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VA WEK -1.50 A YEAR NEWBPItt~Y. S. C. Fiflij- .MAROH 30. 19M.;TIEAWEK L0AYA ruiuamaj vr, ATT. GE GUNTh IMPRESSIVE. SOENES I BATEI BURG, 1HS HOME TOW. Business Suspended-The People A tend the FuNeral En Mass., as if all Had Lost a Relatie-. Many Officials and Cit. Izens also Present from0olumbia. Columbia,. March 26.--The esteel in which the late Hon. U. X. Gunte, Jr., Attotney General of South Cai olina, -was. held by those who kne him was strikingly illustrated toda in his home town of Baiesburg duIr ing theh ours thath is body was bei borne through the strOets to its las resting place among the graves of hi departed fellow townsmen. Busines was entirely suspended in town, as i had been since announcemenb of t death of. Mr. Gunter. On the street those who had known him from boy hood gathered and eulogized his virt ues. Deep and sincere were the ex pressions, convincing any strange that "X" Gunter, as.he was familiar ly called, was loved by those whi knew him best. Just as striking was the denionstra tion that those who knew him besl in public life held him in highes esteem. This was evident by the pres ence of so many prninent peophi from other portiono of the State, wl h4d journeyed tere to pay the las tribute of respect to his memory. Th( train from Columbia was so crowd ed that an extra passenger coact had to be attached in order to ac commodate the people, and the man3 maignificent ' floral offerings the they brough Most affecting was the .alogy do livered at the Church by the Rev.' N N. Burton, the vcteran minister, wh( had known Mr. Gunter from baby hood. Eloquently, and often in : choking voice, Mr. Burton paid tri 'bute to the distinguished -dead. Dur ing -the 4orenoon the-body of Mr Gunter lay in the parlor 6f 1iis cestral h6nie,"where 'riends 'fIto t bqthe- surjrotiding couitry 'came to loo upoti his features for the last time. The Train From 'colnbia brought the State officers, depart mental clerks, delegations from Elki and Knights of Pythias, a number ol civilians from Columbia. and othe portions of the State. Governor Hey ward was unnvoidibly absent, beint detained in Florida, but'he sent t' the bereaved family the telegraphi message of sympathy already publish ed. The State officers present wer Lieutenant Governor Sloan, Sedre tary of St)to Gantt, Comptroller Gen ,Oral Jones; kate Treasurer Jenning: tguperintendenl.of Education Martir Private Secretary Norment, Adjt. Gei Frost, Commissioner Watson, A sistant A ttorney General Youman! Railroad Commissioner .Caughimar Superintendent Griffith of the Stat Penitentiary, Miss Laborde, the Stat Librariani; Capt. U. R. Brooks, cler of the State Supreme Court. From the various depairtments t the Capitol wore: Messrs Carter, M. Laurin, Mitchell, Holmes, McCow .and others. Misses Henderson, Walker and Ve: non, the latter from the Attorne General's office, represented ti stenographer's of the Capitol. From (he Legislative branch' of ti Government *were Senator Blease, Newberry; Representative Etheridg and Mr. E. H. Aull, chief clerk of tI *engrossing department. State Armorer Alley and Capit Guard Hiers attended. The .Columbia .Lodge of Elks, which Mr. Guinter Wais a charter mei ber, Aent -a strong delegation, head by Exalted Rider Lyn'ch and Past E ated Ruler E'. Ii. Clark. In the del gdn.ere:or Geo. G.. Moseley, Dr. D Brooker H , Johnson, B. CO nr, Dr. W. F. Eberhardt, I f,G. Dunenfel3llinger, forre fEre y . Q e e ra il, n d M e ss rs W i frt ehet' apelties. 'i ~ ofPytb&s snt a delegati Ig o at Oh neellor Gar 11 m- IuwII4eoir N. I. Unrter. N. 11. )riag-ers and A. C. )epass. R "ter Assistant Attorney eter al Townseld, Solicitor Sense. 11. R. Culley, N. W. Brooker. Capt. WV. W. Miller, It. David, C. M. Galloway, of the State: M. ii. Mobley, J. T. Gas ton id a large number or personal friends of the deceased were among those who attended from other points. The Floral Tributes were profuse and handsome. , Of rare beauty and -iniplicity was the design from the state offices and departmen tal elerks. It was an immense wreath n of sage palim, with sheaves held by lilac ribbons. 