The leader., 1905-06-21
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
ALLEGED "CARBONATED FOAM" JOINT
RAlDED SATURDAY NIGHT
AND CLOSED.
A Large Quantity Of Genuine Beer
Captured BY Constable Blue.

DUMMY" CALHOUN ARRESTED A
SECOND TINE FOR RUNNING A
TIGER.
The readers Of The Leader are
acquainted with the facts about
Magee's alleged carbonated
foam" joint which was opened in
this city about two months ago.
After a trial before the Mayor
and escaping conviction on the
charge of selling intoxicants un-
der the disguise of a beverage la
heled carbonated foam, = Magee
was indicted by the grand jury on
a similar charge which is still
pending. A few days after Magee
was indicted, a young man named
Floyd Calhoun, who had been as
sisting him in running the joint,
was tried and convicted in Mayor
Lanier's court and fined $50. 90 on
an affidavit sworn out by City
Marshal Hurst, charging him with
unlawful retailing. Magee's
place, which had been closed for
several days before Calhoun's con-
viction, remained closed; but it
soon became rumored around that
Magee had severed all connection
with the business and that the
goods he had on hand had been
moved out Of town on the Monti-
cello road beyond the Jurisdiction
Of the city authorities by certain
silent partners,o and the joint
opened up again out there with
Calhoun, fresh from conviction in
the Mayors court, in charge.
This occurred the last week of
Circuit Court, after the grand iu-
ry had been. discharged. Here,
according to the reports that soon
began to circulate, the same sus-
picious drinks were dealt out and
the same tippling class Of custom
ers commenced to swarm around
that bad given the joint it's justly
obnoxious reputation in town, ex-
cept that the drunkenness and dis
order gave promise of becoming
much worse, as it was beyond
police protection.
A great many people were com
menting and complaining over
this situation and saying that Sher-
iff Applewhite or Constable Blue
should deal summarily with the
joint and its keeper as City Mar
shal Hurst had done in town, and
that no such place should be allow
ed to exist in a law-abiding com
munity; but up to last Saturday
night no move in this direction
had been made.
Late Saturday evening Citizen
Hobbs, who had heard the reports
and complaints referred to a good
many times, but had never seen
the joint in its new location, took
a sick friend out for ride in bis
buggy. After riding him around
for an hour or so, he carried him
home and then before returning
home himself, between s and 8
O'Clock, decided to ride out the
Monticello road a short distance
in the bright June moonlight and
see If he could locate the much
talked-of scarbonated foam joint.
Stopping In front of a small, new
frame house with narrow front
gallery, situated on the road side
about three hundred yards east Of
Rose Hill Cemetery gate, be had
no difficulty in recognizing it as
the place. An empty hack with
two horses hitched to it and the
driver holding them stood in front
of the steps, which were some &c
or 25 feet from the main road.
The door to one Of the two front
rooms was open, and through il
from where Citizen Hobbs sat il
his buggy on the road side be
could see the short bar" or coun.
ter on the opposite side of the
room, and above and behind that
on shelves against the wall q few
bottles of pickles, catsup, ETC.,
strung along as a sort of side-line
to the main business. An 8 or 1(
candle power kerosene lamp sal
on the rude bar or counter, anC
behind this Manager Calhoun's
face was recognized Id the lamE
light from time to time as liz
would duck down and up agar
serving thirsty customers with al
legged carb0nated foam, which
they generally turned up to theil
mouths, with head thrown back,
and swigged from the bottle. Il
was soon discovered that some 81
| the customers we're served witt
carbonated foam il the righi
hand front room, which was en-
Itered from the bar through I
partition door. The front door D.
this room which opened on the
gallery was tightly closed, thl
partition door slightly aiar, anC
| the end and front windows closely
Icurtained.
After sitting there something
like half hour and noting Iii
various movements about thl
lplace, G. Fl. observed three meI
IemeFge through the partition
door, one Of them apparently wei
under the influence of liquor, ge
Into the hack and drive of towars
Etown. IT was also observed chat
majority Of the patrons Of thl
/ place seemed 10 be young men
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