Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, July 11, 1900, Image 2
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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.
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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.
. '
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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
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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
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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.
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