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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1893. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR RICE BEER AND A REVOLVER. A Bad Man in Columbia Dedes the En tire Administration-Andrew Jackson Busted on His Great Act of Per senal Enfircement of the Law -Called the Militia but They Wouldn't Come-Meet"e Plays Out a LoneHand with a Six Shooter and Wins Every Tirek. [Special to Greenville News.] COLUMBIA, S. C., November 9.-Th State fair grounds in this city wher thousands of people were gatherei came near' being a field of carnage to day.on account of the atten pt of Gov ernor Tillman to suppress the sale c rice beer by W. B. Meetze, of this city For hours there was blood on the fac of the moon and the spectators were al the time looking for a bloody contest. It was an'original and unprecedentec occurrence-the'Governor of the Statc and a posse of constables and peniten tiary guards making faces at a max ' who was selling before their very eye a drink that the State chemist had de cided came under the dispensary law and who coolly Informed them that in terference with him without a warran would be at their peril. - ,Meetze is the man who killed a tria justice in this city several years ag and be Is accounted a dead shot. H had bough'ta booth from the fair au thorities, though it was not put up fo the sale of beer. A constable got holk of a bottle of the rice beer and took i to the Governor and an analysis wa made, the report being that it con tained more than 3 per cent. of alcohol Meetze claimed that it was not intoxi eating, that this was guaranteed b; the brewery and that he had as muel right to sell it as to sell soda water Papers were served on him last nigh and be gave bond. When the Governor heard thi morning that he was selling beer h said that it would have to be stoppec if he had to call out all the milita and went at once to the grounds and took up his position near thesecretary' office. He sent men to stop Meetz and when they reported that he paic no attention to their orders the Gov ernor's face tookon a determined look The constables were not after glor: with such a man and did not see an: fun in running the risk of being per forated with bullets. Around th Governor were gathered the Assistan Attorney General and a number of bii friends and a good many constables. The Governor sent for Sheriff Cath *cart who told him that he would mask no arrest except under a trial justice' warrant. The Governor, accompanie4 by the Assistant Attorney Gereral an the constables and Captain Allen of tb penitentiary guard, then went t Meetze where he was selling -beer an told nim he must stop. Meetze de clined to do so, and the Governo asked him if he would recognize th authority of the State constable' badge. Meetze replied that he woul not do so without a warrant. Quite; commotion then ensued. The peopi were excited. The Governor was a -mad as a hatter, and Meet ze was usin, the most energetic language. Tb Governor finally retired, leaving Meetz in possessionl. The Governor'and the constable held another consultation and Captai Alston of the Riebiand Volunteer who was passing, was asked if he coul gt his company togeth'.r to supprei Meetze. Aiston said he could not an the Governor asked him to take a sim ilar message to Captain Melton of th Zouaves. Aiston suggested telephom ing Melton. The Governor declined t do this. When Melton was finally ir formed he declined in very emphati terms. He was counsel for Meetze an stood by telling him to submit to al rest only under a warrant duly exectv -By this time the Governor had mum trdalarge posse and had sent fca guards from the penitentiary. He mad a talk to them, telling them to get thei guns and shoot if necssaery. The~ cOrD stabulary marched by twos to Meetze stand but not finding him there as ~'rested two of his clerks and with draw pistols were urging the remaining n3 gro to stop serving the liquid. Just s this juncture Meetze appeared an vaulting over the counter told the nu frmhim the constables cleared out < 'he inner enclosure. Captain Alle Id Meetze that, he would have to a2 t him but the doughty beer selle old him that he would do so at hi ril. He added that he would seubm arrest if a proper warrant was serve abeen maintained by the Govei t that under the dispensary law th ashould be made without a wal The constables knew that M%eeti what he said. They were tol ,a reu1 would be a useless risk of lif fthe ietze fired his tongue at them i the e manner, doing some of t1 t taking. rst man that crosses my cout ?"rst me without a warrant I' re~id e. Nomantried i refect ed along in this way, ever2 a gon the look out for afigh e. Main~ Tillman called on the Fa 1 e muchi revoke Meetze's contrac *pt ritie went to him and ei tl to do so but he would n< uIn ~t o any revoking and state eSe4ould not stop until his suppi end only He kept his word, and seve -rthe Governor's appearani Se u~onds Meetze sold the Ia *r beer that he had on hand. -mnk4ime after that a trial justii bet he godsand itwas ples ,a gedthteezshudc to-morrow and give bond. Governoi Tillman takes the position that Meetz - was guilty of open outlawry and it may be that be will take further action it the matter. Meetze is a man of heavy build and great courage. He had decided to sell beer again to-morrow but at the requer of the Fair Society staLes that he will not do so, adding that such action is only on their account, and not on Gov ernor Tilman's. Meetze used some very rough language at the chief executive Sif not to him. DIDN'T DEFT GOV. TILLMAN AGAIN. COLUMBIA, Nov. 10.