The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-19
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Coleman Livingston Blsase Iaductsda " ln.
to OfEice Of GoVer:nar B. /.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT

so,,th ollna's New 5tief Chief ~ Mag IS. s
sj jtrate IS Formally 1n,lug 81 guratali in N
4. the Horlse , of esentaetives in IN
the Pressnce 2 of . narge ooneourse
: 81 People on Tuesday.
Tremulous and weak. So weak as
Sts require the attend lance j ot hts 8 phy-
ssician at his elbow. MI Coleman 9,2-dE' Liv-
4ingston Blease Of NeWberry, who \ =. re re
Z sgcc,e,ived the. Democratic gubernatorial
nocamaination nc last sd,ams,r in a second
race with Nh. aCypria1l G.. Feather
stone OF LaIrens, was swornI 11 in Tues Tue
day as governor Of South Carolina.
Magistrate Thos. 8: Dunbar OF Eli
Elenton, desl lgnated for the purpose
abyfthe governor-elect himself, admin
sstesred the constitutional oath !ef Of
zee. with its archaic proviso against
I the code duello,, Ii tile presence OF
the senate and the house Of repre-
sentatiyess sitting as the Joint assem-
/ blys, the spectators crowding the hall
OF the house and overfowiiig far out
into the 10 bby. s.;
4, Governor Blease was unequal to
: the physical strain Of delivering in
person his inaugural address, and
upon Ills request that document, q
sreniarkab1e deliverancs Of, its kind,
was read by Mr.. s. sMcGowan Sim
I kins, reading clerk ttof the house OF
4 representatives. Upon Its conclusion
Lieutenant Gvvernor@stecs Charles $
{ EA. Smith OF Timmonsyffie was sworn
i in: by Chief Justice :Irat 3, Jones, OF
The, supreme court. .t't ~ ..,.s t.S
When the ceremonies were over,
Governor. BIease was compelled to
rest for a time before he could face
TIE. friends waiting in! the lobby to
greet him. He was: attended, IN the hle
speakers room on the EostrunE by
33iDrs. w. G. Housesl and F. D. Ken
dali, and emerged shortly to hold an
informed reception in: the rotunda OF
{ capitol .?s2.as 5s /,
81 The crowd was great, and at times
was d!isord der1y. In the. galleries the
scrush was dangerous. The noise OF
[ al:ulInanrmur: and movement was such,
However, hat few OF those present
were. aware II OF hing unusual
when an aged visitor gtandink StHs the
gallery fell stricken with apoplexy.
Points in the inaugural address that
pleased friends OF the new admins
;Strationf were roundly Scheered, and
these outbreaks Of approval were
frequent. !. :t5sss s.
3 Many Newberry citizens had come
down. to see their fellow townsman
3 seated as chief executive Of; the State;
and "a party; OF his relatives were
seated upon the floor near the ros-
trum. Included among these latter
were MT. Blease's mother. Dozens
/ ofsMr. Blease's political friends were
present, conspicuous among them the
venerable Thos.. B. Crews of Lau-
rens. 71he magistrate who admins
tered the oath was ahimself "a long
It ! tine friend of the governor. He Is
IL years old
The house was joined at noon by
: the senate. The Joint assembly be-
ing thus convened, Speaker, Smith re-
linquished the gavel to the president
Of the senate, Lieut., Gov Thos: G:
Mcleod, and Immediately the SER
sesnt-at-arms announced the ap-
proach OF the governor-elect and his
escort. ,rhe joint assembly, stand
Ing, re.eivel the party. /:
gdr. Bisase, preceded BY the SER
geant-at-arms Of the senate, ,Mr. J;
F. schum pert, bearing the sword Of
state, 1Eass supported ON thetriSh by
Representative Frank B. Gary, on
ths, left by his family physician, DR..
w: G.. Honseal of .NewRerry. :. Be-
hind them came Governor Ansel, es-
coited BY Senator Francis H. Wes-
ton. The procession; included also
tho Justices OF the supreme court,
the State ofhcials-elect and tncum-
bent and several other persons Of
standing and condition.! =
The governor, the .governor-elect
and the justices Of the supreme court
were seated; upon the rostinm, the
other members of the party dispos-
ing themselves to right and left OF
the stand. Mr. Mcleod, chairman Of
the joint assembly announced:
"Gentlemen of the joint assembly,
the Hon. Cole l.. Blease, governor
elect, is present and ready to take
the oath of Office There was a
hush as Mr.. Blease moved slowly
forward to the desk. He was met by
Magistrate Dunbar, who extended a
worn Bible On this Mr.. Blease laid
his hand, The governor-elect re-
peated after the magistrate, phrase
by, phrase, the constitutional oath,