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INAUGURAL OF GOV Mr. President, Mr. Speaker and G tlemen of the General Assembl; In assuming the duties of goven I am mindful of the responsibilities the position. I invoke Divine gi ance and earnestly pray that wisdc courage and strength may be gii me to see clearly and to do justly all that may come to me as duty. Under our form of government have the executive, legislative and dicial branches each separate t distinct from the other, and eacl vuvvn vu tuv w*<v* The governor of the state is at i head of the executive branch. It his duty to enforce the lavs as tl stand on the statute boks. It is i his prerogative to decide whether law is wise, o1* best suited to a cc munity, but he is to see to it that law is obeyed. I have faith in our people: I beli< that they want the laws enforced, s their conscience is awakened on t subject. The watchword of my c? paign last summer was the enfor ment of the law. I now declare afr< ray purpose to carry out in good fai this pledge. I believe in home ruli local self-government, and I exp every one who is charged with forcement of law to do his duty. A agK.. HON. RICHARI Governor c desire is that in each community 1 laws shall be enforced by the lo authorities. I take this, the very ft oocasion, to say to these authorit that I stand ready and eager to operate with them in this work, a that they may be assured of my i with every available lawful means attain this object. Let me add anotl w/v* ao a tV*rna Kilt o a ** VIU, 1IUI 09 a llllUOVf UUV uu warning; if in any community 1 lawful authorities fail to enforce 1 laws, it will then be my duty to s that the laws are obeyed. This I tend to do. The constitution provides that 1 governor may make such recc mendation to the general asseml as, in his judgment, are good a proper. T1 e time has come when we hs to meet new conditions; we are livi In a rime cf change and progress. T condition gives n? new problems solve?row difficulties to meet, 1 are to be congratulated In having the vcad of the nr.tim- a man of gr< discernment, courage and abil; who is dcalire with national qvectir in statesmanlike way. Mav hope that we will seek insnlnti from that example to deal w state questions with wisdom and co age. We are Progressive Democrats a we must have the courage to do jus to each and every class of our c jens. even !f it requires leglslati hitherto untried by us. Primary Election Law. In mv judgment, the people of t1 state, regardless of part", owe a d< of gratitude to the ln?t mate conv< tio.n cf the Democratic party adopting rules and vove ing the primary Tf f] to the r?emh?'?-<s of ?,">t "OPVent'On say th tT*e * "ops of t who r>o?-SCUel wprc rot hist'fVd. find tb.at perc'? enrollment. together w'th the nublic given to the rolls of the clubs, sm us from irregularities, and char, of fraud. Po far as I know, t%e l primary election was one in which 1 will of the reo'-'e was honest'y pressed by their ballots, and tin were fairly counted. 1 recomme therefor*. that your honorable be shall en0** into law for primary el tfens. goch p-ovirirms as control the !?ct Penocratic primary electi In order that, in all primary elec'io each and every nan enttt'ed bv 1 to vote, shall have the right and , ADDRESS . R. I. MASNNING en- portunity to vote once and that m /: i man shall be allowed to vote mor 10r than once. 0f Education, lid- It is gratifying to know the progrea >m, we aie making in education: it i ren even more gratifying to realize tha in our people are aroused to its pars mount importance; that they are de we termined that the children of our stat ju- shall be educated. This is man] md fested in the spirit of self-help, an< i a each year sees a substantial increas in the number of school districts tha the tax themselves for school purposes. is Our institutions of higher learr iey ing have shown steady growth am not are doing splendid work. We mus a provide liberally for their support s >111- that their growth and developmen the can be maintained. But the fac stares us in the face that we are ii ?ve a period of general business depres md sion and we must jealously conside his every item of expenditure, to save th< mi- people from unnecessary burden. ce. suggest, therefore, that at this thn ?sh we should not undertake any er 1 * nldnto /Mi onv nr (tj lai'gCIUCUI. VI lllcoc limuig ui ?