The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-10
v. J. BRYAN EXTOLS
VICTORIES OF PEACE
Delivers Principal Address at
Kings Mountain Celebration.
THE TOWN IN GALA ARRAY.
Many Counties Represented in As
semblage Which Made Patriotic
Pilgrimage Tuesday.
(By Victor l.. Stephenson.)

Kings Mountain, Oct. 7.-Contem-
plating the various conduct of the
Kings Mountain patriot, who in
1880 snatched victory from defeat
and turned the tide of the War Of the
Revolution in favor of the cause of
liberty, Secretary of State William
]. Bryan today portrayed the signal
victories of peace and appealed to
his hearers to speed the day when the
brotherhood of man will be univer-
sally accepted and higher ideals will
hold sway in every department of
life
Felicitous in many features was
the celebration of the 133d anniver-
sary of the Battle of Kings Noun
tain. Eight thousand people from a
dozen counties and at least two
states gathered here, thronging the
streets until late hour tonight when
the last delegations departed for
their homes, crowding the outgoing
trains.
The program of amusements was
diverse, including concerts by the
Seventeenth Regiment band from At
lanta, a pleasing parade at noon, and
automobile races later.
BRYAN CENTRAL FIGURE.
The presence of William ]. Bryan
formerly known as "the Nebras-
kan" and now as cosmic citizen
was the crowniRg feature of the day.
1t was the magnetism of his name
which drew from points far distant
so vast concourse of men of all
vocations and all stations in life.
There was regret at the enforced alb
sence Of Gov. Locke Craig, of Secre-
tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels,
Nf
Gov. Coleman l.. Blease of South
Carolina and Governor Hooper of
Tennessee. The seasoned attendant
on such occasions has learned, how
ever, to discount in advance the
usurpation OF official duties in turn
ing a program topsy-turvy, and the
speech which Mr.. Bryan delivered
b, proved so entirely satisfying to the
crowd that other disappointments
we're forgotten in the all pervading
pleasure of having seen and heard
the three-times national standard
bearer of the now victorious and
regnant Democracy.
Today Will long be remembered
by the inhabitants of this thriving
town. Happy is Kings Mountain in
the possession of an historical asset
whose authenticity no man in North
or Southland certainly no inhabi-
tant OF Britain-has the temerity to
challenge or to denominate as a
myth. The record of October 7,
1880, as the turning point in the
American struggle, a victory achiev-
ed when the star OF hope shone but
dimly through the blackness of dis
couragement, is emblaZoned in letters
of fire in American annals.
WELL ENTERTAINED.
The people of Kings Mountain had
prepared for a host of visitors and
they were not disappointed. Great
as was the crowd, its every need had
been provided for. Officers from
Charlotte, Spartanburg and other
places assisted the local officials in
the preservation Of order, and With
distinct success, no accident being re-
corded
1t was early morning when the mi
grafton began. On every train stand
ing room was difficult to obtain.
Other thousands drove through
purpling and crimsoning forests in
automobiles and buggies. From
Shelby, Charlotte and Gastonla the
number of visitors was especially
large And the weather-well, II
was faultless. The patriots Of the
early days may not have been con
brants then unborn when they chose
October z as the iay on which to
prove to the daring but over-confi,
dent Ferguson that something less
powerful than the Almighty could
dislodge him and his force from their
Gibraltarlike position. Nevertheless
they chose exceedingly well and flu
ture generations who observe the
day will not forget 10 be thankful
that the battle was fought in October
and not in mid-July.
SETTING OF THE SCENE.
The scene of today's exercises is a
beautiful grove of breeZe-swept oaks
on the crest of hill from which the
spectator glimpses through a vista
the chain of blue mountains on a
portion of which the stirring drama
was staged. Seven miles away deep
grounded In the bedrock of a higE
plateau a lofty granite shaft is sill
nouetted against cerulean skies-thC
tribute OF the government OF tho
United States to the men who, in the
opinion of many. made national in
dependence possible.
When Secretary and Mrs. Bryan
awaited eagerly for an hour, arrived
at noon on Southern train No. 81, {
procession was formed in front o.
the Mountain View Hotel. Chic
Marshal Thomas Fulton rode at the
head, followed by the army band II