The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-09-08

special supper which the tavern was
advertising, and they had good large
mugs beside them as they ate. l
came out Of the front door, through
the soda water place. No one was
buying anything then. There was
sign "Ice Cream Soda, 5 cents.
Broadway Quality at Blocker Street
Prices."> But the sticky lines on the
inside of the syrup bottles did not
seem to have gone down much during
the day. At the beginning they had
an arrangement for selling beer to
women at the soda fountain; | do
NOT know if it continues. | am glad
to say that I saw no women buying
it.
waited for another day, and came
again. l had been twice on hot
Saturday. l came at 9 o'clock on
Monday. This tinne," I said, Il
must buy something. I will try that
ice cream soda. 1t cannot be very
bad, and if at all good would be very
agreeable this hot morning" But l
did not buy it. Instead I ordered
non-alcoholic drink that comes bot
tied. And I have faith to believe
that the stains on the glass from
which I drank it were all on the out
side.
The young man behind the coun-
ter had on a white duck cc~+, but it
was a last weeks one. Two helpers
were getting the fountain into shape
for the days business, and at that
moment were rejacking the ice cream.
They wore exceedingly dirty overalls
and shirts likewise, and'eone of them
was smoking a cigarette with half
inch of ash on the end which he
held carelessly directly over the open
vessel Of ice cream. The flyspecks
about the fountain hid apparently in
creased. I regarded them more care
fully as I talked with the
Young man and drank my
glass. The flies still found
the throats of the syrup bottles an
open thoroughfare to something OF
interest to them inside This was
whv, against my we'll considered res
olution, did not buy soda.
went back into the reading room.
There were some new morning pa
ners. There was the familiar copy
OF Golfers some Of the leaves now
pulled out, and the same nameless
,?agazi1e in the cover. Some one
i added a single copy. and not Z
late one, OF a paper once excluded
iron; c,le mails. I'll was after nine
o'clock and they were beginning to
mop the floor.
wen: into the barroom and en-
Gagged the young man behind the bar
in conversation. He had damp
towel over his shoulder, and was
w;ping lot of glasses, which he ar
ranged neatly on the shell with bot
ties of Old Tom gin and Wilson's
| wl1iskev and the rest. | told him
frankly that | was visiting the place
20 ask questions, and was interested
in the movement on its phllanthrop-
ic side. He had a watery eye and
husky voice. I do not pretend to
Judge the cause.
The only difference between this
here and any other saloon," said he,
then began again and omitted the
word ''other." THE only difference
between this and any saloon is, that
man can't buy no more here when
he's full"
This statement he repeated several
times with slight modification. But
| discovered TWO other differences
/ between that and some saloons.
! The Subway Tavern is locked Up
~ Sunday. "AlI shut uD, the whole
:l;~@: i We opened the ;oun ain,
. wed have 20 open The bar, OF course,
said he. He added that some saloons
had lost The KEY ~ their front door: