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VOL XLIII. NO. 26. NEWBERRY. S. C. FRIDAY. MARCH 30. 1904. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR FUNERAL OF ATT. GEN. GUNTER IMPRESSIVE SCENES IN BATES . BURG, HIS HOME TOWN. Business Suspended-The People At tend the Funeral En Masse, as if all Had Lost a Relative Many Officials and Cit izens also Present fromColumbil. Columbia, March 26.-The esteem in which the late Hon. U. X. Gunter, Jr., Attorney General of South Car olina, was held by those who knew him was strikingly illustrated today in his home town of Batesburg dur ing theh ours thath is body was being borne through the streets to its last resting place among the graves of his departed fellow townsmen. Business was entirely suspended in town, as it had been since announcement of the death of Mr. Gunter. On the streets those who had known him from boy hood gathered and eulogized his virt ues. Deep and sincere were the ex pressions, convincing any stranger that "X' Gunter, as.he was familiar ly called, was loved by those who knew him best. Just as striking was the demonstra tion that those who knew him best in publie life held him in highest esteem. This was evident by the pres ence of so many pNninenf people from other portions of the State, who had journeyed bere to pay the last tribute of respect to his memory. The train from Columbia was so crowd ed that an extra passenger coach had to be attached in order to ac . commodate the people, and the many mangnuificent - floral offerings that they brought. Most affecting was the eulogy de livered at the Church by the Rev. N. .N. Burton, the veteran minister, who had known Mr. Gunter from baby hood. Eloquently, and often in a choking voice, Mr. Burton paid tri bute to the distinguished dead. Dur ing the forenoon the .body of*7Mr. Guater lay in the parIor of his 4 n eestral honie, w~here friends 'fromn all ~~tesurrounding country came to look upon his features for the last time. The Train From Colambia brought the State officers, depart mental clerks, delegations from Elks and Knights of Pythias, a number of civilians from Columbia. and other portions of the State. Governor Hey ward was unavoidably absent, being detained in Florida, but' he sent to the bereaved family the telegraphic message of sympathy already publish ed. The State officers present were Lieutenant Governor Sloan, Secre tary of Stqte Gantt, Comptroller Gen .eral Jones; State Treasurer Jennings, Superintendent.of Education Martin, Private Secretary Norment, Adjt. Gen Frost, Commissioner Watson, As sistant Attorney General .You.mans, Railroad Commissioner .Caughman, Superintendent Griffith of the State Penitentiary, Miss Laborde, the State Librarian; Capt. U. R. Brooks, clerk of the State Supreme Court. From the various departments at the Capitol were: Messrs Carter, Mc Laurin, Mitchell, Holmes, McCown *and others; Misses Henderson, Walker and Ver non, the latter from the Attorney General's office, represented the stenographer's of the Capitol. From the Legislative branch of the Government were Senator Blease, of Newberry; Representative Etheridge, and Mr. E. H. Aull, chief clerk of the engrossing department. State Armorer Alley and Capitol Guard Hiers attended. The Columbia Lodge of Elks, of which Mr. Gunter was a charter mem ber, sent -a strong delegation, headed by Exalted Ruler Lynch and Past Ex ated Ruler E. B. Clark. In the dele gation were: Geo. G. Moseley. Dr. P. D. Brooker, H. G. Johnson, B. R. Cooner, Dr. WV. F. Eberhardt, Dr. Byers, F. F. Hlough. J1. B. Letton, the Hon. G. Duncan Bellinger, former Attorney General, and Messrs Wat so Gat n others, who were pres en also inother capacities. The Knighjts of Pythias sent a delegation -0f:S-.i11 o as Chan.e11r anit. i ('h eellr I 8. 1'. ( ~a rt er. N. I1 i)riggers and A. C. 1 epass. For\er Assistait Attorney (ener al Townsend. Solicitor Sease. 