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oLU VOLUME XXX. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1915.NUhiR2 RICHARD IRVIN[ MNN A8 GOERNOR of Oath Administered In the M sentatives by Chief Ju P rompl1tly at n1ooi yesterday in the hall of the House of iteiresentatives l~ichard Irvine Mal g, the third of (h. iane to be elected governor of this state, wits sworn i as governor of South Carolina, Chief .1ustice Gary administering the oath. i mmediately afterward Andrew .ackson liehina took the oath as Lieutenant Governor, this also being administered by the (hief justice. The cereiony was pur formed before a joint session of the two houses of the General Assemofy, SeniatorI LeG ranld Walker, of George town, president pro ten of the Senate, presiding. Immediately after the cerimony, Governor Mann1ing miiade h is inaungu ral address belfore wvhat is sted to have been the largest as semblago since the inauguration of (ov. Tillman in 1890. lls address vas as f'ollows: Gov. llaning's Address. Mr. 'resident, Mr. Speaker and Gen tlemnen of the General Assembly: In assuming the duties of governor I am mindful of lhie responsibilities of the positiol. I invoke Divine guld ance, and nearnestly'pray that wisdom, conrage, and strength may be given me to see clearly and to (1o justly in all that may comie to ile as duty. Under our form of government we have the executive, legislative and ju dicial branches, each separate and distinct from the other, and each a check oin the other. The governor of te State is at the head of the executive branch. It i his duty to enforce the laws as they stand oi the statute books. It is not his prerogative to decide whether a law is wise, or best suited to a com mnunity, but he.is to see -to it that the law i obeyed. I have faith in our people; I believe that they want the laws enforced, and their conscience is awakened oi this subject. The watelword of my cam paign last summer was the enforce ment of the law. I now declare afresh iy purpose to carry out in good faith, this pledge. I believe inl Ionm ule local self-government, and I expect every one who is charged wit.h i forcenient of law to (1o his ditty. My desire is that in each community tie laws shall be enforced by the local authorities. I take this, the very fist occasion, to say to these aut-horities that I stand ready and cager to co operate with. them in this work, and that they may 1e assured of my aid with every available iawful means to attain this object. Let me .add anoth er word, not as a threat, but as a warning; if in any community the lawful .authorities fail to enforce the laws, it will then be my duty to see that the laws are obeyed. This I in tend to do. The constitution provides that the governor may make such recomi menadtions to the general. assembly as, in his judgment, are good and proper. The time has cone when we have to mfeet new conditions;: we are living in a time of change and progress. This condition gives us new probleils to solve-new dliculties t,). meet. We are to lie congratunlated in having at the head of the niationi a main of great d iscer'nment, eourage, and abil ity3, whoi( is deatl ing wVithI nat ion al qu estionn in stat esmanilike way. May I hope that we w ill seek insi~iiration2 from thai examphlA to deal with State quest ions with wilsdomi and ectur WVn ar I progreesive D~emocrats amid we miilst havep the, (courage to dIo jutstly to eaelh anad every class of our citi zer IS, 'vein if it requires legislation hithei 'o untried by us. i'rimnary Eiections Law. ini my1 judgment, the people of thi~s *tat.e, regardless of party, owe a debt) of grai't ude, to the last State (cOinven tion of the Democr'at ic party for adtoptinig rules and1( regulations govern - ing 'the pri mary elect ions. It is dl i" to thie member's of