C. Jordan, and later with Mr. John1 Gary Evans, Mr. Evans, onl being elected governlor, ap)pointing him pri S vate seeretary. Hie afterwards be. came clerk of the claims committee of the hlouse of rep)resenitatives, remov ing aIt the close of this work to Spar. ':tainburg to practice law. Hie was made assistant attorney getieral under Mr W. A. Barber in 1898 and was reap. pointed by General 0. Duncan Bellin. gi,who suiccg.eded Mr. Barber. ~ n 1902 Mr. tiunter was lnminate( r 1l. W. F. Stevensoni, inl thle demii d~tte primary, as the candidate foi 4~iygeneral, and was elected a' 4oieal election in that yeAr. He 4~y4eted without opposition I11 1 i~~ term to expire durin4 ~ of the general assem He tilled every position to which he was called with such elflicency andi intelligent devotion that he seemed exactly fitted for bach particular duty which. the office ir'posed upon As governor's private secretary he won the good will and commendation of all whose business brought them in touch with the chief executive's oflice during Governor. Evans' term, and he retained to the hour of his death the respect and admiration of his chief, whose opportunities'for in timtte knowledge of him extended through the years of early manhood. IIe gave to the ofice of magistrate an air of dignity and impartial jus tice that earned and received the con 11ienee of both races and men of all conditions within the limits of his ju iisdiction. The demands for juries to try issues before him became few er as the days of his incumbency in creased; for the innocent he had no terrors, from the 'guilty came no re proach of unfairness or injustice. le left Spartanburg, after a compara tively brief term, with the eonfidence of all its good citizens. In the position of secretary of the state executive cornmittee he showed extraordinary political sagacity and the chairman of 'the committee has continuously borne testimony to his invaluable iid rendered at times when hard and skillful handling of delicate situations were demanded. In smooth ing rough ways, in preventing threat onedi estrangements among friends with developing rival aspirations, in discouraging contests, in distinguish ing the shadow from the substance when the fire of factional passion gave flickering evidence of breaking into flaiie, in converting blind prOj dice into enlightened friendship, lie proved himself, in the highest and best. sense, a politician much beyond his years. When assistant attorney general, which position was tendered to, and never sought by him, lie d(weloped) tinsuspected legal ability. he official 40)iiiions rendered by him, as assist aat. fortinv.tcly permanently preserv ed among the state's records, have met the concurrence of the bar of the state and are accepted by the omcern of the commonwealth as a safe guide and as settling the questions upon which they were given. The current supreme court reports bear abundont evidlence of his energy, research and ability as a lawyer. The lamented Chief ,lustice Melver, on meeting the then ationey general at the door of the supreie court immediately after an argimleint by Mr. 011nter, said with mich warm sincerity, ' Mr. Bellinger, I wish to congratulate you and the state upon your selection of1 assistant at torney leneral. IIe shows wonder fll capacity for discriminating work and is a mial of great promise. lie always has the attention of the court and we listen to himu with great .pleas ure. '' h'Cxtraordinary the man to earn such opinion, happy to win such p)raise.a From the ime lie assumed the du ties of the offee of attorney general until disease dragged him from .his desk, he was faithfully,echeerfully, ad. ]mirably doing his work and his duty to tihe state, growing daily in'moral force and mental strength. His fel-1 low-state oImgers had implicit confib dence in his legal knowledge and in (that rare quality) his intellectual honesty, and acted always unhiesit tingly upon his advice, however at va riance with their preconceived opin-. ions. -It is not partiality thai pronilMi the statement .that in the death of U. X.' Gunter, Jr., the' state will suf for a di,stinefloss. lie was ambitious, Ibut not' selfishly so: for his state his heart beat with losing pride; in -v ery impulse he was a citizen first and a par tizan only when consistent with the highest sense. of citizenship with quiet dignity clothed an unalterable purpose along right lines. This state has never had too many such mrnen at' any one time, and there is always a place waiting 'for such. a one. But it is as a' very big-hearted, noble man that ''X. Gunter" will be longest re -membered by his frienda among tlie mn, the women anid the children who loved hinm and whose hearts are ach ing today for the pQrsonal loss which they feel they suiffer. His brothers leaned upon01 hiin with a proud depend once; 110 sister ever knew a,gentler, more loving and tendler brother; fa ther and mother were never blessed with a more unselfish, solicitous, obo dient son nor more cruelly crushed by the shattering of proud and well tfounded hopes in a favorite: son. Shortly more than a year ago fa tail sickness.laid its withering hand up)on the sister who had been his flay mate in childhoods and his confidant in -:youth. and manhood, . and. when' death claimed her the affliction seem ed ntore than hie could bear 'and wrung groans of agony fromu a heart school ed to bear its' 'ufe~rittg in .sileztco. Fkom 'that days the light of his lIfe seoeet Jn$d