1. R. Ctulley. N. W. Brooker. Capt. V. W. Miller. B. David. C. M. Gallway, of the State: M. H. Mobley. J. 1. GAS ton hnd a large number of personal friends of the deceased were among those who attended from other points. The Floral Tributes were profuse and handsome. Of rare beauty and simplicity was the design from the state offices and departmen tal clerks. It was an immense wreath of sage palms. with sheaves held by lilac ribbons. The Elks sent a magnificent pillow of roses, carnations and ferns, inscrib ed with letters of royal purple. The young ladies of the Capitol made an offering of a superb wreath of car nations and narcissus. A striking design was sent by the young men of Batesburg. Among the other noteworthy offer ings may be mentioned a beautiful wreath of carnations from Governor and Mrs Heyward, an attractive de sign from the Knights of Pythias. and designs from Commissioner and Mrs Watson, the railroad commis sion, W. J. Oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Hough, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Culley and Mr. and Mrs. J.'R. Eison and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Blease. The funeral procession formed at 3 o'clock, and the hearse was followed, en route to the Baptist church where the services were held, by the pall bearers, State officers and clerks, and the Elks and Knights of Pythias mar ching on foot. The Elks on leaving the church followed the hearse on foot all the way to the cemetery. The Pallbearers were as follows: Active--John Bell Towill, W.. W. Watson. A. C. Jones, T. B. Kernaghan. J. A. Watson, Capers Bates, Eugene Hartley, W. A. Cooner, Solictor Geo Bell Timmerman and E. F. Strother. Honorary-Lieut Governor J. T. Sloan, Assistant Attorney General Youmans. the Hon. G. Duhean Bellin ger, Secretary of State Gantt, Sup erintendent of Education 0. B.. Mar-1 ~tin. Adjt. Gen. Frost, State Treasurer~ Jennings, Comptroller General Jones. Commissioner Watson, Private Secre tary .J. E. Normnent. Honorary (local)-Ex Lieut Gov ernor W. H. Timmerman. N. A. Bates, J. W. Cooner, L. D. Culhum. E. Jones, J. B. Suddath, J. C. Glover. J. R. T. Major, N. R. Bayley, E. C. Ridgell, J. R. .Bouknight, Dr. D. M. Crosson. At The Church the pallbearers and State officers occupied seats that had been reserved in the center of the church, and the Elks divided on either side. The church was crowded far beyond its capacity. The services were con ducted by the Rev. Jabez Ferris, the pastor of the church and the hymns rendered wereg those that were the favorites of the deceased. The pastor was assisted in the services by the Revs. E. T. Hodges, of the Metho dist Church; J. H. Bouldridge, of the Baptist Church, at Lancaster, who for eight years, served the Batesburg Baptist, and N. N. Burton, now re tired, but for many years the pastor of the Batesburg Baptist Church. The opening prayer, which was most appropriate, was made .by Mr. Hodges. Mr. Boldridge made brief remarks which were forceful, thought ful and appropriate t6 the occasion. The funeral eulogy, as it may be best termed, was delivered by Mr. Burton. Eloquently he dealt with the life of "X'' Gunter from the days of child hood, and his remarks were of such a character as to bring tears to the ees of many. VMr. E. B. Clark durng the service ~rendered the beautiful solo, 'Mom ent by Moment,'' by Whittle, of whieh Mr. Gunter was most fond. IBurial By The Elks. After the services at the church, the body wa taken to the cemetery, where the solemn bur:ial ceremony of the Elks were conducted. Those par ticipating were the entire pary of Elks that came from Columbia. The following acting in the capacities in djeated: Exalted Rler Chas J. Lynch, chaplain, E. B. Clark; esteemed loyal Kngh G. Dncann Belinger; esteem-: -sit-emned leaditic- ki-lht. P. 1). Brook 0r sc~re tarr. h. F. Hlon-zh: esairie. Durin t1hese veriOnies tie Elk, N Nearer Mv (God to Thee.' ;n,l "Abide With Me. and the amarianih and ivv and the "Fmrget-me-not' were thrown by the Elks ino the open Irave. When the Elks ceremonies had been eoneluded. there f41llowed. the final prayer by the Rev. N. N. Burton. and the earth then claimed the mortal re mains of one who, in his short career, had won distinction and that which the memory of which his family will more greatly cherish. the love and esteem of his fellow man. Those who had come from a distance to attend the funeral left Batesburg immediately after the interment. re turning to their several homes by way of Columbia. COLUMBIA GETS THE REUNION. General Carwile Accepts the Invita tion Extended by This City With Thanks. Columbia State. The Confederate reunion will be held in CoLumhia. (eneral T. W. Carwile commander ot the Sontb Carolina veterans. wired President W. A. Clark 4>f the Chamber of Com meree that the invitation extended by this city hai been accepted with thanks. This means that the city must at once begin preparations for the event and that the members of the Chamber of Commerce, Sons of Vet erans and Daughters of the Confeder aev. who will be asked to serve on the varous committees, must unite