that convention to 5fay that the apprehensIons of those who opposed personal enrollment were not justifledl, and that personel enrollmient, together with the pllicity given to the rolls of the clubs, saved .us from irregularities and~ charges of frautd. So far as I know, the last priimary election was one in iwhieh the will of tihe people was honestly ex ,pressed by their ballots, and t'hoseI wvoro fairly counted. I recommten :1, therefore, that your honorable l:ody shall enact into law for primiary' elec tions, suchm provisions as conitrolled the, last Dlemocratic primnary election, In order * in all primary elections. each and every man entitled by law to vote, shall have 'the right anid oip portunity to vote once and that no man shall be allowed to vote miore than once. Education. Tt is graitifying to know the progress we are making In education: it is even more grati fying to realize that our people are afoused to its para mount importance: that they are de termined that the children of our State shall be educated. This in mani ING SWORN IN I'l[ STATE YESTERDAY .11 of the House of Repre. stice Eugene B. Gary. fested in the' SpIrit of self-help, and each year sees a substantial increase in the 1nuiliber of school distr'icts that tax themselves for schiol purposes. Our Institutions of higher learn Ing have shown steady growth ai are doing splendid work. We must provide liberally for their support. so that their growth ind development can be mnalintaied. But tihe fact I stares u1s in tihe face that we are in a pJeriod of general businless depres sion and we mu1tst Jealously considir every item of expenditure, to save the people from tinnecessary burden. I suggest, therefore, that at thii time we shoild not untidertake any en - largeient of these plants or any un ned;ssatry expenses. Not withsta 11ding tle prog e.;s we are mak11 Ig inl edIlentionlal fa-il.ti. s antd the p ieral awatkening that i:ts ('1me to Us, we mu1st frnkly admit that we ai - still far short of the po sition we s11ol0d occupy in the workb of education. It stands to our sihamIe that the percentage of illiteracy among our citizens is so great. This stain inust, 1e wiped out; and to do this we must tax ourselves liberally for the pubtlc schools, in order that their usefulness may be increased, and that tho opportunity for educa tion may be given to all of our boys and girls. We must encourage the si-it of self-help, and every dis tric t should first impose a local tax by the vote of its resident voters be fore receiving State aid. Yet, the growth of the public schools will 1e determined largely by the anount of State aid. Weak country schools in ist tne helped and every community miist 1re encouraged to have at least a seven months' term, and no .toacier should be required to teach more tha- fifty pupils. The State cannot have an educated and efficient citizen ship unless it extends help to weak and undeveloyed districts. Any con miunity voting - liberal tax and en rolling forty or fifty children, should be assured of adeqiate educational facilities. It is the duty of tie State to make up defleiencies in such dis tricts. The right-thinking people of South Carolina will stand for this ex penditure of public money, and ivi!l indorse the position that we cannot spend puiblic Imloney better thani in ed ucating the citizen. The people real iz, and d'enand that the shame of illiteracy must be blotted out from us forever. Mill Town Schools. The probleni of public schools in manufacturing centres and mill tp wns demands attention and study. The State cannot longer overlook the needs of children in such commu nities, and should encourage the spirit of self-help and public respon sibility that will brinrr substantial and marked results ' in public education, Mivic growth, and community coopeTa