The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-11-29
Beer and Whiskey are Seiz-
ed by Wagon Load and
Four Men are Placed I'm
der Arrest-64 Barrels of
Beer COnfiscated.
(Spartanburg Herald.)


retailing and seized whiskey and beel
by the wagonload. 1t was the biggest
haul ever made by the local police
fource, something like 81 barrels OF
beer an da dozen cases of whiskey be-
ing seized. Some of the barrels, it is
said, contain empty bottles, but just
how much is not known, as Chief
Hayes has not checked up the stock.
Clubs That Were Raided.
The clubs visited by the police were
the Shamrock, on Magnolia street
operated by Roland Paris; the In
dustrial, on North Church street, of
which Jim George and Will Tinsley
are said to be the proprietors; the
Yeomans club, on Wofford street,
said to be conducted by George and
Tinsley, and the Hampton club, near
the Southern station, said to be con-
Quoted by j. v. Worley. B. F. Bry-
ants restaurant on Magnolia street
was also raided.
Arrests Are Made.
Jim George was arrested at the In
dustrial club, Alex Rice was taken in
to custody at the Shamrock, Brown
was arrested at one of the clubs, and
Bryant was placed under arrest at his
restaurant. All of the men were es-
corted to police headquarters, where
they gave bond in the sum of $1OU
each.
At the Shamrock club "a barrels of
beer and several broken cases of
whiskey were seized, at the Hampton
club 22 barrels were confis@ted, II
barrels were found at the H3ustrial,
barrel was seizedA he Yec-
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3, 3 Beer rtby wagonload.
The raid at all four of the clubs
Was made at o'clock and was pulled
of simultaneously, thus preventing
one club manager from informing the
others that raid was in progress.
Great confusion prevailed in clubdom
when the officers walked into the es-
adjustments, showed their search
warrant and began rolling out beer
and whiskey by the barrel. AS fast
as the beer was rolled from the club
rooms they were loaded into wagons
and hauled to police headquarters,
several wagons being required to haul
the goods.
Chief Hayes had much difficulty in
finding storage room for all the beer
and whiskey, for after filling his pri-
vate office with Four Roses, Silver
Springs, Paul Jones and other brands
of choice goods, he stored the beer,
or as much of it as possible, in front
of the entrance to the police station.
Officers kept close watch on the Bud
weiser and Schlitz all last night. All
the stuff seized is the real article in
the beer and whiskey line. There was
not bottle of near beer to be found
in any of the barrels that happened to
be open. The beer was addressed to
various individuals in care of the
clubs of which they are members.
Police Secured Evidence.
In speaking of the raid, Chief of
Police Hayes said that he had been
planning visit to the clubs for some
time. About two weeks or ten days
ago he put his men to work securing
evidence against the social clubs that
are violating the law. His men, he
said, worked up sufficient evidence
against the Shamrock, the Industrial,
the Yeoman's club, the Hampton club
and against Bryant's restaurant to
justify him in raiding the places. No
evidence, he said, was secured against
the Spartan City club, the Ben Frank
lin and the Merchants and Farmers
clubs. These clubs were, therefore,
not visited. He stated that cases will
be made out against the proprietors
of the clubs on the charge of selling
and storing whiskey and beer.
| Grand Jury May Act.
1t has been reported that the grand
jury will take some action with ref
erence to the operation of some Of the
clubs in the city. Whether there is
any truth in the report is not known
but it is given for what it is worth
Worley and Paris have been fire.
quently raided by the police of the
city Before the social clubs began
to flourish in the city they conducted
near-beer saloons and were visited
very frequently by raiding squads.