The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 30, 1906, Image 1
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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