'Thie Elks sent. a magnificent. pillow i of roses, carnations and ferns, inscrib F ed with letters of royal purple. The - young ladies of the Capitol made an offering of a superb wreath of car t nations and narcissus. A striking i design was sent )y the young men of i Batesburg. t Among the other noteworthy offer ings may be mentioned a beautiful i wreath of earnations from Governor - and Mrs Heyward, an attractive de - sign from the Knights of Pythias, and designs from Commissioner and Mrs Watson, the railroad comiMis sion, W. J. Oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Hough,' Mr. ant 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 oA foot. The Elks on leaving the church followed the hearse on fOt 4l the way to the.cemetery. The Pallbearers W.ere as. follows, Adtive --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. L Honorary-Licut Governor J. T. Sloan, Assistant Attorney General Youmans. the Hon. G. Duhcan Bellin .rer, Secretary of State Gantt, Sup crintendent of Education 0. B.. Mar l: tin, Adjt. Gen. Frost, State Treasurer Jenzings, Comptroller Genqral Jones. Commissioner Watson, Private Secre. tary..J. E. Noriuent. Honorary (local)-Ex Lieut Gov ernor W. H1. Timuerman, N. A. Bates, J. W. Cooner, L. D. Cullum. E. Jones, J. B. Suddatb, J. C. Glover, J. R. T. Major, N. R. Bayley, E. 0. 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 werq those that were the favorites of the deceased. The pastor was assisted in the services by the a Revs. E. T. Hodges, of the* Metho a 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 p)astor of the B3atesburg Baptist 'Church. The opening prayer, whiclh was .most appropriate,- was mamde by. Mr. y Hodges. Mr. Boldridge made brief te remarks which were forceful, thought ful and appropriate to the occasion. .e The funeral eulogy, as it may be best ,f termed, was delivered by Mr. Burton. e, Eloquently ho dealt with the life' of o''X''Gunter from the days of child hood, and his remarks were of sucli al a character as to bring tears to the eyes of many. f'Mr. E. B. Clark durng the service n- rendlered the beautiful solo, ' Mom. td ent by Moment,'' by Whittle, ol x- which Mr. (Gunter was most fonid. e-Burial By The Elks. P. After the services at the church RI. the body wvas taken to the cemetery ir. where the solemn burial ceremony o1 le the Elks were conldneted. TIhose par er ticipating were the entire panrly o -Elks that came from Columbia. TI .following acting in the capacines in he djcated: Exalted Ruler Chas J. Lyneli GI# chaplain, E. B. Clark; esteemed loya tt, Knight (4. Duncan Bellinger; esteem Ied lecturing kiight, (. (1. Moseley; Lasteened leading knight, P. D. Brodk er; secretary. fo. t-. iogh: esquire, '. l. rown. tirinl. these clerionies the 1.Iks sang ''Nearer My Ood to Thee, ' ani Abide With Me,'' and the amaianji" and ivy and the ''Forget-me-not were Jhrown by tle 1lks into the open grIave. When (he Miks ceremonies had beel colutelided, there followed. the- fini prayer by the lRev. N. N. Burton, and the earth then claimed the,morthl re mains of one who, in his short career, had won distinction and that. whioll the memory of which his family will more greiatly cherish, the love 'anl esteem of his fellow man. Those who had come from a distaice to attend the luneral left Batesburg inmedittely after the interment, ;rc urin It) 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 Conffederate reunion will be held in ColtunbiA. Oreneral T. W. Carwile coniineantr of the South Carolina veterans, wired President W. A. Clark Of the Chamber of Com. meree that the invitation extended by this city haA 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 acy, who will be asked to serve on the Various committees, must unite in miaking the gathering one long to be remembered by -the- veterans. The pre liminary work is in the hands of a committee composed of dhairman W. D."Starling, 0eo. L. Baker, W. 0. Gianzales. C. B. Simmons and John L. Mininaugh. - President Clark will at once appoint othel- 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 be, the administration's candidate for the Republican nomina tion for governor of Ohio next year. Secret4ry Tift is. understood to have been looking forward toward tlAk, office as a possible sti)pping stone to the presidency. Th.is likely clash is cited as a reason the president ap pears anxious to get Secretary Taft out of activo politicid life by. giving him a place"in the United States = preme court. These vai-ious rumors have their origin among administration republi eans .