Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1908-08-13

DO any Of them do prescription
business?''
Yes; very small minority.
have been confronted by prescriptions
when trying to convict druggists.
Would license not be better than
prohibition in that respect?''
Il expect So
What is the public sentiment con-
| corning license?''
There is great division of senti-
| ment, but do not think that the pre-
vailing sentiment is for license. In
| fact, [ believe that the voters of
Bridgeton will vote for prohibition
next fall -
Have you any general statement to
make regarding the bettering of condi-
| tions?''
II believe that if the State Medical
Society would investigate complaints
against physicians who sell prescrip-
tlous and would revoke their licenses
1t would be great help. l cannot say
as to the number of prescriptions filed
in this way, but it makes it difficult
to convict druggists for illegal sale as
they show prescriptions,
Judge Rice then took part in the
examination. He asked questions in
an attempt to show that license is bet
ter than prohibition, but Mr. Fithian
holding fast to the side of temperance
said thai prohibition is much prefer
able to the system we had in Bridgeton
a few years ago and that he didn't
know but what it was preferable to any
| high license.
Mayor Hampton was then called, but
his Honor went away before the officers
arrived in Bridgeton with the SUBJ
poenas and did not know of it,
Mayor Smith.
| Mayor Joseph F. Smith, of Millville,
took the stand and was sworn. Mr..
Fiske began:
Are there any clubs in Millville?"
Il understand there are.
| ''How many?"
| 4 don't know"
| Six or ten?"
| Maybe ten. -
| Are they clubs in which to sit
around and read newspapers or the
kind in which they sell beer?''
| Il don t know the purpose of their
organization.
Are there clubs in all classes?"
Yes"
| Are they well patronized?'
| 0uoSS so.
| ANY women taken in them?"
''Not so far as know
Are clubs due to prohibition. -
Partly so l believe
LAS Mayor of this city have you
taken any steps to find out whether or
not beer is sold in these clubs?"
mo.
Temperance man yourself?'
| ANY statement to make?'
| mo"
| Does prohibition prohibit?'
Don t think that it does.
| IF you had your way would you
change it?'
Don't know that I would.
City Marshall Biggs, of Millville,
was the next to be sworn. His examin-
alton follows:
''Do you make arrests of drunks?"
Some few
Zone week."
Sometimes more. -
rs there any liquor sold in the social
clubs?'
| mot that 1 know
| "Are they organized for the sale Of
liquor?''
| don know''
''Do the drugstores sell any"
Don know"
Mr.. Backes asked
| did you ever drive beer wagon?"
Yes; nine years ago."
Don t you know the drivers now
and their tricks?"
II do not.
"Hov many come in town."
| Zone is all know.
| what is the average of drunks you
arrest each week?'
Don't know. Mayor Smith keeps
record.
Judge Rice then began asking ques-
tions:
'Wnat kind of drunks are you both
| cred with?'
''A]l kinds: perhaps more ginger
fiends than anything else. -
| IF there were more licensed places
would there be less stuff coming in
Millville. .
81 uon't think so.
Mayor Sawyer.
After being sworn Mayor Waldo F.
Sawyer, of Vineland, was asked con-
| corning the conditions there. He said
that there are no licensed hotels in
Vineland, but that they have some
' little trouble with speakeasies and beer