The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
THE NEW GOVERNOR.
An Impo-ing Ceremony in the State
House at Columbia.
EEYWO0D CHEF MAGISTRATE

The In1usural Ceremony Was Sim
nlicity Itself, But the Crowd
Was Large and the En-
thusiasm Great.
Wednesday Governor D. c. Hey
woud, OF Colleton County, was inaugu-
rated into the high office to which the
people called him last Summer. There
was 90 ,.stentation or great display
there was net even band of music,
as is quite common on such occasions.
IL was q thoroughly Democratic inau
guration by q Democratic people in a
Democratic manner. And after all it
is not 50 much the manner as it is the
man in the inauguration. The oath
of office was administered to Duncan
Clinch Hayward, a man Of refinement.
a man Of honor, Of uprightneSs of
character. in word gentleman.
THE GOVERNORS ARRIVAL.
At halt-paSt IL o'clock Governor
elect Hayward, accompanied by his
family and his brother, Walter lizard
Heyward, with Col. Walter H. Hunt
and J. J. Gentry, arrived at the State
House. They were met by the special
committees from the House and the
Senate and escorted to the Governors
Office. Here they were received by
Governor and Mrs. McSweeney and
Secretary Aull, with Mrs. Aull. After
(, pleasant meeting lasting ab0at ten
minutes tie ladies were escorted to
the hall Of the House Of Representa-
tives, where the inaugural ceremonies
were to take place, now crowded to
overfowing. standing room only on
the floor aud galleries. with entrances
and all available space outside crowd,
ed also. Seats had been reserved
through the courtesy of several dele
cations for the families of both Cover
nors Immediately in front Of the
Speakers desk. on both sides OF the
centre aisle. Mrs. D. c.. Hayward was
escorted by Mr. Walter lizard Hey
ward, Mrs. McSweenev by Mr.. J. E.
Norment, Mrs Aull by Secretary -Aull,
followed by Misses katharine and
May Hegward, Mr.. and Mrs. Haskell,
Miss Johnson and Masters D. c. Hey
ward, Jr., and Alexander Hayward.
Mrs. Hayward and Mrs. McSweeney,
both charming types OF the women Of
South Carolina, occupied together the
TWO front seats on the main aisle and
were intensely interested in the entire
proceeding, in which their husbands
took such conspicuous part.
AN IMPOSING AUDIENCE.
The handsome hall was filed with
an imposing gathering Of the people
of Columbia and the State. 1t was
thought by many friends OF Governor
Howard that the crowd might be
small to the uncertainty regarding
the date and hour of the ceremonies.
The weather. too, was most unfaror-
able, until the very last moments. but
these things did not seem to interfere
with the attendance. Columbia. of
course, contributed large share Of
the crowd present, but many we'll
known faces were seen from all sec
tions Of the State. The crowd was a
genuinely interested as well as rep
resentative gathering. The members
Of the Senate were obliged to remain
standing. When these digniJaries
marched in to take part in the cere-
monies all available space had been
occupied for some sgime, many people
coming more than an hour ahead OF
time III order to secure places during
the inaugural.
THE INAUGURAL PARTY
arrived in the hall punctually and in
the following order:
The Governor D. G. Hayward.
with Senator G. W. Brown.
Governor N. B. McSweeaey, with
Representative j. r. Coggesha]l.
Lieutenant Governor-elect John. 7.
Sloan, with Senator J. E. Fe1rifoy.
Chief Justice Y. J. Pope, with Re-
preventative W. L. Mauldin.
Associate Justice Ira B. Jones, with
Representative E. Ell. Aull.
Associate Justice Eugene B. Gary,
with Secretary Of State NJ. R. Cooper.
TIE Hon Jesse T. CAN'T, with the
Hon E. II. Jennings.
The bon U. X. Gunter, with the
Hon G. D. Belinger.
The Hon 4. W. Jones, with the
Hon J. P. Derham.
Gen. John D. Frost, with Gen. J.
". Floyd.
The Hon 0. B. Martin, with the
Hon J. J. McMahan.
THE INAUGu s,AL CEREMONIES.
Upon arriving at the Speakers
stand President of the Senate John c.
Sheppard announced the presence OF
the Goyernor-elect and his party and
that the Governor-elect was ready
to be sworn into office. With this
statement Governor Hayward and
Chief Justice Pope stepped forward
one from the side of President
Sheppard and the other from the side
Of Speaker Smith. Chief Justice Pope
repeated the prescribed oath of Office
which Governor Hayward repeated,
and at the conclusion Justice Pope
declared that the oath Of office had
been taken. Several in the party
congratulated Governor Hayward
while be was arranging to begin his
inaugural address When he began
to speak there was hush all over
the hall. His address, which is publish
ed in full elsewhere, was received with
evident appreciation.
At the conclusion OF the address
there was much applause. Then
Governor Hayward stepped aside and
President Sheppard announced that