From the Feb. 27, 2013, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."
FEBRUARY 18, 1913-- Councilman Bernice C. Moore, in charge of Wilmington's Department of Safety, has about 1,000 bottles of whiskey stored at police headquarters that he got from Blind Tigers, "Before the term of the present city officials expire, Mr. Moore is going to do the Carrie Nation act and spill all this amount of the Oil of Joy. He has selected the corner of Third and Princess streets as the scene of operations."
From the March 5, 2013, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."
FEBRUARY 26, 1913-- Councilman Bernice C. Moore, head of the Department of Public Safety of Wilmington, went to Southport. He had cleaned Wilmington of Blind Tigers and had come to do it there.
This guy seems to have been on quite the vendetta against drinking. Of course, the question arises as to what a Blind Tiger was?
A BLIND TIGER, in case you're wondering, was an illegal bar selling alcohol during Prohibition. North Carolina State Prohibition began in 1909.
Such a Waste. --Cooter
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