Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-22
INAUGURATION OF
HON. D. C. YWARD
Installed assChief Executive
of South Carolina.
CEREMONIES BRIEF AND SIMPLE.

Oath of Office Administered by Chief
Justice Young Charles Pope-James
T. Sloan Sworn In as Lieutenant
Governor to Succeed TiIIman.
Columbia, S. c., Jan. 21.-Hon. Dun
can Clinch Hayward (Dem.) was inau-
gurated as governor of this state at
noon today. At the same hour James
I. Sloan was sworn in as lieutenant
governor to succeed James H. Till
man.
The inaugural ceremonies were ex-
ceedingly brief and simple. Prayer
was offered by Rev. o. A. Darby, af
ter which the oath of office was ad-
ministered by Chief Justice Young
Charles Pope to Governor Hayward.
| Governor Hayward then delivered
his inaugural address.
Governor Hayward declared that the
three chief issues in the state of
South Carolina are the questions of
trusts, taxes and child labor.
In speaking of trusts, Governor Hey
ward said:
While it is true that one of the
greatest difficulties we have had to
contend with in the development of
the state has been our lack of capi-
tai, and while We stood still to listen
TO other means to encourage outside
capital to come into the state and as
slst In building up our industries and
developing our resouSces. still CAPITAL
should be made to understand that II
Is welcome when it comes for the
purpose OF earning legitimate interest
In fair and legitimate manner. Yet
we should have it understood that It
cannot seek through great combina4
tions and by over capitalization to
create monopolies with which it cam
st1fle competition, individually reduce
wages and contract prices to the detn-
ment of the people"
Mr. Hayward stated that though can
ital Is an immense power for good or
bad, nevertheless the fact remains
that usually conducted it's tendency is
decidedly harmful, and that If the for
found sufficient to protect the people
OF the state from oppression Of COM
b1ned capital, that the general assem-
ply amend the laws as necessitv de-
manded, yet to give capital always it's
legal right.
Mr. Heyward reviewed the different
bills which had been introduced into
the genral assembly forbidding the
employment of child labor In the tex
tile manufactures of the state but
which have failed in their passage.
In my judgment" continued Mr..
Hayward, "the general assembly
should pass a law prohibiting their
employment, but that there should be
condition in the law by which the
manufacturers and operatives might
adjust themselves to the changed con
ditions.
This can be done by making the
prohibition to take effect gradually.
with respect to the ages of children to
be employed.
Ihe end to the object is the good
OF all concerned, and this should he
borne in mind as the consideration
which should receive our careful at
tention'
After the address of Governor Hey
ward was concluded, James r. Sloan
took the oath of office of lieutenant
governor, followed by the inausura.
ton OF the different state officials
elected in the last primary.
Governor Miles B. Mcsweeney, the
retired executive, will leave soon for
a trip throughout Florida, returning
IN the spring to his former home in
Hampton.
The quiet which prevailed through
out the day was noticeable, fol1owina
the anxiety and suppressed excitement
winch has prevailed during the past
few days.