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 Foraker depends largely upon Boss Cox, of Cincinnati, but Cox is now.under.a cloud, and his indlictment, it. is intimated, is likely to come soon. Mr. Longworth hmas been largely, dependerit upon Cox 'e ->leasure in *polities for his return to the house of representatives, but now that open warfare has been declared bet wen the administration and Cox1 opinion differs concerning 'the future political- desocIations of' Mr. ~Long. worth. Cox may use his utm'ost endeav or to aceomylish Longworth 's defeat for reelection and possibly his renom ination for congress next fall. Wheth or returned again to congress or not, Longworth may be a candidate fou bverr next year. Secretary Tafi col eof assistance to Longwortti in Ohio, wore it not that ho has cher ished ambition to be governor of him own state, and then to use that lever. -age to defeat Foraker's hopes for t support of the Buckeye delegation is -the next rep)ublican national conven tion, PROPER DiSPLAY AT EXPOSITIO1 SOUTH CAROLINA TO MAKI GOOD SHOW AT JAMESTOWN. Commission Has Organized-Capt. V E Gonzales, President; Col Au gust Kohl,- Sceretary and Treasurer-Committee Goes to Norfolk. The State. The comilissioIn to prepare for. proper exhibit of the resources o this state at. the Jamestown exposi tion met yesterday at the call o Governor Heyward. Those presen were: Capt. W. le. Gonzales, chie commissioner, Columbia; Mr. Thoma It. Wrn,Charlestonl; Cap-t. J. Cl Rlichards, Jr., Liberty 11ill; Prol Frank Evans, Spartanburg; Sonato J. H. Black, Bamberg; Mr. J. E. Nor ment, Darliugton, and Mr. E. Marioi lNeker. Anderson. All of the mem hers appiointed by Governor Heywar, recently were present and will serv on the commission with much onthus iasi. Mi. onzale.4 was elected -presi dent, Mr. Rucker viee president an Cl. August. Kolh secretary an treasurer. Mr. Koin occupied th same position with the board whiel in 1903 erected the building and pre pared the exhibit at the Charlestoi exposition. Tho board spent quite ; while discussing in a general wn; what is best to be done. The legi lature made ati appropriation o $20,000. Ruterprising architects submitte plans for a South Carolina buildin at the exposition but the commissio .4tev-a fill discussion, thuglit it bm toE,g v slowly as to puttimr the neceN sary amount of money in such - building as would do ,eredit to th state. It was decided to hold thi matter open for a while at least. The commission is at present diF posed to make its funtds go just a far as possible in making a erediabl displn.v of the industrial, agricultural mineral, forestry and other resource of the state. If .after doing this il vatisfaeory manner, a. separat building can be erected for the rc ception add entertainment of Sout Carolinians and others, it will b done, hut the commission's presen view ,is. to do the state -most good fo the funds it has available. It Was decided to send a committe to Norfolk within a few days to coi fer with the exposition - authoritie relative to the space available, th best manner of installation, the. nit for a state building should one be dc termined upon and to go over the sil nation in general. Commissioner E. J. Watson wi .present, by invitation, and gave th commission many thoughtful suggei tions from his expericnen in the co lection of an' industrial display. Coir iflissioner Watson now has a fir nucleus and it is proposed to use thi for Jamestown in many respects. Capt. Gonzales, in a day or tw< will name the committee to visit Not folk; and is himself chairman, et officio, of this committee. The corr mission already finds that there is' great deal of interest in the work an that there 'Will be a general Cooporm tioff in making the display at JameE town representative in every way- C the sister state of Virginia wie feels almost a . copartporship in thi exposition at Jamestown. The Prize. That Pa Got. A ittsburg widower away . froi home married a widow, according t Hlarper's Weekly, of the usual typ' 'pliain'' but ''good.''After his mai riage he telegrapho~d to the eldestc his children, a girl of fifteen: .H'-avd won a p)rize. Am married Will be home tomorrow." When the bride and bridegroom al rived the children were watching the door, and at sight of their fuitui mother gave a little gasp of constei nation. .The second child, a boy, nudlged h SistQr aind -whispered : "Say, Nell, that must have been ti consolation prize that pa got!"' ROOSEVELT AND TILLMAI Some Strong Points of Resemble Botween Thom, 3 A rt.hur W~arreni in the INslon'i Here Wahigt N lareh 24.' 