The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-09
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Answers Eil-rbe--Nnm.s tn" Times and
Places of the Alleged Usc .f whisltry
ana y. oms to t:nvc His Facts
Straight.


morning, l made The charge that
whiskey was shipped to certain
points in the State during the cam
paign by houses from which tho dis
pensary buys liquor.
In yesterdays papers Governor
Ellerbe calls on mo to specify.
1t must be borne in mind that |
made no charge against any particu.
lar candidate, or candidates. I was
discussing the dispcnsary system,
and undertaking to show how it had
beon and always would be nsod rs a
political machine. AS proof of this
| made the above charge
first made the charge in my
speech at Aiken, OH August 22nd in
presence OF Governor IGllerbe and
tho other candidates. At that time
the charge was not denied, nor the
proof demanded. But now tho gov
ernor wants no to specify, which I
will proceed to do.
lst. A box Of whiskcy WAS shipped
to Laurons, S. c., by express on Au-
gust 4th, 1893. On tho day of the
campaign meeting it was used and
handed out to such parties rs wore
thirsty and belonged to the faithful.
1t came from Il house in Philadel-
phia, from which the dispensary buys
liquor. The box weighed ,!5 pounds.
Another toA, weighing 60 pounds,
WAS also received from tho same
source the same day, but was shipp-
ed to different party
1t is not necessary that should
give the names Of tho parties to
whom it was shipped, for 1 have nc
desire to injure these parties in the
lenst.
I'd. At Spartanburg on the day of
the campaign meeting at that place
discovered that n quantity of the
stuff was on hand and was being
freely used. was reliably informed
that it had been shipped there few
days before to tho representatives OF
certain whiskcy houses who either
had sold, or hoped to sell, theil
wares to the dispensary. BY whom
it was shipped know not. That i,
was shipped there and used as abov,
stated is absolutely certain.
3d. A goodly supply was on hunt
the day Of tho campaign meeting ii
Anderson and used freely. Where
it came from | am not prepared tt
say, but it could hardly have come
from the local dispensary, for it wa.
generally understood that that place
was closed.
| have specified time and place
aud great many Of tho candidate.
know that what have stated is true
How the "hiskcy could have bcor
thus shipped, in open violation O
tho dispensary law, without some
body's being arrested and punishr,
can be very readily surmised.
That such open and flugrant viola
tons Of the law have been indulpct
in frequently no srno man can doubt
1t is the system and tho name
in which it is enforced (?) that | an
after, not men.
BY the way, it has been indus
triously circulated bv somo Of m,
personal enemies and by friends O
tho dispensary that have ha,
whiskey shipped to mo at dirercn
times and have frequently been OF
sprees myself. At tho meeting a
Laurons [ denounced snch reports Il
false and my enemies dared not tr
to furnish tho proof. did say a
that meeting that on ono occasio
last fall ! ordered for medicinal pur
poses a bottle of blackberry brand
and " bottle Of rye whiskcy. Thos
were turned over to my wife an
somo OF the contents have been use
M medicine. | also stated that O
similar occasions last yoar | bougl
whiskey from the dispensnry for m
wife's grandfather, Dr. William Do
roh, who was an aged man and sic
for many months before he died. ..
such conduct on my part is a Grim
| stand guilty.