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BLEASE SCORES EDITORS " A POLITICAL STUMP SPEECH FOR INAUGURAL ADDRESS. ?amm?? Newspapers and Preachers Criticised?Negro Schools Should Not be Supported by Whites. Columbia, Jan. 17.?Weak from an attack of acute indigestion and threatened with appendicitis, Mr. Coleman Livingston Blease, of Newberry, was to-day inaugurated as k governor by the joint assembly, the aged Magistrate Dunbar, of Ellenton, administering the constitutional oath in the presence of an uproar;; ious crowd that overflowed far into L? the lobbies of the house of rcpresenf tatives. Lieut. Gov. Charles A. Smith, of Timmonsville, was sworn in by Chief Justice Jones, of the Supreme Court. The crowd was large, overflowing far into the lobby and was at times disorderly. - " * -- i, , 1 1-? in tne cru8H in tne gaiiery, r>. r. Ellison, aged seventy-five, of Winnsboro, was stricken with apoplexy. Denounces the Press. Declarisg that "independence of thought, fredom of action, an abiding trust in and devoted love for God won for me the greatest political victory that has yet been recorded in the history of South Carolina," Gov. Coleman Livingston Blease, of Newberry, this afternoon delivered a notable inaugural address. Nearly onehalf of his address was taken up in a denunciation of the South Carolina press, the other part being devoted to a discussion of issues, all of which ^ he discussed in the campaign last S summer. In his introductory, Gov. Blease said: "Aligned against me were a . \ united daily press and an almost solid weekly and semi-weekly press, pouring forth all kinds of falsehoods, vituperation and abuse, receiving the assistance of a number of men who * called themselves ministers of the Gospel?God save the mark!?who stood behind their pulpits and gave vent to envy and malice and slanders of the most virile and malicious na tare against me * * * all of these, combined with others, making a set of political character thieves, the meanest and mort contemptible people known to man." ?ov. Blease singled out The Columbia State from among the other papers for his choicest epithets, although he did not fail to pay his respects to all other papers which opposed his ejection as Governor. Nearly one-half of his address was devoted to the newspapers.. He quoted freely from a number of them " and included all in his general detnunci&tion. All Praise for the Deity. After concluding his discussion of the newspapers and taking up his recommendations to the general assembly, South Carolina's new governor closed his address with an apostrophe to the Deity, to whose good ness he ascribed in large measure his remarkable victory at the polls. in his address Mr. Blease repeated parts of his platform, as announced at the beginnig of the campaign last summer. His principal recom| mendations are: Honest admin'stration of all laws and enforcement of all laws. Obedience to the constitution of the State and the United States. Keeping separate and distinct the legislative, judicial and executive departments of government. Trial bv jury of all persons accus ed of crime. He considers "government by induction vicious and degrading." For Biennial Sessions. Biennial sessions of the legislature. Liberal appropriations for Confederate veterans and State institutions of learning, but thinks the legislature has been too extravagant in its appropriations to educational institutions. Opposes the use of white people's taxes to educate negroes. Recommends marriage license law or registration of marriages. Favors having mileage pulled on trains, as the present "system of ticket collection is abominable." He calls attention to the cocaine evil, would prohibit the sale of cigarettes, would prohibit boys under sixteen years from smoking them, would outlaw toy guns and pistols 3 hrlvo nn^or c ivtoon itUU jji irui d i, ui/ju ?uuw years having a gun in their possessions or owning them. Recommends that each judicial circuit be allowed a representative on the board of regents of the State hospital for tne insane. Would have white and colored convicts worked in different camps. Would License Liquor. , He would amend the dispensary act so that a majority of the white citizens may have a license system of saloons under strict regulations, instead of the dispensary or prohibition. This, he says, is the only true * form of Democracy. 5v Would make public executions for rape and attempts to rape. The Governor makes a general rec' ' \ . RICH CROOK DEAD. Wealthy Young Man Who Led Life of a Burglar. Death has ended the career of Thomas Wandlass, the "white front" burglar who was shot and fatally wounded while breaking into the home of Thomas Tapley, a contractor in Passaic, N. J. Wandlass preferred the underworld to a life of luxury in the home of a fond and wealthy I mother. He developed from a sort of "angel child" to a desperate criminal. Paralysis of his vocal organs shortly after his capture kept the police from obtaining any correct account of his amazing career. Jean Mitchell, aged 17 years, who called herself his "chicken stall" and assisted him in 22 burglaries, has pleaded guilty and will receive sentence. She declares she is eager to get back to her home in the New England States