*?. a necessary expenses. ect Notwithstanding the progress wi en- are making in educational facilitie My and the general awakening that ha 5 - ? in tbe country. Ownership of home means permanency of tenure; per , manency of tenure means improveI ment of conditions of life and sur rour.dings. If every farmer owned his i place and lived upon it the problems . of r^rai life would automatically solve t themselves: isolation removed, home? 7 would he nore comfortable; the-e . would he halter churches, be.ter - school0, better roads, and con murw'y > life more attractive. I realir.e that ;h:s may be cl-srt l as pro r-'jsive let> ..-lalion, ar.d we have 1 rawed prered^ h'M'P for it in ;Iio country, da'tny ha -Ic i only to lb 10. i do not advise these ) land banks as state institutions, but i that they should ha deve'oped by independent organisations under state suf-ervision. 3 F-'ertuiaers. a Under existing laws regulating the , manufacture and sale of commercial 3 fertilizers, our furtr.i-rs have not aae op- u'vn shall V* required to attend th< on | be assured of adequate educationa Ith facilities. It is the duty of the stat< iir- | to make ui> deficiencies in such dis I tricts. The right-thinking people o nd ; South Carolina will stand for this ex ttv renditure of public money and wil ;ti- indorse the position that we canno on Tend public money better than ir ; educating the citizen. The people real ize and demand that the shame of il his literacy must be blotted out from U! ?bt forever. pn- Mill Town Schools. for 1 The problem of public schools ir rr- manufacturing centres and nil towns dcnands attention and study to e 8ta e c-nnet longer overlook th? wp , reeds of o' i'drcn In such commuri >rf t'f,S flio "nl and r^V!^ itv 'n,,t ynM fcr'rg sv-bnttrtfrol r,,vV 'od ('* r^mt'ts in pub''(. ed"oat?en. r>:< ;e f"cvth *'"d c-.irurity coo^e^tioT ast ->r'd T recommend !' the i fse "tot" t of cV'c^on f' ov/?h pC h"lp i*1 i*1 ?se form?s t'mt v ill enable it to do it nd, mill schools what has been done s< >dy effectively in high schools and rura ec- schools. 5pd Attendance, nn. As soon as ample school facilitle: n<. shall ba*.e been provided, the welfari aw : * f our people demands that our chll rwiiwin?UMBIIWWIIIIIWIIM IIII ) IRVING MANNING if South Carolina the come to us, we must frankly admi cal that we are still far short of the po rst ' sition we should occupy in the worl les of education. It stands to our sharm co- that the percentage of illiterac: md among our citizens is so great. Thi: aid stain must be wiped out; and to d( to this, we must tax ourselves liberall: ler for the public schools, in order tha a their usefulness may be increased [he ; and that the opportunity for educa the ; tion may be given to all of our boyi see and girls. We must encourage thi in- ' spirit of selfhelp and every dis trict should first impose a local ta: the by the vote of its resident voters be ?m- , fore receiving state aid. Yet. th< bly growth of the public schols will b< tnd determined largely by the amount o i state aid. Weak country schools mus tve helped and every community mus ing ! be encouraged to have at least i his seven months' term, and no teaclie to should be reqitfred to teach more Ye than fifty pupils. The state canno at have an educated and efficient citizen ?at ship unless it extends help to weal ty. and undeveloped districts. Any com >ns munity voting a liberal tax and en I : rolling forty or fifty children, shoult scboo.'d. The policy of the state is t( , educate all the people at the expensi of all the people for the welfare o , all the people. I recommend, there fore, the enactment of a compulsor; attendance law with local optien fea ture. We must strive to bring eacl and every community to the point o e having school facilities; and, whereve these facilities are acquired, to re j quire school attendance. Picture to yourselves what it wouh B j mean to South Carolina if all of he 8 | citizens were educated, and for the al I I i-i X ~ C .Li X rtK I laiunieui u? iuib uujvci we give uu '* I best and unfaltering effort. e Child Labor. i j I recommend, as a companion ac j i to the compulsory attendance law witl e local option feature, that you wil t amend the law on child-labor by raie iug the age limit from twelve to four teen years. d Taxation and Assessment. 