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VOLI ME L1II, M MBF.R ?. NEWBEBRI, S. C? FRIDAY, JAMAR1 *>, 1915. TVF1CS A WEES, *Lt? A TSAJL Manning and Take C f APPF.AIISF. f,RF.F.TS INAUGURAL ADDRES! NE>V GOVERNOR AND LIETTEN ANT TAKE OATHS People Packed Into House of Rep resentatives' Chamber Cheer New and His Ftteranre. The State... Hundreds o: South Carolinians nessed the inauguration of Gov. Rich ard I. Manning and Lieut. Gov. An drew J. Bethea Tuesday. Ther t were other hundreds who were unabL t*\ prowrf into the naileries and th< hall of the house of representative; "wihere the exercises were held. Th lowering clouds and biting nortl [ "wind Tuesday morning forced th' I committee cn arrangements to chang lis plan of having Gov. 'Manning de liver his inaugural address from th steps of the State house. & Hall Filled E.irly. By 11 o'clock the galleries of th< hail of the house were filled with peo pie. At 11:20 o'clock Gov. Manning' family party occupied seais reserve for them on t'r.e iloor of the house The crowd in the galleries packe< every available inch of space ther H and overflowed to the landings aroun, wLt the rotunda and down into the ro K of* Sumter, Gov. Manning' H)uld< be easily recognized ii flP'd by the ribbon badges tne: ^pOn the ribbons was the game Sumter's emblem, with th< Hs ISiimter Gift?^Governor Man Kg." A special train from Sumte fought 200 people to attend thi inauguration. At 11:55 o'clock Speaker Hoyt called the house to order to transact ; kittle routine business. At noon the senate made its wa: T'rom its chamber to the hall of tli house, the members walking in sin lie file through the press in the ro lunda. Senator E. U. Smith waLke< t-. -j. A iii'.n j +V> rwun ^resident \\tauter uuwu w a^sle of the house to the rostrum. At 12:03 o'clock ihe sergeant-at arms cleared the aisle :or the gov ?rnor. the lieutenant governor an< their escorts. At 12:06 o'clock hi announced fce approach of the party The j^int assembly rose to receive it The governor-elect and lieutenan governor-elect and their escorts en tered the hall in the following order Richard I. Manning with George "W Dick, Christie Benet with W. C. Cath cart. Gov. Charles A. Smith wit: W George K. Laney, Andrew J. Bethe: with, R. L). Epps. Following thesi were: Chief Justice Eugnene B. Gary Justice R. C. Watts. Justice D. E-. Hy drick, Justice George W: Gage, Jus lice T. B. Frser, the Rev. Arthur R Berkeley. Judge -1. S. Wilson. Stat< g -officials ami professors of the Univer W sity of South Carolina. fTlie Rev. Arthur R. Berkeley o Philadelphia, rector of the Church o W ihe Holy Communion, and son-in-lav L . or Gov. Manning, offered the invoca "Richard I. Manning, governor-elec! j js present and ready to quali y," an ft nounced President Walker, ft Oath is Administered, ft Gov. Manring arose and Ghiie Justice Eugene B. Gary administere* the oath o. office to him. When th last words of the solemn oath hai been repeated by Gov. Manning, th crowd broke into applause. When the cheering ended. Gov Manning delivered his inaugural ad ~ ~ ~ rlin ? U PwAtvi rvionncr?rir>1 Cil CSS, icauiug It u VUl luaiiuDvuyi ? Gov. Manning ended his inaugura f address at 12:42 o'clock amid a burs oi applause. President Walker announced tha Andrew J. Bet'r.ea, lieutenant gov crnor-elect, was present and ready t i qualify. Lieut. Gov. Bethea then too! ^ the oath from Chief Justice Gar> K The lieutenant governor was applaud ed when he arose to take the oat' K and after he finished repeating it. Lieut. Gov. Bethea, said that h -would make his address in the senat chamber later. He thanked the audi ence i'or the heartiness of the recep tion it had given him. As presiden i Bethea Jath of Office I HON. RICHARD IRVING MANNING, . a i "j Governor of South-Carolina. of the senate, Lieut. Go.. Bethea an- i icounced at 12:55 o'clock that the pur- < i:oses or wnich the joint assembly 0 lad convened had been accomplished 1 and ordered it to rise. Speaker H'Dyt J told the audience that Gov. Mann:ins ( would address the overflowing crowd , ' briefly on the State house steps and then hold a reception in the State * e library. The sergeants-at-arms were I ^ ordered to clear the aisles and lobby 1 of the house. This was slowly ac- ' ccmplished. Then Gov. Manning and s r.is escort left the hall of the house, i 1 - Speaks Briefly Outside. 1 After the adjournment of the joint , 3 assembly Gov. '.Y&nnmg and his es- 1 - cort went out on the steps of the 1 r State house, where many had gather- i ? ed to' hear another speech from tiie < c-nvernor Members of the escort ^ " - h - would not permit, him to speak more ; x J than 30 seconds, as he was suffer- j! i ! ' ing from an indisposition which 7 might be made serious by exposure. s \ "I again wish to thank you," he , -; said, ".or the reception you have ac- < - ! corded me this day and to assure you ( i, that I shall use my best endeavors J j 2 to carry out the trust which you have 1 placed in my hands. I urge you to i ' - lay aside what lingering sparks of ^ - factionalism you may still harbor in . 