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LANCASTER ENTERPRISE Published .very Wednesday ? itY? '('lie - Enterprise Publishing - Company A. J. CLARK, Kdltor. MARCH, 16, 1898. Grow Corn And Meat. If wo are to he involved in a war with Spain (and it looks very much like wo are), our farmers would do well to consider its effect upon the prices of cotton and of provisions next fall. rPi. .. : . it., r I < i lit- price i>i i ih* mriner is sure tu lie e Heeled adversely to the farmer, while tlie prices of corn, i meat, etc., nro.jiist as sure to be favorable to the fanner who is so i fortunate as to have them to sell. ' Afore Fertilizers, Afore Cotton. The receipt- !r :n l!ic ferti!i/.< r ta\ last vear ani' untcd to s.V.i.(KM). T i?i- represents J.'Jft.tuut tons of I f.'Vtili/em used by our farmers! la-t y*. ar. It i- estnnat d I hat : the im Ironi this source will ! exceed tit at >!' I: -t i :* by s]S.- ' 000 which means that I lucre will ' in* 1?\ tiu* i..me s <ii ijo Si e tons more o! eon. mere:at fertilizers this year than last. 1 i..i- use! last u af i >. > > >1 :i>"e ! ! 1 ' i _ ! ci'< >: el' cot I on ever yet ^rown. What 11.. :: will ' thi- inerea cd :: .* do, and what en lit:; la "iik- i hop. t < y< ! I.. r 1 hei> eotPm t)i! fal 1 w i!!i the war u' !()! . tiikI now e aliont-i us ?ii e ait' i pies I to n I* l imi our fanners should ask thee - Ives! 1 ?!'(u't 1 'it y pi : n t heir evops r.is- Them Around. ' Tim i>rintlii_ bill i?rej>ared by ih !'ress A-social ion was defeat by tin* legi-luture at it- recent Ke--ion. The IhJ.t Was made hi; it by Mr. ! Ii: l of l.oxiuglon. Tim new-paper- nl tlie Stale am! es pecialh ot Lexington have a clear duly beloiv tlmni. Hid it i- !< do teat in tin* next cainpai.rn every man who voted against tin* lull. Mr. I'.Iird objected to tin- bill on account of the source from whence it came," and if the Lex inglon editors don't pay him out r,... 11,;. 11,. i ?,i ...I iii< > .?ii- 111 i Humi ;t I'i'iii. ?Ahheville .Medium." (Jive u- a li-t ot the nifii whoj voted against tin- hill.conteporury. and let the pros* of the state pas* them around. Men who refuse to | do simple .justice to the papers should he remembered when they; come out for olliee. They will probably timl that they will need the newspapers, then. Let us have their names, by all means.? Sumter Ilerald. A (iror^ia editor writes as follow : ''Many people in the conn try want to move lo town ; many people in town would like to live in tin- country. As a rule man's a fool ; when it'.- hot. he w ants it , " wll*?i? if - 1 - > - 4 '4 , ... .. .. - ' >>'M III" H <1111$ II hot ; always* wanting w li.il i-; not: never pleased willi w 11at li"'> trot : as a rule man's n tool." Alter Thirty Years. Washington. I> < March 11. '!'!> ' nr. id ot i 11 <-< 1 t lie Method;.;! jaihli Uintr; I < ?e 1?:11 ( w hic.h ends t lie litrlit of t hirty years. The incident will he closed when 11m* I rni-iirv department' pays to the hook eooeern in Nauliville, the property of the Method ist eh 11 reh South, #2ss,000. OAIU'I* JIIIA. **5* i I BRYAN RECEIVES AN OVATINON AT DUE WEST He Electrifies an Audience o Two Thousand. SPEAKS ALSO AT GREENWOOD. The Free Silver Leailer Excite: Great Enthusiasm? His Speech es Telling and Abounding ii Epigram. Special to The State. Due West, March 21.?Borrow injj; the words of President (in of Krskine college, "This is lirvat day at Due West.', Never befori lias this little town, nestling 11 the lulls of the Piedmont, been it sti'-h a tlurry of excitement as i has been all day. Kverv one yoi meet is nervous and noisy. If tie temperate character of the pinewere i.ot so well known < no wouh not hesitate to make an is 1 i 1 ivil before a magi-Irate that all v in inebriated. A- the to., i i ated on the "straight and >. iruv road to heaven,^' ae<.