Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1918 — MEETS DEMAND FOR MEAT [ARTICLE]

MEETS DEMAND FOR MEAT

Now Restaurateur Faces Charges of Stealing Mu|e and Serving Mule as Beef. Memphis, Tenn.—A negro has a restaurant on South Florida street. His patrons demanded meat on meatless days. The restaurateur met the demand. Another negro, a drayman, lost his mule. He appealed to the police. The police traced the mule to the resta'urant. They found rump steak, chops and roasts being eagerly devoured. In the rear was found the bide of a mule. The negro faces two charges. The police have him for purloining the mule and the federal pure food people have him for selling mule meat for beef. “ ‘ ■