The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-02
THE STATE DRUGGISTS
HOPE FOR BETTER LUCK WITH A
PHARMACY BILL IN 1899.
Pharmacists Association Has Big
of This City, Elected President.

The annual meeting of the Indiana Phar-
macists Association is now being held in
this city. Sessions were held in the Com
mercial Club assembly room yesterday
morning and afternoon and last night a
banquet was given at the same place. This
morning at $50 o'clock the members of the
association will take an electric train for
Broad Ripple, where a day will be spent in
outdoor sports A picnic luncheon will be
served in the park at 1 O'Clock and then
whatever unfinished business there may be
will be disposed of and the annual meeting
will close
The interesting feature of yesterday S
sessions was the hearty manner in which
the druggists paid tribute to Senator R. o.
Hawkins and Representative Frank Little
ton for their work in endeavoring to secure
the passage of the pharmacy law in the last
General Assembly. The matter was re-
ferred to in several ways and was made
the subject of special report by the execu-
tive committee which recommended that a
committee of three be appointed to draft
resolutions suitable to express the feelings
OF the members of the association. This
committee will report to-day
AT the opening of the convention Mayor
behalf of the city to the visitors and the
response was made by Frank H. Burton, of
Evansville The report of President w. o.
Gross, of Fort Wayne, congratulated the
association upon its increase in membership,
which amounted to nearly one hundred
since the last meeting He hoped that more
local associations would be formed of drug
gists living in the same town or county, in
that Of int RI @ 10
and the association might be understanding
ly discussed and dealt with
The report of the committee on pharmacy
law was somewhat lengthy. 1t reviewed
the work of the committee and the friends
of the law in the last Legislature down to
the veto of the bill by the Governor. 1t de-
clared that the act of the Governor was
weak because he almost Immediately after
ward signed the physicians bill, which en-
bodied many of the same provisions. The
report urged the association to continue the
agitation in the hope of being better treated
next time
The remainder of the morning session
was devoted to the reading of committee
reports, among them being that of the com
mittee on education This stated that thir-
ty-tWO students at Purdue University had
passed an examination at an average per-
centage of ST. During the afternoon DR.. ].
N. Hurry, of this city, gave a lengthy talk
can be put He said that it coming to
be recognized as a standard disinfectant,
deodorizer and preservative. 1t was used
now for the disinfection of the luggage of
emigrants, was being adopted by railroads
for use in public carriages and was finding
a valuable place in packing establishments
for preserving fruits John Lehman, of
Lafayette, read an instructive paper on adj
vcrtisng. He, of course, placed newspaper
advertising above all other, but suggested
other valuable means of informing the
public of ones goods.
The afternoon session and the business
meeting of the day closed at $50 o clock by
the election of the following officers for the
ensuing year:
President-R. I. Eads Indianapolis.
First Vice President-Frank H. Burton,
Evansville.
Second Vice President-John L. Adams,
Richmond
Third Vice Presidential. F. Sala, Alexan-
dria.
Secretary-A. Undertake, Indianapolis
Treasurer-Granville G.. Allen, Indian
apolis.