The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-11
IT'S A LONG BETWEEN
Tarhee|s Hand Down Explanation
Of Now Noted Remark
"lAUD THE GOVERNOR Of \. CAR" ETC
SOUTH CAROLINA CHIEFTAIN
WAS NOT TO BE Deferred
BY SILENCE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE nigh
on which the Kentuckfans handed the
stirrup cup to Mr.. Watterson in this
city on the eve of his going away tt
the hooks of the dining room before
and after the regular program. Thi:
one was listened to with much inter.
est:
You Kentuckians," said a guest from
Georgia, have heard all your live!
about that remark which the governor
of North Carolina received from thu
governor of South Carolina. The story
has been passed down from one gen.
Grafton to another, each generation be.
lieving in the tradition a little more
than the previous one.
well, fellow colonies, I was dowr
in the Palmetto state a few weeks ago
and while l was enjoying the hospi.
tally Of kinsman of Wade Hampton
he assured me one evening while we
were indulging in the conviviality
characteristic of a southern home that
the story was a fact. l am going tc
tell you what he said as we'll as 1 can
recall it, trusting to your charity to
make due allowance for lapses which
events of this sort entail.
"a governor of South Carolina was
the guest of governor of North Caro-
lima. The latter, in honor Of his guest,
had prepared Tarheel dinner. That
is to say, bacon and yam were the
great temptations.
After the feast the Tarheel execu-
tive invited his Palmetto guest to have
a pipe on the veranda of the mansion.
Between the two big chairs capacious
demijOhn was placed. 1t was filled with
corn, copper-distilled whisky from a
North Carolina retort.
LAS often as the pipes were filled the
demijohn was tilted and the liquid
gurgled into a gourd This the North
Carolina governor handed to the ex-
ecutive from South Carolina, who
drank off to the half mark and
handed the gourd to his host, who fin
iShed it.
Good Turpent,ne.
Il was even told the main topic of
conversation between the governors
1t was the turpentine of one state and
the rice of tho other state
'The governor of South Carolina,
said my host, was a large man and full
of pores. Such a man can drink a thin
man to a finish any day The liquor
eNudes as fast as it is swallowed
80 the South Carolina executive was
in fresh condition most of the time.
The Tarheel executive knew his weak
ness and began to mig on his gourd
early and in doing so he ladled out
about three drinks to the Palmetto man
to one for himself.
But gentlemen-I mean colonels-
the North Carolina governor in spite
of his caution and in spite of his COM
putatiOn as to the capacity of his guest
was the first to be overcome. His pipe
fell from his lips. He careened in his
great chair and fell asleep.
1.-The governor of South Carolina was
too polite man to notice the somno-
lent condition Of his host Continuing
his argument on the staple product of
his state he held his gourd near the
mouth of the demijohn, which had run
dry, and finally noticing that the gourd
mas not as moist as it should be the
governor of South Carolina cut out his
remarks ON staple products and asked
abruptly:
Damned Long Time.
Governor, don't you think it's a
damned long time between drinks?'
THE governor of North Carolina
slept on. His faithful body servant,
hearing the inquiry of his excellency
from South Carolina and not wanting
to be chagrined by the failure of his
master to extend his great hospitality,
slid off the edge of the veranda and
took to the woods
The governor of South Carolina.
noticing the continued absence of Ian
guage from his host and also noticing
the decamping Of the servant, likewise
having tapped the demijohn and finding
it like last years bird nest, slowly
arose, laid aside the gourd, ambled to
the stile block, mounted his charger
az
horse never hesitated until he bore his
master across the state line.
Then the governor of South Caro-
lima looked back and shook his gaunt-
let in the direction whence he had
come. When the governor of North
Carolina came out of his comatose con-
dition and realized his humiliation he
broke the demijohn and smashed the
gourd.