Scrapbook of South Carolina State Dispensary memorabilia, 1894.

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Scrapbook of South Carolina State Dispensary memorabilia, 1894.

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Volume contains clippings and ephemera relating to the issue of prohibition, and more specifically to the South Carolina Dispensary System and the insurrection in Darlington, South Carolina in 1894. Clippings contain information about the "Darlington Whiskey Rebellion," Gov. Benjamin R. Tillman, prohibition, and the South Carolina State Dispensary. A printed form on the inside cover entitled "The Darlington Martyrs" provides spaces for signatures and amounts of money donated to erect a monument in memory of the martyrs, Frank E. Norment and Louis Redmond, who were "murdered by whiskey spies, at Darlington, S.C., March 30th, 1894." Other ephemera include labels - marked "South Carolina State Dispensary"--Bottles of brandy and whiskey distilled in Columbia (S.C.) and in cities in other states. One label carries the seal of The State Board of Control, South Carolina certifying the purity of "this brand of Liquor."

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Holmes, A. Baron.

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Charleston, South Carolina bookseller, stationer, and Confederate veteran. From the description of Scrapbook of South Carolina State Dispensary memorabilia, 1894. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32139838 Charleston, South Carolina bookseller, stationer, and Confederate veteran. A. Baron Holmes was elected a delegate to represent Palmetto Guard Camp No. 315 at the state reunion and convention in 1899. From the description of Scrapbook ...

South Carolina. State Board of Control

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South Carolina. Dispensary.

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Norment, Frank E., ca. 1859-1894.

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Redmond, Louis L., ca. 1869-1894.

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Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918

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Farmer, governor of South Carolina, 1890-1894, and U.S. senator, 1895-1918; from Trenton (Edgefield Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1894-1897. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20400241 The series title represents "Personal Unprocessed" and was designed as such by staff at the South Caroliniana Library as part of their system of classifying collections. Apparently this part of the Tillman Papers was processed at a later date than the Incoming and Outg...