The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-18
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Secretary J. Il. Norment with Sec-
retary A. j. Bethca.
Following these came the trustees,
faculty and students Of the University
of South Carolina and many others
who obtained seats on the floor Of the
house.
The official programme Of exercises,
as announced by the committee, was
faithfully observed. On ascending the
speakers stand Lieut.. Gov. Sloan
took charge and the joint assembly
arose to be led in prayer by Rev. DR..
$. Nj. Smith. the pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church of this city.
DR.. Smiths Invocation was an appeal
for divine blessing not only on him
who was about of The I'M: ;ETT
who was about to assume the duties
rs chief executive Of the State, but
upon the man who for four years had
done his duty in the same exalted
place. For the man now about to as
sumo office he asked the constant
presence of divine help for the respon-
sibilities SO that on retirement he
might have the "well done' and
approval Of all right thinking citi-
ZcnS
Oath is Administered.
Gov. Ansel then came forward and
the oath Of office was administered
by Chief Justice Y. j. Pope. The
inaugural address was then made.
Close attention was paid to various
suggestions made by Gov. Ansel, es-
pccially that part rclatin" to the dis
pcnsary in which the abolishing Of
the State institution wis recommend
ed. AT the conclusnn there was
hearty applause and the Hon. ". G..
Mcleod came forward to receive the
oath Of office rs lieutenant governor.
AS soon as the oath was administered
President Mcleod took charge and
declared the joint assembly dissolved.
The senators then returned to their
chamber.
First Official Act.
Every preparation had been made
by the committee to have the exercises
interesting and to move smoothly and
in this they were greatly aided by
Governor Hayward. Mr.. Ansel, who
stopped at one Of the hotels yester-
day, came down to the governor Of
flee lust before noon where the COM
mittce and other state officers met
! him. His first official act was the
signing of the commission of the new
secretary of state and by custom or
law the last official act of Secretary
of State CAN'T was his signature to
the same document.
After the exercises in the house
were over with, Mr.. Anscl was con-
ductcd back to his Office and for two
hours met his friends and The men,
bcrS of his official family with whom
he will come in contact.
Preparations have been made for
Mr.. Ansrl 10 ocr,py the executive re-
Sidrnrc today and Mrs. Ansrl and
other members of the family are now
in The city to take up their new home.
Gov. Hayward went the rounds OF
the various Offices and bade an affccc-
tioralr farewell to the officials with
whom he had been associated.
One of the incidents Of the ccrc-
mony was the presence Of Col. j. {.
Boyd, who was sworn in as adjutant
and inspector general. Col. Boyd,
who has now realized the ambition
Of his life, is just recovering from an
attack Of paralysis and for several
days was in critical condition. He
summoned will power enough, how
ever, to come to Columbia for the
oath Of Office, an. although very weak,
was able to go up the stairs in the
capitol with the, assistance Of Adjt.
Gen. Frost.