The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-25
GOVERNOR COOPER STRESSES
NEEDS OF SCHOOLS
Asks for About $4,000, 900 for State
Department Of Education This
Year-Must Protect Chill
dren
News and Courier.

News and Courier.
Columbia, Jan. 18.-Characterizeo
by the utmost simplicity, Robert A
Cooper, Of Laurens, in the presence
of a large assemblage which crowded
the hall Of the House of Representa-
tives, was. inaugurated to succeed
himself as Governor of South Caro-
lima, and Wilson G. Harvey OF
Charleston, was inducted into Office to
begin his first term as Lieutenant
Governor Of the State. The oath OF
Office was administered by Richard
C. Watts, of Laurens, associate JUS
tice Of the, state supreme SQUIRT.
Governor Cooper, in his second in
augural address, delivered in the hall
of the House of Representatives, be-
fore the General Assembly and citi-
zens of the state, dealt exclusively
with the problem of education, which
he eontended was the most important
question before the people, and that
of Lieutenant Governor Wilson G.
Harvey dealing with the problems he
conceived to be Of pressing nature,
was delivered III the senate chamber
after the. dissolution Of the joint as
sembly.
Along with the two executives, sew
en- state officers illiam Banks Dove
of Columbia, secretary of state; Sam
! uel M. Wolfe Of Anderson, attorney
general; Walter E. Duncan of Aiken,
comptroller general; Samuel 7. Car
ter Of Columbia, state treasurer
William Nv, Moore Of Barnwell, ad-
iutant general; 3. Harris of Pendle-
ton, state commissioner Sof agricul-
ture, commerce and industries, and
John E. .Swearingen, state superin-
tendent Of education-began their
terms today All Of these, with the
exception Of, Mr.. Duncan, who is a
new figure in South Carolina politics,
and who was nominated without op-
position, succeed themselves.
Text of Message.
S The full text of Governor Cooper's
message follows:
1'With feeling of profound CRATE
fulness and with a deep sense OF re-
sponsibility come before you to de-
liver this, my second inaugural ad-
dress. In return for the distinguished
honor betowed upon ne desire,
above all other things, to render real
service to the people Of South Carroll
ms.
For many years I have given my
best thought to the problem affect
ing our inalienable rights to life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness,
i and during all these years the convic-
ton has grown npon me that cur fun
( da,nentai need is education. Hence
It comes about that: have selected
education as my theme today. Gong
up and down the state, and to and
fro therein, there have come to my
attention many, great needs, many
things which are essential to a high
level Of common happiness. ! see
clearly our fine accomplishments, and
no man is pronder than am Of them.
Yet it seems to me that we should ad-
dress ourselves to doing tasks that
are needed, rather than lauding tasks
that have been done. It is unpleasant,
sometimes, to realist, and perchance
It will be irksonae to you for me to
dwell upon our 8 deficiencies. How
though, are we to correct conditions
unless we first look them squarely IN
the face? On the promise that we
must see clearly things as they are
before we can take steps to Effect
remedies, shah proceed in this brief
talk.
"Why is it that we lay waste our
forests with so little thought for the
future? Why is it that we deplore,
rather than develop our coastal IN
dustries? Why DO we SO often till cur
fields but indifferentiy, and provide
so inadequately for marketing Of dl-
versifed agricultural products? Why
do we worry along under an outworn
tax system, splash and jolt over bad
roads, leave undeveloped our poten-
tial resources? In short, why have
we, to some extent, at least, pitched
our lives upon plan not cor,Een-
surate with the lavish generosity
Nature has displayed? Surely God
has vouchsafed to us every opportunl-
ty to help ourselves. 1t is not that we
are sluggards and it is not that we
lack courage begot Of devotion to a