Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-03-09
Elaborate Inaugural Ceremonies at
the State Capitol Today.
THE GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
The Governor and His Family Arrive in Charleston Where They
VIII Remain for a Few - The Governors Family,
Society Leaders-Large Crowd at Capitol.

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so much alike that ii is difficult TO
tell them apart. They are bright and
pretty girls, and will graduate from
a fashionable seminary at Washington
next June and will be formally pre-
sented to society next winter. so
alike in appearance and dress are
they, that it il said that their fond
parents mistake one for the other at
times. Among their most intimate
friends that mistake is so common
that it has long since lost its humor
for the young ladies. Recently they
had a picture taken. The posing was
quite original and effective. One
stood before a mirror which had no
glass. and the other one stood on the
other side of the mirror, n face re-
feeting exactly the features of the
other face as if there was only one
person in the picture and the other
face was q reflection in a mir
ror. Both were attired identically
the same, as they always are. When
they showed the pictures to their
parents. neither Governor White or
Mrs. White could tell who was who,
and their daughters had to tell them
who il was behind the CLASHES mir
ror and who it was in front of it.
There are two boys in the White fam
lily, Ward and Blakeslee. The latter
is the youngest child.
The special train arrived here this
morning, and brought several humid
red Parkersburgers, half of whom are
prominent society people OF that city
came to attend the inaugural ball,
more out of friendship and courtesy
for the Whites, than for the pleasures
of the ball itself. The Whites are
social leaders in Parkersburg, enter
tain considerably and are very popu-
l VI socially. On the special train was
the White marching club, accompanl-
ed by the Citizens band and orchestra.
Director Haase has composed and
dedicated TO Governor White, a stir
ing, swinging two step, entitle Our
Governor" 1t was played in public
for the first time at Charleston today
and it made a popular : hit.
The Inaugural Address.
Fellow Citizens of West Virginia -
In assuming the duties of the high
Office to which you have elected me
by such a large majority and on issues
so largely involving the business in
terests and economic conditions of
our State, | wish to express my deep
sense OF obligation and sincere APP
pre- ,iation of the great honor confer
red. West Virginia is my adopted
State and has been my home for two
| decades. In young manhood | east my
lot with you of my wn free choice.
As the young man and young woman
leave their parents homes to unite IN
building up a new home as man and
wife, ON the enduring basis of a love
and attachment stronger v than
that of child for parent, so has my
love for my adopted State become of
the deepest and the strongest 1t is
no exaggeration to say that those who
were born and reared ON the soil of
West Virginia, where Providence plac-
ed them without the exercise of an in
dependent choice, can and do have nc
more Independent choice can and do
have no more sincere attachment for
the Mountain State than that increas-
ingly large number of fellow citi
zens. who in mature wears or early
manhood, came to our Commonwealth
of their own volition TO make II their
future home. BY their acts and the
exercise of their choice they have
shown an appreciation of the great
possibilities and future of our MAJ
velously rich area of natural wealth
and by their capital, labor, skill,
energy and patriotic zeal in advanc'
ing the interests of West Virgins
and its development they have done
and are doing their full part in max
ing ours the richest and most prosper
Gus State in the Union. On behalf OF
those who have come into our State
and their children, / wish to ex.
press their and nay W acknowledge
ment of the great honor paid then
and myself in electing me by the
largest majority ever given a candi
date for Governor in this State. West
Virginia has thus proclaimed to the