The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-22
CATEECHEE LETTER.
Relationship Of the Dispensary
and the Tiger.
OUR SCRIBE FIXES KINSHIP,
Personal News Notes of Interest to Many
of Our Readers.

are scarce, but as the by cor.
respondent from Liberty, Mr.. G.,
tried to show up the relationship
between prohibition and the dis
pensary, we thought it nothing
amiss to name the klnship between
the old bar room systom and the
dlspensary. 1t is a categorical fact
that these two evils are very close
~ allied, being agnateo, and we
find by studying human nature
that wheA two mean breeds ara
mixed sthe devil aint apining for
the offspring. Take a .mulatto for
instance; there is enough of negro
III him to make him moan and
enough of white man in him to
know how to execute his mean.
ness, consequently he is worse than
if he was a full blooded negro.
Now the Old bar room system
was a rude rough, kind of young
fellow who made his father all
kinds Of fair promises that he
would keep good company, allow
no disturbance around him, would
tolerate nothing that was not iu
accordance with his fathers (Uncle
Sam will, if granted pass for so
long. Well, after all kinds Of fair
promises and pledges and in con.
sideration Of a little cash, old nan
Business, not realizing tho danger
he was placing over his sons head,
for the laws in old man Business
time were not as strict as they
wore when his son made appl.ca.
tion for pass, went ahead and
granted the request of his son.
Well tho son went out and the
old man never heard any moro
from him in some time. Young
Bar at that time had his nearest
headquarters at Greenvllle, S. G. ,
and his only relative in Pickens
county was a half brother up on
Eastatoe called Blind Tiger. The
only distinction between the two
brothers was the one in Greenvillo
could do business Oh the side walk
in daylight and in the cellar at
night and On Sundays, while the
one IN Pickens county up on East
atoe had to transact his business
in the woods, in old houses, etc. :,
wherever ho could hide from his
step daddy on the account of not
having pass. Well things went
OH this way for some time and
both did 9 very respectable busi-
ness 50 far as the financial part
was concerned. But Mr.. Bar of
GreenviIlo had some advantage
over Mr.. Tiger Of Pickens.
In those days thero wore no cot
ton mills in Pickens county to con-
sumo the raw material made in
said county, consequently the lar
geat part of the cotton raised in
Plckens county was carried to
Greenville and sold. Well, of
course after the cotton was sold
and tho boys got the cash they
could not afford to wait to drive
back home and then plum to East.
tatoe tc get to see Mr.. Tiger when
they were within a few steps OF
his half brother, Mr.. Barr, who Of
fered every courtesy that could be
shown so far as the money went.
Well, as Mr.. Bar treated thom SC
nicely and was SO kind in letting
them have anything they called
for the boys traded out nico bill
with Mr.. Barr as Mr.. Barr assured
them that there was no danger in
carrying his goods into Pickens
county and that they could do SC
boldly and above board, while il
they waited to go back to trade
with his half brother in Pickens
county they had to be careful about
who saw them and especially not
to expose the goods they bought o.
Mr.. Tiger for fear Of future trouble
With all this in Wow and beins
very thirsty at that timo the boys
leid in good supply, hence who;
they came home they we're dresse,
up so to speak, out of money, il
debt aud cared for nothing, tn.
old woman raised q racket abou
her and tho children being bare