tion and development. I recom mend that the State department of nducation be given such additional help In its forces that will enable it to do in mill schools what has been c1le so effnetively In high schools and rural schotls. Attendance. As soon as aiplo school facilit~les 'hall have beenl provide(l, the welf:ar. af our people demands that our cill d ren shall be reqit i red to attend lt schtools. Thie policymof the State Is to ol ucate all the peoplle at. tihe expent~se nif all th1: people for th11 wel :tire of IIll lie ipeole. I recoimmend11(, the re fore, the enactm11ent of a com~ipuIso ry [it n1adntIee law with1 local option 'fea turec. We mu tst strive to bing each anid every comn iaity' to the point of vintg sehlool CaelliItics; and,1 wher ever' these fzreilities aret aequired, to re iir eh wlool at tenda ly'e. P'e iture to( you rsel ves wvhat it. woulId mean to South Carolina if all of her cit izens were' educa'ted,~ and for- lhe atta~l~iment of this obljcOt we gIve 0our hest and~ tillfaltoin ig effort, Child Labor. I recommend, as a companlion aot to the com1ptulsory at tendiance law with local option feature, that you wilt amienld thle law 01n child-labor by rais ing the age limit, fronm'twelve to four teen years. Taixatioii anti Assessmeint. We all agree that change is needed in our tax laws. We have, ini the past, given moreo attenlltin to approplria tions than to r'evenute. WVe must. in crease outr irevenute or' decreiase our explend~itures in ord(er to stop the ever-growing (deflelency. The reports of the diepartmlentts reveal the fact that there is now a large accuimulated dleflitency that must be providled for. Acmessments are now unequal amnd mn jtist. Mtuch pr'oper'ty escapes0 taxa tion; dlfferenit classes of' piroperly at'' assessedi at (differeint percenltages or their value. Increased oxplenitiures for edutcaitional and~ cha~tritablle insatiu tions, atq well as incr'eased exlOnIses in the judicial depatment, tnecessiltte the deovising of progressive and tmore modetrn methods of raising reventue. I would therefore trecommend that a tai* commisaion be0 createdl to exaumine into this subject and suggest 'a bill embodving a plan of revision of ouri '(Omniintreil 'on Page Two.) DEMOCRA1 IC CLUB MET THURSDAY St:'irtIres Throan Aro i Vo ini. by Adelts. The (eittdemor.i chil mt inl th It. l.. HaIlbb. presidentf, presi'lingl. .\l oril th1irty voterls werek, present. The first isilless of the club was the re--organ - ization1 fol- the comina two yers. HZ. N.. 111Ab was re-veled precsident", 1P. Brooks, vice- president, Arth il. I'e, .e(cretary, and P,'. W. Copeland, tres u rer. These ollicers were ui1:nanim11ous ly elected, no oppyositioll to ally o0 of them developing. The following execitive cominiUtee, whose (ties 11O to 111a arrang men(11ts for file eletlon :,n(d delaelie uon the assessmen1 ts of can didates, were (-le-ted: Ward 1, W. (. Rloss; \\'ard 2, .John Cuinni.,gnham; \\ardl 3, .1. H Putnam111; Ward -1, .1. WVade .\ndersonl; \\'a d -,, .1. T. r w : W ard- 6;, .J. ".\l CIa1rdy. Cardy. It was decildd 1 that th. rule heretof'ore prevadilng that only the aldidates lor m1a:yor he aa'ssd s' ojuld remain inl force(. The followlig enri'ollini g Comminti Were n amed by the presidenit: Ward 1. C. I. Aloseley; Ward 2, .1. It. Ellis; -d 3, .hnPutnam; Ward -4, J1. A. Taylor ; Ward ~>, .john E. Switzer ; Ward 6, L,. R. Blackwell. The duty of enrolling committeemen is to can vis their respective wards and enroll n' citizens entitled to vote. These lists, when completed, are certified to aind handed to (lhe secretary of the club who in turn files them with the president for further disposition. The itles of the party provide that citizens of the United States who have been residents of the city of Laurens for a period of four months prior to tie