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ifittkWUij*n**ix &fi e W Of FORMER YEARS Mow George Washington Became Prpsictent at Federal Hall in New York City. FUSE STOUT OF JEFFERSON ^Simplicity" of His Inauguration a Myth Traced to English WriterJackson Fairly Mobbed by Motley Throng. / Bv EDWARD WEBSTER. ?f rYom the very beginning of the nation, inauguration day has generally 'been a day of display and festivity lor the people of the United States, though at times national conditions liave made it an occasion more solemn than joyous. But always the induction cf a new president has been a noteworthy and interesting event. When fteoree Washington was in ugurated the first president in 1789, .New York was the temporary capital of the young nation, and it was there that the ceremony took place after General Washington had ridden from 2iis home at Mount Vernon in what -was much like a triumphal progress. Welcomed to New York. Arriving at Elizabethtown Point, ? ? ? * ! Art _ A. J ^ Tl. J., on Apru zz, ce emereu a. uaigc rowed by 12 -pilots clad in white, and passed through the Kill yon Kull into New York harbor, which was full of all manner of craft gaily decorated And loaded with cheering crowds. The Spanish man of war Galveston broke out the colors of all nations, and 'fired a salute of 13 guns, to which the A Trtrvfinor) f-rio-ofo IVnrfh Pp rolin a. re r" ' II IT. I It .rxi Xi a. WM. eponded. Finally, on April 80, all was ready for the inauguration. Washington 'was escorted to Federal hall, then the capitol, which stood on the site of the present sub-treasury at Wall and Broad streets. The streets had been "filled since sunrise with waiting crowds, and the enthusiasm was intense. In the senate chamber Washington was joined by Adams, Knox, .Hamilton, von Steuben and a few others, and all of them appeared on the ibalcony. Robert R. Livingston, chancellor of New York, administered the oath and cried "Long live George "Washington, president ofc tb? United States," whereupon there broke out * mighty tumult of cheering, bell-ringing and the noise of cannon. Returning to the senate chamber, President Washington read his inaugural i address and the history of the United States under the constitu- j ftion began. Jefferson Story False. If you are a good Democrat, no I rtmiht. vnn hplipvp that. Thomas Jeffer- I son rode unattended to the capitol on "horseback, tied his horse to the fence, and was inaugurated with less ceremony than would attend the taking of office by a keeper of a dog pound. Such is the old story, but it is pure myth and is first found in <& book of travels in the United States written by John Davis, an Englishman. Davis asserted that he was 3n ovo-wi+notis r?f the sirrmlo rprpmnnv which he described, but it has been ! ^ ^ : c Chief Justice White. proved that he was not in Wash- , ington at the time. The itiauguratiCh of Jefferson, which ? * - * * * i _ J i ~ i. I?arfced tne aereat or ine reaerauai {party of Hamilton, Washington, >Adams and Jay, was the first to take {place isi Washington. The newly established national capital, then but <* few months old, contained only 3,000 ftahabitants, many of them negroes; tfce houses were mostly huts and the ?treets muddy roads. The big event nwt8 thus described in the Philadelphia ^Aurora of March 11; 1801: "Al ail eariy Hour on weunesuay, March 4, the city of Washington presented a spectacle of uncommon animation occasioned by the addition to its usual population of a large body of citizens from the adjacent districts. A discharge from the company of Washington artillery ushered in the day, and about one o'clock the Alex j andria company of riflemen with t!uj company of artillery paraded in front j of the President's lodgings. At 12 j o'clock Thomas Jefferson, attended by j a number of his fellow citizens, among I wncm were many memuers ui congress, repaired to the capitol. His dress was, as usual, that of a plain citizen, without any distinctive badge of office. He entered the capitol under a discharge from the artillery. As soon as he withdrew a discharge from the artillery was made. The remainder of the day was devoted to pur I ? poses of festivity, and at night there wag a pretty general illumination." "Man of the People." When Andrew Jackson was elected in the fall