The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 14, 1917, SECOND SECTION-Pages 9 to 12, Page TEN, Image 10
THE SECQND INAUGURAL
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT
WOODROW WILSON
Spaaks cf the Great Problem* That
Face the Country, of Its Achievements
in the Past Four Years and
of Its Splendid Future If the People
Remain True to Their Duty.
Following is the inaugural address
by President Wilson delivered on
Monday, March 5:
"My Fellow Citizens:
"The four years which have elapsed
since I last stood in this place
have been crowded with counsel and
action of the most vital interest and
consequence. Perhaps no equal period
in our history has been so fruitful
of important reforms in our economic
and industrial life or so full
of significant changes in the spirit
and purpose of our political action.
We have sought very thoughtfully
to set our house in order, correct
the grosser errors and abuses of our
industrial life, liberate and quicken
the processes of our .national genius
and energy,, and lift our politics to
a broader view of the people's essential
interests. It is a record of singular
variety and singular distinction.
But I shall not attempt to review
it It speaks for itself, and
will be of increasing influence as
the years go by.
This is not the time for retrospect.
It is time, rather, to speak our
thoughts and purposes . concerning
the present and the. immediate future.
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Outside Forces.
Although we have centered counsel
and action with such unusual concentration
and success upon the
great problems of domestic ' legislation
to which we addressed ourselves
four years ago, other matters have
more and more forced themselves
upon our attention?matters lying
outside our own life as a nation, and
over which we had no control; but
which, despite our wish to keep free
of them, have drawn us more and
. more irresistibly into their own current
and influence.
It has been impossible to avoid
them. They have, affected the life of
the whole world. They have shaken
men everywhere with a passion and
an apprehension they never knew
before. It has been hard to preserve
calm counsel while the thought of
our own people swayed this way and
that under their influence.
We are a composite people. We
! are of the blood of all the nations
that are at war. The currents of
"ur thoughts, as well as the current?'
of our trade, run quick at all seasons
back and forth between us and
them. The war inevitably set its
mark from the first alike upon our
minds, our industries, our commerce
our politics and our social action.
To be indifferent to it or independent
of it was out of the question.
Deeply Wronged.
^-And yet all the while we have been
conscious that were not part of it. i
In that consciousness, despite many ;
divisions, we have drawn closer together.
We have been deeply wrong- 1
ed upon the seas, but we have not
wished to wrong or injure in return; !
have retained throughout the con- '
sciousness of standing in some sort
apart, intent upon an interest that 1
transcends the immediate issues of 1
the war itself. As some of the in- J
juries done us have become intoler- 1
,able, we have still been clear that *
we wished nothing for ourselves s
that we were not ready to demand ^
for all mankind?fair dealing, jus- a
tice, the freedom to live and be at j
ease against organized wrong. *
It is in this spirit and with this t
thought that we have grown more <
and more aware, more and more <
certain, that the part we wished to
play was the part of those who mean 1
to vindicate and fortify peace. We 1
have been obliged to arm ourselves I
/to make good our claim to a certain i
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minimum ui rigub ciuu ui irccuuui >
of action. We stand firm and in j
armed neutrality since it seems that a
in no other way we can demonstrate r
what it is we insist- upon and cannot s
forego. We may even be drawn up, (
by circumstances, not by our pur- t
pose or desire, to a more active as- t
sertion of our lights as we see them a
and a more immediate association 0
with the great struggle itself. But fc
nothing will alter our thought or our
purpose. They are tob clear to :<c
obscured. They i-re too deeply rooted
in the principles of our national t!
life to be altered. We desire n?i- n
fMen
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ther conquc-st nor advantage. W
wish nothing th?t can be had onl
at the cost of another people. W
have always professed unselfis
purpose, and v?e covet the oppoi
tunity to prove that our profession
are sincere.
Still Much to Do. '
There are many things still to d
at home to clarify our own politic
and give new vitality to the indus
trial processes of our life, and w
shall do them as time and opportun
ity serve; but we realize that th
greatest things that remain to b
done must be done with the . whol
world for a stage and in coopers
tion with the wide and universa
forces of mankind, and we are mak
ing our spirits ready for those thing
They will follow in the immediat
wake of the war itself and will se
civilization up again. We are j)rc
vincials no longer. The tragica
events of the thirty months of vita
turmoil through which we have jus
passed made us citizens of ;the worl
There can be no turning back. Ou
own fortunes as a nation are invo)
ved, whether we would have it so o
not.