-W. B. Meetze, who defied Gov. Tillman in person and f his posse yesterday at the State Fair grounds, and continued to sell his rice beer, did not attempt to sell his liquor to-day. Judge Hudson granted an in junction against him. Governor Tillman was at the grounds again to-day and was determined to enforce the law with military if neces sary. FROM THE ELECTION. The Republicans Turned Many Tables to - Their Account. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-The Repub I licans here are exulting over the elec y tion. An observer in passing through a the government departments can easily . identify the Republicans holding places. r Their faces are wreathed in smiles, and i they cannot refrain from crowing over their Democratic associates. 3 The prevailing opinion here is that . the defeat of the Democracy in the Northern States is mainly due to the . existing business depression and hard times. Many mills and factories are closed which were running last year, and the Republican campaigners had G but to remind the idle employes that they had worked under a Democratic administration. No reasoning could overcome the effect, no matter how clearly it was demonstrated that the d evils we are now suffering came to us from Republican rule. The defeat iA New York is attributed to the stubbornness of the machine in nominating Maynard for the court of appeals and Boody for mayor of Brook lyn. Democratic protests against such methods came from all parts of the State. - A CLEAN SWEEP IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-The election in this State was a clean, complete sweep fsr the Republicans, and every town only adds to the thoroughness of the defeat suffered by the Democrats. Bartlett is elected to the court of ap peals probably by over 85,000 plurality, and the rest of the Republican State ticket wins by 20,000. The State Senate, now Democratic, will have a Republican majority of six; the Assembly a majority of seven. - In the Constitutional convention r there will be 105 Republicans to 70 SDemocrats. s In the city of New York Tamnmany earried through the entire~ State and ' county ticket. Maynard had a plurality Sof only 30,000, therest of the ticket get E ting an average of 60,000. E The present Assembly delegation is & solidly Democratic. Three Republicans & were elected. Sheffield in the eleventh, Lawson in the twenty-third, and RoL, * ertson in the twenty-seventh. 3 NEw JEBSEY. STEEaNIoN, Nosember 8.-The latest -returns of the New Jersey election in crease the majority of the anti-race track men, and emnphasize the defeat of the ring .which has so long dominated the state. The opponents of the gamn blers and men under the lead of Bosses Thompson and McLaughlin won a great victory. VIRGINIA'S MA JORITY. -RICHMOND, Novemiber 8.-The in - dieationis are that the Democratie ma jority will reach 50,000. The following are believed to be the only counties ir r the State that have gone for the Popu. e lists: Newkent, Campbell, Caroline r Greenville, Prince George, Powhattan. - Prince Edward, Sussex, Tazeweil and s Floyd. - BEAT BOIES BADLY. SDES MOiNES, November 7.-Franl D. Jackson, Republican candidate foi tgovernor, is elected by a plurality o: about 30,000. The balance of the Re publican ticket is elected by a large Smajority. The legislature will be Re ~publican. SMCKINLEY'S BIG PLURALITY. CoLUMBUS, November 8.-At the r Democratic State headquarters thea shave conceded that the result was suck as to give them no cause for looking after the returns. McKinley's plural' ity will exceed 70,000. e MASSACHEUSETTrS GOES LIKEWISE. -BOSTON, Novemeer 8.-The legisla e ture, so far as heard from, stands d House-Republ,cans, 153; Democrats , 18; heard from, 30. Senate-Republi cans 30; Democrats, 7; not hear d from TH E KEYSTONE STATE GOES REPUBLI - CAN. SPHILADELPHIA, November 8.-The estimated majority by counties on the vote for state treasurer show a majori ty of 107,925 for Jackson, the Republi rcan candidate. - Creat Expectations. [From the Chicago Daily Tribune.]