as she has had enough of travel and nice dresses, the bait offered by Wandlass when she consented to bocome his accomplice. The police called Wandlass a "supper worker" and a "dress suit burglar." He called himself a "white front" burglar and was fascinated by the danger of robbing a house while there were many persons about. Often he would stop to listen to the dinner chatter before making his escape. Generally he selected a dark or dimly lighted parlor, jimmied the window and climbed in. During the months that the girl worked with him he relied upon her to "spill a faint" as she called it, and draw the crowd while he made his escape. Wandlass was about 30 years old. His mother, Mrs. Augustus F. Berner, is a woman of wealth and refinement in Brooklyn, N. Y. Her first husband, Wandlass, was a hotel proprietor and well to do. He left a comfortable fortune, and when he died his son, Tom, was a model youngster and a great church worker. He was precocious, high strung and had a vivid imagination. Just when he became transformed into a "bad man" no one seems to know, but he ran away from boarding school at 17 and the next his mother heard of him was that he was a member of a gang of thieves. He was never what might be called a Raffles, except that he dressed well and committed most of his burglaries while clad in evening cfothes. He was known to the police as KidHoward and Thomas Hanley and had seirved time in several penal institutions in the State of New York. WHITE- MAN TO HANG. Supreme Court Affirms Verdict in Bates Case. Columbia, Jan. 20.?Joe Bates, a former policeman of the city of Spartanburg, must pay the death penalty at some future date, to be assigned, for killing a young white woman in the city of Spartanburg more than a year ago. A decision, given by the supreme court to-day, affirms the sentence of death of the Spartanburg County Court. The opinion is by Associate Justice Gary. Bates was known as one of the mose efficient policemen in the city of Spartanburg. He -shot a young girl, whom he loved, after she had married another man. He is about 50 years of age. To Have New Postoffice. Orangeburg, ^an. 20.?Work on the new postoffice for Orangeburg will be commenced about the middle of August, acording to a letter^ received by Postmaster A. D. Webster from Congressman Lever recently. Mr. Lever stated that he called around at the treasury department and learned that $30,000 will be available for the starting of the building in August. The supervising governmental architect is preparing plans for the postoffice and Oraneobure is to have an excellent building. The first appropriation bill passed carried $50,000 for Orangeburg. Of this amount $10,000 was paid for a lot upon which to erect the building. A later appropriation bill carried $10,000 more for Orangeburg, and there will be $50,000 for Orangeburg to put into a building and fixtures. In order to receive this $10,000 additional appropriation, Orangeburg has had to wait two years. Kill l*iore Than Wild Beasts. The number of people killed yearly by wild beasts don't approach the vast number killed by disease germs. No life is safe from their attacks. They're in air, water, dust, even food. But grand protection is afforded by Electric Bitters, which destroy and expel these deadly disease germs from the system. That's why chills, fever and ague, all malarial and many blood diseases yield promptly to this wonderful blood purifier. Try them and enjoy the glorious health and new strength they'll give you. Money back, if not satisfied. Only 5 0c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. ommendation for economy, and says that he had rather have a poor government and a rich people than a rich government and a poor people. He closed his address with a prayer for the people of the State and an apostrophe to the Deity. THE BOLL WEEVIL PROBLEM Its Scare and Its Solution?By W. A. Reynolds. Approximately eighteen yesrs ago the Mexican boll weevil crossed the Rio Grande and ever since has steadily spread eastward over the cotton belt. No natural enemy of the pest has ever been found nor has any artificial means been discovered to exterminate or control his advance or multiplication. The ablest entomoloV* o xta af V* I o Ki tc g 11> IS YV UW UQ*^ Ol UUi^U lllo uuuiw and life lend no hope that he shall be destroyed as the grasshopper, army worm or caterpillar by .some natural calamity to the geniis or from a gradual weakening of the vitality of the breed. To successfully meet his inroads upon the cotton plant, we should learn what he is like and something of his habits. The following pertinent facts have been learned after years of careful study and are the basis for sensible and successful war upon the destructive pest. First. Only a small per cent, survive the winter season. Second. Each fe'male lays about two thousand eggs in a lifetime. Third. The period of eggs to weevil is about seventeen days. Fourth. Eggs are only deposited in the squares or forms of the cotton plant. Fifth. Heat is his enemy and when knocked from the plant onto a hot dust mulch he likely dies. Sixth. Wet weather and abundant shade in the field favor his propagation. To put the matter plainly, the only way to produce a profitable cotton crop in any locality where the boll wevil exists is to produce and mature the forms and squares into bolls faster than the weevil can infest the squares. Your cotton must beat the weevil in the race for life. To do this two methods must be followed. First. Produce a quick growing, heavy-fruiting cotton that will leave a surplus after the weevil takes his share. J rp^ o i, /-> V> moans that DtX'UllU. IU UOC ouvu prevent his rapid multiplication, thus giving the plant a handicap in the race. In this brief paper we will touch only upon the first as the second method is now generally known in all infested sections and is not yet pertinent information for the Atlantic States where the weevil has not yet come. Unfortunately, each State or sec' * * * ? 