And yet we are not the less Amer
ican on that account. We shall b
the more American, if we but remai:
true to the principles in which w
have been bred. They are not th
principles of a province or of a sin
gle continent. We have known an<
boasted all along that they were th<
principles of a liberted mankind
These, then, are the things we shal
stand for, whether in war or ii
peace.
What America Stands For.
That all nations are equally inter
^sted in the peace of the world ant
in the political stability of free peo
pies, and equally responsible fo:
their maintenance; O "
That the essential principles oi
peace is the actual equality of na
tions in all matters of right or priv
ilege;
. That peace cannot securely 01
justly rest upon an armed balancc
of power;
That governments derive all then
just powers from the consent of the
governed, and that no other powers
should be supported'by the fcommon
thought, purpose or potfer . of the
family of nations;
That the seas should be equally
free and safe for the use of all peoples,
under rules set up by common
agreement and consent, and that, so
far as practicable, they should be
accessible to all upon equal terms;
That national armaments should
be limited to the necessities of national
order and domestic safety;
That the community cf interest
and of power, upon which peace
must henceforth depend, impose upon
each nation the duty of seeing to
it that all in first proceeding from
its own citizens meant to encourage
or assist revolution in other states
should be sternly and effectually
suppressed and prevented.
A Common Heritage.
I need npt argue these principles
> you, my fellow countrymen; they
are your own, part and parcel of
vour thinkincr ar.ll vour own motive
in affairs. They "spring up native
amongst us. Upon this as a platform
of purpose and of action we
can stand together.
And it is imperative that we should
stand together. We are being forged
into a new untiy amidst the fires
that now blaze throughout the
vorld. In their ardent heat we shall,
n God's providence let us hope, be
jurged of faction and division, puriied
of the errant humors of party
ind of private interest, and shall
itand forth in the days to come
vith a new dignity of national pride
ind spirit Let each man see to it
hat the dedication is in his own
leart, the high purpose of the na
ion in nis own mina, ruier ox ma
>wn mind, ruler of his own will and
lesire.
I stand here and have taken the
ligh and solemn oath to which you
tave been audience because the peo>le
of the United States have chosen
ae for this august delegation of
>ower and have by their gracious
udgment named me their leader in
iffairs. I know now what the task
aeans. I realize to the full the reponsibility
which it involves. I pray
iod I may be given the wisdom and
he prudence to do my duty in the
rue spirit of this great people. I
m their servant and can succeed
illy as they sustain and guard me
y their confidence and their counsel
'All Depends Upon Unity.
The things I shall count upon, the
hing without which neither counsel
.or action will avail, is the unity of
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' America?an America united in feeling,
in purpose and in its vision of
duty, of opportunity and of service.
We are to beware of all men who
> would turn the tasks and the necessi1
ties of the nation to their own private
profit or use them for the building
up of private power; beware that
no faction or disloyal intrigue break
1 the harmony or embarrass the spirit
1 of our people; beware that our govKn
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in all its parts.
United alike in the conception of
our duty and in the high resolve to
perform it in the face of all men, let
us dedicate ourselves to the great
task to which we must now set ourhand.
For myself I beg your tolerance,
your countenance and your
united aid. The shadows that now
lie dark upon our path will soon be
dispelled, and we shall walk with the
light all about us, if we be but true
to ourselves?ourselves as we have
wished to be known in the counsels
of the world and in the thought of
all those who love liberty ana justice
and the right exalted."
See special offer on page twelve.
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breath at night; your cold or catarrh
disappears.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
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a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
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It penetrates through every air passage
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*KER
WALKER ELECTED
PRINTING CLERK
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Contracts for Departmental Printing
Will Be Awarded Early
Nest Month,
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W. T. Walker of Colombia, was
last week elected clerk to the joint
committee on printing of the general
assembly. He has already qualified
and assumed his duties. One of his
first tasks will be to prepare schedules
and forms for the letting April
4 of contracts for the departmental
printing. The salary is $1,000 and
the incumbent is required to devote
but five months in the year to the
work.
