The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-05
GuMTEl DIES Of WOUNDS.
HUGH q. LONGS SHOT FATAL TO
wAGENER MAN.
Town Now Quict-Dlnicult To Imagine
IA scene of Threatened Mob
Violence saturday Night

>Ss P'coioeu oi the Bank OF wagon
er and an extensive planter. died to-
night at 7.45 o'clock from the effects
OF q gunshot would inflicted last Sat
urdsy afternoon just before 6 O'CLOCK
By Hugh C. Long. intendant OF wez-
ener and representative-eiect from
Aiken county. Long. In company with
two constables. escaped a violent mob
and Ia now In the jail at Aiken with
DIR. O B. Portwood and Hayes GuA-
ter OF WAGNER. who were later ar
rested on warrants charging thcr1
with being accessories to the shoot
ing which has resulted fatally.
The death OF Pickens Gunter has
been hourly expected since he was
shot. The local physicians and three
surgeons from Columbia. who attend
ed him. held out absolutely no hope OF
his recovery. How Is Pickens Gun
teri" was the question on the lips Of
every citizen OF Wagener today. The
late Mr.. Gunter was q man OF oon-
siderable means who lent himself to
every movement for the welfare OF
WAGNER. lie established the Bank of
Wagener. was associated In other To-
cal commercial enterprises. and own
ed two large farms. His fellow ,cit,-
Gems held him In the highest es-
TEEN. He was 43 years OF age and
hlA llgoA In, U.-o-.r ne.
Mr.. Gunter leaves a wife and three
children. two daughters and one son.
Three brothers. DIT. wiilian Gun,er CO
CSnney. DIR. ". o. Gunter os Wagner
and DIR. Samuel Gunter " ALABAMA.
survive him. The funeral services
over his remains will be held tomor-
row afternoon at 4 o'clock.
In Wagner today II was difficult
to imagine that a vengefui mob could
haye inaugurated reign OF terror
there last Saturday nigtf, defying
Sheriff RADON Of Aiken oonnty and
forcing him To resort to q ruse to
get Hugh C. Long. the intendant Of
s'sc so"h WhO VOunocu tuo IoAe flCk-
ems Gunter. TO jail The little town
was busily quiet today. II Is true
that groups OF men on the public
square were stIu discussing the shoot
Ing. the eye-witnesses and tho near
eye-witnesses found ready audiences:
for the AFFAIR stirred the surrounding
country to It's depths The oAly visi-
tie Agns left by the mob were the
broken show windows In the ofnoe OF
The Edisto News. OF which Hugh C.
Long was editor.
IL was openly stated In wagensr to-
day that the sole reason for Longs
escape Saturday night was the fact
that he took refuge In the house OF
his neighbor. Henry Gardener. Con
sideration for Mrs. Gardener. an
invalid. In said to have prevented the
mob from storming the house and
dragging Long out at any cost. The
house In which Long lived since COM
ing to WAGNER Is about a hundred
yards down the same street from the
home Of Mr.. Gardener. in which he
took refuge after hurriedly leaving
the scene OF the shooting. Mr.. Gard
ener's house IL In cotton field on the
outskirts OF Wagner. Long and the
two constables who accompanied him
must have spent some tense moments
In the open field after they left the
house. guarded by the mob Saturday
night. before they reached the COM
parative shelter OF the woods about
a quarter OF a mile distant and started
on their long walk for the Jail in
Aiken.
The existing conditions In WAGNER
last Saturday night were epitomized
by downy-lipped STRIPPING Of the
town when he said today. Everybody
had EN- or gun"
The causes which led to the diff
Guilty between Hugh c. Long and
Pickens ~. Gunter are buried In a
muddle OF local politics and were not
at all related to the question at Is
last summer In the state pri-
Mr.. Long came TO Wagener In
september. 1911. started the Edisto
News to boost primarily the move
ment for a new county with Wagencr
for It's court house town. He moved
tn WAGNER from Bennetsvllie but Is
a native OF North Carolina. He IL
an attorney. a man Of some parts
and forcefui speaker. Mr.. Long was
elected intendant OF Wagcncr and ran
for the legislature last summer. 1t
was during the latter campaign that