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SOUTHLAND STORIES Lsrry Gantt Give* Some Inter esting Recollection*, ? ? < Wrlf l?'?i for Tiw ('hrouiclf by T, l-JII I .V < i? III t . > ' ' * ?? ?>?...! <| I <11 ? ? ,? "" , .. . ,J lVr)wip> 1 kmm' tt* lulu ^Vwu^- tl"' ili?l*?*a' fiviiitcd 11 import^ . II* >'.'??? 111 A,,""s' ' *:?" n"' 1 ..?? wbUh 1 [?in 1? anil ashes. NV 111 It* luting AthC'US. MAv, Banner, ! |(l!,- i *<> OTW* lu . prohibitldn una we wow by , Ha r-rooins WOW ^ ,hi. J. )n that < Jt> as leaves ill LiflW^i;u>a, ('HI will. the he '1> the f00j wr.jncn the victory w?* won. Jut ii wii- -uon ftntiul that the only Jf,nll to mill the liquor traffic yv.r.tti .vital" it rug store*. while tbo clty was deprived of Its license luoiuy. V'.uder. the law a physlciuu bad the ? itJlit i?> inscribe intoxicants for Id* patbMUs and it mattered not Vlmt a lit 'd ?? until the drug store doe tor's prescription v\tis? u Quart of ivhjsky er half dozen bottles of beer. Keetlf ie<l ami low proof liquor, that wjj at jS hoh-saile Tor about $1 gallon. wa* retailed by drug' stores at jTmj per ipta rt and beer sold at -a aiiis'u i'Httic. The last year of so called prohibi t Ion one drugtjlsj^told Uu, ht> cleared over $11,000 from thu ciitl- <<f Ids business. The peo pie became thoroughly disgusted Mtli tlii' farce. Hiat an election was called t <? vuif on licensed sat loops, and it wii> apparent that the advocator of .tar lOoiiiM would w in a crushing vie tory At that time Athens Wats chiefly a college t"Wii, and the prohibitionists lo the legislature threatened 11* bar rooms Were reestablished they would mkf the >tate appropriation l'rom-44H* t nivei>i!y. This w ould have been at sciai' plevn* blow to the city. Onu day on the street 1 met 1'. \V. Hacker, a blight young lawyer and aft? r at member of congress, who ytcj>ped lii'1 and stated tliait he thought John \V. Brumby an uncle of Dewey's flag lieutenant at the Battle of .Maii asvas. had found something through which we anight defeat the liquorites. lie staled that Catplain Brumby had a copy 01' a 'magazine telling about tic slices* of a law in Gothenburg, Sweden. where the governnieui?cou t rolled The :ii|iioi I raffle and it was a grand ? was enriching -the country and reduced dninkedness. We both repaired to (.'apt. Brumby's office and he showed us the 'article, and which we carefully read. I saw i" a glance that It would be a wiuuer if wo could ^et ,a bill through the legislature (which was then in ses sion i, permitting a vote on the sub ject. -Mr. Uuekw d lew up a bill to that effeet a committee went to At .antai to lobby for the scheme, but die.v found -trong opposition, both 'roiu ;ii... y loiiibitionists and the ad V'Xatt. s ..I ha i' rooms. But ufter hard '.lie. nil w .,v gotten Through and ' .inip.a.-n - 1 :^rt i*"f . It wns a ' hot i Ik- liquorites were ,! oi:^l j ...ini/di j1uj uiiuiy l i " * w ith t hem.. But the b<?atw> <-f ;!ii l:spi>iiKury won by a * -iift'I I Liaat j . ?i i T \ I di-l ? )! ? (IV th. V. . it main iii Athens, ? I ti- i i? ?ii. hut the dispen I'ctvi : ) i mine for uwlille ! tu' first iNii inuueut ; -:i i < 1 fur from its ? ? v ? ? r ; 1 1 yours* experl * n -pealed ami pro i ? I ? ?j ?t ? 'tl It" was I ? -pi ibar.v and cur , .< .1 mi r In* money ' ?m .1 i ? | j i < s that ? in ij f.iinilii's. Smith Carolina to ? ?! of tlu> Columbia ? ? : had ently ? !. the voters were :j: r it the. i>olls for prohibition. The ii c in :i majority,' .i- ;i f.i ailtl fe - " ? ! t :i < t ha t t he , ivi-' -I ?>M the -tump i a ?r'i the suhjeet the .1 t The lJoper hill w as being rushed ?!e.j majority were l . ?;?! tlov. Tillman - . > ? t r?*ml\ for prolii .a 1 1 . ? ? 1 tiu> fane enaet ?? it if the Holier hill ?? i.i \t campaign would lli formers and Conser iait l>?*tween prohibi ? - t.i-Mjus. anil >tire de he portion of his polltl Miian -tated the he was . i - r . hut lie would ap r hill when it i?assed. - rii~ MxvioT, he finally told ? " tho-.i:;ht he could Influence ???