. y Six or seven bootblacks were shooti craps on the sidewalk in front of,abusinesi 2 of the establihment came along. it "Boys" he said, "this will never do You'll have to move away from here." 2"Please don't break up de g..ne jis: now, mister," pleaded the businesslike ir chin with the muffler about his neck GOY. TILLMmAN V" EDITOR GARLING TON. They Both Said It and Stick to it-But it' Alright Now The End of the Exchange of Complements. STATE OF SOTH CAROLIN'A, EXECUTIVE MANSION, COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 6th, 1893. J. C. Garlington, Esq., Editor Spartan burg Herald: SIR:-A marked copy of the Herald November 3d, containing your edito rial "Who Hag Lied?" reached m< yesterday; and I take it, therefore, as i personal communication. I also notici in The State of Sunday an open lette addressed to "B. R. Tillman, Gov ernor," copied from the Herald of Sat urday. It has been my custom to ig nore abuse and falsehoods about my self appearing in newspapers, but I de part from it in this instance in ordei that the people of the State, and youi readers in particular, may be able t< answer the question, "Who has Lied?' to your and their satisfaction. In Th( State newspaper of November 1st, ap peared a special as follows: A TILLMAN CONSTABLE ARRESTED PO RUNNING A "BLIND TIGER." [Special to The State.] SPARTANBURG, S. C., Oct. 31.-OnE of Governor Tillman's liquor consta bks, who seized a "blockade" wagor on Saturday, was himself arrested to day by a United States marshal for re tailing without license. He was selliul by the pint at Clifton. His name wai Henderson. No name was signed and I, therefore knew nothing as to its authorship When asked about it by the reporters who daily visit my office, I denouncec it as a lie, and took occasion to char acterize the newspaper in which il appeared, in fitting terms, as a pur veyor of falsehood. Nothing appearec in the News and Courier or the Registei about the arrest (that I saw) and I fell justified in what I said, because a simi lar special from Charleston to Tb State, in which alone it appeared hac charged me with playing the part of i spy at the Charleston hotel, when last visited that city in company witi Miss Clara Barton. You now step for ward and avow the authorship of thi special and seek to shield yourself b3 having it appear that Henderson is i "spy," and, therefore, the governor ha "lied." But you can not wriggle out of youi uneomfortable predicament by an3 such charge of terms and facts. It has been a common and accepted rul among the Haskelite newspapers, an( those which are the mouthpieces of thi whiskey men, to call the State con stables "spies" and "sneaks," and otbe: opprobrious names. They glory in thi: befouling the State's officers and eu couraging opposition to the dispen sary act, which is the law of th land. When The State published thi lie on me in the hotel matter. I sai( nothing; when it published your special seeking to bring the constables int< disrepute as lawbreakers, and directl2 reflecting on me, upon whom the duty of appointing them rests, I thoughti time to speak out, and I did so, in ma usual positive way. Now, sir, I said no constable was 01 the force by the name of Henderson no constable had been arrested for re tailing liquor, and the statement it The State was a lie. You immediatelj jump on to the name "spy," which il not constable, and which you did no use in the dispatch, and produce Mr Tompkins' letter to Henderson offer ing $2.5 for "proof to convict," an< thus seek to confuse and becloud thi issue. But you cannot get off in tha way. You know Henderson is not constable, because constables are regu larly commissioned under seal an< wear badges; you know that he had n< authority to arrest; you know he is ii no way connected wit.h the State gav ernent, and that I am in no way re sponsible for his behavior further thai to pay him $2.5 if he secures a convic tion under the dispensary law, whici is a standing offer and has been mad to scores of men besides Henderson. I do not "argue that a spy is a con stable," as you seem to desire. On th contrary, I deny it absolutely, ani leave it to you to show it to be soi you can. At the same time I asser that a constable is not a spy, but a de tective doing legitimate, honorable an< necessary work to uphold the law ani you hav'e no right to thus defame: State officer. You stated that a "constable" hai been arrested for retailing liquor, an I said it was a lie. I acquit you of in tentional falsehood in this instance but you cannot do other than ac knowledge actual falsehood. You am opposed to the law, but I do not there fore consider you a "tool of the whis key sellers." You have been caugh in bad company sending lies, howeve innocently, to a lying newspaper, and therefore, have had your sensibilitie wounded by my plain speaking. defended the State's officers, my a pointees, as was my duty-used to strong language it may be.-but th provocation was very great. If, in fu tue, you will be eure of your facts bE fore sending false statements refiectin, on the Governor and his subordinatet you will not be convicted as in th present case of "lying." It is a hamr word and I would not have usedi had I known you were the author c the dispatch. I cannot change it o withdraw it now, since you resort t subtrfuge in order to transfer th chrge to my shoulders, and thus ag gravate the first offence by seeking t deceive the public through a change C the word "constable" to "spy." I wi] Snot o - core,cndescend to notir - your abusive insolence. For your so licitude about my "career being ended," etc., I am deeply grateful. I * rest with equanimity under the charge of "lying" and "perjury" which you have tried to prove and trust you may soon recover your peace of