>.ding t< Senator Mel.uiriti, one j; forcer to look lor another run-of ex i'iIi'lixMif The display <>f Boutin} ;iml Ilau? shows that t h town 1 (Ml and till' : ll!U?arOtlS pit lure oV '.Villi .1 Bryan y'vt .lie cln? to the mystery. It is his expeotei . - : v ] t 0 , t t| ,. i., ivcy-1mrvy and can-. . even ?!? . t>y waitei at the hoh I here r. \ o : v 't!i tnnri thnn i. I lv: ( ft But sjM'.ikiuv peri< uslv, i)u< \Y b'p i : "i: um-nt wa pardon 'c. S .t- llH(l l?v J" f - {; ! "*t'ur ..!? ilK'Olllplll.lllll ll'll o !'> I fetnocrat ie r My i there when I artier towns hi tin . ; 1 111 ; i Iliac, lie i .. k fi, / hi only one hulf her zeal. For t?w| !: : - t -y listened to i' causi if in tnetalhsni chain( ioned }>/ i man vV 1111 f? ji lt.B .ol. ii.'i all ulaili world-wide. !t was a tireat da; fur 1 )iu* W -st and in nor * '< in to tho > ".!"i v't't ;-?r<\ MM A S \ . i.iliH.N v.moil. 'I'll- lion. William diMininy Bryan, from hn brief citl/.onshi| in many States ha- necessiaril eonie to be a cosmopolitan. It !. ' -anted it* \ afyuo '.; tim udapn "v. hen in l??mi do i- Koine does. ! [ showed this in I ho lir-t v liit'll he in . J* in Si,ii'' ('tod... It was at < i ret n wood : h: - morn ing. 11" was -peaking to -1.00 , t' p. ' W IlO.-e Cii . ivh- .. ut Sill O. was in striking contrast to tli ooisv acclaims which had greete :im a> lie ma iiis tv;tj 1*1 >m tii lain to the am! on tlie puhli square. Ho v a illustrating: point hv 0110 ot those apt anet loots with which his speerhe abound. It v. a- 111 oh! story, l>n it took on fresh interest whe told by him. It was about a mod leal student who -food an exami nation while in an inebriat condition. "The student went int a saloon, or as 1 should say, int a dispensary," said Mr. Bryan An outburst of laughter greete this reference to South Carolina peculiar liquor law. A raising! his hand restored silence so sin! denly that it was start ling. H then finished the anecdote, whir h?'tt<*r eonveyed his meaning tha would an hour's desertation b some learned folk. Were 1 asked what most, in pre sed me ir Mr. Hr.van's speec at <;reonwo<l I should unhesi tatingly ainw r the striking epi grains. They were double < 11s tilled truths worded so that on could not forget them. I he ttiek to the memory like buri to a sbeep's wool. W hat, for in-tanee.eouhl bette illustrate the n> i.e\ ol the p.?ii hi power than tin - . " i he n< put beans are treating the people In I) V e r I oail ef] hi : . n . i.' h < ? 1... n III!. - . . ... ... I i!W tlfel i ! lie mill i r : ?u th>s ; " 1 lie <i<< 1 lars are fat ami ilie per pie thin." ! t would ho folU t?> attempt t reproduce Mr. Bryan's speech. I would lose much served out i cold type. <>nlv when heard i the full resonant voice of Mi Bryan is one able to crasp an a-sirnilato the facts which he let fall in every sentence. The subject was free silver, i dry subject at best, and one 1111 der which an audience soon grow \ i*' \ i? w ?;i)# 'Ml i 11 i* 111 " I ? ! '?) i i < . ii ill f> I <1 I ,? tempted t<> interview him. "What elTc ct would war with , >| ::. !. i1 . :!. iu'\' i I v-:If :i?*' P I asked. t "I cannot iliseu-s hypothetical r quej;ion he answered, "1 would j v he a fool *o do so." A I! "'forts to <:et him to talk tailed. Ho eonld not bo 'Ira \vn out" for ho know* ever\ "trick of tho t ratio." When la urels \v<.?o cxpriv.m d ' to him that ho could not speak in ' a more central place, such as < 'nlumhia, he answered : i oi.i Mel A col I.I' n.w i. n \i> in M. Ii \ is, 1 should like to speak to many people in this State an possible, hut 1 was not invited to o Columbia. 1, of course, could not write l" anyone there proposing e such a thine. I !esides." he added, il "! have been corresponding with , the people at Pun West for some , time. 