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LANCASTER BNTBttFRISE. Published tvery Wednesday and Saturday . - BY Tbe Enterprise Fublishing Company A. J. OLARK Editor, One Year,. $1.00 Six Months, 50 cts Three Months 25 cts In Advance. Wednesday, July Jl, 1000. Ohoater's town council has passed an ordinance requiring a license of all who sell cigaretts, a* I _ 1 IS el a I jor which license mey must pay $500 per annum. The fourth annual meeting of the stockholders of The Lsncas ter Cotton Mills was held in the office of the president Monday. The reports of the president and of the secretary and treasurer were exceedingly ratifying to all and afforded a genuine, but agreeable, surprise to most of those present. The president recommended that the resolution adopted by the board of directors at a recent meeting to increase the capital stock of the mill from $150,000 to $1,000,000 be adopted by the stockholders and that, there be issued $500,000 of pre ferred stock and $500,000 of common stock. Not a voice was raised against the proposed in crease, as huge as the under A. __ f A. I. _ -l_t 1 J rasing is, oe cause uie siockiioiu era have unbounded confidence in the ability of their president. Col. Leroy Springs, and his val liable assistant, Mr. Waddy 0. Thomson, secretary and treasurer, to carry to successful completion whatever they undertake. The board of directors was reduced from nine to seven and the following gentlemen were placed upon that board : Leroy Springs, W. T. Gregory, T. S. Carter, J as. Heath, Waddy C. Thomson, Ste * phen A. Jenks of Pawtucket, R. I., and Geo. H. Bayne, of New York city. Immediately after the adjourn mentof the stockholders' meet ing, the board of directors met and elected the following officers: Leroy Springs, president ; W. T. Gregory,vice president, and Wad dy C. Thomson, secretary and treasurer. The directors authorized and instructed the president to pro ceed at once to have the charter channe l and to proceed with ihe construction of the necessary buildings and equipments. The plans for the main build ing are now being prepared by Mr. W. B. Smith Whaley, a mill architect ot Columbia, S. G., and as goon a9 they are completed the contract will be let and the work started. The building will be about 100 feet by .300, and four stories high. The work of enlar ging will not interfere with the operations of the mill as it now is. That will run right on an usual, day and night. The addition will he placed at the east and south side of the present building. When completed I he entire plant will he operated by electricity to he developed at Landsford, on the Catawba river, only 6even miles away. This mammonth undertaking marks the beginning of a new era in Lancaster's history and pi,aces her easily in the front rank of towns of her size in the matter of industrial develop ment. We are all proud of the phenominel success of our cotton mill and prouder still that it is to be increased to nearly seven times its present proportions. The common stock will be taken by the peesent stockholders as well as a good portion of the preferred. There will be no trouble to place the stock. It it is not taken here it will be taken away from here without a moment's delay. Colonel Springs the promoter of this enterprise made arrangements for that in advance. To show, in a public way,something of the feeling of the stockholders toward their officers, a motion was made by Mr. J. R Knight that a vote of thanks be tendered the president and the secretary and treasurer for their able, faithful, efficient and successful management of the affairs of the mill. The motion was seconded by a chorus of voices from all parts of the room and was carried with a roar of unanimous aves. ii i i i i in i i m W. J. BRYAN, THK HAN. Ilia Reputatiou First Made by Ability as an Orator -Klements ot his Success? Confidence, Conviction and Earncatiieiw Seem to be ResponNible lor his Power. (From the Baltimore Son i The Hon. William J. Bryan once said in explaining his sue ce6s as an orator: (-l mastered my subject, believed in my cause and was hungry (or its success." Confidence, conviction, earnest negp?these have made Bryan one of the greatest idols of the present decade with the .nen who follow him. While many question the ttuth ot the political tenets held by Mr. Bryan, nobody doubts his honesty nor his ability to make a plausible defence of the faith that is in him. Just beyond 40 years of a?e, T"? t a c -I ? r oryan na6 oeen lor me p isr, lour years more in the public eye than any other American not in official life. He has filled the horizon