* ? io n *?*|?t a comproimse '?.<* V,.juur lieenne .*1,000, " t" the t<?wns anil half to ' with early elosirig hours, f'l.forreirH-nt 1 agreed to *" ?' otfir.*ncc with the **a*ftti" ' the legislature and which |,f ? a fighting minority. They /"'"I T. v.- - i:. ma" *-"? ? w w*re personally my ? ?-** j He- meeting was beld at ?t: .n ftH Greenfield building, and I ' a'"l th" i utr^?roml?ie that Got Till man proposed ; 1 will her state that ? tills minority were almost a unit for licensed saloon*. as they represented counties with large towns or Cities or were opposed to any thing emlnntlug from Tillman. After some dlscusslou I thought my offer would be a^pteti, but Ktrby Tiijtper, of the Charleston members arose from his seat ami de clared: "tiantt, x^^^N|Ja\v Charles ton off ami sink I he At In nth- before permit i^HRk Tillman dictate what wo shall ended all hopes of any eompr?>m^Haud as I bade the members good >MmP remark (Mi, "Vou follows had as wil make up your minds to close youV ^r-rooins for this means the Itoper hill goes through with a rush. The next mornlug when 1 saw <Jov. Tillman and told him the result of the conference he replied : "1 did not ex pect that gang to listen to reason. They are like the old Uourbons of Fi-nneo never learn <nd never forget auylhiug?' t ? ? 1 now asked Gov. Tillman if he could hold up t lie Koper bill for a short time, told hlin about our Athens dispensary law and explained its working. This he promised to do ami 1 wired II. O. /Tuck at that time May or of Athens, for a Copy of their dis pensary law. lie promptly sent it, together with copies- of other prohibi tion legislation in Georgia, These hills 1 handed to Tillman. I told him t hero was a great field tor corruption in tli?' law, 1 ? u i if he could have it hoilftftly * en foi ?-t -d that il would pay the stain's debt. build u<k><! roads and educate <?vory child in Sohth Carolina. I riUitfOtfted that the dispensary be dosed oho hour earlier every lucceed liiK year, and the lined tautened on flu- s;th* of liquet* ; that in ton years we would have prohibition in reality and South Carolina be the richest Mute in thq union. Tillman jumpod at that lii 1 1 like a duck on a June bum. and stated that he himself "would look a ft pr t ho enforcement. Willi certain modifications to ?*at isify the prohibitionists, the dispen sary law was enactou, Many of those unconstitutional' enactments the courts knocked out. 'but tlje 'law w'hs left practically intact, It is needless to recount the car uiauuolo t>f corruption that followed the introduction of this monstrosity into South Carolina, for it is recent history. With few exceptions, every man connected with tlie business re tired under a cloud of suspicion, Tint no convictions were ever mnde. in a future letter I will tell about ccrtulu facts connected with the dis pensary and its management of which I have conclusive proof. Will tell how cames of poker at the Kimball House in Atlanta, shaped the sale of g??od>? by liquor drummers. d SOCIETY GIRL'S SA1> FATK "Former Ite.sldeiit of Aiken Found l>ead In New York Hotel. Now York, August Detectives of tho West Fertysoventh Street Sta-( tiou are searching for Hubert Potter, ii cliauffcOr, w)io>sq address they do i not know, in - the Uoihj of clearing dOUbt as to tho'exaet cause of death of a woman t hey believe to Uuve boon a farmer lhiltlmdrc society girl and SvTiftsi' life yaioe to a #ordld end hero yesterday. Tho woman, <>ii whose body an an tojisy will h?> ^performed to determine whether til? Medical lOxuminei s ot flee Is right in its belief that drink and drugs killed her was, in the belief of the itollce, Sarah Cambellun Cowen, 83 years old daughter of tho late John K. CQwou, one time President of tho lial tlnioiv <& Ohio Hallrood. In 1000 she. contracted a romantic runaway marrU ago with Charles Monson, Jr., son of a retired New llavcn capitalist, whom she divorced In Washington State two years later on the ground of desertion. Potter and the woman wont to gether ro tl?e Hotel Maryland In NVogt Forty ninth Street Saturday night atul .registered as man and Wife. . Yester day morning Potto* left suddenly after telling the clerk t lip woman was not his wife and that she was very ill. Tho hotel physician found Wov -in a coma and ?uimnoned an ambulance fronV-Vfbwer Hospital. l>r. Miller suit) i ho woman >v?