W. R. Bradford of Fort Mill resigned
the clerkship on assuming in
January his seat in the legislature
as a member of the York delegation
Mr. Bradford was appointed by
Speaker Hoyt as a member of the
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committee, vice n. xi. /vrnuiu, resigned,
and as a member he has
handled for the committee the duties
of the clerkship pending the filling
of the vacancy. Mr. Bradford was
last week elected by the committee
/ice chairman, with general supervision
of the work between meetings.
There were five applicants for the
clerkship. Mr. Walker is an expert
printer and has had considerable
executive experience. He was for
years with The State, afterwards
was mechanical foreman of the Columbia
Record and at another time
was foreman of the Greenville Piedmont.
. He was a traveling salesman
for a printers' supply house for
some time and recently has been
representative of the Intertype corporation
in Virginia and the Caro- *
Iinas.?The State.
Mr. Walker was for a time editor '
and manager of The Press and Ban- .
ner and has many friends in Abbe- 1
ville who will be interested in the '
foregoing announcement _ 1
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benefit of the doubt?whether he
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WATER AND LIGHT .
EXECUTIVES MEET
Officials Hold Conference in Columbia
to- Make Plans for
Convention.
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The annual convention of the TriState
Water and Light association
of the Carolinas and Georgia, will
be held at Macon April 17, 18 and
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11917, gathering will surpass all previous
meetings of the organization.
The president, E. M. Anderson of
Abbeville { P. C. Wyse, of Columbia,
past president, and W. P. Stieglitz,
of Columbia, secretary-treasurer,
held a conference in Columbia last
week, to consider matters concerning
the approaching convention and
decide upon the details of the occasion.
An interesting and instructive
programme is assured and the
Maconites will provide entertainment
during the recess hours.
/ The president of the association,
E. M. Anderson of Abbeville, is a
charter member and has contributed
in no small degree to the success of
the organization. He is superintendent
of the Abbeville water and
light plant and the general condition
or his water and electric systems
has often been favorably commented
upon.?The State. S
MASTER'S SALE.
The State of South Carolina,
County of Abbeville. <
Court of Common Pleas. 1
HRS. ELLA B. LEE and R. P.
BLA1TF. narfnaro fMiliti/* o-J
?y w??v*o MOUlIlg OUU
doing business under the firm !
name of Lee & Blake, Plaintiffs '
against , j
JOSEPH LOMAX, Defendant. (
" By authority of a Decree of Sale 1
by the Court of Common Pleas .for
Abbeville County, in said State,
nade in the above stated case, I
will offer for'sale, at Public Out- <
;ry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on (
Salesday in April, A. D. 1917, within
the legal hours of sale, the . following
described land, to wit: <
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All that tra<?t or parcel of land
situate, lying- and being in Abbeville
County, in the State aforesaid, containing
Twenty Acres, more or less,
and bounded by lands of " William
Klugh, William Riley, and the Public
Road, known as the .AbbtfriHe
road running from Dead Fall to
Abbeville Court House.
, TERMS OF SALE?CASH. Purchaser
to pay for papers. - '
R. El. HILL, v
Master A. C., S. C.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Abbeville.
Probate Court. / .
Citation for Letters of Adminutrm- .
tion.
By J. F. MILLER, Esq., Judge of
Probate:
WHEREAS, Arthur S. Thomas
hath made suit to me, to grant him
Letters of Administration of the
Estate and effects of Mrs. Helen
Louise Jaques Thomas, late of Abbeville"
County, deceased. t
These Are Therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Mrs^
Helen Louise Jaques Thomas, deceased,
that they be and appear be- '
fore me, in the Court of Probate,
to be held at Abbeville Court House,
on Tuesday, the 20th day of March,
1917, after publication hereof, at
11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the
said Administration should not be >
granted.
Given under my hand and seal
of the Court, this 6th day of March;
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen,
and in the 141st year of American
Independence. ;
Published.on th? 7t.Vi Hnv nf MoroVi
L917, in The Press and Banner and ^
>n the Court House door for the
;ime required by law.
J.F.MILLER,
5-7-2. Judge of Probate.
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