mind. Un der great provocation I threw a stone at random and bit you. If you will stick to the truth in future, or sign your dispatches, so I may recognize my "impartial critic," you will be spared a like painful experience. A word of advice at parting. When next you have a grievance of this kind and feel that you have done nothing wrong, make a calm, dignified state ment of the facts, or address a personal letter asking an explanation and await the result. Any gentleman will give such and make the amende honorable. Had you kept your temper and stated your case I would have cheerfully apologized. As it is, your abuse ex eites contempt, and you have act ually descended to falsehood in defence of an untenable position. B. R. TILLMAN. WHAT EDITOR GARLINGTON SAYS IN CLOSING. The article from Governor Tillman which we publish this morning speaks for itself. He says, "I acquit you of intentional falsehood in this instance," and further, "I do not consider you a tool of the whiskey sellers"; and that he spoke in "too strong language per haps." He admits furthermore that the word "lying" "is a bard word and I would not have used it had I known you were the author of the dispatch." Then in closing the Governor says: "Had you kept your temper and stated your case I would have cheerfully apologized." If the Governor had kept his temper and confined himself to "facts" he would have nothing to apologize for. But we can ask no more. It is enough-far more than we expected. Governor Tillman is welcome to the fine spun theories of State officers-the shadowy veil which separates the con stable from the spy and the spy from a "Tillman liquor constable." But in this article, the Governor re peats several -times that it is still a lie that the man was a constable. This - is passing strange in view of the fact that by his own mouth I am acquitted of "intentional falsehood." Can it be that the Governor of this great State does not know that unless there is an "intentional falsehood," there can be no lies? Does this man who uses such, vigorous English and who is such a hair-splitter over the dis!inctions in the various new offices created to en force the dispensary law, fail to draw the distinction between a mistake of: fact and a lie? Impossible ! Even if it had been charged that Henderson wasa duly appointed and commissioned constable and he had no commission and was not a constable, so long as there was no intention to deceive there could be no lie. He seems to be in the same fix as the ma~n who .said the horse was sixteen feet bigh-he said it and because he said it he is bound to stick to it. We have nowhere charged that Hen derson was such an officer as met the technical definition of a State Con stable. He was spoken of as a "Till man liquor Constable," and the evi dence shows he was armed with a comn mission from Tillman to secure con victions of white men at Sy.Z a head. We are perfectly willing to let the pub lie say what such a man is-whether spy, constable or Tillmnan tool. As to the Governor's "parting ad vice," that next time we have a givneand feel that we have done nothing wrong, to make a calm, dig nified statement and await results, we can only regret that he did not follow the ad vice he gives. It is not pleasant to say hard things of the Governor of one's State and to print them in the newspapers, nor is it pleasant to he called by the Governor in the newspapers a "lie" and "dirty tool of whiskey sellers," when you have the .onsciousness of knowing ."you have done no wrong." We have not spoken more harshly than the occasion demanded. f WATCHING AUGUsTA. Gov. TIliman Ham One of H ia Spies stationed in Augusta-The Augusta Merchants Are on to Him. a Augusta Chronicle.j One of Governor Tillman's dispen I sary spies is in Augusta and stationed ihere. -He is known and the purpose of his ,coming is also understood. -He is here to watch our merchants e and detect any liquors shipped from - this city into the Palmetto State. -As soon as he finds out a shipment is t made he is to telegraph the officers in r the town where the package is con ,signed to, and the goods are expected S to be seized and confiscated. All [ liquor dealers here are dead on to the - spy who tries to be cautious and avoid 3 being noticed, but is frequently seen a passing and repassing the stores where - liquor Is sold and he keeps a watch out for goods being shipped and he dots i down addresses on boxes which he ,suspicions contains the fluid of joy. e The merchants are not at all uneasy I over the appearance of this detective t and apprehend no trouble. f The officer has not yet caught on to r any smuggling from Augusta, if any is a being done, for as yet no seizure has e been made. 'Two tonsof dynamite exploded under fa sunken vessel in New York barber to it get out of the way lifted the water 'fr about two acesn fully 200 feet. THANKSGIVING. President Cleveland's Proclamation Ap pointing Nov. 30 as the Day. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-The Presi dent to-day issued his proclamation, naming Thursday, Nov. 30, as a day of thanksgiving. The proclamation reads as follows: While the American people should every day remember with praise and than :sgiving the Divine goodness and mercy which have followed them since their beginning as a nation, it is fitting that one day in each year should be especialiy devoted to the contempla tion of the blessings we have received from the hand of God and to the grateful acknowledgment of His loving kindness. Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby designate and set spart Thurs day, the 30th day of the present month Df November, as a day of thanksgiving and praise, to be kept and observed by all the people of our land. On that :ay let us forego our ordinary work and employments and assemble in our usual places of worship where we may recall all that God has done for us, and where from grateful hearts our united tribute of praise and song may reach the throne of grace. Let the reunion of kindred and the social meeting of friends lend cheer and en ioyment to the day, and let generous ;ifts of charity for the relief of the poor and needy prove the sincerity of >ur thanksgiving. THE DAY APPOINTED BY THE GOT ERNOR. Governor Tillman yesterday issued the following proclamation setting apart Thursday, the 30th day of No vember, as a day of thanksgiving. The time is the same fixed upon by Presi sent Cleveland: PROCLAMATION. State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber, Columbia, S. C., Nov. 11, 1893. The closing year and the gathered harvests admonish us of our obliga tions, as individuals and as a people, to the Giver of all good gifts, material )r spiritual. The Almighty Ruler has seen fit, in Hi- Divine wisdom, to visit upon the people of South Carolina, as of other sections of the country, great disasters the past year, and has lessened the returns that have rewarded their labors in the fields and in other branches of industry, but pestilence has been aver ted from our shores; peace and liberty have been preserved and assured with in our borders; the good work of edu cation, religion, and especially charity, have been paospered and blessed among us; happiness and hope still erown the outgoing and the incoming year. . These blessings call for the continued recognition of our obligation and our gratitude to Almighty' God. Nowv, therefore, I, B. R. Tillman, Governor ot South Carolina, do here by appoint and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of November, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and I invite all our people on that day to abstain, so far as possible, from their ordinar labors and to unite, in their, places worship and in their houses, in public and private thanksgiving to God for the blessings vouchsafed to us a peo ple, and in prayer for their contin uance. Given under my haund and the Great Seal of the State of South Caro [L. s.] lina, at the city of Columbia, t.his 11th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and ninety three. B. 2R. TILLMAN, Governor. By the Governor: 3. E. TINDAL, Secr'etary of State. JUsTICE M'GOWAN. His Health Is Good and He Will Stand for LIe-Election. [Abbeville Press and Banner.] The following correspondence sent us by the Hon. R. E. Hill, with the request that it be published, will set at rest any doubt which may have been raised as to Judge McGowan's physi cal bondition and as to his intention to stand for re-election: Hon. S. McGowan, Associate Justice Supreme Court, Abbeville, S. C. Dear Sir: Having heard a rumor to the effect that you would probably not be a candidate for re-election as Asso ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, owing to the condition of your health, I desire, as your friend, to know whether there is any foundation for the same. I take it for granted that nothing save an apprehension on the part of the Legislature that your physical con dition is such as to interfere with th proper discharge of the duties of Asso ociate Justice would cause that body to hesitate as to- the propri ety of re-electing you, and as you are a better judge as to the condition of your health than any one else, a statement from you on that point, as well as that of your candidacy for re-election, would, doubtless, be a relief to a ma jority of the members composing said body. I have the honor to be sincere ly your friend, R. E. HILL. Abbeville, S. C., Nov. 6, 1893. Abbeville, S. C., Nov. 6, 1893. Hon. R. E. Hill My Dear Sir: I have received your kind note of this morning, for which I thank you, and having respect for your desire, as a memt;er of the Legis lature, to know the exact facts in ques tin, T reply at once and frankly. I am happy to be able to inform you that I have recovered from the attack of grippe, which for a time afflicted me, and that my health is entirely re stored. The physician who attended me so informs me and I feel myself quite as able to work as I ever did. I have not allowed my friends for mally to announce me as a candidate to be my own successor for several rea sons. In the first place I did not think that was the usual course, in the case of one already on the bench, and presumed to desire a continuance, un less such intention be disclaimed; and further, it has always