in making the gathering one long to be remembered by the veterans. The pre liminary work is in the hands of a ommittee composed of Chairman W. D. Starlint. ?reo. L. Baker. W. E. Ganzales. C. B. Simmons and John L. imnaugh. President Clark will at once appoint othe committees to work with this one. as the time is not far off. the usual time for reunions being about May 10. LONGWORTH FOR GOVERNOR. President's Son-In-Law. May Be Candidate in Ohio. Among the many rumors in Wash ington, according to the New York Press, is. one that Nicholas Long worth will he the administration's andidate for the Republican nomina tion for governor of Ohio next year. Secretary Taift is understood to have been looking forward toward that office as a possible stepping stone to the presidency. This likely clash is cited as a reason the president ap pears a.nxious to get Seeretary Taft out of active political life by giving him a place in the United States su preme court. These various rumors have their origin among administration republi cans at the capitol, but they are not always taken as a safe basis for pre diction. There is good reason to at tach more than usual importance to~ them. however. In Ohio, Senator Forzaker depends largely upon Bo.ss Cox. of Cincinnati. but Cox is now under a cloud, and his indictment, it. is intimated, is likely to come soon. Mr. Longworth has been largely. dependent upon Cox's --leasure in politics for his return to the house of representatives, but now that open warfare has been declared bet wen the administration and Cox, opinion differs concerning the future political aissociations of Mr. Long worth. Cox may use his utmost endeav r to accomplish Longworth 's defeat for reelection and possibly his renom ination for congress next fall. Wheth r returned again to congress or not, Longworth may be a candidate for :.vrn'nr next year. Secretary Taft could be of assistane to Longworth in Ohio. were it not that he has cher ished ambition to be~ governor of his ow state, and then t.o use that lever age to defeat Foraker's hopes for the support of the Buckeye delegation in he next republican national conven PROPER DISPLAY AT EXPOSITION SOUTH CAROLINA TO MAKE GOOD SHOW AT JAMESTOWN. Commission Has Organized-Capt. W E Gonzales, President; Col Au gust Kohn, Sceretary and Treasurer-Committee Goes to Norfolk. The State. The eommiss-nl to prepare for a proper exhibit of the resources of this state at. the Jamestown exposi tion met yesterday at the call of Governor Heywaird. Those present were: Capt. W. E. Gonzales, chief commissioner, Columbia; Mr. Thomas R. Waring. Charleston: Capt. J. G. Richards. .Jr.. Liberty Hill: Prof. Frank Evans. Spartanburg: Senator .J. B. Black, Bamberg; Mr. J. E. Nor ment. Darlington. and Mr. E. Marion Riiker. Anderson. All of the mem bers appointed by Governor Heyward recently were present and will serve on the commission with much enthus iasm. Mr. Gonzales was elected -presi dent. Mr. Rucker vice president and Col. August Kohn secretary and treasurer. Mr. Kohn occupied the same position with the board which in 1903 erected the building and pre pared the exhibit at the Charleston exposition. The board spent quite a while discussing in a general way what is best to be done. The legis lature made an appropriation of $20.000. Enterprising architects submitted plans for a South Carolina building at the exposition but the commission .fter a full discussion. theuht it best. to go slowly as to putting the neces sary amount of money in such -a building as would do credit to the state. It was decided to hold this matter open for a while at least. The commission is at present dis posed to make its funds go just as far as possible in making a creditable rfisplay of the industrial, agricultural, mineral, forestry and other resources of the sta te. If .after doing this in satisfactory manner. a separate building can be erected for the re eption anid entertainment of South Carolinians a.nd others, it will be done, but the commission 's present view is:to do the state :most good for the funds it has available. It was decided to send a committee to Norfolk within a few days to con fer with the exposition -authorities relative to the space available, the best manner of installation, the. site for a state building should one be de termined upon and to go over the sit ation in general. Commissioner E. J. Watson was present, by invitation, and gave the~ commission many thoughtful sugges-~ tions from his experience in the