Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-10
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FEATHERSTONE SPECIFIES.
Gives Times and Places Where Liquor wa
Used In the Campaign.


Under date of September 6, Prohi'
bition Candidate Featherstone sent
the following to the daily papers:
In nv interview which came out
| in the daily papers Saturday morning,
made the charge that whisky was
shipped to certain points in the state
during the campaign by houses from
which the dispensary buys liquor.
In yesterdays papers Governor Eli
lerby call on me to specify.
1t must be borne in mind that l
made no charge against any particu-
lar candidate, or candidates. l was
discussing the dispensary system, and
undertaking to show how it had been
and always would be used as politi-
cal machine. AS proof of this l made
the above charge. :.
1 first made the charge in my speech
at Aiken, on August 22nd, in presence
of Governor Ellerbe and the other
candidates. At that time the charge
was not denied, nor the proof demand
ed. But now the governor wants me
to specify, which I will proceed to do.
1st. A box of whisky was shipped
to Laurens, S. c., by express on Au-
gust 4, 1898. On the day of the cam
paign meeting it was used and handed
out to such parties as were thirsty and
belonged to the faithful. 1t came from
a house in Philadelphia, from which
the dispensary buys liquor. The box
weighed 45 pounds. Another box,
weighing 80 pounds, was also received
from the same source the same day,
but was shipped to different party.
1t is not necessary that / should give
the names of the parties to whom 1t
was shipped, for have no desire to
ipiure these parties in the least.
I'd. At Spartanburg, on the day OF
the campaign meeting at that place, l
discovered that quantity of the stuff
was on hand and was being freely used.
1 was reliably informed that it had
been shipped there a few days before
to the representatives of certain whis'
| XIV houses who either had sold, or
hoped to sell, their wares to the dis.
pensary. By whom it was shipped l
know not. That it was shipped there
and used as above stated is absolutely
certain.
Sd. A goodly supply was on hand
the day of the campaign meeting at
Anderson and used freely. Where it
came from I am not prepared to say,
but it could hardly come from the local
dispensary, for it was generally under
stood that that place was closed.
have specified time and place, and
great many of the candidates know
that what have stated is true. How
the whisky could have been thus ship,
ped, in open violation of the dispen-
sary law, without somebody's being
arrested and punished can be very
readily surmised.
That such open and fragrant viola,
tions of the law have been indulged
in frequently no sane man can doubt
1t is the system and the manner in
which it is enforced G? that am after
not men:
By the way, it has been industrious,
| ly circulated by some of my personal
enemies and by friends of the dispen:
sary, that I have had whisky shipped
to me at different times and have fire.
quently been on sprees myself. AT
the meeting at Laurens I denounced
such reports as false, and my enemies
dared not try to furnish the proof. l
did say at that meeting that on one
occasion last fall I ordered for medical
purposes a bottle of blackberry brandy
and bottle of rye whisky. These
were turned over to my wife, and
some of the contents have been used
as medicine. I also stated that on sim
liar occasions last year bought whis-
ky from the dispensary for my wife's
grandfather, DR.. William Dorroh, who
was an aged man and sick for many
months before he died. If such con.
duct on my part is a crime, stand
guilty. ,,
further stated and state now, that
I have not for years and years touched
whisky as beverage nor have l been
on sprees-and any charge to that ef'
feet is absolutely false-as can be tes'
tilted to by the best people in Laurens
Such false charges show how des-
perate some of the dispensary people
are and to what dirty things they will
resort to carry their point.
regert that it is necessary Tor me
to again make this statement.
Very truly, G. G. FEATHERsToNE.
WANTS MORE SPECIFICATIONS.
When Governor Ellerbe was called
upon in regard to the foregoing, he
dictated in reply the following:
"In reference to Mr.. Featherstone's
article, 1 have no desire to enter into
a newspaper controversy. 1 affirm
that no whisky was used by me in my
campaign, and if any whisky was
shipped by liquor houses who sell te
the dispensary, to any parties, it was
done without my knowledge or con
sent. 1 think it ill-becomes my oppo
nent to attempt to connect my name
iby insinuation) with the use of whisky
when he knows that the whisky re-
ferred to was not sent to me.
CT ock Mr. FeatherStOne in Justice