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r.BRAOENTOWN IS FREE OF BOOZEThere* arc a few fearful persons in this city who have from tizne to time become f :wd vrdh the idea that whiskey was being: peddled here, even sold in certain places?. Now, observant persons have v. etc J the fact than an instart '♦«* erf drunken^ in Bradentown is about r'v frequent nr ihv recurrence of le vr year. Still sc-me felt 4that t w - wsc a hHdert current of 1 aw b r - a5': n o lt;. f t! * ~ b •: o 11e srri n t? variety, ? **Mayor G * v knew ; bout thm un- “• enf fm-’V*\ In fact, o m • ^yod t • !I * e t o! d h v :n v; - y f r a a k I y a h out t r • 1 ftar*. Hlt;‘ ' rbk*f Younlt;r to aconduct a \o r doo ouh investicra. e tiou and o. me he rrreotv of any law. break or The chief worked pains- ^takingly Vif without result* 0Recent 1 G.c mayor engaged Robert Lum«dom '4i(-f and manager of the uSoathc-m Id *etive Agency, Raleigh,N. Ck, come here and make nn in oi vestigef -n Now, Mr. Lumsdeu wasn’t picked up iusr hanpcn-?r, but be- at can .sc h“ ha a e h i e v e ? I e o ri $ I d e r a bl e ; p 1 , epu\a ‘*n ■ ?* an inve*tigator of ju*t ai such c o-dit .n» as we:fe alleged to ' ri eftst b re and he was under engage- T ment to do similar work in one o: two o’ no south Floridn towns, So: Mr. Ore on had him come here and put tfc #n*| *ecr*tly to work to gee what he ! w could find, Mr, Lumrden spent four y ciays inverrifrafing Bradentown, On j the day of his departure, Feb 26, he wrote the following letter to the mayor:“Mo-. F. P Green. |m“Mayor,“Bradentown, Fla,“M/ dear Mr Groen; At year re-1 ^ fjoest, I have spent the past four days tfi Braden town making rn investiga-; tiM with reference to the sale of wMakey*'A fie r thorn u gh ly in vest i gatingthis source to the best of my ability, j I must -av that I find rio whiskey j Itore for the purpose of sale. j»*'On thlt;* contrary, f find Braden-j town as ‘clean’ in this respect as any town I have investigated ,n a number of years, and it is a real ptearan »» a*f fart to say this to yeaHmmmmmmwmLMite«j
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Bradentown Evening Herald
Bradentown, Florida, US
Fri, Mar 02, 1923
Page 4
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