seemed to me that the office of Judge was especially one of those which ought "neither to be sought nor declined," but should be bestowed only upon considerations af fecting the general welfare of the State. I cannot say now that I am a candi date, in the usual sense of the word, so far as it involves the idea of can vassing. That I cannot do. But I had intended, and still intend, upon the advice of friends, to stand for re-elec tion-relying upon whatever record I may have made-and leaving the event to be determined by the unbi assed judgment of the Legislature. Again thanking you for your neigh borly interest in the matter, I am truly your friend, S. MCGOWAN. THE BIG COTTON BALE. It Is Too Large and Should Be Made Con sideral,ly Smaller. [New Orleans Times-Democrat.1 It would seem that the cotton bale has finally reached its maximum size, and that it is likely, if anything, to grow smaller. The average weight of the bales received this year is mate rially less than those of the previous one. The September bales in 1892, for in stance, weighed 523.1 pounds, but this September they weighed only 516.63, a decrease of 6.47 pounds. For the two months of September and October the average was 503.08, as against 510.38, or 7.3 pounds less. It will be seen that the bale continues to grow smaller as the season progresses, the indications being that for the whole year it will fall below 500 pounds. The decrease is marked everywhere in the South. In Texas, famous for its big bales, their average weight has fallen off 15.14 pounds; in Louisiana 4.70. The de crease is less marked on the Atlantic coast, but even there the disposition is shown to put fewer pounds of cotton into a bale than formerly. This tendency is all the more marked because hitherto the disposition was quite the other way-to increase the size of the bale until it threatened to rfach 750 pounds, or even more. Starting at about 420 pounds, it had steadily increased until monster bales were frequently met with of 800 to 900, and in some few cases of 1,100. The example is simple. It costs to move and handle cotton in many por tions of the South, and especially along the Mississippi, so much per bale, whether the bale weighs 300 or 1,000 pounds. There was the same charge for transportation by boat, and for hauling and storage in the press. When the Mississippi levee districts were organized and began raising money for levee bumlding by means of a tax on cotton, it was placed at so much per bale, and it sometimes ran very high-$2 to $2 50 per bale. The planter, therefore, who put up his cot ton in bales ot 1,000 pounds or r'ore saved just half his tax. Altogether it was possible to save S2 or $3 a bale by adopting the heavy standard, and that was no small item in a large crop. This little trick, however, was soon understood, and those who lost by it took steps to protect themselves. The railroad freight charge was by the pound, so that there was no profit in putting up big bales that had to be transported by rail. The levee dis tricts levied their produce tax on cot ton by the pound instead of the bale as formerly, and the laborers in the presses began demanding extra rates for handling the heavier packages. This cut out all the profit on the big bales, and the planters, finding that they secured little if any benefit from themi, have ceased trying to put too many pounds in a bale. The result is shown in the decreased weight this year. The change is a matter for congratu tion. The big bale was a nuisance, hated and detested by all. It was clumsy and required. more labor to handle. The spinner also complained that the cotton thus packed reached him in a more or less objectionable and uncovered condition. Complaints have poured in from England of the manner in which cotton was packed and bared in this country, and sug gesting that we adopt the methods in vogue in Egypt or India, the cotton from which countries reached 'Europe in better codition than ours. The sug gest'ion that we adopt a standard bale used in other countries of 300 or 3530 pounds is not likely to be adopted here, however, because most of our presses and machinery are not adapted to packing cotton as compactly as is necessary in these small packages; but the returns of the cotton exchange would indicate that the big bale is equally objectionable, and that the South had about concluded that tbe weight best adapted to this country, most easily and cheaply handled, is about 500 pounds. There is less difference between the ancient and the modern Greek tongues than between Chaucer's English and the English of to-day. INSURE THE WOMEN. Arp Does not Understand Why Life In surance Companies do Not Take Risks on Women. He Says It is an I_ justice. [Atlanta Constitution.] Once more I rise in behalf of the women. My recent letter on life in surance has provoked some correspon deuce with young men, married and unmarried, who desire to insure their lives and ask for further information. I have no ax to grind and no special companies to favor, but two letters re ceived from ladies provoke me to ask some questions myself, for until recent ly I did not know that