to the exclusion of men known throughout the country when Bryan was a college lad in his native town of Jacksonville, 111., struggling with his Tacitus and Livy. President McKinley has been talked of little more during his presidential term than the man whom he defeated for the place. The only other public official who can compare with the Nebraskun in the attention attracted is Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New York, and now a candidate for the vice presidency of the United States. Men differ according to their view point as to whether Bryan's hold on public attention is notoriety or popularity. They agree that he is an important actor just now in pub lie life, holding in the hollow of his hand, as few men have held in the nations history, the tor tunes of a great political party and indirectly perhaps of a great nation. A LEADER AT COLLEGE. In college Bryan became leader ot hia class, having graduated as valedictorian at the age of 21 years. Three years afterward, in 1884, he married Mary E. Baird, of Berry, 111., and settled down in his native town of Jackson ville to the practice of law. Like many other young lawyers, he had much leisure, which he used in posting himself thoroughly on the political questions of the time. In 1887 he removed to Lincoln, Neb., still obscure, still in modest, circumstances, but with vast enthusiasm and un bounded ambition for work in the new field. Brvan went, into a concression. al district which was overwhelmingly Republican. In 1890, when the question of tariff or free trade so filled the public inind, the Democratic nomination in the Lincoln congressional district of Nebraska went begging. The ambitious young lawyer agreed to take it, provided some one would advance him a little money with which to pay the expense of a canvass. It was j?irr? o?l and Brv an beeame a candidate for con gress. Ho was pitied by opponent, while the In st of his friends expected for him was some experience in public speaking. Brvan knew his own strength as debater and at once challenged VV. J. Connel), his opponent, to six joint debates in the district. The last was to be held in Omaha, ConnellV home. hrvan's first victory. The study of Bryan while waiting for practice in .Jacksonville stood him in good stead. The first debate showed that he had inas tered the tariff question from A to Z. Connell was sorry that he had consented to debate with the young "upstart" from Lincoln. After the second joint debate Connell's friends seriously con sidered breaking the engagement for the four remaining contests, but it was decided at length to go on. When the time for the de hate at Omaha arrived the hall was packed with the friends of the Rupuhlican candidate. It was to he Bryan's Waterloo, ao his opponents planned. Bryan had the closing speech and he held the hest for the last. Before he had proceeded far Connell's packed adherents were shouting for the I.lticoln lawyer.He carried the gathering off its feet as he did the Democratic convention in I Chicago nearly six years afterward. A Republican majority of' 6,000 was changed to a Democratic majority ot an equal tium ber. Bryan went to congress. In congress the young m tit fully sustained his reputation as a debater. He was re elected.and served lour years, alter which he was defeated by John M. Thurston in a race (or the senatorship from Nebraska. TWO YEARS AN EDITOR; The next two years of Bryan's life were spent as editor of the Omaha World Herald. At the Louis convention, which nominated McKinley for president Bryan sat in the press galery at a newspayer correspondent. A few days later he went to Ohica go, still more as a newspapei man than as a politician It ?a< a strunge, unmanageable cbnveil tion the Democrats held, distrust ful of old leaders, careless of old traditions. The party forces o! the East met in conflict with the legions of the West-and South Whitney, Hill, Belmont, Gorman measured swords with Bland Jones, Aftgdld, Bryan. Bimetal lism, free silver'at 16 to 1 waf the bone of contention. There was a debate in the convention participated in by such an iutel lectual giant as Hill. Then came the elnsinsr arirnnipnt Itrvan irnl the floor and with a flood of elo quence stampeded the tense, ex pec tan t assemblage. When h( sat down there was no longer anj doubt as to what should" be in the platform and little as to whe should be candidate. SOMK WONDKRFUL CAMPAIGNING. In the campaign that followec Bryan, it is said, travelled 18,001 miles and he spoke to a greatei number ot persons than had beet ever before addressed by a singh speaker in a single