general election to be held in March are entitled to vote. Outside of the election of officers and the attention to routine matters, the Only husiness coming 111 before the meeting wits the settlement of the status of foreign born residents of the city. The rules of the party be Ing indefinite on tils point, a motion was introduced and prevailedi provid ing that unnaturalized*eitizens of' for eign birth should not be entitled to vote in the primary. SHOW WINDOW R01iUiED. Todd.Simpson Coimpany's Win dow Broken into Tuesday Night. That thieves are getting very hol( in this vicinity of late Is proven by a robbery Tuesday night in the very heart of the city, on the, north-west corner of the public square, and not two hundred feet distant from an ec tric arc light. Tile show window of Todd-Slm pson Company, on the corn er of Main and South 1Harper street, opposite the Peoples Lonn1 & Exchlangiie Bank, was broken into and several i - tIcles oi value, including a shot-gaui, were taken. The heavy plaate gi:;s was baroken with1 sagne bh1int1 ins tru'l ment andi the ar'ticles werea driawnl ttroughI the large 1h0 li ae by lthe blo0w. Al though thaere'a were't tw Wgun) p1laeed very close together('I in t he win dlow, tile tilef took only one (if ithun, Wedniesday night it, was repoiritad to (Chief oif P ol ice 1kg well th at a man21 wl' h a shot gun land bioarded'a the0 1a stngeir train that mnornling and gottan off at Rloebuck. liThu rsay mnoringa -thei chief look the train for Rloebuc'k rnd11 begana a trail of thle su spected no' gr'o. )'ollowi'ng citues froan Roebuicki to Patul in e, back to Roebuek a nd thlence to Si.ritanburg on foot, ;a d tanlce of eigh t miles, and1( then to Vedla:r Springs, ito finatlly locatled l.uis mani. le turnaed out to lie one I). C Suber, alrea y wated In the iiower' part,. (if the ehtjnty fourombbery. Chief Flag weoll retiurned with his prisoner ler'i day3 a'ndi locked him up for safe keep inag. Wh~ien foumni be didl not have Ite giun and1( no traces soiild be foun ud of It. Ruiher' deli s that ihe entered th TIodda-imnpson store. Platy t Iiliekory Taierni. Theire will be a play, 'The ('ricket on The hlearth," giveni at Hlickory Tar (ernl school F'ridlay night, .Tannuary 29th. beginning at 8 o'clock. Admisslon fee 25c and 10, the proceeds to lie used for the benefit of the school. Teachers Take Examinat ion. Supt. . 11. Sullivan hlcd a teach er's examination in the court house F'riday. There were 17 white appli cantsannd ttwnlve negroce. CO he 11'.n 1o lAid APPOiNEr 1711 l~li A i'A :Ii ;0(1111 (1 Di w n-o :0ior 1ilh Office in Colmbi ia. T;!e f'rienld. of Col. 0. \V. iHata, i l it oin o", O! lo l m lm itary .intlov' Witi 'iahed; inTho (ii i P 1 j ;ir ih l ey;,i "It r r the Nat l iost C-ii' )Io :i;i (.l C o l'im , .a\tij r i()i a (aw ii f('iioivI. !dlI I aild ll-~* IV I 1. of Ais djuta ntt lI v i toyin hi' ll he wo itb lis e te dutis im l.uIni . Xlajo: llb 's home Is at Co 1111tobiI il will work iunider tato i eiitonsa . itor Mol. I\Alobloey, of "ohlmbia. .liior itabb hae IS beeni conn ed wlith thli Naion li (luard of this state forV m1ort (inuIl 11) years, amd received ill 911, hi col I to sion, b VCoi 1 n1gII, atanof Companly 1). F irstluaty La, 11u en- Inl'I l0, 11ponl rCCOm1 itindahtion of Adinta:it Gener-i:01 lloyd, .\ijor 1abbA w::s apopiteid as:istant ad1111111ti1n ;enral by (;ovoern"orl Aisol, to fill (hoe texpired term of Col. W. T.liock. A.ll. a b as reappoinlt (.( to this, plosition Inl 1911 uponl recomi mlenlati.onl of .\djutant G"eneral .