The word grocery, as applied in the South, has a far different meaningthan that intended in the North. A grocery in the South is a placewhere whisky and other intoxicating beverages are sold, and, as ageneral thing, at these places the planters and others congregate todrink, carouse, gamble, quarrel, and fight. This was the kind of groceryJames Wilson was going to start in Saulsbury, and the thought of aidingeven under protest and unwillingly in the establishment of one of thesehells caused me much anxiety. I made every effort to get relieved fromthis odious work, but without avail.