The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-10
PHARMACISTS IN
ANNUAL SESSION
Discussing Interesting Points of
the Profession.
WANT MORE LAWS PASSED
To Protect Them-They Will be Taken
Over the District and Royalty En-
tertained At East Lake
This Afternoon.
WANT MORE LAWS PASSED

IHOIullS anu dltSIilOpn lIdllSdVlihS
mess of interest to the druggists The fol-
lowing are the officers OF the association,
nearly all of whom are present: w. e.
Bingham, Tuscaloosa, president; Frank e.
Nabers, Birmingham, first vice-president;
]. G. Dunn, Mobile, second vice-president;
Philip C. Candidus, Mobile, secretary; G. B.
McVay, Birmingham, local secretary; e.
E. Elum, Admission. treasurer.
Presidents Report
The principal bulness transacted during
the day was the reading of the presidents
report in the morning, and the discussion
of its recommendations during the after
noon.
He recommended, first. that a committee
be appointed by the association to see that
the state pharmacy law as passed by the
legislature, be rigdly enforced, and en-
towering this committee to appoint other
members of the association in different
parts of the state to assist them if neces-
sary, and to use the associations money
for this purpose. In the discussion of this
point, some of the members said that they
thought this was the business of the board
of pharmacy, and that their funds not the
associations, should be used. 1t was final
ly decided to put off discussion Of this
point until this morning, when more nee
essary information can be had.
Another of Presidents Bnghams recon-
mendations was that the committee on leg
islation be urged to get through the legis-
lature certain laws which were badly
needed; for instance, law-restrlcting the
wholesale use and abuse of narcotics. So
many dealers in general merchandise sell
laudanum and other such narcotics that
the druggists have to sell them indiscrimi-
natey-ah evil which should be corrected.
AS there will be another convention OF the
association before the next legislature
meets, it was decided to instruct the COM
mittee on legislation only to map out
during the coming year those laws that
were needed, and report to the next con-
vention
Delegates to National Convention
The convention approved President Bing-
hams suggestion of sending delegate this
year to the national convention of retail
druggists and paying his expenses, but it
was decided that hereafter the Alabama
association would cut loose from the ma
tional association, as most of the members
had never seen any good resulting from
the union The principal object of the ma
tiona association is to prevent rate cut
ting between retail merchants. 1t was the
sense of the meeting that these wars were
prevented only by the strongest co-opera-
ton between the druggists in easn city
and town, and that the national associa-
ton had never done any material good in
breaking up one of these wars. The rate
Ils
eral months last year, came in for a great
deal of discussion.
The presidents plan for increasing the
membership of the association by keeping
in correspondence with all of the druggists
of the state, and by putting all travelling
members on the membership committee,
was endorsed.
An important change in the bylaws
which was made, was. a law requiring the
treasurer of the association to make $500
bond in some surety company, the associa-
ton to pay for the expense of the same.
mot because we fear our treasurers are
going to run away" it was argued ''but
simply to put the association on a bus ness
like footing in money matters"
f. F.. Elan. of Admission; w. b. Parker
of Mobile and c. w. Bains, of Birming-
ham, composed the committee which re-
ported on the presidents annual report
After the presidents report had been
read. routine repots were had from the sec
rotary the trea surer showing a bablance OF
1885, and reports from the delegates to the
last conventions of the American Phar-
maeeutical association and of the National
Retail Druggists association, were heard
and approved.
Papers in Afternoon
When the convention reassembled at
O. clock in the afternoon, an interesting pa
per was read by F. II. Bancroft of Monte
vallo, called Sparks in which he touch
ed on many matters of live interest to
druggists. The discussion which followed
the reading of this paper was to the effect
that too much attention was being paid
to the commercial side of the drug business
and not enough to the professional side of
1t. For instance, the big drug manufac-
turers put up any number of standard pre-
parations these days, which doctors very
frequently use in making out their pre-
scriptions.
These standard prescriptions, such as lis
terine, could just easily be compounded
by the druggist as by the manufacturers.
The remedy for this evil is to cooperate
with the doctors and not antagonize them;
to get out a book of standard formulas.
and give one to every doctor in the state.
Then they could be assured when writing
their prescriptions that 1t would be filled
in exactly the same manner at one drug
store as at another.
W. 3 Parkes of Mobile, who was for a
number of years druggist in New Orleans.
read an extremely interesting paper on the
drug business in the Crescent City, where
there were so many French people to con-
fuse the Amrican druggist. His descrip
lions were very good
New Memle -s
: The following new members were admit
ted to the association yesterday, a number
of whom were present at the meeting: S.
Ashby Cleveland, J. Thompson Burke, DR..
Thomas D. Mcdaniel, R. ]. Nance, f. NJ.
Cross, A. A. Gaines ]. D. Rhodes, q. B..
Forbes, and N. M. Christian. all of Bir-
mfngham; VIM. ID. Williams, James d. SUIT
ton, Joseph A. Cunningham, S. w. Cunning
ham and Phillip Labenhoffer of Mobile; L.
r. Shiflett, Wiley B. Burton of Brookslde:
John L. Ray and q. w. Aveyt of Albert
vile; Claude N. Lacey, of -Powderiy; w. A.
Harvey. of Biocton; #. H. Bancroft. of
Montevallo; Wm. r. 7Secier. of Tuscumbla;
u H. Smith, of Phoenix City; R. Y. Long,
of Jasper; Allison c. Cain, OF New Decatur;
Lawrence C. Lewis, OF Tuskegee; u. III.
Cross, OF Gadsden; Charles p. West. Jr.,