3 your breasts and let us ; all work to- j z defeated the Germans wun neavj- j the people of this State.'' i i L-mong the numerous Columbia i t relatives of Gtov. Manning are Mrs. 1 - A. R. Heyward, Mrs. Benjamin Haile, * Mrs. Edward Clarkson, Harrv Can- ( tey and Edward B. Cantey, children ] - of the venerable Edward B. Cantey < i of Camden. Maj, Cantey and the ( i governor's father were first cousins. ] 5 their mothers having been sisters. < Another Columbia relative of the gov- j1 - ernor is John Manning ICantey, a | ' - cousin. j 1 ! 5 IN U (U'KAL ADDRESS -j OF GOV. IS. I. MAN MM* j f I r- Mr. President, Mr. Speaker and Gen- * : tlemen of the General Assembly: ' In assuming the duties of governor . I am mindful of the responsibilities of , the position. I invoke Divine guid- " ance and earnestly pray that wisdom, ( courage and strength may be given i me to see clearly and to do justly in , all that may come to me as duty. f Under our form of government we . ^ have the executive, legislative and ju- { . dicial branches each separate and ( e distinct from the other, and each a j d chec'c on the other. ! e The governor of the state is at the , head of the executive branch. It is ( \ his duty to enforce the laws as they , - stand on the statute boks. It is not ] r his prerogative to decide whether a ] j law is wise, or best suited to a com- , _ munity, but he is to see to it that the I law is obeyed. < A | I hcve faith in our people: I believe 1 L j that they want the laws enforced, and : j their conscience is awakened on this ; 0 i subject. The watclnvord of my cam* | paisn last summer was the enforce'. ! ment of the law. I now declare afresh - j my purpose to carry out in .sood faith, i. i this pledge. I believe in home rule? ! local self-government, and I expect : every one who is charged with en! forcement of law to do his duty. My ? I ; desire is that in each community tne ~ I laws shall he enforced by the locnl j authorities. 1 take this, the very first . it j occasion, to say to these authorities fiat T Tear. 3 re a ay an(P eager To "co operate with them in this work, ant that they may be assured of my aid with oveiy available lawful means t( attain this object. Let me add anothe: word, not as a threat, but as ? warning; if in any community tb( lawful authorities fail to enforce th( laws, it will then be my duty to set that the laws are obeyed. This I in tend to do. The constitution "Provides that t.h( governor may make such recom mendation to the general assemble as, In his judgment, are good anc proper. The time has rome when we hav< to meet new conditions; we are livinj in a time of change and progress. This condition drives us new problems tc solve?new difficulties to meet. W( are to be congratulated in having a the head of the natioir a man of greai discernment, courage and ability 1 - 5 3 1 r ?rtl A1U wno is aeanns wuu u<tuuuai in statesmanlike way. May hope that we will seek inspiration from that example to deal witt state questions with wisdom and cour a Q'p We .are progressive Democrats anc we must have the courage to do justlj to each and every class of our citi z^ns. even if it rea aires legislator hitherto untried by us. Primary Election Law. Tn my .indement, the people of this state, regardless of narty, owe a deb' of gratitude to tTie last state conven tion of the Democratic party foi adopting rules and regulations govern ing the primary elections. It is due to the members of that convention t( say that the apprehensions of thos< who opposed personal enrollmeni were not justified.-and that persona enrollment. together with the publicitj snven to the rolls of the clubs, savec lis from irregularities, and charges Df fraud. So far as I know, the las1 primary election was one in which the will of the peoole was honestly ex orppspd bv their ballots, and these svere fairly counted. I recommend therefore, that your honorable bcdj shall enact into law for primary flee tions. such provisions as controlled the last Democratic primary election n order that, in all primary elections ?ach and every man entitled by la"w to vote, shall have the right and op portunity to vote once and that nc man shall be allowed to vote more than once. Education. It is gratifying to know the progresj a*e are making in education; it is jven more gratifying to realize thai Dur people are aroused to its para iiount importance; that they are de ;ermined that the children of our state shall be educated. This is mani :ested in the spirit of self-help, anc ?ach year sees a substantial increase n the number of school districts thai ;ax themselves for school purposes. Qur institutions of higher learn ng have shown steady growth and ire doing splendid work. We must provide liberallv for their support sc ;hat their growth and developmenl ian be maintained. But the facl ;tares us in the face that we are ir i period of general business depres ;ion and we must jealously considei ivery item of expenditure, to save the people from unnecessary burden. 