The news & observer., 1905-12-13
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dermen, is not IN tatc required 10 oe
kept. but that the manager of the dis
penSary, as Il matter OF fact, keep
such book.
Charge No. 8. (b) We find that the
quarterly reports made by the Com
missiOners of the Dispensary. are in
complete and not in accordance with
the rules prescribed by the Board of
Aldermen.
No Preference i'm Sales.
tCharge No. 4. That certain brands
of whiskey handled by Dispensary are
shown preference over other brands.
Charge No a. (a) We found no evil
dence tending to show that any brand
of whiskey handled in the Dispensary
has been shown preference over other
brands ecept in one instance by an
employee, which when brought TO the
attention of the manager was prompt
ly stopped.
Whiskcy Analysis All Right.
[Charge No. 8. Complaints as to
quality of Whiskey and that because
of inferior quality leading citizens buy
out of stock.]
Charge No. 5. Your committee finds
that there has ben some complaint
on the part Of the public as TO the
inferior quality of whiSkey handled by
the Disp>nsary but that further than
that we have had no evidence tending
to sustain such complaint, but on the
contrary the chemical analysis of the
various brands of whiskey. which said
analysis were made by the State chem
list and are now on file in the office
Of the Dispensary show an absence
of any impure matter or any foreign
or deleterious substance in any of
the brands of whiskey examined.
Whisl<cy Sold TO Some Minors.
[Charge No. 6. That DispenSary
has sold and is selling 10 minors.
Charge No. 6. A number of wit
nesses. minors. were introduced ana
examined before your committee and
testified to having bought Whiskey
from the dispenSlry. Your committee
finds as a fact that the diSpenSary has
been selling whiskey to minors, many
of whom had the appearance of being'I
eWentv-one years of age, but some OF
them having the evident appearance
of minority.
No Inventory Was Required
[Charge No. Z. That the inventory
is incomplete rs rendered by theTInan-
ager.
Charge No. z. Your committee
finds that the manager Of the DiSp"n-
sary is not required To render any in
ventory whatsoever.
Rudweiscr Beer Was Genuine.
[Chage No. 8. That BudWeiser
beer is sold without name burnt on
cork.
Charge No. 8. 1t is acknowledged
that the dispensary has sold Budweis-
err beer which had not the name Bud
weiser" burnt ON the cork as required
by the. label pasted upon the bottle.
The, manager of the Dispensary i'm
mediately upon the discovery Of that
fact notified the manufacturers OF
BudWeiSer beer and complained OF the
omission aforesaid. a letter received
from said manufacturers in reply eX-
plains the failure TO funish the above
described corks as due to an ""a"
sight in their bottling shops. Tne
aforesaid correspondence is attached
to this report marked Exhibit BE-
and made a part hereof.
(This letter states that in a rush OF
business some corks were not burnt)
Need Better Apparatus.
[Charge No. 8. That law of clean
liness is not observed in bottling whis-
key.l
Charge No 9. Your committee find
upon investigation that the apparatus
machinery and methods now used by
the dispensary for cleaning and bot
Ting are not what they should be, es-
pecially if the practice Of buying and
using second hand bottle is to be con-
tinued.
Ten Cents the Right Price.
4 ICharge No. 10. That Roseneck
beer is sold at 10 cents q bottle in
Dispensary, and in other cities at .
cents.
Charge No. 10. In regard to this
change your committee submits a let
ter from the Roseneck Brewing Com
panv. addressed to w. Z. Bachelor.
manager of the Dispensary. and here
tofOre attached marked Exhibit {.
and made . part hereof
(This letter states the beer sold at
the DisDensary is export beer and IS
the kind to be sold at 10 cents. ana IS u
not the same that is sold at cents.) !,
Not Confined to One Quart.
[Charge No. u. That Dispensary
violates rules in selling more than q
quart of whiskey at one time 10 one
person.
Charge No. H. Your committee
find that the rules governing the Dis
pensary do not prohibit the sale of
greater quantity than one quart OF
whiskey at any one time to any one
person.
Does Not Exceed Legal Profit.
l.
and wines are sold at higher rates IMAM
before the Dispensary was estab-
iiShed
Charge No. IS. Your committee
finds that in no instance has the Dis |
pensary sold any class of Whiskey or
wines at a profit greater than 80 per
cent. as hereinbefore set forth and
therefore no >rovision of the law, or
rules regulations or requirements of
the Board of Aldermen has been vio-
lated, whatever may have been the
price charged for any liquors or wines
sold.
Liquor Sold to Drunl<ardS.
JCharge No. IA. That Dispensary
violates rules in selling to persons un-
der the influence of liquor and drunk
ards
Charge No. IA Your committee
finds upon the testimony of witnesses
sworn and examined that the DiSpen-
Sary has sold TO persons who were un-
der the influence of liquor at the time,
butSwhether or not their condition of
intoxcation was such as to be notice.
able your committee is unable to as
certain, though some who testified to