Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-10
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1900.
COMPROMISES PROHIBITION BILL
Full Text Of the Whiskcy Measure as
Recently Adopted by Legislature.

prohibition measure adopted by the
recent session Of the General Assem-
bly,:
Section /. That all alcoholic IL
uuors and beverages, whether manu-
featured within this State or else
where, or any mixture by whatso-
ever name called, which If drunk to
excess will produce intoxication, are
hereby declared to be detrimental,
and their use and consumption to be
against the morals, good l.'Nlth and
safety of the State and contraDand.
That it shall be unlawful for any per-
son, firm, corporation or association
within this State 'manufa"ture, sell,
barter, exchange, receive, accept, give
away to induce trade, deliver, store,
keep in possession in this State, fur
nish at public places or otherwise dis
pose Of any spirituous, malt, vinous,
fermentcd, brewed or other liquors
and beverages, or any compound or
mixture thereof which contains alco-
hol and Is used as a beverage and
which If drunk to excess Will pro-
duCC intoXication, except as herein
after provided.
Section 2. That wholesale drug
gists may lawfully sell in wholesale
quantities to retail druggists and to
public or charitable hospitals or to
medical or pharmaceutical colleges,
and in no other way pure alcohol for
medical purposes only, or grain alco-
hol, to be used by chemists or bacte-
biologists actually engaged in Scien-
tific work and for such purposes only,
and such wholesale druggist shall at
the end of each month in which any
such sales have been made, file with
the clerk Of the { urt OF the county
in which they do business, a state
mcnt in writing under oath, giving
the name Of the purchaser, the price
paid the date OF sale and the Quanti-
ty and character Of the alcohol sold.
That if said wholesale druggist max
ing such sale is not resident Of the
State Of South Carolina, then such
statement shall be filed in the office
of the clerk Of the court of the coun-
ty in which the purchaser resides.
Section 3. That any retail drug
gist whose place of business IS To-
Gated in any Of the incorporated
towns or cities of this State, who is
himself registered or licensed phar-
macist. may SELL in the manner here
in set out, upon filing a bond in the
sum of $4,000, to be approved by the
clerk of court, in which such druggist
does business, conditioned for faith
full observance Of the provisions Of
this act, such bond to be approved
by the clerk of the court. pure alco-
hol for medicinal purposes only,
grain alcohol to chemists and bacte-
biologists actually engaged in scien-
titic work, and for such purposes
only, and wine to be used for Sacra-
mental or religious purposes only:
Provided. that nothing herein con-
tanned shall prevent druggists from
using alcohol in the cOmpOunding of
prescriptions or other medicines, the
sale of which would not subject him
to the payment Of special tax re-
Quired OF liquor dealers by the gov
eminent Of the United States: Pro-
vidcd, further. that nothing herein
contained shall prevent such drug
giSts from compromising or selling
medicinal preparations manufacture
ed in accordance with formulas pre-
scribcd by the United States pharma-
copocia and National Formulary,
which contain no more alcohol than
is necessary to extract the medici-
nal properties OF the drugs contain
ed in such preparations, and no more
alcohol than is necessary to hold the
medicinal agents in solution, and
which are. manufactured and sold as
medicine and not as beverage.
Section 1. That no sale OF pure al
cohOl for medicinal purposes shall be
made by any retail druggist except
upon the prescription OF regular
practicing physician Of this State.
who, before writing such prcscrip-
tions, shall max" an actual cXami-
nation of the r,rSon for whom the
prescription is issued, and the said
prescription shall be substantially i'm
the following form: estate Of SOuth