The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-07-29
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

cincts prescribed by law in said coun-
II ty, on TUESDAY. August II, 1908, as
provided in It's p.lowing act.
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An act to pro-. tit the manufacture,
sale, barter. exchange, giving awaF
to induce trade, the furnishing at
public places or otherwise dispos-
ing of alcohol, spirituous, vinous
or malt liquors or beverages, or
other liquors or beverages by
whatever name called, which
if drunk to excess will pro-
duce intoxication, except for
sale of alcohol in certain cases,
upon certain conditions, and ex-
| cert the sale of wines for sacra-
mental purposes. and to provide
penalties for the violation there
of.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the State OF
South Carolina, That all alcoholic IL
quors and beverages, whether manu-
factured within this State or else
where, or any mixture by whatsoever
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 health and safety
of the State, and contraband. That
lit shall be unlawful for any person,
firm, corporation or association with
| in this State to manufacture, sell, bar
ter, exchange, receive, accept, give
away to induce trade, deliver, store,
keep in possession in this State, fur
nish at public places or otherwise
dispose of any spirituous, malt, VIM
GUS, fermented, brewed or other IL
lQuors and beverages, or any COM
pound or mixture thereof which con-
tains alcohol and is used as bever-
age, and which if drunk to excess will
produce intoxication, except as here
matter provided.
Sec. 2. That wholesale druggists
may lawfully sell in wholesale quantl-
ties to retail druggists and to public
or charitable hospitals or to pedical
or pharmaceutical colleges, and in no
other way, pure alcohol for medical
purposes only, or grain alcohol to be
used by chemists or bacteriologists
actually engage in scientific 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 court of the county IN
which they do business, a statement
lin writing under oath, giving the
name of the purchaser, the price paid,
the date of sale, and the quantity and
character of the alcohol sold. mat
|if said wholesale druggist max: .ng
such sale is not a resident OF the
State Of South Carolina, then such
statement shall be filed in the office OF
the clerk of the court of the county
in which the purchaser resides.
Sec. 8. That any retail druggist
whose place of business IS located
in any of the incorporatedstowns or
cities of this State, who is himself a
registered or licensed pharmacist, or
who regularly employs registered
or licensed pharmacist, may sell, IN
the manner herein set out, upon hllng
bond in the sum of five thousand
dollars, to be approved by the clerk
of the 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 medical purposes only, grain
alcohol to chemists and bacteriolo-
gists actually engaged in scientific
work, and for such purposes only
and wine to be used for sacramental
or religious purposes only: Provided,
That nothing herein contained shall
prevent such druggists from using
alcohol in the compounding OF pre-
scriptions or other medicines, the sale
of which would not subject him to
the payment of special tax required
of LIQUOR dealers by the government
of the United States: Provided, furth-
er, That nothing herein contained
shall prevent such druggists from
compounding or selling medicinal
preparations manufactured in accord
ance with formulas prescribed by the
United States Pharmacopoeia and
National Formulary which contain
no more alcohol than is necessary to
extract the medicinal properties OF
the drugs contained in such prepara-
tions, and no more alcohol than is
necessary to hold the medicinal agents
In solution, and which are manufac-
tured and sold as medicine, and not as
"a beverage.
Sec. 4. That no sale Of pure alco-
hol, for medicinal purposes, shall be
made by any retail druggist, except
upon the prescription of a regular
practicing physician of this State,
who, before writing such prescrip-
tions, shall make an actual examina-
ton of the person for whom the pre-
scription is issued, and the said pre-
scription shall be substantially in the
following form: estate of South
South Carolina,
[county. drug
gist. -.--::-:------.::--- a
regular licensed and practicing physi-
clan under the laws of this State, do
hereby certify that I have examined
my charge, and I do hereby prescribe
for the use of said patient.----------....---
alcohol, and I further certify, that the
use of such alcohol is, in my judg-
ment, absolutely necessary to allevl-
ate or cure the illness or disease from