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GIVEN TO NATION Inaugural Address ot the New President. DEFINES PEOPLE'S DUTY. First Obligation of L>w Is to Keep So? ciety Sound by Sanitary and Pur? Food Statutes and Measures Deter mining Conditions of Labor?Task Not Moroly On* of Politics. Washington. March 4.? The Inaugural address) of President Woodrow Wilson la as follows: There has been s change of govern? ment. It began two years ago. when tbe bouse of representatives became Democratic by s decisive majority. It has uow been completed. Tbe senate , about to assemble will also be Demo oratio. Tbe offices of president and ( Ties president have been put Into tbe hands of Democrats. What does the change mean? That is tbe question tbat Is uppermost In our minds today. That la tbe questiou 1 na going to try to answer. In order. If I may. to Inter? pret tbe occasion It means nn b more than the mere success of s party. Tbe success of a party means little except when tbe nation is using that party for a (urge and definite purpose. No one can mis? take the purpose for whlcb tbe nation now seeks to nse the Democratic party. It ?eeka to use It to Interpret a change i in Its own plaus and point of view. | Some old things with which we had grown familiar and whlcb bad begun to creep Into tbe very habit of our tbougbt and of our lives have altered their aspect as we have latterly looked critically upon tbetn with fresh, awak? ened eyes; have dropped their disguises snd sh<?wn themselves alien and sin Ister. Home new things as we look frankly upon them, willing to compre? hend their real character, have come to assume the as|s?ct of things long he Iteved In snd faiuillsr. stuff of our own conviction* We have been refreshed by a new Innlght Into our own life. Our Model Government. We so* tbat In many things life Is very greet. It la Incompsrnbly great In Its material aspects, in its body of wealth, in tbe diversity and sweep of Its energy, lo tbe Industries which have been conceived and built up by the genius of individual men and the lim? it \mmm enterprise of groups of men It ?at also, very great. in Its moral I Nowhere else lu the world have ? men aud wotueu exhibited In striking forms tbe beauty and ? oergy of sympathy and helpful nose and counsel lu their efforts to rec? tify wrong, alleviate suffering and set the wesk In tbe wsy of strength and hope. We bav*> built up. moreover, s great system of government, wblcb baa stood through a iong age as in many respects s model for those wbo seek to set liberty upon foundations tbat will endure against fortuitous change, against storm and accident. Our life contalna every great thing and contains It in rich abundance. But tbe evil has come with tbe good, and much One gold has beeu corroded Wltb riches has come Inexcusable waste We have squandered a great part of wbat we might have used aud have not stopped to couserve tbe ex? ceeding bounty of nature without wblcb our genluc for enterprise would bare been worthless and Impotent, scorning to bo careful, shamefully ligal as well ss admirably efficient We bav* l>eeu proud of our industrial a< hlevemeuts, but we have not hith? erto stopped thoughtfully enough to count the human cost, the cost of lives snuffed out. of euergies overtaxed and broken, the fearful physical and spir ' itual cost to the men and women and children upon whom the dead weight aud burden of It all get fallen pltiU ly tbe years through The groans uud agony of It all had not yet Necked our earn, tl?e solemn, moving under? tone of our life, coming up out of the uilne* and factories and out of every borne where the struggle had Its inti? mate snd familiar seat Wltb the greif eminent went many deep se cret thing* which we too long delayed to look into and scrutinize with can? did, fearless eyes The great govern meat we lo\??d has too often been made line of for private and selfish pnr|*?*es. und those who used It hud forgotten tbe |*s?ple Duty ot Americans Outlined. At last a vision tins been vouchsafed n? of eiir life n?? ii w hoi,- We see the bad with the good, the debased and des sdent wltb the sound and vital With till-* vl?don we approach new af? fair* Our duty Is to cleanse, to re roiisblei to res tor*, to correct the evil without Impairing the good, to purify Slid hou i' i/e ru n process of our common life win.out weakening or eciittiiieiifuil/ing it There has been aotu**fhii erode and heartless and ge> feeling in our gUUtS to succeed und u great Our thought lias tMS*U. "Let ev cry man loo! out for himself; let ev? ery generation SSSi out lor Itself." while we rear id giant machinery whhh made it Impossible that any but Ih OPS who seaes at the lever.