Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, June 02, 1897, Page 8, Image 8
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llariiest Willie?My Trip to lain- ,
raster?Ami Other Tiiiims. s
Vou really must excuse me, j
Mr. Kditor; it was .just impossi-!
ble lor me to irive vou that write I
I. 1
tip of Karuesi Willie's lecture!
last week. Hut it you will jxive
mo a whole side of your paper I
ivil11 rv to make ameiuN loi hreak i
iuir my promise !'? rhaps I am I
askinjr for too much sp >ee: ' at (
oven that is !?111 hall I'd like lo ;
Jiave; ami 1 shall ilo my host to t
make what 1 - -y inton -Hull !<< a i
lew at least. I
A - t he readers of 11 is j iper |
know, I am ;? pre at admirer ol a
liai iie -l \\ Hi if.?l admire : i:?I
IkkIv who has pluck am! energy i
o?i?l persever nee :iixl hnin- and
i Inn heart.-?and since neof ;? : .
him and >j??midinir several day- \
with him. !. ii possible, admin* <_
him more than ever. (Hereto t
lore I have known him < n!\
through his honk and other writ
inu-. and thiou^h our private I
correspondence.) If is of him \
and ol things eonneeted with hi- |
visit here and at Limaster that a
I shall mostly write.
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t
Lancaster people ?/ "patronize
lectures, Ucpresentativc citizens j
tol 1 me ih it t hev tear 1 t he\ (
would not; hut t h _ 1\ di In't
know their own town. 'I he tun
i
ide (locked ont !i> in- i ! i tine-l
1 t
\\ 111 i??. <urt . -i nu: 111 v i n i>'im.titl
surj?ri^inir Maiuip r liryati. and (
surprisiiijr me. Kvervbody w.esurprised
lnjt tIn* lecturer liiin
set ; lie expected :i crowd. (
When I t<>! 1 !i : :r. nhiv u ha I t
hud been t < :i 111 i. incester
n< t I iri: '< ' i:i?: town.
he said: "You , t v. .til ; i'li )
show you :in 1 I !1 -how them ^
whet her I ca ' r 1th'
\
or not " A nd he w.i - ri^hl lie
did I :i Clow 1. A nd t lie lie-t
ol it \va- I i. ;* ' . t li nee w
Mi appreciative one- >all that
any speaker could :.>k in tliit i
re*pert. ! r< :n t!i ' i_ -1 to tin- \
lowest eiijoyetl tie in-elves. As l
an example: Alter the !? ? ! 11 r?* '
Was over alt i tlIlea t ei. ell 11 it red 1
irentlonmn?I liail a* i I !< !! Ins :
II I 11. . ell a I' !' M i'mM tine I <) 1
in am! - ii< 1 tl it !: 1 i n't \now
w iii n lie li nl e . i . w t I '
entertained, or ii?i n't hie v i li.it i
lie eVef had heen *0 we'! enter
t. ned. I liav ! oil ; .
a lid ol her e > 1111 'tent j ud-e -. hot h 1
ladie :in ! . ntleiivn. made -in i 1
lar e \j?rt -ion-. VI i he ot her
end of the limit, the little iif-rro
it will) J>:. i. 1 t he 1 > ' II l"eI "s
wiieel eliair o\ er 1 he town - lid :
"1 / it can't he l.es < -1." V- ! .r 1
III V sell'.? 1 ?!lpp<i-e I e< If in '
I
sol new i ie le I mo A. en . . i |Mn 1
e\tr. mis.? 1 lan-hod till I wa* (
- t it into \ our h< el . \ on u ho !
We>. n't (her- , ' . it tie
nothing in I hat et m*e I
i . Ii>ur . J w
something to cr> over. too. il
lliin to ivi
: v. <!: '<V rei ' ' 1;
flint <rro
;row for him ! One little black-1
ycd .-prite remembered that I,;
oo, love llowers, ami acted ac
ordingly?bless her sweet little
lell"! fl Si,y "love" llowers, Ion
lowers and girls being akin, and
lie sight of one bringing up the
neinory of the other, "like" is'
lot o\pressive enough.)