* dead when ho got i u**r?*. A package believed to have contained morphine was found on tho grosser and two empty glasses stood near tho bod. liojio Whitney "i)t l?d West, liiiioih St root," and Ki'ttuoea Tapp. Identified the body. Kxamiuatlou or police re i?u?|s tluh show <'d that tho woman, having boon discharged in 10 IU hccauxo t?t' aleoholUm from Cost Oraduatb il>>> pltal, where she was a probationary nurse, lmdM>oen arrested soon aflcv as ,a drug addict and sent to lUaokwoU's Island to take tho euro, Little was learned uf hev movement:? since alio left the Island, though ,11 was Mild she was known in the neighborhood of the hotel where- she died as 2 drug user ahd heavy drinker. Known as the most beautiful de butante uf her season in lla it lino re, Miss Oowen, after her marriage and divorce, passed out of tho ken of her former associates, mid word' from llal timore was that she had not been seen there for years. Kcports that she had inherited a fmlune from her father and dissipated it were denied. Miss Oowen met Mons.on when her car smashed Into his. She Invited Monson into her automobile while she towed his to a warage. They wore fast friends by the lime they reached the garage and ran away to the .Little Church Around the Corner soon afier. v.J!o?' mother ?1 lo?l many your* ago, but sooloty fulk lu Unit t mow hiH^ r0" dm'uIImm' licr and wore shocked last U)gtl( Ik loam thi' manner of tiot death Now York Times. Miss Cowon \> ii v lor yours a winter r?"?h|/iiuf A Ikon ami is well rciopiu bored hero by Inanv. At one time flt'o was said to bo ilu? most lioauMful girl i]n the Northern eolonv. Aikon Jour* im) and Hevlo\v. Whether yon own a horse or not, ii l.s your ?|nry to remonstrate with a driver w!.lni abuses tiis librae In any way. n?-iii him by advice or kindly suggestion-. f I'rvvonilon of cruelty re: (Itiw's the number of eases of pro<e,eu I lOII," Safe Containing $(10,000 is Stolon. I like t'lty, Auk. 1?. HonielUuv by twwn Sunday and Monday night, dnr ing the a bsence tif S. W. Youiig, a prosperous farmer, w hone homo is abontv eight utiles west of hove ,hls house was entered and tlifc iron safe ,in which ho kept MJiorty bond a valued at'iiiiout thirty thousand dollars and almost tin equal amount in mortgages and other s^buriUcs was removed ami trarUs iu tbo yard luilloute that, it was hauled awn.v in a wa'gbu. Mr. Voting was apprised of the fad upon bis re turn I" his home- Tuesday aftornOcm and is making every effort to appro* bend the robbers. How much Gasoline Tk ~\T W T i Q Do lou Waster Continued use of a lowgrade of gasoline results in an average wastage of almost 90% in fuel energy! Even the best engines unavoidably waste great quantities of potential power. But the principal souree of unnecessary energy Joss is in the use of j ? poor gasoline, I nless gasoline of a uniformly higli quality is sup plied, the motor functions unevenly. sometimes hurniiigthe fuel cleanly, but more often discharg ing a large proportion of it, mihurnt or* only partially burnt, into the muffler. This means loss of power and is the cause of crank-case dilu tion and other troubles. Lse motor fuel of definite qtlalitv., and unneces sary waste will be eliminated. The improved gasoline now available wherever you see the c ? J familiar "S.Q," sign is the best that you can bin . "Standard" Motor Gasoline is clean-burning, quick-firing, and releases a maximum of steady, smoo ihi >ower. It will be more than worth while for you to give it a careful trial. You might as well have the best, for it cosfs 110 more. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey)