The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-02
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 Dent Buy Your own Chickens. ] When you get ready to purchase . Department yesterday afternoon. "be sure that you do not buy chicken that already belongs to you. Such things are liable to happen this time on some part of the fowls anatomy, that you will be able to detect in such the mark before the ple is made" that had just been tried in the Re- corder's Court, in which William Nor. ris had been sentenced to a term of lSo days for the alleged theft of five The warrants causing the negro's conviction were sworn out by c: Y. Bogacki and G.. w. Arberry, both Of Highland Park The first of the war rants accused Morris of the theft from his premises of four chickens. two of which were valued at $1, and the other two s5: The warrant sworn out by MT, Arberry charged the negro with the theft of only one chicken. the value of which was placed at 50 cents. It Is said that Morris is one Of the daytime chicken thiefs that troubled the cit yto some extent last year. The mode Of operation of such engaged parties; as explained. is for them to Tor the summer. and to steal fowls while the sun is at its zenith. By th!s. 1t is claimed, the negroes try to divert suspicion ,Ssf tSav by causing people % to think enter the premises on which they are seen.
 The other characteristics of this gang. 1t seems, is to dispose of such chickens to the parties from whom they stole them. if possible: failing this. it Is claimed they try the next door neighbor and generally succeed in get ting rid of their stolen property at
 Morris is r years of age. He was Loe. charge of trespass which was entered against him was dismissed ow- had been guilty of this violation. Soda TOuntains h Charleston.
 T never will forget the time in July, 1903. when the South Carolina ting out saloons" said South Car olinian yesterday. T was in Charles ton then. It was hot. sultry night and every boozer for miles around was congregate1 in the saloons up to the last minute. One would have thought it was Christmas night to have wit messed the revelry. When the clock struck midnight the bars were yelled and two officers of the law walked in
 "A person would have thought then that saloons would have been com pletely abandoned in South Carolina used use to their toddies and mixed drinks were rather Respondent and a great many people predicted financial disas- ter for Charleston.
 But despite the State law, senti- ment began gradually to creep on the other side in Charleston until today d person visiting the Carolina port would hardly know that 1t Is in dispensary State. They have saloons there but from appearances they are soda foun- tains. nicely kept and with bottles of ginger ale and sparkling aperient wa ters on the counter. Way back in some private chamber they have whis- key and peer stored away. Occasion ally officers known as spies. come in and pull the place, and they do this just often enough to get sufficient fines to make up for regular license about it. he can run on indefinitely i'll this way, and numbers of them do
 T have been wondering what wili be the 1uteonie outcome! in Georgia under the tion, 1t might be vastly different from the dispensary system. It seems to me that it would be greatly more diff ficult to get around the law"
 Clans Used For Raxor.
 Did you ever know of glass being used for tonsorial purposes?' asked an observant Montgomerian yesterday. Well, it's fact, and I made the dis covery a few days ago. I saw the piece of glass which was said to be used for such purposes, neatly wrapped up in rag, polished and fairly sharp"
 The speaker spied a cocoa-cola bot tie. Breaking 1t. he presented a portion of the convex lens to his auditor. and continued.
 The case that I have reference to was one that l ran across at police headquarters. A negro had been ar rested, and among h.s possessions was a piece of glass. just about the size of this one. It had broken off smoothly, and the edge of the fmprovised razor was fairly sharp, extending in length about three inches.
 T was told that negroes very fre- Quently resort to such an instrument for their shaving purposes, and it was also explained to me that the broken glass made very good substitute for the razors that are regularly in use. watch over his article. kept 1t well cleaned and cared for as if realizing friend of substantial merit
 It could not be ascertained whether or not shaving soap was used In con- junction with the glass. or whether substitute for this also offered itself to the use of the self barbers. The Opin- ion. however, seemed to be that the board was slightly moistened, and that the edge of the glass did the rest.
 General Superintendent J. N. Brand. of the Atlantic Coast Line, with head quarters in Savannah. was in Mont gOmery yesterday on an inspection of the companys lines and property in this city. He returned to Havannah last night.
 Mir. NJ. Riddle Superintendent of the Jacksonville division of the Atlantic Coast Line WIS in the city for several hours yesterday morning. He reached here over the Coast Line at 9:15 a. m. in his private car, and left here at 12:45 D. m. over the Western Railway of Alabama for Atlanta.
 Messrs. w. O. Mulkey, P. c. Beach and J. r. Johnson of Geneva are at the Exchange.
 MT Winston Jones has returned from Demopolis. where Ne has been visiting relatives.
 Messrs. C H. Thigpen and A. H. Hill of Brantley, are visiting the city. Professor J E. Hundley, of Pine HiN Wilcox County, is in the city Mir | c oakley of CenterVillo IS