* * *
I don't think I ever saw many J
hings myre beautiful than the'
be children of the Lancaster
ralel ' diool looked as they
ti irein 'I out ot their rooms to the
nu-icofthe piiuo to hear liar
lest Willo make an address. And
know 1 never -aw as many
Hetty, bright laced little girl- ii:
ill my lite. 1 here are many nice
iiiims |M like to say about the
mpros ion these Lancaster school
hihlren made on my mind, and
-pcei ally would I like to -ay
\ hit I thought about those little
drl-?oh. yes. and larger gill-,
oo?would like to call tliem
roses and lillies and cherries and
II l i
lewmrops ami ery-l alized sun
>eams," ami so on?hut then it
vouhl take aunt Iter pane of tin?aper
-uro enough, ami I am
it'r:ii? 1 to ask lor so much.
1 wonder how many of you?
on little ?iirls ami hoy??know
hat little verse that you Were
>roinised a memento ii you rouhl
;<'ep it in your minds lor a oer.tin
lenut h of . ii ie 1 will own
o you that the one who does re
nember it has a oelter memory
hail I have. I cannot recall a
inide word of it, though I taxed
ny memory with it at the time
md thoirjit 1 never would forget
I. And I wonder, too. how many
>f you little ^irls could have i;ot
en that i lee ! jeket i hit II I Lin
on won by I -inir brave enough
v | lk Otil ' \\ erell't I liei'e
nany, hut you were .just too tim
d to .-peak out 1 tiiink there
wre?thought I saw it ;u your
aces.
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I t... i - - - '
i ?i< I?I? ii- IIIIM'I iii^ ?(uu i*\ciriit
tm hardly more than a dozen
\ords with I'rof. Ma. n im|iie~>ed
ii". as I remarked at the time to
dr. I pshaw .and Mr. lirvan, that
ie was a handle of push, jdnek
I ih 1 eneriry. Alter heinir with
11in mote, and >*einir him i i I
of.in ni and hearing him in
.1 yd
nor. eon. jd i tneiil a i \ ad.jeetive
lid a< w i- a man of pirn !; tid
ne'-:y and hrain-. and that huek
II those lay a no hie, generous
icart.
I !; iVt 11? \ i I* MM t ;in\ OIK' \\ In)
i 'iui? !:?. r .'t ivpartoo, or w i^1
i r with tiii- ri:Jt t ??:'?! iiim!< i
inv i;mI m'.I <ir<'urn<tancos than
riM'st \\ 11! i? . \ ; M i imi|?li'
>1 lii> r**:i< 1 inos- : < ?im* mm;rnin.
A . U cli* IM t I \ II I! I'll! i olli.-c,
11. 1 t lie i ! i 11 >r - ti t ' M ' t*f v ' >i! a
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W ty ffor it p.i < ill
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Auoih< r <-x;tm]?1? o. Jo . i;i in
< on Mr W. I.;ii! !? ;.
1 r. i >r. nil, K t. i i I
could relate many of them?of his I
sympathetic disposition and kindness
of heart, doing along the
street he saw an old man walking
wiih a crutch. Stopping the old
fellow he told him that after being
shut in so long that when he
went out he wanted to shake
hands with everybody, and ho
monhl shake hand* with every
one who had to use a crutch.
Then he asked him if lie would
not accept of a ticket to his en
tertnininent tli :t night. .5u-;ti?en
a roioreu preartier imiiu; atom:
ami li stopped him :im>1 present
I'll him with a ticket, and lohl
him lhal i:?? always made ii a rule
1 <? iiive tickets, il lit' had 11 if
chance. i?? all the preachers in
thai place. Later mi I heard him
tell a minister ami one of the
Lancaster editors thai if thoy
knew of anyone in town who
would like 1o hear him that nii^ht
ami would hear if it were not
for the lack o| money, to let him
know o| them ami they should
hear him.
* * *
I worn! t it it would not he
news to liiost people I i he told
that Kill A rp. t lie not ed <ieoruiu
philosopher and huniorist, hasjust
i?een in this St ite leel urinu Kut
to how man\ peopie would it he
news to he told t hat Karnest \\ il
lie has been here I to . oil -ee t he
point t hie, the newspapers have
said hut little about ; I lie other,
they have taile d a! out till every
hodv know, oi his beini; here.