1- - ^ rrroa tion mat nas uewme micticu> n?o found without previous preparation with which to make a successful fight. The natural' result has been an enormous loss and utter temporary discouragement. Let the States east of Mississippi commence the battle now, for a fight well planned is half won. Fighting the boll weevil merely means better farming. It is needless to think that the weevil is not going to take his yearly toll of cotton. The farmer only gets the surplus. How shall we produce these favor ' -J O TTT^ | aDie conaitions in auvauce; wc wwc the liberty of suggesting these few ideas for your consideration. First. Be equipped in advance with the proper type of plant that will beat the weevil in the race for existence. This means a plant of the -following characteristics: One that does not afford an abundance of shades to shelter him. One that matures its crop in the shortest possible time. One that is very prolific in its tendency so that it will produce enough squares for both fruit and weevil. How shall we get this type of plant? Breed it. Don't pay fabulous prices for questionable seed and shipped from some far-off section that may be totally unfit for the soil on your farm. Almost every section of the Atlantic States has a few farmers who plant the early varieties. Get the seed from them. % Learn the first lessons of seed selction and breeding and raise your own planting seed, either by a selection from the field or by means of a seed patch of cotton. Write your State department of agriculture and you can get the information The second method to be introduced in advance of the arrival of the weevil is to build up the land you hope to put in cotton. Always keep in mind that from necessity you must produce enough cotton for both yourself and the weevil. How can you do this? First, by putting the land in the best mechanical condition by starting now to plow deeper so that in three years you will have doubled the depth of your soil. Second, by adding humus to your soil, which is not fertilizer, but only the medium in the soil that renders the fertilizer available to the plant. Third, by rotation of crops to prevent the exhaustion of humus conserving the fertilizer and to help kill fungi disease and to destroy the natural pests which only multiply and thrive when the same plant condiI i -M ? t-Asi&r REFUSE TO PAY POLICY. Woodmen of World Decline to Settle Policy on Life of Murdered Man. Laurens, Jan. 19.?According to advices received by the officers of the local camp, Woodmen of the World, from the sovereign camp officers at Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Delia Brown Hamilton, the self-made widow of the late E. A. Hamilton, the young planter who met a tragic death at the hands of his young wife during the Christmas holidays, will not be paid the amount of the life insurance policy carried by her husband in the order of the Woodmen. The policy was for $2,000 and Mrs. Hamilton was named as the beneficiary. Proofs of death and other data were forwarded to the head ofin 1/VIqI MTHTl 11CC, -CLJU U 111 1 CtUi UL IUC IVV^fci v.^ ?my was advised that the policy had been rendered null and void by reason of the act of the beneficiary herself and the amount named therein could not be paid. As will be recalled, Mr. Hamilton was killed late at night, December 28, last, while asleep in his room at his home three miles east of the city. His head was battered and mutilated with the pole of an axe in the hands of Mrs. Hamilton, acording to the verdict of the coroner's jury after an investigation into the homicide on the day . following the tragedy. Indeed Mrs. Hamilton was the first to give the alarm after doing her deadly work, going out and telling some of the negroes that she had killed Mr. Hamilton. Returning insanity was assigned as the cause of her awful deed and she was promptly returned to the Hospital for the Insane at Columbia. / Bamberg Boy Promoted. From the Telegrpah and Telephone Age, published in New York, we take the following in reference to the promotion of a Bamberg 1)oy, and in this connection it might be mentioned with all truth that Bamberg boys always make good away from home: "Mr. Augustus J. Eaves, of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company's Pittsburg office, has been appointed to a position in the office of the electrical engineer at New York. Mr. Eaves was born in Bamberg, S. C., July 27, 1881, and began his telegraphic career on the Southern Railway in 1900. He