The Russellville Democrat., 1882-01-26
THEY MISAPPREHEND THE
 LAW

The following appeared in the last issue of the Dardanelle Post, cop jed from the Prescott Dispatch:
 The supreme court of this state, in volume 36 state reports, page 36, says:
 Druggists are not allowed to sell liquor without a license from the county court, not even as medicine upon the prescription of a physician" By this decision it will be seen that the closing of saloons will not make monopoly in favor of drug stores, as some have charged. The law works equally with all, and the coun- ty court having declined, as it was bound to do under the law, to grant any license at all, no llquor can be sold by any one in thls county.
 The propositions assumed in the premises are two, towit:
 1st. That liquor cannot be sold for any purpose, not even as medicine upon the prescription of physician without license from q county court.
 2d. That where the prohibitory act of March 2lst, 1881 has been put in force the county courts are prohibited from granting liquor Ii. cense for any purpose.
 Deduction: liquor cannot be le- gitimately sold for any purpose, not even medicine.
 The first proposition IS true, the second is false, consequently, the de duction is a falacy. It is rule of law h the construction of statutes that all statutes upon the same sub ject must be construed together, and must be so construed as to give eff. feet to each, unless wholly irrecon- cilable.
 The law does not favor the repeal of statutes by implication unless it clearly appears to have been so in tended.
 The restraint or regulation of the liquor traffic is wholly legislative.
 The first section of the act to reg. u!ate the sale of liquors, approved March Sth 1879, provides:
 That it shall not hereafter be lawful for any person to sell any ar. dent, yinous, malt or fermented liq. uors in this state, or any compound or preparation thereof, commonly called tonics, bitters or medIcated liquors, in any quantity or for any purpose whatever, without first pro curing license from the county court"
 From this section it clearly ap- pears that the sale of liquor, for any purpose, is prohibited only upon Ii cense granted by the county court.
 The second section of said act pro Wdes for the granting of license to sell in quantities not less than one quart, with the further provision '"". " same should not be drank Tn the house or place ., husiress off the vendor
 The license provided for in this section is usually called quart Ii cense, and does not limit the sale to any particular purpose. The 4th 'seIi0s- ,'aarides the amount to be paid therefor. -
 The first section of the prohibito- " act of March 2lst 1881, provides that after the county court shall have made the order prohibiting the sale &e., within certain limits, ''it shall be unlawful for any person to vend or give away any .pirituous or intox icating liquors within the limits aforesaid"
 The 3d section of the act provides that,
 ~~ That this act sha.l not be con struee as prohibiting tue use of wine for sacramental purposes, or to pre-. vent the preseribing and furnishing of alcoholic siimulants by a regular practicing physician to the sick un- der his charge, when he may deem