An : now do you see the point ?
the inference ' Viol of all that
they have -aid of him. ouV* twice
did they adversely eritieisc liiui?
once, at W illiam-ton, where a
younu man who has Keen eduea
ted and "cult ivated hcyoud the
capacity of his 1 rains thought
11 In iua 11 a ! . ! i >1 . 1111 iii-.. I,.i
;ill vi hllii: to 1:111 _ 11 :11 to In- .-aiil ill
;im entertainment i but hi- erit i
cistn \v:is iiioi'i1 than olist 1 !?y the
iiii iiii'lli lal in 11 ! a l.islli'lislcr
uirl in I lie Ucvii'W i: once,
h A*?!.?? ? tUe. where tin' moral
reprobate ami chronic kit*k? r ami
trriiinlil??r who edits The ITc-s ami
IJunne" tin ;_!i! it u i- an nnpar
ilomihle *in in!" oiii> to talk lom'or
ill hi In* Iik*MI tu At in one plan*.
I'hore win an over i. 1 ii uis man.
who?lint i ll touch iiim up in a
paragraph l<? himsell.
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I.cl > suppose I hen* was a ^ill
ml ami ambitious boy wim.jusi a>
he was eiiterini: upon 'lie thresh
oh! oi yoi.n^. uiaiihoo 1. was h irt.
II I ' . Ill III'1 itil I
lie v.;i- eoiilint ! !<i his ' . I. miller
inn miK'li m| tlu? tinn- is no oni*
w ithout unlimited pluek en ! ]HHV
it ol eiidurenee rotiM mi lie r :m 1
live; in-1 ? i|?j.')<?' that, nl'tor
\ e tr h i I 11 i < !. lie hi' iino :iI?! .
11 y tlio help m| i jilast t ol I 'iris
juokot. a \\ Ji I ohair. 11 ! a pair
.
world 111.1 i m t! 'only \v iy upon
to liiui tiio.l to .I.? -mmi thin;; for
hiin?o|: ?t i n I to m i ,o some
t hiim 11 >r hiin i 11. otli.it ho omii !iI
; a i. hi- i i a- i! ion md I litis Inl.ottor
i <|nij?|?t? 1 t 'f tIn- work lie
Iiojm'iI to 11 m in !ifi\ and t h it in
tln> oitort to ilo xoniothinjr for
liim-oli In* always yave valuo io
roivod. as tin- pro>s a:al pro pit.'
o \ i i \\ 111 11 to I it \ ; ,i , ! 11 p] a mo.
further, that a- in* Won' ahoiit l?o
ne\ or lot an opportunity pass in
spc ik an encotir lyinji wop! where
it \v is iipc |< 1. In (In i L'onoron
! < 1 ho hi! !. mii<I Ik i11 !*
111:iri t.i ! . 1 -1 iIy . If ?>?> !
ii- -1 m l t in- coii11?ii'l ho io
( civ- i 11< 111 11 mi who i;k!o him
\ow - ti p po* i hi- \ iiihil' man
oou into a - rlain n 'ighhor
Jiooil lo \ .-it a lrk>n<l ol hi a
out. t.i -ii .! nat i w mI aI
h o 11 o. w; i . a 11 i - ; i < -1JI p ' i i - ! 11
lo tll.'t 11 i in! .lllii i <>!11Ul111. i! v
of his entertainments?the very
'same in every respect that other
i people gladly pay to' attend ; and
i suppose there is one man in the
| audience thai greets him?only
j one man in all that great crowd?
