The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-01-22
Manning and Bethea
Take Oath Of Office
APPLAUSE GREETS
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
NEW GOVERNOR AND LIEUTEN.
ANT TAKE OATHS
People Packed Into House of Rep
resentatives' Chamber Cheer New
Executive and His Utterance.

resentativeS' Chamber Cheer New
Executive and His Utterance.
The State.
Hundreds o. South Carolinians wit
messed the Inauguration of Gov. Rich
ard l. Manning and Lieut.. Gov. An
drew J. Bethea Tuesday. There
we're other hundreds who were unable
10 crowd into the galleries and the
hall of the house of representatives
where the exercises were held. Tbs
lowering clouds and biting north
wind Tuesday morning forced the
committee On arrangements to change
It's plan of having Gov Manning de-
liver his inaugural address from the
steps of the State house.
Hall Filled Early.
BY II O'Clock the galleries of the
hall of the house were filled with peo-
ple. At 11:2O o'clock Gov. Manning's
family party occupied seats reserved
Tor them on tie floor Of the house.
The crowd in the galleries packed
every available inch of space there
and overfowed to the landings around
the rotunda and down into the ro-
haasaeA aAaihSelf.
of Sumter, Gov Manning's
build be easily recognized in
N Nd by the ribbon badges they
a On the ribbons was the game
Sumter's emblem, with the
us Sumter Gift-Governor Man
G." A special train from Sumter
rought 200 people to attend the
inauguration
At 11:55 o'clock Speaker Hoyt call
ed the house to order to transact
little routine business.
At noon the senate made its way
from its chamber to the hall OF the
house, the members walking in sin
!. lie file through the press in the re-
4 tunda. Senator E. D. Smith walked
with President Walker down the
aisle of the house to the rostrum.
At 1908 o'clock the sergeant-at-
arms cleared the aisle :or the gov
ernor, the lieutenant governor and
their escorts. At 1906 o'clock he
announced tie approach of the party.
The joint assembly rose to receive it.
The governor-elect and lieutenant
governor-elect and their escorts en-
tered the hall in the following order:
Richard l. Manning with George w.
Dick, Christie Benet with W. c. Cath
cart, Gov. Charles A Smith with
George K. Laney, Andrew J. Betnea
With R. D. Epps. Following these
were: Chief Justice Eugnene B. Gary,
Justice R. c. Watts, Justice D. E. Hy-
drick, Justice George w Gage, JUS
tee T. B. Frser, the Rev Arthur R.
Berkeley, Judge J. S. Wilson, State
officials and professors of the Univer-
sity of South Carolina.
The Rev. Arthur R. Berkeley of
Philadelphia, rector Of the Church OF
the Holy Communion, and son-in-law
OF Gov. Manning, offered the invoca-
sion.
Richard l. Manning, governor-elect.
IS present and ready to qualify an
nounced President Walker.
Oath is Administered.
Gov. Manring arose and Chief
Justice Eugene B. Gary administered
the oath O. Office to him. When the
last words of the solemn oath had
been repeated by Gov Manning, the
crowd broke into applause.
When the cheering ended, Gov.
Manning delivered his inaugural ad-
dress, reading it from manuscript.
Gov Manning ended mis- inaugural
address at 12:42 o'clock amid burst
OF applause.
President Walker announced that
Andrew ]. Bet1ea, lieutenant gov
or-elect, was present and ready to
qualify. Lieut. Gov Bethea then took
the oath from Chief Justice Gary.
The lieutenant governor was applaud
ed when he arose to take the oath
and after he finished repeating it.
Lieut.. Gov. Bethea, said that he
would make his address in the senate
chamber later He thanked the audi
ence for the heartiness Of the recep-