of 1828 the people of the west and the radical elements of the south scored a triumph and he was hailed* as a "man of the people." This character was emphasized on the day of his inauguration the following March, for never before had such a huge motley throng gathered in Washington. Jackson's wife had died not long before, and he asked that the ceremonies be made very simple, but jWESxS^^ |)IB||i iyi^w^ij^|B ^ Mrs. Wood row Wilson. the masses were too hilarious to heed t-hp rpnnftat. The weather was pleas ant and the east front of the capitol was used fcr the first time for the inauguration. In front of it surged 10,000 persons who were restrained only by a great iron chain. Jackson i rede to the capitol on a white horse J and went through the ceremonies with dignity, and started back to the White " rrit 1 V, fn-n l~10USe. Alien Uegclll IliO uuuuico, iui the people broke loose with a vengeance. "The president was literally pursued by a motley concourse of people, riding, running, helter-skelter, striving who should first gain admittance into the executive mansion, where it was understood that refreshments would be distributed," wrote a contemporary, Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith. In their mad rush the crowds smashed furniture and dishes and seized tne food as if they were starving. "The confusion became more and more alpalling. At one moment the presi- I dent, who had retreated until he was | pressed against the wall of the apart- i ment, could only be secured against j Serious danger by a number of gen- ! tlemen linking arms and forming ; themselves into a barrier. It was then that the windows were thrown j open, and the living throng found an i outlet. It was the people's day, the people's president, ana the people would rule." Too Much for Harrison. Fnr 12 vears the Democrats con-1 trolled the destinies of the country, j and then the Whigs elected William Henry Harrison, who was inaugurated j March 4, 1841. By this time trans- j portation was made easier by the ; building of railways and the crowd 1 that flocked to Washington was immense. It was much better behaved than that which "honored" Jackson, but it was hungry for offices. Cold, wintry blasts swept the streets j of Washington that March day, and j Harrison, already old and rather j fpphlp rndp his white horse without ! cloak or overcoat, and with his hat : off in salute to the cheering crowds. I The line of march was unprecedent- j edly long, and so was the inaugural j address, and then the president led | * -"? - - J.T 1 tiie procession DacK 10 me wuuc House. The exposure was too much for j him and within one month he was | dead. When Lincoln Took Hold. Immensely dramatic was the first inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in j 1861. From the day of his election threats against his life were numerous, and detectives discovered and foiled an organized plot to assassinate him on his way to Washington. The big bodies of troops that had been A Al _ mpioyea at rormer maugurauuua merely to add pomp to the occasion now were used fo? the protection of the president. TIV. ? A l.? J 3 >11TT j jl tx kj.uj uau vycucu tiuuuj, vuwij | and dismal, but as the president stepj ped forward to take the oath from : the aged Chief Justice Taney the sun | burst through the clouds and shone full on the bowed head of the man who "was to give up his life for the country he lored. Lincoln himself noticed this 'sunburst" and drew from it a happy augury. f . . " ~ I The llcst Solicitor tor (iovernor. Abboviih' Medium. Soliritor If A. CooDor announces ! that he wil be in the race for gover-; | nor in J914. Mr. Cooper is one of th-' | best known attorneys in the State j | and is the best solicitor. He was J prominently mentioned last year as J a candidate l'or governor but declined i to enter the race at that time. He 1 will make a god strong race. Pleasing News. Laurens Advertiser. The statement from Columbia to the j 4-Vtsst- Il/%n O A pAnrvnr intA*n/?C I CUI Uidt iiUU. XW. XX. WV^VA AUWUU*! making the race for governor in 1914 comes as pleasing news to the people of his home county. Mr. Cooper is eminently qualified in every way to fill the office to which he aspires and in case he is elected will reflect credit upon the people so knowing him. WDAK