a pretended friend of that other
! young man?who refuses to he
! entertained, who sits glum and
sour looking, with his face drawn
lout to an unmeasurnhlo length,
as if his lasl relation were dead
; and he himself were in jail?to
see whom was as if a wet blanket
wore thrown over one; and
not satisfied with this, and with
talking in his own town, suppose
lie were to go to a neighboring
town where that young man was
bilie ! to s pea . uid o i the next
day he v. a to speak, and wane to
go around telling people that he
had b. n disappoint. ,1 in the en
tcrtuinmeiit lie attend* i. and ail
that kind of thing, thereby hurt
ing that young man in his )ui-i
iiess?suppose a man wore to do
this, I say. what would yu i think
of him ? ('oiild you find words to
express your opinion of such an
grateiul. unfriendly. uncharitable
, conduct
* * *
I came home bv way of Ker
-haw. where I stopped to "take
J,," ? I... I..M ..< .1 i?:
> ... mi iv i ii.ii I in I III' I'MliCI
, ('onlerence. Sunday moi'iiiiiir I
attended Sunday school at the
Ihiptisl church?:i Suinl.iV schooi
I hat tin* iiictttlH'rs Dl that cnurch
have cvcfv reason to ho proud ol ;
I li<*t) wont to t lie Met hodist church
to hoar Dr. .lohu * > Wilson, edi
tor ot tin- ('lirist ian Advocate,
preach. In tho afternoon I hoard
Dr. Wilson dolivor an interesting
loci tiro on his recent trip to the
lloly Land?or rather, lie lector
dl on tho city of .Jerusalem. the
niannois an 1 ctiDtiu s of tho poo
plo I here, and s,i on.
V* * *
Not counting the sialit ol' the
man with tho imnioasiirable face,
only one little thins; ooenrred
while I was gone that I cannot
look hack to with pleasure, and
it is too small a tiling to mention,
and I wouldn't mention it it it
wore not for the opportunity it
_rivos me to tell a little joke at
my ow n ex pome.
lust alter the services were
over at the Methodist church it
bewail to rain. There are re a
sons why I should not uet wet it
it can i>e helped, and there was a
reason why I could not wait till
the rain was over.?it was one
o'clock, and a yood dinner w:.?
ready for meat my cousin's acros
the street.?-o I turned to a
youiu: |mm>oh o| tin* teimile per
-u:?-i??ii -tamlimr im*;ir mo ami
asked her to lend me her umbrella
lor ill-! :i f 11111 n I?*. : i! 11 i |>romi-od
to -i'iii 1 il back :it onee. Ami do
\ on t liink -lie lot 111< 11?i\ * it '
Not she ; -In* !i;is11*t open 1 iioi'
1111 11111 Not -o far :i- I know. My !
how it -tnnir tin-! It \\:i- ;i little
t liiiiir. :i- I -;iii|. I?nt it w .i - my
tir-t slight :in< 1 out to the .|iiiok.
Perhaps. though. -ho wwise in
not Irn-tinu ino with tli.it urn
brella. Anyvviiv, I think my
Irioml Mrat Ion. who know- mo
pretty well, would any she was
I'll toll loll wll\ I I II i I . -O.
Saturday ;i 11 ornoon :i]tor t routing
tWO pro! t\ little ooli -.ii- to -ol.i
drinks, ju-t to-oo wli.it ho wotihl
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j ebony-hucd "son Thomas" who f
.presides over the soila fountain
that I wouldn't pay for them.
When Stralton came in?all who
know Stralton know why I did
it ? I told him that Thomas had
refused me credit for two soda i
! drinks. "What," lie said; "Thomas f
wouldn't credit you with ten
I cents Well. I'll tell you ?
I humus is a miylily irood .judye
, of human nature." And so with
J that ^irl?perhaps she, too, was a
yood judye human nature!
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And now ?
"Here*; In the I. . 11:::: ? -r?enterprising
anil yrand :
, May it seatler il- pa yes all over the
lan'I!"
\ml here's t i The Kevievv.
A ml The I .eiiyer, ton:
1 \nd liere's * > '! ,.| f ancr tor town I
'I'n her hicyeyirt ,
H it It I heir tin. > - ami curls;
To 11> ? tmrehes ml pr tier :
t o her s< hnols ami te.ieh r?:
1 o In-1 policemen mi t In-ir beats ;
; 'I'n her hi>\ - u i !i>> reels:
To her lawyers and dneiors:
To tier ..lei'i'hanl > .onl-aml-aheiu?
May s'.i ciiiiiti in he ! .rhesi pinnacle
it renown
i Ilia's in i! i; i r i t?? up to tlio .1.
< iordon < oo_ler standard, hut
then?I'm not a ("ooyler: and
it'll do!
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