11 We all agree that change is needei 0 j in our tax laws. We have, in the past 11 given more attention to appropria t1 tlons than to revenue. We must in n crease our revenue or decrease ou i- expenditures in order to stop th< r overgrowing deficiency. The report; e of the departments reveal the fac 1 that there is now a large accumulate< e deficiency that must be provided for i- Assessments are now unequal and un i- just. Much property escapes taxa tion; different classes of property ar< e assessed at different percentages o s their value. Increased expenditure; s for educational and charitable insMtu tions, as well as increased expenses It the judicial department, necessitat< the devising of progressive and mor< modern methods of raising revenue I would therefore recommend that i tax commission be created to examin< into this subject and suggest a bil embodying a plan of revision" of oui tax laws. In order to acquaint this commission with existing conditions the duties now imposed upon the statt Board of Equalization and the Stat< Board of Assessors, should be devoir ed upon it. Supervision of the en forcement of existing tax laws, should be given, temporarily at least, to this commission, with' power to equalize the assessed valuation of property be tween county and county and between tax district and tax district, increas ing or decreasing assessed valuation as may be found necessary. Annua] appropriations should be made by th< legislature for state, county, and school purposes and the tax commis sion should be authorized to impose such levy upon the assessed valuatior of property, when ascertained by it as will raise the amount necessary tc meet the appropriations made by the legislature. The method of taxation the levying of -the burden so as to se cure justice between the tax payers is of as great importance as the fix in-,' of the appropriations by the leg isle. Jure. In this connection, as there is now in force a Federal tax on income, and as the operation of the present stat income tax has been so ineffectual in obtaining true and just returns thus increasing rather than decreasing the inequalities of taxation I recommend the repeal of the state law taiing in conies. Workmen's Compensation Act. I realize the hardships and delays and the frequent miscarriage of jus * tice in suits for damages for bodilj ( injury. Damage suits intensify bit h terness of feeling between employe! i and employee without a satisfying 9 and just settlement between them j Frequently a hardship is imposed up g on the employer; and just as fre 3 qunetly injustice and unnecessary de Y lays in settlement of these cases art t imposed upon -the employee. I rec [, ommend the appointment of a com mission to study this question and t< s report by bill or otherwise to th( e legislature to convene in 1916, a meas ure that will bring relief to plain k tiffs and defendants, by a workmens . compensation act. 9 Land Registration. 9 The delay in congressional action f on the establishment Of a rural cred it system, makes it necessary for us t to look to ourselves for help in this i matter. As the first and necessary r step towards the development of such ? a system. I recommend the enact t ment of a land registration act that . will guarantee title and fix boundary c lines. This would enable the land . owner to obtain loans on his rea! . property with as little trouble and \ expense as he is now able to do on 1 his personal property, by removing ? the necessity of repeated examina . tions of title. This is a necessary f step before we can provide a system . of land banks for rural credits. 