col-' lection of an' industrial display. Coin missioner Watson now has a fine nuleus and it is proposed to use this for Jamestown in many respects. Capt. Gonzales, in a day or two, will name the committee to visit Nor folk; and is himself chairman, ex oicio, of this committee. The com mission already finds that there is a great deal of interest in the work and that there will be a general coopera tion in making the display at James town representative in every way- of the sister state of Virginia which feels almost a copartnership in this expsition at Jamestown. The Prize That Pa Got. A Pit tsburg widower away from home married a widow, according to Harper's Weekly, of the usual type, "plain'' but "good.'' After his mar riage he telegraphed to the eldest of his children, a girl of fifteen: "Have won a prize. Ami married. WiHi be home tomorrow." Wheu the bride and bridegroom ar rived the children were watching at teO door, and at sight of their future mother gave a little gasp of conster nation. The second child. a boy, nudged his sister and whispered: "Say, Nell, that mrst have beon the onslatin prize that pa t !' ROOSEVELT AND TILLMAN. Some Strong Points of Resemblance Between Them. .\rthnrv X W:nren inl the IMotoni lIeraldi. Wahiin:ton. Marei 24. 1906. Presideiit R'toosevelt and Senator Till nwo irevseihie ei itheir in certain traits of character. eertain streaks of temperment. certain habits of mind, and .e rtain. bents of prejudice. Both 4 them are fighters, both are hap piest when fighting: both are impetu ons. hot-headed,. easily roused to the loss of temper: both jump at conclu sions: both splutter their thoughts into the surtounding air; both are tactless as buzz-saws: both cause their friends unending concern; both love playing to the g lery, and both have confessed to some distrust of the supreme court of the United States. These gentlemen would make a very potent pair if these characteris ties on the part of the one weie other wise balanced on the part of the other. As they are not balanced they pro (lice friction. Resemblance ceases be yond the line thus indicated. And yet these two men have so much in common that they might fairly be ex pected to understand each other bet ter than they do. Take for example their apprehen sioni of the supreme court. Could there be a spectacle more uplifting than a combined attack by these two pow ers bent upon abolishing, or recon structing, the highest branch of the judiciary? A republican president and a democratic senator, both bound by their oaths of office to defend the constitution, could by concerted act ion, arouse such demonstrations, antagonistic to the constitution's ehief ?tay that all the demagogiC persons in the land would find their biefinents distaneed and outworn. "But I am not a demagogue!" says President Roosevelt. ''And I am not a demagogne!" says Senator Tillman. Surely, one would hope for at least so much in a president and in a sena tor of the - United States. But why mislead us all by utterances which stir - the thin blood in the veins of those who believe that all that is wrong, and that the way to improve the social fabric is to turn it upside own? The President's Outbreak Against .Justice Holmes. A public man, whose word is al-' ways truth. itself, and who is a friend f the president, .the justice~and the senator, who figure' in the following narrative, assures roe that when the eision of Air. Justice' Holmes, in a famous case, was announced- and found to be adv4ase to the wishes of1 the White house, the president burst] forth with that now historie exclama tion of wonder that~ an ungrateful *judge should dare to decide adverse ly to the wish of the chief magistrate, who had appointed him and he vowed, by whatever is his equivalent for Gen. Brigham's "'nine gods of war,'" that 'Justice Holmes should never again darken the doors of the White H4use during this administration.' The president 's attacks of spontan eous combustion are not always con ealed within .the doors of the execu tive mansion, and the heat of this. blaze was simultaneously felt in many quarters. So a senator in whom the president has great confidence hasten ed to the White House, and was ad mitted to the scene of conflagration. He had brought the extinguisher of advice. ''Mr. President," said he, '' you' had better cut off your right arm than let the country believe that you have disclaimed faith in the supreme court, and in Mr. Justice Holmes, because your own wishes have been crossed. It