* of control should have a c ha lief to lenk out for thetiisehe* We had not forgotten OUf morals We remembered well enough tbat We h ol *et up II poll, y whu h was me int to serve the humblest as well as the most (powerful, with an eye sin. ?? to the standards of Justice and fair play, ami remembered It with pride nut we were very heedless ami in ft hurry to be great. We have come now to the sober sec? ond thought. The scales of heedless ness have fallen from our eyes We have made np our minds to square er? erv process of our national life again with the standards we so proudh sot up at the beginning and have always carried nt our hearts, our work is n work of restoration. Things to Be Accomplished. We have itemized with some degree of particularity the things that ought to be altered, and here are some of the chief items A tariff which cuts us oft from our proper part in the commerce J of the world, violates the Just prlocl pies of taxation and makes the govern? ment a facile instrument in the hands of private Interests; a banking and cur? rency system based upon the necessity of the government to sell its bonds'tifty years ago and perfectly adapted to con centrating cash and restricting credits; au Industrial system which, take it on all its sides, financial its well as ad? ministrative, holds capital in leading strings, restricts the liberties and lim? its the opportunities of labor and ex? ploits without renewing or conserving the natural resources of the country: a body of agricultural activities never yet given the efficiency of great busi? ness undertakings or served as 11 should Le through the instrumentality of science taken directly to the farm or afforded the facilities of credit bust suited to its practical needs: water? courses undeveloped, waste places tin reclaimed, forests untended. fast dis appearing without plan or prospect of renewal, unr'garded waste heaps at every mine. We have studied as per? haps no otht r nation has *he most ef? fective meaus of production, but we have not studied cost or economy as we should either as organizers of In? dustry, as statesmen or a* Individuals. Society's Duty to Itself. Nor have we studied and perfected the meaus by which government may be put at the service of humanity in safeguarding the health of the uatioo. the health of its men and its women aud its children, as well as their rights In the struggle for existence. This is no sentimental duty. The firm basis of government is justice, not pity. These are matters of Justice. There can be no equality or opportunity, the first essential of Justice in the body politic, if men and women aud children be not shielded in their lives, their very vitality, from the eousequences of great Industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, coutrol or slugly cope with. Society must see to It tust It does uot itself crush or weaken or damage Its own constituent parts. The first duty of law Is to keep sound the society it serves. Sanitary laws, pure food laws and laws determining con? ditions of labor which Individuals are ! powerless to determine for themselves sre Intimate parts of the very busi? ness of Justice and legal efficiency. These are some of the things we ought to do and not leave the others undone, the old fashioned, never to he neglected, fundamental safeguarding of property and of individual right. This is the high enterprise of the new day: To lift everything that concerns our life as a nation to the light that shines from the h? irth fire of every man's conscience and vision of the tight. It is inconceivable we should do this as partisans: it is Inconceivable we should do it In Ignorance of the facts as they are or in blind haste. We shall restore, not destroy. We shall deal with our economic system as it is and as it may he modified, not as it might be If we had a clean sheet of paper to write upou. and step by step we shall make it wtiat It should be lu the spirit of those who question their own wisdom and seek counsel and knowledge, not shallow self sa tisfao tlon or the excitement of excursions whither they cannot