1 1 deem these measures important, il t properly planned and safe-guarded, in i order to increase the number of home . owners in the country and towns, and . to furnish means for improvment oi , riirn-l homes and the conditions of life 0 : quHte protection, ^ ;r ds they yot r ! know what ingredients in fertilise!* f j are bent adapted *o tueir lands, and >- what ingredients should be avoided. v This natter should be considered with t- great care; the interest of the farmti er who is the consumer, as well as f the interest of the honest manufacturr : er, should be carefully guarded. I !- j would recommend, therefore, the ereI ation of a commission to consist of j | representatives of the fertilizer der partment at Clemson College, of farmers, and of representatives of the r manufacturers, to revise our fertilizer laws and to report by bill to the next session of the legislature.. ^ | Auditing. ] I I recommend that all state instituj tious should be examined and ac, counts audited regularly. I suggsft that you devolve this duty upon the state bt.nk examiner, and give that department the necessary additional : force to enable >t to do this work thor* ; oughly and effectively. I recommend the enactment of a "I low providing fo rthe medical inspec| tion of pupils in the public schools, r j under the supervision of the state B j board of health in co-operation with 5 the state board of education, and * with due provision for the protection 1 of the pupils. Penal and Charitable Institutions. It seems to me that K would be ' wise to consider our penal and cbari6 */>K1a n nn ^ wVt a! a T>i oee i m lauiT? piuniciiis clo (i r* nuic. incio AD ^ a lack of co-ordination in the system 3 of management of the state peniten- ' tiary, state hospital, reformatory, Jail?, 1 chainganes and alms houses of the 1 3 state, counties and cities. We should 5 develop our humanitarion undertak ings. In this work we have the ex1 am pies of other suites, notably Vir1 ginia, illustrating what may be ac1 complished by having a state board of r charities. I recommend, therefore, 5 that you consider the advisability of establishing, in this state, such a board, for. though the proposition involves an evpenditure each year, if this work is properly done, it wou'd mean greater economy and efficiency in these institutions. National Guard. I favor a strong, well-maintained, well-disciplined National Guard, and urge that adequate appropriation be made for it, to make it an ecective factor in the state government. South I Carolina must have an efficient and ef fective National Guard. ' I will, at a later date, submit for ' your consideration, by special mes5 sage, sugestions relating to the state 1 institutions, especially the Hospital 1 for the Insane, to which I am devoting | ' special consideration. B ! I will also communicate with you m * later, on the subject of roads, the Con- ~ ' federate Home, the Confederate vet* eraus, and the needs of the state board ^ " of health: also the Lever bill, cattle | " tick eradication, and other subjects j pertaining to the interest of our ^ people. I ' Permit me to remind you that we 41! > are face to fare with a situation in 1 1 business lor which we have no prec> edent. The European war has clear* j ly shown how closely allied and in- # I j terlocked are the interests of the na- 1 " tions of the world. The general J shrinkage in values and in business, 1 has added great'y to the anxieties, i 5 cares, and suffering of all our people, 1 " and lias greatly increased the num7 ber of those without employment. * * Under these conditions, we must, on r the one hand, jealously guard the ep- a ? penditures of the public moneys; but * on the other, we should be slow to ? " stop public work that is desirable, * which would further increase the ? * number of the unemployed. The time J is propitious for the state and coun- ^ ' ties to undertake carefully conducted ! * work on the public highways. This i } would accomplish a greatly needed t 5 Improvement and would give employ- i " ment to many who have no means of ^ j making a living. It is not a time for us to be discouraged and to look at H only the depression around us. If we think that ccnditions now are grue- af ' some, pause for a moment and con* sider the conditions under which we ^ 