campaign There were days in which 50,00( persons heard iron) his lips whai he had to say. Twice during th< campaign ho spoke in Baltimore to an audieuce of enthusiast^ thousands ot friends and enemies lie had spoken here before anc since. At his last visit, January 20th last, he interested thousaudi with the fascination of his person ality and the brilliancy of hii discourse. But in 1896 the odds were to< great lor even the eloquence o. Bryan or the entliuc-iasm of hii followers. It was the hottest ai.C on iertsDi ca-iipaign ill recent ins lory and when the votes wert counted Bryan had but 170 elec tora as against 271 lor Mclvinley There wer? truHSCjCritivi against Bryan in many States o the Fast, while some of the West ern States were carried by Mc Kinley by 6o small a margin thai Bryan's trienda will still tell yoi how few votes might have thui changed the result. BKYAN AS A SOi'D! KK. Since 1890 Bryan has done t great deal ol public speaking, lit is author of "The First Battle" and numerous newspaper anc magazine articles. In the Spanisli war he served as Colonel in a Nebraska regiment, but was not :???i ?? ? ?_ iL. c . jjcimiiit'u tu tu %ironi While in the army he kept re ligiously silent as to public ques tions, although criticism ot the Administration of his former op ponent was rampant. lie con sidered that as an army officer he owed obedience and support tc his commander in chief. A I ter t he war he advocated the ratific aton of the Spanish treaty and it is possible that through his influ enoe the document escaped alter ation or rejection. It was looked upon by many of his friends as the one great mistake of his career thus far. The last four years have furrowed over the youthlulnesa in the face of Bryan. IIis raven black hair is now thinner and more thickly sprinkled with gray The lines of his striking lace havt become deeper and more set. lit still retains the wonderful vigoi which enabled him to accoinplifil feats of campaigning of which few are capable. Il?? physique is thai of a gia..t, with broad shoulders, deep full chest and sturdy limbs He is quick and vigorous of move ment, graceful and strong in ges ture and has a voice of richness virality and carrying power. , ; His home life is ideal. Bryan'i wife and children are his con stant companions. He is simpb in his habits and plain in hi manner of living,a still survivinj type of the earlier days of th< Republic. V " - i ? ri Jfnnoun00m9nid. Election, Teusday. Autrust 28, 1900. For Solicitor. I hereby announce myself an a can* didate for solioitor of the Sixth Judical circuit, subject to the action of the Deinooratic primary. Thqs. F. MCRow. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Solicitor of the sixth circuit, subject to the rules governing the Demcratic primary. W. C. Hough. I will stand for renomination to the office of Solicitor of the Sixth Judioial Circuit, subject to the results of the next Democratic primary. J. K. Henrt. f For Supt. Education. To the Voters of Lancaster County : With mariy thanks for past favors, and at the solicitation of friends, I Hereby announce mysilf as a candidate for the office of County Superin tendent of Education, subject to l he 1 rules governing the Democratic primary; and, if eleoted, my time and energies are yours for the best inter I ests of education. . J. E. BLACKMON. , The many friends of Mr. Ernest Blaokmon hereby announce him as a candidate for the office of County i Superintendent of Education subject to result bf the Democratic primary. * Atthe solicitation of a few friends, , [.announce myself a candidate for the oifiiqe of Superintendent of Education. ' R. Baxtrr Blackmon 1 Mr, Editor:?Please announce the name of Prof. A. C. Howell as a can, didate for the office of County Super. intendent of Education, subject to ' the rules governing the Democratic primary. If elected, w? pledge him to discharge the duties of the office to the best interest of education. 4 Many Friknds. For County Auditor. ' Mr. Editor: Realising the valuable > services rendered during his term of office, the neatness and correctness of his work, and knowing him to be well Qualified for the nosition. nlease an nounce the name of J no. A. Cook for t re-election to the office of County ) Auditor, subject to the rules govs ruin* the primary. Many Friinds, r i I respectfully announce my can^ didacy for the office of oounty Auditor, subject lo the rules of the Democratic primary. L. J. Fkrrt. ^ 1 hereby announce myself as a canl didate for the office of county Auditor, j subject to the rules of the Demoeratic primary. E. C. Oroxtow. 