The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-04

that the express is run this way.
Some citizen orders an assortment
of liquors from Chattanooga or some
other foreign town, and directs that
the separate packages be consigned
to John Jones, Bill Skies, Bob White
and other fictitious persons. No plac-
es of residence are ATTACHED to these
names and the express company is
unable to deliver the goods until they
are called for.
There is nothing in the Georgia
law to prevent express companies
from keeping any amount of liquor
on hand until called for by the con-
signee. This makes it easy for a
person to have on hand at the ex-
press office a hundred different pack
ages of liquor consigned to as many
different persons. When a customer
approaches the proprietor of this sys-
tenn and makes the proper cash depo-
sit it is necessary only to send to
the express Office an order for the
package consigned to John Jones, pay
the charges and the rest is easy.
There are not lacking those who
will promise to pilot the thirsty to
drink in smaller quantities than the
uncorked bottle, but there must be
a proper introduction and guarantee
of immunity from prosecution. If you
are stranger in town you must have
the necessary backing of the initial
ed to get anything stronger than gin
ger ale.
The new law provides that physi-
clans may not prescribe spirituous
or malt liquors under any circumstan-
ces. 1t does provide that they may
prescribe not more than one pint of
pure alcohol, and that they must file
with the prescription an affidavit that
they regard it as absolutely neces-
sary for the patient.
Five cents is added to the price of
the prescription to pay for filling it
with the county registrar. Less than
200 such prescriptions were ordered
by Atlanta physicians in January.
But early in January some one said
that Jamaica ginger, that time-honor-
ed remedy, contained a large percen-
tage of alcohol. Some other familiar
remedies were classed in the same
category. The disCoverer said that
these remedies if taken in sufficient
quantities would produce intoXication.
The discovery bothered the retail
druggists when the local authorities
said they must stop selling these me-
dicines. The druggists got together
and said that if this Interpretation
was to be placed upon the law they
might as well go out of business.
Finally they adopted some resolu-
lions and told the public and inciden-
tally the authorities that they would
sell Jamaica ginger in such small
quantities that no one so inclined
could get drunk ON it. In view of this
conciliatory spirit the authorities rul-
ed that while a good many articles
usually sold at drug stores, such as
perfumes and toilet waters and some
medicines, contained enough alcohol
to produce intoxication, they would
not interfere with the sale of such
articles as were not intended to be
drunk.
The law provides that any club
may pay a license of $500, under
which its members may keep in their
private lockers what liquor they need
for their individual private consump-
ton. They cannot give it away, not
even to a guest or a fellow member.
Each must drink. alone.
Three of the larger clubs in At
lanta have taken out these locker IL
censes It was to be expected that
locker clubs would spring into exis-
tence, and they have. Savannah is
reported to have a score of them.
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