The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-07
oARoLINA's FAvoRITE DRINK.
Monterey is the Thing 20 Call for When
the Real STUFF is Wanted.


Over ia South Carolina just now il is
not so easy TO wet ones palate on a hot
day as Il is ia most civilized communities.
1 The dispensary law which has been in OPP
| Grafton in the Palmetto State for a month
! takes away great deal of the pleasures
OF a friendly smile, and IN a good many
! had
A genial looking gentleman who hap
| pened In the lobby of one Of the hotels
yesterday was telling several acquaintan-
ces how they do over in Carolina now for
q cocktail. The gentleman was Caro-
Imam OF the strickest anti-dispensaFy
persuasion,
Only few of the counties of the state
| nave dlspensaries, said he, and at most
OF the places where they are established
they are boycotted to large extent.
But, queried bystander who ex-
poets to make a trip to the Palmet to
state soon, what do the boyeotters do
for drinkl"
"Oh, well they got there in some way
though the way might be somewhat dark
and peculiar" And the colonel went ON
TO tell OF the great malarial remedy and
tonic that is being sold in large and small
quantities by the ex-barkeeper who con
tlnued to sell soft drinks. Malaria, he
SAID, has suddenly seized on to numbers
OF formerly very healthy people
IN South Carolina. The tonic is known
IS put up in quart bottles the bottles
being shaped as Monterey" and
something like an old WORKOUT brogan
that had adorned the feet of wool hat.
Monterey claims Just enough of real stuff
TO make one feel himself, but the per-
centage OF alcohol comes within the reg
ulatlons OF the dispensary When a man
walks into the bar he says doctor, give
me dose of t0nic,u and he gets a drink
OF Monterey But he must never say
drink" always call for dose" And
Ihen the ex-barkeeper is always addressed
as doctor"
Governor Tillman, learning of the sud
den popularity of Monterey, began expert
mentlng on one or more convicts az the
state penitentiary. He had one of them
drink bottle of the tonic, so that he
could determine whether 1t was a medi-
cine or an int0xieant. 1t is said that
while the fellow in stripes was made sick
oy The experiment, he called for more
Monterey.
What about beer colonel2'' was asked
by one of the group
'Beerl Well Just few minutes ago
enjoyed a glass, that was cool and foam
ing, and l took it like free man, butt you
see, got that here in Savannah, which is
at this time very much more of a free
cVuhsAS bAdh our Brduu Gu SBuJe across
the river, But if you come over my side
and you want beer I'll put you on to it.
You go to a soft drink establishment,
call for cider or something like that and
at the same time wink the other eye,'
and you'll find it more than likely
that the bartender will make mistake
and hand you out bottle of beer instead
Of what you ordered Then, again, you
walk into place, buy a lucent cigar-ef
course we make good cigars there-then
you walk to rear of the store, and if YOU
see jug or keg just draw your drink,
and there you are. You must take the
drink as the keeper of the place can
neither sell nor give you the stuff"
The colonel said blind tigersn and
speak easies' are abroad in the land
But they are run with great eau
ton. 1t is reported that clubs
are organized in some places, and the
liquors and beer are hidden in cases out
in the woods near town. Those who icln
the club are carried through regVAar
initiation, with goat attachments, and
are bound by pledges to never reveal
their connection with the club.
$50 you see,'' said the colonel, tive
are not so dry after ais and we haven't
got to patronize the dispensaries either"