The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-08
NOT A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE
w. A. jenkins Explains His Position
in the Boycott Matter.

in the Boycott Matter.
There were no further Developments
yesterday in the proposed boycott by the
liquor dealers, and their friends. against
the members of the Law and Order
League and those who employ them
As has already been stated in the Morn
ing News the trouble originated through
W A. jenkins refusing to deal with Thee
Groot because the latter, in connection
with his grocery, also handled liquors
When orders stopped coming in from
jenkins. Mr.. Groot sent his wagon driver
to find out the cause. and he was told by
Mrs Jenkins that orders had been stop
ped because Mr.. Groot dealt in liquors.
What followed Immediately after can
best be seen from the following letter:
Savannah. June 4-Mr w. A. Jenkins.
City: Dear Willie-My porter delivered
the message from Mrs. jenkins, that you
object to her trading with me in the
future, because 1 am engaged in the
liquor business. 1 am very sorry that
you have seen fit to take such step,
which to my mind seems to be very un-
just and ungrateful, to say the very least.
If you had some cause some fault with
perfectly right to buy to your best adj
vantage, but because l am engaged In
the liquor business, which is as lawful
and legitimate as any other, is simply
foolish. l don't think l ever tried TO in
huence you to drink liquor, nor have
you ever seen any disorder or drunken
ness in my store. I also can say truth
fully that l have never disregarded the
Sunday law. Now, suppose l would give
and ranOrt this
case to the knights of the Royal Arch,
which is composed of liquor dealers IN
the city and all over the Union, the re-
suit would not be very beneficial to you
nor your firm. I hope you will look at
the matter in a different light. know
the liquor traffic has caused probably
considerable trouble, l agree with Sam
Jones all right and don't expect to be
ia 1t all my life, but don't think your
method will help matters any. Yours very
truly, "Theo. Groot
Mr.. Jenkins said yesterday that in re-
| ply to this letter he had written Mr..
| Grot that the only part of the letter that
| had hurt him was that threatening him
| with the enmity of the knights of the
| Royal Arch and that SO far as he him
self was concerned ne didn't care, but he
| saw no reason why the firm by which he
was employed should be brought into the
| matter. Anu Llldl lHSlS WOAN -foOV
people in the city of his way of thinking
in regard to the sale of liquor.
| MIR. Groot was seen yesterday. He did
not show Mr.. Jenkins letter but said
that in it jenkins had said that there
| were $500 people pledged not to buy goods
from any liquor dealer.
| Mr. jenkins says he is not a member oil
the Law and Order League, and has never
| been, and therefore he does not know te
| what the members of the organization
| pledge themselves.
| The report that the matter would be
taken up by the knights of the Roya
| Arch was also investigated by the Morn
ing News Charles Toussaint, the Valiant
Commander of the hodge, said that the
lodge would have nothing 10 do with it
In the first place he said that the great
majority of the membrs of the lodge are
in favor of Sunday closing, and while the
present case is actually a boycott agains
| Groot not because he has broken any law
but because he sells liquor and might b'
taken up by the lodge were Groot a mem
Der of 1t, he is not a member, and there
| fore the lodge had no concern in the mat
ter.
Not all of the members of the lodge
feel this way, however, as Toussaint ad
| mitted that some of them had asked hin
to call a special meeting of the lodge fo
the purpose of taking up the question o
the talked-of boycott. Toussaint said
though that no such meeting will be call
ed, and that II the matter Is brought be
fore the lodge at all it will be at reg
| ular meeting