From the Oct. 12, 2011, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."
OCTOBER 1, 1911
This was during North Carolina's Prohibition.
Sheriff S.P. Cowan and law officers raided an oyster roast stand where the owner was openly selling beer. Neighbors along Market street were complaining.
"The sheriff and his party were driving down the road when someone from the stand hollered for them to come over and buy some oysters. They apparently did not realize they were calling out to law officers and when the officers came over the men at the stand fled.
Several were nabbed before they could flee and was charged with carrying a concealed pistol."
Hopefully, the Police Were Not in a Marked Vehicle. --Cooter
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