The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-17

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| he would go out laughing.
On cross examination. Think sales
We're made to LOnnie Murphy, took
| him to be over 81. c. S. King was
questioned as to his age by Mr.. Pool
five to seven weeks ago. Heels
Dunston has bought whiskey and he
told me he was twenty-one years old
about two weeks ago. If parties look
like men of 81 they are not questioned
| Nearly every day Mr.. Bachelor tells
US to be careful. Remember two or
three occasions when he asked parties
to produce their tax receipts to show
age. On redirect examination. Mr..
to sell to minors and parties under
to sell tominors and parties under
influence of liquor the day 1 began
work. l don't say we have not sold
to minors but We have used every
precaution possible to avoid this. We
have never sold to parties knowing
they were minors. In answering Mr..
Snow: / have been in the saloon bust
ness. and was careful, looking over
parties to see if they were of age.
l exercise the same discretion and eff
forts not to sell to minors now, and
while l was in the saloon business
was never charged with selling to
minors. On a re-cross- examination:
a big crowd and a rush we can not
exercise the same care. During the
week we have time. In rush l have
stopped several minors and refused to
sell to them. | never heard Of a
Mr.. Wedden who is said to have re-
quested that his boy be not sold Ii
quor
j. III. Pool. Testified that since April
20. 1904, he had been clerk at the
dispensary. | have never sold to one
whom / knew to be q minor. / have
used caution in the matter. If l think
a man is not 81 | ask and il | don't
think he is 1 turn him down. Mr..
Bachelor often, perhaps every day.
cautions US not to sell to minors or
drunkards. In this he seems in dead
earnest, for he has cautioned us
enough. He has required men to
prove age by tax receipts. He swore
Coley King as to his age and he swore
he was 81 years old. held up his right
hand. He got the Whiskey. | saw
his father as | went to dinner and
he said he did not know but would
find out from his wife. After this
he told me his son was 10 years old
and l never sold him again. Mr.. Grit
ifs has exercised discretion and eau
ton in selling. On cross examination
said he never sold whiskey before
working in the dispensary Oath was
administered to Coley King about
two months ago, this before any
charges were preferred against the
dispensary. I don't know that Mr..
Bachelor has cautioned us any more
since the charges We're made. We
are cautious. l do not say that we
have not sold to minors but If we
did so we thought they were over 21.
In,
have asked the age Of parties l can
swear that | did not sell Walter New
some He has been in to get whiskey
and / have refused to sell him. on
redirect examination: Earl Gotten
looked as if he was 81 and / sold to
him. Not until today did I know
he was 10. Mr.. Bachelor has always
cautioned us frequently and l have
exercised caution. On re-cross- eXami-
nation: l do not know that ever saw
Lonnie Murphy or Stanback. I know
nothing of Mr.. Wedden's request not
20 sell to his son. Never heard OF it.
Capt. III. j. Heilig. Am assistant
manager of the dispensary. l have
used every reasonable precaution not
to sell to minors. Applicants for
whiskey have been examined and if
not looking q years old have been
refused. With Mr.. Bachelor it is al
most an every day occurrence for him
| to caution not to sell to minors and
drunkards. In the dispensary Coley
| King was sworn and he Swores he was
/ 81 years Old He has required par
ties to prove age by tax receipts.
Many minors apply for liquor and are
refused. 1t is an everyday occurrence
| to turn these off Only once have
sold to a minor, Walter Newsome, ard
| this on a written order, by direction
| of the Dispensary Commissioners. Not
| to my knoWeldeg has any whiskey
been sold to minors or drunkards
| There is a united effort not to sell to
| minors. From one to three or -four
a day are refused. In the neighbor-
hood of 1000 people have been re-
| fused whiskey since the beginning OF
| the diSpenSary. on cross examination:
never sold whiskey before / worked
with the dispensary. Don't know how
many people come in during the day
| Perhaps about 400 people come in on
| an average q day CAN'T recall any
| mans name of whom a tax receipt
was asked. Part of my duties are to
| wait on the trade. l have not beer
| more cautious since Mr. Upchurch's
| visit to the dispensary or his charges
| On redirect examination: No salary
| is dependent on the amount of sales
| Inefe Is no lnuuCeInSllI 10 make d SAFE
| to minors and we watch for these
| On re-crOss examination: | don't say
! that there have not been sales tt
minors, but l do say that no sale tC
| q minor has been made knowingly.
Being questioned as to Earl Cot
tens appearance he said II would
Mr.. Jones, turn you down quicker than
| Mr.. Gotten. How old are you?" TIC
this Mr.. w. B. Jones answered Il am
25." Then" said Capt. Heilig, 81
would take Earl Gotten as compared
with you as beine 27 or 49,"
| Continuing, Capt. Heilig said: dc
not remember to have sold whiskey
to P. CT. Welsh. Mr.. Wedden came
| in and / have turned him down. His
| face is enough for me.
w. II. Bachelor, manager of the
dispensary: Never except in one in
stance has a sale been made to minors
to my knowledge. A lady was
thrown from a buggy and hurt, and
physician sent her son for whiskey
1t was given him and l think | paid
| for it myself. Before we started the
| dispensary l instructed that above all
things to be avoided was the sale OF
liquor to minors and drunkards.
have frequently repeated these eau
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