AA imp W JLJUIJ tUUJRl Clinton Chronicle. The numerous friends of Solicitor R. A. Cooper, of the eighth judicial district, are pleased to learn that he has announced his candidacy for governor two years h-ence. As a solicitor he ranis as one of the best and is quite popular over the State as well I I as in his territory. j J We feel sure that Solicitor Cooper. ! is eminently qualified to fill the ofJ fice for which he aspires, and that if elected, he will make a most competent and excellent governor. "Bob Cooper," as he is popularly known, is good timber and will doubtless make a good race, we Know 01 no better man in the State for the office of chief executive, than the candidate to be furnished by Laurens I county. Received With Enthusiasm, j Laurensville Herald. Mr. Cooper spent Saturday at home, land his fiiends here were eager for I f confirmation of the announcement, which they received with enthusiastic approval. Unanimous Support. Clinton cor. Laurensville Herald. Solicitor Cooper was in the city a few days ago and confirmed the re port that he will be a candidate for governor. Mr. Cooper is a great favorite in Clinton and will get almost unanimous support here. Much interest is centered in the fact that he has entered the race. Shipping by PareeJ Post - ?? a & We apprehend that in tne next iew j I months many consumers in towns will j be getting their butter and eggs and: poultry direct from the farm by parcel j post. We apprehend that the class of j shoppers, claiming to be commission j men, who solicit orders from farmers, j and then, under one pretense or an tViam tr> foL-o Inn; nrippc; i UtLLCl , t-iJu-ill w i.unv it | will be ready to take advantage of! the parcel post. Farmers will, there-; fore, need to be on their guard. Where j they know the parties, and know them ' to be honest, they can afford to ship 1 and collect monthly; but where a per- | . son unknown to you asks you to sen J , his products, the best thing to d;> ic j to state your prices and require easl: j in advance. Our western people know little of , the losses eastern peopTe si'Tei by j reason of shipping farm products to 1 total strangers, who, under claims of i damage or poor conditions, or one pre- j tense or another, secure products at! half of their value. There is no need | of that in shipping by parcel post, j Know the man you are sending your, products to; but if you do not know : him, better get cash in advance, and j then see that your customer gets all he navs for. We don't believe that the people in town have a monopoly j of trickiness, nor do we believe that! farmers have a monopoly on honesty J and integrity."?Wallace's Farm Magazine. A Foxy Deal. Once upon a time, when Wiliam j Cannon Houston, representative from' i i Tennessee, was a larmer ne iuuk sumc eggs to sell to the hotel keeper. "How much a dozen?" asked the pro-: prietor. 'Thirty cents," said the youngj Houston. "Pretty high, ain't they?'' j ' "\'o! eces are scarce." "Well, give me eight dozen." Houston counted out his eggs, and found he had just one more than eight dozen, so he slipped the ninetyseventh egg in his pocket. "That's a mean trick," said the hotel 1 * man. "You ought to give me uun cb^ as good measure-. "Can't do it," said Houston. "That's where I make my profit. I have figured pretty close. But I'll give you that egg for a drink." The bargain was mauu auu uie went into the hotel bar. "What'll you have?" asked the hotel keeper, as he took the extra egg. "Oh, give me a little egg and sherry,' eaki Houston. // ft Tt tells vnn h phone line w same high-cla now enjoyed If you ha tell you how You do not o ? Address n< F SOUTHERN AND TELE || 163 Sot The N Capital EVE i ~k i T7VE step tow man has account. . increase liability || greatest J one. I "The Ban Four Per MMcWTOSH, 1 Time for Discoveries. It will soon be time for the major 4 Fa rm t>r ^ It Is sk for It Today-A1 ow you may conne ith the Bell system ss local and long d by more than 5,00( ven't a Telephone to get service at vf bligate yourself by rarest Bell Telephone M aimers' Line Departmem BELL TELEPH GRAPH COMP ith Pryor St, Atlanta, Ga. ewberry Savings Stock, - $50 RY DOLL | YOU PUT I THE BA ^/STRENGTH I THE WA ^BETWEEN ADyEKSn xCopyrizht 1509, by C ? 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