1 suggest, therefore, that at this time ?re should not undertake any en argement of these plants or any un .lecessary expenses. Notwithstanding the progress we ire making in educational facilities md the general awakening that has ?onie to us. we must frankly admit :hat we are still far short of the po sition we should occupy in the wort :>f education. It stands to our snamf :hat the^ percentage of illiternoj imong our citizens is so great. This :tain must be wiped out: and to dc tv,s, v-*p must tax ourselves liberalh tor the public schools, in order thai their Usefulness may be increased und that the opportunity for educa Jon rr.av be sriven to all of our boys ma gins. v\"e must encourage th* ' ' J A i -1 3pim oi seuueiy aiiu cvuj ?n> Lrict should first impose a local taj by the vote of its resident voters be Fore receiving state aid. Ye^. the growth of the public schols will bt letermined largely by the amount o! state aid. Weak country schools musi be helped and every community musi be encouraged to have at least ? seven months' term, and no teachei should be required to teach more than nrty pupns. ine siaie caiinu have an educated and efficient citizen ship unless it extends help to weal and undeveloped districts. Any com munitv voting a liberal tax and en rolling forty or fifty children, shoulc be assured of adequate educationa facilities. It is the duty of the stat< to make up deficiencies in such dis tricts. The right-thinking: people o South Carolina will stand for this <?x penditure of public money and wil inrfnrcp thp r.nsitiori thai" we canno spend public money better than ii (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.) _ j ? 5s - /$ ? j i <v < 1 i THE VTAK IN THE EAST. > . _ < | * ISy ,J. F. ,I. Caldwell. ' 3> < j- <8> $><?-$ - <? 'i> i < Ah persons in the cotton growin South?perhaps including the movin > picture show peopole and possibi! - even the blind tigers?are aware tha j the duration o: the war now raging i Europe is a matter of vital importanc to us. The producers of grain, th * raisers of horses, mules and cattl< ; and the manufacturers of wole > goods, shoes and munitions of wai i may expect a profitable business; bu t we slaves of King Cotton must expec t a hard time while the struggle con tinues, and for a time after it close* | The factories of the United State , consume only about five million bale j yearly, and while the decreased manu . .acture o. cotton goods in Englanc j Germany and France will open 1! greater trade for us in South Amer ' i ica and elsewnere, we have not, an " i cannot have, for probably two years I | the means of increasing our manu i facture to any considerable extern , i and shall require time, increase II means cf transportation, banking con -! nections, and the establishment o r business relations, in order to do an * great trade wit'.i foreign lands. An * there will be great difficulties in th * i way of transporting to (E-uropea: j. countries the'cotton for their con j sumption at home. Moreover, ther r will be smaller consumption of cot 1 ton goods both there and here. Th ? first economy practised among an t people is in dothing. All people rs 1 quire a certain quantity of :ood, t keep alive; but they can patch o darn Nothing, and go shabby .or T ; long time. We older ones remembe I ^ ~ ^11 T-? or Aiir Wor n? uw n vvcia uumig wm tt ui ^ ^? I sion. We may therefore count upo , its taking a good while to dispose c ' our gigantic crop of sixteen millio bales. And-besides, there are abon three million bales raised yearly i > ; Egypt, India and elsewhere. j There seems to be no reason to hop | that the war will end in less than 1 j ! months from this time. It is likel 3 ! to last for two years longer. And ^! shall not be surprised if it continue ' j for three years from t'r.e time it begar ^ -1 ?Th j 3S L<ora iviiciifuer ims picunuu, jlu ' j warring nations can furnish an abun . | dance of men for great and prootract ?; ed slaughter. The allies (Franc? 