The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-21

w. II. Macy saw the bottle Mr..
Brown spoke Of and it was as he
stated,
suck wv. H.) D0nes-About two
and half or three months ago Mr..
FRED watson and l saw two or three
darkeys one morning out on the side
walk and one, VIII Nevells, spit out
glass and there was glass in the bot
tie The negro Was not very drihky.
He took bottle back and got another
bottle, don't know where he got it.
he said he got It at the dispensary. 1
only know what the negro told me,
and that l saw him go in the dispen-
sary With the bottle and come out
with anothef~ Don't know if he paid
Tor 1t or there was an exchange.
Here Mr.. w. B. Jones read list
Oh other '"drunkards" and parties SUBJ
poeTaed to appear to testify but who
mad not or had left and rendered the
affidavits of II or Is minors in addi-
ton to those testifying. The commit
tee will later decide if it will accept
these In the investigation.
Here Comes Contradiction.
The dispensary officers and en-
ployees next testified as to care not to
sell to drunkards, and the precautions
exercised in the matter of cleanli-
ness.
w. p. Bachelor, manager dispen-
sary-My instructions have been to my
clerks not to sell to intoxicated men.
twice sold to persons whom l dis+
covered to be drunk after they left
the counter AS to Jimmy Jones /
think he was drunk when he was sold
whiskey, but it was seen too late. The
employees have been cautious, and
rnf 70 coll tn vxyh
drunk. AS to cleanliness that is looked
after as carefully as possible. 1 have
seen whiskey from big bottling estab-
lishments with flies in it. We use all
the precaution possible; wash bottles,
have screen doors, run a fan above
the bottles. The charred wood from
inside the barrel sometimes show in
the bottle, and many look like flies.
We buy much liquor bottled and when
brought here there are sometimes flies
in it. The average sales are about g.
500 a week. / see one half of them.
The fan has been in the bottling room
ever since the flies started, about May
a year ago, and runs all the time we
are bottling. | desire to make cor
rection, and this is that l have dis
covered three men drunk after they
left the counter. have taken whiskey
from parties / found to be drunk.
j. H. Hcilig, Assistant Manager
have very little to do with the bot
Ting. Every precaution is used to
have bottles washed, have screen
doors and electric fans and do every
thing to keep things clean. To my
knowledge l have never sold to An
intoxicated person, and the other
employees have ben cautioned and
are cautious. / have refused to sell
to drunken persons many times.
know of cases where whiskey was
returned with flies in it. l sold the
sherry to Mr.. Brown, but did not
notice the flies in it. This was on
Saturday afternoon and he returned
it on Monday. | was sorry it hap
pened The cork must have been
blown out by the fermentation, the
flies have then gotten in, and soms
one without noticing this put the cork
back. 1 have no knowledge of the
men who testified tonight as to flies
being in the whiskey bought. AS to
the Jones matter that the future
would have to show whether he got
whiskey only meant as to his drink
ing. l did not tell Joe Williams. or
George O'Neal that If they testified
I would hereafter refuse them whis-
key or that they would be published
in the newspaper as drunkards, and
that If any one else bought for them
/ would prosecute. He denied know
ing that the parties testifying We're
habitual drunkards but that he had
seen Hood hilarious once or twice
and Buffalo under arrest. | only found
out that some men were intoxicated
as they left the dispensary.
=. Il. GriGis-His testimony as 70
care exercised in not selling to drunk
ards and in bottling was sas the oth-
ers. Did not deny that men might
have been under the influence II
liquor but did not seem drunk. Has
known of Buffalo. Williams and Ruff
fin Holderfield as being drunk but
not i'm dispensary when buying WINS
key. Parties have been refused anu
whiskey taken from them.
w. A. Baker-Have never SOLO 10
any toxicated person knowing nm
to be intoxicated. and have been eau
toned to he watchfuI. We endeavor
10 no cleanly and careful in bottiing.
I know Of no instance in which whis~
kew has been sold with flies in 1T.