The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-21

They VIII Have to Look Out Who
They sell TO Now.


They Sell TO Now.
Mayor McDonough is determined that the
state as well as the city laws shall be en-
forced in Savannah. Day before yesterday
he had several boys before him on the
charge Of disorderly conduct. 1t de-
veloped that the boys were under
the influence Of liquor at the TINA
Of the offsnss. The mayor asked them
that they did not know the name OF the
proprietor, but gave the locality. Mayor
McDonough Immediately directed an officer
to 60 With one Of the boys
TO the place where he got the
liquor, ascertain who had sold it, aud re-
port the matter to the solicitor general.
This was DONE and the saloonkeeper is now
down on Solicitor General Fraser's book
for indictment for selling liquor to minors.
The mayor says he will continue 70 turn
over all such cases to the solicitor general for
prosecution. Heretofore there has been no
difficulty in minors, boys of IS and 16 years
and upward, obtaining all the whisky and
beer they wanted. Some Of these young
sters frequently make night Of it.
Mayor McDonough's action will pat the
saloonkeepers on their guard, and they will
minors hereafter.
Mayor McDonough told a MORNING
NEWS reporter that he intends TO secure
enforcement Of another state law; that is
the law against the sale Of cigarettes and
tobacco to minors. This law has been
almost a dead letter In Savannah since its
passage. The mayor will instruct the po-
lice to look out for offenders, and some Of
the tobacco dealers will find themselves in
the tolls IL they do not restrict their sales to
adults.
The saloon men have been getting the
brunt Of the enforcement of the dead letter
laws heretofore, but some Of the tobacco
men may find Jordan hard road to travel.
The most reputable dealers are opposed to
selling tobacco TO minors, anyway.
It's a shrewd offender who escapes pun
ishment, in one way or another, after con-
fronting Mayer McDonough on the charge
of violating the Sunday liquor law. Josiah
Brown and two or three other negroes were
before him day before yesterday. They
enjoyed themselves sunday in draining q
key Of beer. Brown was requested to tell
where he got his beer, and he said
he bought it Saturday night from
well-known dealer, who left
the keg in the yard in the rear Of his place,
and Sunday morning he came and got the
key and carried IL to the rendezvous. He
denied that he was selling the beer, but said
that he was president of a club and that the
club bought the beer, which was carried to
the club room, where the members met and
drank. He admitted that several of the
club got full,
The mayor was satisfied that the beer was
bought Sunday morning from another
dealer than the one named, but the evil
dence was not sufficient to prove it. He
turned Brown over to the solicitor general
ON the charge Of keeping an open tippling
house on the Sabbath. Other clubs may
take warning.
Solicitor General Fraser said yesterday
| that all the GASES which have come before
the mayor for violations Of the city law
and all violations of the state law turned
over TO him from the mayors court will be
prosecuted in the superior court as offsnses
against the state law.