11 Great Britain, Russia, Belgium and th ! small Balkan States) have an aggre ' j gate population of.more than two hun ^ , dred million; and Germany, Austro ' i Hungary and Turkey have about : . i hundred and lifty million. The for * i 4 . j rner combination can easily furnis] a V, ^ 1 o f f nr L ' ten million soidiers, anu mc muw i seven or eight million. And it is pos J sib!e to increase the armies a goo. - ! deal beyond those numbers. Number ^ j are on the side of the allies, and als< i | t;:e means of subsistence. But on th ! other side are great numbers, muci j the best army in t' e world (the Ger Jman), a territory capable of produc . J ing sufficient focd for several years ; , a population (especially, the sevent 11 million Germans) whose whoie hear - i is in the war. and rulers desperatel; : ' vaH rr> ronauer.- Austria is "a s i ving to extend her dominion over th r; Balkan States, as well as to crus ' i Servia. Germany -wants tlie earth ul r 1 timately, and just now wants Belgian t i and perhaps Holland, wants to brea' , | down England's supremacy on the = - and in manufactures and commerct 5 and wants to humble and paralyz France. France wants to get reveng for the terrible beating Germany gav " her in 1ST0-1, and get back the ter ritory she lost by that war, and als . | to secure herself against fucur >! I I molestation. Great Britain wants t tj .'ripple Germany and get rid of he L j rivalry and competition in manufac l tures ar;d commerce Russia wants t r ke* }> An: ilia out of corlrol o tn * P.a kan and get control there fo ^ herself, and, since Turkey has com ^ into t'-e struggle, to break dowi Tuvk*sh power, and get so 113 of he . territory !t hard to say vhat Tur j wev wi*nt??lraftd her vile peop: 1 and vil'jr r<.iicr.s themss' /, :-> knowi : jiioss it ho t.:at she has "no; ? of re * gaining some of her recently lost ter r ritory. and incidentally robbing an j nivtrdenng some ten or fifty or a hur dred ti ou.sand of her own Christiai 1 ami Jewish inhabitants. It bus not bee.i a people's war. '-x ccpt on the part o: Servia, Mont ?But Little Che I On ?> Russians Claim to Have Rem of Rawa, on the Bzura, am Regain Trench Lost in t ing?Scissons n t? Tl:e Russians report the repulse of e German attacks north o. Rawa and on the Bzura river and assert they rt i defeated the Germans wit heavy r, ; losses near Radloff, western Galicia. I j They have made advances also in :t { Eukowina. _ | -The* French official statement an| nounces recapture by the French of - ! rjip frpnoh t.akpri thp riav nrpivinnslv iS j by the Germans north of Notre Dam ? . ! de I^orette. 1, ! IT lie French customs administration a! reports that France's foreign com- J _ merce in ten months of 1914 dimin-! ,i isheJ in value to the extent of $400.- j ; 000,000 as compared with the same ! - ' period of 1913. lt j "I not only hope, but I know, that ' 1 we shall be able to tight through this _ immense struggle. On the domain j if of financial and economic affairs we j y | are equal to every demand, however i ri j long t':e war may last,'' is an utter- j e ; ance attributed to Rudolph Haven- j n j stein, president of the German reich- i - stag and one of the foremost finan- j e cial authorities in Germany. .1 l [ enegro, Belgium and France; in the . " other nations it has been t'ze war of the people's rulers. But since it has 0 ! progressed so far, the populations of J* the sevra' nations engaged .have becl come inflamed with the notion that 1 th<iir interests and their duty, a4 well as their glory, are at stake, and are almost as eager for victory as ars ine rulers who squander their lives ar.d their property. We have seen in L Ainorica how sucli a spirit^rows. , n At the beginning of our war we had a | " "An . *? An /-* 1 r> A Vnrfll hilt UlrtlJJ 111C11U3 ill 4.1IC .\U1U1, UU1, e the longer it lasted the more the Xor" them people became united against ' us, until Abolitionists, Anti-Abolition-} I 1 ists, Republicans, Democrats, farmers, a merchants, " manufacturers, lawyers, '' doctors, preachers, mer. women and " children, thirsted for [Southern blood, and shouted the praise of those who burned our barns and mills, and hous '' es, ro'obed us of all they could carry e away, destroyed what they could not use, and left women and children to i rcarve. ' ' i I do not expect either combination J 2 to overrun any great extent o: territory, or to conquer the otoer. But ; I expect nothing short of exhaustion , ' of men, food and the material of war ; to put a stop to the conflict. When ! ^ three or four million men are killed !; b o*- disabled on each side, a hundred < 0 | towns destroyed, ten thousand homes j e j and farms laid waste, all civil indus1 j tries paralyzed, and the people starv- , " j ing, t' ere will be a nalt, and some sori ( of peace established; but until these disasters, or internal revolutions, be fall them, I do not expect the strug- j ' gling nations to cease from strife. J I I lionp rhat our cotton growers will I be able