and thgen.'st tQ iin saw a changedn .. .... To his companions he was 'warm ieagted and true, ever quick to 'dndi )ate them against. -backbititig and ;lander, aiid candid when advice Vas lenanded. He wa".generous evefi be. ond the suspicion of his frien4for iis numberless unsolicited aetAK,of cindnes and goodness became k'iQwI nly through the gratitude of those, receiving unostentatious bountyuIhis bands. In the heart of every child who knew, Mr. Gunter there. is an UIn %bashed tenderness for theit -gentle ,ompanionable friend. Toward women he bore hinself' ivith quiet courtesy, impressing -them with his truthfulness and honesty. lie !ould iever have been a courti6r,^but to woman could have despised or_eon lemned him. le eagerly seized every .pportunity unobtrusively aid .un tsked to render to a woman service which lie thought would add .to her pleasure or relieve her of. embarrAss )ient or anxiety. There is no oneof tie young women .in the state honiet wviose positions flirew them in co,-' ,act with Mr. (1unter who will not iold him in grateful renieinbaice, ind few have been the dry eyes when :hey have been told of his hopeloss miffering for these many months-a just tribute to a chivalric spirit. When a man's shoes hurt hiin he iets as if he was at his own funeral; vhen it's a woman she makes you welieve the only thing needed to com lete ler ijoy would be to be dancing. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given' t1iAt. on Xpril 30, 1906, the undersign6A will ipply to the National Bank of New erry, Newberry, S. C., for the issue >A a new certificate for 16 shares of he eapital stock of said Bank in lieu ind stead of certilleate No. 724 for 16 shares of said capital stock hereto Lore issued to i. C. rhoias on Janiu iry 22, 1906, the original certiflcate inviida been lost or destroyed in the United States mail. \ational Loan and Exchalige Baik oP Columbia, Colunbia, S. C. ESTATE NOTICE. Ntie is hereby given that. I will make a final settlenient of the Estate )f .JLacol) B. Fellers, deeesed in the Probate Court for Newberry, on the 26th day of April, 1906, at 10 o-'clock in the forenoon, and that I will1 inue dliately thereafter apply for a final dlischarge as Executor of the last will amil testaninit of said deceoseJ. WV. WV. Fefters N Executor. March 22, 1906. NEW STORE. I am now opening up a nice stock ol goods - in the store room formerly occupied by E. M. Evans & Co., on -Mai" St. pposite .the. court house.- Am asking now the pub ic general y come in and: inspect -my stock befoi-e nmaking thefr pur :hases. ,My .4tock consists of ?d'y 3oods, Groceries, .etc.. Call n to.see. 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In all de gratifying of all, gains 11MdC without any deviation What As indicalive of its managient iii the sole. interest of p( received from policy holders $14,83..,ooc, and either pai 253.005"-The United States Review, Philadelphia, Jat Its Motto: "Not how E Its First thought is Organized in 1845. Assets Over $~ * Apply to B. L. JON Office in McCaughrirn Building. Brick .The Exchar Brick! For Sale by AIT C41, ANNO .> ye are doing a S*widely distributed a view of interestini.t: fiIindependent of tbe c SConservnfisni in''ir oustr Brwn ad TIe,a D eposits in our St .Hur~ptyI~umty d- LAnras' .DEPARTo: ladies,- and every eff< sg aecmnaon.t their trar.sactions, w foi- Dyes this year. They are J. D. DAV'ENP'ORT',]I very popular with the children, M .SEIMN atnd ,me especially appropriate for Easter gifts, and prizes' for JO .IIA' rsd egg parties. Bring or sendVn An y6ur children down to see my U LI dislay If Easter novelties.- itDoyubu doesn't cost you anything and crdfr I im sure that it will afford pst sga them much pleasure. Special nvrtiki ie&rnade to merchants when mnea c bMigt sl.. .u SpeArcAn. I JaNo.' B.or SAoRe, TheCk the sateici card fr. poit a ga J4. Se, Gr Green if; -the -SeaSool ading Combination 3elected patterns fresh now on display. the Gage -Hats for our th us again -this year friends. OWER CO. Insurance Compang IK, N. J. Dividend Company. a "Tontine" Policy. t Life Rates. 5E WHO KNOW. t. It is doing a safe life insurance business." ,d to see the new annual statement of the Mutual now been made public. . All during the trying i of as one of the great models of life insurance ts were widely sought, and that the company had partments it now shows splendid gains and most soever frot its steady and careful line of business. ilicyholders, the statement shows that last year it d back to policyholders, or invested for them, 6, iuary 25, 1906, IG but how GOOD! for Its Members. Purely Mutual. )9,000,000. ES, Agent ige Bank of Newberry, S.C AL PAID UP $50,000.00 general. Banking business. The. stock ha been~ niong our most substantial business people~Wt~o egreatest number.' This instrrea marnagement ontrol'of dnry single initerest. nagemient and courteous treatment are the- -goal. vingia Department are solicited:and dmay' be started m $r oo up. - siJN.-We especially solicit the accounts of tb >rt'will be made by obliging officials to facilitate hether great or small, ~resident. R1. C. CAnrIsta, Vice-Pre'sident. ashier: GKo. B. CROMEn, -Attorney. ut. 1. Y. McF'A11r, Cashier. Iness with, us and you will have n of knowing that it is being well e will receive your smallest de ly as the large ones. A dollar is. r;oney sometimes, and you must is too small with which to4~om ,ou nt. Iterest compounded semi-annualy, ommerciol Book 3ank fLor Your 8a4te,g