will never do, Mr. President. Deny it, I urge you and also invite justice to dine with you at the White House. That will show that you are on good terms with him, and it will have a good effect on the count ry." Within a week Mr. Justice Holmes, of the supreme court, was the guest of honor at a White House dinner. Just here we may pause to reflect. Chief J::-tic FuCThller is 73 years of age. aind has .med in the supreme court 17 1-2 years. Justice Harlan will be 73 on the 1st ..i ou e. jias served. in the supre ne eoirt over 28 years. Justice Brewer will be 69 years old In June, and has served on the sm preme heneh over 16 years. Julstice Peekham will be GS aext Nlov(mhr. :md he has served more thum tei yeas in the supreme court. T1 would be the last word (f indeli ey fwr aniiy aspirant to the supreme bench to proclaim his ambition while these distinuilshed men retain. their places. Imagine any man urging, be fore the event. upon the president, or uttering ttrough the press, or other wise, his desire to succeed,' say, chief Justice Fuller, or Mr. Justice Harlan, should either of those jurists resign, or die in office! Would he not earn deserved contumely? Can we beliV e, then, that the interesting speculations as to what will* be, or should be, done by the president, if those vacancies occur during his term of office, are really inspired at the White House, as we are told they are. As if authority might count upon death or resigna tion before a given date! That were an audacious indelicacy! Thefour supreme court justices re ferred to have not tie sligliest idea of resigning, so far as their friends are' aware. On the contrary, they are in full possession of physical health and mental power, and they intend to re main in service as long as these for tunate conditions continue. If the president desires to "make a rec,ord" Three appointments to the supreme bench they are not likely willingly to gratify that ambition. Nor are specu lations of that nature likely to gratify men of their dignity and character. Three appointments to the supreme court have already fallen to President Rosevelt. Surely he cannot desire to have four more." Any Attempt to "Pack' The Court Would be Unpopular. The president, and Senator Tillman and other radicals, %may think that the supreme court should be revolu tionized, or reconstructed, or refor med (whatever the phrase is they most. affect,) but such opinions will not engender an increased confidence in -them on the part of the country, nor will any attempt to "pack" the ceurt- by entarging it .be received with that popular favor which certain ad recates of such a step appear inclin ed to believe. It may be that the president and Senator Tillman would disclaim any kinship of interest or temperament, but; nevertheless, in certain respects they are very much alike, except in this that the'ebullient South Carolin ian always mskes frontal atta*ks. When he assails his enemy the latter is always within hearing. And then, aain, there is never any mistaking what Senator Tillman means. You may not like it, but you understand The irony of politics which made the South Carolina senator the godfa ther and guardian of the president's favorite measure, the railroad rate bill. still appeals to the country's generous sense of humor. It also pzzles many excellent minds. There were not wanting goo'd reasons for this quaint turn: The senate committee in charge of the bill could not agree upon any amendment. That was the one fact they were certain of. So it was de ided to report the bill to the senate, and let the issues be fought out there. Senator Dolliver had made himself, let us say, somewhat unpopular in the committee, so the gratification of in troducing the bill to the senate was denied him by throwing it into the hands of Senator Tillman. Mr. Tillman is the senior democra tic member of the committee. There fore, in the course of a move so un expected, the bill passing from the hands of one party to the charge of another naturally enough would be given to the senior member of that party on the committee. The repub licans in placing upon the democrats the respons.ibility for the bill, at the same time gave it to the least respon sible. Democratic senator, or shall we~ say the most erratic one. *That he should also happen to be the keen est antagonist of the president, and should also be the senator who moves the heavens to mirth oin most days, were coincident circumstances afford ing an opportunity which could hard