to borrow some money on their e cotton; I expect that, in a year or A so, we shall be able to sell about half cf our present crop; and 1 think that '' cur mills will be able to do a better ^ business than they have done of late; a but I feel sure that half of this crop " is going to be left here for a good w while, and that whoever, for the next 0 two years, depends wholly or chiefly, e upon cotton will find it "a broken reed, whereon if a man lean, it will go 0 into his hand, and pierce it." ....... . _ i We are in bad plignt; but it migni 0 be a good deal worse. We shall be 1 pretty wise or quite fortunate if we keep out of the war, and keep England ? so kind and condescending as to allow us to carry on some trade with r I . oreign nations. She is almost as , e jealous, <>f us as she is of Germany, ii r Recital at High School. On Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock a . i *' ii uJnrV. a rppitfl! at tne tjwiotjriy mgu stuuui i* * ^^? ~ will be given by piano pupils of Miss ' Bess Kibler, and to which the public is invited. All those taking part in ; the programme will play entirely from " memory. Assisting in this recital will ; 11 bo voice pupi's of Robert E. Allen, some of whom have already been beard in public. A pleasant evening is premised all tho?e who come. mqe Battle Front ilsed German Attacks North i Near Kadloff?trench Previous Day's FightGrisly Scene The American secretary of commerce, William Reafield, in a speech, at. Louisville, Ky., referring to th? lack of American merchant marine, declared it was "shocking at this time, when the door of opportunity opens so widely before us, to have our shipping facilities so fully in the lands of aliens who do not hesitate to exact their pound of flesh." Archduke Charles Francis of Austria, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne, has left Vienna to visit Emperor William at the German headquarters and the new Austrian foreign minister, Baron Burian, will leave for Berlin in a few days to visit the German chancellor and the foreign minister. t From the battle front word comes that so many men perished during the eight days' struggle for the heights across the river from .Soissons that four days after the close of the battle tVi^ A ao A floxr in Vi ooinc o orVi f"hrwn ? u tau iu u.ituvu^u sands of men had been engased without cessation in clearing the field. >ews of union academy Death, of An Infant?No Farm Work Done?Bad Roads?CommunProsperity, Jan. 20.?The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. . j. A. Kinard, of near Bachman Chapel, died last Sunday night after a brief illness of pneumonia and was buried in t;.e Bachman Chapel cemetery cn Tuesday evening at 4 o'clock. Funeral services being conducted by their pastor Rev. Y. von A. Riser. The bereaved parents have our sympathy. Those dark rainy clouds have disappeared and we are enjoying the "Blessed Sunshine" again. May we have plenty o: these bright days now. The reads are in a terrible condition but sunshine and the "drag" will improve them wonderfully in a wnile. There hasn't been scarcely anything done on the farm for the past seven weeks. It has been a continued wet spell since Sunday, November 29th. What's the use for us to grumble? Mr. and Mrs. 3. R. Metts and family, of the St. F'/.ilips section, have moved to his place near Bachman Chapel known as the S. J. Kinard place. There will be communion services at Colony next Sunday. Sunday school at 10:30. YThe public is cordially invited. You remember we said something about signs being favorable for another wedding in this section.. The indications came true when (Mr. I.awes Cullman drove down to near Little Mountain on Wednesday t'3*5 6th of this month to the home of his Liide who was Miss Maggie Lindler. Many congratulations to the happy couple. J. W. M. Death in the 3finistry. Lutheran Church Visitor, 14th. Rev. H. P. Counts died on January 4th at his home near Haralson, Ga., whither he had retired from the active work o: the ministry on account of iii health He v>as in the 53 rd year of his age, his birthplace being the old homestead near Prosperity, S. C. Af ter graduating from Newberry college in 1885 (he comrapleted the course in theology at the Theological Seminary, then located at Newberry. He served various pastorates in the United synod, his last regular charge having meen the Kimberlin pastorate at Rural Retreat, Va. A full sketch of his iife will appear later in the Visitor. Box Party at Fork. There will be given at Fork school, Miss Louise Richardson teacher, on Friday evening beginning at 7 o'clock, a box party together with an old time cake walk. The proceeds of which. will go to the school improvement association. Everybody is cordially invited. f ~ , . ... . ....