Pieces of “hootch” candy, which caused intoxication among several students at the South Graded school Thursday, were sent Saturday by Dr. W.A. McPhaul, city health officer, to Raleigh for an examination in the state laboratories.
Following the publication in The News Friday of the eating of the candy by school children and resultant state of intoxication, two grocers, located in the vicinity of the South school, brought supplies of candy to the health department and reported that a man brought a supply from Charleston and sold some to the grocers. He also gave his young son a few bags. The boy took them to school and sold them to his school-mates.
CANDY IN WAXED BAGS
The health officer expects to receive a report Monday or Tuesday as to the contents of the candy. What action may be taken should it be found positively that the product contained alcohol or prohibitive drugs was the source of speculation Saturday. The grocers bought the candy not knowing that it contained anything other than the usual ingredients.
The candy was contained in small waxed bags which were attached cardboard. On the cardboard appeared the words “Hootch Candy,” Hootch Is Great,” and other phrases. The words “Should Ault Acquaintance be Forgot,” with a staff of music containing the tune to this old song, was also on the cardboard.
From The Charlotte News, Sunday morning, May 8, 1921
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