tell. Justice, and only Justice, shall always be our motto. Task Not Merely One of Politics. And yet It will be no cool process of mere science The nation has been deeply stirred? stirred by a solemn pas? sion, stirred by the knowledge of wrong, of ideals lost, of government too often denauched and guide an In- I struuient of evil. The feelings with which WO face this new age of right and opportunity sweep across our heartstrings like some air out of God's own prenence, where justice and mercj are reconciled and the Judge and the brother are one. We know our task to be no mere task of polities, but ft task which shall search us through nod through. Whether W? he nblo to under? stand our time nnd the need of '>ur people, whether we be Indeed their ?pokensnen and Interpreters, whether we have the pun* heart |0 Comprehend und the fUCtlAed will to choose our high eon ras of action. Thl?< Is not a day of triumph: it K a day of dedication Hero muster not the forces of party, but the forces of humanity Meti s hearts wait upon us; men's lives hang In the balance: men's hopes call upon us to say what we will do Who shall live up to the great trust'? Who dares full to try? I sum' mon all hon eel men. all patriotic, nil forward looking tuen, to mv ftlde Hod helping me, I Will not fail Ibens if they win but counsel and sustain me. The Dr im,i of London's Foq. I Thon? is ii whole world of drama hound up in the rhronlclea of f/mdon's fog This misty arid mysterious r| It.mt. fur older than (log or Magog, Which Used le visit the w it<h<s of Hi" night when the metropo! s barely lifted Itself out of the surrounding mnr he*, has a fund of romedj n? well as Iron adf CountlenS murders have been committed under Its sheltering cloak, men ind women burn been waylaid. Children have been torn from their mothers and wives from their bus bunds - liondon gfrnnd. UNIVERSITY INTERESTED IN NAME OF HOUSTON, Member of c lass of IM7 Now in Cab? inet?Henry T. Thompson Relates Incident1 in Darlington in 1880. Columbians, fell a personal Interest yesterday In the scmi-ollleial an? nouncement published of the person? nel of President Wilson's cabinet. David Francis Houaton, who was named as secretary Of agriculture, is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina of the class of 1887. In college Mr. Houston wjus affec? tionately known as "Donk" by hi? classmates and was very popular both With bis instructors and his fellow students. Prof. A. C. Moore, dean of the university, was a roommate of Mr. Houston during his college days. Henry T. Thompson spoke very In? terestingly of Mr. Houston's early youth in Darlington. "I was delighted," he said, "to learn of the appointment of David Francis Houston as a member of President Wilson's cabinet. "His father moved to Darlington from N< rth Carolina in the fall of 1880, just as the time that I, when scarcely more than a boy, went there as principal of St. John s academy, and 'Frank,' as we called "him then, entered the school as a pupil at the beginning of that session. "During the years 1880, 1S81 and 18S2 I taught him the first lessons in Latin and Greek he ever learned. "As the most trivial anecdotes are of some interest when they relate to one who is as much in the public eye as is Secretary Houston today, I don't mind telling you the following: One afternoon, while I was running over the lessons which 1 had to teach the boys on the following day, I en? countered a problem in algebra which gave me great ditllculty. It was 'cam? paign day' somewhere in the Pee Dee section of the State on that day and the candidates for State offices, in? cluding my father, who was then a candidate for Stute superintendent of education for the third time, were to spend the night in Florence, ten miles from Darlington. My father had QUlte a reputation as a math? ematician, and knewing that it would never do in the world for me to go to school the next day not knowing how to work that problem. 1 decided to run clown to Florence and secure as? sistance from him. To my intense surprise and considerably to the re? storation of my somewhat impaired self-esteem, I found that for some reason this problem gave my father more trouble than any I had ever be? fore seen him unchrtak to solve? and 1 have seen him undertake a good many In my time. When the al? gebra b sson came up the next day in school, I inquired whether there was any boy in the ( lass who could work that particular problem. The only one who answered in the affirmative was Frank Houston. 