Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, March 16, 1898, Page 4, Image 4
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.