3 For the Loglalat /re. I am a candidate for re-election to ' the Legislature. I trill abide the rei suit of the Democratic primary eleoT tlon. T. Y. Williams ? The many friends of .1. N. Est ridge respectfully, .announce his name tor re-election to the House of Repressn8 tatives for Lancaster county. Wi pledge him to abide the result of the , primary election. Many Toiaaa 1 am a candidate for the House of ( Representatives, subject to the I)eotI ocratio primary. J. W. Hamhl. I hereby announce myself as a canJ didate for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules governing the Detpocratic primary. R. L. Hicklin. f For County HnpsrvUer. At the earnest solicitation of many friends, I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-eleotion to the ofL flee of County Supervisor, subject to the result of the Democratic primary. M. C. Gardmrr. For Sheriff. i iici ruj niiuuuiiDr m jfru t% rnii" dldate for Sheriff, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. .Fas. S. Wilson. ? The many friends of Capt. john I'. Hunter hereby announce him as a ' candidate for the ottlce of Sheriff, subl jeot to the result of the Democratic , primary. Mr. Hunter's fine record as Sheriff in tlie past is a sufficient guar1 an tee of what his future administra, tion will be in case of his election. ; Mant Votrhs. For Clerk of Court. With a high sense of appreciation of past considerations and tokens of ' kindness, and with a deep feeling of i gratitude for the same. I beg to an- I nounce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of Court for 1 Lancaster county, subject to the rules ' t of the Democratic primary. ( W 8. L. PORT*a. The many friends of Mr. Joseph F. Gregory hereby announce him as a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Court, subject to the result of the democratic primary. Mant Friends. For Coroner. i thereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of ' Coroner, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary _ H. You no. L The friends of D. N. Mackey announce him as a candidate for the office of Coroner, and pledge him to I abide the result of the Democratic primnry. Many FkiknM. J For County Treasurer. . I am a candidate for re-election to the oftloe of County Treasurer. W. C. Cauthbn. for Ma(l?tral?> ' I am a candidate for the office of t Magistrate for Ruford Township. Will abide the result of the primary elec? tion. VV. Marcus Khtriook Mr. Editor:?Please announce the name of Mr. W. .1. Hint are for Magi*trate of Ruford Township. many khiknok. ? . The many friends of If. N. folk j 'hereby announce hia name as a candidate for the office of Magistrate of * Buford township, subject to the rules B of the Democratic primary. R Many P rhino*. 2 The many frelnds of W. A.Carnes announce him a candidate for Magistrate for Ruford townnhip subject to the rulea of the Democratic primary. . ' LET LOOSE YG ~*k. c ,/G>/yV THE 77 THRIFT HERE IS HONEY Stocl ing n * rid o There ever> hand I? a fe MHATUV sold ITjLV/11 All JL lousl Here For the d YOU I p'!ce othei of ya nantj <?> i?"r' THOSE VEll 1 PERC newe Those must Y?ry our ? your; Best ' the: 121-2c sow< Percales, ?,r,?? Wai; Newest waist styles, dieJr Must suitand Go at anc] 8 Cents. do'" with . . . I CLOSE 01 to pr coun They ,ar s Have 6oo Been . Charging YOU High 1 Prices v?" For Furniture, st?l> But we sa . Are going ' " To stop !irnl That now. duct Come and !oon See. ,nKcut t Cotr Heath Bkg . . . . . 1 Wit V4 ASH! ? IRONG OF..... Y Buyers! HERE FOR YOU. * k-taking time is drawlear, and we must be ^ f all broken lots and 'thing that shows ling. We mention 4.1 1 w wiiaL uicy iidvc for and what ridicuy low prices you can buy them for. See lifference between our s and the prices of stores : 10,000 yards ird-wide Percale Rem5 that sold fast at 6c.; 3rice now is 5c yard. ? r BEST J J1 -2c ALES, ist styles, fast colors, go at 8c yard. All }c fancy Dimities are 5 for 5 c. It is time shirt waist were gone, * will give them a big ?all our hne $i Shirt st for 50c, and our 50c : slashed to 25c. Our ^ idici collection of LaSkirts must follow ^ Compare our prices troods with anv store. you will see the wisof spending your cash us. JR EYES ^ *ofit and throw on our ters 1,000 men s dol>traw l lats at 25c, and cloth hats, bargains at * for 5 cents. ( IS GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. V y have been charging fancy prices for furnilately, but we will that now. At a biV o we bought three solid oads?1,100 pieces of iture?at a great reion. Our two store is are filled to the ceiland we are going to he life out of prices. Pf le and see. . & Nler. Co. *