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It’s a Long Time Between Drinks in Carolina Lore
A hundred years after the phrase spread, North Carolina lore pins the remark on Governor Edward B. Dudley and Governor Pierce Mason Butler said in 1838 during a Raleigh–Durham visit. Competing versions place the line in Columbia and even White Sulphur Springs, W Va, with various governors named. The tale ties to political meaning and notable antebellum figures.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Raleigh
Durham
Edward B. Dudley
Pierce Mason Butler
Nancy Jones
Laney
Nancy
Dudley
C. Trenholm McClenaghan
Columbia
S. C
L. D. Childs
Carolina National Bank
James L. Orr
Anderson
Childs
Jonathan Worth
Tarheels
S. A
Vance
Hampton
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Greenbrier
South
Edgefield District
William Butler
Lincoln
Young Butler
Columbia Bank
Florida
Butler
Great Western Railroad
Charleston
Ohio
Kentucky
Mississippi Valley
Buttler
Indian Territory
Texas