5 labored in the sixties and early seven5 ties. Faith and hard work brought J r us througn these trials, and I am con- * 1 fident that self-reliance and resource" j fulness will dominate and improve - ' oUnofinn With QP^f-flonill with ' ' i economy, with energy and courane " we will meet our difficulties bravely ' ' and we will work out our salvation. ^ and will bring about a restoration of 1 business and enterprise to a ro-mal ' j condition. Let me urge you to bear | in mind these facts; and let us urge i you to that cool consideration of all 1 ( matters that will bring you to realize : that economy does not constitute merely iu cutting otf items in the ap1 propriation bill, but rather in seeing 1 that the peoples' money is judiciously spent and that for every appro praition the state will receive a full ! and adequate return. Conclusion. In conclusion; permit a personal reference. From my earliest youth the am" bition to be the governor or South Cnro lir.a has filled n y breast. To serve my f tate is my ardent desire?t < .iuin all oth' er patriotic citizens in the effort to do , their service end help in the upbuilding of h. r resour; es and in the character o' 1 licr citizenship. I appeal to all c thv is i l to Iomi pic in the determination to i-' "e : o tree i . outh C:.ro!!na : i t'ne for-"*- i I' c r he" : sler states in v . i-. i; oral I" a. and in an enl'jrMc and j ' 1 .) , -v,. I fi, ^ I J I vo e the d- re of a large majority i o" f'c tb :i. is when I urge our | peon'., cim to t""1 fUrir Pro h? on past I i - t | . . >; t>||. tO I y >' tiiT,:i>g tn.-'r fa- t-s r. :,?>- ! r-> *i??ice. 'ti'c v:*''o" oi a peo- j pie . ir 'tc-' moif he kept before us; a ! p? o' "i-'c-nvni ' to '"k id*art:"ri of j the resonr t s wi h Co': has put within ' our (f so. to develop these resources; ! fo lot'Id up our w??to p'n'-es; to ''o'ors fy j on"- c-ope and industries: to e<'u ate and i j i'p'.'rft our ( t /.unship. and to that er.d f i pray that <" ' lra.v give to mo an'' you a | , wV ; ill 1.1.ii..standing heart that \?e ( r.-i \ 1 aLY to I'i.irern the evil fro- i the good, and that He may give us t'-e spirit i t-> thick, to i y and to do su"h things as ' Lr- i ght. and that His blessinrr may i>e upon us in our efforts to serve our state, j c Scott Drug keeps on hand a[full line of Proprietary M Our prescript ment is in cha perienced Pha i-l- ? ? we use me p cines to be obt Scott Drug KINGSTREE, For the Pure Groc< GO W. J. RFI WWW WW w MM WBHM Nexsen Buildi KINGSTREE, Goods Way Up in Quality I Gasparilla Tampa, I L Mardi Gras - NEW ORLEANS, MOBIL! r Exci/rsion Tickets will be so] from Kingstree on " FEBRUARY 9, lO, " at fares named below, by the ATLANTIC 0 The Standard Railr< TAMPA, FLA. k NEW ORLEANS, LA.. > MOBILE, ALA. > PENSACOLA, FLA. Tickets will be limited at tim 26, but an extension of final ret * be obtained by depositing ticke upon payment of $1.00. For schedules, reservations, Coast Line Ticket Agents, or ai W. ,/. CRAIG, Passenger ^Traffic Manager, 1-1 f-5t WILM ?4^??iv2?? THE WAR Yes, All Ovt Likewise our Horses, Mul< | ness, Whips, Lap Robes, F; | ail over Williamsburg County % to every owner. Forget ai I become one of cur contents I . M C La* cs stii voa one ?i c Yours to 1 WiV 1 ? I Wufiamskarg L : // v .. ; ^ irm Machinery, Etc., r.rc | a giving entire satisfaction I Iff tout the war?you, and 1 (1 customers. I . ur Disc Harrows. i I Is* please, | ive Stock Co.! BffiRgirwmaBigTmasBamtam ..jsM II, 12, 13, 14, IS, l. t OAST LINE " J oad of the South: - - $17.15 - - 2430 - - 20.10 1 - 18.15 " ?i? ie of purchase to February urn limit to March 15 may ^ e ts prior to expiration and H* " etc., inquire of Atlantic 1 -1 Idress, ?R tvc. wmm, Gen. Pass. Agent, "* INGTON.N.C. , 4?4?-L-tf I IS OVER! 11 ;r Europe. | l ;s, Buggies, Wagons, rhr- | - j st and Best eries TO DDICK'S j ng\ Main St* d - - s. c. ' f >ut, Way" Down in Price. | -?i? if" ^8 *|ii ? n? Carnival, "* Florida. T r Celebration, f E and PENSACOLA. ? id for the above occasions T _ . Company lat all times Patent and e d i c i n e s. f/ ion departrge of an ex- 1 liwi /ii n /-J jui&cibi aiiu urest medi;ained. Company South Carolina 1