The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-27
GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT
TAKs oATHs WHILE GREAT
THRoNe CHEERS.
CROWD PRESSES INTO HALL
Assemblies Outside and Stands There,
Eager to Get Inside and See
Proceedings.

'Columbia.-Hundreds of South Car
olinians witnessed the Inauguration OF
/, Gov. Richard l. Manning and Lieut.
Gov. Andrew J. Bethea Tuesday. There
were other hundreds who we're unable
to crowd into the galleries and the
hall OF the house of representatives
where the exercises were held. The
lowering clouds and biting north
wind forced the committee on arrange.
ments to change its plan of having
Gov. Manning deliver his inaugural ad-
dress from the steps Of the state
house.
The Inauguration Of Manning re-
minded some of those who attended 1t
OF the historic day on which Wade
Hampton was inducted into Office as
governor In 1876. The hall of the
house of representatives was made
quate to accommodate more than a
fourth OF the people who wanted to
see Gov. Manning inaugurated and
hear him speak. The throng was jubi-
liant and bore with the greatest good
yhumor the inconvenience imposed
upon dt by lack Of space. A mass Of
people waited on the steps Of the
state house in hope Of finally getting
inside. Gov. Manning spoke briefly to
the crowd on the state house steps
after he finished his inaugural address.
Then he held reception in the state
library. It Is estimated that 5000 peo-
pie, many Of whom came. from outside
OF Columbia, flocked to the state house
to attend the Inauguration. =
S.3 Hall Filled Early. Vi ,;:y 5
Z BY IL O'Clock the gallaries Of the
hall of the house we're filed with peo-
pie. At I11:2O o'clock Gov. Manning's
family party occupied seats reserved
for them on the floor Of the house.
The crowd in the galleries packed
every available inch of space there
and cverfowed to the landings around
the rotunda. and down into the ro-
tunda itself. "a !,t2 IS !rst1
i Citizens Of Sumter, Gov. Manning's
home, could be easily recognized in
the crowd by the ribbon badges they
wore. On the ribbons was the game
cock /, Sumter's emblem, with the
words, Sumter Gift-Goyernor Man
ming" A special train from Sumter
brought 200 people to attend the In
auguration. ssasisf, y q. as. .,.s y
4 At 11:55 o'clock Speaker Hoyt call
ed the house 10 order to transact a
little routine business. Il
i At. noon the senate made its, way.
from Its chamber to the hall Of the
house, the members walking In sim
gle file through the press in the TO
tunda. Senator E. D. Smith walked
with President Walker down the
aisle Of the house to the rostrum.
At, 1903 o'clock the sergeant-at-
arms cleared the aisle for the gov
.ernor, the lieutenant governor and
their escorts. (. At 1906 o'clock he
announced the approach of the party
The joint assembly rose to receive it..
The goYernor-elect and lieutenant
governor-elect and their escorts en-.
tered the hall in the following order:
Richard /. Manning with George w.
Dick, Christie Benet with w. c.; Cath
cart, Gov. Charles A. Smith with
George K..Laney, Andrew ]. Bethea
with, r. D. Epps. Following these
were: Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary,
Justice r. G.. Watts, Justice D. E. Hy:
drick, Justice George w. Gage, Jus.
ttce T. B.. Fraser, the Rev. Arthur R.
Berkeley Judge ]. S. Wilson, State
officials and professors of the Univer-
sity OF South Carolina. j..
Cheers and hand clapping greeted
the party when 1t entered the hall Of
the house. There was more applause
as the officials took their appointed
places on the rostrum. H..
The Rev. Arthur R.. Berkley Of
Philadelphia, rector of the Church Of
the Holy Communion, and son-in-law
of Gov. Manning, offered the invoca-
ton. '- =.
There was some disorder after the
Invocation. The crowd in the lobby
and rotunda strove to get into the
hall of the house. The sergeants-at-
arms OF the house and senate and off,
GERS tried to hold them back.
Richard l.. Manning, governor
elect, Is present and ready to qualify"
announced President Walker.
Oath is Administered. ,
Gov. Manning arose and Chief JUS
tice Eugene B. Gary administered the
oath of Office to him. When the last
words of the solemn oath had been