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GRAND OVATION
Given William Jennings Bryan
People Of Spartanburg.
LEcTuRED AT NIGHT

On 1.-THE Prince of Peace" in the
Baptist Church to Eighteen HIM
dred People-The Most Brilliant
Audience That Ever Assembled In
Spartanburg, Not Excepting the
|. Music Festival. ,.. q {
In speaking of the visit OF the Hon.
William Jennings Bryan to Spartan
burg on last Friday the correspondent
at that place of The State gives the
following account of the honors paid
the distinguished gentleman by the
people of Sp%artanburg. The CORES
pendent says: a.
This day has been largely given
over by the people of Spartanburg to
the entertainment Of their distin-
guished guest, William Jennings Bry-
an! During the morning the ladies
of the city gave their time and atten-
ton to making beautiful the interior
of the Y. M. CA. hall, where at 8
O'Clock this afternoon a public recep-
ton was given in Mr.. Bryan's honor
attended by fully 1000 persons. with
whom the Nebraskan shook hands
and greeted with that broad smile so
characteristic of the man.
Tonight Mr.. Bryan addressed an
audience Of 1900 people in the audi
torium In the First Baptist church,
delivering his lecture, .:'The Prince OF.
Peace" He was presented to his an.
dience by DR.. Henry Nelson Synder,
president of Wofford College.
This day has been ideal and to-
night was perfect, In great contrast
with the weather conditions which
greeted Mr.. Bryan here three years
ago. when a terrific rain prevailed and
|thelcrowd that heard him was small.
A wreck on the Southern railway
delayed Mr.. Bryan's arrival two
hours and a brief stop at Gaffney be-
tween sections of his train added
another half hour to the time. The
crowd in Spartanburg had to wait
thus putting him here a few minutes
before. four O'Clock. At the station
he was cheered and about so men
shook hands with him before his car
riage left the depot, carrying him to
the home of Prof. Gamewell on Wof-
ford campus.
In the hour he spent there before
going to the reception in his honor
he received a State representative
and talked Of his recent trip in North
Carolina. When asked If he would
be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination in 1908 he smiled and re-
piled: Now, young man, you are get
ting on dangerous ground and de-
clared that he would have something
definite to say along that line later In
the fall.
The reception of Mr.. Bryan this af-'
ternoon was the most largely attend
ed event of its character ever held In
Spartanburg. The great company OF
citizens and people from the county
who passed in line to grasp the hand
of their guest being augmented by a
line of 800 young ladies from Con-
verse college and fully as many Wof-
ford students. ~.
Those in the receiving line were:
Senator and Mrs. Howard Carlisle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stobo Simpson.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry Nelson. Snyder.
DR.. and Mrs. John s. Watkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Cleveland.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert Payne Pell.
DIR. and Mrs. l.. M. Roper.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gary Evans.
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Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Massabeau.
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Jones.
Prof. and Mrs. John G.. Clinkscales.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Simpson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren DuPre.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. F. Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. We. Burnett.
Congressman and Mrs. Joseph T.
Johnson.
Judge and Mrs. D. e. Hydrick. .
Tonight Mr.. Bryan's audience in
the First Baptist t -;h was one Of
| the most brilliant ever gathered in
the city not excepting the great fes-
| tival crowds. He did not leave the
text of his lecture upon Christ as the
Price of Peace, and only in the brief
est way spoke of thin" political and
the problems of gov c. hment.
The address is a powerful sermon
upon religion as the basis of all gov
eminent and the idea that by a mans
service to the world is his greatness
measured.
Speaks at Gaffney.
A dispatch to The State says Hor
u. C. Otis, representing Gaffney'.
board of trade, and ]. B. Bell, repre-
lsenting the city of Gafney, left
for Charlotte Thursday night to meet
Mr.. Bryan and escort him to Gaffney
where he spoke.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for twenty min
utes at Gaffney Friday while on his
way to Spartanburg between trains.
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