The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-12-13
A GROVE JUBILANT.

SHADY HRUVE JUblLANI,
Used" TickIed to Death at the Waning
Dispensary, but Fears his Friend, the
"State," May flake Prohibitionlsts
Throw up their Hands by Showing his
High License Card Too Soon.
Shady Grove, Dec. 10 1905.
Press and Banner; 2
Dear Gents
had the biggest row at my house
SADLY evenin' / calkerlate, that ever
happened in Shady Grove. My kids
from time inmemoral hev allus saved
the bladders at hog KILN time an KEEP
en- bowed up to bust on Chfistmus.
Well last SADLY evenin I wus reden'
Deacon Smiths Estate" when ! cum
across a peece that just nacherly mad6
me Jump with joy, and as I wus kicA-
in off q few strans Of Georgia Buck
on the back pyaza. I spied them blast
ed bladders, that the kids had hung up
for Christmas. The. temtation was 80
great an I wus feelin 80 good I cudent
resist, 80 I jerked them bladders down
and wus on to EN- like 81 thousan
of blick, in q second. They made q
splendid report too, consideren, but the
howl it RACED when them kids found 1t
out! Oh mommer! ! had to promise
EN- four cania crackers apeece afore !
cud sleep q wink SADLY night. The
cause of the hole thing Wus, as ! said,
the follerin quotation from the State.
Here it is: ~, D.;
"The State Is not an advocate Of prohfhl-
ton and II Is sincerely and earnestly OPP
posed to the dispensary SYSTEM"
Them the words as I cut en- ont Of
an editorial in Saddy's State, an me
thinkin, mind yer, that the State paper
wus fur prohibition mebby.
Such expresshuns as, Don't give up
the ship" We have met the enemy and
they're ourn," "Veni Vidi Vysy," ct
setera, fade into utter insigni6cance as
compared the immortal words of the
State" IS quoted above. Them words
ought to be framed and put into every
home in Shady Grove and I'd be willin
to contribate to that effect.
Ishore was glad to see the Dispensary
get another kick, but I think the STATE
made a ,greejus blunder. 1t might or
said that it was agin the dispensary and
stopped. They amt no need to flourish
high license in the face of such fsllers
Is Deacon Smith until the ole dad gas,
ted. d~ispensary is a thing of the past.
Flourish In high license at fellers Like
the Deacon Is same as shakin q red rag
at q Mexican bull i srnestly bog mister
Gonzales, Of the State" not to mep-
ton Liscence agin until we git the dea,
con and a few others to help us git nd
of this ouss on cuntry, the ~dispensary
after we rid oursels Of that, we can a.
ford to fetch ont the red rag, which VIC
shorely will do. J..
You orter seen Deacon Smiths coun.
nance when he Civ me that copy OF the
State" and tole me to read it; the ole
Teller looked like he'd eat too many
green apples, aud judgin from hi
+6siognomy he was bout ready to cuss
the cat I dident know what was
wrong with the Deacon until I read
that peace and then I realized what 9
serious mistake our fren OF the State
made. faint no use THROWN the fat II
the fire thatawey boys, Just keep your
mug closed on this License business and
cuss the dispensary.
The time amt long off, boys, when
we can 20 to ole Abbeville and buy 8
little corr or rye or gin OF rum, and gil
it list as many times a day as we want it,
and any time or night too. We'el be
able, to treat q fren and take a social
game of billiards or pool or mos any
thing you want. In uther words we're
goin to haye things like we had. EN-
long'ago. =, o.,
I can't keep from GRIMM when ]
think of Deacon Smiths situation. Hell
scairt about the outcome Of vatap' out
the dispensary and yet he can't help it,
caHss he can't vote fur ticker in any
form (sf course yotip for the dispen'
sary is Eotip for restriction on license.
but the Deacon thinks its Yotin for lick
or an I ANT goin ter tel him any better,
puther) tole ther Deacon luther day
that il we-that is, if they-puts q
lasses barrel full OF free Ticker on every
corner Of Abbeyills square after the dis
pensarywas voted out it made no dit
ference to him. since he has done hi
dooty; but licenses River! how h
WINGED when I made that remark
I'm fraid he's gettin shaky.
Hooraw for the ''state," but femme
tell you sumthin, stop shakin red rags
you're maxim men like Deacon Smith
too spicious. =
have the homer to RENAME,
Yours truly.
Gnilarmn Sad