The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-27
VINOUS VAT
WAS VACANT
No Buying Of Beer by
Bibu1ous.
SUNDAY IS SEVERELY SOBER
Two Violators Of Law Arrested by
Patrollmen.
Blue Coats on the Alert for Any In
fringement of the Ordinance and
Only One Drunk Man Found
All Day.

Montgomery's vinous vat was vacant
yesterday.
Police Chief Taylor and Sheriff Bel
sci caused Montgomery's liquor laden
vessel to be topped with a heavy lid
to the discontinue of the thrice
thirsty. There were but two leaks In
the liquor lid. and the police recorded
them on the log book.
Yesterday will be remembered by
those who possessed a craving for the
daily tardy or the foaming stein Sun
day was an extrao I'd inarily dry day.
as viewed by the thirsty. Montgomery
and Its vicinity were under the strict
surveillance of specially instructed DO
lice and deputies. The result was an
almost total absence of Sunday sell
ing.
Chief Taylor had a large force of
patrolmen deployed day and night to
catch those who might be so bold as to
violate the Sunday law. and, from the
net results, is seems that Montgomery's
Sunday sales must have fallen Off some
few per centum
The police watched every nook and
corner In Greater Montgomery. The
blue coats kept on the alert for in
fringers of the law. Two arrests were
made for disposition of intoxicating
fluids.
The police entered a charge of Sun
day violation against C. J. StrebiIe, a
white man who conducts a saloon at
the corner of Jefferson and Union
Streets. Patrolmen Mailer and Jor-
dan. who made the arrest little after
y a. m. allege that Strebile was de-
livering six bottles of beer to two
negroes, Manuel Lee and Pink Lee.
The beer was recovered by the police
and the negroes were taken to police
headquarters for being In a saloon on
Sunday.
Patrolmen cantey and Williamson
allege that they discovered T. w.
Crowder. a negro, selling beer early
Yesterday afternoon at his saloon at
the corner of Union and Pollard
Streets. They arrested Crowder for
violating the Sunday law. and also
brought charges against w. B. Savage
Jerry Webb Clay Dixon. George Saw
age and George Millen, negroes found
in the saloon.
The day was exceptionally quiet and
only one drunken person was arrested
throughout the Sabbath. This is
taken to be a strong indication that
the lid was certainly on. No arrests
for Sunday violations in the county
were reported
In the line of Sunday breaking, how
ever. Patrolmen Hammond and Tina
gard arrested A. Merrouse. a white
man, late yesterday afternoon. II is
alleged that he had his store open
on Chandler Street in North Montgom-
cry and 1t is further charged that he
was conducting a fruit stand without
a license Merrouse, who Is foreign
err, is therefore charged with violat-
ing both the Sunday law and the rev.
enue law
The same officers arrested Judge
Franklin and jamie Taylor. negroes,
about the same time, the former for
Sunday breaking and the latter for
violating the revenue law.
All are scheduled to have hearings
before Recorder Baber this afternoon.
Shortly before midnight another ar
rest was made for violating the Sun
day law. Reedie Taylor. a negro, was
arrested for selling liquor on the Sab
bath day. He is connected with ne
gro club on Randolph Street. between
Decatur and cambridge. The arrest
was made by Patrolmen Roberts and
Curtis.