'Ihe.v had invited me to a speak there in June, but after getting in the south 1 found it ...; would suit me better now, so art. rangemonts for to-day were a j made." I- j HIS KKCKI'TION AT UONNAI.h'S Donnald's, which is four miles 0 I from Due West, was rearhed half ?,an hour late. The people had con? gregated at the depot "There he ' J is," yelled an excited man, as Mr. I1 1 Bryan stepped from the train,and s i a inightv shout rent the air. |^| I.OOKS I.IKK HIS PICTI'RK. j "I would have known him anyl( 1 where trotn his resemblance to n his picture," remarked an old lady who was staring at him ' ! through her steel-bowed spec taeles from a point of vantage on I i lie depot plat form. ( I Tim other people were satisfied to gaze it) open-eyed wonder and admiration at tin* man who three e | years hence may he the n xt ^ I're^iilent of tlie* I'nited States. A carriage decorated with 'hunting and l'nited States llaps L and drawn by two handsome ' 1 1 < )< awaited Mr I?ryan. '! > was ( ' 'orted to it hy Con. g'e man Latimer. Senator Mrl.aurin and (Jovernor Kllorhe oc 'upiei! tlie other two eats. The ( 'art was made and carriages and wagons fell in behind and formed a procession, t AN KSCOKT OF IIONOIt. n < ?n the outskirts of the town ti t lw? nurt v mac t?w.? K?? ?? 1 ? ? |M? i ? ? ?? ??* iin;v i? f <1 I'rtVHI* r. ( cade of .">() horsemen,wearing blue djsashes and carrying small I nited s States llags. At the head rode I)r. Widenian, who, in cocked hat \ with a black plume and a drawn i- swork in hand looked something s like a knight errant. The caval1 restive. Not so with the good folk front and about Gaeenwood. They were there to hear and they ' listened. Not a word escaped them. Cheers frequently inr terrupted the speaker. A men' tion of 10 to 1 brought forth a FERVENT "AJIK.N !" from an old fellow, and the crowd yelled. The 15 minutes were soon up. s It seemed but as many seconds. - There were clamors of "More, more." A firm no and that magic raising of the hand and the crowd lapsed into silence. AN' INFORMAL RECEPTION. From the stand Mr. Bryan r walked to the door of the depot i waiting room. His course through ' the throng could bo marked as i the wake of a ship at sea. Standt J ing in the dooi way of the depot Mr. Bryan held an informal re crption. A stream of men and J women passed by and each one w is given a warm grasp of the 1'hand. T en minutes of this and1 f!te leader of the free silver hosts: ' was on the rear platform of the ( train, hat in hand, bowing his , farewell to the cheering crowd. MEETS I HE oo\ KRNOR. Mr. Bryan went from Green-1 wood to 1> mould s on the special " train which came tip from t'oi> umhia. Senator Mel.nurin, who served , i \\ o terms in the house with Air. i ii:va!(. iiitroiiuctMi to lii in tiovei-i nor Kllerbe and the I'nlumhiM: 1 ! ' .l_l III C O-i-t' 1 ot V. .A .. sal, Col. Knox Livingstou,M. li.i ( \iiijier, .1. 1). i I Louis A p , m:. -M. .v. Miilotu* > 11<t otlior i' talked pleasantly to these audi ot Iut t:?'I Umdi'Ii. cade formed an advance guard. | As Due West was neared the horsemen set up a terrific cheer- ( ing which was answered by echoing shouts from the townsfolk. 1 The carriage in which Mr. Bryan was riding iiad its top raised but he had the driver to lower it that he might be seen bv all. GREETED RY COLLEGE GIRLS. The first group to greet the former presidential candidate were the young women of the Female college. They were lined up, a miniature tlag in each hat, and chanted a rhyme, the only distinguishable word of which was Bryan. Duo West is not a largo place but every citizen.l woman and child were out to do' honor to the distinuished guest. | Mr.Bryan and Governor KUerbe | worn driven to the home of l'ro-1 fesBor Pressley. whore thev were entertained. Senator McLanrin ! was a guest of Mr. Galloway. i Visitors from other sections sought accommodations at the) hotel. A I. AT K ST A HI'. i on* I o t lie delayed train ami <?t li?*r | cati-e* tin- exerei-es iliil not bepitl for | an liour ami a hall' after t he appointed timi'. To pay tin1 expenses incident to | petti up Mr. Itryan the eommilti arrangements IkuI I'iseilit fee of adnii.-- ! i..11 ill .">0 relit i to t lie collepe ? 11 .; I, \\ here 1 he speakiup \\as to take place, j i I , m i -cs w ere t o bepi n at ' > o'clock. | llefore that time the larpe chapel he-! jrati I" till with people. All the seats v.i'i 'p.,, p.