entered the Postal Company's service in Pittsburg where he has filled the positions of repeater chief, wire chief, and night chief operator. He occupied the latter position when he was called to New York to take up more important duties in the engineer's department. ' How's This? We offer one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known ? * IK yranr-a ? . J. UD6DCy iur Lilt; XOSli X o j vai a, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out all obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. * tions are furnished them each succeeding season. Fourth, by the use of commercial fertilizer. Our Southern lands are practically exhausted of plant food. Years of farming have stolen from the soil more fertilizer ingredients than we have placed hack upon the land. To get the maximum production per acre you must have an excess of plant food. You can not economically by one maximum application in one year replenish the soil. You must gradually increase the amount of fertilizers in your wornout soil and by proper attention to rotation in a few years bring up the productiveness of your soil to a point where a bale to the acre would be the rule and not the exception. It will not pay you to raise cotton under the additional expenses incurred in fighting the weevil on any land that does not produce as much as one-half bale to an acre, in spite of the weevil. The prospects are that the advent of the devastating enemy will c6ntinue to keep the price of cotton to a high figure, and that those who can produce cotton in spite of the weevil will still find it a most profitable crop. rni? ?1?1 - >- +Vin eitnoHrtn .11 It) W liUlC Jri.tJJ' tiic rests in renewing the vigor of your land. Rotation and high fertilization are your only means; one can not succeed without the other. This is the South Georgia and South Alabama proposition to-day. You have only a few seasons at best to prepare. Note?The above article was written, based upon personal interviews with a number of Southern men who are devoting their time to the boll weevil problem, and after a personal visit and study of boll weevil condition in Texas and Mississippi. ??p ids O 1 I I O Car Loa il just Our Mr. J. J. Jones has . H from East St. Louis, f wh M chased two cars of extra fin II Mules. They have just ar f*l you want to see some of thi || stock that ever came into ? come and see these loads. 1=3* rapiuiy, as uiey are ex.ua j come early. BUGGIES and H We also have a mighty nj Buggies and Harness, and c yon with a stylish turnout < ?R Let us serye you. You wil liberal as to prices and dea JONES Bl I BAMBERG, S. , THE MAIN ISA Who spends all of his income. To be a ma must have some money laid up, in order tc That is not all?the opportunity side is accomplish very little without ready mone easy reach. Always just at the right time is the best friend you can possibly have. Sympathy, good wishes, good friends a things to have. We all realize that we cai friend that never fails is the "Hard Cast When placed in our bank it is ever rea< 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Sav PEOPLES BANE - - - f EHRHARDTBANKING ( 9 Ehrhardt, S. C. I At the close of a very satisfactory year 1 our depositors and friends our full apprec 9 and influence. 9 Every effort we have made during the 9 and properly those carrying accounts with 9 With our surplus increased and every [ I more fnllv oreuared than ever to handle a 9 Every consideration will be given small a 9 To a continuance of our very pleasant H ward and assure you of our sincere appr< 9 that may come to us through your influen 9 Wishing you a happy and prosperous N< 9 Yours truly, ^ A. F. HENDERSON, Cashier. J. L. O I (ffee Veferinarj If you could telephone yo this Farmer in case of sickness o live stock, you could probably i valuable animal. Every Farme pared for such emergencies. The telephone costs very put one on your Farm ? Our free booklet gives all tl for it today. Address Farmers line Department SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHi & TELEGRAPH COMPA JOg south Pryor St., Atlanta, Gi I'OWNAN AOToi ? I have for sale, at prices ?? tonish you, two second-hand r mobiles which are just as got ?? they came from the factor ? "S" two-passenger Ford, a ?? passenger Buick touring cai ?? let me show you what barga Jj. B. BRK 4. The Repair Man INL\ I just returned || ere he pur- jjl e Horses and II rived, and if || a handsomest ?| this country, || They will go * | | rood ones, so ^ ARNESSI ice lot of an equip j* x>mplete. B . ;v| 1 And no 9 if ios,|| SLA n, a free American, yon > tide over a disaster. '-"dSI a big thing. Yon cai| y. Yon will need it in it conies in handy. It nd good neighbors are mot live alone; bat the ly, ever safe, ings Deposits. - Bamberg^O^ ; >y|i dOMPANY."^^ j|| we wish to express to iation of their business : year to serve promptly possible facility, we are II business given to us. & well as large accounts relations we look far* eciation of all business ew Year, we are, ||9 )hone^^j I ur veterinary like r accident to your save the life of a t should be prelittle. Why not le details. Write MORimt 1 that will as- ?? rebuilt auto- ? od as the day i* i j, one model ?* nd one four- ? ?|i ins they are. ?? .Jl ; Jfjj