The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-08-23
Mr.. Cartledge's reply was as follows:

COLUMBIA S. c., August l6, 1898.
;"DEAR SIR AND BBoTHER: Yours of
August Z, came duly to hand, and i have
carefully considered contents Of same.
"The State of South Carolina at its last
session of the Legislature passed an act
prohibiting the sale Of liquors by anyone
except its own agent: This was done in
response to demand from the people for
agents and one Of my duties is to sell IL
ouor in unbroken packages to thoss citi-
zens who are of ace and who are known
not to be habitual drunkards. I Iconsider
this solemn responsibility, and in doing
it I have the benefit of clear conscience,
for T am carrying out law which GER
tainly is step in the right direction. from
q temperance standpoint, and one which
can be easily amended 30 as to meet the
views of the strictest prohibitionist.
only sell to those who will have liquor.
It is not part of my duty to solicit pat
ronage, but on the contrary can and do
refuse to those who are not able to ylse it
in moderation.
"Now, I have given you my answer,
and it is lett for you and the chu:ch to
say what your sense of duty requires you
to do.
81 am, very respectfully, yours,
"Rev. S. P. a. Elwell, Columbia, S. c."
To this DR.. Elwell replied:
COLUMBIA, s. c., August Is, 1893.
"Mr. Jackson Cartledge:
DEAR BRoTHER-I am fully advised
Of the law under which you conduct
your business. I regard it favorably as
an expedient, but it does not meet chose
moral conditions which the church and
the laws of God require. The State and
the church have always been at variance
on this subject.
eff you sold liquors only for medicinal
and mechanical purposes then the church
would be satisfied, as it would not con-
f1ict with her laws, which say: If any of
our preachers or members shall engage
in the manufacture or sale of spirituous Ii
quors as beverage, let them be dealt
with as in immortality
sThis position, if I am correctly in-
formed, with all Of its solemn RESPONSE
bilities' was not forced upon you or
there might have beeu some excuse for it
but you sought it yourself, II now you
find it involves Solemn responsibilities
the proper and manly thing for you to do
is to give it up, as the State does not COM
pei you to keep it. !.
"Now, my brother, I earnestly request
you to be at church next Sunday, as all
these matters will be considered i'm nledi-
ately alter preaching, and I will be glad
for you to make whatever statements you
may feel justified in making. I shall
expect you, as 7 wish to get through with
"Yours truly,
as. p. II. ELwELL."
From remarks heard to-day from both
sides of the controversy, it seems that Mr..
Cartledge and his friends feel that Mr..
Elwell will not be sustained by his con-
gregation. They charge that be is OH rec
ord as endorsing young man, a member
of his church, for position in the State
dispensary. This they think put him in
an awkward position, and cripples his
efforts to force Mr.. Cartledge out Of one
or the other places. They argue also that
several mem bers of the church will not
vote against Mr.. Cartledge, because they
have signed the petition for the removal
of one Of the dispensaries to their part Of
town for the benefit it will have on their
businesses. Having taken this position,
it is argued that they cannot vote for Mr..
Cartledge's dismissal and be consistent.
Two or three of the stewards of the
church are reported to have signed this
same petition, and the fight is looked for
ward to with decided interest.
Mr.. Cartledge very clearly indicates his
determination to hold his honors as
County dispenser without regard to what
the church does in his case.
A personal encounter occurred last
night between Willie Rlwell and Aleck
Cartledge, sons of Rev: 8. P. Fl. Eiwell
and Mr.. J. Cartledge respectively, and
the fact soon spread along Main street.
OF course, every body very naturally con-
cluded that it was occasioned by the pub
lication of the correspondence between
these two gentleman, but upon the at
tempt of the reporters to investigate it, it
was made to appear that it was on account
of horse. The publication was especial
ly accredited as beingthe cause when it
was learned that Rev: S. P. II. ElWell had,
during the afternoon, stated that il Mr..
Cartledge said that he had recommended
the young man referred to in the publi-
cation in the Journal for a position IL the
dispensary he had told an untruth. All
the information that could be ELECTED as
to the fight failed to disclose any ether
cause than the loan Of horse between
the parties.