( the appointed Inuir.' Th<-re was nothiup to do hut to w ait. I '''lie 2,ii'H? or inori persons who tilled j 11; I'liapel di-played remarkable ; patience. M it I: ;i > h n I nor speakers to keep then- in :i .'Mint humor, they waited wit limit a w >rd of complaint. About I o'clock distinguished visitors began to | arri a*el oceupj' the reserved seats o i ti e rostrum. The appearance of i ,r m ! ..urin with several eonpressmen brought forth a (lenionstra-1 t io'i. Notables I. |?t arc.vitifv until nearly all t In* chairs were taken. The j i !low ! up w ere I hose oceii pyin p -eat s i, > , ! r '^na! 11r ao.i r < I.a'irin, (heiprcssinan and Mrs. I.ent/. | of (' hi o. i 'on pre-sin an and M rs. Shorewaiter of Pennsy lvania, t 'onpressinan Norton of South ' arolina, Speaker, t'pr ik It. t !a*yv of the hon-e of representatives. \| r IV II. Tillman and! danpllter. .1. A. .lohllsnti of U'lKliimr- I t nit, I 'resident liar!/. tg <?f ( Mom sun col- { Cnl, W. \. Veal, < 'ol. K nnx I.i v- I iiig-ton. ('apt. and Mrs. A. II. Ilinl of , IN 'ton. Mes-rs. Cooper. 1In/chlcn am! Appell. H iarnMK roi.io.il. iii.i.>i.\n. "I iii'lt'" t eorge I . ' I* i 11111 ;i 11 was one: of the la-t to arrive. As soon a- I Im amlii in e caught sight of liiiu tiny! Iiur-I into yell-.. Without heeding tlie applause ho stepped lorwaril ami kiss-j oil Mrs. II. II. '! 111111 a 11. This brought : forth another voMey of rheers. ?\ a'i 111.x to r.kv vs. ii was I :l.*i o'rlork when Mr. liryan, | aeeoinpanieil by ( overnor Kllerbe, I Congressman Latimer ami I'resiilent i (.rier of Krsl. tne college came upon t he i rust rum from a rear door. Ills ap-1 pearauce was the signal for a splendid . uvatiixi, Kvery one of the l!,()l)(t or more persons in the hall took a long , breath and then emitted it in a hurst of yell* and eheers. Time ami again they gave vent to their feelings. r.m.i ao io ouheu. President (.'rier stood rapping vigorously on the door with his enne. lie rapped patiently until his call to order i was heard and heeded. "This is Bryan's day in l.rskine college," was his lirst announcement. This >et the ' audience wild again, hut they Mopped Ito hoar what was to follow. There i were many familiar faces here, lie said, hut among them lie noted several distinguished visitors w ho had left their duties to pay tribute to "a man whose name and lame grow s brighter hy pub IK I II>|MTIIUII, COMPI.IMKN I I'D I II K tiDN' KKNOK. lie then announced tl.at a slnut in- ' troductor) -peech would be made by j ! niic who had recei ved t hi* highest honor 1 in tin' (jlft ot" th? people, a fearless, honest ami conseientions man?fiov( ernor K Her be. i.(IV KKNOK KI.I.KUIIK said though thousands of miles from his hoini', tin* distiu^uihed \i-itor, needed no introduction, lor his name I was already*! household word t hrnu^liout t lie >late. The fearless li^bi of Mr. Itryan to emancipate the people had w on t lie admiral ion of all hut none more than ^ tilth <'artdinians. After continoin:' nlon^ t h i line for a shorl . time. overnor Klh'rhe introduced' ,M r. ilryan. \ NOIIt ki: m A I ION inn lilt van. i I lie .and ienee broke into cheers at t he j lie ut'.on of Mr. Ilryan's name. As he caine forward the applause was redoubted. Then an example of t he wonderful maicnot ism of the man, which ilias hcen noted so frequently before, oceured. It seemed as if nothing could stop t he yelling crowd, yet the mere raising oi his hand huslied all. lit Alt ill s I'KA K T? t SlliiHAM >1 r. Bryan e\plained at t ho outset of his speech why he was here now instead of in June. ]lo was always glad to speak to students, ln? said, for lawns one who believed that students exerted more than the average inlluence in this country. After speaking of how this influence could be used for the benefit of all, Mr. Bryan said that the first desire of a young man should! be to be right. If a man were right bf should not force hi9 ideas on any one. against their will for truth from however low a source would prevail. The underlying principle,the fonda-S tion, of our government, said he is the declaration that all men areequal. Tht same, he said, was true of our religion This fundamental