The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-02-04
STEAL MILK,
BOYS CAUGHT
COLLEGE YOUNGSTERS MAKE
THEMSELVES NUISANCE TO
RESIDENTS OF TOWN
TWo TAKEN IN ACT TRY TO BUY
PARTIES CATCHING THEM TO
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While Mel Trotter and his band of
religious workers were trying to
persuade the erring ones among the
college student body to confess their
sins and live upright Christian lives,
Sunday night, two college boys
young men, at least old enough to
have on young mems clothes-were
caught stealing milk from a residence
on Court street near the College.
For years past college boys-and
some Of the boys living in the COM
munity, who wear long trousers and
profess to be young men-have made
habit of 'swiping" milk bottles
from porches in the neighborhood,
Immediately upon delivery by the
milk wagon. In days gone by, some
of the lads have no doubt thought
they were suffering enough for their
sins, because syrup of ipecac, and
other emetics have been put into the
milk left on the porches, that the boys
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peoples property alone. However,
it has now developed that they will
watch for the milk wagon to come
along, go on to the porch before the
house wife-or husbands the case
may be, can appear and get the milk.
Two or three parties have lost dozens
of bottles of milk recently, aid Sun
day night two Court street resident
ers determined they would catch the
thieves and turn them up. So just
before the time for the milk wagon
to appear, they hid themselves behind
tool house on a lot where a new
residence has just been completed.
After Ehe milk had been deposited,
two boEsyoung men in age, but
l,6yas conduct walked Onto the
porch, put the bottles underneath
their coats and started to leave.
They were hailed by the sleuths, and
taken into a residence while the
sheriff could be called. However,
one of the lads ran out of the door
and got away, but the other was
taken before magistrate. The
prosecutors took pity on him, told
this time they would withdraw the
case, but if ever it happened again
they would land them in Jail.
When caught one of the seekers
after learning in the college, said he
would give his arresters ever d cent
he had to let him go, but he said he
mad only one dollar. But he or they
or some one else had already got by
with more than dollars worth of
milk, and they would not let him go.
Only few nights ago, three boys,
young men with long breeches on
who live on or near Court street,
were caught stealing milk. They too
were released. However, there will
be no more releasements and when
they are caught stealing milk they
will be arrested and punished accord
ingly.
Not only do those buying the milk,
lose the milk but the darlyman loses
ms bottles, and already he has been
sufferer. Empty milk bottles can
frequently be seen in yards and va
cant lots where the boys have thrown
them after emptying them of their
contents.
The college students and bows of
the town are as whole we'll benaved
young men and conduct themselves
IN gentlemanly way. But there
are few rowdies and these are the
ones who are "swiping" milk.
Warning. is issued to the young
sters in those parts of town where
the stealing has been going on that
bottle of milk on mans porch is the
property of some one else, and the
rhleving is to be broken up one way
or another, mildly or seriously, and
the sooner it is stopped the better
for those stealing.