insurance was onmy for men and horses and other cat. tie-women are generally excluded. They can't even get an accident policy that will provide a weekly allowance in case they are injured. This was a revelation to me, and I made inquiry of an intelligent agent of a life company and he said that it was presumed that men supported the wo men and therefore women did not need insurance as long as the father or the husband lived. That reasoning will not d,) in these days. No such eharitable considora tion moves the companies to make the distinction. Life insurance is a busi ness-not a charity-and business rules govern it. Another agent told me that females were too great a risk on account of the perils of childbirth and that women would not submit to the critical exami nation that was required, and still an other agent said his company would insure them, but had to charge a higher rate. None of these reasons seemed suffi cient to me, and at last I did find a company that had ignored all these objections and was in the field as the champion of woman and iusured her life upon equal terms with our sex. Well, why not? The embarrassment about the examination amounts to nothing, for the old family doctor is near at hand and knows his patrons and his patients. The men may deceive him, but the women will not try to. I would rather rely upon a woman's an swer than a man's. As to the perils that environ materni ty, they will not compare with the perils that environ the majority of young and middle-aged men-perils of occupation, perils of imprudence, indis cretion and indulgence of passion and appetite. Women do not drink nor chew, nor smoke, nor handle guns or pistols, nor climb trees, nor build houses, nor run on the trains, nor commit suicide. If I was an insurance com pany, I would prefer women to men. The risk is not so great, and the rate ought really to be cheaper. I would employ women for agents to solicit insurance, and in cities I would have female doctors to examine the appli cants. Here is a wide field for an enterprising company. Thousands of young women would embrace the opportunity of insuring their lives if it was offered to them. The time was when the necessity did not exist, for woman was 'almost universally sup ported by man-not so now. Every where we see women struggling to earn their own living. They are in the stores and printing offices and box and candy factories and book binderies. They are the typesetters, typewriters, photogra phers, secretaries- and bookkeepers everywhere they are advancing and encroaching upon such occupations of the men as are fitting to their sex. The number of these busy women in At lanta is already up in the thousands, not including those whose home is in the cotton mills. Almost all the women have somebody to work for-somebody dependent upon their daily labor-and, therefore, they should have their lives insured for at. least one thousand dol lars. Last night while ruminating upon a letter from a young widow who wishes to insure her life for the benefit of her child, I inquired of my family how many widows there were in town. I wished to compare them with the wid owers. We made alist of those who were within the circle of our acquaintance, taking them street by street, and counted forty-nine. Of these only four were made widows by the war. Then we numbered the widowers, and there were only ten. What does that signify? I thought that maybe the climate had something to do with it, for they told me in Texas that that country was good for men and mules, but mighty hard on women and steers. Maybe it is the reverse up here. Again I thought that, perhaps, it signified that widowers married again, while widows remained loyal to tbe memories of their first and only love. Thbis did explain it in part, for we found nine widowers who had married again and only one of them married a widow. The greedy fellows seem to want a young girl every time. So it will be seen that the women o'ut live the men. If they are sick a good deal, they don't die but live on and on and on. Tbe difference is manifest and decided. Then why should an insur ance company hesitate. Why not break through thbese old rules and prejudices and keep up with the progress of the times in other things. They insure horses and horned cattle in Atlanta. Why not women? Now this young widow has an income of $40. a month that came from her husband's life poli cy and she wishes to invest $.5 a month in a policy that will go to t.ie child when she dies or revert to her if she survives the child. What better invest ment can a company make; what better investment can she make? and yet women are left out o' are charged as extra hazardous by most all of the life cmnanies It is a mistake. It is more than that. It is a wrong, an in justice done to the female sex. Now let the insurance companies rise and ex plain, if they can. Last week I visited the good old Dutch town of Newberry in South Caro lina. It was a delightful trip of sunny days and moonlight nights and over one of the best roads In the South. People used to say that the Georgia, Carolina and Northern was jast one road too many, but