Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-01-28

Columbia, Special.-With imprcs.
siye ceremonies ia joint assembly of
TIC Legislature Wednesday with
crowded galleries and side aisles look
on, Governor M. F. Ansel and Leiu-
tenant Governor Thomas G.. Mcleod
were inaugurated upon their second
+ terms as Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, respectively. after which
the other State officials were dulv
sworn in as follows: Secretary of
State k. M. McCown. Attorney Gen
erai j. Fraser Lyon, Comptroller
General A. w. Jones, Adjutant Gen
eral j. c. Boyd. State Treasurer il.
II. Jennings and Railroad Commits
sioner B. l.. Caughman.
Governor Ansel's inaugural adj
dress was brief and devoted almost
entirely to the development of the
State natural resources. He advocat
cd paying more attention to the con-
servation of our lands and forests
and the development and protection
OF the States water powers. point
ing out what was being done in this
direction by other States and adver-
ting to the fact that there is now
being utilized in this State 175.OOo
horsepower with that much more
yet undeveloped He specially stres-
Sod the Importance of drainage, rec
ommcnding the creating of a State
drainage commission to investigate
and report on the best plan to re-
claim over threo million acres now
lvlng useless for want of drainaoe.
lie also dwelt on the Importance of
immediate action toward securing
better roads throughout the State.
and recommended that tho Agricul-
tural Department be charged with
the duty of securing information
along this line
Governor Ansel said:
:" For the second time I am here 10
assume the duties and responsible
ties OF the highest State Office in the
gift of the people. For second time
by the votes of the people, | am
exalted to the position of Governor
of this great Commonwealth. l am
truly grateful for this manifestation
OF confidence and, esteem, and / am
fully seSible of my inability to dis
charge fully the daties incumbent
upon me without Your valuable and
necessary assistance.
South Carolina has made much
progress in moral, educational and
material lines in the past few years.
and has bright future in store, the
people are fully alive to the great
possibilities of even greater progress
IN the years to come and we see the
signs of prosperity on every hand.
There is now being utilized in
this State one hundred and seventy
five thousand horsepower of water
power to generate electricity and for
other purposes. There is still about
10000 horsepower of water power
undeveloped. Ny belief is that be-
fore many years this power, now 60
ing to waste, will be harnessed and
used to help supply the needs of our
growing industries.
Our farms arc producing rea-
sonable income and profit, and as the
farmer is the only producer of those
things which go to sustain life, every
lnducement should be given to the
boy TO 'stay on the farm
I'm the manufacture of cotton we
are second, in number of spindles.
to but one State in the Union. Had
L time [ could give the output Of
the mills, the value of the product
and the number of employees.
1.-The educational institutions of
the State are sending out each year
young men and women we'll equipped
for the battle of life, and there IS
work for all OF them to DO. The
country is calling for educated young
men and women.
Il desire, at this time, TO refer to
two matters, which ] regard as very
important to the future progress of
the State, and which are rAt men
toned In my annual message:
THE time has come, in my jude-
ment, when we should give some at
tentlcn to the question Of drainage of
our swnmps and lands. There are i'm |
this State over three million acres of |
these lands that can be reclaimed at
reasonable cost. The question nat
urally arises, what can we do7 I sug-
gest that you appoint a drainage com
mission whose duty it shall be to get |
up all the data as to where these
lands are located; the probable cost
of reclaiming and the best plan for
paying for the drainage. Let this
commission report to the General AS !
sembly and then intelligent action
can be taken.
"Another important matter that |
should engage our attention is the |
one of good roads Every good citi- |
zen of the State is interested in this |
vital question. Conventions and con- |
ferences are being held in many of |
the States to discuss it. The Gov |
ernors of most of the States are call
ing the attention of the Legislatures |
to it. Some of the counties in this
State have gone to work and are
making good roads. That they are !
needed in all the counties every one
wall admit The work that is done