Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-18

worth enough more than he asked
for them to serve as bait-he and his
playmate Moe brought woe to a series
of upstate hotels. Getting friendly
with the cigar clerks and in some in
stances through the clerks with the
hotel managers, the business Of learn
! ing the hotels and even the towns Ii
quor secret was only matter OF
hint. Worthy and fair-priced salesmen
that they were, there was no reason
why they shouldn't be shown little
| courtesy and hospitality. Then the
| cleanup.
AS a pickle salesman, Izzy trapped
| many n saloon owner and grocer VINO
| thought the drummers reasonable
prices warranted return favor In
ore instance Izzy's low pickle prices
prompted the. trusting grocer TO offer
him a drink of his best Scotch, also at
price correspondingly reduced-and
the grocer at once suffered the con-
sequences.
Can l have q pen and ink?" lzzy
asked. my friend wants to write me
q check for my car out there that l
just sold him."
Indeed he could. The check was
filled in and handed over.
"Well, brother remarked Izzy to
his companion, 81 wish l could send
you on your way with my carl
mean your car-with something bet
ter than beer. She's a good car and II
it wasn't for bum business in the shop
I'd never sell it at that price"
The talk run along, but the empha-
sis on tie meagernrLs OF beer had not
been without it's effect. They look
ed like safe" customers. Would they
like something better than beer?
Would they?
To make u long story short, that
trick worked in about six places be-
fore Izzy and Moe decided word of 1t
might have become unnecessarily
noised about.
Street-car conducting seems re-
mote from bOotlegging, yet the tip
that saloons near certain car barns
were doing rush business took lZZy
there. Ie appeared bright and early
one morning dressed in all the regalia
Of n B. r. n. employee. He entered
saloon and laid IS bill on the bar
Can you give me 4 lot of change
for this?" he asked. 81 need it for my
run"
"Why don't you buy drink he
asked. That's the. way to get change"
Izzy ordered a glass Of beer.
why don't you take good
drink"
Izzy ordered whisky. He got $4.25
, in change. The bartender got ar
reated.
Izzy doesn't crowd his victim. He
doesn't beg for a drink.
Once on an ont -of-town assignment,
given on the basis of complaints
against Il certain general storekeeper,
Einstein arrived on the scene with
full line of teapots. The merchant
knew his business and when Einstcin
quoted his prices, q purchase ut q con-
siderable saving was made. The
StOrckecper ordered 500 teapots,
worth. at Wholesale about $1,000, for
$3.50. c-Drink-Arrest.
Izzy's chief once handed him what
the chief thought might prove
tough job. Complaints had come in
/ from an p-state town concerning n
! flood of homemade liquor. There
was no good clue as to its source,
! though the local investigation had
convinced the cOmplainants there that
! the stuff was not being shipped in.
/ IZZy is not addicted to such fiction
detective expressions us Simple" but
! his actions are as much to the point.
! lie went TO the town. lie looked
Ground. Cursory examination reveal
! ed nothing. lie went to the station
agent. No booze shipped in there or
! he would know it. IZzy asked for n
record Of frcightsst tccivcd. He found
several entries &C srned with raisins.
! He took the namC 1n an hour he had
arrested u farmer living just outside
! tie town and he'd confiscated an
enormous still. go. ...
! Izzy and Mod once became pros