The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-04
i!JRATED
Eat. Governor
ESTABLISH rive d.
n : : pen, ooND TERMS
Psel and Lieuten-
Ps. q. Mcleod As
pr Another Two
ion Of Resources
g Of Good Roads
The Inaugural Ad-
MATS Tight a,at
and of
Fight. -

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OF N as the re.sdI
Wednesds
McDu.n sd ial.-With impres.
az se outa.,w wis% joint assembly of
Hl'was Script1 Wednesday with
SlfeggmsH God. e and side aisles look
mouse eaItion IN F. Ansel and Leiu-
ne o:So God M Thomas G. Mcleod
II the Furnished upon their second
lefE aiDr. BuTnor and Lieutenant
gas srouIectively, after which
Ea1sa te officials were duly
ht Irop e ieadin follows: Secretary of
mere Ching earcCown, Attorney Gen
ed the fourr Lyon, Comptroller
e wteae churcl Jones, Adjutant Gen.
III OF H1.ny; nisyd, State Treasurer Il.
!, o'ne ~ md Railroad Commits.
-tle lpwuS his neE neEaughman.
zone focf the Scri iAnsel's inaugural ad.
aat op lief and devoted almost
reminds The development Of the
rang iearneq resources. He advocat-
'Dooii yoth.- iVore attention to the con-
WI Ter Lois I our lands and forests
40 naIs sed is thfelopment and protection
als or look bade's water powers, point
ne The PIT was being done in this
aeieeJ oeehnegy other States and adver-
,onTl9s sne ,ahe fact that there is now
being utilized in this State l75,OO0
y horsepower with that much more
Yet undeveloped. He specially stres-
sed the Importance Of drainage, rec
ommending the creating of a State
drainage commission to investigate
and report on the best plan to re-
claim over three million acres now
lying useless for want of drainage.
He also dwelt on the Importance Of
immediate action toward securing
better roads throughout the State.
and recommended that the Agricul-
tural Department be charged with
the duty of securing information
along this line.
Governor Ansel said:
For the second time am here to
assume the duties and responsih;l.
ties of the highest State Office in the
gift Of the people For a second time
by TIE votes of the people am
exalted to the position of Governor
of this great Commonwealth. am
truly grateful for this manifestation
of confidence and esteem, and I am
fully sesible of my inability to dis
charge fully the duties 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 a bright future in store, tie
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
pewer to generate electricity and for
other purposes. There is still about
drb,OO0 horsepower of water power
,rd >khdeveloped. My belief is that be-
- fore many years this power, now 60
n ing to waste, will be harnessed and
u used to help supply the needs of our
growing industries.
"Our farms are producing q rea-
sonable income and profit, and as the
farmer is the only producer Of those
things which go to sustain life, every
inducement should be given to the
boy to stay on tn farm
"In 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
"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.
81 desire, at this time, to refer to
two matters, which I regard as very
IL DoItant to the future progress of
,aa tate, and which are not men
toned in my annual message:
''f'r time has come, in my judg-
.fnen.. " hen We should give some at
s.S .en,'nu o the question Of drainage of
j . orr s'' o'nps and lands. There are in
4 this State over three million acres of
thrsc lands that can be reclaimed at
a reasonable cost. The, question nat
uraIY arises, what can we do9 sug-
gest rl1o. lou appoint drainage COM
gI,ion 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