The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 26, 1921, Image 3
SOUTHLAND STORIES
Lsrry Gantt Give* Some Inter
esting Recollection*,
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luting AthC'US. MAv, Banner, !
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. 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
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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.- -
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ma" *-"? ?
w w*re personally my
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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.
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