1 sent him to the hoard and in a very few moments he had the problem, which was not longi correctly worked out. "I will never forget the thrill of pleaaure I experienced when 1 looked up at the blackboard and realised that this was tb< eise. I asked young Houston whether he had. worked out the problem for himself without any assistance, and he said that he had. In my admiration for the boy's abil? ity, and thinking that he deserved some word of commendation, 1 relat? ed to the Claas how 1 had called on the stute superintendent of education the day before to work out this prob? lem for me and how much trouble it had given him."?The State. W.U.I As ARE IN BLOOM. l?ail\ Trips to Magnolia Gardens !*o? gin Today. Beginning today, the steam* r Jack sen will make daily trips to Magnolia Caldens, leaving the Ferry wharf each morning at 10 o'clock. The very mild winter has brought the azaleas out a good two weeks earlier than usual, and the famous Gardens are already like a bit of Fairyland. The Caldens beggar description. They are the fines! In Ihe South, and are probably the most beautiful of their kind nnywlu re on this continent. Thomas Nelson Page bus compared thein to the Gardens of Clntra, und Owen Wlster hai celebrated their loveliness In "Lady Baltimore." Their gorg< -Ii massing of color Is said to be unrivaled by the greatest gardens of the i >ld World. Tin- touri t who Visit* t'..- South aud returns to his Northern or VY< item home without having Been the glory of the asalens und the magnificence of the jnponlcad negb ? i the \o\. ||< -i i hing i hat I he South has to -bow in in. Those who wish to vlsil the Gardens can mnke ihc trip comfortably and sufely on lh< Jacl ?on. The fare for the round trip Is $1,1*0, and the vlsl tor is ai ured of Ihe most courteou treatment .. i ihe bands ol tin steam er's efficient ofHceri and crew Thos< i desirlnn further Information about i ihe trip i-, the Oard< ns can seeun j full pat 11< ul.n l from Mr. .1 M peter j man, Telephone 532, News am , < !o urler. OFFERS TO RESTORE PEACE. Rebel Governor of Coahuila Tele? graphed Terms on Which lie Will Bring Back Order. Mexico City, March 4.?Claiming to have 11,000 men under his com? mand, Venustlano Carranaxa, the rebel governor of Coahuila, has tele? graphed tlx- American ambaaaador the termi on which he says he will rettore peace. Carranaxa demand! that President Huerta resign and that Benor Lascurain, the former minister of foreign relations succeed him and also that Gen. Felix Diaz have the country on the first steamer. Ambassador Wilson submitted the message to President Huerta who laughed, .saying that Carranza had fewer than 2,000 men and was prac? tically surrounded in the hills. The proposals made by Jose Cor? dova, representing Gen. Orozco, were discussed at a cabinet meeting to? night, but no decision was reached. It was announced, however, that it had been decided that the government should make no payment to the rebels except in the way of wages should they enter the army. The gov? ernment believes orozco will not in? sist upon representation in the cabi? net. Manual Garza Aldape, minister of agriculture, left hurriedly for the north tonight. It is thought that this is the first movement of the govern? ment to end the war by beginning op? erations against Carranza. Maderos Not Killed. San Antonio, Texas, March 4.? Bmlliano and Kaoul Madero, brothers of the late president of Mexico, who were reported as having been killed by federal troops in Coahuila, Mexico, reached Marathojn, Texas, late to? day, according to a telegram received from their brother, Gabriel Madero, lat.- today. The dispatch said that the men made their way out of Mexico overland and by a circuitous route would come to San Antonio to? morrow. Rebels Take Town. Laredo, Texas, March 4.?It is re? ported that the rebels have taken the important town of Lampazos, hO miles south ( f Laredo and are mov? ing toward Nuevo Laredo. Lampazos was captured without bloodshed, ac? cording to information received here. Figure This out. How many miles does a man walk in working one acre of land in cotton from the time he starts to ? b aring up the land until he lays it by, the old mode of cultivation, with turning plow ami harrow, allowing three feet to the row, and giving his land what work it should have to make an average crop of cotton? I think if one will figure it up cor? rectly, he will conclude to throw away the old implements and get new and improved implements to work with.?Geo. Hawkins, in The Progressive Farmer. When a man goes to the expense >f buying costly machinery he ought to shelter it in the winter and take care of lt. I usually oil all of my plows before storing away for winter and if any of it needs paint I run over a coat of pcxlnt. T think paint is very necessary to preserve the life of your tools. It is good for houses also, but it seems that there are but few farmers that have learn? ed this.?R. G. Lee, in The Progres? sive Farmer. David Franklin Houston, who will succeed James Wilson as Secretary of Agriculture, while by birth a North Carolinian, was raised and educated in South Carolina. When lie was a school boy his father was i\ resident of Sumter for about two years and many Sumter people remember him well, having attended school with him here and the South Carolina College in Columbia. it is understood that the county legislative delegation have not yet decided on the recommendation of no n to serve on the county board of commissioners. One meeting of the delegation has been held to decide about the matter, but no decision was reached, it is understood that anoth? er meeting will be held some time this week, when o decision will be reached. There were quite a number or per? sons t.. go from here Monday night i., attend the Inaugural ceremonies at Washington Tuesday. .??wmii?iimi ??two*--?!???-????-? ?? n Save Peed E?Ss O \t ftnd K, f better results from ? .? four 9iock. A.U ?muH snsjjsa ?*^*u amount ol \ ?r^Bv AK PN? Regulato? "> nKt >?ns and stlmu- JP^% I*'.* ittgfstlvfl organs und ^^^^ Tim ir??i iC'Mk receiving ^g? f i of food. la ? !>-,. Uny h In <?iiU ""???. 0??'? ? f i; iu. pelle, S3 .'"?? T^ or iin?n?'T In k tf It Bflpi fall? " ? Gvt prat hi Profit-Sharing ? Booklet, Sun AUuuuuc ntna Jr^*> o \\. r. Itrogdon, llrogdon, S. C. "I Want You to Look at This" Don't you like to show what a neat balance you have in the bank? Of course-everybody doe*, and, natural? ly, everybody ought to have a bal? ance at I THE PEOPLES' BANK ??.?....?.<*t I The Demand of the Day W ISZ Tlli'P ?? ....... . I...Ii I., .t._i ?. i . ? ?_ . ... IS THAT a Dian shall be judged by his efficiency, by what he ac? complishes, and not by what he claims he can do. NOT in all cases, but quite largely, his ability to accomplish is judged by his accumulations, the care he uses in conserving his !income, protecting his future. TIIIS BANK cordially welcomes the accounts of earnest men, men who want to get ahead in the world, men who realize they < could accomplish more if they only had a start. Fir^t National Bank r Bread and Milk For young or old gives us all the nutritive pow? er needed by the human body in less expensive form than any other food. WHEN ORDERING DEMAND BUTTER-NUT BREAD LOOK FOR THIS LABEL Next to bread and milk and the ordinary slice of bread and butter comes toast. <Tlsp and appetizing, served dry or buttered hot, toast is good at any time; repoeisBj line for breakfast. For delicate or convalescent, served with or without milk, there is nothing so tempting or nourishing as toast. YOUR OLD TEETH. You will be surprised to know what Dr. C. H. Courtney can do with your old teeth. He can increase their usefulness many times; can possibly add others to them improving your looks as well ? is your heaith. inlays are dangerous and u A'ays so with decayed teeth. Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COURTNEY, Prop. OVER MRS. ATKINSON'S MILLINERY STORE. WHEN IN NEED OF A GOOD WORK SHOE EASY, HONEST AND WELL MADE, Ask For the CRAFTSMAN LINE Manufactured By Witherspoon Bros. Shoe Mfg. Co. SUMTER, S. C. ! Sold by all RESPONSIBLE merchants. \ Buy thorn and cut your Shoe bill 2^ per cent. i i Satisfaction guaranteed. LAND LIME. Ws are prepared t.? furnish il is product at prices that will enable every fnrmtr t<, use it. We have very low price tins year and nothing will do >>-ur land mo ? good, especially run down lands, or I ?\\ and sour land. It Is necessary for all leguminous crops such as Alfalfa, clover, vetch, peas, etc Get our prices in car lot* or In smaller quantities. Samples on request, B00TH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY. SI MTER, S. C.