19101 President Roosevelt and Senator 'I 1111111 ICenhmle elch other inl (c1.r traits of character, certain streaks teimperient, certain habits of i adcertainl. bpltk Of pre,Judice. B or them are fighters, both are h piest wheii flIghting; both are impt ois, hot-headed, easily roused to a loss of temper; both jump at con f Sionls; both splutter their thoug - into the surtounding air; both f tactless as buzz-saws: both cause ti t friends unending concern; both I f playing to the gallery, and both h s confessed to some distrust of supreme court of the United Sta These gentlemen would mak r very potent pair if these characte - ties on the part of the one were oti i wise balanced oin the part of the ot] - As they are not balanced they I t duce friction. Resemblance ceases yond the line thus indicated. I - yet these two men have so much common that they might fairly be . pected to understand each other I I ter than they do. I Take for example their apprei siin of the supremlie court.. Could ti be a spectacle more uplifting thai combined attack by these two pi ers bent upon abolishing, or ree structing, the highest branch of judiciary? A republican )resident i a democratie senator, both bound f their oaths of office to defend constitution, could by concerted i ion, arouse such demonstratic antagonistic to the constitutic chief btay that all the demago t persons in the land would find ti jiiidiinefe di?tanced atd outm 2 "But I am not a deinagogu says President Roosevelt. - 8 "And I am not a demagogue!'' s Senator Tillman. Surely, one would hope for at le so i much in a president and in a se for of the United States. But v mislead us all by utterances wi stir the thin blood in the veins those who believe that all that wrong, and that the way to iipr the social fabric is to turn it up, - down? The President's Outbreak Agai Justice Holmes; t r A public man, whose word is ways truth itself, and who is a fri of the president, the jt"itice4nd senator, wko figure in the follow narrative, assures me that when decision of Mr. Justfe Holmes, i - famous case, wos a.nnounced E found to be adverse to the wishc. - the White house, the president bt ~ forth with that now historic exclai tion of wonder that-an ungratf a judge should dare to decide adve e ly to the wikh of the chief magistr -wo had appointed him and lIe vo - b)y whatever is his equivalent for ( - Brigham's ''nine gods of War,'' I e ''Justice Holmes should unever as a darken the doors of the White WI during this administration.'' , The president's attacks of sponi e ous combIustion are not always< ..eenLed within the doors of the er< tive mansion, and the heat of a blaze was simultaneously felt in mn quarters. So a senator in whomi .. president has great confidence hasi .ed to the White House, and was f mitted to the scene of conflagrat b Hie had brought the extinguisher a advice. "'Mr. President,'' said he, ' had bettor cut off your right arm t let the country believe that you I disclaimed faith in the supreme co and in Mr. Justice Holmes, beci your own wishes have been erosi It will never do, Mr. President. D Sit, I urge you and also invite jus to dine with you at the White Ho .That will showv that you are (In p terms with him, and it will hav goodl effect on the countray.'' Within a week Mr. Justice Hob~ Sof the supreme court, was thme g 'of honor at a Whit-e House dinne Just here we may pause to refl (Chief .Just.ice Fuller is 73 years IS age, and has served In the supr court 17 1-2 years. e Justice Harlan will be 73 on the ofc June. Hie has served in thu su . me court. over 28 years. Justice Brewer will be 69 years ol nce m June, and has served on the au preme hench over 16 years. Justiee Peckhani will be 68 next 1ld. Noveiber. and lie has served more I.