they don't say so now. Its traffic is increasing all the time and its service is first-class. From Athens to Newberry is a bright and productive country, and the people seem happy over their abundant crops. Newberry expects to handle her usual allowance of 25,000 bales of cotton. There is a mill there that consumes 7,000 bales and an oil mill that works up the seed. The town is solids and prosperous. The new public school building that cost $17,000 is completed .and occupied. The Lutheran college adorns a distant hill and the beautiful homes of the people are embowered ernong shade trees and flowers all around in the suburbs. The mayor took me around to the dispensary-not that he or the people were proud of it, but because it was now a part of New berry and must be exhibited to strangers. Some said It was a degrada tion. Some said it was better than saloons, but all admitted thatit lessened drunkenness and would bring in a revenue. The whiskey was on the shelves in pints and quarts. Its price and quality were on the labels and the palmetto tree was blown in the glass. Every man who buys signs an applica tion, pays his money, gets his bottle or his jug and departs. No loafing round is permitted. The negroes who haul in the cotton are the best. customers. The price is high but they must have it. The profit is divided equally be tween the town and the county. In August the profit was only $25. In September it was $250 and the estimate for October was $400. The State had already got its share when the goods were invoiced to this dispensary. So It - seems that the State and the towns and - the counties are all to fatten on this business and this will make it popular with the taxpayers. Whether It is con stitutional for a State to run a business for revenue is to be tested by the courts but they say that Georgia used to run the State raiuoad and that France buys and sells allthe tobacco. When South Carolina does anything it is done by wholesale. The fences wereall.cleaned up at one session but here in Georgia we have a vote in every district, and some have fences and some have none. In Carolina everybody approves the stock law and the people would in Georgia if it was passed. I wish that our legislature had the nerve to do it. BILL ABP. Election of Fair Ofmoers. [Register, 10th.] The annual meeting of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society was held in the Council Cham ber last night and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President-Thomas J. Moore,-8pur tanburg. Vice-presidents-First, A. T.8Smythe, Charleston; second, A. P. Butler, Aiken; third, B. F. Crayton, Anderson; fourth, J. Wash Watts, Laurens; fifth, T. 3. Cunningham, Chester; sixth, S. A. Gregg, Florance; sefenth, W. G. Hinson, Charleston. Executive committee-Chairman, E. L. Roche, Charleston; 3. W. Dreher, ~ Columbia; Chas. A. Sanders, Hagood; W. C. Fisher, Columbia; 8. W. Vance, Laurens; L. D. Childs, Columbia; A. H. 'White, Rock Hill; 3. G. Mobly, Winns boro; 3. 5. Dunn, Columbia; 3. W. Anderson, Greenville; W. D. Evans, Marlboro; Silas 3. McCaughria, New berry; W. H. Frazier, Abbeville; 3. H. Manning, Marion. Thos. W. Holloway, secretary, Po maria. 3. L. Berg, treasurer, Colombia, caught a Dude sae. [From the Beno Gazette.) While at play during recess at the pri mar school on Sierra street last Tuesday Dr. ergstein's young son noticed a white snake at the margin of a hedge, and grab bing him by the tail,pulled himout. Al. though the little fellow was bitten on the hand, he clung to his prize, shifted~his hold to the neck of the snake, ran home with him and imprisoned him, as he sup posed securelyin a can in the celar. Later, however, the reptile was mising, and it was feared that a valuable curiosity was lost. Yesterday a woman who lives a block west of the doctor was frightened. by what proved to be the samesnake, and a boy killed it to the sorrow of the snake fanciers. It is about three feet long, with pink eyes and white belly. Fromnthe tip of the tail for six inches toward the head the back is covered with delicate blue and pink-.alternating bands. The balance of the back is covered with pink spots, with a few blue ones interspersed. Wrinkles, and hollow cheek, and dull, sunken eyes, don't always mean that a woman's old. Half the time, they only show that she's overworked or suffering. To such women, to every woman who is tired or afflicted, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription safely and certainly brings back health and strength. It's a' legitimate medicine that corrects and cures; a tonic that In vigorates and builds up; a nervine that soothes and strengthens. For all the derangements, irregularities and weak nesses peculiar to women, It Is the only guaranteed remedy. If it doesn't tien efit or cure, you have your money back. It won't do to experiment with Ca tarrh. There's the constant danger of driving it to the lungs. You can have a perfect and permanent cure with Dr. Sage's Cata.zrh Remedy. The Eskimo Bulletin Is the only . , journal published within the arctic circle. It is printed at Cape Prince of Wales. Alaska, and is issued only once