principle"* hi t bought Jshotild he applied to all ^uea-J lions, lie illustrated by adapting i';. to taxation. From this he applied hii. fundamental rule to the money quca tion and showed how our presenV sys tein kept all men from being equal. til k ci.imax. Mr. Bryan then went into an ex haustivediscussion of the silver ques tion. His speech lasted two hours. I was so clear that one could not bu follow him with pleasure. Theclima ' was reached when with clenched ham, thrust suddenly above I 'm head, hi body leaning forward, In exclaimed "I don't claim to he more patrioti than any one else, hut. my friends, am opposed to allowing a handful i I'naneiers of Fugland to meet ,?hiii closed doors and. pledging then'iseivi to -eereey, shape the destiny of 70,000 1)00 of free people." The elici t was electrical. He Beemc even then to hold the llnaneiers in hi clenched hand and about to hurl theii from the people. The repeated use i. the word "cheers" could not oeci.i more frequently in the publishes speech of some modest eongressmaj for circulation among his const it uenj than ii does in this report. But tl" ease- are quite difieri nt. In the lorn, er i o-' a to 11; congressman sit-, dowl ami mark i.i cheers where l e thinll M should appear: here.t he people we arcic'l awav by the eloiiucnee of tl orator . ml put tin* cheers in ^ I'i*?*Hii ii t i ut ervals. i- \ma'i it \ - i sr \i.. Mr ~ poeeh here at ''re wood, abounded witli epigrams, .lot' i' which ri . - in joirrliasi a j??? >. or. is just a ili?'noin'~i us a did.fcir tii fulls in join basing power/' in- <i clared. W "o! I t'ollnr is ;l hallo <li liar." saiit lie, "Iiwhiim1 it rises ! oiul t ho n o h of 1110 people and hard to see." ; si: . \ roi: m'i wi-in. Wlicu Mr. Bryan concluded Sena! Mi-I.atirin wn eullod on. II - made very brief speech. i I'l.r ISI/il 1 N< I UKN r. One of tl: r.osl pleading ii.eidei oflhedav was the prcsenlalion of I niaininol h l.iiiieli of calla lilies to Tj Bryan by '! senior dnss of i Mie \Vt| I einale colU-ye, Misses Hroek, I'll,) and' ill; "/ay, tli" eoniniitlee to niaa the presentation, appeared before ti rostrnin. Congressman l.entz acledj spokesman on I heir behalf. He mai appropriate remarks to the oeeasij and handed the lilies to Mr. Bryan, jj Mr. Bryan ;\|?t 1 y remarked in t timing thanks t hat the dowers leeted eotnbined the white arfd yell 1 in t lie rat io of Id tot. nxiiirs io s 11 \ K i; i; v N hs The people swarmed up on ttie r,; frnm to jfet an opportunity 'to sit:] hands. This lasted for some tiilie. t M r. Bry an and t In congressional pt ly were entertained tonight by the eulty of t lie eollege. The enngressi spoki t o t in* y oil ng lad'es ot t lie colli J Mr. Bryan leaves this morning Athens, Cn., and the eongressio party ret urns I o|\\ nshington. Mali V more neonl.> uoutil liavn totaled tli?* -pt'akinir from j;i?* towns had they not feared that t* would he unable to p-t transportat iroin Donald's to l>uo West. As it \ every farmer hitched up his teams a liundreds could have been earr easily. The Columbia party returned u i trlit. C. It. !j NEARING CRISIS. The linle|M'n?li?nee of Culiu to l(C'COKIli/.V(l. Washington, 1 >. .Maivh 11 The following are the (level ments to-day in the Spani A met iean < 'uhan sit nat ion. More activity was displayed day in preparations tor war the l'nited Slates than at ; t i me since the existence of strai relations with Spain. Spanish securities ar<f? rapi^ declining and .Madrid pap rOOO^IUZe UK' eXI.-tOnCG <>t' linaneinl panic. . The Spanish torpedo s<|ua?l is ready to leave lor <'ui>;i will prohihly sail within next lew hours. A not her reinl'orrem -nt of Sjl Ah t loop .?ill i-in 1 >ar!v for <'iJ the -i eoi 1 in ital! aitMi' wiflrl week. 'i Iiciv is no longer doubt a tin* i!? Ierininalion oft he prosibj lo p'eouni/e Cuba independe| mi?1 thiit net ion will ine:in Sp.ii evaeuation of Cuba or war \| the I nited States. 1 Tin* prospect of trouble ween the ('nited States Spain has caused the rebellioi the Philippine islands to br out again.