- tihan ten years in the Supreme court. ill- It would be the last. word of indeli ailt elcy ['or anly aspirant to the supreme of bench to proclaim his aibition while id, these distinguished wuen retain. their *A oth places. lmagine any man urging, be. ap- fore the event, upon the president, or tu- uttering t1irough the press, or other. the wise, his desire to succeed, say, chief )lu- Justice Fuller, or Mr. Justice Harlan, hts should either of those jurists resign, are or die in office I Would lie not earn eir deserved contumely? Can we believe, ve then, that the interesting speculations ave as to what will' be, or should be, done the by the president, if those Vacincies tes. occur during his term of office, are a really inspired at the White House, as -is- we are told they are. As if authority er- might coutit upon denth or resigna ler. tionl before a given date! That were 1ro- an audacious indelicacy ! be- hefour supreme court justices re Ond ferred to have not the slighest idea of in resigning. so far as their friends are ox- nwvare. On the contrary, they are in let- full possession of physical health and mental power, and they intend to re en- main in service as long as those for ore tunate conditions continue. If the I i president desires to ''make a record' w- Three appointments to the supreme on- bench they are not likely willingly to the gratify that ambition. Nor are specu nd lations of that nature likely to gratify by men of their dignity and character. the Three appointments to the supreme ket- court have already fallen to President n, Ro)osevelt. Surely he cannot desire to 1'*S have four more." gie Any Attempt to "Pack" The Court ucir Would be UnppulAr. rn. The president, and Senator Tillman ' and other radicals,, may think that the supreme court should be revolu, Rys tionized, or reconstructed, or refor med (whatever the phrase is they ast most. affect,) but such opinions will Ha- not engender an increased confidence y in -thein on the part of the country, el nor will any attempt to ''pack" the of coirt by enla-rging it .be received with is that popular favor which certain ad Ove vvcates of such a step appear inclin ide et to believe. II may he that the president and st Senator Tilhman would disclaim any . kinship of interest or temperament, al- but; nevertheless, in certain respects Bnd they are'very much alike, except in the this that the ebullient South Carolin ing inn -always makes frontal attaoks. the Whein lie assails his enemy the latter a a is always within hearing. And then, nd again, there is never any mistaking of what Senator Tillman means. You rtt may not like it, but you understand na- it. )ful The irony of politics which made rse- the South Carolina senator the godfa ate, ther and guardian of the president's ,ed, favorite measure, the railroad rate eon. bill, still appeals to the country's nat generous sense of humor. It also am puzzles many excellent mlinds5. There ~use wdre no.t wanting good reasons for this quaint turn: anf- Tihe senate committee inl charge of ' ~on- the bill could not agree upon any '' ~CU- amenldment. That was the onie fact this they were certain of. So it was de Iiny eided to report the bill to the senate, the and let the issues be fotight out there. en-F Senator Dolliver had made hims6lf, ad. let us say, somewhat un popular in the on, committee, so the gratification of in of troducing the bill to the senate was denied him by throwing it into the you hands of Senator Tillman, ban Mr. Tillman is the senior democra ave tic member of the committee. There :rt, fore, in the coitrae of a move so run use expected, the bill passing frozn the led, hands of one party to the charge of eny anjother naturally enough would be tice giverf to the senior member of that 11s0. party on the committee. The repub ood licans in placing upon the democrats 'e a the responsibility for the bill, at the same ilme gave it to the least responi fleR, sib)le. Democratic senator, or shall test we say the most erratic (sne. That r. lie should also happen to be the keen oct. est antagonist of' the president, and of should also-be the senator who moves ome the heavens to mirth on most days, ~ were coincident circumstances afford 1st ing in opportunity which could hard-'J prc- ily bie ae~iected, hianm nmature beinrg