Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-18
ANSEL'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS
WILL OF PEOPLE SHALL Be OBEYED.
squarsIy Advocates Abolition Of State
Dispensary-Able Discussion Of Va
rious Matters Of Interest to the Peo-

Dispensary-AbIe Discussion Of Va.
rious Matters Of Interest to the Peo-
pie.
Governor Ansel delivered the fol-
lowing address at his inauguration
last Tuesday:
Gentlemen of the General Assembly
and My Fellow Citizens:
In obedience to the will Of the peo-
pie Of this state, as expressed at the
ballot box, l am here today to take
the solemn oath of Office as governor
Of South Carolina, and to assume the
duties OF this high and responsible po-
sition.
am deeply grateful to the people
for this manifestation Of their conf
dence, and. when I survey the vast
responsibilities and duties connected
with the same, / realize deeply m in
ability to fully meet them. Feeling,
however, that shall have your full
cooperation and support, and relying
upon your help at all times. I assume
these duties and responsibilities,
promising to give them my best judg-
ment and talents. and all the powers
with which the great God has endow-
ed me.
And, gentlemen Of the general as
sembly, while the responsibilities as
sumed by me are great, yet the same
will of the people has called you to
the performance of duties equally
important To my mind, there Is no
greater honor that can be bestowed
upon a citizen than that Of being a
law maker.
1t has been wisely provided in our
constitution that the government shall
be divided into three departments, leg
islative, executive and judicial. To
you is committed the sacred power of
making the laws under which all the
people shall live and by which they
shall be governed. How great then is
your function and how careful should
you be in enacting wise laws, benefi-
cial alike to all our citizens.
Our industrial development has been
commensurate with the progress of
the age and our educational interests
have not Jagged behind, yet there are
great things to be done and great re-
sponsibilities to be met In the various
duties that we owe to our state. Let
us all, therefore, with courage and
confidence, be true to our oaths OF Of
flee and strive for all those things that
will elevate and educate our citizen
ship and give that peace and prosper
ity to our people that they are enti-
tied to at our hands.
The annual message Of Governor
Hayward, made to you at this session
Of the legislature, gives you full infor-
nation Of the condition Of our public
affairs and I desire to congratulate
him and the state on the great meas
ure of prosperity that has come to the
state during his wise administration.
1 feel 1t my duty at this time and In
this presence to call your attention
to certain legislation which I think
needful to be enacted at the present
session Of the legislature.
1t was my privilege, during the past
summer, when making the campaign
for the honorable office which / this
day assume, to discuss before the peo-
pie certain measures to which I now
call your attention.
Education.
Our state constitution requires that
we shall provide liberal system OF
free public schools for all children be-
tween the ages of six and twenty-one."
When we consider the great power
and influence Of an educated people
and that the strength and prosperity
of a state depend ultimately upon the
intelligence of the average citizen, we
can realize the mind Of the trainers
of this organic law. 1t, therefore,
behooves us to enact such laws as will
fully carry out this wise provision OF
the state constitution.
The state institutions Of higher
learning are we'll equipped and are do
ing a great work in the education OF
many Of our girls and boys, but these
fortunate ones are but a meagre l0
per cent of those within the school
age: the other 80 per cent are wholly
dependent upon the common schools
1t Is true that many Of the graded
schools are kept open for nine months
in the year by the help Of the special
taxes voted upon themselves by the
taxpayers Of the particular school
district, but many Of the small schools
I'm the rural districts are In session but
three or four months In the year.
Realizing that most OF. the children
who attend these schools are receiv-
ing from them all the school advan-
tages that they will ever get, are we
doing our full duty by them? Are
we thus fitting them for all Of the du-
ties of an intelligent citizenship?
We are building for the future and
we should see to It that We build
strong and we'll You have no more
important matter that will come be-
fore you, and I recommend that I'D
eral appropriations be made for the
common schools.
/ also ask your special attention to
and consideration Of the establish
ment of high schools in connection
with and as a part of the free school
system of our state. Many children
will be able to attend the high school
who cannot attend a state college,
and many others will be better pre-
pared for college after having attend
ed the high school. 1t is a step In the
direction of giving to the boys and
girls better opportunities in their
school life and for making them bet
ter citizens.
Liquor Question.
One Of the most important subjects
that you have before you for consid-
Grafton, gentlemen Of the general as
sembly, is the liquor question.
The people Of the state have spok-