\looreo, imnd in u9!), h ta la ed t lited Soates disbursing oteleer for this stat "Before coming to Columbia Iin 1910, Major abb was assistant clerk of court at L~aurens, Where hie lived for a itmh111er of years. Hie Is well knlown throughout the State, to thle general public as well as fin military circles, particularly fin the Piedmont section of thle State. "Major Babb will be succeeded by Major J. Shapter Caldwell, of Charles tonl." DEATH OF M1S. OXNElt. Widow of the Late E. T. Oxner Dled at Home of her Daughiter Sunday Morning. Isabella 0. Oxner, widow of the late Emanuel T. Oxner, of Hunter township, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. V. W. Marlini, Onl East. Ma Iin streeLt Sunday morning at 2i0 'clock. The reamins were car-led to the Shady Grove celietery, in tile low er section of the county, Monday and inter'ed there beside her husband who preceded lier abotil een years ago. Nrs. Oxnier was approaching her seventy-ninth year of life, having been horn in 1836, a daughter of a Mr. Braddock, a lending citizen of the county at that time. She was mar ried to Mr. Oxner in l85-i. For more than 58 years of her life she was a consecrated member of the Shady Grove Presbyterilan chulrch and lived a life of marked piety. 'During the past several years Mrs. Oxner has lived with her children In l.aurens. The followiig sols an(I :tugliters survive her: Mrs. W. A. Cmu phell, T1. L. Ox n er, R. MI. Oxner, F. 11. Oxier, Mirs. A. -. luill, Mrs. J1ones C'ulbertisoin, .llrs. .1. L. Hod(1ge and Mrs'.. ('. W. Mlart in. Thriee sister's 01ls0 surivive iier, as folows: Mris. R. d I'arki. of (Grani'oodi, N'.\.Fan con ty. T' hld Plltr .I'l Met ime. to .\lr. N. II. Dial that he will1 I.e iln Lauri enis Fiday~t~ andl will giv64 a t ali 1ly, aI mleetinog han beeni ar:ranged to be held( ini the reari (office of thie i'1n terprlise Nationli 11ank1 at 7::0 P'. Ni. The mieetinig will be open1 to the piubhli 01nd all whoi( art' inttresi 0(d inl chickenis arie lnvit ed to lie Ipresenit. In case thie criowd Is lool la rge fori this r'oomil, 0otherI Ii~ iuat ers n ili be sought. Barbher Sloi Sold. Mr. Thomas NMoye, who has con'iiuet ed a bairber shiop in the llarksdailt buIldIng foir some tim1e, lirs 5(ohi Out to NIr. Ctolemnan Whiami who wIll ('0n duclt. tihe buiessi(5 in the fut uire. NIr. MoNlye and famiily' will move to .4miiteri. Mrs. WillIm A. Jiames, of Athant a, sipent. several days last wecek wih Mri. anid Mr's. Jlohn Spr'att. NMiss .Janiie Gainigton, who hals charge of the Tomato clubs or this county is here, and will be at the home of Mr. T. A. Wigington with her sister', Miss Maggie Garlington. Anderson Daily Mail. R0 I iSOU'CS . S Il to:: o i' p i - u v 1d - N) t 1 pr)ius.\L. :11 i? .7 1:4a ~*l 1 i G overn;; l ' k14i t has bI('i~en markeds tby c rm l en I.::r ieidet' s i fontro .ses. Wh'lile prac'tieinig lawy in Newherry, S. I:., he be :mne a4 tive in. pities rlnd inl 89 was elected to the stato house of represent ativMes. Ile also soed In the State sinate an was president pro'( teml of that body~ ini 1907-08. ,fter a heated cantipaign in 1 t, in which IUlease (leteat ed the prIohi1 hit Ion element's candidate in the )eiocratic pimaries, he was in-. augIated as gover no)r in . lanua iy, 191 . Ills iiilnugo ra a cd roess waIs (oin sidered a unique State document in that it contained scath inlg denu ncia tion of some of the new governor's eon es. Shortly after i.le assumed o ce lie begani ext ening clemency to Onvets in the State penitentiary decla rinig that a i!vat ely conidufc ted, nstItutiodn at the Io wat oys a I"t berc losis breeder." One statement at tribu tted to teli governor at the tiaie a he woIl d free at least onie iIsoner tfor (ich day he served as governor," 9 lease was renosninated in \IS : in the uemocrntic prmaries, d ftic e ing Ira B. Jones who resigned as ehli ef jostice of the state supreme i'oirf to piiose hil. lls seoend term cc.wa marked by dismissal of vi rtuially all the notaries of pub S1l from oilee; his dismissal of a numbc u npgistrates who had incurred his dsvor. ndlit his participation in a nnpre of aiblic eontroversies with iembra of the State supreme cort and other St ate olleils, lie tIl tbmtae in1voled in a dispmte with. thie fedlerat wa r' dc partmeat over State milita i fn (aires dan lieveal svdys ago he issur d an 'leae a 10 -ot 1 islat i hlv 1 iv D eim -a in '.r. :e i'e ree Jub ie of the sai' Stll rth-l( cI hi ton o e v ixe liti i \\ till t ' siu i f rt ig h wark'd not dimloyal rol vitualry anl the inchins of l fom ifty Ia iskina o w vinitn ON tIl'OltT.\ANT' ((OMMITI'l: I. Tho hat Inurenis ('ots (I elern ln his parediptiny Ili i the .poricn ment of ('ommitteor C inl th(e'i -s o ith Iit'm ntm sof forlt til' 1os e o Invpvt :il aou dil Wiveth das s1(I- W,', byo-k ! Iiiit, ove Q. t tth v Tu r in i d il : :I n ad imsevral iny a lff , iuu place Tl W.y ;a i'ai;t icorpora Ions I. yD. 1;tyd, liouse and~ grounds. S. 11. Goggaes. Senator (Goodwin, whio has been In the Senate for Iwo years, is already a imemIII r seve comilttees. With Bramidic Sm!101nney. or Was Rcceived il Given for His Resigam'i ('olumbia, tin. it. --'o!' 12. lilrr.aw today rti ir '(as South ('aoiina's gov. I rnOr vive dnays Wore his second emm of two year 4 would huve ende 1. 11 . itation, ent to '44ecrva ary of Slltl M :(' 4n, a s by i lnit by a bri, messagieto 1 ti a l i i - inl t miug the tLer. th.' s tendecredl 1hm N4) f'mal il ~i iailipirera aat iom~itiet thiner oftheou or re~ lie arivd seSate I(a Iy snce ' in't\ o the etmiteChi. ro:ei;no: nsors . th dree on of gien :r. MrO I r1esei d sr vnrl asine friah . til etmids chief yn to hoe oft ilui it Wit 511( thgatd Wlkeq~s~~ lo tet utsidrm ( 'h~lpe~ilei i'eed.ins Garyn of the minte, uree out, ad minsteed the et a at i r.ver No paetiondsverl Sate ofa theien. "ernomrhed rs Smi toen e govr nao forlce Ltgand asgn. Waler pre sent of Sthe Cntciefl, auomat fileil Nv:Onare i oltia ofpoents~ Ineete to the ecietenat overn. p. mthmwr aea i~tn o l reeious iidatinl i thet gthv. Fno 'stion w ctve na n ivn andn icason to as assign. Tothe es enwegsatras crtl yhefl compo ed ofli menh whegro r are his f riopoents and to a sadythan th Upsst f teenle t Tusdaye m gtbssag u thtt notal actionllway was equally terse. Governielect ichard 1, Mann g wI'ill bec i naugu ratedI net( t ITuesday. IQ; fll becm a oitical o ofleit of Mr. Illae ari efyt ed anet. io rno ith, endorsed by Governor fiense fr the D emocra tic nlomlinatloll last August. Mr. Bleanse, at that the was defeated for the Deaocrate nomi ialon for ited States senator by sllion D. Sith the Incu entf . Governor Blease, sometimes called "the stormy learel of South aro lina" was accounted one of the most tActuresquo figures in American imb Iic life. Original in conception and daring in executlon, his administration ha.; been milarkled by), many insual r< tions. Numerous grants of elmecy ': to State prisoners, public stateiments whih w 'ere '15 ontuiedi to mean ith tin wtNa v attake hit women,~-t t t(l4 t144 :eocenit diishratiing of the Soir t'ar 1olalil a t 1 r nt at 1 "!lve' th pardonin a!(vnl" ':. (on : s:a Ir. "'I v,. n i a ve th I tiah'r' I lor unt o1' ot tice. .ist. baefore reil rgi tday hae 5.1 ad 27 (lemenci(y ganiits5. Four men0 sa'n teneedl '1o life imp rLisnmenit fairi mr' der'i were prarole'd anid four others re Hox Supper nt Mt. Pleasant, The box sitlper thait was adv oi' erl to bre at .\t. Ptleasat thie 2th of lDe (ellmber wats indrefinately post toned'i rai have niow deaclied to thave Uia n h nighit of January 27th. The trrocee'da are for tihe V. W. .\. soelr'ty. .\ inaU Ora Store Hlobbedl. Tihe Stoic of R1. F. M\oor'e, at Gra, was5 e ierd 1by thieves Ii Thurday niight aind some1 smlalI chianiga besides in uinknown1 (lianttit y of g roceries were taken. Tile robbers were thbought to be white ment whio hlad loiter'ed arounid the railroad station durring the anv. Thny have not been caught.